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December 07, 2013

Politics Open Thread
— Gabriel Malor

So as not to disturb the football watchers up above.

Oh, BTW, Iceland had a quiet revolution and replaced its whole government; an event the US media largely ignored initially and continues to ignore. Dream big, maybe it can happen here.[Purp]

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 07:28 AM | Comments (111)
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1 Oh, snap.

Posted by: Jack at December 07, 2013 07:31 AM (gWHwW)

2 I don't believe it.

Posted by: Jack at December 07, 2013 07:32 AM (gWHwW)

3 He forgets that when you point a finger at someone three are pointing back at you.

Posted by: Rin Tin Tin at December 07, 2013 07:33 AM (e8kgV)

4 Rin Tin Tin not if you point the Army way

Posted by: sven at December 07, 2013 07:35 AM (9jfyN)

5 If doctor defections are what they're being claimed to be in California, Let It Burn will be blazing by next summer.

Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 07:36 AM (MMC8r)

6 Looks like we had our high at 7 am this morning.

Posted by: Vic at December 07, 2013 07:37 AM (RlOaM)

7 4 Vic at December 07, 2013 11:37 AM (RlOaM)

If you like your abrupt climate change you can keep your abrupt climate change...

Posted by: sven at December 07, 2013 07:38 AM (9jfyN)

8 Let's see if I can wake you morons up...

Icelanders overthrow government, re-write their constitution, jail bankers involved in massive fraud... dateline: 2 Dec 2013

http://tinyurl.com/ldlgcu3

Hat tip to Akzed via HA.

Funny how nobody in the LSM is talking about this... I guess they don't want any of us peons getting any ideas.

Post this story, stat, Ace...

Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 07, 2013 07:38 AM (lJaja)

9 On Drudge,

Honor your dear (departed) National Icon by scrawling your signature across his portrait.

Nothing shows respect like graffiti. That's why taggers do it. They are just showing respect to their rivals.

Posted by: Honor Your Leader at December 07, 2013 07:41 AM (alqRR)

10 Icelanders overthrow government, re-write their constitution, jail bankers involved in massive fraud... dateline: 2 Dec 2013 Woah! That may be ... something.

Posted by: fluffy at December 07, 2013 07:43 AM (Ua6T/)

Here in the western half of Colorado, highs will be in the teens and low 20's most of the coming week, lows hovering near zero.

Speaking of global warming, I long for the days when a goofball crank like Al Gore would have been standing on a street corner wearing a sandwich board proclaiming the end of the world while sane citizens navigated a wide berth around him, hoping to avoid the flecks of spittle raining down like a monsoon. But nooooo. We have to give him a megaphone and a worldwide audience.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightful folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 07:45 AM (N/Sup)

12 Then realities set in. Because of the law, the state eliminated the high-risk pool that provided his coverage, for which he paid about $400 a month. Then Ms. Horrigan learned that her insurer, Blue Cross, was discontinuing her plan Â— which was deemed substandard under the new law Â— and replacing it with one that would cost $620 a month, up from $325, with a higher deductible as well.

Posted by: empty chair at December 07, 2013 07:45 AM (e8kgV)

13 I guess you could call the Icelandic uprising The Iced Tea Party.

Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 07:48 AM (MMC8r)

14 guess you could call the Icelandic uprising The Iced Tea Party. Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 11:48 AM (MMC8r) Rimshot!

Posted by: The Hobo Hooker, Needs a Hugs and a Sedative, Wears Prada at December 07, 2013 07:50 AM (GeVLX)

15 The constitution of Iceland was scrapped and is being rewritten by private citizens; using a crowd-sourcing technique via social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter.

Oh yeah that'll work just great.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at December 07, 2013 07:53 AM (DL2i+)

16
15. Juanita wants to give bags of stickers to her friends. She wants to give the same number of stickers to each friend. She's not sure if she needs 4 bags or 6 bags of stickers. How many stickers could she buy so there are no stickers left over ?

Related: here's a partial score: Cincinnati 24

Posted by: Chief Jay Strongbow at December 07, 2013 07:54 AM (e8kgV)

If doctor defections are what they're being claimed to be in California, Let It Burn will be blazing by next summer.

*****

But, but, but, what about me?

Posted by: Al Truism at December 07, 2013 07:55 AM (N/Sup)

18 Interesting link at HA. The director of MD's health exchange quit because her work product was, ummmmmm, how to say, a piece of merde. I note this only because she's a Dem who apparently took responsibility for her abysmal performance. This is a vanishingly rare occurrence and I applaud it.

Posted by: pep at December 07, 2013 07:55 AM (6TB1Z)

Juanita wants to give bags of stickers to her friends. She wants to give the same number of stickers to each friend. She's not sure if she needs 4 bags or 6 bags of stickers. How many stickers could she buy so there are no stickers left over ?

***

Well, applying Solomon's wisdom- the answer is "one". Merely cut that sucker into a number of pieces equaling the number of Juanita's friends.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 07:56 AM (N/Sup)

20 13 The constitution of Iceland was scrapped and is being rewritten by
private citizens; using a crowd-sourcing technique via social media
channels such as Facebook and Twitter.

Oh yeah that'll work just great.

I expect a Kim Kardashian amendment and penis enhancement codicil.

Posted by: pep at December 07, 2013 07:57 AM (6TB1Z)

Redistribution, for the win!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 07:57 AM (N/Sup)

22 There is something terribly wrong when the POTUS mentions being thankful for NM during the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. The guy was a sick, 95 year old foreigner, among other things. I will be so glad when Obama is out of office. He is such a silly, tyrannical bore.

Posted by: Baldy at December 07, 2013 07:57 AM (2bql3)

23 Good: Well, applying Solomon's wisdom- the answer is "one". Merely cut that sucker into a number of pieces equaling the number of Juanita's friends.

Better: Applying the Barack Obama approach, shoot all your "friends" and keep them all for yourself.

Posted by: pep at December 07, 2013 07:58 AM (6TB1Z)

24 In related news- The Icelandic Second Amendment got 4,576 'likes' on Facebook.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 07:58 AM (N/Sup)

25 21 Good: Well, applying Solomon's wisdom- the answer is "one". Merely cut that
sucker into a number of pieces equaling the number of Juanita's friends.

Better: Applying the Barack Obama approach, shoot all your "friends" and keep them all for yourself.

And then declare yourself wiser than Solomon.

Posted by: pep at December 07, 2013 07:59 AM (6TB1Z)

26 " In related news- The Icelandic Second Amendment got 4,576 'likes' on Facebook. " If you like your lutefisk, you can keep your lutefisk.

Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 08:00 AM (MMC8r)

In this photo, we see a member of the Iced Tea Party, frozen stiff, while bitterly clinging to a threadbare blanket.

(Yeah, yeah, I know. I said 'stiff')

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 08:03 AM (N/Sup)

28 Good: Well, applying Solomon's wisdom- the answer is "one". Merely cut that

sucker into a number of pieces equaling the number of Juanita's friends.

Better: Applying the Barack Obama approach, shoot all your "friends" and keep them all for yourself.

And then declare yourself wiser than Solomon.

Posted by: pep at December 07, 2013 11:59 AM (6TB1Z)

***

See. Math is easy!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 08:03 AM (N/Sup)

29 People live in Iceland?

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:04 AM (1Y+hH)

30 Huh!

Posted by: Honor Your Leader at December 07, 2013 08:04 AM (alqRR)

31 There will be no safe Dem seats in the 2014 election cycle. Not one.

Posted by: mrp at December 07, 2013 08:04 AM (HjPtV)

32 I just added the Iceland thing as an update. Maybe it will attract some eyeballs. Football is a big meh for me.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 07, 2013 08:04 AM (UVadJ)

33 Republican lawyer who doesn't oppose Obamacare because "the demand is there" running for Congress in Iowa. Even if he wins the primary he'll lose because the district is majority "people who live off the government" and illegal aliens (love to see that Venn diagram), but yeah...the one thing we need more of in Congress is lawyers who see nothing wrong with Obamacare.

http://t.co/EEo7oa9Uft

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 07, 2013 08:04 AM (hO8IJ)

34 My gut tells me the Iceland story is fake, but who knows?

Posted by: Baldy at December 07, 2013 08:05 AM (2bql3)

35 Safe Dem Senate seats, that is.

Posted by: mrp at December 07, 2013 08:06 AM (HjPtV)

36 Wait, if they made the whole government resign, who's running the country?

Posted by: Honor Your Leader at December 07, 2013 08:06 AM (alqRR)

37 Up to 11 degrees here SW of Rocky Mountain National Park. If the sun would come out we might hit the high teens.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:06 AM (1Y+hH)

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of refrigeration.

Posted by: Astrid Ingridsdottir at December 07, 2013 08:07 AM (N/Sup)

39 Huh. Iceland.

My weather is gorgeous today. I should probably put on pants and go outside.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 07, 2013 08:08 AM (hO8IJ)

40 34 Wait, if they made the whole government resign, who's running the country? Posted by: Honor Your Leader at December 07, 2013 12:06 PM (alqRR) They're crowd sourcing key legislation and making decisions via social media.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 07, 2013 08:08 AM (UAMVq)

41 I think Pelosi is under 50% in her own district, and well under 50% in all of CA. There is no such thing as a safe seat anymore.

In many cases you'd just be replacing one moonbat with another equally bad, but it would be another who won't have the seniority to get the choice committee postings, so its still a win to make that swap

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 07, 2013 08:09 AM (UVadJ)

42 37 Huh. Iceland. My weather is gorgeous today. I should probably put on pants and go outside. Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at December 07, 2013 12:08 PM (hO8IJ) What is this "outside" of which you speak? Sounds dangerous.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 07, 2013 08:09 AM (UAMVq)

43 Hah. My idiot-phone says it's zero in Denver. Take that, flatlanders!

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:10 AM (1Y+hH)

Up to 11 degrees here SW of Rocky Mountain National Park. If the sun would come out we might hit the high teens.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 12:06 PM (1Y+hH)

****

Hey MM- the whole state is an icebox. We saw minus 18 in Rifle on Thursday.

Posted by: Astrid Ingridsdottir at December 07, 2013 08:10 AM (N/Sup)

45 What is this "outside" of which you speak?

It's the room with the blue ceiling and scary ball of fire. You gotta go through it to get to the liquor store.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 07, 2013 08:11 AM (hO8IJ)

46 My weather is gorgeous today. I should probably put on pants and go outside.
Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at December 07, 2013 12:08 PM (hO8IJ)

What is this "outside" of which you speak? Sounds dangerous.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 07, 2013 12:09 PM (UAMVq)

****

What are these "pants" you speak of? Sounds dangerous.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 08:11 AM (N/Sup)

47 >>> I should probably put on pants and go outside. Pants? You to good for a trench coat?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 07, 2013 08:12 AM (Ua6T/)

48 Hey MM- the whole state is an icebox. We saw minus 18 in Rifle on Thursday. Posted by: Astrid Ingridsdottir at December 07, 2013 12:10 PM (N/Sup) Yeah, we got to -26 about 3 nights back. Very early for that kind of cold.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:12 AM (1Y+hH)

49 And here I thought Rifle was in that banana belt out toward Grand Junction.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:13 AM (1Y+hH)

50 Crowdsourcing a Constitution? Reminds me of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Mexico

It'll probably work out in Iceland, which is homogenous. Anywhere else, a crowdsourced Constitution will end up being a compromise between special interests, including corporations (the ones which backed the winners, anyway).

So, say goodbye to property-rights and hello to unions.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at December 07, 2013 08:13 AM (Nsoq9)

51 Don't forget -- the total population of Iceland is only in the 320k range...a medium size city anywhere else.

You can almost do direct participation "show of hands" government when the population is that small.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 07, 2013 08:13 AM (UVadJ)

52 Yeah, we got to -26 about 3 nights back. Very early for that kind of cold.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 12:12 PM (1Y+hH)

*****

Only two words for that: Bbbbb and rrrrrrrr!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 08:14 AM (N/Sup)

53 This is why I don't support an Article V Convention, by the way. Only a Sulla could pull that off in a way that preserves property. And ultimately, even Sulla couldn't.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at December 07, 2013 08:14 AM (Nsoq9)

54 Not to start a food thread, but today is one of those days when a nice hot stew would hit the spot.

Accompanied by a strong Ale.

Posted by: HH at December 07, 2013 08:15 AM (XXwdv)

55 Icelanders overthrow government - -- - We are all Bjork now.

Posted by: fluffy at December 07, 2013 08:16 AM (Ua6T/)

56 47 And here I thought Rifle was in that banana belt out toward Grand Junction.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 12:13 PM (1Y+hH)

****

Well, yeah. Duh. It's going to be 75 and sunny in G. Jitty City today!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 08:16 AM (N/Sup)

57 I own a rental building about 400 feet from my house. Had a balky furnace in a vacant unit a couple of winters back. Went to check it about 9:30 one night when it was -25. Had a hole in the knee of my jeans. Thought I wasn't going to make the trip, almost had to turn around.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:17 AM (1Y+hH)

58 Sounds like this Icelandic 'revolution' is a bit dicey.

Using a 'dicey' source

, I found that Iceland had parliamentary elections in April, 2013. Two center-right parties won.

Wiki article: LINK: http://preview.tinyurl.com/bl4hm3y

Posted by: mrp at December 07, 2013 08:17 AM (HjPtV)

59 Heh, what a way to cap off your life, eh? Old man goes to N Korea to give the commies his last middle-finger and ends up being forced to read a confession of war crimes. Way to go, old man.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 07, 2013 08:18 AM (imJu1)

60 I like the Iceland idea of firing all of govt and starting over. But for us the rewriting would be a bad idea. Clarification ( i.e. changing some language so dipshits can't twist it) and putting definitive punishments for not following the US constitution is what we need. And completely nuking the commerce clause.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 07, 2013 08:18 AM (TI3xG)

61 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon Heh.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:18 AM (1Y+hH)

62 "And ultimately, even Sulla couldn't." Time to break out the posionous mushrooms.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:20 AM (1Y+hH)

63 So, did the Icelanders create themselves rights to free condoms and abortions?

Posted by: Jimbo at December 07, 2013 08:21 AM (V70Uh)

64 "Mortgage lenders in the U.S. knowingly lent money to prospective homeowners who could not afford to purchase a home. This, in turn, led to falsely inflated home values and a vicious cycle of too much lending." ----------------------------- I like the way the author of the Iceland article fails to mention that banks were FORCED to make bad loans by the US government. He implies that they did this out of some mysterious wickedness.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 07, 2013 08:21 AM (dfYL9)

65 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 07, 2013 12:21 PM (dfYL9) Yeah, because banks love to loan money when they know they probably won't get paid back.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:23 AM (1Y+hH)

66 He implies that they did this out of some mysterious wickedness. Well, making bad loans is the way to obscene riches, right?

Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 08:23 AM (MMC8r)

67 A little research indicates that Iceland article is just really badly written and misleading. Iceland threw a lot of bums out (technically they resigned under pressure), but they aren't governed by crowdsourcing social media. They did have some unusual processes like randomly selecting representatives for some purposes, but "revolution" seems to be a bit of an overstatement. The article described their financial situation *and* America's *not* objectively but from a doctrinaire left-wing point of view, that corporations and "right wingers" are to blame, and left-wing corruption and pressure aren't even worth mentioning. Exactly, precisely crappy partisan "reporting."

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of Somethingorother at December 07, 2013 08:24 AM (qyfb5)

68 64 He implies that they did this out of some mysterious wickedness. Well, making bad loans is the way to obscene riches, right? Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 12:23 PM (MMC8r) We have a better way...

Posted by: Underpants Gnomes at December 07, 2013 08:24 AM (UAMVq)

69 63, 64 --- Honestly, I think the average journalist these days is so completely ignorant of business that s/he wouldn't see the utter absurdity of such a statement.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 07, 2013 08:25 AM (dfYL9)

70 In a parliamentary system if you pretty much replace the whole parliament, you've got a new government. Not all revolutions are violent. There's quite a few people who still contend what happened to Nixon was a defacto coup.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 07, 2013 08:26 AM (UVadJ)

71 Conclusion:

Six 33gallon Rubbermaid containers of Christmas decorations are way too much of a good thing. Gah.

One entire bin is just Swedish candleholders.

Posted by: mama winger at December 07, 2013 08:26 AM (P6QsQ)

72 49 -- Purp -- Yeah, we'd need the equivalent of about... 25 million+ angry folks storming DC.

But it would be one hellva of a party to remember.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 07, 2013 08:27 AM (lJaja)

73 This is interesting, but before coming up with a conspiracy to explain why this hasn't received more coverage, like the article does, it's worth mentioning that Iceland a very tiny country. It only has a population of 320,000. It's just not that significant on the world stage. Should there have been a few stories on it? Sure, but not much more than that.

Posted by: AD at December 07, 2013 08:28 AM (aB7n3)

74 Iceland isn't much more that the size of say Toledo, so we're only talking about ditching something the size of a city government.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 07, 2013 08:28 AM (UVadJ)

75 Icelandic 'Revolution" looks like a hoax to me.

Posted by: mrp at December 07, 2013 08:29 AM (HjPtV)

76 Iceland is a tiny country. *runs*

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:30 AM (1Y+hH)

77 what's with the inflatable Christmas decorations for the yard? I understand the convenience but...

Posted by: soothsayer at December 07, 2013 08:30 AM (imJu1)

78 One entire bin is just Swedish candleholders.>>

Do you have enough Lutfisk and Lefse to get through Christmas?

Posted by: The Hickster at December 07, 2013 08:31 AM (TI3xG)

79 Yeah, that linked article is a steaming pile of left-wing crap. No offense to Purp, but it is what it is. The Web site reads like they will accept articles from anybody.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2013 08:31 AM (8Fl6F)

80 One entire bin is just Swedish candleholders.

Posted by: mama winger at December 07, 2013 12:26 PM (P6QsQ)

*****

That must be difficult to manage year round. What are your grocery bills like?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 08:31 AM (N/Sup)

81 Should there have been a few stories on it? Sure, but not much more than that.

It matters more in the UK, where a lot of (silly) people invested in Iceland's banks.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at December 07, 2013 08:31 AM (Nsoq9)

82 what's with the inflatable Christmas decorations for the yard?

I understand the convenience but...

They originally weren't Christmas decorations. I wouldn't look to closely at Rudolph or Frosty. Also, don't touch them without gloves.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 07, 2013 08:31 AM (lr3d7)

83 As a reference point - the "bonus army" march on DC back in the 1930's would have been ~1/6th of the total Iceland population.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 07, 2013 08:32 AM (UVadJ)

84 Do you have enough Lutfisk and Lefse to get through Christmas?

Posted by: The Hickster at December 07, 2013 12:31 PM (TI3xG)

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

You can never have enough lefse. Lutefisk, on the other hand......

Posted by: mama winger at December 07, 2013 08:32 AM (P6QsQ)

85 "what's with the inflatable Christmas decorations for the yard?" Poor taste at a low price.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:32 AM (1Y+hH)

86 Hickster beat me by just **holds finger and thumb up** that much

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 08:33 AM (N/Sup)

87 It's true. Inflatable decorations are the modern "big bulb" Christmas lights.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 07, 2013 08:33 AM (imJu1)

88 That must be difficult to manage year round. What are your grocery bills like?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 12:31 PM (N/Sup)

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

If you buy lutefisk by the metric ton, you'd be surprised how affordable it can be.

Posted by: mama winger at December 07, 2013 08:33 AM (P6QsQ)

89 The Icelandic 'Revolution' was covered back when it happened. We all commented here about it. Back in 2008-9. But, no, its not been an ongoing story, since no one's burning and looting and pillaging.

Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 08:35 AM (MMC8r)

90 Lutefisk is a member of the weasel family, da?

Posted by: soothsayer at December 07, 2013 08:36 AM (imJu1)

91 Up to 14 degrees. The Hot Springs is probably doing good business today, especially the 106 degree pool.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:36 AM (1Y+hH)

92 And lutefisk is useful stuff to have on hand. Besides being a culinary delicacy, it can be used for stripping paint, clearing clogged drains, and cleaning gummed-up fuel tanks on tractors and combines. And once used for these latter purposes, it becomes even tastier than before. Win, win!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2013 08:37 AM (8Fl6F)

93 Another full bin of assorted Tomtar:

http://tinyurl.com/m345ezz

Uff da.

Posted by: mama winger at December 07, 2013 08:37 AM (P6QsQ)

94 Lord it's the fracken Al Ghuardian, the moonbat paper of record.

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at December 07, 2013 08:38 AM (Jsiw/)

95 Lord it's the fracken Al Ghuardian, the moonbat paper of record. No, it's the 'Las Vegas Guardian Express,' an 'online paper' which isn't much more than a blog. Iceland's a real story, just not in the way they portray it.

Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 08:41 AM (MMC8r)

96 Cowboys should not wear orange. It's just wrong.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 07, 2013 08:41 AM (dfYL9)

97 >>> Cowboys should not wear orange. It's just wrong. Real cowboys wear mauve.

Posted by: fluffy at December 07, 2013 08:43 AM (Ua6T/)

"A well heated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to cuddle in a bear's arms, shall not be infringed. "

New Icelandic Constitution- Amendment #2

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightfully folksy wise-ass at December 07, 2013 08:45 AM (N/Sup)

99 If Cowboys wear orange do their horses go "beep beep beep" when they back up?

Posted by: The Hickster at December 07, 2013 08:46 AM (TI3xG)

100 Just drug out the long johns. It's Christmas tree cutting day.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:46 AM (1Y+hH)

101 And I have a permit, so the govt is happy and $10 richer.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 07, 2013 08:46 AM (1Y+hH)

102 The same writer behind the Iceland piece has written other stories for them claiming that Mandela has been dead since June. And one reporting a conspiracy theory that actor Paul Walker was killed in a drone strike.

Posted by: --- at December 07, 2013 08:55 AM (MMC8r)

103 Has no one noted that these so-called "Icelanders" are merely dirty Skandis whose ancestors missed the last boat back to the fjords?

Posted by: That SOB van Owen at December 07, 2013 09:03 AM (QT+aK)

104 So nobody cares about politics if it's a Saturday and there is football?

Makes sense.

Checking Breitbart, there isn't anything surprising there. Nothing Obama does will surprise me.

A nuke detonating in NYC and D.C. while Obama is out of town, allowing Obama to consolidate political power would not surprise me. It would have to be bigger than that, bigger than an alien invasion from outer space. Bigger than the return of the 13th imam.

The return of Jesus, now that would be a surprise. There is always hope.

Posted by: Honor Your Leader at December 07, 2013 09:05 AM (alqRR)

105 On the Gateway Pundit Hundreds of Christians Slaughtered (Central African Republic)

http://preview.tinyurl.com/mwge73m

Posted by: Honor Your Leader at December 07, 2013 09:09 AM (alqRR)

106 >>> Has no one noted that these so-called "Icelanders" are merely dirty Skandis whose ancestors missed the last boat back to the fjords? Fear me. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ApxnAr6pRt0

Posted by: Viking Kittens at December 07, 2013 09:14 AM (Ua6T/)

107 Lutefisk, if prepared correctly, is still inedible.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 07, 2013 09:23 AM (jucos)

108 Here's a good resource on Iceland: http://tinyurl.com/boqxdk5 Seems to be written by a (European style) Icelander Progressive who is pretty pissed that nothing has really changed. Funny comments BTW by a couple of "Visiting Progressive 'tourists'" who just happened by coincidence and serendipity to have been traveling in Iceland during the bruhaha and are down for the Marxist revolution that didn't happen.

Posted by: Daybrother at December 07, 2013 09:34 AM (Qjipz)

109 Started snowing again. We got 10-12" on Tuesday. Watched a Jeep get stuck on our hill half an hour ago. Have a feeling we'll be in all day today. Glad I stocked up.

Posted by: Y-not at December 07, 2013 09:35 AM (zDsvJ)

110 This is really kind of a nothing, the country has about 300,000 people total. 2/3 of them live in Reykjavik and they are all related (seriously there are only like 5 last names in the whole country - the phone book is organized by first name). This wasn't an overthrow of a government as much as an American Thanksgiving dinner writ large.

Posted by: chad at December 07, 2013 01:19 PM (gYowz)

111 Why, exactly, would we expect a MSM that ignores Canada and Mexico to pay attention to Iceland?

Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at December 07, 2013 02:07 PM (lILC0)

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