November 21, 2013
— Maetenloch
The Giveaway that Global Warmening is a Scam
People will bullshit with their mouth but almost never with their own money.
"The high cost of coastal homes in New York and Los Angeles is on its own a market signal that the alleged threat of global warming is well overdone. Even worse for those who buy into the theory of global warming that says a planetary crack-up is inevitable absent a substantial human response, is that Malibu, Manhattan and the Hamptons are filled with the very people who, when asked if they believe in the global warming theory, would most likely say yes. Ok, so Ted Danson owns in Martha's Vineyard, noted environmental activist Laurie David does too, and then Al Gore is known to have purchased a coastal palazzo in Montecito, CA. What this tells us is that even global warming's most famous advocates don't believe very deeply in their own activism. To believe the warmists we're sitting idle as Rome supposedly burns, but as evidenced by the popularity of coastal property among warmists and non-warmists alike, the market says the 'science' predicting catastrophe is utter nonsense."
Slate: The Global Warming Pause Proves That Anti-Global Warming Efforts Work
At this point AGW is simply non-falsifiable: There is literally no experiment or outcome you can predict that climate change believers will accept as proof it's false. Which tells you it's really a matter of religious faith instead of science.
Meanwhile the Global Warming global bandwagon seems to be unraveling: UN climate talks fall apart as 132 countries storm out
Mostly because wealthy countries aren't willing to hand over money to the poor countries for all the non-occurring global warming. I particularly like how the Australian government who have publicly repudiated AGW hysteria are treating the shakedown climate talks:
Australian diplomats have also thrown a wrench into the negotiations, as poor countries and activists accused them of not taking the talks seriously. The country did not even send high-ranking officials to the UN summit, saying that they would be busy repealing the country's contentious carbon tax.
"They wore T-shirts and gorged on snacks throughout the negotiation. That gives some indication of the manner they are behaving in," said a spokeswoman for the Climate Action Network.
Great Leftist Rebuttals: "The idea that young people won't go on to the exchanges is very gendered."
Huh?
Also Racist: Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
Because Latinos and other immigrants are simply unable to comprehend the concept of smearing stuff on sliced bread and this kind of White Man magic scares and oppresses them.
Henceforth doorknobs are no longer allowed in new Vancouver construction. Because old people and arthritis.
In Vancouver, the doorknob is heading into a setting sun. Its future has been date-marked, legislated out of existence in all future construction, a tip to society's quest for universal design and the easier-to-use lever handle.
...In September, Vancouver council adopted new amendments to its building code, effective next March, that, among other things, will require lever handles on all doors and lever faucets in all new housing construction.
Whoa - Did the US Government Kill Brittany Murphy and Her Husband?
Okay this has got to be one of the wilder conspiracy theories but there's enough evidence that the government harassed Department of Homeland Security whistleblower, Julia Davis, with every tool at their disposal and had Murphy and her husband under surveillance that you can't reject it out of hand. Now given Murphy and Monjack's known drug habits this is probably what actually killed them - but on the other hand there are several people associated with the Davis case who are now dead and that seems worthy of further investigation.
Salon's Alternate Reality: The right's in a box - Here's how GOP loses Obamacare fight
Hoo boy normally publishing this would be grounds for a drug test.
The fact that Affordable Care Act enrollments are spiking in states that have functioning exchange websites of their own is great news for the law and for the many thousands of people who will be newly, or better, insured come Jan. 1.
Married? Well ObamaCare has a special treat for you. And by treat I mean a pretty hefty extra yearly bill.
A married couple is eligible for the federal subsidies if they make less than 400% above what the government considers poverty, but the poverty line for marrieds is lower than the combined level for couples living together. The unmarried couple could have a higher income and still reap the benefit of subsidies.
What you subsidize, you get more of. What you punish, you get less of.
Does Big Philanthropy Actually Help People?
Short answer: Not really. Of all the famed public philanthropists - Oprah, Bill Clinton, Angelina Jolie, etc - Bill Gates has probably done the most but at best his charity has had only marginal effects. Mostly because it targets things that sound nice in speeches rather than what's known to work
Between 2000 and 2005, to take just one of its myriad projects, the foundation spent $1 billion constructing small schools in the United States. Gates believed that American public schools were mediocre because classes were too large. Student academic achievement did not improve, though, and the foundation eventually abandoned the project after its director conceded failure and resigned. Unlike Winfrey, Gates admitted his mistake, for which he deserves credit. But the presumed virtue of small schools was based solely on his own intuition; it had no basis in science. Will Gates similarly recognize and reverse his foundation's African folly?
Was George Zimmerman Framed by His Ex-Girlfriend?
the TMZ website reports sources close to Zimmerman as saying Scheibe told him she was six weeks pregnant after he made it clear he was leaving her and leaving Florida.Zimmerman reportedly offered to make a child custody and support deal, but what Scheibe really wanted was for them to stay together.
When she saw Zimmerman packing his bags, the sources claim she decided to make up the story of him pointing the gun at her as revenge.
Her on-again-off-again pregnancy story is kind of fishy. So I guess we'll have to return to the old Zimmerman Rule of not taking any MSM report relating to him at face value. And he needs to get out of Florida and get back to his roots in Peruvia.
Photos of American malls from 1989. With not a cell phone in sight and indoor smoking it feels much further away than 24 years.
Yahoo group. That is all.
The group thingy. And the middle class.
And my Twitter spew.
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Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 21, 2013 06:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 21, 2013 06:07 PM (zBFQu)
https://tinyurl.com/kmlr96r
Jeebus, Seattle's truly gone crazy.
Posted by: Country Singer at November 21, 2013 06:07 PM (DE9KP)
Posted by: fluffonutta at November 21, 2013 06:09 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 06:09 PM (kkbgQ)
I can't recall who said it, but their comment on Hollyweird celebrities dashing about between global warming events by private jet -- the single most outrageously carbon-spewing means of travel you could ever imagine -- was that "I'll start to act like this is a 'planetary emergency' just as soon as they do."
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 06:09 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at November 21, 2013 06:09 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: Osoloco at November 21, 2013 06:09 PM (k7WbY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 21, 2013 06:10 PM (zBFQu)
Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 06:11 PM (kkbgQ)
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/344887.php
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 21, 2013 06:11 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 06:13 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Oprah Winfrey at November 21, 2013 06:13 PM (q4QfH)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 21, 2013 06:13 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 06:15 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 06:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 06:16 PM (GEICT)
And he needs to stop dating for a while.
When your rebound from an ex who falsely accuses you to the cops is yet *another* crazy bitch who falsely accuses you to the cops?
You need to stop dating for a while. Third time is not going to be the charm.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 06:16 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 06:16 PM (SEZUJ)
Posted by: redenzo at November 21, 2013 06:17 PM (bMeMt)
Check out blogger Maetenloch over at The Federalist. This "ONT" idea of his is terrific. Thank me!
Posted by: Mark R. Levin at November 21, 2013 06:17 PM (NE2or)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 21, 2013 06:17 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: Oprah Winfrey at November 21, 2013 10:13 PM (q4QfH)
Your head and huge hair are actually bigger than your huge ass.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:17 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 21, 2013 06:17 PM (zBFQu)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 06:18 PM (vHRtU)
Algore's house looks like the kind of place where you'd wake up to find a horse head in your bed.
...or a crazed sex-poodle.
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 06:18 PM (SEZUJ)
yes. Thank you thank you thank you. That Bill Gates small school experiment is why I am so extremely angry at him and his so-called "philanthropy" and why all of his support for common core should be brought into question.
He ruined the high school I graduated from with his "small school" experiment. The school district ended up shutting it down and shipping the neighborhood kids to other high schools. Only, the neighborhood kids (the neighborhood being a poor minority neighborhood) didn't go to the other schools because of their home situations and the difficulties for them. So, students that had been in high school on their way to graduating ended up high school drop outs. The superintendent managed to reverse the problem (which he was half responsible for) but it was really bad.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 21, 2013 06:19 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 06:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: phreshone at November 21, 2013 06:20 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: toby928© at November 21, 2013 06:21 PM (QupBk)
http://tinyurl.com/6ponyk9
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:21 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 06:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 06:22 PM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 06:22 PM (SEZUJ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 21, 2013 06:22 PM (yLJ9s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 21, 2013 06:23 PM (zBFQu)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 06:23 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Billinois at November 21, 2013 06:23 PM (Faw1b)
It needs to be nuked from space. Just to be sure.
Sorry, Australia.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:23 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 06:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: fluffonutta at November 21, 2013 06:24 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 06:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: rabidfox at November 21, 2013 06:24 PM (Gejy0)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:25 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: toby928© at November 21, 2013 06:25 PM (QupBk)
"They wore T-shirts and gorged on snacks throughout the negotiation. That gives some indication of the manner they are behaving in," said a spokeswoman for the Climate Action Network."
Hahahahaha... hahahahaha!
Posted by: otho at November 21, 2013 06:25 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 21, 2013 06:25 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 06:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Peter Lake at November 21, 2013 06:26 PM (jXpmF)
Is Murphy the blonde in the purple dress?
If they had her under surveillance there should be some nudie photos or an up-skirt shot or two, right?
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 06:26 PM (SEZUJ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 21, 2013 06:26 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 06:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 06:26 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: otho at November 21, 2013 06:27 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Martin Bashear at November 21, 2013 06:27 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 06:27 PM (GEICT)
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Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 06:27 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 21, 2013 06:28 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: grognard at November 21, 2013 06:28 PM (bTnE9)
Posted by: eman at November 21, 2013 06:28 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 06:28 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: no good deed at November 21, 2013 06:28 PM (k55Fc)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:28 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: toby928© at November 21, 2013 06:28 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 06:29 PM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: Kalneva at November 21, 2013 06:29 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 06:29 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 06:29 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 06:30 PM (0FSuD)
In terms of our culture, things have slid downhill, but in terms of the world... well, it's always been a fucked up place.
Posted by: [/i][/b]KG at November 21, 2013 06:30 PM (IPz9m)
No shit. Probably both. Mr. Dumbass better learn his lesson and become invisible...
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 06:30 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: toby928© at November 21, 2013 06:31 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:31 PM (1Y+hH)
Retconing. If the record don't fit, make up some bullshit.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 21, 2013 06:31 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 06:32 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: toby928© at November 21, 2013 06:32 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 10:28 PM (0FSuD)
Met him at a book signing/speaking event a couple of years ago (and had our pic made with him to send to the lib in-laws/sister to drive them bat shit crazy(er). He was nice, and when we told him our son was a Marine (and had the same name as the Marine son of a good friend of his) he turned, looked us in the eyes, and said, "Please thank your son for me." He actually got emotional.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:32 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 06:32 PM (fETNt)
Yeah, certainly seems like it. They fucking mobbed Kennedy all across Texas. But then I guess all that footage just went down the memory hole with Private Ogilvy, huh?
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 06:33 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Darian at November 21, 2013 06:33 PM (pCf+a)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 21, 2013 06:33 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 10:29 PM (fETNt) <<<
I loved him in Blues Traveler.
Posted by: LIV at November 21, 2013 06:34 PM (NE2or)
Posted by: John "Silky" Edwards at November 21, 2013 06:34 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 06:34 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: eman at November 21, 2013 06:35 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 21, 2013 06:35 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:35 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: rabidfox at November 21, 2013 06:35 PM (Gejy0)
Posted by: Justin Trudeau at November 21, 2013 06:36 PM (fETNt)
Take a truck full of door knobs up to Canada and return with a truck full of toilets that actually work.
Profits...in both directions.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 21, 2013 06:36 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 21, 2013 06:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 06:37 PM (0FSuD)
During a White House swim, she says, JFK commanded her to perform oral sex on Powers, and, to her humiliation, she complied. Later, he prodded her to do the same for his “baby brother,” Teddy.
That JFK was a real piece of work. She was 19.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:37 PM (lVPtV)
I think I'll go to the kitchen, and make myself a delicious Peanut Butter and Jelly High Capacity Assault Weapon Tacticool Sandwich.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 21, 2013 06:37 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:37 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Jean at November 21, 2013 06:37 PM (CMlD4)
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When smuggling don't forget the incandescent light bulbs. Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 06:38 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 06:38 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 10:29 PM
Is the troll going to come to the ONT to play too?
Posted by: kbdabear at November 21, 2013 06:38 PM (aTXUx)
I really, really thought I had it....
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at November 21, 2013 06:38 PM (1hekh)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 21, 2013 06:39 PM (6da/j)
There are times where I wish life was like a still painting, stuck in one point in time.
Posted by: Ben at November 21, 2013 06:39 PM (5WPtk)
Yes, he did say that. I don't remember the specifics, but I was watching a documentary about Kennedy's last 2 days in Texas on Netflix a few months ago, and he spoke to huge crowds in San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas. They loved him, and they adored Jackie O.
City of hate my ass. They're making shit up (again).
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 06:39 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 06:40 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 21, 2013 06:40 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:40 PM (1Y+hH)
https://tinyurl.com/kmlr96r
Jeebus, Seattle's truly gone crazy."
Wow. Just wow.
And this was _cheered_, per the article.
That faint rumbling sound you just heard was hundreds of millions of dollars of new business investment being redirected away from the state of Washington. And by no means only by Boeing.
If I were an executive in Redmond, I'd be starting to wonder about when the socialist loonies were going to start pushing something like an excise tax on software revenues. For the children, and the planet, y'know?
"Sawant says after workers 'take-over' the Everett Boeing plant; they could build things everyone can use. 'We can re-tool the machines to produce mass transit like buses, instead of destructive, you know, war machines,' she told KIRO 7."
Since building buses worked out so brilliantly for Grumman Aircraft Corporation.
And is a Triple Seven a "destructive, you know, war machine"? I rode on one a few months ago and didn't notice any weapons. Maybe they're hidden. In the same secret bays in the fuselage next to the chemtrail spray tanks. Capitalist imperialist pigs are crafty.
But I keep coming back to the brilliant bus idea.
Last time I was at Boeing, they had an absolutely enormous assembly jig that had been purpose-built from scratch for the single reason of accurately joining airliner wings to wing boxes. It weighs a couple of hundred tons and employs laser interferometry. It should be a total snap to "re-tool" a device like that to spin lug nuts onto a bus wheel. Piece of cake. Done by lunchtime.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 06:40 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 06:40 PM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 06:40 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: .87c at November 21, 2013 06:41 PM (qZPXs)
Anyone take note of the secular humanist on Megan tonight? She asked him what his group was doing about kids with no Christmas presents, after his group took them away. His sputtering response (non-response) left Megan shaking her head. Hey, as long as God isn't mentioned anywhere, even passively, it's all good, in his opinion. Fucker.
I am really asking sincerely. Why do the secular humanists care so much? If it's all bullshit, but it's not intruding on your life? It's not like the AGW shit that DOES affect us. They are free to live their lives the way they choose. So WHY? Do they care and exert so much energy on it?
Posted by: kalneva at November 21, 2013 06:41 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Zombie Linda Lovelace at November 21, 2013 06:41 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 21, 2013 06:42 PM (xv0wY)
Posted by: rabidfox at November 21, 2013 06:42 PM (Gejy0)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:42 PM (1Y+hH)
What exactly is it about Democratic politicians and oral sex? Has there been one in the last couple of decades that hasn't forced young women (or men.. ahem, Obama) to kneel down?
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 06:42 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 06:43 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: BacktoGA at November 21, 2013 06:43 PM (4DSQv)
The Mexican bakery conglomerate, Bimbo, which is the largest in the world, possibly has loaf bread amongst their product line.
This PB&J story is condescending racism, like how liberals get offended for Oriental people when you refer to them as Oriental instead of "Asian", or referring to Black people as Blacks instead of "Afro-American".
Hispanics know nothing about wheat bread, they only know about "maize" for their "tortillas". And Chinese and Japanese only know about rice, so PB&Js are naturally racist since only white folk eat that.
Posted by: Minuteman at November 21, 2013 06:43 PM (7/um6)
Posted by: Zombie Vince Foster at November 21, 2013 06:43 PM (0FSuD)
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PBJ on injera? You serious about that? I love me some PBJ and injera, but not together...
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at November 21, 2013 06:43 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 21, 2013 06:43 PM (I26S1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 21, 2013 06:43 PM (6da/j)
Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 06:44 PM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 21, 2013 06:44 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 06:44 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: The Palm Beach Agorist at November 21, 2013 06:44 PM (gBaCv)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 21, 2013 06:44 PM (xv0wY)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 06:45 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 06:45 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 21, 2013 06:45 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 21, 2013 06:45 PM (zOTsN)
If I was at that Global Warming conference I would have worn a cut-off T-shirt.
And Speedos
And Cowboy boots.
But I wouldn't wear a tam-o-shanter, because that would be tacky.
Posted by: Minuteman at November 21, 2013 06:46 PM (7/um6)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 21, 2013 06:47 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 06:47 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: LIV at November 21, 2013 06:47 PM (NE2or)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 06:47 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Rev Al at November 21, 2013 06:47 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: The Palm Beach Agorist at November 21, 2013 06:47 PM (gBaCv)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:47 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 21, 2013 06:48 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 06:48 PM (6ahup)
We're doing _quite_ well. Absolutely no seasonal slackening. Things have been actually really good for a couple of years now. Farting through silk.
Posted by: Bankruptcy Attorneys at November 21, 2013 06:48 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 10:47 PM (fETNt)
A role he was born for. You left out the part about him also playing the city of Toronto.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:48 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: fluffonutta at November 21, 2013 06:48 PM (Ua6T/)
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Read your Rove summary. Lots of Rove Rhetoric. His Money Makers.
Conclusion: Run Like Hell. (If you love NC and the Country)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 06:48 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:48 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 06:48 PM (vHRtU)
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Posted by: eman at November 21, 2013 06:49 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 21, 2013 06:49 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: torquewrench
Teaching moment as to why socialism fails.
Posted by: Jean at November 21, 2013 06:49 PM (CMlD4)
Paging Fuzzy Zoeller. Paging Mr. Fuzzy Zoeller to the white courtesy phone please.
Posted by: Desk Assistant at November 21, 2013 06:49 PM (nsOJa)
While Dr. Carver died penniless and insane, still trying to play a phonograph record with a peanut.
One of the greatest lines in comedy history.
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 06:49 PM (SEZUJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:50 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 06:50 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: The Palm Beach Agorist at November 21, 2013 10:47 PM (gBaCv)
Q- what's the ideal weight for a lawyer?
A- Five pounds including the urn.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 21, 2013 06:50 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: fluffonutta at November 21, 2013 06:51 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 06:51 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 06:51 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Toby the Beagle at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Brad Pitt at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (aTXUx)
*** golf clap ***
It isn't about the peanut butter, it's about the color of the bread. Racist.
Posted by: Duh liberal at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (nsOJa)
Posted by: kalneva at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Justamom at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (Sptt8)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (6da/j)
Little boy said, "Yessir, and I wish I was eighteen so I could join the army."
I'm sure his momma and daddy are glad he's still their baby.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2013 06:52 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 21, 2013 06:53 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 06:53 PM (aDwsi)
Put up all the Christmas lights today. Pretty nice day to do it, made the chore real easy. Now National Grid will send a thank you note as usual.
And toasted sourdough bread with homemade blackberry jelly and PB rocks.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 21, 2013 06:53 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:54 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 06:54 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Zombie Robert Byrd at November 21, 2013 06:54 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 06:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 06:55 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 21, 2013 06:55 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:55 PM (lVPtV)
If you are a native North Carolinian, you would be more tuned to what's going on outside the Raleigh beltline.
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 06:55 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 06:55 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 21, 2013 10:52 PM (6da/j)
Usually as a rule I never give a rat's ass if a hollywood retard goes carbon neutral, but her death actually bummed me a little.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 21, 2013 06:56 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 21, 2013 06:56 PM (N/cFh)
I have laughed at one and precisely one Larry David line in my entire life, and that was how, on the day he learned that the divorce decree was final, he went home and turned on every single light in the house and left them all burning all night long.
Of course, if he were really consistent and really wanted to mess with her head, he would have given the other half of his fortune to the Heartland Institute, but, alas, no.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 06:56 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 06:57 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: fluffonutta at November 21, 2013 06:57 PM (Ua6T/)
'Night.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 06:57 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 21, 2013 06:57 PM (I26S1)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at November 21, 2013 06:57 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 06:57 PM (aDwsi)
By this logic, wouldn't it follow that we have fixed the problem and that no further government intrusion is necessary? Without having read the article, I'm guess this isn't what Slate has in mind.
Posted by: holygoat at November 21, 2013 06:58 PM (HYFht)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2013 10:55 PM (lVPtV)
Hmm, what is the video showing?
Posted by: [/i][/b]KG at November 21, 2013 06:58 PM (IPz9m)
The opposable thumb was a creation of the devil.
Except for that whole business about, you know, opening cans and stuff.
Posted by: Cats at November 21, 2013 06:58 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 06:58 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 21, 2013 06:58 PM (JlX6q)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 06:58 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: ET at November 21, 2013 06:59 PM (uGlk8)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 21, 2013 06:59 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 06:59 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2013 06:59 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 21, 2013 07:00 PM (JMmQ9)
Socialists like her probably have no clue what "operating capital" is or Line of Credit loans
They can never figure why they're out of business in 6 months either
Posted by: kbdabear at November 21, 2013 07:00 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 07:00 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 07:00 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: Door Level Manufacturers Guild at November 21, 2013 07:00 PM (MMC8r)
Salon's Alternate Reality: The right's in a box - Here's how GOP loses Obamacare fight
by Brian Beutler
2008 - Brian Beutler, the Washington correspondent for the Media Consortium and a frequent contributer to Mother Jones was shot three times yesterday in a failed mugging in Northwest Washington DC.
So, on the exchange or on Salon's plan. Fess up Brian.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 21, 2013 07:01 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 07:01 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: eman at November 21, 2013 07:01 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 07:01 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 21, 2013 07:02 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 07:02 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 21, 2013 07:02 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 07:02 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 21, 2013 07:03 PM (dfYL9)
NEVER STICK YOUR DICK IN CRAZY!!!!
Now you tell me. Once upon a time I stuck it in Betty White, and she called me every day for months. I didn't have the nerve to tell her it looked like a shrived up hairy prune.
Posted by: Abe Vigoda at November 21, 2013 07:03 PM (pJF+c)
Posted by: stutterk at November 21, 2013 07:03 PM (z6eaQ)
Posted by: keena at November 21, 2013 07:04 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 21, 2013 07:04 PM (6da/j)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 21, 2013 07:04 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:05 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Bill Mahr at November 21, 2013 07:05 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: stutterk at November 21, 2013 07:05 PM (z6eaQ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 21, 2013 07:05 PM (yLJ9s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2013 07:06 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 21, 2013 07:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Donna at November 21, 2013 07:06 PM (N/cFh)
Do not for even one second entertain the thought of experimentation with this substance beyond dogs.
Posted by: Cats at November 21, 2013 07:06 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: --- at November 21, 2013 07:07 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 07:07 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 21, 2013 07:08 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 07:08 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Donna at November 21, 2013 07:08 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Meremortal, loud info mofo at November 21, 2013 07:08 PM (1Y+hH)
I pull into a Japanese-Chinese buffet place for dinner. Pretty common event.
Then I spied the mini-van doing a Griswald. There was a Christmas tree secured to the roof.
Really people? Not even Thanksgiving and you already got a live tree for Christmas?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 21, 2013 07:09 PM (BXhlo)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 21, 2013 07:09 PM (N/cFh)
I had a chance to listen to some of a call by NVIDIA Corporation today, encouraging investment in their company. NVIDIA is basically a chip maker and technology design company that also does video cards and some other tech.
Anyway, one thing their Investor Relations guy, Ron (?) Csongas, said today that I quite remember: "by 2017, all cars will have LTE." Meaning, cell phone technology that can be used for GPS and location tracking as well as for communication.
The first thing I thought of when he said that is, "I wonder if Ace's readers will be taking webinars on how to yank those chips out of their new cars by then?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 07:09 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2013 07:09 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 21, 2013 07:10 PM (JlX6q)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2013 07:10 PM (23Kgq)
Did the same thing. Spiller is my 3rd RB and he is on a BYE, so I was screwed even if I had heard.
Posted by: Jean at November 21, 2013 07:10 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Mustbequantum at November 21, 2013 07:11 PM (MIKMs)
And I meant to say: according to him, all *new* cars will have LTE by 2017.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 07:11 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 21, 2013 07:11 PM (eQJwb)
I admit that Tillis is probably a safe candidate, and I'll vote for him, but for some reason, I get the same feeling from the NC GOP that I get from Mitch McConnell. Squishy, corporate, and willing to sell out. Yeah, I know, they did a lot of things around here since taking over, and have been fairly conservative, but I dunno, it's just the smell test. Can't help it.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:11 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Dwight Schrute at November 21, 2013 07:11 PM (fETNt)
Your greatest threat in Montecito is fires engulfing your home. A rise in water levels from global warming would actually be a bonus.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 21, 2013 07:11 PM (WdbF7)
Nice ONT Maet....
if Dallas was responsible for JFK is it safe to say NYC was responsible for Hinckley?
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 07:12 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 21, 2013 07:13 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:13 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Just pull the antennas (2 for LTE). Very little they can do on the analog side to ensure compliance.
Posted by: Jean at November 21, 2013 07:13 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 07:13 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: stutterk at November 21, 2013 07:13 PM (z6eaQ)
Posted by: Volcano Lover at November 21, 2013 07:14 PM (kkbgQ)
The true "tragedy of injustice" is that the natives gave one of his crew Orville P Redenbacher a navigator a sample of popped maize that he turned into a billion dollar empire....
we take advantage of their chronic peanut allergy, they give us gold.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 07:15 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 07:16 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 07:16 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: serious, you guys at November 21, 2013 07:16 PM (NE2or)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:17 PM (0FSuD)
Can't say I know Harris, but just the idea of nominating a Baptist preacher makes the political scientist in me really really nervous. Nothing against Baptists, I'd feel the same about a Catholic priest (tbh, most I've seen would be Dems, but that's another matter) or a rabbi.
Its just that Dems seem to be able to take the whole "religious person=bigot" argument and run with it, and nobody says boo about it.
What about the dentist? The fact that nobody even knows his name doesn't bode well, I guess.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:17 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 07:18 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 21, 2013 07:19 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 21, 2013 07:19 PM (I26S1)
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 21, 2013 07:19 PM (KlVdw)
I think the reporter was looking for any angle to wage war against capital punishment since the lethal drugs are inhumane argument got tossed out.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 21, 2013 07:19 PM (fWOX0)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:19 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Angel with a sword at November 21, 2013 07:19 PM (hpgw1)
Given that the new car buying market is being largely propped up by superaggressive Fed money printing, which is one way or another going to be done by 2017, one wonders how many units they expect to sell.
Go take a look at how many currently originated car loans are to people with massively sketchy credit. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that, eh?
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 07:20 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 07:20 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Donna at November 21, 2013 11:08 PM (N/cFh)
Oh, no! It's the dreaded Ginger Convergence!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2013 07:20 PM (T1005)
My sincere fear is that even if we take back the Senate the GOP "moderates" will refuse to punish Reid for his Filibuster games this year....
"we're better than that..."
no fuck you your job is to punish the other assholes not us.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 07:20 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:21 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: kalneva
A guess; it's guilt?
Posted by: puddleglum at November 21, 2013 07:21 PM (0Yyiz)
I tells ya, that sketchy 1979 John Ritter flick "Americathon" looks more and more prescient every day... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 07:21 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: tbodie at November 21, 2013 07:21 PM (rf20m)
Yeah, I'm tired of "safe" too, but only if "safe" means "RINO squish". I want to see a very conservative candidate who a) wasn't a former witch, b) doesn't think women have spermtight doors in their ladyparts, and c) can't be lampooned on SNL because they're sometimes inarticulate.
You know, I want Ted Cruz. Only in NC.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:21 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 21, 2013 07:23 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 07:24 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:25 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 21, 2013 07:26 PM (N/cFh)
I hear you, I don't want them to put the rule back until they're a) ready to leave, or b) done fixing everything, but I want that rule put back at some point. Fillibustering is there for a reason, and I don't care that Dems will use it against Reps later on.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:26 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:26 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Tmitss at at November 21, 2013 07:27 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 07:28 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:28 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 07:29 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:29 PM (0FSuD)
By Brooke Adams | The Salt Lake Tribune"
If she lived here, there would be a bill in the mail shortly, for a few yuan.
The cost of the bullet to the back of the head.
Posted by: China at November 21, 2013 07:29 PM (gqT4g)
I'm minutes away from the nearest ABC. You get the fast car, I'll get the bourbon. Lets do this.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:30 PM (Vvg+J)
Well thank goodness they didn't ban knockers. That would have been the real tragedy.
Posted by: dogfish at November 21, 2013 07:30 PM (nsOJa)
With the Repubs' luck lately, they'd probably accidentally grab Rob Ford instead.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 07:30 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 07:30 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 21, 2013 07:31 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Nip Sip at November 21, 2013 07:31 PM (0FSuD)
I agree, of course that is why the democrats win. They do not give a fuck about anything but raw power and they know the media will never call them on their rank hypocrisy. Obama is pretty much set to make sure the DC court of appeals never rules against his fucktardery.
Let's take the "dream scenario" for the Conservative cause and Reid just killed amnesty deader than a doornail, and further Obamacare sours America on the $uper$tate for another 25 years and wants EPA defanged a bot.
It will not matter because the DC Court of Appeals will be packed with young scarlet warriors....
now add in the likely reality that our dumbfuck leadership gifts the mules with amnesty and gives them a life preserver on SCOAMF care.....
we're even more fucked.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 07:32 PM (9jfyN)
Nah, if we were really with the party of derp, we'd open the trunk and find Miss Lindsay instead.
Course, he's probably used to being blindfolded and kidnapped by men, tho, so he wouldn't be mad or anything.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:32 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at November 21, 2013 07:33 PM (7KZod)
Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 07:34 PM (LpbKr)
Completely with you on (a) and (b).
When it comes to (c) I start drinking heavily. It's that goddamned media asymmetry. It is absolutely true that Sarah Palin can be startlingly ungrammatical and rambling at times and sound like an idiot. Of course, precisely the same things could be said about the guy who heads downstairs to an oddly shaped office at 1600 Pennsylvania.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 07:35 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 07:35 PM (fETNt)
I can hear LG now. "Oooh, could we do that again? And could I be wearing a French maid's outfit next time?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 07:35 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Bill Mahr at November 21, 2013 07:35 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at November 21, 2013 07:36 PM (Em6d4)
Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 07:37 PM (LpbKr)
You are right. I do not "need to know"; except your pushing of Tillis in my state as a stated election operative makes me a little curious, that's all. By the way, I am from Gaston County. And live currently in Raleigh--there's a difference there. If I be rude an ignant, I jes hush up an shut my mouf.
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 07:38 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at November 21, 2013 07:38 PM (ARpd7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 07:38 PM (aDwsi)
I made a passing remark about moving into her place while I work locums for a year and she bit.
Uh Oh.
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 07:39 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 07:39 PM (sdi6R)
Yeah, we're fucked, and like I said, I think the GOP should take advantage of what the Dems have just given them, at least initially. But that rule goes back at some point.
They keep breaking rules and leaving them broken, and that's one of the reasons things keep getting worse. I say we fix this damn rule then get to work on the progressive amendments of the 1910s-20s.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:39 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 21, 2013 07:41 PM (I26S1)
if we DID end up with Miss Lindsay, I say we just keep on driving, leave his ass north of the border. The Canadian border.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:43 PM (Vvg+J)
If "Lady" and she is certainly not, Gaga wants an outrageous album cover, why not a close-up of her snatch? Avant guard.
The world of the 19th century Christian European, British, and American life is over.
BTW, those daguerotypes of Lincoln haunt me. He was 56 when he was assassinated. He appears to be 76 years old. Holey moley, I pray for his soul. It appears he didn't sleep an hour over those four years.
Posted by: Jimbo at November 21, 2013 07:43 PM (V70Uh)
The plot failed because they couldn't find a sitting Senator with a mind.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 07:44 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 21, 2013 07:44 PM (m0h0I)
I guess I'll leave the driving to you guys. But if you need someone to ride shotgun and maybe "hold" the bourbon, well, I'm your man.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 07:45 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 07:45 PM (LpbKr)
"IÂ’LL BELIEVE ITÂ’S A CRISIS WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP TELLING ME ITÂ’S A CRISIS START ACTING LIKE ITÂ’S A CRISIS"
for years
Posted by: bill-o at November 21, 2013 07:46 PM (AWwDY)
Just wonderful, as long as it is freshly made. That carne asada in the bucket turns to rubber way too fast.
Posted by: Jimbo at November 21, 2013 07:47 PM (V70Uh)
I am ready to serve my country bravely.
Posted by: Stretch Armstrong at November 21, 2013 07:47 PM (gqT4g)
Racist....
yup reporting on polar bear hunting be racist....
Black Yoots going around making racially based target selections for pre-meditated felony assault is "uh boredom"...
"racial healing"
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 07:47 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 07:49 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 21, 2013 07:49 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 21, 2013 07:49 PM (I26S1)
Posted by: Zombie Bob Barker at November 21, 2013 07:51 PM (fETNt)
It's like multiculturalism means "Everything except American culture."
Posted by: Jimbo at November 21, 2013 07:51 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 07:51 PM (aDwsi)
Hello sailor!
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at November 21, 2013 07:52 PM (gqT4g)
Well, on top of everything else, he had Mary Todd to deal with.
I'd bet there's lots of stuff about Lincoln that unfortunately no one is ever going to know, because there's a lot of stuff that people just didn't talk about back then.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 07:52 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 07:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jimbo at November 21, 2013 07:54 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 21, 2013 07:54 PM (oFCZn)
Yeah and the mythology of "the impossible shots at DFW in 1963....
how impossible?
http://youtu.be/WovyEqfR8Hg
CBS 1967 Test
In 1979 they did a recreation of this test 85% of military trained shooters could replicate Oswald's feat....
17 out of 20...
There's an urban legend that Gunny Hathcock said "we never could replicate the feat"...
I'm calling bullshit.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 07:54 PM (9jfyN)
One good thing about the incidents is it really kicked my ass back into situational awareness. Not that it ever stopped, but lax.Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 07:55 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 07:55 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 07:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Actually, a better question might be how much damage does big-name philanthropy do? I'm thinking more of the Ford Foundation/et al. At one time they probably did some good stuff, but since I have been aware of them and exposed to their output they have been, without hyperbole, on net a negative phenomenon. The pernicious idiocy promoted by foundations in the area of national security and foreing policy is actually material, I'd say, in taking what has become an unserious country and making it actually dumber.
Gates? I recall, maybe 10 years ago, picking up a book of his in the bookstore (The Way Ahead or some such? can't believe I even remember that much). Looked through it a bit. Wow. Pretty stupid, and pedestrian, and stupid again. Like most famous/rich people, seems Gates really isn't very bright outside his own narrow niche. It is actually surprising sometimes how unworldly and superficial otherwise brilliant or successful people are. Worst of course are those who hit it big and then spend $$$ and their influence promoting policies that hinder prosperity, destroy freedom - and in effect make it less likely someone can follow their path in the future.
Posted by: non-purist at November 21, 2013 07:56 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 21, 2013 07:56 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: mindful webworker - peeking in through the west fire exit at November 21, 2013 07:56 PM (Ynbgq)
Here's Jesse "derp" Ventura getting his OJ Simpson Glove theatrics on with a M/C '91
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 07:56 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 07:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
My wife was not wealthy nor very pretty, but she adores me. I am happy.
So, Abe had an unhappy marriage? That explains the lack of eight or twelve children.
Posted by: Jimbo at November 21, 2013 07:57 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 07:58 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 07:58 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 07:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 07:59 PM (LpbKr)
Pretty much and given that the donks are obviously building an election fraud bomb to undo the founding I am really at a loss why pushing for break-up is immoral.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 07:59 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Peter Lake at November 21, 2013 10:26 PM (jXpmF)
Isn't this the same thing that was posted, but without the paragraph breaks, on the last thread? (Maybe someone else has already noted this.)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at November 21, 2013 07:59 PM (AhJhy)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 08:00 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 08:01 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 21, 2013 08:01 PM (vHRtU)
It's just that we often seem to get conservatives who, while, their hearts are in the right place, are incapable of stringing a sentence together when it's go time.
Michele Bachmann in particular comes to mind. Woman's got a L.L.M in tax law, she has to be intelligent, but put her in front of a camera, and it seems like she can't talk straight. Love her, but she's just not a good public speaker.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:02 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 08:02 PM (SEZUJ)
Posted by: The Dude at November 21, 2013 08:02 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 08:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
There we go.
That's the MTV Unplugged set LIVE did on the night of the OKC bombing.
I always wondered why this never got the appreciation it deserved. I think it is among the better Unplugged sets.
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 08:03 PM (SEZUJ)
as opposed to the brilliant rhetoric of Alan Grayson, Lieawatha Warren, and Barack "uh er ah" Ogabe....
yes I get it "media Sven"...and uh yeah "media" I often wonder if perhaps we should be focusing literally on the media rather than politics directly....
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:04 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 08:04 PM (Z9EHQ)
Henceforth doorknobs are no longer allowed in new Vancouver construction. Because old people and arthritis.
Not as if its that different here in America. Because of the ADA doorknobs are pretty much banned in everything except for residential construction.
Posted by: buzzion at November 21, 2013 08:06 PM (LI48c)
Or, that paragon of wit, Joe Biden. Brilliant public speaker. Just has to make sure it's the right public. Man never knows where he is.
My point is, the bar for mockery is SO much higher for conservatives, and many of the most conservative in Washington are, unfortunately, easy prey in that regard.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:07 PM (Vvg+J)
I had a moment a few weeks ago where I got a message on my phone while on the street in SF. Normally I ignore those things while in public.
This time I was tired and pissed-off and not on my game. Pulled out the phone and started paying attention to it rather than to my surroundings. Bad idea.
Looked up half a minute later to an aggressive alcoholic "homeless" guy right in my face who had walked right up on me without my noticing. If he had been an actual mugger, I would have been easy meat.
From now on I'm going to harden my stance about ignoring the phone while in public. Fortunately, in SF, there are a bajillion trendy metrosexual idiots who are _constantly_ head-down on their iShit. Even if I get distracted once in a while, being in a crowd of sheep improves my odds against the wolves.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 08:07 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 08:07 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar at November 21, 2013 08:07 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 21, 2013 08:08 PM (I26S1)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 08:08 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 08:08 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Mindy is standing on her head because the world is upside down at November 21, 2013 08:08 PM (lCBX+)
It'd be pretty funny if instead of requiring Captain America style political Super Soldiers to overcome media bias to the degree it now exists we just had bands of people going out of their way to destroy the media's ability to engage in their games with louisville sluggers aimed squarely at their gear.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:09 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Jimbo at November 21, 2013 08:09 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 08:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 08:11 PM (sdi6R)
It makes people's alarm bells go off ringing :"confederate....slavery....civil war"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 08:11 PM (ozktE)
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:11 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 21, 2013 08:12 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: mindful webworker - hates bullies at November 21, 2013 08:12 PM (Bfbpz)
Posted by: torquewrench at November 22, 2013 12:07 AM (gqT4g)
You know, 20" of 3/0 Service Cable stows neatly inside a jacket sleeve during the winter months.
Always handy to have around.
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 08:12 PM (SEZUJ)
I am an Ohioan whose family fought for the North, sent a Rep to Congress that helped pass the Amendments ending Slavery post war.
Obama can't have it both ways...if "history starts now" and he feels no loyalty to our nation's past I am game...
I am not beholden to that past either then.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:13 PM (9jfyN)
I like the advertisements.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 08:13 PM (ozktE)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 21, 2013 08:13 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 08:14 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Remedial Anguish at November 21, 2013 08:14 PM (Bfbpz)
Posted by: logprof at November 22, 2013 12:00 AM (fETNt)
These are the same people who think the obese poor live in food "deserts".
Right.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 21, 2013 08:14 PM (d8RiO)
It was a good show. I have liked her ever since.
Posted by: Jimbo at November 21, 2013 08:14 PM (V70Uh)
I envy you, he would have been a gem to meet. I met the Doolittle Raiders (though rather young) at the USAF Museum meeting Gunny Hathcock would be a similar experience.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:15 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 08:15 PM (aDwsi)
For Irony I think the Punishment for "polar bear hunting" should be. Drop them in real Polar Bear country with a stick and see how long they last. (I give them the stick only to make the video funnier)
Posted by: The Hickster at November 21, 2013 08:16 PM (DUGve)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 08:16 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 21, 2013 08:17 PM (DmNpO)
I agree. I was saying it the other day. For all the billions that the Koch brothers or Sheldon Adleson or *insert donor here* has, can't we get some of that money flowing into long term targeting of the media and education establishments?
Pick two birds off with one stone, start sponsoring scholarships for conservative kids to study communications and become part of the mainstream media.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:17 PM (Vvg+J)
Yeah it's ok....
there's women so pretty it makes straight women swoon....
well it was the case in El Paso Texas anyway.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:18 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: T at November 21, 2013 08:19 PM (bkAvJ)
great ONT Maet.
***Good evening, Horde. I wrote a play today, my final project for English class. Worth 20% of my grade.
The end of the semester is so close I can almost taste it.
Now, beeeeeer.
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth***
Hope you aced it. And yeah, the semester is almost over, thank goodness.
FS-prayers.
Posted by: rich@gmu at November 21, 2013 08:20 PM (ga+7c)
what do they have against this sandwich.
Its an inexpensive sandwich that the lower classes like. Hence Our Betters hate it as they hate anything that might improve the masses.. Its best that the lower classes starve to death instead. Better for the planet.
Posted by: puddleglum at November 21, 2013 08:20 PM (0Yyiz)
Make the Bear a Peanut Butter and Ex-Lax Sammich.
Leave it on top of your Garbage Can.
Use the whole box.
He won't come back.
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 08:20 PM (SEZUJ)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 21, 2013 08:22 PM (I26S1)
Any cunning solution the interaction of the poor and industry comes up with is demonized as soon as the Blabbogenzia ciphers out what the solution was.
PB and J, Wood Burning Stoves, doesn't matter..."fuck you poor people" is the real leftist mantra.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:22 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 08:22 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 08:23 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: RWC at November 21, 2013 08:24 PM (LpbKr)
I'm so racist my son's favorite dish in Anglicized Fajitas...
1/3d a pound roast beef per person served shredded into a skillet fried in A-1 marinade lashed with italian 5 cheese and served hot in a Fajita tort....
Ole mi amigo
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:24 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 22, 2013 12:15 AM (aDwsi)
__________________
Ditka?
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 21, 2013 08:25 PM (jucos)
Yeah, but then the libs just ghettoize it, like they've done with Fox. I'm talking about pushing them out of their own institutions. Keep the "cache" of legitimacy associated with the Big Three, but just change the message coming out of them.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:25 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 08:26 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 21, 2013 08:27 PM (U82Km)
Lo Siento as they say....
my point is I find it charming that we are expected to integrate the laudable parts of their culture and they are expected to keep the less than laudable parts of their culture because "Fuck you America!" love America's liberals...
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:28 PM (9jfyN)
They were all out of wooden hangers in the presidential hotel room...
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:28 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 08:28 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: fluffonutta at November 21, 2013 08:28 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 21, 2013 08:29 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 08:30 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 21, 2013 08:30 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: mindful webworker - elite eats at November 21, 2013 08:31 PM (1zmtP)
I would think the bears would be turned off by the smell of cheap perfume and liquor.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 21, 2013 08:32 PM (4OUWV)
Posted by: mindful webworker - I think my nose is bleeding at November 21, 2013 08:32 PM (1zmtP)
Ole mi amigoPosted by: sven at November 22, 2013 12:24 AM (9jfyN)
Which one of the marinades do you use?
http://www.kraftbrands.com/a1/products.aspx
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 08:32 PM (ozktE)
Yeah, I'm thinking long term. They've been thinking long term for 100 years, and this *gestures at Washington* is what they've been able to do.
We've been plugging holes for 100 years and waiting for the rain to stop. It ain't stopping. It's time to get our own long term plans going.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:33 PM (Vvg+J)
Planter's has a natural peanut butter here to die for, and my mother indulged my orange marmalade habit in my youth rest her soul.
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:33 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 21, 2013 08:35 PM (U82Km)
Ordinarily Chicago Steakhouse, but if one of us is fighting sinuses we change it up to thye NY Steakhouse blend...
they're all good....
yeah I can do up better marinades if I have the time but I have to have my dancing shoes on to do so.
Using Lowry's Montreal Rub in the right BBQ works wonders too...
Posted by: sven at November 21, 2013 08:35 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2013 08:35 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 08:36 PM (6ahup)
torque and Wolf, naturally I share your candidate wishes in terms of (a) and (b) - and share torque's despair re (c) - but my take is actually completely different on the 2012 races.
MO and IN are two of the most sensible/least-idiotic states in the country (yes, a dramatically lowered bar of late, but there you are). To me it is just one more sign of the degradation and character failure of the country that the Dem candidates got within 10%, much less won. Yes, even given the circumstances of the campaign.
I don't care, in the 2012 context, if the GOP candidate talked about their alien abduction experiences - while otherwise showing an understanding of the important issues and a sane approach to them. And the important issues in 2012 were more important, and more salient, than any have been in at least a generation. You'd think that to most voters in MO and IN (those states not being CA or NY), there would be, dunno, some urgency, some fear, some deep concern about the course of the country. And - a strong desire to stop the madness. And enough seriousness and maturity to roll their eyes at the irrelevant gaffes of the GOP candidates and vote (enthusiastically) to stop the destruction of the country.
So I have nothing but contempt for MO and IN voters (GOP and "independents"..... Dems are beneath contempt at this point) - they are no less damaging to the country, its institutions and future, than the most vacuous lib dipshits in CA or NYC or Boston. Akin and (especially) Mourdock provided them no excuse. They voted for the degrading, disastrous, lawless, unconstitutional chaos we are now enjoying. Just as much as any airheaded voter in Waxman's district or craven self-dealing public sector union member in OH who voted for Bambi.
Because candidates made stupid comments having no bearing whatsoever on any issue they would ever deal with, voters with a brain felt it neccessary to throw a large log on the pyre of the declining nation? When it was obvious that in the Senate these guys would in fact oppose the crap these same voters are probably even now whining about? We don't deserve a bit of the nonsense going on in America today, but I have to point out that the people in MO and IN who voted against the GOP senate candidates deserve every bit of it, as much as the ridiculous congressional staff now whining about their health insurance, or the many LIV "educated" suburbanites who will see their insurance situation detonated in the next six months.
Posted by: non-purist at November 21, 2013 08:38 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 08:39 PM (6ahup)
I heard a radio host say that he could get a good deal at a car dealership because he always used his white boy discount card.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 08:42 PM (ozktE)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 21, 2013 08:43 PM (6ahup)
Posted by: Garden of the Klingon Empress at November 21, 2013 08:43 PM (LSsdb)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 21, 2013 08:44 PM (m0h0I)
Penn and Teller did an episode of 'Bullsh1t!' on conspiracies and found the shots were pretty straightforward for any decent trained shooter, both in number and aim.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 21, 2013 08:45 PM (bPxS6)
I pray that when GZ gets out of this, he leaves FL behind. They have proven themselves to have an utterly corrupt legal system -- and even the Republicans were after him (Scott and Biondi). If I were GZ I wouldn't want that state to have another dime from me. Heck, so long as Barack-If-I-Had-A-Son-Obama is POTUS, GZ should leave the country. Further, no new relationships, not while the Traybots and Holder are still after him.
For some GREAT coverage of this, The Conservative Treehouse sums up the set-up quite nicely:
http://tinyurl.com/m5ws2ml
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at November 21, 2013 08:46 PM (KL49F)
I hear you, but to the average voter, voting for someone who thinks women are rape proof, or someone who admits that they used to be a witch, or someone who can't put a sentence together does NOT equal "ending the madness".
tbh, after hearing Akin say what he said, I probably would have had a hard time voting for him just because you have to be in the top 5% of stupid to say what he did. Same with Christine O'Donnell. She just seemed flaky to me.
Mourdock was a different story, since he was a good candidate torpedoed by the GOP establishment and his own bad timing.
My comment, for the record, was more about my personal preference. I want to vote for a strong conservative in my state who I can be proud of and don't have to defend on anything other than ideological grounds.
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:47 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Garden of the Klingon Empress at November 21, 2013 08:47 PM (LSsdb)
MuMu would not approve. Too bad.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 08:48 PM (ozktE)
Whenever a white cop pulls me over for speeding, it's no problem. Because naturally they'll let me off with just a wink and a "warning" before going to find someone of dusky hue to ticket instead.
The White Privilege Card. Don't leave home without it.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 08:51 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2013 08:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: WolfinNC at November 21, 2013 08:55 PM (Vvg+J)
In agreement here.
Although I think the establishment didn't do as much to torpedo Mourdock as just his own flubbed off the cuff response.
If we define Mourdocks as otherwise electable, serious, solid candidates, what we need to drill into the skulls of Mourdocks is that there are certain questions, and rape induced pregnancy is an exemplar, where answers have to be carefully devised and faithfully memorized in advance.
Such questions are never to be answered casually and extemporaneously. One slip and the barracudas move in.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 08:55 PM (gqT4g)
lewy14: What is interesting to me is the information this act by Reid conveys. The game theoretic implications are obvious - this is a "defection" - and just as obviously the Democrats seem not to worry about the consequences. Implication being that they feel confident in their permanent majority - there will never again be GOP control over the Senate, or a GOP President. Plausible, considering that Chris Christie is effectively part of the D establishment and the rest of the GOP insiders are spending more time trying to crush the Tea Party than the Democrats. The GOP would much rather be the permanent loyal opposition and rake influence $$ from that position rather than risk governing. (After Bush, I see their point.)
Having to govern in coalition with actual Constitutional, Liberty minded people from the Tea Party is the GOP nightmare - not Obama and his ilk. The Democrats of course know this and are happy to oblige. The Democrats also pick up added urgency from their base - now all the Senate races become very high stakes because they will determine court appointments which will last decades. It could be that the money that Reid just attracted to the Senate races will allow them to keep that slim majority; after that, the next President is at worst a RINO who can be kept in check by the bureaucracy and the press, and after that, the demographics and dependency kick in and the nation is permanently blue.
I realize that reasonable people may disagree and claim that it's misdirection to worry / favor one team above the other, but it seems prudent to acknowledge that the terms of the game have shifted. When the powers that be assume the form of an institutional party with a permanent majority, then yes, that team becomes the enemy
Posted by: What he said at November 21, 2013 08:55 PM (LUuLj)
And the Dick Lugar showed just what an asshole he was after losing the primary.
I wonder if Mourdock could have won if the Dick had supported him just a tiny bit?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2013 08:59 PM (ozktE)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 09:07 PM (fETNt)
Nope, don't even think that because that is not the plan. If the rheinhold approved candidate does not win the primary the gop is more than happy to torpedo the winner.
I am pretty sure Joe Miller and a host of others just might agree with me.
Posted by: GMB at November 21, 2013 09:09 PM (nkPV9)
I despair to think of the enormous 15 point lead which Akin had in MO before opening his mouth, which instantly evaporated afterward. That one race was a slam dunk easy win without the gaffe.
Bertram Cabot wonders if Mourdock could have won if Lugar and the rest of the IN establishment Republicans had actually backed him in the general. I do wonder about that myself. I don't think that question can definitely be answered. It was a less clear-cut race than Akin's was, and the lead was a lot smaller.
Though, on the other hand, if Mourdock had squeaked in, he would no doubt have been a steady, noncontroversial figure once in office.
Whereas the Akin who inadvertently revealed himself in that one interview would have been a perpetual problem for the GOP had he won by a double-digit landslide, which he would no doubt have taken as "God's will" to advance his loopy views. Imagine six years of that guy doing constant damage.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 09:12 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac on Conspiracy Theories at November 21, 2013 09:16 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at November 21, 2013 09:25 PM (Em6d4)
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 09:32 PM (T/XcG)
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2013 09:32 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 09:38 PM (fETNt)
It should also be noted that bears can learn what other bears are getting away with and modify their behavior accordingly. Even one that is normally shy and cautious cannot help but notice that the bears around him are getting fat and sassy by raiding human-stuff. Conversely, "yeah, I saw Fred raiding the human camp about a month ago.....but haven't seen him around lately" is not beyond their reckoning.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2013 09:39 PM (T1005)
torque, what "damage" could Akin have done, compared to what McCaskill does, all day long, day in and day out?
As long as he voted the right way, who gives a f**k about gaffes? I mean, in 2012. As you well know, this is not a normal time. The train really is off the rails - fiscally, constitutionally, for rule of law, hell even for the atmospherics that used to distinguish the US from Third World hellholes (see today's mau-mau event at Cantor's residence).
I'll take someone as embarrassingly dumb and unworldly as McCain, Obama, Biden, or Boxer - if they vote the right way. We're talking about desperate measures. Most of the Democratic incumbents say (and believe) things as idiotic as Akin's stuff - but they're actually wrecking the country by implementing their idiocy. Akin's silliness is utterly immaterial to the duties or powers of a senator, while the delusions and alien impulses of his opponent and her ilk are greatly damaging the country, probably beyond repair (in our lifetimes).
Posted by: non-purist at November 21, 2013 09:40 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 09:58 PM (fETNt)
It should also be noted that bears can learn what other bears are getting away with and modify their behavior accordingly. Even one that is normally shy and cautious cannot help but notice that the bears around him are getting fat and sassy by raiding human-stuff. Conversely, "yeah, I saw Fred raiding the human camp about a month ago.....but haven't seen him around lately" is not beyond their reckoning.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 01:39 AM (T1005)
==
not kidding. bears are smarter than 40% of Obama voters. probably can read better, too.
Posted by: jc at November 21, 2013 09:59 PM (PlzOe)
Bear are acutely aware of their territories.
Remove a Bear and the hierarchy changes immediately. This is why hunting them is an effective deterrent to negative bear/human interaction.
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 10:01 PM (Qg+UY)
More importantly, is Hannah Giles posting here?
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2013 10:02 PM (Qg+UY)
Posted by: jc at November 22, 2013 01:59 AM (PlzOe)
Man, no shit.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 21, 2013 10:09 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Mr. Ranger at November 21, 2013 10:10 PM (lZBBB)
http://is.gd/dcKcE3
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 21, 2013 10:13 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2013 10:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 21, 2013 10:14 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: lou's a peanut Butter & Jelly sandwich eatin bitch at November 21, 2013 10:20 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: logprof at November 21, 2013 10:21 PM (fETNt)
http://is.gd/dcKcE3
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 22, 2013 02:13 AM (m0h0I)
shoot them both.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 21, 2013 10:21 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 21, 2013 10:25 PM (jdRXP)
Based on how badly the Dems are shitting on the Constitution and the rule of law every day, I'm almost afraid to contemplate the backlash they have coming.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2013 10:32 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 02:25 AM (jdRXP)
Ok, then shoot them both.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 21, 2013 10:32 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 02:32 AM (T1005)
My prediction is that if shit ever really hit the fan it would be a combination of the American revolution, the french revolution, and American civil war. It just has that feel.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 21, 2013 10:35 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 02:32 AM (T1005)
===
some of those contemplations are just a itsy bit fun. in a Tarantino kinda way.
Posted by: jc at November 21, 2013 10:40 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 22, 2013 02:35 AM (FMbng)
===obviously you have not have been yelled at enough in the last few days. Raaaacist!!
Posted by: jc at November 21, 2013 10:42 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Johnson&johnson_slash_mconnell_4evur at November 21, 2013 10:44 PM (SCrwx)
Posted by: Algore at November 21, 2013 10:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Taboo Hat at November 21, 2013 10:54 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2013 10:56 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Scorpions at November 21, 2013 10:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Fig at November 21, 2013 11:01 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 21, 2013 11:04 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Porky Pig at November 21, 2013 11:07 PM (Vk2pI)
Teaching pigs to sing wastes your time and irritates the pigs ...
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 03:04 AM (jdRXP)
Your making fun of my stutÂ…stuÂ…suttÂ… inability to talk clearly is oppresive!
Posted by: Porky Pig at November 22, 2013 03:07 AM (Vk2pI)
Stutterers can frequently be helped by teaching them to sing their statements [ http://www.stutteringhelp.org/content/singing-and-stuttering-what-we-know-0 ].
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2013 11:11 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 21, 2013 11:23 PM (jdRXP)
A McCaskill damages her nation quietly. An Akin damages his party noisily. And hence impairs its ability to work against the McCaskill types.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2013 11:31 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: logprof in a former life at November 21, 2013 11:32 PM (fETNt)
away with and modify their behavior accordingly. Even one that is
normally shy and cautious cannot help but notice that the bears around
him are getting fat and sassy by raiding human-stuff. Conversely, "yeah,
I saw Fred raiding the human camp about a month ago.....but haven't
seen him around lately" is not beyond their reckoning.
I believe raccoons have the same reasoning.
Posted by: Jean at November 21, 2013 11:32 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: logprof in a former life at November 22, 2013 03:32 AM (fETNt)
You just have to.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 21, 2013 11:34 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: logprof in a former life at November 22, 2013 03:32 AM
I like having sex with chicks.
Posted by: frito at November 21, 2013 11:39 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Pedo-Zoophile at November 21, 2013 11:42 PM (Vk2pI)
Essentially, he's saying that consumer demand creates jobs, so (in his view) pampering average consumers creates more benefits than reasonable tax rates on the wealthy.
It's so easy to square this circle that I'm surprised he elides over it.....rich people create temporary jobs, consumer demand creates permanent ones. The question then arises, how many things are offered to consumers that are passed over? Let's take, for instance, something easy -- movies. Let's say a studio funds four movies at $20M each, and two make $10M, one makes $25M, and one makes $100M. How goes with the studio? Well, they funded four flicks at $80M and made $145M....things go well.
So, why not just make the $100M movie? Because nobody knew which one it was going to be. What about the $40M costs sunk into the two that lost money? Those were REAL JOBS CREATED that were unsupported by consumer demand. How do you think the folks who were employed there would react if you told 'em that rich people shouldn't have provided 'em a job???
Would poor people have created jobs in four flicks when three were destined to fail? Is it "fair" that investors in each flick should pay the same tax rate as the guys who got steady work making 'em, being that there was a 50% chance of hitting a loss that was non-deductible, and a further 25% chance that they'd barely make minimum wage?
It really doesn't get much simpler -- rich people create a disproportionate amount of jobs for new enterprises that may never latch onto sufficient consumer demand.
That said, the speaker does have a point......if the wealthy are starting new businesses, making new movies, rolling the dice -- then, and only then, are they worthy of cherishing and nurturing to help the economy thrive. But, unfortunately, there is another way that the wealthy allocate their resources.....and that is to lobby government to protect their position or thwart competition. That's where corn farmers legislate us into biofuels, compact fluorescent makers ban light bulbs, and litigators defeat rational limits on malpractice awards, among other things. In those cases, it is clearly against the public interest to incentivize and reward such behavior.
But each of these bad behaviors is bonded to the Leviathan he wishes to fund. It's not so much that the rich shouldn't be taxed because they create jobs, but that they shouldn't be taxed so much that they spend their time chasing patronage instead of pursuing activities that create jobs.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2013 11:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof the drunkard at November 21, 2013 11:49 PM (fETNt)
Good night, all!
Posted by: logprof the drunkard at November 22, 2013 03:49 AM (fETNt)
Be thankful. Your beer and whiskey provide a solid night's sleep.....my beer (no whiskey so far) has me generating rants like @534 -- which leave me more keyed up than before I ranted. Grrrrrr....
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2013 11:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 21, 2013 11:55 PM (jdRXP)
Nationalize the film industry. Make everyone go to the films. Problem solved.
Under the so-called "free enterprise" system, my film treatment of "Barry: Lightworker smackdown", would never get made. It's about the smartest dude on the planet, who happens to be a president by day and fights giant racist ninja robots by night. He also plays basketball.
Posted by: otho at November 21, 2013 11:55 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2013 11:57 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 21, 2013 11:57 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 21, 2013 11:58 PM (jdRXP)
It's all over except for a midnight cruise down some back roads. Think Thunder Road.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 21, 2013 11:38 PM (aDwsi)
I love this plan. Let's do this!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 21, 2013 11:59 PM (yh0zB)
warm bath ...
deep breaths ...
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 03:55 AM (jdRXP)
Um....yeah....it's a guy thing....
How 'bout acting out inappropriately or ranting, drinking until stupified, and/or something sexual?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 12:02 AM (T1005)
He also plays basketball.
and wears mom jeans ...
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 03:58 AM
Nah. The script has him in MC Hammer style parachute pants. When he's not presidenting, playing basketball or fighting robots, he's the world's greatest breakdancer.
Posted by: otho at November 22, 2013 12:04 AM (9gNQd)
Under the so-called "free enterprise" system, my film treatment of "Barry: Lightworker smackdown", would never get made. It's about the smartest dude on the planet, who happens to be a president by day and fights giant racistninja robots by night. He also plays basketball.
Posted by: otho at November 22, 2013 03:55 AM (9gNQd)
Yeah -- send that along to the TED guy. I'm glad he got to say his piece, but it just tripped over reality as I know it and faceplanted. Your grounded-in-reality comment on my rant is far more real-world than 80%+ of his talk.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 12:06 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 04:02 AM (T1005)
This plan has merit as well...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 22, 2013 12:07 AM (yh0zB)
next up, white wall ...
then, sand and paint old cabinets ...
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 03:57 AM (jdRXP)
The whole finishing thing would be a lot less depressing if you weren't waiting for shit to dry so often.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 12:08 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 04:02 AM (T1005)
This plan has merit as well...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 22, 2013 04:07 AM (yh0zB)
Thus providing solid evidence that you're also a guy. Love the gals, love the 'ettes.....but if someone's sayin' there ain't no difference, they're on a different planet from the one I know.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 12:10 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 22, 2013 04:06 AM
Well, I do know just as much about the film industry as I do about interior design.
Posted by: otho at November 22, 2013 12:14 AM (9gNQd)
Later roonz and roonettez. Fear no evil.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 22, 2013 12:21 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 12:29 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 12:33 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 12:38 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 12:40 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 12:42 AM (jdRXP)
and demand is sometimes created by investment
Posted by: Voice from the grave of Steve Jobs at November 22, 2013 12:43 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 12:45 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 12:52 AM (jdRXP)
"Blocks from Dealey Plaza, the windows of restaurants and the lobbies of hotels are plastered with posters reading “Love” — a nonprofit group’s campaign, using artwork by schoolchildren and others, to counter the City of Hate label given Dallas after the assassination."
I wonder if we could get "City of Hate" on our license plates. Maybe it would discourage lefties from economically failed northern states and California from moving here.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 22, 2013 12:57 AM (BcCwi)
http://tinyurl.com/jvwh5yr
SFW...yes yes it is
Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:04 AM (9jfyN)
I saw Gates of Hell open for City of Hate back in 45....
Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:05 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 01:11 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 22, 2013 01:12 AM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Baldy at November 22, 2013 02:42 AM (2bql3)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 22, 2013 02:43 AM (6ahup)
I know. There are a lot of 'em where I live. And our malls are nicely air-conditioned, thankyouverymuch.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 22, 2013 05:16 AM (BDU/a)
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