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March 15, 2013

Report Grand Jury Investigating Robert Menendez
— DrewM

Ben had this in his link dump but it's worth its own post for ~~celebratory~~ informational purposes.

Alas, it's not the underage hookers but the more garden variety, as Joe Biden might say, corruption charges.

A federal grand jury in Miami is investigating Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), examining his role in advocating for the business interests of a wealthy donor and friend, according to three people aware of the probe.
Menendez has intervened in matters affecting the financial interests of Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, seeking to apply pressure on the Dominican government to honor a contract with MelgenÂ’s port-security company, documents and interviews show. Also, MenendezÂ’s office has acknowledged he interceded with federal health-care officials after they said that Melgen had overbilled the U.S. government for care at his clinic.
...
As part of the grand jury investigation, the three people said, federal agents have questioned witnesses about the interactions between Menendez and Melgen, who contributed $700,000 last year to Menendez and other Senate Democrats. The grand jury has also issued subpoenas for MelgenÂ’s business and financial records, according to two people briefed on the probe who, like the others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe an onÂgoing investigation.
Federal agents have not contacted Menendez, according to a person familiar with the case.

A corrupt politician from New Jersey? How is that possible?

BTW- Because Democrats are all about ethics, Menendez is still the chairman of the, er, Foreign Relations committee.

Posted by: DrewM at 07:06 AM | Comments (216)
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1 A corrupt politician from New Jersey? How is that possible? I refuse to believe it. I do. It simply cannot be. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must collect my winnings. *snaps fingers* Minions, someone kneel down so I can stand on a back to reach the window.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at March 15, 2013 07:07 AM (VtjlW)

2 What difference does it make?! We've all moved on.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton 2016 at March 15, 2013 07:09 AM (wIgpo)

3 I'm shocked that the headline at the link includes "D-NJ."

Posted by: Dante at March 15, 2013 07:09 AM (NWLVJ)

4 Now, if you'll excuse me, I must collect my winnings. *snaps fingers* Minions, someone kneel down so I can stand on a back to reach the window.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at March 15, 2013 11:07 AM (VtjlW)

Bannion! Get over here!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 07:10 AM (da5Wo)

5 Menendez is a machine politician from Hudson County, which is like Harvard University for crooks.

I'll put Hudson County up against Cook County any day of the week.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 15, 2013 07:11 AM (3Mkrp)

6 Hispanic Chuckie just can't stay out of skeevy situations.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2013 07:11 AM (T1rOa)

7 Sounds like someone is due for a promotion!

Posted by: Stitch at March 15, 2013 07:11 AM (A7Wh1)

8 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:12 AM (4OvDk)

9 And the article even used the word Democrat ---- twice!

Posted by: DKCZ at March 15, 2013 07:12 AM (9/bcB)

10 Gabe tweeting that AoS has won Blog of the Year award. Waiting the followup tweet saying "I keed, I keed."

Posted by: joncelli, dodging the Zombies of Sequester at March 15, 2013 07:12 AM (RD7QR)

11 Can't we just move on?

Posted by: Dhim Ocrat at March 15, 2013 07:13 AM (mka2b)

12 Gabe tweeting that AoS has won Blog of the Year award.

Take a bow, Morons.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2013 07:13 AM (T1rOa)

13 sweep sweep

Posted by: Lifted Rug at March 15, 2013 07:13 AM (Cs2tJ)

14 And the article even used the word Democrat ---- twice! And it's WaPo. I wonder if they've realized the Democrats are using them, and have grown tired of it. Naaa. Must be orders from On High to encourage Menendez to resign.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:14 AM (4OvDk)

15 FINISH HIM!!

Posted by: toby928© sips the sweet tea of despair at March 15, 2013 07:14 AM (QupBk)

16 Menendez is still the chairman of the, er, Foreign Relations committee.
Posted by: DrewM. at 11:06 AM I wasn't related to any of those underage, foreign prostitutes, so what are you complaining about?

Posted by: Sen. Robert "Jailbait" Menendez at March 15, 2013 07:14 AM (ggRof)

17 Tee hee - Expect the trolls to pay a visit. What with the new award and all.

Posted by: Up with people! at March 15, 2013 07:14 AM (A7Wh1)

18 May a take a moment to express my complete repulsion of Mitch McConnell? Thank you.

Posted by: Attila at March 15, 2013 07:15 AM (Cs2tJ)

19 So can we get a copy of Ace's written statement, then?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:15 AM (4OvDk)

20 19 So can we get a copy of Ace's written statement, then?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 11:15 AM (4OvDk)

Yub Yub!

Posted by: Ace's written statement at March 15, 2013 07:16 AM (RD7QR)

21 Gabe tweeting that AoS has won Blog of the Year award.

Did we ever make a glossary for the n00bs?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at March 15, 2013 07:16 AM (/kI1Q)

22 10 Gabe tweeting that AoS has won Blog of the Year award. Waiting the followup tweet saying "I keed, I keed."

Posted by: joncelli, dodging the Zombies of Sequester at March 15, 2013 11:12 AM (RD7QR)

Yeah, I just saw it!!! YAY!!!!

Well deserved....crappy software and all!

*How big can and Ewok head get?

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 15, 2013 07:16 AM (X6akg)

23
Did we ever make a glossary for the n00bs?

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at March 15, 2013 11:16 AM (/kI1Q)

Nah, figuring it out is part of the initiation process.

Posted by: joncelli, dodging the Zombies of Sequester at March 15, 2013 07:17 AM (RD7QR)

24 May a take a moment to express my complete repulsion of Mitch McConnell? Thank you.

Posted by: Attila at March 15, 2013 11:15 AM (Cs2tJ)

I don't think that means what you think it does.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2013 07:18 AM (T1rOa)

25 Nah, figuring it out is part of the initiation process. Think of it like hazing, but with a greater chance of resulting insanity.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:18 AM (4OvDk)

26 Wayne Lapierre, NRA, did a great job at cpac.

Posted by: tgibeach at March 15, 2013 07:18 AM (XYSwB)

27 Now that aos is finally winning, perhaps we could get some updated blog software? Too much to ask?

Posted by: Attila at March 15, 2013 07:18 AM (Cs2tJ)

28 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 11:14 AM (4OvDk) I've noticed the WaPo is running more articles against TFG. However, by 'more' I mean maybe one a week. Still, there are some that I would think "oh, this has to be a Rubin story'" and then am surprised when it isn't.

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 07:18 AM (fWAjv)

29 Blog O' The Year!!! Congrats ace!

Now use some of that sweet award money and upgrade the damn software!

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:18 AM (GQ8sn)

30 Think of it like hazing, but with a greater chance of resulting insanity.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 11:18 AM (4OvDk)

And irreversible soul scarring resulting from Googling.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 07:19 AM (da5Wo)

31 Congratulations on Blog of the Year!

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 15, 2013 07:19 AM (ZshNr)

32 *How big can and Ewok head get? Posted by: Tami at March 15, 2013 11:16 AM (X6akg) Word around town is ace bought a ten-speed and is growing a ponytail.

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 07:20 AM (fWAjv)

33 I've noticed the WaPo is running more articles against TFG. However, by 'more' I mean maybe one a week. I think part of that is Woodward, who- however good a face he put on it- is non-plussed at the character assassination attempt from the thugs in the White House. But I am sort of wondering if the WaPo has decided to cut their losses.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:20 AM (4OvDk)

34 I did not have 'foreign relations' with that whore, er girl, er woman.

Posted by: Bubba Menendez at March 15, 2013 07:20 AM (9XVgh)

35 Now use some of that sweet award money and upgrade the damn software!

Preach it!

Posted by: Attila at March 15, 2013 07:21 AM (Cs2tJ)

36 Now use some of that sweet award money and upgrade the damn software!

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 11:18 AM (GQ8sn)

Yeah, send Pixy some Oz bucks so he can buy cheetoes and vegemite and code up Minx 1.0.

Posted by: joncelli, dodging the Zombies of Sequester at March 15, 2013 07:21 AM (RD7QR)

37 Gabe tweeting that AoS has won Blog of the Year award. nice

Posted by: tgibeach at March 15, 2013 07:21 AM (XYSwB)

and the Award for Best Blog-Comment Formatting goes to...

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2013 07:22 AM (smg3a)

39 Ham Sandwich says he will be indicted.

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2013 07:22 AM (53z96)

40 What is Ace of Spades?

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at March 15, 2013 07:22 AM (wIgpo)

41 nothing will happen. Senator Skeletor is retiring, again, and Corey Booker will take his seat. So Menendez stays, using the bubba defense "it was only about sex!"

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2013 07:22 AM (Dnbau)

42 Nah, figuring it out is part of the initiation process.

Think of it like hazing, but with a greater chance of resulting insanity.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 11:18 AM (4OvDk)

It's like THAC0 from DnD.

If you can figure it out you can stay and play, otherwise GTFO and go to somewhere else.

(Alternatively if you're brave enough to ask, you can stay as well.)

Ace better point out this blog is nothing without us horde!

Posted by: tsrblke at March 15, 2013 07:23 AM (GaqMa)

43 remember, he has the right to the presumption of innocence (D)

Posted by: mallfly at March 15, 2013 07:23 AM (bJm7W)

44 Gabe tweeting that AoS has won Blog of the Year award. Somebody wake up Ace. And, we should all give a standing ovation to ergie, for helping to make it so.

Posted by: tgibeach at March 15, 2013 07:23 AM (XYSwB)

It's a '63 Ford Convair w/5 bbl Holly & hot cams, 8 lug wheels and a ...

wait, wrong thread?

Posted by: Jess1 at March 15, 2013 07:25 AM (lbiWb)

46 Yeah, send Pixy some Oz bucks so he can buy cheetoes and vegemite and code up Minx 1.0.

I have a feeling the source for this web shite is like the Old One's forbidden knowledge. Any human who catches a glimpse of it is driven irrevocably insane.

Posted by: esch at March 15, 2013 07:25 AM (9XVgh)

47 And, we should all give a standing ovation to ergie, for helping to make it so.

Posted by: tgibeach at March 15, 2013 11:23 AM (XYSwB)

Knuckleheads FTW

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 15, 2013 07:25 AM (T1rOa)

48 So if ACE won Blog Of The Year, that kinda means we did also right? OK now I have a reason to celebrate tonight and get stinking drunk

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2013 07:25 AM (9Bj8R)

49 well let's keep in mind, that if it weren't for people like me, I might not be here.

Posted by: mallfly at March 15, 2013 07:25 AM (bJm7W)

50 Does this win mean everyone has to put pants on?

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 15, 2013 07:25 AM (X6akg)

51 Has anyone mentioned that CPAC's website sucks goat's balls?

Not even remotely accessible

So, with this win, are we getting the ampersand upgrade or not?.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 15, 2013 07:25 AM (iZP3p)

52 *fetches AtC the step stool since Sean and BCochran are such slackers*

Menendez, Foreign Relations; the bad jokes just write themselves.

And way to go Ace!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:26 AM (X81fn)

53 Ah, New Jersey. The only state in the Union entirely run by gangsters! (http://preemptiveoffenses.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-most-vicious-organs-of-omnipotent.html)

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at March 15, 2013 07:26 AM (GCzY/)

54 My guess is that is a Brown 1954 four barrel bribery with a corruption overhead with a underage suspension.

Posted by: polynikes at March 15, 2013 07:27 AM (m2CN7)

55 Does this win mean everyone has to put pants on? No. They like us just the way we are, or they wouldn't have voted for us.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:27 AM (4OvDk)

56 So, with this win, are we getting the ampersand upgrade or not?.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 15, 2013 11:25 AM (iZP3p)

CPAC has been having a LOT of problems with their site lately.

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2013 07:27 AM (53z96)

57 And irreversible soul scarring resulting from Googling. Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 11:19 AM (da5Wo) That's what the newbies get for still having souls. *bounds off to order more bell jars*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at March 15, 2013 07:27 AM (VtjlW)

Does this win mean everyone has to put pants on?

Whoa, whoa. Whoa.

There will be no pants.

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2013 07:27 AM (smg3a)

59 "Word around town is ace bought a ten-speed and is growing a ponytail."

With or without a seat?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 15, 2013 07:27 AM (iZP3p)

60 Gabe tweeting that AoS has won Blog of the Year award.

Pudding futures soar.

Posted by: pep at March 15, 2013 07:27 AM (YXmuI)

"The only state in the Union entirely run by gangsters!"

Taps foot...

Posted by: Illinois at March 15, 2013 07:28 AM (lbiWb)

62 Does this win mean everyone has to put pants on?

I'm changing my tee shirt out of respect.

Posted by: Attila at March 15, 2013 07:28 AM (Cs2tJ)

63 OK now I have a reason to celebrate tonight and get stinking drunk Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2013 11:25 AM (9Bj8R) Not a celebration, but TFG as Preezy has given us all an open invitation to get shit-faced every day.

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 07:28 AM (fWAjv)

64 Speaking of blogs, I am thinking hard about starting one myself (a little one!) and would like some imput about who to sign up with. I don't have any money, so it will have to be free, and I am a bit leery about google/blogspot with all its baggage.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 15, 2013 07:28 AM (P7nGQ)

65 Aww crap! Gabe says the "award prize" consists of two drink vouchers, four bus tokens, and a limited edition foil Pokemon card.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:29 AM (GQ8sn)

66 Grand Jury investigating menendez is not news. Now if they come forward with an indictment, THAT would be news

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2013 07:29 AM (9Bj8R)

67 Speaking of blogs, I am thinking hard about starting one myself (a little one!) and would like some imput about who to sign up with. I don't have any money, so it will have to be free, andI am a bit leery about google/blogspot with all its baggage. D*mn, you guys are going to make me start a blog one of these days. More seriously- no, don't use blogger. I really wish I hadn't. One of these days I'll devote the time to porting over to Wordpress. They're the one I would recommend.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:29 AM (4OvDk)

68 Pants? Pantsuits? Sacred honor compels to run screaming in fear....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:29 AM (X81fn)

the guys get shirts

the girls?....

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2013 07:30 AM (Dnbau)

70 That's what the newbies get for still having souls. *bounds off to order more bell jars*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at March 15, 2013 11:27 AM (VtjlW)

Ahhh...Bounding + Racktasticness = The Basis of Power in Alextopia

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 07:30 AM (da5Wo)

71 10 Gabe tweeting that AoS has won Blog of the Year award. Waiting the followup tweet saying "I keed, I keed." Posted by: joncelli, dodging the Zombies of Sequester at March 15, 2013 11:12 AM (RD7QR) Now is the time to curse as much as possible.

Posted by: Typical Effing Moonbat at March 15, 2013 07:30 AM (FsUAO)

72 Speaking of losers in NJ. The Jets signed a running back that even the lowly Raiders did not want

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2013 07:30 AM (9Bj8R)

73 if you do WP you still need a host tho right?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 15, 2013 07:30 AM (J6kXj)

74 If AOS won does that mean he'll throw a lavish party for all of us? After all, the mighty warrior Breitbart said that he loved our comments and Ace agreed that they were a vital part of what makes this place this place. And truly, I love Ace's articles too. It's good to know that lawyers are good for something. J/K-Ace- I think you and Gabe write very well and I particularly appreciate your caustic sense of humor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 15, 2013 07:30 AM (g7q64)

"Pants? Pantsuits? Sacred honor compels to run screaming in fear...."

Well, avoid the previous thread then.

Posted by: Jess1 at March 15, 2013 07:31 AM (lbiWb)

76 Here's the reaction to Ace's Blog of the Year award

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxvdvoQgAy8

Posted by: kbdabear at March 15, 2013 07:31 AM (mCvL4)

77 btw I take full credit for this win. it's me classing this joint up all the time not youse guys

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 15, 2013 07:31 AM (J6kXj)

78 sock you

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at March 15, 2013 07:31 AM (FsUAO)

79 If AOS won does that mean he'll throw a lavish party for all of us? After all, the mighty warrior Breitbart said that he loved our comments and Ace agreed that they were a vital part of what makes this place this place.

Are you kidding? It'll be ONT all day, every day for the next week.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:31 AM (GQ8sn)

80 Ahhh...Bounding + Racktasticness = The Basis of Power in Alextopia

Wait.

There are tits here?

Posted by: esch at March 15, 2013 07:31 AM (9XVgh)

81 pics or it didn't happen

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2013 07:32 AM (Dnbau)

82 if you do WP you still need a host tho right? Nope. WordPress is pretty cool. You can host it on your own server if you want, or you can have them host it. If it's a www.[whatever].wordpress.com site, it's being hosted by WordPress. I'm virtually certain that's free, too.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:32 AM (4OvDk)

83 Short changing hookers is like a gateway drug to severe corruption. Or something.

Posted by: Fritz at March 15, 2013 07:32 AM (WM+rJ)

84 Bannion! Get over here! Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 11:10 AM (da5Wo)

Sorry, I was polishing the Royal throne.

No, not the porcelain one.

It's your turn Cochran. If you look in the position description for "Court Jester" you'll see paragraph 4.51(c) which states, "Other duties as assigned by the Chief of the Logistics Directorate."

Get busy.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 15, 2013 07:32 AM (sbV1u)

85 Are you kidding? It'll be ONT all day, every day for the next week.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 11:31 AM (GQ8sn)

And a butt load of noobies asking why their formatting doesn't work.

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 15, 2013 07:32 AM (X6akg)

86 Blog of the year? I guess I better go put some clothes on.

Posted by: jewells45 at March 15, 2013 07:32 AM (l/N7H)

87 Are you kidding? It'll be ONT all day, every day for the next week.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 11:31 AM (GQ8sn)

Shit, the way last nights ONT went...that may not be all that enjoyable.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 07:32 AM (da5Wo)

88 I wonder if those guys at CPAC only read the comments?

Posted by: maddogg at March 15, 2013 07:32 AM (OlN4e)

89 Couldn't have happened to a more deserving fellow. See, there is a God.

Posted by: ALH at March 15, 2013 07:33 AM (yAPdC)

90 Maybe we need to make our own video? Just a note if you select Rock, the control knob for Groupies goes to 11.

http://www.youtube.com/user/three/theponymixer

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:33 AM (X81fn)

91 Shit, the way last nights ONT went...that may not be all that enjoyable.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 11:32 AM (da5Wo)

Oooooh! Was there a fight?!

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 15, 2013 07:33 AM (X6akg)

92
Now, if you'll excuse me, I must collect my winnings. *snaps fingers* Minions, someone kneel down so I can stand on a back to reach the window.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at March 15, 2013 11:07 AM (VtjlW)

As you are our Queen it behooves me to explain Queens do not climb out of a window , but ..

sweeps to the door holds a candle high , waits for you to sweep in glory out to the masses to show your winnings.

tea will be hot and waiting for your return.

Posted by: willow-ette at March 15, 2013 07:33 AM (nqBYe)

93 That's what the newbies get for still having souls. *bounds off to order more bell jars* Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at March 15, 2013 11:27 AM (VtjlW)

Igor! More bell jars!

Anticipate, man! Anticipate!

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 07:33 AM (sbV1u)

94 Now that Ace has won blog of the year, here is a prototype for the upgraded blog platform for the HQ:

http://tinyurl.com/c9zm72y

Posted by: chemjeff at March 15, 2013 07:33 AM (BBWjt)

Why is there no photoshop yet of an Ewok holding a trophy? Morons, truly.

Also, underage ass tappin'. That's how Dems roll.

Posted by: sans_sheriff at March 15, 2013 07:33 AM (HgwiM)

96 Thanks, Allen G. I will check them out.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 15, 2013 07:33 AM (P7nGQ)

97 I just grabbed the photo and blew it up 200%. Looking at that tuck-in-roll interior reminds me of my grandfather's car. I am going to go with the 67 Pontiac Grand Prix convertible.

And who ever the Moron is is somewhere in the midwest and North. Perhaps Heatherradish?

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2013 07:34 AM (53z96)

98 Oooooh! Was there a fight?! Posted by: Tami at March 15, 2013 11:33 AM (X6akg)

My God! It was full of douchebags!

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 07:34 AM (sbV1u)

99 oops, wrong thread

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2013 07:34 AM (53z96)

100 Grand prize is a week long cruise of the Bering Strait with Nancy Pelosi.

Posted by: maddogg at March 15, 2013 07:34 AM (OlN4e)

101 More seriously- no, don't use blogger. I really wish I hadn't. One of these days I'll devote the time to porting over to Wordpress. They're the one I would recommend.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 11:29 AM (4OvDk)

Blogger's major claim to fame is integration with Google and AdSense.

that's about it. I'm fairly certain it's inferior in almost every way. I'd only use it myself because I already have one on ice.

Wordpress is not without problems though, but nothing is.

I think wordpress integrates into Disqus now as well with just a few button clicks. If so I suggest going with that. It makes commenting a breeze. (Users can choose whatever profile they want.)

I'm also to understand that if you ever hit it big, wordpress makes it easier to move to private digs later on.

Posted by: tsrblke at March 15, 2013 07:35 AM (GaqMa)

102 And a butt load of noobies asking why their formatting doesn't work.

Put that ampersand down!

Posted by: Blake at March 15, 2013 07:35 AM (9XVgh)

103 last nites ONT was all Same Sex Marriage vs Christians. I tried to be the rodeo clown in Helen Thomas drag to lighten the mood. Epic Fail

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2013 07:35 AM (Dnbau)

104 Put that ampersand down!

Ampersands are for closers.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:35 AM (GQ8sn)

105 Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 11:34 AM (sbV1u)

Wait, Alextopia is going to be a Republic? I'm very disappointed now, I thought it was going to be more like a brutal absolute monarchy

Posted by: chemjeff at March 15, 2013 07:35 AM (BBWjt)

106 I do hope Ace won for blog of the year.

Congradulations, Ace! (courtesy of Rep. Corrine Brown, (D) Floriduh).

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at March 15, 2013 07:36 AM (baL2B)

107 Can you address me as 'ace-blogger of the year.' It's just, I worked so hard for that title.

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 07:36 AM (fWAjv)

108 Somebody needs to pour some beer into the blog trophy and wake up ace for breakfast.

Posted by: joncelli, dodging the Zombies of Sequester at March 15, 2013 07:36 AM (RD7QR)

109 Wait, Alextopia is going to be a Republic? Only in the sense that (until recently) Venezuela was a Republic. One (wo)Man, One Vote. She's the Woman, so she's got the vote.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:36 AM (4OvDk)

110

@AllenG,

as I understand it (but I could be wrong) wordpress has free hosting with ads or paid hosting w/o ads.

Posted by: tsrblke at March 15, 2013 07:36 AM (GaqMa)

111 It's your turn Cochran. If you look in the position description for "Court Jester" you'll see paragraph 4.51(c) which states, "Other duties as assigned by the Chief of the Logistics Directorate."

Get busy.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 15, 2013 11:32 AM (sbV1u)

And if you'll look at your Description of Sergeant at Arms Duties, Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 4(a) "All duties as determined by the Chairman which do not conflict with any duties specifically mentioned herein"

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 07:37 AM (da5Wo)

112 I wonder if those guys at CPAC only read the comments?

Posted by: maddogg at March 15, 2013 11:32 AM (OlN4e)

If they did, I assume they skipped over the numerous 'constructive' criticisms rendered by the commentors about CPAC.

Posted by: polynikes at March 15, 2013 07:37 AM (m2CN7)

113 Lets not rehash last night's ONT now.

BCochran, 15 yard penalty for bringing up such a buzz kill.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:37 AM (X81fn)

114 Wait, Alextopia is going to be a Republic? I'm very disappointed now, I thought it was going to be more like a brutal absolute monarchy Posted by: chemjeff at March 15, 2013 11:35 AM (BBWjt)

It's actually a benevolent despotism.

However, it's a "Republic" in the same way North Korea is a "Republic." IYKWIMAITTYD

Careful, the secret police are about and the Ravage hasn't eaten yet today.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 07:37 AM (sbV1u)

115 It's just, I worked so hard for that title.

Suck it, ma'am.

Posted by: Blake at March 15, 2013 07:37 AM (9XVgh)

116

Dao!

Posted by: Blake at March 15, 2013 07:37 AM (9XVgh)

117 besides you might scuff the boots and crease your gown!

Posted by: willow-ette at March 15, 2013 07:38 AM (nqBYe)

118

Posted by: esch at March 15, 2013 07:38 AM (9XVgh)

119 Hey, can a guy pick up a commentin' license here?

Posted by: John Kerry at March 15, 2013 07:38 AM (sG76x)

120 Posted by: Blake at March 15, 2013 11:37 AM (9XVgh) We were doing so well, too. Barrel.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:38 AM (4OvDk)

121 Suck it, ma'am. Posted by: Blake at March 15, 2013 11:37 AM (9XVgh) Should have been the response. And would have gotten a standing ovation.

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 07:39 AM (fWAjv)

122 ...glances around nervously...

Posted by: esch at March 15, 2013 07:39 AM (9XVgh)

123 And if you'll look at your Description of Sergeant at Arms Duties, Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 4(a) "All duties as determined by the Chairman which do not conflict with any duties specifically mentioned herein" Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 11:37 AM (da5Wo)

Yes, well we're comparing apples and kumquats here because that only applies to the Society of Morons Who Are Outwardly Lewd But Cherish Their Marriage VowsÂ™.

Which, I note, is not in session due to a lack of a quorum.

So get thee over to the window and bend over, boyfriend. Her Majesty is waiting.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 07:39 AM (sbV1u)

124 So just like Hansen, we can now each claim to have won Blog of the Year

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 15, 2013 07:39 AM (SO2Q8)

125 slides a look of sympathy at esch.

Posted by: willow-ette at March 15, 2013 07:40 AM (nqBYe)

126

Oops Re: Wordpress,

I was wrong, Wordpress only allows Disqus on self hosted blogs. Should you ever go that route I recommend it, it's a great commenting platform.

Posted by: tsrblke at March 15, 2013 07:40 AM (GaqMa)

127 Blog of the year; is this a major award and will we have to wear pants to comment?

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 15, 2013 07:40 AM (rXcBX)

128 That Pony Mixer is just totally silly
http://bit.ly/Z3BQQY

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:40 AM (X81fn)

129 Dammit.

Ok just a sec while I fetch my mouthwash.

Posted by: esch at March 15, 2013 07:40 AM (9XVgh)

130 if its a major award, does it look like a leg lamp?

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2013 07:41 AM (Dnbau)

131 Barrel. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 11:38 AM (4OvDk) But it's the barrel of a Major Award! winning blog. It's almost a privilege.

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 07:41 AM (fWAjv)

132 With the Moron Horde, even if it was a leg lamp they would still put their eye out....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:42 AM (X81fn)

133 Which, I note, is not in session due to a lack of a quorum.

So get thee over to the window and bend over, boyfriend. Her Majesty is waiting.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 11:39 AM (sbV1I

f the boots are scuffed, and the gown torn , forgiveness shall be slow to appear.

Posted by: willow-ette at March 15, 2013 07:42 AM (nqBYe)

134 Need a video of Gabe giving speech.

Posted by: tgibeach at March 15, 2013 07:42 AM (XYSwB)

135 Fra-geel-lay!

It's Italian!

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:42 AM (GQ8sn)

136 With the Moron Horde, even if it was a leg lamp they would still put their eye out.... Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 11:42 AM (X81fn)

FRA-GEE-LAY!

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 07:42 AM (sbV1u)

137 no EC, Fern Gully!!!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:43 AM (X81fn)

138 if its a major award, does it look like a leg lamp?

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2013 11:41 AM (Dnbau)

shouldn't it resemble a plaster Hobo lying on the ground with a face of anguish?

Posted by: willow-ette at March 15, 2013 07:43 AM (nqBYe)

139 Does this mean that Ace will start coasting more than we've become accustomed to?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 15, 2013 07:43 AM (SO2Q8)

140 "Now use some of that sweet award money and upgrade the damn software!" The improvements would probably ruin things. Like the way PJ Media "improved" its comment section. Omnis vicis nocet --- All change is bad. And get off my lawn.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 15, 2013 07:43 AM (C8mVl)

141 Blog of the year; is this a major award and will we have to wear pants to comment?

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 15, 2013 11:40 AM (rXcBX)

Only if they are corduroy.

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2013 07:43 AM (53z96)

142 Has anyone mentioned that CPAC's website sucks goat's balls?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 15, 2013 11:25 AM (iZP3p)

Glass houses young man....glass houses.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 15, 2013 07:43 AM (3Mkrp)

143 It was the Volcano post that pushed it over the top.

Posted by: tgibeach at March 15, 2013 07:43 AM (XYSwB)

144 If the boots are scuffed, and the gown torn , forgiveness shall be slow to appear. Posted by: willow-ette at March 15, 2013 11:42 AM (nqBYe)

He doesn't understand that.

Good help is so hard to find these days.

I think I am going to have to have a word with the HR Department.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 07:43 AM (sbV1u)

145 Does this mean that Ace will start coasting more than we've become accustomed to? Yes. Subscription prices will jump 25%. 30% for the a la cart formatting options.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:44 AM (4OvDk)

146

OT:

Just got a link to a gunbroker auction where someone actually bought a box of 550 Remington Golden Bullets .22lr for 120 fucking dollars plus shipping.

We're through the looking glass, kids.

Posted by: Jaws at March 15, 2013 07:44 AM (4I3Uo)

147 119 Hey, can a guy pick up a commentin' license here? Posted by: John Kerry at March 15, 2013 11:38 AM (sG76x) As long as you're up on your Anger Management certification. Only 7 comments a day though. Because who really NEEDS to make more than 7 comments.

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 07:44 AM (fWAjv)

148

Congratulations Ace and the team of bloggers here. Well deserved!

Apparently it was the kindness shown to RINOs that pushed it over the top.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 15, 2013 07:44 AM (n8LUb)

149 Now that ace won BOTY, he can call Allahpundit and Ed Morrisey to come over and let them touch it.

The award.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:45 AM (GQ8sn)

150

Mr. Parker: It's a Major Award!

Swede: Shucks, I wouldn't know that. It looks like a lamp.

Mr. Parker: What is a lamp, you nincompoop? It's a Major Award. I won it!

Swede: Damn, hell, you say won it?

Mr. Parker: Yeah, mind power, Swede; mind power.

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2013 07:45 AM (Dnbau)

151 Scuffing of Her Majesty's Imperial Stompy Boots shall be met with punishment of the most cruel kind. Strapped to a plastic chair in restraints and forced to watch Michael Moore movies.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:45 AM (X81fn)

152 Just got a link to a gunbroker auction where someone actually bought a box of 550 Remington Golden Bullets .22lr for 120 fucking dollars plus shipping.

We're through the looking glass, kids.

Rich and/or desperate.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:45 AM (GQ8sn)

153 *rolls eyes at Bannion and Cochrain* Here, AtC. Have a step-stool. I put it on a modified roomba so it will just follow you around until you need it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:46 AM (4OvDk)

154 Dude wtf is on the floor in here?

Hey Toilet Hobo, you out there?

Posted by: esch at March 15, 2013 07:46 AM (9XVgh)

155 149 Now that ace won BOTY, he can call Allahpundit and Ed Morrisey to come over and let them touch it.

The award.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 11:45 AM (GQ8sn)

except that Ace steals about half his stories from Hot Gas...

Posted by: chemjeff at March 15, 2013 07:46 AM (BBWjt)

156 He doesn't understand that.

Good help is so hard to find these days.

I think I am going to have to have a word with the HR Department.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 11:43 AM (sbV1u)

HR will surely be harsher on Him then the one would like, While He is certainly full of himself He also brings gaiety for the Queen in our darker times.

Posted by: willow-ette at March 15, 2013 07:46 AM (nqBYe)

157

Ace has truly defined "Blogging with a Scowl"

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 15, 2013 07:46 AM (n8LUb)

158 Now that ace won BOTY, he can call Allahpundit and Ed Morrisey to come over and let them touch it.

So Ace is going to make a BOTY call?

Posted by: esch at March 15, 2013 07:47 AM (9XVgh)

159 that's what AtC needs, a roomba-powered throne

kinda like what that slug king had on Farscape

Posted by: chemjeff at March 15, 2013 07:47 AM (BBWjt)

160 Ace has Blogged with Verve, Panache, and Valu-Rite.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:47 AM (X81fn)

161 PORTLAND, Maine Â— A shipyard worker who set fire to rags aboard a nuclear submarine because he wanted to go home was sentenced to a little more than 17 years in federal prison Friday for the blaze that transformed the vessel into a fiery furnace, injured seven people and caused $450 million in damage. Casey James Fury also was ordered to pay $400 million in restitution. Well I am sure he can put the $400 million on his credit card?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2013 07:47 AM (9Bj8R)

162 Here, AtC. Have a step-stool. I put it on a modified roomba so it will just follow you around until you need it. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 11:46 AM (4OvDk)

Here, here's a wet-nap.

You got a little brown smudge on your nose.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 07:48 AM (sbV1u)

163 Moron horde reacts to Ace's award;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDcRpCHfRgs

Posted by: kbdabear at March 15, 2013 07:48 AM (mCvL4)

164 except that Ace steals about half his stories from Hot Gas

Steve Jobs stole shit too and look how he turned out.

Uh oh, ace will need a new liver in about 6 months too!

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:48 AM (GQ8sn)

165 CBD,
At least at the HQ one is able to access the home page.
And it gets loaded faster than Nancy Pelosi on a government plane flight.

CPAC's site acts like something Jarles Chonson cobbled together after a three week Cheetos bender during his Atari programing days of fame.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 15, 2013 07:48 AM (iZP3p)

166 @149 Now THAT was funny!

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 15, 2013 07:48 AM (n8LUb)

167 We've come a long way from dicpics

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 15, 2013 07:48 AM (SO2Q8)

168 You got a little brown smudge on your nose. It's not my fault you're insufficiently lazy.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:48 AM (4OvDk)

169 They are going to be docking $400 million from his prison wages for a very very long time. He may wish to be ingested by the Saarlac instead.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:48 AM (X81fn)

170

And a butt load of noobies asking why their formatting doesn't work.Posted by: Tami at March 15, 2013 11:32 AM (X6akg)

----------------------------------------
So why DOESNT the formating work? and while I'm at it, whats formating?

Posted by: Guido at March 15, 2013 07:49 AM (NQq8e)

171

Did we ever make a glossary for the n00bs?

Screw 'em. Sink or swim, I says.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 15, 2013 07:49 AM (zF6Iw)

172 Casey James Fury also was ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.

The name fits.

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:49 AM (GQ8sn)

173 HR will surely be harsher on Him then the one would like, While He is certainly full of himself He also brings gaiety for the Queen in our darker times. Posted by: willow-ette at March 15, 2013 11:46 AM (nqBYe)

::: sigh ::::

Fine. Double secret probation then.

I hear HR needs some help. You should apply. Cut. Jib and all that.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Chief, Logistics Directorate, Republic of Alextopia at March 15, 2013 07:49 AM (sbV1u)

174 Geez, wtf is this? Pick on Cochran day?

Ungrateful bastards....see if you get anymore unwholesome links from me

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 07:49 AM (da5Wo)

175 We've come a long way from dicpics No. Not really.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at March 15, 2013 07:49 AM (4OvDk)

176 Link to the drunken, profane, and pantsless acceptance speech?

Posted by: Jaws at March 15, 2013 07:49 AM (4I3Uo)

177 Ah, this is cute. Gabby Giffords with a big ol' smile holding an evil Evil EVIL AR. http://tinyurl.com/auwbc35

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 07:49 AM (fWAjv)

178 >>>Apparently it was the kindness shownto RINOs that pushed it over the top.

Nah, it was me. I forced everyone here to up their insult/snark game by presenting such a fat, juicy target.

Posted by: Jeff B. at March 15, 2013 07:50 AM (bcLhD)

179 Great, you know what kind of riffraff is going to start showing up round here?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 15, 2013 07:50 AM (SO2Q8)

180 Well, it appears that many Morons spend their lonely and pathetic Christmas Eves watching " A Christmas Story" over, and over, and over, and over.......

Posted by: maddogg at March 15, 2013 07:50 AM (OlN4e)

181

Speaking of AtC, is The Hobbit worth renting?

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 15, 2013 07:50 AM (rXcBX)

182 Screw 'em. Sink or swim, I says.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 15, 2013 11:49 AM (zF6Iw)

It's the Moron way.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 07:51 AM (da5Wo)

183 161---"Well I am sure he can put the $400 million on his credit card?" Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 15, 2013 11:47 AM (9Bj8R) ----------------------- Obama can! Easy peasy! Now all the guy needs to do is apply for a federal subsidy. I suggest the Department of Energy.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 15, 2013 07:51 AM (C8mVl)

184 We've come a long way from dicpics

No. Not really. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart

We've substituted dicks for boobehs, which IMHO is 100% better.

Wait...200% better!

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:51 AM (GQ8sn)

185 Here you go BCochran - http://www.cosplay.com/photo/3301198/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:51 AM (X81fn)

186 180 Great, you know what kind of riffraff is going to start showing up round here?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 15, 2013 11:50 AM (SO2Q

Same kind that's already here?

Posted by: Tami[/i] at March 15, 2013 07:51 AM (X6akg)

187 146 OT: Just got a link to a gunbroker auction where someone actually bought a box of 550 Remington Golden Bullets .22lr for 120 fucking dollars plus shipping. We're through the looking glass, kids. -------------------------------------------------------- I've seen a bunch of them go in the $75-80 range over the last few weeks, $120 certainly takes the cake.... insane.

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 15, 2013 07:51 AM (5lVZz)

188

175We've come a long way from dicpics

No. Not really.

---

Boob pics seem like a long way to me

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 15, 2013 07:51 AM (SO2Q8)

189 Just got a link to a gunbroker auction where someone actually bought a box of 550 Remington Golden Bullets .22lr for 120 fucking dollars plus shipping.

We're through the looking glass, kids. Posted by: Jaws at March 15, 2013

I bought four 500 round bricks of .22 WMR for $600 a month ago and feel fortunate

Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 15, 2013 07:51 AM (+I8Mq)

190 >>>So why DOESNT the formating work? and while I'm at it, whats formating?

Assuming this isn't sarcasm, long long ago someone (Average Joe, right?) totally fucked and crashed the platform, and as part of the repair work (this is all rather mysterious to a luddite like me) the features you see in the text window above -- i.e. the buttons for bold, italics, strikethrough, etc. -- were disabled.

You can still use formatting, you just have to do it manually.

Posted by: Jeff B. at March 15, 2013 07:52 AM (bcLhD)

191 Ah, this is cute.

Gabby Giffords with a big ol' smile holding an evil Evil EVIL AR.

http://tinyurl.com/auwbc35

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 11:49 AM (fWAjv)

Looks like pre-Loughner. At least she knows how to keep her finger off the trigger.

Nice gun!

Posted by: EC at March 15, 2013 07:52 AM (GQ8sn)

192 Screw 'em. Sink or swim, I says.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 15, 2013 11:49 AM (zF6Iw)
---------------------------------------------
Glub, glub....*head held under water by MPPPP* lol.

Posted by: Guido at March 15, 2013 07:52 AM (NQq8e)

193 VA wait times mean some die before getting care By Patricia Kime - Staff writer Posted : Friday Mar 15, 2013 10:47:08 EDT Internal Veterans Affairs Department documents show that at least two veterans died last year waiting to see a doctor while others couldnÂ’t get primary care appointments for up to eight months, members of a House oversight and investigations panel said Thursday. Sounds OK to me?

Posted by: obamacare at March 15, 2013 07:52 AM (9Bj8R)

194 There will be massive Troll Sign this afternoon and weekend.

Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at March 15, 2013 07:53 AM (+I8Mq)

195 Posted by: Beefy Meatball at March 15, 2013 11:49 AM (yn6XZ)

I don't know the answer. And the Moronette who submitted the photo is curiously unresponsive.

She's toying with us......

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 15, 2013 07:53 AM (3Mkrp)

196 I'm figuring when the bill goes down and the demand bubble pops the glut should result in some really sweet deals. I'll load up then, before round 2.

Posted by: esch at March 15, 2013 07:53 AM (9XVgh)

197 Uso, there will be Troll Sign the likes of which even Ace has never seen before.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:54 AM (X81fn)

198 Nood BOTY thread up

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 15, 2013 07:54 AM (da5Wo)

199 I suppose I should list the $22 brick of Winchester .22lr I got at Wallyworld the other day and quintuple my money.

Posted by: Jaws at March 15, 2013 07:54 AM (4I3Uo)

200 Yahoo news says that little Chelsea and her hubby have bought a 10.5 million dollar mansion. Struggling newlyweds.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 15, 2013 07:55 AM (C8mVl)

201 All our problems began when we started to entertain these fringe kooks and their ideas. Back in the olden days they would've been ignored. But the Left forced these fringe-types into the mainstream, thus we now have these "wedge" issues doing exactly what they were designed to do.

Posted by: soothsayer, of the Righteous & Harmonious Fists at March 15, 2013 07:55 AM (3Aqe5)

202 >>>Great, you know what kind of riffraff is going to start showing up round here?

This place is reeeeeeallly good at weeding out the weak, stupid, and trollish. I'm not worried.

Actually, it's something worth genuinely celebrating: despite the extremely light (practically non-existent) content moderation and a very high blog-profile, AoSHQ has remained remarkably good at 'self-regulation' and maintenance of quality commenting over the years. It'll never be *quite* like it was in those great 'golden years' of 2003-2005, when we were still a little bit more low-key and a tighter community, but it's still pretty awesome how we've kept the same essential spirit going.

Posted by: Jeff B. at March 15, 2013 07:55 AM (bcLhD)

203 Well think found out where we might find Ace

http://www.cosplay.com/photo/2564162/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:55 AM (X81fn)

204 Will other bloggers hold an awards ceremony with a Roast?

Posted by: kbdabear at March 15, 2013 07:56 AM (mCvL4)

205

In accepting this award, I am standing on the shoulders, neigh the graves or the many many trolls here at the HQ....

on Mary Cloggenstein of Vermont, on Jordan, on Average Joe, on Curious....

Posted by: thunderb at March 15, 2013 07:56 AM (Dnbau)

206 don't forget dear sweet Kate moldering away

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 15, 2013 07:56 AM (X81fn)

207

"I'm figuring when the bill goes down and the demand bubble pops the glut should result in some really sweet deals. I'll load up then, before round 2."

Hopefully.

I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the tier 1 manufacturer AR getting sold for $500 once Panicky Peter realizes he can't make his house note.

Posted by: Jaws at March 15, 2013 07:57 AM (4I3Uo)

208

>>We've come a long way from dicpics

Whatever happened to the .dic file guy? The one with the slutty sister-in-law?

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2013 07:58 AM (uCvwO)

209 Wait...blog of the year? So people actually do read the posts? Kidding...congrats Ace, cobs and my fellow Morons. We rawk the interwebz!

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 15, 2013 07:58 AM (3CYJH)

210 194---" VA wait times mean some die before getting care..." Posted by: obamacare at March 15, 2013 11:52 AM (9Bj8R) ----------------- I know a lot of people who work at the VA hospital down the road It's one of the better ones in the country but has had many problems caused by a HUGE increase in micro-management from Washington.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 15, 2013 07:59 AM (C8mVl)

211

Blog of the Year?

If we just had punctuation and the ability to link, we could have won the fuckin' Nobel Peace Prize.

Posted by: jwest at March 15, 2013 07:59 AM (u2a4R)

212 Ted Cruz toasted Breitbart remembrance. Frickin' awesome.

Posted by: RWC at March 15, 2013 08:00 AM (fWAjv)

213 Sending a proxy to accept the award on his behalf? Geez, how long till Ace starts referring to himself in the third person and demanding staff not make direct eye contact?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 15, 2013 08:01 AM (SY2Kh)

214 I guess the 'ette who sent the picture is not posting because I let the cat out of the bag at post 58 yesterday.

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2013 08:03 AM (53z96)

215 damnit loosing it here.

Posted by: Vic at March 15, 2013 08:04 AM (53z96)

216 so at this time he is NOT a person of interest. Well I don't quite understand how he is under investigation but not a person of interest.

Posted by: occam at March 15, 2013 08:18 AM (GUG2O)

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