October 07, 2013
— Maetenloch
The Six Most Important Things You'll Learn At Racing School
Some of these tips I've stumbled onto on my own just through going faster than I ought to have been in various cars over the years but a couple were new to me. And kinda obviously good ideas once you think about them for a bit.
1. Imagine a string tied from your steering wheel to your gas pedal.
This is one of the most fundamental pieces of advice I got about driving fast, and it seems obvious once you hear it, but thinking about it while driving makes a big difference. Essentially, what this business of strings tied to gas pedals means is that you can only really go fast when your wheel is straight. If the wheel is cranked far in one direction or the other, your string will be tight on the gas pedal, and you can't push it much. When the wheel is straight, there's plenty of slack, so you can stomp that gas.
Lots of gas with your wheel cranked will usually just get you in trouble. So, you let up in the turns, and bury it in the straights. As you're driving, keep imagining that string, and you'll be surprised how much easier it is to adjust your throttle to what your car is actually doing.
But of course for driving lessons more attuned to your everyday lifestyle I will point you to PJ O'Rourke's classic educational work, "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink".
Comments of the Day
53 We've got two factions in this country: The Drama Club, and the Business Club. The Business Club wants to help out deserving needy people, but they want to run the numbers first to see if it doesn't bankrupt everybody, waste a lot of tax dough to no effect, or just siphon money to connected elites. The Drama Club just feels that everybody needs health care, or whatever need everybody is talking about this week, and that if you wish hard enough it will magically happen and everything will be just so super-awesome!! Needless to say, the Drama Club has been running things for the last 5 or 6 years.........
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at October 07, 2013 05:23 PM (DLu2s)
193 ...
A lot of people think of the government as an endless supply of money, and "Conservatives" are assholes that want to keep people from getting it.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 05:39 PM (bb5+k)
Jerry Brown Signs Law Repealing California's Retroactive Business Tax
A little island of sanity in cuckoo land.
In 1993, California created the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) incentive. The QSBS program encouraged founders and early-stage investors to start, grow, and keep businesses in California by offering a 50 percent personal tax exclusion on capital gains if the company was ultimately acquired. Nineteen years later, in August 2012, a California appellate court ruled one of the California-centric provisions unconstitutional. The Franchise Tax Board responded in December 2012 not only by cancelling the entire program but also revoking it retroactively back to 2008. Suddenly, without warning, 2,500 California start-up founders-me included-were personally on the hook for over $120 million in 5-years of retroactive taxes, interest, and penalties.
Vaclav Havel and the Poster Test
"The manager of a fruit-and-vegetable shop places in his window, among the onions and carrots, the slogan: "Workers of the world, unite!"
"Why does he do it? What is he trying to communicate to the world? Is he genuinely enthusiastic about the idea of unity among the workers of the world? Is his enthusiasm so great that he feels an irrepressible impulse to acquaint the public with his ideals? Has he really given more than a moment's thought to how such a unification might occur and what it would mean?
Let us take note: if the greengrocer had been instructed to display the slogan "I am afraid and therefore unquestioningly obedient; he would not be nearly as indifferent to its semantics, even though the statement would reflect the truth. The greengrocer would be embarrassed and ashamed to put such an unequivocal statement of his own degradation in the shop window, and quite naturally so, for he is a human being and thus has a sense of his own dignity. To overcome this complication, his expression of loyalty must take the form of a sign which, at least on its textual surface, indicates a level of disinterested conviction. It must allow the greengrocer to say, "What's wrong with the workers of the world uniting?" Thus the sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power. It hides them behind the façade of something high. And that something is ideology.
From Havel's 1978 essay 'The Power of the Powerless'. Have you stopped to think what the signs on display in your own office or store are really saying?
Meet Mr. Benjamin 2013.
Puny humans - the Earth will always win.
I know..it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up till midnight to finish your kids' "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, vacationing at home instead of abroad, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your 50 cent light bulbs with $10.00 light bulbs...well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days.The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - yes, FOUR DAYS - by that volcano in Iceland has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon. And there are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud at any one time - EVERY DAY.
I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention that when the volcano Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in all its years on earth.
Cracked's View of the Future From 1983
Well they got some details dead on and others dead wrong. This predicting the future thing is really hard (unless you've got a time machine like a certain Ewok does).
Well as much as I enjoy a good machete in hand the Swiss Army classic or a Leatherman are probably the most practical overall.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:28 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 06:28 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 06:29 PM (T1005)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 07, 2013 06:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 07, 2013 06:31 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 07, 2013 06:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: .87c at October 07, 2013 06:32 PM (qZPXs)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 06:33 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: L, elle at October 07, 2013 06:34 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 06:35 PM (T1005)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:35 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 06:36 PM (HVff2)
Got my Blue Cross proposed rates for 2014. YIKES! Phoning agent tomorrow to look at all options ... I feel cornered somewhere between hopelessness, anger, and depression. I have to do some Excel math and one option to be considered will be the opt-out + fine.
The only consolation is knowing that everyone else is getting the O-Care colonoscopy too.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 07, 2013 06:36 PM (l0lja)
Posted by: .87c at October 07, 2013 06:36 PM (qZPXs)
Posted by: L, elle at October 07, 2013 06:36 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Crocodile Dundee at October 07, 2013 06:38 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 06:39 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 06:40 PM (HO5Ad)
By the by Pluto is totally and utterly a planet, lalalalalalalalala I can't hear you lalalalalalalalalalalalala.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 07, 2013 06:40 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: NCKate at October 07, 2013 06:40 PM (tlIcr)
Posted by: fastfreefall at October 07, 2013 06:41 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at October 07, 2013 06:41 PM (Qb417)
Posted by: .87c at October 07, 2013 10:29 PM (qZPXs)
If we can mine its minerals and poop on it, the it's a planet as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: Mætenloch at October 07, 2013 06:41 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:41 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 06:43 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 06:43 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: CarolT. at October 07, 2013 06:43 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 07, 2013 06:43 PM (eQJwb)
Btw, totes proud of you. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 10:41 PM (GEICT)
*obligatory shinkick*
You should be, I'm awesome.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 07, 2013 06:44 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:44 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Bomber at October 07, 2013 06:45 PM (4Mwv/)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 06:45 PM (+jhcF)
http://tinyurl.com/o98oxk3
Pluto is a bad ass li'l planet, by gum.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 07, 2013 10:43 PM (CA2NO)
I love it.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 07, 2013 06:45 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: teej at October 07, 2013 06:46 PM (erYRT)
Posted by: Gingy (Very bendy) at October 07, 2013 06:46 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 07, 2013 06:46 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 06:47 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: Picric at October 07, 2013 06:47 PM (QnQ+g)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 07, 2013 10:36 PM (l0lja)
I'm dreading the open enrollment period for my company in a few weeks. I'm expecting to see my rates double to $250 or more per month.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 07, 2013 06:47 PM (y5n9M)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:47 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: L, elle at October 07, 2013 10:34 PM (0PiQ4)
The ONT is the alter ego of the AoSHQ....it's where the Horde provides the spectacle and the cobs just watch (after having thrown out some raw meat to get the Monsters of the Id going). Morbius, however.....oops, that is to say Ace....is too closely connected to his realm. (1956, 98 minutes)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 06:48 PM (T1005)
Posted by: mpfs at October 07, 2013 06:49 PM (9nppf)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 07, 2013 06:49 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 06:50 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at October 07, 2013 06:50 PM (ylG8S)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:50 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 07, 2013 06:51 PM (eQJwb)
By the by Pluto is totally and utterly a planet, lalalalalalalalala I can't hear you lalalalalalalalalalalalala.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 07, 2013 10:40 PM
Hey, I'm with you. Pluto is like, totally is so a planet. All the astronomers who voted it down are homos. The worst kind of space racists. The kind that discriminate against Pluto. Pluto is awesome. It has giant Ice Spiders.
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2013 06:52 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Neptune at October 07, 2013 06:52 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 06:52 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 10:43 PM (+jhcF)
That's Mercury Obama.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 07, 2013 06:52 PM (E0/Ok)
>>> Because Ace on the ONT usually goes poorly.
He was on late a couple of weeks ago. Threatened to ban me. It was awesome.
Posted by: Bomber at October 07, 2013 06:52 PM (4Mwv/)
Got my Blue Cross proposed rates for 2014. YIKES! Phoning agent tomorrow to look at all options ... I feel cornered somewhere between hopelessness, anger,and depression. I have to do some Excel math and one option to be considered will be the opt-out + fine.
The only consolation is knowing that everyone else is getting the O-Carecolonoscopy too.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 07, 2013 10:36 PM (l0lja)
The real (short-term) solution is to get a bootleg catastrophic medical insurance policy from some lawful realm overseas (e.g. Singapore, Switzerland, etc.) and pay the penalty. I suspect such arrangements are going to show up very soon and take off like wildfire.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 06:52 PM (T1005)
*hides under chair manfully* Posted by: DC in Towson at October 07, 2013 10:51 PM (eQJwb)
No, no, it's fine. Perfectly fine.
I'm not, like, keeping a list for future purposes or anything. I would never do anything like that.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 07, 2013 06:53 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Pluto Liberatio Front at October 07, 2013 06:53 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 07, 2013 06:54 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 07, 2013 06:56 PM (/IXKu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 07, 2013 06:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 06:57 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: Gingy (No accent) at October 07, 2013 06:58 PM (jt8G9)
Not that it matters to me, but when I'm home I'm stationed at the Navy Yard, so I still get emails from Navy District Washington. Apparently the shutdown just cost them a four-day weekend.
Email from a captain there: "In light of the government shutdown and some members of the NDW team remaining on furlough, this Friday 11 Oct will be a normal workday. At one point we were considering this as a potential 4-day weekend with the 11th being a special liberty & liberal leave day, but based on the current situation that will not be possible."
Why the hell would you even send out that email? Idiots everywhere.
Posted by: Bomber at October 07, 2013 06:58 PM (4Mwv/)
Posted by: teej at October 07, 2013 06:58 PM (3R0Zs)
Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 06:59 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: CarolT. at October 07, 2013 06:59 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: EROWMER at October 07, 2013 06:59 PM (OONaw)
On a track of course.
Also,
That pic on Drudge of the JEF with the wings coming out of his head makes him look even more like a jackass. If that's even possible.
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 10:43 PM (+jhcF)
I was thinking that the wings on the head looked like Mercury, which made me think of herms....which would be oddly appropriate for a dick like Obama.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 06:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 07, 2013 10:40 PM
I don't know if they still do, but a few years after pluto was demoted, my college astronomy course was still teaching it as a planet, because the guy who discovered it (Clyde Tombaugh) taught there for a while.
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at October 07, 2013 06:59 PM (Qb417)
tomorrow to look at all options ... I feel cornered somewhere between
hopelessness, anger,and depression. I have to do some Excel math and one
option to be considered will be the opt-out + fine."
Talked to a liberal acquaintance recently.
Was asked, "So! You heading to the health exchanges to sign up?"
Nope, I said. Nothing there for me. I will not sign up. I will not pay the fine either. They may manage to _extract_ the fine under duress, something which may not hold up in court, but I won't pay voluntarily.
I'm healthy as a horse. Obamacare needs people like me to sign up and pay massive premiums with huge deductibles in order for the scheme to work. I have no intention whatsoever of complying.
But holy fuck, you should have seen the expression on that liberal's face when I said that I wasn't going to participate. Pure, distilled, stunned consternation. Like telling Hitler that it had just been discovered that his mother was Jewish.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2013 07:00 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 07, 2013 07:00 PM (eQJwb)
We go through the trouble of planting a flag on Mars but we don't bother to poop there?
Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at October 07, 2013 07:00 PM (jucos)
>>> Jealous. Ace has never threatened to ban me.
>>> What'd you do?
I said I didn't get the Kaboom thing. He said, "this is how you should do it, not whining or complaining like certain other posters. Now, you're banned."
Posted by: Bomber at October 07, 2013 07:00 PM (4Mwv/)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 07, 2013 07:00 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:01 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 07:01 PM (GEICT)
Love the PShop of the WWII soldiers taking the beach at Washington DC.
Ghosts of the past giving us a glimpse of real heroes in action.
Posted by: Boots at October 07, 2013 07:02 PM (oG66P)
Posted by: teej at October 07, 2013 07:02 PM (L7JQT)
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2013 07:02 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 07, 2013 07:03 PM (zMKqp)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:03 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 10:57 PM (+jhcF)
___________________
Nah, Ben just knows that pretty soon it will take ALL of him to buy a box of KABOOM!
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 07, 2013 07:03 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 07, 2013 07:03 PM (DX8w5)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:04 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 07:04 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 07:05 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 07, 2013 07:06 PM (vgd4f)
A couple of parking lots are barricaded, but some are open..., which is a little odd. All of the various facilities have 'Closed' notices, but people are parking there (if not barricaded) anyhow, and using the beaches normally. All of the drive-on access to the beaches are blocked, but fishermen are just parking along the way and walking down to the surf. At one point, someone has erected a 20' pole and American flag. Tomorrow, I will snap a picture of some local signs that express anger. The natives are restless.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:06 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: teej at October 07, 2013 07:06 PM (JCIjD)
For what it's worth, Carol, I wouldn't want to live either.
Hospital-acquired infections are the curse of our age.
I hope you can at least get him to MA long enough for him to feel briefly settled and comfortable once again.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2013 07:07 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Gingy at October 07, 2013 07:07 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:07 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 07, 2013 07:08 PM (DX8w5)
Posted by: Guy
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I believe 'first' is ignored
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:08 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 07, 2013 07:09 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Gingy at October 07, 2013 07:09 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 07:10 PM (HVff2)
we're not allowed to have peaches in casa de joe because peaches are from Georgia and not Tennessee
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 07:11 PM (FDSEc)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 07, 2013 07:11 PM (/IXKu)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 07, 2013 07:11 PM (zMKqp)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:11 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: Ward Churchill at October 07, 2013 07:12 PM (jucos)
tomorrow to look at all options ... I feel cornered somewhere between
hopelessness, anger,and depression. I have to do some Excel math and one
option to be considered will be the opt-out + fine."
Talked to a liberal acquaintance recently.
Was asked, "So! You heading to the health exchanges to sign up?"
Nope, I said. Nothing there for me. I will not sign up. I will not pay the fine either. They may manage to _extract_ the fine under duress, something which may not hold up in court, but I won't pay voluntarily.
I'm healthy as a horse. Obamacare needs people like me to sign up and pay massive premiums with huge deductibles in order for the scheme to work. I have no intention whatsoever of complying.
But holy fuck, you should have seen the expression on that liberal's face when I said that I wasn't going to participate. Pure, distilled, stunned consternation. Like telling Hitler that it had just been discovered that his mother was Jewish.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2013 11:00 PM (gqT4g)
The problem isn't that healthcare =/= health insurance -- although it isn't. The problem is that healthcare has become an out-and-out extortion scheme, where you "pay protection money" or get ruined. Karl Denninger dug up an example of a guy who paid for his wife's delivery with a 3-day hospital stay by writing a check....it was the equivalent of just under $1000 2012 dollars (about $140 back then). What happens if you try that today? You get zapped for about $10K and they throw you out 20 minutes after clipping the cord. Why? Because there is a "rack rate" to medicine that NOBODY PAYS, in order to justify that medicare and health insurance gets a discount.
You're not paying for what you get, you're paying to not get it good-and-hard when (as is inevitable) you eventually submit to the healthcare machine. And as any mobster can tell you, you get a nice steady income when you're selling protection.
Obamacare is a case of not fixing the underlying problem (by having posted prices that apply to all), but rather having the government skim the protection money you're already paying.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 07:12 PM (T1005)
Posted by: L, elle at October 07, 2013 07:12 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: teej at October 07, 2013 07:12 PM (JCIjD)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:13 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: The Hat with Racing Stripes at October 07, 2013 07:13 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 07, 2013 07:13 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 10:59 PM (LpbKr)
No, it's because they're all Cowboys fans.
Evening roonz and roonettez! Now that I have all the comments read (up to 7
it's time to go back to work.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 07, 2013 07:13 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at October 07, 2013 07:14 PM (2vl2+)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:14 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:15 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 07:15 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 07:15 PM (qyfb5)
They should change it to the Washington Obamas like the guy really wants. Then you could yell "Beat the Obamas!!!" and not get in trouble.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 07, 2013 07:16 PM (sj9LN)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:16 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 07, 2013 07:16 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 07:17 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Gingy (Peaches and her Parlies in my Pantry) at October 07, 2013 07:17 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Gingy at October 07, 2013 11:07 PM (jt8G9)
I'd probably try a piece of parchment on the cookie sheet, so they didn't freeze hard to the metal.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 07:17 PM (T1005)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:17 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: teej at October 07, 2013 07:17 PM (cWpCn)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 07, 2013 07:18 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: J. Random Dude at October 07, 2013 07:19 PM (72afg)
Posted by: Gingy (yoga's hard, y'all) at October 07, 2013 07:19 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 07, 2013 07:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: lindafell at October 07, 2013 07:19 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 07, 2013 07:20 PM (sj9LN)
I am certainly willing to volunteer you as The First Turd On Mars
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 07, 2013 07:20 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:20 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at October 07, 2013 07:21 PM (yL0v8)
Personally I prefer rat Southeast Asian style, as a kebab.
With the tail wound artfully round the skewer. It's the little details of presentation that make a dish just perfect.
Mmmmm. Rat. It's what's for dinner.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2013 07:21 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:22 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Gingy (too tire for witticisms) at October 07, 2013 07:23 PM (jt8G9)
What's the dfference between slitting throats and burning it down?
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 11:11 PM (+jhcF)
The difference is that "slitting throats" is particularly effective metaphysical imagery with interesting rhythmic devices, which counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the humanity of the blogger's compassionate soul, and which contrives through the medium of the blog structure to sublimate this, transcend that, and come to terms with the fundamental dichotomies of the other -- and one is left with a profound and vivid insight into the very core of the blog's existence.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 07:23 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:23 PM (+jhcF)
Something about Peache's can being frozen to a cookie sheet?!
Maybe I should go back to the top of the thread...
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:23 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: CarolT. at October 07, 2013 07:24 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: baldrick at October 07, 2013 07:24 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 07:24 PM (HO5Ad)
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I know, I know. I thought we were on to a recipe.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:24 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 11:11 PM (+jhcF)
One is personal and the other's just business. :-)
Posted by: Mætenloch at October 07, 2013 07:24 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 07:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Gingy at October 07, 2013 07:25 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 07:25 PM (/yKTM)
Posted by: Gingy (too tire for witticisms) at October 07, 2013 11:23 PM (jt8G9)
What, you don't like ethnic food? Racist.
Posted by: Ankh Morpork Dwarf Foodservice Providers at October 07, 2013 07:25 PM (72afg)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:25 PM (+jhcF)
She's using the stereotype of Native Americans being drunks to push the line that "Redskins" is offensive?
Self-awareness isn't really her thing.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 07, 2013 07:25 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: L, elle at October 07, 2013 07:25 PM (0PiQ4)
PJ O'rourke:
"I have only one firm belief about the American political system, and that is this: God is a Republican and Santa Claus is a Democrat.
God is an elderly or, at any rate, middle-aged mate, a stern fellow, patriarchal rather than paternal and a great believer in rules and regulations. He holds men strictly accountable for their actions. He has little apparent concern for the material well-being of the disadvantaged. He is politically connected, socially powerful and holds the mortgage on literally everything in the world. God is difficult. God is unsentimental. It is very hard to get into God's heavenly country club.
Santa Claus is another matter. He's cute. He's nonthreatening. He's always cheerful. And he loves animals. He may know who's been naughty and who's been nice, but he never does anything about it. He gives everyone everything they want without thought of a quid pro quo. He works hard for charities, and he's famously generous to the poor. Santa Claus is preferable to God in every way but one: There is no such thing as Santa Claus."
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:25 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: Vogon Blog at October 07, 2013 07:26 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Bill R. at October 07, 2013 07:26 PM (4Fyur)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 07:27 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at October 07, 2013 07:27 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Patrick Swayze at October 07, 2013 07:29 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 07:29 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at October 07, 2013 07:29 PM (yeM7r)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 07, 2013 07:29 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Gingy at October 07, 2013 07:29 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at October 07, 2013 07:29 PM (1wI7y)
I'll take navycopjoe's answer. Makes mo sense to me.
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 11:25 PM (+jhcF)
Actually, Maet's response was witty and substantially answered the question. My response was more.....postmodern.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 07:30 PM (T1005)
"Give War A Chance" was classic, too.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 07, 2013 07:30 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 11:11 PM (+jhcF)
One is personal and the other's just business. :-)
Posted by: Mætenloch at October 07, 2013 11:24 PM (pAlYe)
I have always read it as an expression of ultimate exasperation culminating in a decision to work violence to resolve the problem.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:30 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (CA2NO)
It's brony humor you wouldn't understand.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (/yKTM)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: CarolT. at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Gingy (for realsies) at October 07, 2013 07:31 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 07, 2013 07:32 PM (fvV0D)
I guess you all have heard the Great News!!!!11! that Maryland's state run O-care exchange managed to enroll a whopping 326 people as of Sunday night. That's out of a population of 6.9M with 800K or so uninsured.
That's a state-run exchange, but we can expect no better from the federal run exchange, which would mean we'd expect about 16K to have enrolled nationwide.
This is EPIC FAIL! proportions here. An absolute joke. And I wonder how many of those 326 are the old and sick who were previously uninsurable. My guess is about all of them.
This is going to the biggest train wreck ever attempted by a government, anywhere, in history.
Posted by: publius(NotBreitbartPublius) at October 07, 2013 07:32 PM (M5Os+)
197 If they get rid of redskins, wont chiefs be next?
it not like they are real teams anyways so who cares?
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 07:32 PM (FDSEc)
. Posted by: STD Superstore at October 07, 2013 07:32 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: Gingy (for realsies) at October 07, 2013 07:32 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at October 07, 2013 07:33 PM (yeM7r)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 07, 2013 07:34 PM (zMKqp)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:34 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 07:34 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at October 07, 2013 07:34 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Gingy (for realsies) at October 07, 2013 07:35 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 07:35 PM (/yKTM)
Well, at this point, whatever does go badly with Obamacare will be the republicans fault..... because of Sequester/shutdown.
*Liberal logic sure is easy, you don't even have to think*
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at October 07, 2013 07:35 PM (jucos)
Since I first read it, that's always been my favorite takedown of PoMo overall and a couple of nasty flavors of it in particular. That Arthur and Ford are churning it out with such cynical desperation is part of its charm.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 07:35 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 07:36 PM (9MLX+)
Violence is wrong, mmmmkay?
Posted by: BCochran1981-Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 11:31 PM (GEICT)
Touchy subject lately, so i'll just steer clear of it.
Wouldn't advocate it anyway. Humor was what worked best for me.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:36 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 11:31 PM (/yKTM)
Actually the jaguars would on the grounds of false advertising. They are suppose to be threatening.
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at October 07, 2013 07:36 PM (Qb417)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:36 PM (CA2NO)
218 there is only one team now, and they are predominantlyorange
I thought they were all pink now
but its all about the boobies I guess
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 07:37 PM (FDSEc)
"Give War A Chance" was classic, too.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 07, 2013 11:30 PM (d7tB2)
When I read PoW, I actually LEARNED things that rang true and have been evidenced as being true over and over and over again, since.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 07:37 PM (T1005)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 07, 2013 07:38 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:38 PM (+jhcF)
I was always just happy that there were girls willing to squeeze the wang while driving fast, slow or parked.
Anytime really.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 07, 2013 07:38 PM (sj9LN)
I hope I'm not mistaken but I think Boehner is going to stand up to the JEF.
Posted by: CarolT. at October 07, 2013 11:31 PM (z4WKX)
Wouldn't that be nice for a change?
Reminds me of what Margaret Thatcher's aid said about the Meeting between Her and George HW Bush regarding Saddam's invasion of Kuwait.
"She performed a successful backbone transplant. "
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:39 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: teej at October 07, 2013 07:39 PM (h1gQR)
****
They are named after the nicely styled but poorly built english cars
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 07, 2013 07:39 PM (fvV0D)
I took the foreign service exam today. Years in the service of Uncle Sam has left me somewhat braindead and dumb. Jeez loueez. Pretty sure i biffed it.
Posted by: fastfreefall at October 07, 2013 10:41 PM (Tz35j)
The only two questions that matter on the foreign service exam are answered "Harvard" and "Democrat".
'sup jackwagons
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 07, 2013 07:39 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 07:39 PM (/yKTM)
ummmm, why is the brunette sailor moon staring at me and her eyes grew in size again?
her bday is coming up fast and she wants as much loot as possible i'm guessing
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 07:40 PM (FDSEc)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 07, 2013 07:40 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 07:42 PM (/yKTM)
228 it actually is a pirate thing
back when vic was in the navy, if they wanted the boat they would slit everyone's throat and throw them over the side
if they didn't they would just set the ship on fire
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 07:42 PM (FDSEc)
If Mencken were to rise from the grave and comment on the HQ, he would be banned sometime around comment #4.
Mencken wouldn't have it any other way, of course.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 07, 2013 07:42 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:42 PM (+jhcF)
BALDRICK: "'Til it's drowned."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 07, 2013 11:34 PM (CA2NO)
The First time I saw "Blackadder goes forth" I thought that was the funniest stuff I had ever seen in my life.
Knowing something of the horrors of WW I certainly helped. I love black humor and Blackadder has some of the blackest!
"Captain Cook" was a gem, as was "Corporal Punishment."
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:43 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: t-bird at October 07, 2013 07:44 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 07, 2013 07:45 PM (zMKqp)
Posted by: Barry Obama, who isn't a Doctor but did watch an episode of M*A*S*H once! at October 07, 2013 07:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: eman at October 07, 2013 07:45 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 07:46 PM (HVff2)
On reboot I was greeted with a dancing pink unicorn. Yeah... no, now the phone has version 4.3.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at October 07, 2013 07:46 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth at October 07, 2013 07:46 PM (52lgb)
Posted by: Professional Privelege Checker at October 07, 2013 07:47 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:47 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at October 07, 2013 07:48 PM (w45V0)
247 Wrong, it's I hate black humor. RACIST
WRONG, since i'm a democrat it automatically makes you RACIST
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 07:48 PM (FDSEc)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 07, 2013 07:48 PM (f4Je0)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 07:49 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Purp at October 07, 2013 11:36 PM (9MLX+)
I am very sorry to hear that. Hospitals should be a place of healing, not a place of infection.
That (MRSA Methicillin Resistant Staphalococcus Areus ) is some nasty stuff. I had it once and it was pretty horrible. Went to five different doctors till one of them got it right.
C. Diff is also very bad. Overuse of antibiotics have made some previously annoying germs into deadly pathogens.
Hospitals are very bad places to be now. Apparently they've forgotten all about how to prevent the spread of pathogens. Some are learning. Flooding rooms with UV light and using copious quantities of disinfectant.
Again, I'm sorry for your loss.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:50 PM (XnALK)
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T-bird, pic taken yesterday :
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r727/MickySpillaine/Beachclose2_zpsb8f5bda8.jpg
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:50 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 07, 2013 07:50 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 07, 2013 11:48 PM (f4Je0)
May be an Obama voter.
Posted by: manometer at October 07, 2013 07:51 PM (vjrgd)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:51 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: eman at October 07, 2013 07:51 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 07:51 PM (HVff2)
Oh, God, PJ O'Rourke to the fucking rescue. One crappy day cancelled by that sweet, sweet essay.
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at October 07, 2013 07:51 PM (Z/+49)
Well thank you for your answers but I'm still confused.
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 11:38 PM (+jhcF)
Take my advice. Leave it alone. Nothing good will come of pulling on that thread, I assure you.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:52 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2013 07:52 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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Mad Max, skip to 2:16 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2x8RhadlpA
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 07, 2013 07:54 PM (nch4c)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 07, 2013 07:54 PM (ZhNCB)
Posted by: maddogg at October 07, 2013 07:54 PM (i5IoF)
259 I disagree
you can do the violence thing all you want as long as you don't:
1 communicate a real threat
2 incite violence
3 threaten a political leader in a real way
ex: I would shove a pineapple sideways up reid's ass if he causes a shutdown versus i'm going to get my ......... and head to DC to .......
see the difference?
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 07:54 PM (FDSEc)
I understand now why some people think the show has so many ridiculous premises. If you had a hacksaw why would you saw your hand off instead of the chain?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at October 07, 2013 11:48 PM (f4Je0)
Didn't you see "The Road Warrior"? Turn in your man card.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:55 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:55 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 07:56 PM (9MLX+)
Posted by: eman at October 07, 2013 07:57 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 07:57 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: maddogg at October 07, 2013 07:57 PM (i5IoF)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 07:58 PM (+jhcF)
My browser rendering speeds visibly improved when I dropped one in
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 07:58 PM (9MLX+)
276 troll?
okay, now she's sitting next to me creeping me out
whatever she wants is going to make my visa bleed
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 07:58 PM (FDSEc)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 07:58 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: adams dolor porn at October 07, 2013 07:59 PM (gQKHE)
[ ;">the Kid is handcuffed to a car thats about to explode] Max: The chain in those handcuffs is high-tensile steel. Itd take you ten minutes to hack through it with this. Now, if youre lucky, you could hack through your ankle in five minutes. Go. [the hacksaw is dropped next to The Kid, and Max limps off]
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 07:59 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 07:59 PM (HVff2)
Dude, it's not that we don't love and appreciate him.....it's just he shouldn't be up this late. The Monsters of the Id don't manifest properly until he's sleeping.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 08:00 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Jmel at October 07, 2013 08:00 PM (cfFqn)
Posted by: eman at October 07, 2013 08:01 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: bluetick at October 07, 2013 08:01 PM (v2GbM)
ugggggh
she wants to go to the cheesecake factory and hit me with the damn bambi eyes
I fucking hate the fucking bambi eyes
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 08:01 PM (FDSEc)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 08:01 PM (+jhcF)
Guy, Ace stated in another thread that he regrets having it there now and would most likely remove it in the future - it was a different time, and part of a now obsolete schtick ...
That being said, I haven't seen the AllenG copy pasta much recently ...
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 08:02 PM (/yKTM)
When your only tool is a keyboard, you probably don't understand real tools.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 08:02 PM (9MLX+)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 07, 2013 08:02 PM (7tVNd)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at October 07, 2013 08:03 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Guy who was Freaked Out! but is now just pissed. at October 07, 2013 08:03 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 07, 2013 08:04 PM (U13jb)
How are you?Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 08:05 PM (qyfb5)
Drudge headline: "Gulf States Developing Medical Test to Detect Gay Travelers"
My first thought: Florida panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi.
Posted by: Bomber at October 07, 2013 08:06 PM (4Mwv/)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 07, 2013 08:06 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 08:07 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 08:08 PM (/yKTM)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 08:08 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 08:08 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 07, 2013 08:08 PM (zMKqp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 07, 2013 08:09 PM (DmNpO)
I wonder what happens to the economy when that $14k delta is repeated millions of times?
$14k * 5M = $70B/yr removed from buying houses, cars, and other stuff. Even if its only 1M who get hit that hard, $14B taken away from houses/cars/stuff is a big deal.
Welcome to WalmartNation™
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 08:09 PM (9MLX+)
I wonder if he'll happily show his face at the Nuremberg Rally for Illegals on The Mall?
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2013 08:10 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: adams TWD, homes porn at October 07, 2013 08:10 PM (gQKHE)
>>> name 4,748 bad things about Chicago
Isn't that about the number of people shot there so far this year?
Posted by: Bomber at October 07, 2013 08:10 PM (4Mwv/)
306 you mean the assbeating the skins will be handed on the 20th
even cutler can't screw up that game
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 08:10 PM (FDSEc)
You probably have a bad alternator. But first check the OTHER cable.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2013 08:11 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 08:11 PM (LpbKr)
Yeah, the Cowboys game was pretty great. Didn't expect them to win, but sure as shit didn't expect them to play so well. Was texting with my ex neighbor, a Bronco's fan, asking her who the fuck those guys were in white and blue on that field?
Posted by: Theresa D., Tea Party Terrorista at October 07, 2013 08:11 PM (/BCgx)
*pro tip: United Health Care, Aetna and I think Humana have all announced that if you're enrolled in one of their plans by Dec 31, they are going to keep them going through 2014. You'll get the fine, but who cares? Exchange plans are so much more expensive and such a reduction in coverage that it'll be we'll worth it. If you've gotten a notice from your current carrier, contact a local agent and see if anything is available from those companies. In my personal case it's the difference between 6K per year for my family coverage and 20K.
Posted by: Weirddave at October 08, 2013 12:02 AM (7tVNd)
I should point out @63 that there's a significant business opportunity just sittin' there. You probably couldn't do it yourself without losing all sorts of licenses and certifications, but you'd know enough about how it worked to maybe set Gingy up.....and then it would be like Breaking Bad except with illegal health insurance. You could buy a car wash to launder illegal premium payments....
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 08:12 PM (T1005)
oh well Posted by: navycopjoe at October 08, 2013 12:03 AM
They now have the same record as the Jets
Bet if we told you that on Oct 7 that would be the case back in August, you would have cancelled your Red Zone packages and locked out every sports channel
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2013 08:13 PM (aTXUx)
well kids, I got to take my miniT to get her cheesecake fix
I swear by all the juicy and tasty Chicago style Italian beef sammiches, i'm going to stop falling for the damn bambi eyes one day
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 08:14 PM (FDSEc)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 08:15 PM (HVff2)
290, very true - lift off oversteer is key to the rallycross techniques I'm trying to learn - now if I can just get the hang of the left foot braking ...
Rally driving is completely alien to anything you learn normally - the best drivers in our group learned it at a very early age ...
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 08:15 PM (/yKTM)
well kids, I got to take my miniT to get her cheesecake fix
I swear by all the juicy and tasty Chicago style Italian beef sammiches, i'm going to stop falling for the damn bambi eyes one day
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 08, 2013 12:14 AM (FDSEc)
Yep. Sure.
Posted by: A million years of fatherhood at October 07, 2013 08:16 PM (T1005)
320 even worse, they have the same record as the titans and I am reminded every day of that
the titans
the Tennessee Titans of Tennessee
FML
Posted by: navycopjoe at October 07, 2013 08:16 PM (FDSEc)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 08:17 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 07, 2013 08:17 PM (PiTrS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 08:17 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Professional Privelege Checker at October 07, 2013 08:18 PM (Vk2pI)
The ones with the protrudy posts sometimes have clamp connectors that get squashed down and don't hold well anymore no matter how tight they're cranked down -- the hole in the middle has been peened out larger than its supposed to be.
The + and/or - can be bad.
Quick temporary fix for that won't tighten situation that can get you back on the road -- take a thin piece of wire, like paper clip, and jam the clamp down with the wire inside the hole so it wedges a larger contact patch on the opposite side and expand the clam enough that it'll tighten up a bit. This ploy can work for quite a long time.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 08:18 PM (9MLX+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 08:19 PM (qyfb5)
I do know that the daily safety e-mails from management are their way of telling us we're too damned stupid to walk through the door without hurting ourselves. And they come through a mailing list I don't dare unsubscribe from, because believe me, they can see that stuff. And of course, the POS Outlook e-mail software fails to filter them out properly.
Fucking nannystate assholes.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 07, 2013 08:19 PM (FvyJS)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 08:19 PM (HVff2)
TheresaD, how bout all the orange in the stands at the cathedral of football? Local writer here says we have a new Americas team
I, for one, will check my enthusiasm somewhat until we see some playoff victories - PFM should be practicing in a walk in freezer ...
How can a beagle this small snore that loud? Like a freaking chainsaw ...
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 08:21 PM (/yKTM)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 08:21 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 08:22 PM (9MLX+)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 07, 2013 08:23 PM (+jhcF)
Posted by: The Munchkin's Hat at October 07, 2013 08:24 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 08:24 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 07, 2013 08:24 PM (z6Elp)
You might think that sweeping out the trash in WWI was enough to prove that....and might be astounded that after cleaning up the planet while unleashing nuclear hell in WWII that there might be a question....but there's always the chance the forces of evil could load up the US government with Quislings and Vichy-types....
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 08:24 PM (T1005)
If any tech web weenies want to get rich, start up a new social media web site guaranteeing free speech and no private information handed over to the NSA, you'll make Facebook another MySpace
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2013 08:26 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 08:26 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 08:27 PM (HVff2)
Can't hate on Peyton and his new team, love the guy and love watching him play.
Posted by: Theresa D., Tea Party Terrorista at October 07, 2013 08:28 PM (/BCgx)
No, I'm an altruistic agent. :p
Posted by: Weirddave at October 08, 2013 12:24 AM (z6Elp)
I'm still chuckling about "Blue Sky Health Insurance"....
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 08:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 08:28 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 07, 2013 08:28 PM (fW/Ev)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 08:29 PM (qyfb5)
We're self-insured and not covered under OSHA, which should give you some idea who I work for. It's mainly driven by a boss with an obsession above and beyond the normal safety culture here.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 07, 2013 08:30 PM (FvyJS)
Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 08:30 PM (LpbKr)
Yep. FB can be obsoleted within 6 months if something shinier comes along. Grandparents sharing pics of grandkids ain't the kinda demographic that drags the big ad dollars and data prrices
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 08:31 PM (9MLX+)
Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 08:33 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 08:33 PM (HVff2)
Issa, a California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wrote a letter to IRS Acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel outlining a "troubling pattern" involving at least four senior officials — including now-retired official Lois Lerner, who's at the center of a tea party groups' targeting scandal.
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Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 07, 2013 08:41 PM (WX3R9)
Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 08:42 PM (LpbKr)
Just damn. I want to pour a shot after that. \mm/ \mm/
Posted by: Berserker at October 07, 2013 08:42 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 07, 2013 08:45 PM (WX3R9)
TheresaD, agreed - a lot of the sentiment is pro-Peyton. Co worker in upstate New York today told me he met a guy wearing an orange hat and asked him if he was a Broncos fan, and his reply was not really, more of a Peyton fan.
UK = tea and crumpets, US = squirrel meat and whiskey (old joke) - well, not really, but the point has been made by others that our successes have been due to our independence of action and decentralized authority. I, for one DON'T welcome our new Europhile overlords - our founders got it right, too bad it's mostly over now ...
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 08:46 PM (/yKTM)
I wonder how many hipsters don't even have a basic $20 Walmart tool kit?
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 08:50 PM (9MLX+)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 08:53 PM (/yKTM)
I'm unemployed at the moment and have no health insurance. How am I dealing with obammycare. I'm not. I won't sign up and I won't pay a tax. And I already told the government that.
Posted by: Big Zesty at October 07, 2013 08:54 PM (K1zj1)
Posted by: and irresolute at October 07, 2013 08:56 PM (RqHWH)
I don't think that Purp actually meant to write about getting the clam to tighten up a bit, but it's a wonderfully apposite ONT typo.
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Posted by: Big Zesty at October 07, 2013 09:01 PM (K1zj1)
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First of all they're run by lefties who will do anything to help their boyfriend.
Their target demographics for the big ad dollars are the Juiceboxers who are too young to know the consequences of socialism and think its awesome
And those Tea Partiers are h8rz !!11!!
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2013 09:09 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Big Zesty at October 07, 2013 09:12 PM (K1zj1)
Keep in mind also that they've got about all the American new accounts they're going to get and like Hollywood their big growth demographics are overseas.
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2013 09:12 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 09:19 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 09:20 PM (/yKTM)
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Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 08, 2013 01:19 AM (qyfb5)
Sure, I'll just hop in my massive RV with the richguy personalized plate, grab my 150' yacht STOMP THE POOR and be right over :-).
Seriously, If I could, I would. Seriously you guys, I'm tired of this crap and it may just be time to, just maybe, think about doing something (nonviolent) about it.
Posted by: Big Zesty at October 07, 2013 09:28 PM (K1zj1)
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Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 09:31 PM (qyfb5)
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Posted by: Yip at October 07, 2013 09:41 PM (/jHWN)
Methinks Merovign is trying to poke at me. I won't protest. I'm not a regular commenter. Just a regular lurker trying to make his way in this world.
Posted by: Big Zesty at October 07, 2013 09:41 PM (K1zj1)
Posted by: American Maid at October 07, 2013 09:42 PM (z9HTb)
Right there with ya on desire to do something... too much going on to drive up there. Know that you're not alone.
Posted by: Yip at October 07, 2013 09:43 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 09:44 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: CAC at October 07, 2013 09:44 PM (0ts10)
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Posted by: Fox 2! at October 07, 2013 09:45 PM (XFTOV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 09:47 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Yip at October 07, 2013 09:48 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 09:50 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 08, 2013 01:47 AM (qyfb5)
Sounded like that to me too.
Posted by: Berserker at October 07, 2013 09:51 PM (FMbng)
Absolutely agree. I saw it as the Global-warming science effect in planetary science... let's monkey with this or that definition and publish some papers...
What the hell matter does it make to redefine Pluto as not really a "planet"?? I guess it matters to teh geeks who live an die by desperately trying to find meaning to their lives anywhere but here on earth..
Posted by: Yip at October 07, 2013 09:52 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: phunctor [/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 09:52 PM (HtsKA)
Posted by: CAC at October 08, 2013 01:44 AM (0ts10)
Did they say what the solar mass of that bad boy is?
Posted by: Berserker at October 07, 2013 09:54 PM (FMbng)
Only Americans want it to be a planet. Because you think you're special, since that's the one planet you found, and you wanted to be equal to the British and the French. But deep down, you're not, and you know you're not.
You are Argentinians who speak English. You vote for Peronistas like Argentinians vote for Peronistas. Sure you wrote up a Constitution . . . it's a fine piece of paper, I'll give you that. But you don't follow it. You never really wanted it.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 07, 2013 09:56 PM (d7tB2)
Haha WH, well said ... I guess my thought came from when I studied astronomy back in school, back in the day, that, due to the size of the moon, it could be more accurately described as an "earth-moon" system, kinda like a binary star. Imagine if we found such a thing by observation - two gas giants, say, orbiting each other, and another star (or system of stars) as well. Cf., this article: http://tinyurl.com/lc2v6e2. Definitions do change - ask Pluto. The science is never settled, and language is forever changing ...
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 10:00 PM (/yKTM)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 10:01 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: Big Zesty at October 07, 2013 10:05 PM (K1zj1)
Posted by: Baltimore Press at October 07, 2013 10:13 PM (/jHWN)
We can't be Argentines who speak English - we hate soccer ... last time I checked, the Argies never 1) went to the moon; 2) invented anything of note; 3) have the world's largest economy; 4) beat the UK in a war ...
But, that was in the past ...
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 10:15 PM (/yKTM)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 10:18 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 10:20 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 08, 2013 01:56 AM
But technically, Neptune isn't a planet either. For the same reason.
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2013 10:20 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 10:21 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: Big Zesty at October 07, 2013 10:21 PM (K1zj1)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 10:24 PM (HO5Ad)
Where the hell did all that come from anyway? Way up thread or something?
Posted by: Yip at October 07, 2013 10:24 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 10:25 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 10:27 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: Yip at October 07, 2013 10:28 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: CAC at October 08, 2013 01:44 AM (0ts10)
I have not seen the program in question, but by "about" I assume you mean within the next 300,000 to 500,000 years. My prediction: the Yellowstone supervolcano will erupt first. Feel free to come and mercilessly taunt me in my grave if I am wrong.
Posted by: HTL at October 07, 2013 10:36 PM (xOOs/)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 10:43 PM (HO5Ad)
Any foreign power set on invasion or attack would be probably figure the Northeast corridor to be the lightest armed and most easily cowed. Shelter in Place, Boston Strong
You might say California, but those gangs are heavily armed and don't like ANYBODY encroaching on their turf
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2013 10:45 PM (aTXUx)
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Posted by: HTL at October 08, 2013 02:36 AM
There are stars that may have exploded centuries ago that we don't know about yet. The light you're seeing now started the trip when Columbus had to go to Spain to book a cruise
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2013 10:50 PM (aTXUx)
You might say California, but those gangs are heavily armed and don't like ANYBODY encroaching on their turf
Posted by: kbdabear at October 08, 2013 02:45 AM (aTXUx)
Yeah I'm thinking the Boston area would crumble pretty fast myself. As fucked up as the gun laws are in jersey at least there is a good amount of rural areas, hunters, and a shitload of guns.
Posted by: Berserker at October 07, 2013 10:50 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Berserker at October 08, 2013 02:50 AM
Not unless they're ignoring my directives pal, and don't you forget it.
Unless it's the 2016 primaries, then I didn't say nothin' about no guns
Posted by: Chris Christie at October 07, 2013 10:55 PM (aTXUx)
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Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 11:00 PM (qyfb5)
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Posted by: otho at October 07, 2013 11:02 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 11:03 PM (HO5Ad)
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 11:03 PM (/yKTM)
The Saturn V's boosters got us off the ground, but it was American brains that got us there and into the moon dust. All done with guidance computers that made the Commodore 64 look like a Cray. A lot of calculations done by guys with non-ironic horn rimmed glasses, pocket protectors, slide rules, pencil and paper
Posted by: kbdabear at October 07, 2013 11:04 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2013 11:10 PM (HO5Ad)
Damn socialist jalops had a link to something called "Touring Car Masters" on their site - classic updated yank and aussie muscle battling it out - shits da bomb. Makes my dream of a Falcon track car seem more realistic ... http://tinyurl.com/latywha
Night bth, I know you love us and are just taking the piss, else you wouldn't be here ...
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 11:15 PM (/yKTM)
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Posted by: Mirage at October 07, 2013 11:20 PM (dkxxj)
Night bth, I know you love us and are just taking the piss, else you wouldn't be here ...
Posted by: Joe at October 08, 2013 03:15 AM
Not a Holden man, Joe?
Posted by: otho at October 07, 2013 11:21 PM (9gNQd)
It won't help you sleep, but I think it goes something like this.
1. Everyone who doesn't need insurance this very damn minute balks at the prices on the exchanges and takes the penalty on income tax returns if they haven't already taken steps to ensure they're not getting money back in April anyway.
2. Everyone who wants to see a doctor does, and signs up for whatever plan is available in their county at the office, and immediately cancels the plan once the immediate need passes.
3. Far fewer people are on any plan than expected, which means the fed subsidies aren't nearly as high as people thought they were going to be. Note that the cost of running the exchanges is already sunk, and increasing due to their lack of function, but not in way that matters on a budget level.
4. Folks momentarily say, wow we dodged a bullet because the federal budget isn't blowing up like we thought. Except money has to come from somewhere...
5. The only place it can come from in this scenario is the reserve the insurance companies have built up over the years (the last few in particular). They thought this would be covered by all the folks required to sign up, but due to 1., that won't happen. The Insurance companies don't just sit on piles of money, they invest it. So as they cash out to cover "unforeseeable" losses, whatever they had invested in (your guess is as good as mine, but assume the stock market and treasury market are part of this) drops precipitously when they sell. This is the first shoe to fall.
6. Negative cash flow eventually means bankruptcy. Big insurers find themselves days from insolvency and start begging for help. No one will loan them any money because among other things, the free cash floating around will have been used to buy up whatever they were selling in 5. Which means bailout. But they're insolvent, so we're talking repeated Greece style bailouts. Without end. And expanding as one insurer after another runs out of reserves. Which means all the extra cost is suddenly shifted back to federal coffers. So the feds have to borrow a ton of dough all at once when the treasury market is already tanking.
7. Exponents are a fucking bitch. Bondzilla strikes. Dogs and cats get friendly.
I'd like to see a way out, But the Dems control the Senate for another year, and Obama isn't going anywhere for two more after that, and this will all happen faster than three years and quite possibly within months.
Posted by: Methos at October 07, 2013 11:42 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 03:32 AM (dkxxj)
At the rate we're going, and from what I know about the US, history, and mankind in general, I think we'll eventually have a mix of American revolution, french revolution, and American civil war all at the same time.
Posted by: Berserker at October 07, 2013 11:45 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 07, 2013 11:49 PM (FlRtG)
Sorry Otho - blue oval FTW ... although those are some very pretty cars ... I dream of an early '60s Falcon (US) completely updated (IFS, IRS, 302, caged. stripped, stiffened and lowered) for track day fun. I have '67 Mustang 289 coupe partially restored.
Mirage, hard to be encouraged, since the thing was kinda designed to fail so that we could bring on single payer, but maybe if the 53% feel enough pain we can get into a position to fix it, and not nationalize it. Govt healthcare, in any form, equals politicized health care - not something I want for sure, but that doesn't mean we wont survive (the republic won't, it's pretty much gone already). I would prepare for white males to be prioritized below any other group - our best bet will be concierge health care, for those that can afford it, as long as private pay is still legal (UK is allowed, Canada is not, which is why they come here). Prepare to wait in line - imagine your hospital run by the post office or your local DMV, and follow the latest health fad, or your services will be withheld. Don't smoke, drink to excess, engage in risky behaviors, own firearms, or be overweight.
By fix it, I mean: return the tax deduction for heath care to the people, as opposed to the employers; a real nationwide market for coverage (without political mandates); and, the walmartization of services to the greatest extent possible. Safety net programs aren't going anywhere, but their growth and expansion could be limited. To me, the real problem is the insane market - direct pay would help rationalize it ...
Posted by: Joe at October 07, 2013 11:50 PM (/yKTM)
Yeah after 7., who knows what happens. There are a whole mess of things only holding together right now because the Reserve forced the market to double since the 2009 lows. Once the tanking starts, it will cascade as more entities go underwater, or near enough that their creditors demand liquidations. If you're small, this easily blows you up. If you're, say, China, maybe you hold treasuries to maturity on the theory that they'll still get paid, but you are going to take a loss on any you unload early, and maybe you panic like everyone else.
A lot of tolerance around the world is based on the current illusion of prosperity, take that away and folks are likely to get snippy.
Posted by: Methos at October 07, 2013 11:52 PM (hO9ad)
I have a serious question to pose if someone can enlighten me so I might possibly be able to get some sleep. See, I home school, and I have been a little under the weather as well... And my mind is racing between thoughts of Agenda 21, Common Core, as well as the latest in gov shutdown crap. I am seriously freaking over here at seeing no end in sight. Can someone tell me their thought on how they think this ACA fiasco will pan out after the 47% "haves" do not cooperate by denying Gov their applications (refusing to apply) via exchanges? Maybe some insight of yours might help me to let it go mentally for a few hours so I can sleep. Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 03:20 AM (dkxxj)
Let me make some things easier here.
The left has been jonesin' for government control of healthcare for well nigh a century -- realizing that the ultimate control over individuals is to force them to kneel or die. Even though this sort of regime has recently been crumbling with early adopters elsewhere (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/pemka4p), the US lurched significantly in that direction with Obamacare.
Unfortunately for those putting it forth, this had to be done with procedural finesse in a partisan manner with an intentionally-flawed, half-measure law -- and a large number of outright lies had to be told to even make that halfway plausible.
For the statist left, the strategy going forward has to be blaming all the horrors of the current law on having not gone far enough....thus driving a need to go further. By contrast, there are many strategies available to the contrary -- focus on the incompetence of the players, focus on the broken promises, focus on the biased implementation of the law, with waivers and delays....
And in the background is the whale -- what if the only people that sign up for Obamacare are sick? There are supposedly 30 million people who would qualify going in, excluding the millions that will lose their coverage as their hours are cut, their plans terminated, their jobs eliminated....if only the sickest 3 million sign up for Obamacare, then the insurance companies handling all the paperwork for this will throw their hands up in disgust and walk away....and this is quite likely.
At that point, I predict (with a fair degree of confidence) that we will see progressives engage in DANDA -- the classic Kubler-Ross stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Negotiation, Depression, Acceptance.
We are going to see all sorts of transparent lies as the media, the left, the progressives, doctors, insurance companies, Pharma, and Democrats try to DENY the self-evident facts. This will be effusive, pervasive, and obnoxious.
We will see ANGER -- which will manifest in political actions, spiteful actions, shunnings, riots, punitive measures, abuses of power and position.
There will be increasing attempts for NEGOTIATION, with more-and-more ridiculous and unbelievable positions and stratagems (please, God, I'll never raise another tax again if I can just balance this budget!!!!).
As the simple mathematics dooms the enterprise, there will eventually come DEPRESSION. I wouldn't count on it being soon and I wouldn't count on it being pretty, but it will come.
And, finally, we shall win through to ACCEPTANCE that Obamacare was always a pipe dream and could never become a functional reality. Sadly, that's years out.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 11:56 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 07, 2013 11:57 PM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 12:07 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 12:11 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 04:07 AM (dkxxj)
As a personal anecdote -- I wasn't all that familiar with the work of Kubler-Ross until, of all things, I ended up doing Sarbanes-Oxley implementations. A guy I was working with was more familiar with K-R, and I got edumicated in that the five stages are a result of emotional/systematic trauma and not just death -- and strict SarbOx was generally an emotional/systematic trauma. So we'd plan our implementation, work with someone, meet a reaction, go off to lunch, and turn to each other and say "DANDA".
And, seriously, it's true. You go in with a big and upsetting change and go to lunch afterward.....and that's what you've got. DANDA, DANDA, DANDA, DANDA, and DANDA.
Which is why I expect that the progressive reaction to denial/implosion of their 100-year dream is going to be DANDA, DANDA, DANDA, DANDA, and DANDA.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 12:16 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 04:07 AM (dkxxj)
It's explicitly called out as a framework, and not a flowchart. Someone can start out 20% Denial, 50% Negotiation, and 30% Depression, and modulate from there.....but they'll likely work out their full measure of each eventually -- and the elements exhausted will likely approximate the order in the list.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 12:19 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 12:23 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 12:26 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 12:35 AM (dkxxj)
It's explicitly called out as a framework, and not a flowchart. Someone can start out 20% Denial, 50% Negotiation, and 30% Depression, and modulate from there.....but they'll likely work out their full measure of each eventually -- and the elements exhausted will likely approximate the order in the list.
Right. My thought is they just aren't as likely to flail that hard for too too long because the cannot (or mor like are unwilling) to suffer any protracted pain. They like the "quick fix" which generally changes the whole game anyway, creating its new flavor of Hell, extrication yet to be determined... Again.
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 04:26 AM (dkxxj)
No, they'll flail. This is an existential threat. It's like finding out their mom has cancer. They'll flail, and flail, and flail again -- and even when they're lowering the casket into the hole, they'll flail some more....because the reality is too painful to bear.
And, to a certain extent it is tragic -- we know Morons who are dealing with the loss or illness of family, and the horrible grief of being ripped apart. K-R's model for understanding grief does nothing to blunt its sting.
But when you recognize that leftists are going to be wrecked by the public's rejection of a UK-like NHS, you can easily visualize their response.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 12:40 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 12:47 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 08, 2013 12:49 AM (qyfb5)
Insurers will move to segregate their businesses entirely between Ocare states and non-states. If yoiur in a non-Ocare state things will muddle along. If your in an Ocare state, 1) Medicare/aid running out of money, 2) the number of uninsured goes up, 3) everyone elees policies get more expensive, and eventually (2-3 yrs) those OCare state insurance entities start consolidating, then failing.
Life lesson: Move now
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 12:49 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:01 AM (dkxxj)
Forgive me, but as I recall, you do more EDI-type work irl, right?
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 04:35 AM (dkxxj)
I'm a CPA who most recently has done procedural compliance work (e.g. "was each PO authorized?" "when employees were terminated, was their IT access cut off?").
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 01:01 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:03 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 01:04 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 08, 2013 01:10 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 05:03 AM (dkxxj)
My intent is for my next paying gig to be in either NC or TN, to be contributing in some way dependent on actual added-value processes that I can measure, provide feedback, and improve. The only think keeping me in Silicon Valley is the BH, because all the financial jobs here are based on farcical revenue recognition, bogus income projections, outsourcing, or hype.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 01:10 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:11 AM (dkxxj)
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Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 01:17 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 05:12 AM (dkxxj)
Bookmarked. I'm skeptical that their business model adds value, though -- you can see the general gist @123.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 01:17 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:19 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 05:19 AM (dkxxj)
Sadly, most vets have more "on-the-ball" than people docs. Their patients can't tell a story, and what can cure a cat can kill a dog and vice-versa....they need to read the signs and know the territory better than the average MD.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 01:22 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:23 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 01:23 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 01:27 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 05:23 AM (dkxxj)
I did a 50-state screen....YMMV, but one of the big factors was "not freezing my ass off", or ID would have looked really fuckin' marvelous.
Anyway, I got down to AZ, AR, GA, NC, TN, and TX. Right now, I'm really like eastern TN or mid/west NC. You cannot imagine how pissed I'm going to be if I don't get out of here before the next time there is significant earthquake damage in the area.......
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 01:27 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:27 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 01:28 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: BignJames at October 08, 2013 01:28 AM (ZNQKl)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:29 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 08, 2013 01:30 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 05:23 AM (CMlD4)
I think it's more pet vet/large animal vet.
Posted by: BignJames at October 08, 2013 05:28 AM (ZNQKl)
It's a bit more nuanced than that. I remember walking with my gf and her horse down to a vet's on Foothill Blvd, Tujunga, to get de-wormer -- and that's just a smidge more "rural" than Burbank.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 01:31 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 01:34 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 01:36 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:38 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 05:29 AM (dkxxj)
I was born in Santa Monica. I don't think I've ever seen snow fall.
Which brings up another tale....my mom was a tenured professor of Mathematics and found herself on the college's textbook evaluation committee -- so the bathroom reading at our house was various textbooks, mostly in the science/tech/math field. Having seen more than a few, I can assure you that most physics texts have a chapter for "phases of matter", and every freakin' one of them has snowflakes on the chapter's title page.....and in each case, the flakes are blown up to where they're 3" across.
Which meant that, when growing up, I thought of snowflakes as being 3" shuri-ken nasties like in the intro to Kung-Fu. Sharp bastards that would go "thunk" if you got in the way of one. I'd woken up before to see that snow had fallen, but passed it off as the shattered remains of those goddamned icy throwing-stars pelting down, willy-nilly.....but I'd actually never seen snow fall. I'd walk out-of-doors in weather below freezing and shrink away from the possibility that such lethal monstrosities might be heading my way.
I now understand that snowflakes are considerably smaller and waft to the ground instead of plummet -- but, y'know, that's secondhand info.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 08, 2013 01:41 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:43 AM (dkxxj)
Still don't understand why we need to code and classify every interaction, the actual cost variances are so small. Why couldn't we have a tiered system, tier 1 charges could be initiated by receptionists, tier2 by technicians, tier3 by nurses, tier4 by docs, tier5 would require two docs, tier6 -per-clearance. Don't even include the actual medical issue in the financial transaction. Then you periodically review the local medical records vs billing practices. Any games would show up quickly.
Posted by: Jean at October 08, 2013 01:50 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:52 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 01:58 AM (dkxxj)
Posted by: Mirage at October 08, 2013 02:07 AM (dkxxj)
http://tinyurl.com/m7vuamu
Joint Base Lewis McChord Soldier stabbed to death in Polar Bear incident.
Posted by: Sven10077 at October 08, 2013 02:24 AM (9jfyN)
all soldiers African-American...
yeah racial healing with viscous sacrifices.
Posted by: Sven10077 at October 08, 2013 02:25 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 08, 2013 02:29 AM (A2SA7)
"Death of Kings," by Bernard Cornwell is available on Kindle Daily Deals for $2
That's hard to beat.
[and....I am assuming that you would be interested. Why? I don't know]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 08, 2013 02:36 AM (/kU/5)
Not weapons grade Kaboom! quality but definitely near Long v Cross Bow quality
Posted by: Sven10077 at October 08, 2013 02:40 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Axe at October 08, 2013 03:29 AM (G5L+f)
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Posted by: cthulhu at October 07, 2013 06:28 PM (T1005)