January 03, 2013

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— andy

As expected, the House will take up the Hurricane Sandy relief bill this week.

After initially bungling this from a PR perspective, I'm highly confident that they won't ultimately pass the entire pork-laden monstrosity that the Senate sent over in the last congress. Otherwise the PR mess was completely avoidable.

Related: I have 100 acres of prime Wyoming oceanfront property for sale. Cheap.

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1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Thursday, January 03, 2013.  On this day in 1961 a government test reactor near Idaho Falls, SL-1, underwent a rod ejection accident with a steam explosion killing 3 workers.  There has been a lot of speculation but the official findings are that they were removing a control rod by hand and pulled it out too fast.  That resulted in the reactor going prompt critical in the channel with the rod  (Delta-k dot).  The steam formation blew the rod out and through the man pulling it, pinning him to the roof of the building. The other workers died from radiation exposure.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:40 AM (53z96)

2 Early post is it a unix date glitch ?

Posted by: Tmitsss at January 03, 2013 02:40 AM (0V5Zo)

3 The House votes today for speaker and we will see.

http://is.gd/5tU3t4

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:41 AM (53z96)

4 IL to push forward with an ugly gun ban and a ban on large capacity magazines.  This is not just a ban of future sales; they will actually force collection of these if passed.  I see this going to court almost immediately.

http://is.gd/oGV1wG

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:41 AM (53z96)

5 RIP Patty Page at 85.

http://is.gd/ZjsJxo

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:41 AM (53z96)

6 Glad to see these “friends of Obama” did not have to go over the cliff.   Lets call this what it is, graft and corruption and yes, both sides do it.  And the ethics committees are a bad joke.

http://is.gd/dusw8Y

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:41 AM (53z96)

7 Mark Steyn T’s off on the “deal” and there is zero humor in this talk.

http://is.gd/WLLrxt

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:42 AM (53z96)

8 Al Bore:  We sold current TV to Al Jazera because DIABLO Colin Powell watches it.  He got $100M for a POS that has done nothing but lost money since day 1. In a real world market he would have had to pay someone to take it.  Yes, I smell a rat here.  Keep an eye on Al Jazera.

http://is.gd/tyWc3V

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:42 AM (53z96)

9 Boner says no more negotiations with Obama after Obama says no more negotiations.  I do hope they replace him today.

http://is.gd/IxNGCF

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:42 AM (53z96)

10 Obama says rich are still not paying their “fair share”.  No they arenÂ’t, theyÂ’re paying most of the taxes you lying commie shitweasel.

http://is.gd/704iyr

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:42 AM (53z96)

11 King Obama doling out amnesty for illegals via executive fiat once again.

http://is.gd/gcASQu

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:43 AM (53z96)

12 Nikki HaleyÂ’s husband is being deployed to Afghanistan.

http://is.gd/D4ahDz

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:43 AM (53z96)

13 Peter King threatens to become a Democrat after vote for pork bill called Sandy is delayed. I say so what, you are already a Democrat with your whopping 56 rating.

http://is.gd/JwAEFN

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:43 AM (53z96)

14 MM details more graft and corruption for FOB (friends of Obama).

http://is.gd/lBqnJm

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:43 AM (53z96)

15 Here is one FOB that is hit for illegal kickbacks.

http://is.gd/ea92Bx

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:44 AM (53z96)

16 DAY 58 1,402 to go Mayans, Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, miscreants, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mariuoli, meeskeits, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 02:44 AM (XkWWK)

17 Kindle Daily Deals

http://is.gd/hEQhxT



And thatÂ’s it for Thursday, January 03, 2013.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:44 AM (53z96)

18 As expected, the House will take up the Hurricane Sandy relief bill this week.


You mean the pork bill named after Sandy.  Yes this was a PR disaster and that too is Boner's fault.  He should have been out there calling it what it was.


Too bad not a single news agency reported it the way it was because they are ALL out of NY.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:46 AM (53z96)

19 Oh, crap. Vic finished the morning news before I went to bed! GOOD MORNING, VIC!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 02:47 AM (bxiXv)

20 Yiddish Word of the Day: "Emmes" - truth Something not found in the media or government.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 02:47 AM (XkWWK)

21 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 06:47 AM (bxiXv)


Work night shift?

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:48 AM (53z96)

22 PS you can never tell what Illinois, the courts, or the Feds will do, because The Fix Is Probably In, BUT I would not be surprised if, after the courts have already told Ill to "cut that crap out" three times (State Supremes once and Big Supremes twice, once directly), if the court's reply this time included phrases like "choke a bitch." Metaphorically speaking, of course. I would like to but won't see contempt charges for politicians who repeatedly defy court rulings on the same issue.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 02:49 AM (bxiXv)

23 Work night shift? Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 06:48 AM (53z96) Night owl. Big time.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 02:50 AM (bxiXv)

24

Nevada Candidate for Governor:  "If Obama Sends Police to Take Your Guns, Civil War?"  Linky goes to BeforeItsNews.  Similarities to Nazi Germany are evident.

 

http://bit.ly/WmQlyG

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 02:50 AM (tQHzJ)

25 ditto

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 02:50 AM (AVfT8)

26 Related: I have 100 acres of prime Wyoming oceanfront property for sale. Cheap.



Hey is it near Worland?  I've been wanting to move there. Currently ~ -8°

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:50 AM (53z96)

27 ditto as to the night owl part...

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 02:51 AM (AVfT8)

28 Morning all. Day is shaping as sucking

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 02:51 AM (79ueO)

29

Al Bore: We sold current TV to Al Jazera because DIABLO Colin Powell watches it.

 

Glenn Beck wanted to buy it first, but ManBearPig declined because of Beck's ideology, natch.  Muzzies are better than conservatives.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 02:51 AM (tQHzJ)

30 Good morning Ya'll.

http://bit.ly/VkBVjD

Nicedeb has an article on Hillary, with speculation that she was injured in a plane crash. Very interesting.

Posted by: sTevo at January 03, 2013 02:52 AM (VMcEw)

31 Keep an eye on Al Jazera. Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 06:42 AM (53z96) Al Jazeera America's job is to put a pleasant face on Islam for America, just like their Europeon affiliates. Don't expect anything obvious, the manipulation will be subtle. They are ambassadors, not advocates. Expect fairly straight news coverage and a minimum of screaming whackos, except on Israel, where they won't be able to help themselves.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 02:52 AM (bxiXv)

32 Sure hope the Horde is sending out good thoughts to/pulling for the red state team wearing purple tonight.

Posted by: teej still says go K-State at January 03, 2013 02:53 AM (ZA2xI)

33 I would like to but won't see contempt charges for politicians who repeatedly defy court rulings on the same issue.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 06:49 AM (bxiXv)



I have seen civil cases dismissed with prejudice meaning that it can never be brought forward again.  One wonders if they can dismiss a law with prejudice meaning that it can never be passed again?

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:54 AM (53z96)

34 28 Morning all. Day is shaping as sucking Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 06:51 AM (79ueO) YAY! Well, Imma sleep through your day, so I can't help. But I can commiserate!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 02:54 AM (bxiXv)

35 24 Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 06:50 AM (tQHzJ) You know, just a few short years ago I would have labeled that link the work of a crack pot. Today - and because I have family who survived the Nazis - not so much.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 02:55 AM (XkWWK)

36

Peter King threatens to become a Democrat after vote for pork bill called Sandy is delayed. I say so what, you are already a Democrat with your whopping 56 rating.

Whoa!  Didn't know his rating was so abysmal. 

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 02:55 AM (tQHzJ)

37 nothing good ever happened (or will happen) at 8:30 in the a.m. excepting, well you know.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 02:56 AM (AVfT8)

38

DAY 58

1,402 to go

J.J., do we really have to worry about the Maya anymore?  Maybe they should be replaced with some other lowlife "M."

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 02:56 AM (tQHzJ)

39 One wonders if they can dismiss a law with prejudice meaning that it can never be passed again? Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 06:54 AM (53z96) No, they do that all the time in CA, they just write new text to accomplish the same thing, massage the legal justification, and send it back. The court has been telling Los Angeles they *have to* issue CCWs without prejudice based on an objective standard for over 10 years now, and they still haven't done it. Were back in court in 12, I heard the judge was *pissed*. Most of the 2A progress in CA has come from the courts rolling back dumb political things - but the Pols just pass more...

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 02:56 AM (bxiXv)

40 shall we head to the cabaret, old chum?

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 02:57 AM (AVfT8)

41 Peter King is usually very solid when it comes to national security and taking on the muzzies. But this is ridiculous. I understand the politics of this and needing to get cash to his constituents (one of whom had her house destroyed), but at least have the decency to acknowledge the pork in the bill and denounce it. He and Paul Ryan are bitter disappointments.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 02:57 AM (XkWWK)

42

Evidently, Levin can't take it anymore.  He's cutting his vaycay short to return to the airwaves/intertubes tonight and give the R's hell.

 

http://bit.ly/Wg3RDR

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 02:58 AM (tQHzJ)

43 No, they do that all the time in CA, they just write new text to accomplish the same thing, massage the legal justification, and send it back.


Same thing with the gun near schools ban at Fed level.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:58 AM (53z96)

44 38 DAY 58 1,402 to go J.J., do we really have to worry about the Maya anymore? Maybe they should be replaced with some other lowlife "M." Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 06:56 AM (tQHzJ) Point taken. Actually, I started with it because of the Mayan SMOD. I'll try and figure something out.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 02:59 AM (XkWWK)

45 Peter King is usually very solid when it comes to national security and taking on the muzzies. But this is ridiculous.


That is about the ONLY thing he is consistent on. He is basically a Scoop Jackson Democrat.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 02:59 AM (53z96)

46 42 Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 06:58 AM (tQHzJ Wow. On the night of the House vote, Levin pulled a Howard Beale and evidently the switchboard on Capitol Hill lit up, killing Plan B. I know he is a big fan of Paul Ryan, so it will be interesting to see his reaction to his vote.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:01 AM (XkWWK)

47 Same thing with the gun near schools ban at Fed level. Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 06:58 AM (53z96) The whole issue of "military-style weapons" was settled definitively in 1939, the politicians have just been in open defiance of the court for decades because they get away with it. Pretty much they don't believe those silly old rules apply to them.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 03:02 AM (bxiXv)

48 this would be a good time to euthanize the grand old party in terms of having time to organize for the mid-terms and 2016.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:02 AM (AVfT8)

49 JJ: do you recall when that was, cuz i'd like to get the podcast.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:04 AM (AVfT8)

50 Anyway I gotta go sleepy-bobos, good morning and good day to everyone who is up at this unholy hour!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 03:05 AM (bxiXv)

51 Yeah, fuck King. He says "Why do the Republicans think they're irrelevant in the NY area, when they treat the people like this?" So, they had a chance with the NY people? Which came first King, the chicken or the egg? I say let those Obama-voting cocksuckers get a little more frosty while they take Schumer's pork out of the bill. And let Christy's people sit in the lettuce crisper a little longer too. That fucking fat-ass, photo-op-whore, pullin'-Obama-out-in-the-end-fatass-doughnut-with-legs- mofo.

Posted by: Opus An Arcus at January 03, 2013 03:05 AM (sgmBr)

52 48 this would be a good time to euthanize the grand old party in terms of having time to organize for the mid-terms and 2016. Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 07:02 AM (AVfT YES. If Boehner is removed, I hope we get a conservative, but since the Quislings run the establishment, then I imagine this move merely to be a reshuffling of the Titanic's deck chairs. We really do need some sort of a march on RNC headquarters and demand the entire leadership step down and replaced with the likes of Gohmert, Bachmann, et al. The time is now. The Dems are already attacking Marco Rubio and SCOAMF hasn't even been crowned yet. We have to win the long game.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:06 AM (XkWWK)

53

I understand the politics of this and needing to get cash to his constituents (one of whom had her house destroyed),

 

 

 

Did the Feddal Gubbmint do ANYTHING for the Iowa flood folks, Joplin tornado folks and other assorted Midwest tornado areas?  IIRC, Lincoln Obama didn't even acknowledge the Iowa flood.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 03:06 AM (tQHzJ)

54 49 JJ: do you recall when that was, cuz i'd like to get the podcast. Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 07:04 AM (AVfT If you are referring to Paul Ryan, I don't think he was on the program after the election (not sure about this), but I know that Levin was not happy about Boehner purging the Republican Study Group members from committee chairmanships, so it may be about that time frame. 2-3 weeks ago maybe? Sorry.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:08 AM (XkWWK)

55 rubio already screwed the pooch with that stupid gq interview. oh wait, he's a harvard grad.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:08 AM (AVfT8)

56

I know he is a big fan of Paul Ryan, so it will be interesting to see his reaction to his vote.

 

Damn!  Hadn't thought of that.  Levin has a blind spot when it comes to some pols, namely VA ex-senator George Allen (blech) and Paul Ryan, who has a poor record of fiscally conservative votes.  But don't call [Levin] on it, he gets pi$$ed.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 03:09 AM (tQHzJ)

57 http://tinyurl.com/bjnt7qw Link to a Reuters article on the newspaper in New York that published the names of the gun owners has had to hire armed guards because it now fears retaliation. Of course the "threatening" email they received to trigger (sorry) this, does not seem to threatening to me.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2013 03:09 AM (hl+bP)

58 why any of these guys agree to interviews with the enemy media is just beyond me.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:10 AM (AVfT8)

59 The fact that both Christie and King singled out Republicans and Republicans alone for their tirade shows all you need to know where their principles lie.

Christie knows he is finished nationally after his Obama suckup so now he is playing to become entrenched as NJ Governor for as long as he wants it.

King on the other hand is more shocking as I thought he was solid on security matters, I guess you never know a representatives true principles until his sweet, sweet pork is held up.

Anyway King and NY can go suck a bag of for all I care.

Christie has me torn up because I live in NJ and there is NO GOP/CONSERVATIVE alternative to the fat man.




Posted by: General Woundwort at January 03, 2013 03:10 AM (RrD4h)

60 And then King is all like "Anytime people need money for campaigns they come to NY, but no more!!!" Oh yeah, like when the line was forming for money from Homeland Security and NY was pushing their way to the front to get all of it. You know, because of terror and all. (which doesn't exist, of course. Unless there's money to be doled out, then terror is rampant.)

Posted by: Opus An Arcus at January 03, 2013 03:10 AM (sgmBr)

61 thanks JJ, I'll google around a little. it should be good for my blood pressure.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:11 AM (AVfT8)

62 *Sigh* I tried to read the WaPo article on the fiscal cliff deal but only made it to the second paragraph before stopping in disgust. The MFM will never turn on this President. They won't even allow themselves to question the smallest thing about him or his policies. They repeat whatever he tells them to say. Is it 1933? *Sigh*

Posted by: Daybrother at January 03, 2013 03:13 AM (+paCV)

63 >>>I have 100 acres of prime Wyoming oceanfront property for sale. Cheap.

Forget oceanfront, if you've got the water and mineral rights, you may just have yourself a deal.

Posted by: Fritz at January 03, 2013 03:13 AM (w3+gB)

64 56 Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 07:09 AM (tQHzJ) I love Levin, but he is vexing in that he does go after some people (deservedly in most cases) mercilessly. Yet when one of his favorites strays he is muted in his criticism. He did say he was disappointed in Rubio about his recent immigration stance. Personal relationships tend to blunt one's criticisms. I get that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:13 AM (XkWWK)

65 If any Morons happen to see video of Jennifer Stefano (TEA Party) from Cavuto's show yesterday, please send it to the Head Ewok.  She laid it out in black and white:  "Barak Obama's bringing this country down on purpose.  We're entering a dark age that we'll never recover from."  (or words to that effect)  I was waiting for Cavuto to try and smooth it over, but he just listened and looked a tad queasy that the truth was finally being said on national TV.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 03:13 AM (tQHzJ)

66

Obama says rich are still not paying their “fair share”.

 

 

I would give my left nut if once – just once – one of these worthless, cocksmoking, Worf-felching POSs who call themselves “reporters” would ask the dog-eatring retard exactly what is the “fair share” and not stop until they got an actual God-damned number!

 

 

Sorry about that.  Every time someone says “fair share” in front of me, I ask them to define it.  And you never, ever get a straight answer.  Never.  Bunch of rotten, ignorant, innumerate assholes.  Oh,. SMOD, where is thy sting?

 

 

*deep breath*

 

 

Good morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  Four – I repeat – four damn degrees outside.  And here I am back at the desk wondering what fresh hell the day will bring.

 

 

I didnÂ’t really have time to prepare anything substantial this morning, so letÂ’s talk a little bit about Dean Martin:

 

 

Dino was an enigma, even to those closest to him – “heÂ’s either the most complex man on earth or thereÂ’s absolutely nothing there,” his wife Jeannie once complained – and he seemed to have no other desire than to just float through life without working much at anything.  The biographer Nick Tosches called it menefreghismo, which roughly translates to “donÂ’t give a damn.”  Martin lived his life as he wanted, and as opposed to Frank Sinatra, who cared what others thought of him, he simply didnÂ’t.

 

 

There was a birthday party one night at DinoÂ’s.  A couple of hours into it, there was a knock on the door.  Frank answered to find two of LAÂ’s finest standing there.  They had received a complaint about the noise, they said.

 

 

Who would complain, Frank asked?  All of the neighbors were at the party!  “To tell you the truth, Mr. Sinatra, the call came from inside the house.”

 

 

Frank nodded.  “IÂ’ll take care of it.”  He went looking for the host, but Dino was nowhere to be found.  Finally, Frank walked into DeanÂ’s bedroom, and there he was, lying on the bed with a putter in his hand, watching TV.

 

 

Dean nodded.  “Hey, pally.”

 

 

“DonÂ’t give me that ‘hey, pallyÂ’ stuff,” Frank retorted.  “What the hellÂ’s the idea of calling the cops on your own party?”

 

 

Dean shrugged.  “Hey, they came, they ate, they drank.  Now let ‘em go home.  I gotta get up in the morning.”

 

 

And then there was the time, during the heyday of the Rat Pack, that Frank paid a Vegas call girl $1000 to show up, naked, in DeanÂ’s bed.  When the singer found her there, he told her to get dressed, then gave her $2000 to go back to Sinatra and tell him Dino was the best sheÂ’d ever had.

 

 

And one of Dean’s favorite quotes, from the comedian Joe E. Lewis: “You’re not drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.”

 

 

Now itÂ’s time for a cup of tea before I open a slew of angry boss e-mails.  Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 03:13 AM (zF6Iw)

67 And the ethics committees are a bad joke.


The ethics committees are set up to make sure that members' activities are outside of acceptable behavior.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2013 03:14 AM (d0Dmj)

68 What is well known is that the planning for Sandy recovery is moving ahead full speed regardless of this bill.  The "stuff" that has to happen before any construction can begin; the planning, engineering designs, permits, environmental evaluation, cultural resources reveiw, endangered species review, wetlands review, stormwater and pollution prevention plans - all of it is happening now.

As Governor, Christie knows this must be done first, so his crybaby speech is nothing but political pandering against Republicans.  He also knows who porked up the bill, but disregarded that because he didn't want to anger the Democrats.

The planning phases will take another 6 months (minimum) before serious rebuilding can begin. Chris Christie chose to not let a good crisis go to waste.  But can we blame Christie?  Is he not simply acting like a Democrat politician in a state that insists their politicians act this way?  It's ugly as hell, but could there be a better image of our current state of politics:  a great big fat guy screaming for more pork.

Posted by: Tocquevillian at January 03, 2013 03:14 AM (iuY0Y)

69 12/20 is date boner pulled plan B.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:15 AM (AVfT8)

70 There are a number of Jennifer Stefano videos on u-tube but the newest is only 2 months old.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 03:17 AM (53z96)

71 After seeing Eric Roberts in The Expendables, I thought he'd be good to play Dino Martini, (of Steubenville, OH) in the biopic. (which hasn't been written, but should be)

Posted by: Opus An Arcus at January 03, 2013 03:18 AM (sgmBr)

72 Other events from this day in history (in no particular order): 1521 Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1777 Gen. George Washington's army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1868 The Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan's emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1938 The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1961 The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1947 Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1958 Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole overland. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1920 The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Boston Red Sox until 2004. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 1989 Manuel Noriega was overthrown and captured during Operation Nifty Package, as part of the United States invasion of Panama. He was detained as a prisoner of war, and later taken to the United States. Noriega fled during the invasion, and a manhunt ensued. He threatened that he would call for guerilla warfare if the Apostolic Nuncio did not give him refuge. He was discovered to be in the Apostolic Nunciature, the Holy See's embassy in Panama. Noriega surrendered on January 3, 1990 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1993: US and Russia halve nuclear warheads. US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Start II arms reduction treaty in Moscow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1991: Britain expels Iraqi diplomats. The Foreign Office is expelling eight Iraqi embassy officials from the UK following threats of attacks on Western ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1967 Jack Ruby, the man who fatally shot accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died in a Dallas hospital. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1959 Alaska was admitted into Union ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copied from my insomnia driven post on the ONT.

Posted by: Ed Anger at January 03, 2013 03:18 AM (tOkJB)

73 I would give my left nut if once – just once – one of these worthless, cocksmoking, Worf-felching POSs who call themselves “reporters” would ask the dog-eatring retard exactly what is the “fair share” and not stop until they got an actual God-damned number! Hitler didn't have to give the exact number of Jews OK? Stop pressuring the man. And besides, his father wrote his thesis on the basis that it was moral and ethical to tax all citizens at 100% as long as their needs were met. Kinda like slavery.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 03, 2013 03:19 AM (+paCV)

74

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 07:13 AM (zF6Iw)

 

Heh.  I loved Dino.  His roasts were the Golden Age of TV.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 03:19 AM (tQHzJ)

75 -30 Good morning Ya'll.
http://bit.ly/VkBVjD
Nicedeb has an article on Hillary, with speculation that she was injured in a plane crash. Very interesting.
Posted by: sTevo
-----------------------------------
Knowing the history of the Clintons , this article seems plausible...Another thing came to mind that it might have been sabotage to prevent Hillary from speaking about Benghazi...

Vince Foster scenario...

Posted by: American Dawg at January 03, 2013 03:19 AM (rBK2Z)

76 Paul Ryan is a fraud this is a small list of the boondogles the supposed "Fiscal" hawk Paul Ryan has voted for.

No Child Left Behind
Medicare Part D
99 Week Unemployment Benifit extension
The Bank Bailouts
TARP
GM Bailout
Stimulus
"Fiscal" Cliff compromise.


Listen, I was suckered as well but no more the scales have dropped away.

Conservatives have no representation in government.

And Paul Ryan is dead to me.

Smooth talking snake!

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 03, 2013 03:20 AM (RrD4h)

77 53 Did the Feddal Gubbmint do ANYTHING for the Iowa flood folks, Joplin tornado folks and other assorted Midwest tornado areas? IIRC, Lincoln Obama didn't even acknowledge the Iowa flood. Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 07:06 AM (tQHzJ) No, they didn't. I'm just saying what politicians do; not excusing it. And the only reason it's a big deal is because it's NY, NY and CT. Look, I live here. And I feel sorry for people whose lives got up-ended. But the majority voted for this bastard and his ilk so I could care less. My friend notwithstanding. Then again, she's not destitute and she'll get back on her feet somehow.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:22 AM (XkWWK)

78

Jack Ruby, the man who fatally shot accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died in a Dallas hospital.
~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

That's just what they want you to think!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 03:23 AM (zF6Iw)

79 75 Vince Foster scenario... Posted by: American Dawg at January 03, 2013 07:19 AM (rBK2Z) More like a Ron Brown scenario.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:23 AM (XkWWK)

80 well she did take a lot of flak on final approach to the tuzla international airport so don't go giving tina brown any more ammunition

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:25 AM (AVfT8)

81 IIRC, Lincoln Obama didn't even acknowledge the Iowa flood.

Now, now.  He used the Missouri River flooding to fundraise.
http://is.gd/pUHYem


Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 03, 2013 03:25 AM (hO8IJ)

82 Christie and Sandy relief bill:  laden with pork. 

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at January 03, 2013 03:26 AM (wbmaj)

83 It's a bit of a blur given the holidays and the fiscal cliff stuff but has Hillary tendered an official resignation? If she did I missed it and it seems more than a bit odd that SCOAMF is nominating John 'The Frenchman' Kerry without an announcement from HRC.

Posted by: Retread at January 03, 2013 03:26 AM (zxitI)

84 Sure hope the Horde is sending out good thoughts to/pulling for the red state team wearing purple tonight.

Posted by: teej still says go K-State at January 03, 2013 06:53 AM (ZA2xI)



Absolutely; Fuck the Ducks.

Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny 2013 return tour?) at January 03, 2013 03:26 AM (aPwOX)

85

@72 Other events from this day in history (in no particular order):



Don't forget the most inspiring event on this day:

 

In 1925 Italy's Benito Mussolini announced that he would take dictatorial powers in the country.

Posted by: The Won at January 03, 2013 03:27 AM (yW4lI)

86 it would be awesome if someone could photoshop in a giant turkey drumstick into christies other hand while he was walking hand in hand with dear leader.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:28 AM (AVfT8)

87 Jennifer Stefano on Cavuto yesterday. "Obama has brought us to our knees." Hat tip The Other McCain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7ON-T9c5Ik&feature=player_embedded

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:29 AM (XkWWK)

88

Obama:  We have to double down

Truth-We are going to double downgrade

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at January 03, 2013 03:29 AM (wbmaj)

89 how does one go about shorting sovereign debt?

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:30 AM (AVfT8)

90 If she did I missed it and it seems more than a bit odd that SCOAMF is nominating John 'The Frenchman' Kerry without an announcement from HRC. Ya know I thought the same thing but then realized that everyone in the MFM is so commingled with this administration that they just all know, and we don't need to worry about such things.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 03, 2013 03:31 AM (+paCV)

91 Fuck Benito Christolini.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:31 AM (NIZHJ)

92 Other events from this day in history (in no particular order):

TODAY IN JEWISH HISTORY: January 3 1919. Emir Faisal, future King of Iraq (1921-1933), and Chaim Weizmann sign Agreement of Arab-Jewish cooperation in developing Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in the Middle East.

http://is.gd/I5ZLwt

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 03, 2013 03:32 AM (hO8IJ)

93 Thank you Captain H!!

Posted by: teej still says go K-State at January 03, 2013 03:32 AM (wIEXv)

94 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 07:29 AM (XkWWK)

LOL, I just went over and searched U-tube for that video and it wasn't there.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 03:35 AM (53z96)

95 is limbaugh still in hiding?

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:35 AM (AVfT8)

96 Jennifer Stefano on Cavuto yesterday. But she said we are entering the DARK ages. Typical tea partier talking racist.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2013 03:35 AM (hl+bP)

97 This is not just a ban of future sales; they will actually force collection of these if passed. I see this going to court almost immediately.


Court will be the best case scenario.   As far as laws being dismissed with prejudice, that's what a finding of unconstitutionality is.   What the means, though, is that the pols just pass a different bill and the litigation starts up all over again.   In theory, a court could hold elected officials in contempt for blatant violations of a court's rulings and orders but then you get into you've made your ruling now enforce it territory.  


Philadelphia has been in open defiance of PA gun laws for decades and pretty much every municipal ordinance that gets passed re:  guns gets struck down by the higher courts.  It's all a game to the pols because, after all, they aren't the ones paying the legal bills.  That's coming from the state/city/county budget and so what if they lose and have to pay the other side's bills too.   It's all Monopoly money to them.


Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 03, 2013 03:36 AM (Gk3SS)

98 No thread from Snowball yet?

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:36 AM (NIZHJ)

99 94 Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 07:35 AM (53z96) Hey Vic. I entered both names and yesterday's date in Google and it came up with The Other McCain. Voila!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:37 AM (XkWWK)

100 Is there a limit to how long they can prop up bad paper with bad paper?

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:37 AM (NIZHJ)

101 95 is limbaugh still in hiding? Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 07:35 AM (AVfT I thought he was supposed to return yesterday? Either today or Monday.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 03:37 AM (XkWWK)

102 Limbaugh is back Today....

Posted by: American Dawg at January 03, 2013 03:38 AM (rBK2Z)

103 What the hell am I doing up this early?

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:38 AM (NIZHJ)

104 Not sure one is allowed to comment on the Headlines in the Headline comment thread, but second look at working in a Chinese textile factory?

Posted by: Fritz (Not Fritz) at January 03, 2013 03:39 AM (U0t2o)

105 greece has been doing it for quite awhile now and their economy is about the same size as the one in keokuk iowa. us treasury still takes in two trillion a year you can pay the vig for long time.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:39 AM (AVfT8)

106 75 Hillary getting Clintoned.

Posted by: sTevo at January 03, 2013 03:39 AM (sYewh)

107 @100

You can keep going until you can't find any more suckers!

That's how a ponzi scheme works!

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 03, 2013 03:39 AM (RrD4h)

108

On this day

 

In 1973 CBS sold the New York Yankees to a 12-man syndicate headed by George Steinbrenner for $10 million.

 

That's like what? $40 milllion in today's Monopoly money.  Yankees are now valued at 2-3 billion.  CBS proved they are as good at business as they are at journalism.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at January 03, 2013 03:40 AM (yW4lI)

109 107: except when both the creditor and debtor are in on the scam they just keep passing the vigorish back and forth (it's called "round tripping" in securities litigation).

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:44 AM (AVfT8)

110 ::::The steam formation blew the rod out and through the man pulling it, pinning him to the roof of the building. The other workers died from radiation exposure. :::: Yikes. That is some redneck shit right there. "Hey, Bill! Y'all gimme a hand for a sec? Now, when I count three, we gonna yank this here stick out nice and easy, okay? And-a one, and-a two GODDAMNIT BILL, NOOOOoooo...."

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 03, 2013 03:45 AM (JDIKC)

111 you've got to do that in a jeff fox worthy vocal inflection though...

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:46 AM (AVfT8)

112 Speaking of 'Sandy' Watched a portion of a 'Kitchen Cousins' episode last night. Apparently Ellen of Degenerate paid for some 'first responders' home flood damaged by Sandy to be rebuilt. Nice gesture. Rebuild a home in a flood plain, with top notch appliances and lots of new features. Don't bother to hoist the house up on pilings first to prevent future damage. What's the definition of insanity, again?

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at January 03, 2013 03:46 AM (feFL6)

113 Will this ever end. Propping up worthless paper by buying it with funny money? There should be major inflation. Food and Energy don't count. Technology is impossible to track. Everything else is built by Chinese slave labor.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:48 AM (NIZHJ)

114 i don't know, i have to exes named sandy...

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:48 AM (AVfT8)

115 Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 03, 2013 07:45 AM (JDIKC)



You left out the obligatory "Here, hold this beer".

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 03:50 AM (53z96)

116 @109

Yes, but the passing back and forth create friction and your closed system will tend towards entropy no matter how neatly you have the game rigged.

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 03, 2013 03:50 AM (RrD4h)

117

Mornin' all.

Posted by: uterus cannon at January 03, 2013 03:50 AM (3ZtZW)

118 as far as greece goes (tee heee) they are basically making the min payment on the visa card each month and germany agrees to loan them that same amount the next month, hence the name round tripping.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:51 AM (AVfT8)

119

What the hell am I doing up this early?

 

What the hell are any of us doing up this early?  Work is for suckers, man.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 03:52 AM (zF6Iw)

120 @113

As they say, things that cannot go on forever wont.

Money that cannot be payed out wont.

A Republic that cannot keep itself wont.

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 03, 2013 03:52 AM (RrD4h)

121 but that friction is a less worse outcome than default.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:52 AM (AVfT8)

122 One of my neighbors must have gotten a job recently. Something has been waking me up lately.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:54 AM (NIZHJ)

123 Today is St Genevieve's Feast Day, patron saint of Paris.

Posted by: Lynne at January 03, 2013 03:54 AM (lHn6+)

124 FYI - I got a nasty virus on my computer from a "xinhuanet" link once (you have 2 links in the sidebar).  I don't consider links like that safe, and my browser says it's untrusted as well.

Posted by: Adam at January 03, 2013 03:55 AM (Ll70k)

125 Whoever the creditors are will never get paid.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:55 AM (NIZHJ)

126 that's your prostate.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:55 AM (AVfT8)

127 Bing Rewards Page won't load today.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:56 AM (NIZHJ)

128 Joe Theismann's Prostate must have one hell of an agent.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 03:57 AM (NIZHJ)

129 @121

Yes but the friction and churn will eventually swamp the boat.

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 03, 2013 03:57 AM (RrD4h)

130 The culture war us over and conservatives lost

http://tinyurl.com/adrufrp

This is a column in the Daily Caller.  The writer is pointing out something that , in his own way,  Andrew Breitbart tried to point out over the last few years before his death.

Everything is caused by our decaying culture.  Everything.  The FSA?  Produced by the collapse of marriage and the rise of the welfare state, with no shame attached to being on the dole.

Low-info voters? Caused by the collapse in education and the distraction of popular entertainment.

The in-fighting in the GOP?  Caused by people who cannot accept delayed gratification and want what they want RIGHT NOW. (For the two arms of this group,  see Peter King and Mark Levin.)

Coarsening, vulgar, violent entertainment brings us Kathy Griffin and the poisonous Tarantino,  who has made violence an art form and everyone nods sagely about how talented he is.

I make no secret that I am not a youngster.  The culture we have now is so different from when I grew up that if I described my childhood it would be like I was describing an alien planet.

So everyone can rant and rave about whoever, Ryan, Boehner, King, etc.  but the fact is that they are the products of our culture, and therefore I see no way out for a very, very long time.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 03, 2013 03:57 AM (GoIUi)

131 best agent ever

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 03:59 AM (AVfT8)

132 One of my neighbors must have gotten a job recently. Something has been waking me up lately. I have only one neighbor left on my street who works. All of the business people sold out years ago. The Doctors have sold their practices in anticipation of ObamaCare. The engineers took early retirement packages when the shit started getting built in China. The one guy who works is in media. He told me once his favorite activity is reading the NYT on Sunday. Since he sleeps till noon, many a time I've thought about tossing that rag into the buggy the lazy fuck leaves out at the curb all week.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at January 03, 2013 04:01 AM (feFL6)

133 that would've been so much better with a yossarian sock (:

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:02 AM (AVfT8)

134 So everyone can rant and rave about whoever, Ryan, Boehner, King, etc. but the fact is that they are the products of our culture, and therefore I see no way out for a very, very long time.

Posted by: Miss Marple

I don't watch a lot of football, but this time of the year I like to watch the bowl games and the NFL playoffs. I've noticed that more and more the players posing or acting like hyped up primates (no slurs intended) after EVERY FRIKKING PLAY! They stop a run, pose for the camera. Stop a pass, pose for the camera. Catch a pass, pose for the camera. You can even see them looking for the camera to do this. Knock it off. Guys, I'm expecting you to do this. Wait to do something extraordinary to show some enthusiasm.

And get off my lawn!

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2013 04:06 AM (hl+bP)

135 I'm reading the meter!

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:08 AM (AVfT8)

136 Expect fairly straight news coverage and a minimum of screaming whackos, except on Israel, where they won't be able to help themselves.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 03, 2013 06:52 AM (bxiXv)


I don't think MSNBC will like having competition.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at January 03, 2013 04:11 AM (Gkhxf)

137 You can even see them looking for the camera to do this. Knock it off. Guys, I'm expecting you to do this. Wait to do something extraordinary to show some enthusiasm.

A result of all those participation trophies handed out just for showing up.

Maybe they need dictionaries. They don't seem to know the difference between fame and notoriety.

Posted by: Retread at January 03, 2013 04:11 AM (zxitI)

138 I wonder if Boner is Native American? I think one of his ancestors sold Manhattan for some beads.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 04:11 AM (NIZHJ)

139

Tomorrow I will receive the first paycheck that includes my recent raise, and it was a generous raise for these times.

And between my husband and myself, our actual take-home pay will only be reduced by $20.00!

I guess in Obama's Amerikka, this is considered a win.

Posted by: Gem at January 03, 2013 04:11 AM (zw+pb)

140 Where are my spaces? Arrggh.

Posted by: Gem at January 03, 2013 04:12 AM (zw+pb)

141 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 07:13 AM (zF6Iw) Whenever I hear the word "fair", I know someone is getting screwed.

Posted by: BignJames at January 03, 2013 04:12 AM (HtUkt)

142 more and more the players posing or acting

Your mistake is in thinking the NFL is closer to actual sport rather than WWE.

Posted by: @PurpAv at January 03, 2013 04:13 AM (hc3eM)

143 And between my husband and myself, our actual take-home pay will only be reduced by$20.00! Insert obligatory 'chocolate ration' quote here_______

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at January 03, 2013 04:13 AM (feFL6)

144 #134  I have been thinking about this all morning.  I want everyone to consider how little our culture now teaches delayed gratification (and stop with the smutty thoughts on this, I know you guys).

Delayed gratification is what we learn as children with good parents.  It is taught by saving your allowance for a new bike,  by praacticing piano every day,  by studying instead of playing xBox so that you can pass the tet.  Delayed gratification is why athletes train for years in order to make the Olympics.  It allows young couples to save for the down payment on their homes. 

We now have a culture sinking in debt,  both national and private.  This is because every single thing seems to be wanted RIGHT NOW, whether a car,  a home,  or a pair of shoes.  Saving has gone the way of the dinosaur.

I was serious about Peter King and Mark Levin.  Both are responding to the people around them (King to his constituents and Levin to his audience).  No compromise.  They want it RIGHT NOW.

Well, I have said enough.  I fear for my grandchildren's future.


Posted by: Miss Marple at January 03, 2013 04:14 AM (GoIUi)

145 The chocolate ration has been increased from 20gm to 15gm.  Forward! comrades.

Posted by: @PurpAv at January 03, 2013 04:14 AM (hc3eM)

146 If Current has and keeps Cable access it may be worth it. If they lose it the mohomodan pederasts may have purchased a pig in a polk.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 04:15 AM (NIZHJ)

147 obama's inauguration speech: Dignified or a coarse gross partisan campaign speech that will make any normal person wretch for 3 days?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 04:15 AM (79ueO)

148

The one guy who works is in media. He told me once his favorite activity is reading the NYT on Sunday. Since he sleeps till noon, many a time I've thought about tossing that rag into the buggy the lazy fuck leaves out at the curb all week.

 

Do you have a dog?  Drop a deuce into the buggy.  Any asshole who "works" in the media and reads the NYT needs to be shunned and tormented at every opportunity.

 

Read Miss Marple's comment above.  I guarantee your neighbor never gets any pushback for what he does for a living.  The enemy wins because we won't fight.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 04:16 AM (zF6Iw)

149 Miss Marple you will note, other than the SOH, all of those representatives of the "culture" you named come from blue States.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:16 AM (53z96)

150 obama's inauguration speech: Dignified or a coarse gross partisan campaign speech that will make any normal person wretch for 3 days? Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 08:15 AM (79ueO) The second one you said. Good Mornin rons.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:16 AM (l86i3)

151 Saving has gone the way of the dinosaur.

In Wiemar Germany, only the foolish saved.  You had to spend your money the instant you got it, because it would be worth less tomorrow.

Posted by: @PurpAv at January 03, 2013 04:16 AM (hc3eM)

152
Your mistake is in thinking the NFL is closer to actual sport rather than WWE.

Bingo! Thank you for that comparison. Next up on the NFL, we will have the quarterbacks before the game with a microphone in their hand calling out the other tem.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2013 04:17 AM (hl+bP)

153 C'mon man you're a dentist you should know the answer to that question!

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:17 AM (AVfT8)

154 In Wiemar Germany, only the foolish saved. You had to spend your money the instant you got it, because it would be worth less tomorrow. Posted by: @PurpAv at January 03, 2013 08:16 AM (hc3eM) That's one way to get those people hording cash off the sidelines.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:18 AM (l86i3)

155 And what, buying Gold!!!

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 04:19 AM (NIZHJ)

156 From experience, I know that judicial application of dog shit can be a successful behavior modifier with recalcitrant neighbors.

Posted by: @PurpAv at January 03, 2013 04:19 AM (hc3eM)

157 Bingo! Thank you for that comparison. Next up on the NFL, we will have the quarterbacks before the game with a microphone in their hand calling out the other tem. Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2013 08:17 AM (hl+bP) Maybe the opposing Cheerleaders could have a little tussle. Fake Boobehs and hair extensions all over the field.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:19 AM (l86i3)

158 155 And what, buying Gold

Owning gold or silver is prohibited comrade.

Posted by: @PurpAv at January 03, 2013 04:20 AM (hc3eM)

159 150 obama's inauguration speech: Dignified or a coarse gross partisan campaign speech that will make any normal person wretch for 3 days? Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 08:15 AM (79ueO) Is this a serious question? I just want to know who he invited to sit in the front row-center during the State of the Union speech. That's usually reserved for the naughty boys and girls.

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 04:21 AM (fWAjv)

160 Only three days of wrenching? You must be an optimist.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:21 AM (AVfT8)

161 wretching

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:22 AM (AVfT8)

162 I gave up on the NFL a long time ago.  The  last schedule game is Jan 7 which will not be a game, it will be a route.  The last real game was on Dec 1 between GA and AL and that was the real national championship and a damn fine game even if my team lost.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:23 AM (53z96)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 03, 2013 04:23 AM (/eBe8)

164 Maybe the opposing Cheerleaders could have a little tussle. Fake Boobehs and hair extensions all over the field.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet,


I'd watch that.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2013 04:24 AM (hl+bP)

165 Thank you, @PA, for the Chinese sidebar items. That's a nice way to wake up.

Posted by: Truman North at January 03, 2013 04:24 AM (+uCKr)

166 I will be avoiding obama's inauguration speech like it were a plague ship.

Posted by: @PurpAv at January 03, 2013 04:24 AM (hc3eM)

167 139. Gem.  To slowly go poor?  Yes, that would be a win.

Posted by: Case at January 03, 2013 04:24 AM (FKGw9)

168 One good thing you can say about hyperinflation; it's a flat tax.

Posted by: Al at January 03, 2013 04:25 AM (V70Uh)

169 I have no comment on the Gators EPIC choke-job last night

Posted by: AuthorLMendez, El Patron at January 03, 2013 04:25 AM (yAor6)

170 Do you have a dog? Drop a deuce into the buggy. Any asshole who "works" in the media and reads the NYT needs to be shunned and tormented at every opportunity. Shun I do, ever since he described reading the NYT on Sunday as 'it doesn't get any better then that'. I thought to myself 'pompous asshole' and put him on ignore. I can't torment him without bugging his wife, who at least keeps her liberalism on the back burner. The daughter has gone lesbian and some neighbor told me she was making out with a girl on my lawn when she drove by with her own 11 year old daughter in the car. The 11 year old asked her mom what they were doing. I told her it could have been worse, as they were only making out, she might have had to explain 'tribbing'.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at January 03, 2013 04:25 AM (feFL6)

171 OSP, "Out of Print--Limited Availability" DaFuq??? Congrats are in order I guess. When is the next printing or is it going Kindle as well? Also, nudge nudge.... http://tinyurl.com/byqz7qq

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 04:25 AM (fWAjv)

172

obama's inauguration speech: Dignified or a coarse gross partisan campaign speech that will make any normal person wretch for 3 days?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 08:15 AM (79ueO)



Forget the speech - imagine the outright vomit-inducing racism that his selected "pastor" and inaugural "poet" will be spouting.  The tagline for the rest of our lives is going to be Fuck you, whitey!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 04:26 AM (zF6Iw)

173 Gem. To slowly go poor? Yes, that would be a win. Posted by: Case at January 03, 2013 08:24 AM (FKGw9) At least we get the opportunity to adjust. Our Gov. is so thoughtful and compassionate.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:26 AM (l86i3)

174 One good thing you can say about hyperinflation; it's a flat tax.

Posted by: Al at January 03, 2013 08:25 AM (V70Uh)


Not really since the people on government dole will get increases while the people like me on private retirement will get nothing.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:26 AM (53z96)

175 The microwave is hissing at me.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 04:27 AM (NIZHJ)

176 remove the possum...

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:27 AM (AVfT8)

177 Mrs. North was watching a show on H2 last night about how man made things like cities would deteriorate if all human beings suddenly disappeared one day. There was a segment about coastal areas, and we got to talking about Sandy. She was gobsmacked that there was a national bill to bail out New York and New Jersey, full stop. She was even more disgusted when she found out about all the pork in it. She's about as well informed as I can make her even though its not her passion like it is for us. So if she didn't know, I suspect most people don't know either.

Posted by: Truman North at January 03, 2013 04:28 AM (+uCKr)

178 On the Illinois Gun Ban thing- and especially on it going to the Supremes, I have 3 words for you:

"It's a tax."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 03, 2013 04:28 AM (/eBe8)

179 speaking of mike huckabee, maybe he can lead us out of the darkness!

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:28 AM (AVfT8)

180 Vic's news -- blood pressure raising. Probably needed an After Christmas Kitteh to bring it down a bit. http://tinyurl.com/b8dppzf

Posted by: beachmorning at January 03, 2013 04:29 AM (LpQbZ)

181 Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 08:25 AM (fWAjv) Well, you know how it is when your brilliance exceeds others efforts to keep up. I guess that 14th book I sold really did a number on their manufacturing abilities. Actually, they had to do a small rewrite. They missed a correction which should be done today. Kindle is looking to be a week or two away but I will keep you posted.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:29 AM (l86i3)

182 Vic,

Hopefully your real estate and investments will hold their value.  Anyone with cash will be screwed.  Once the inflation gets up to 10%, it will be obvious that EBT and other welfare payments cannot be indexed for inflation.

Posted by: Al at January 03, 2013 04:30 AM (V70Uh)

183 sorry Butters, i couldn't resist. resist we much!

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:30 AM (AVfT8)

184 Pretty funny.

Posted by: Butters at January 03, 2013 04:31 AM (NIZHJ)

185 She's about as well informed as I can make her even though its not her passion like it is for us. So if she didn't know, I suspect most people don't know either. Posted by: Truman North at January 03, 2013 08:28 AM (+uCKr) I was talking to my father this morning and he said Boehner really screwed up not passing the relief bill. I said I'm damn glad that it didn't go through. He had NO idea about all the pork in it. He's pretty informed, but gets the majority of his news from the talking heads and the Washington Post-so I guess well informed but with the wrong information.

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 04:32 AM (fWAjv)

186 Yeah, OSP, I was getting all pissy looking for your book yesterday until I realized it isn't on the Kindle store.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 03, 2013 04:32 AM (JDIKC)

187 She's about as well informed as I can make her even though its not her passion like it is for us. So if she didn't know, I suspect most people don't know either. Posted by: Truman North at January 03, 2013 08:28 AM (+uCKr) No one is informed, as we have seen by the past election. And, that is how they like it. People are cynical of the government, and know they are all liars, but they now just wave their hands and shake their heads, and go about their day as if it isn't real to them. We've had it too good for a few generations, now. No one thinks America can falter or fall. American Idol is real to them.

Posted by: beachmorning at January 03, 2013 04:33 AM (LpQbZ)

188 #149  Yes,  they come from Blue States.  The Blue States were the first to fall in the cultural onslaught, because they were closest to the sources of the original attacks,  New York and Hollywood entertainment centers.

For a long time the South and flyover country were ignored,  while they consolidated their power along the West Coast and the Northeast.  With cable television and the internet,  the influence has now seeped into almost every rural hamlet and small town. 

I sort of think about it like that green smoke representing The Angel of Death in the old Ten Commandments movie.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 03, 2013 04:34 AM (GoIUi)

189 a liberal friend posted this on fb.....i was blown away....it actually made sense to her......while she'll never be cured of her liberalism some progress is being made http://tinyurl.com/aohr8k9 Choose your own crime statistics

Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 03, 2013 04:34 AM (GVxQo)

190 Hopefully your real estate and investments will hold their value.

Increased property tax rates by desperate local governments have already badly eroded the the investment utility of real estate.  States like NY are gonna be real bad as their population continues its exodus.

Posted by: @PurpAv at January 03, 2013 04:35 AM (hc3eM)

191 Saving has gone the way of the dinosaur. What possible use is saving right now? Nothing is paying interest and playing the market is straight up gambling. If you put pre-tax dollars into some deferred tax savings, then you are taking a huge chance as to what the tax rate will be when you start withdrawing as well as that the Feds won't simply confiscate those funds under the guise of providing "secure" returns. If you put post-tax dollars into some kind of investment, you are running a substantial risk of loss of principal to get any type of decent (I'll define decent as over 4%) ROI. Savers are being flat out punished. Random thought of the morning - I can't wait for the epic howling to start when the Boomers who have saved for retirement realize what the deferred part of tax deferred means. I anticipate much shrieking about how dare 30-40% of my money be taken away by the same people who are full of Smug about how the rich should pay their fair share. I plan on pointing and laughing.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 03, 2013 04:36 AM (VtjlW)

192 10th day

Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 10th day of Christmas at January 03, 2013 04:36 AM (GVxQo)

193 Israeli Special Forces undercover in Syria. http://preview.tinyurl.com/afcp8rz Somehow, this gladdens my heart. I have a hard time seeing how much good could come out of the current situation there, but I think this helps.

Posted by: Thorvald at January 03, 2013 04:37 AM (1V6Pv)

194 Yeah, OSP, I was getting all pissy looking for your book yesterday until I realized it isn't on the Kindle store. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 03, 2013 08:32 AM (JDIKC) Wow, I'm honored, thank you. Yep, they have to do some kind of digital conversion. Thats tech talk for "Please pay us $69.00."

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:37 AM (l86i3)

195 revenge is best served piping hot imho.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:37 AM (AVfT8)

196 Hopefully your real estate and investments will hold their value. Anyone with cash will be screwed. Once the inflation gets up to 10%, it will be obvious that EBT and other welfare payments cannot be indexed for inflation.

Posted by: Al at January 03, 2013 08:30 AM (V70Uh)



Real inflation is already near 20% but the government is hiding it.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:38 AM (53z96)

197 As for "real estate" all I have is my house.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:39 AM (53z96)

198 Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 08:37 AM (AVfT

And with fries.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2013 04:41 AM (GsoHv)

199 Good point, AtC. Ten-year T-bills are at 1.86 today. That's a guarantee that you will have less money in ten years than you do today. You could duplicate that return by sticking your money in a coffee can and burying it.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 03, 2013 04:41 AM (4uh3z)

200 If they come for our guns, we should attack Chicago. Keep their heads down on their home front. It occurs to me that the people who need to stay home and can't leave to attack Chicago should evacuate the faculty from the nearest private liberal arts college, close down the food service, and turn the HVAC and electricity off in the dorms. Let them hitch-hike hungry to their ramparts.

Posted by: Thorvald at January 03, 2013 04:42 AM (1V6Pv)

201 Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 03, 2013 08:34 AM (GVxQo) That vid seems to be making the rounds.

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 04:42 AM (fWAjv)

202 As for "real estate" all I have is my house. My wife and I were celebrating the fact that we were not underwater unlike most of our neighbors. A little victory but you get em where you find em.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:42 AM (l86i3)

203 or frites if you're one of them fancy fellers

Posted by: Carl C. at January 03, 2013 04:42 AM (AVfT8)

204 Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 08:39 AM (53z96)

Have you looked at Idaho? Wyoming is too flat for my taste.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2013 04:42 AM (GsoHv)

205 Time Warner Cable dropped Current TV because of the potential sale to Al Jazeera.

Posted by: USA at January 03, 2013 04:43 AM (RIg+t)

206 I am not underwater but that is because I paid my mortgage off back in the 80s.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:43 AM (53z96)

207 Have you looked at Idaho? Wyoming is too flat for my taste.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2013 08:42 AM (GsoHv)


Not over at Worland.  Worland is in Yellowstone country.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:44 AM (53z96)

208 I am not underwater but that is because I paid my mortgage off back in the 80s. Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 08:43 AM (53z96) Nobody likes a braggart.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:44 AM (l86i3)

209 I guess it's a good thing I didn't witness the neighbors daughter and her girlfriend making out on my lawn. I think my brain would asplode as it was torn between having a 'get off my lawn' moment and the temptation to video them, then YouTube their hijinks. I'm not as old as Miss Marple, who would probably have hosed them down like a couple of dogs in coitus , but society has sure gotten strange. She's gay/lesbian maybe, and I don't have an issue with what she does behind closed doors, but when you have to express your sexuality on my lawn -- in full view of mothers driving by with pre-pubescent daughters, I think there's something wrong.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at January 03, 2013 04:44 AM (feFL6)

210 Anybody/everybody read about the govt forced pro-homo Scottish deal? Legalized gay "marriage" even though 2/3 if the population is against, and mandatory gay partnership, "marriage" education in all schools even Catholic that parents cannot exempt from. So glad my kids are back to school today, and in our nice, Catholic enviro.

Posted by: Justamom at January 03, 2013 04:44 AM (Sptt8)

211 #191  "Of what possible use is saving now?"

That is the entire point.  In a different culture,  the fact that savings accounts pay .001% interest annually would have the nation up in arms.  But since so few saved money,  and so few understand math,  it has gone unremarked and is just another "Oh, well" item to add to the list.

I am sure there will be howling from people who have to pay taxes on their retirement account withdrawals,  because they forgot about that when they signed up,  plus a great many people of all ages have the retention span of gnats.

However,  since this is probably a moot point since I assume that IRA's and 401K's will be confiscated by the government as a favor to us.


Posted by: Miss Marple at January 03, 2013 04:45 AM (GoIUi)

212 Would it be worth it to take a big chunk out of savings and pay off the house? It would be about 40% of what I have saved.

Posted by: USS Diversity at January 03, 2013 04:45 AM (MPjT8)

213 Would it be worth it to take a big chunk out of savings and pay off the house? It would be about 40% of what I have saved. Posted by: USS Diversity at January 03, 2013 08:45 AM (MPjT Penalties are massive when you take that money. It's almost like they knew someday they would use us as their piggy banks.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 04:47 AM (l86i3)

214 170? "tribbing" You learn the damnedest things around here....

Posted by: backhoe at January 03, 2013 04:48 AM (ULH4o)

215 When Obama says the rich still aren't paying their share, that means he wants more punitive taxation on white folks that aren't in the pocket of the Democratic Party; but "minority" businesses still deserve all the favor that the government can bestow on them, investing in "green" scams is still good policy, the lobbying / government revolving door should remain un-taxed, unions should continue to get illegal benefits at the expense of "secured" bondholders, financial accountability in Hollywood and Wall Street should remain essentially zero, and sweetheart intellectual property laws and the Hollywood tax cuts should remain unquestioned. There are so many exceptions to this "fair share" talk that the phrase should come with cross-hairs, as those who would pay it are in effect so tightly targeted.

Posted by: Chromoly Man at January 03, 2013 04:48 AM (qeXJZ)

216 My real estate consists of two cars of mid-200s vintage and a huge box of Magic cards. So...

Posted by: Truman North at January 03, 2013 04:48 AM (+uCKr)

217 From experience, I know that judicial application of dog shit can be a successful behavior modifier with recalcitrant neighbors.

Somehow there's always a lot more lawn mines not bagged during the winter.

Posted by: DaveA at January 03, 2013 04:48 AM (zPLX9)

218 Half of my current income is dividends from my 401K which I can withdraw w/o penalty.  However soon I will have to start withdrawing the capital unless I delay it and then have to withdraw at a higher rate.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:48 AM (53z96)

219 Posted by: USS Diversity at January 03, 2013 08:45 AM (MPjT

Inflation is good for those who owe money on fixed rate instruments. You will be paying off your loan with inflated dollars, so if you think you will be able to maintain cash flow, just keep the mortgage (assuming it is a fixed rate).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2013 04:49 AM (GsoHv)

220 Penalties are massive when you take that money. It's almost like they knew someday they would use us as their piggy banks.>>

The penalty is the current tax rate on all pre tax contributions plus 10%. I'm not sure that's as big a penalty as paying the future unknown tax rate as this crap plays out over time.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 03, 2013 04:50 AM (81UWZ)

221 "tribbing"

You learn the damnedest things around here.... Posted by: backhoe


I'm imagining the sound of crickets.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2013 04:50 AM (hl+bP)

222 Inflation is good for those who owe money on fixed rate instruments. You will be paying off your loan with inflated dollars, so if you think you will be able to maintain cash flow, just keep the mortgage (assuming it is a fixed rate).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2013 08:49 AM (GsoHv)


That only works if your salary is adjusted up with the inflation.  Historically that has never happened.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:50 AM (53z96)

223 >Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at January 03, 2013 08:44 AM (feFL6) <

Old farmers trick. Shotgun+rock salt loads. :-)

People do not have a right to trespass no matter what they are doing.


Posted by: marcus at January 03, 2013 04:51 AM (B+6R9)

224 Thanks for the advice guys.

Posted by: USS Diversity at January 03, 2013 04:51 AM (MPjT8)

225 IMHO (and I hope I am spectacularly wrong), I don't see real estate as a store of value, with a few important exceptions. The state wants your real estate; they want to give it to the FSA, in whole or in part, right away, or a little slice at a time. Could you legally smoke a cigar on your porch, if you had both? Will they send a crew to mow your lawn and give you the bill, if they say it is too long? I already know you can't keep a cow, or put up an outhouse. "Your house is too big, Comrade. The duly elected leader of your Glorious People's Neighborhood Soviet will be sending you some room-mates."

Posted by: Thorvald at January 03, 2013 04:51 AM (1V6Pv)

226 I will be avoiding obama's inauguration speech like it were a plague ship.

I'll be hanging out here, because the comments here by Ace and the Horde were so fucking awesome last time.  Especially the fashion critique.  Don't let me down.

Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at January 03, 2013 04:52 AM (ZKzrr)

227

212Would it be worth it to take a big chunk out of savings and pay off the house? It would be about 40% of what I have saved.

 

 

With mortgages at historic lows, now is the time to refinance the maximum amount you can at the lowest fixed rate possible.

 

Use the cash for investments of opportunity in this ever changing market.  Buy distressed real estate.  Put the money on the street at 5% per week and break the legs of any slow pay.

Posted by: jwest at January 03, 2013 04:53 AM (ZDsRL)

228 Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 08:44 AM (53z96)

That's nice country.

If I didn't want to stay married, I would move to Ketchum tomorrow.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2013 04:53 AM (GsoHv)

229 You can avoid the 10% penalty for early withdrawal by setting up a SEPP (Substantial Equal Periodic Payment).

Posted by: Al at January 03, 2013 04:54 AM (V70Uh)

230 I'm with Beck on the total boycott of TFG voice.

Posted by: sTevo at January 03, 2013 04:54 AM (aPSdi)

231 Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 08:50 AM (53z96)

There is always a lag, but salaries do inflate with the money supply.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2013 04:55 AM (GsoHv)

232 If I didn't want to stay married, I would move to Ketchum tomorrow.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2013 08:53 AM (GsoHv)


That's my problem.  Too cold for wifey.

Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 04:56 AM (53z96)

233 "With mortgages at historic lows, now is the time to refinance the maximum amount you can at the lowest fixed rate possible." and then stop making payments.

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 04:57 AM (AVfT8)

234 http://tinyurl.com/aohr8k9 Choose your own crime statistics Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 9th day of Christmas at January 03, 2013 08:34 AM (GVxQo) Nice. I like how he calls out Morgan and Feinstein towards the end. heh.

Posted by: beachmorning at January 03, 2013 04:57 AM (LpQbZ)

235 Tribbing? Damn it. Is this going to derail into another Star Trek geekfest?

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 04:57 AM (fWAjv)

236 JJ Sefton

You should replace Mayans with mofos.

Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at January 03, 2013 04:58 AM (O7Q1u)

237 That's my problem. Too cold for wifey. Posted by: Vic at January 03, 2013 08:56 AM (53z96) Exactly. It's -23C/-11F where I am this morning. You die if you breath.

Posted by: beachmorning at January 03, 2013 04:59 AM (LpQbZ)

238 The "fiscal cliff" legislation passed this week included $76 billion in special-interest tax credits for the likes of General Electric, Hollywood and even Captain Morgan. But these subsidies weren't the fruit of eleventh-hour lobbying conducted on the cliff's edge -- they were crafted back in August in a Senate committee, and they sat dormant until the White House reportedly insisted on them this week.

Besides financial clients like Citi, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, CTP represented green energy companies like GE and the American Wind Energy Association. These companies won extension and expansion of the production tax credit for wind energy.

Hollywood hired CTP, too: The Motion Picture Association of America won an extension on tax credits for film production.




Well done Barry, those big rich corporations will finally start paying their "fair share".


Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 03, 2013 04:59 AM (1Jaio)

239 Tribbing comes after the Tronya. http://preview.tinyurl.com/amna5xd

Posted by: Thorvald at January 03, 2013 05:01 AM (1V6Pv)

240 236 JJ Sefton You should replace Mayans with mofos. Posted by: Vizzini at January 03, 2013 08:58 AM (O7Q1u) It's more of an adjective than noun, but I'll consider it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 05:01 AM (XkWWK)

241 Still struggling with the whole Sandy relief thing at all. Just another bailout. I'll bet they get a better per capita benefit than the people of Joplin. Why? Because it's NYC. In two years there will be no sign of a hurricane and the streets will paved government gold.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 03, 2013 05:01 AM (n8LUb)

242 Apparently, Quis Quisling the Jersey Whore has discovered that deeply satisfying joy all RINOs feel when gratuitously attacking other Republicans. There's plenty of reasons to slam the Orange Mandarin, but deciding all those people in Alaska and Nevada who've suffered from Hurricane Sandy can wait a couple more days for their $60B in "relief" isn't one.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at January 03, 2013 05:01 AM (RLZvP)

243 I'll be hanging out here, because the comments here by Ace and the Horde were so fucking awesome last time. Especially the fashion critique. Don't let me down.

Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at January 03, 2013 08:52 AM (ZKzrr)

 

Ditto.   I'll be depending on the fine folks here at the HQ to tell me all i need to know about Teh One's Preezy Inaugureezy speech, since I won't listen to a word of it.    

 

And what's this "Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish" business, Radish?      Don't tell me you're abandoning the snark!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at January 03, 2013 05:02 AM (4df7R)

244 It's -23C/-11F where I am this morning. You die if you breath. Posted by: beachmorning at January 03, 2013 08:59 AM (LpQbZ) Breathing is overrated.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 05:02 AM (79ueO)

245

Is anybody responsible for anything anywhere?  Apparently if you live in a blue state and get hit by a hurricane govt will bail you out at the expense of the red states.  If you don't want to get hit by a hurricane, move away from the coast.  I didn't make you move there.  I didn't make you forget to buy flood insurance.  Seriously, what in the hell is this money for?  It wasn't even a bad hurricane. 60 BILLION DOLLARS?  Seriously?  And nobody will even question this, of course you get the money, gosh, where do I sign?

what does that come to?  60 billion divided by 300 million, that's what, $200/person we just added to the credit card?  So in terms of people who actually have jobs and pay taxes that's what $500/person?

Have we completely lost our minds?

Posted by: Andrew at January 03, 2013 05:03 AM (HS3dy)

246 Still struggling with the whole Sandy relief thing at all. Just another bailout. I'll bet they get a better per capita benefit than the people of Joplin. Why? Because it's NYC. In two years there will be no sign of a hurricane and the streets will paved government gold.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 03, 2013 09:01 AM (n8LUb)

 

No no.        This is lefty bastion NYC, after all.   They'll piss the money away on committees     and bureaucratic busy work.         In two years things will be just as bad,    no progress will have been made in rebuilding anything,     and they'll be demanding more money.    

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at January 03, 2013 05:05 AM (4df7R)

247

Christie has me torn up because I live in NJ and there is NO GOP/CONSERVATIVE alternative to the fat man.

Posted by: General Woundwort

 

At least he's killed of any hope (chance?) he'll ever be GOP nom for Pres.  And I have no problem with his weight.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at January 03, 2013 05:05 AM (VLifP)

248 Wow, I'm honored, thank you. Yep, they have to do some kind of digital conversion. Thats tech talk for "Please pay us $69.00." Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 08:37 AM (l86i3) Calibre is a helluva thing. Make sure that you tell us when it does go up because I'm definitely getting it. Ten-year T-bills are at 1.86 today. That's a guarantee that you will have less money in ten years than you do today. You could duplicate that return by sticking your money in a coffee can and burying it. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 03, 2013 08:41 AM (4uh3z) I recently helped a client with transferring some savings bonds and we were all amazed that she's getting 4-5% on them. Then we all got depressed that that's now considered a huge rate of return. I have a small portfolio, though it's huge to me, and my investment guys and I are hashing out what to do about the part that's in a bonds fund. The issue is that the bond fund is supposed to be one of the more conservative long-term investments. Well, if munis are going to be deemed a lesser priority than pensions in municipal bankruptcies, there goes the protections that make munis a safe investment. Once that's gone, there's no possible way I want to be in the municipal bond market. I'd far rather develop a nice drug habit then give my money to say Los Angeles.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 03, 2013 05:05 AM (VtjlW)

249 239 Tribbing comes after the Tronya. http://preview.tinyurl.com/amna5xd Posted by: Thorvald at January 03, 2013 09:01 AM (1V6Pv) Comment there- "Clint Howard really had some fangs as a kid!" Reply · 12

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 05:05 AM (fWAjv)

250 Tribbing are not Tribbles.  Herbert. 

Morning.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 03, 2013 05:06 AM (fpSpD)

251 Have we completely lost our minds?

Yes.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 03, 2013 05:06 AM (5DR1j)

252 "It's -23C/-11F where I am this morning. You die if you breath." so how do you like that mediterranean climate? get any skeeters?

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 05:06 AM (AVfT8)

253 Tribbing?


Damn it. Is this going to derail into another Star Trek geekfest?

That's tribble with an L.  Furry things may be involved either way however.

Posted by: DaveA at January 03, 2013 05:06 AM (zPLX9)

254 Christie has me torn up because I live in NJ and there is NO GOP/CONSERVATIVE alternative to the fat man. Posted by: General Woundwort Yup

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 05:06 AM (79ueO)

255

It's -23C/-11F where I am this morning.
You die if you breath.
Posted by: beachmorning at January 03, 2013 08:59 AM (LpQbZ)

 

It was a balmy -3F this morning when I woke up here in central NH,   without the wind chill.   Of course, up in northern NH     near     Canada    it was an even balmier -20F.   Fun!

 

I live in New England.  I'm used to this cold weather business.   Doesn't mean I have to LIKE it.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at January 03, 2013 05:07 AM (4df7R)

256 Ditto. I'll be depending on the fine folks here at the HQ to tell me all i need to know about Teh One's Preezy Inaugureezy speech, since I won't listen to a word of it.

And what's this "Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish" business, Radish? Don't tell me you're abandoning the snark!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at January 03, 2013 09:02 AM (4df7R)




There's no need to watch it. It will be nothing but Barry bragging about how great he is and how he saved the country but more work needs to be done to make things more fair. And the MFM will call it the greatest speech ever given.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 03, 2013 05:07 AM (1Jaio)

257 Holy crap. That really is Clint Howard.

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 05:07 AM (fWAjv)

258 RWC it's an important message for the uninformed.....i hope it goes viral

Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 10th day of Christmas at January 03, 2013 05:08 AM (GVxQo)

259 I don't watch a lot of football, but this time of the year I like to watch the bowl games and the NFL playoffs. I've noticed that more and more the players posing or acting like hyped up primates (no slurs intended) after EVERY FRIKKING PLAY! They stop a run, pose for the camera. Stop a pass, pose for the camera. Catch a pass, pose for the camera. You can even see them looking for the camera to do this. Knock it off. Guys, I'm expecting you to do this. Wait to do something extraordinary to show some enthusiasm.

Posted by: Bruce at January 03, 2013 08:06 AM (hl+bP)


And then on the next play, they get burned on a 75-yard pass.  That's always my favorite.  I just want to ask them why they aren't strutting after that.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at January 03, 2013 05:09 AM (Gkhxf)

260 250 Tribbing are not Tribbles. Herbert. Morning. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 03, 2013 09:06 AM (fpSpD) Seven Tribbles tribbing Six geese a laying Five goldennnnnnn rings....

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 05:09 AM (fWAjv)

261

Another note about Dean Martin.  Part of his public persona had always been as something of a drunk.  I loved watching his show when I was a kid (for the babes) and he always had a drink in his hand, and acted slightly inebriated.  After his passing some reporter asked Don Rickles, who was a close friend of his, if Martin's boozing was for real.  Rickles' response was "bullshit".  Rickles elaborated saying that here was a guy (Martin) who was on the golf course every day, betting (some ungodly amount of money that I don't remember exactly, other that it was at least in the tens of thousands of dollars at least) per hole, and winning most of the time.  Rickles went on to say essentially that no one who was drunk all the time could do that and get away with it (betting on his golf game) the way Dino did. 

 

Martin's friends all agreed, however, that he went on a serious downhill slide following the death of his son, who was a California ANG pilot (he was killed in the crash of his F-4 Phanton jet).  Dean Martin never really recovered from that, and died himself a couple of years later.

 

Posted by: Cave Bear at January 03, 2013 05:11 AM (NKoXJ)

262 I see the excitable Andy Sullivan is taking his "work" behind a pay-wall.

I wish him all the success he deserves.

Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at January 03, 2013 05:11 AM (O7Q1u)

263

I've noticed that more and
more the players posing or acting like hyped up primates (no slurs
intended) after EVERY FRIKKING PLAY!

 

That drives me NUTS.   ARRRGH.   I     can accept it when the play is,    say,   a touchdown, since touchdowns are    fun.     But even then, unless the touchdown is a significant one -- and one could argue that in today's age of parity, every touchdown is pretty significant -- then just toss the ball to the ref or into the stands and then go sit the fuck down.   Seriously.     You're playing a game, fellas.   You're not Jesus.

 

My dear    Gronk is guilty of this, I must admit.  But darn it, I just love the big lug.     *climbs on stepladder and     noogies him*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at January 03, 2013 05:12 AM (4df7R)

264 I recently helped a client with transferring some savings bonds and we were all amazed that she's getting 4-5% on them. Then we all got depressed that that's now considered a huge rate of return. If my math skilz aren't too deficient this morning, doesn't a 4% return mean your initial investment doubles in value in 15 years? (Ignoring inflation, of course)

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at January 03, 2013 05:13 AM (feFL6)

265 262: does that paywall have a small circular hole?

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 05:13 AM (AVfT8)

266 OSP, all the tools you need to make your own Kindle editions are very cheap or free. If you want the low down you can reach me at my handle @ pacbell.net

Posted by: epobirs at January 03, 2013 05:14 AM (kcfmt)

267 and perhaps a tip jar?

Posted by: Uncle Jed at January 03, 2013 05:14 AM (AVfT8)

268 Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at January 03, 2013 09:13 AM (feFL6)

I was taught to divide 72 by the interest rate and that would give you the approximate term to double the principal.  So, assuming what I was taught is true, that would mean 18 years to double.

Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at January 03, 2013 05:16 AM (O7Q1u)

269 258 RWC it's an important message for the uninformed.....i hope it goes viral Posted by: phoenixgirl, Merry 10th day of Christmas at January 03, 2013 09:08 AM (GVxQo) True. If only they would watch it though. The misinformation force field regarding firearms is pretty damn tough to break through. Another good one to the point- http://tinyurl.com/bkqcypk

Posted by: RWC at January 03, 2013 05:16 AM (fWAjv)

270 And what's this "Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish" business, Radish? Don't tell me you're abandoning the snark!

It's a leftover sock from the last time Ace asked us turn down the OUTRAGE.

My snark's a little off this week from the respiratory/snot thing(s) I got from my nephews over Christmas.  Whee.

Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at January 03, 2013 05:17 AM (ZKzrr)

271 OSP, all the tools you need to make your own Kindle editions are very cheap or free. If you want the low down you can reach me at my handle @ pacbell.net Posted by: epobirs at January 03, 2013 09:14 AM (kcfmt) Where the heck were you a week ago? It's already paid and it's in process. But thank you for the info. Maybe when I finish the next one I'll give it a shot.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at January 03, 2013 05:19 AM (l86i3)

272

Good morning, fappists.

 

I see we're still screwed.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 03, 2013 05:19 AM (yiIja)

273 Piggybacking off MPPP's post on Dino Martin.

On March 21, 1987 Captain Dean Martin Jr, California Air National Guard, was killed with his WSO Captain Ramon Ortiz when their F-4 Phantom II slammed into the San Bernadino mountains during a snow storm.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 03, 2013 05:20 AM (fpSpD)

274 Good morning, fappists. I see we're still screwed. And probably will be for life.......

Posted by: Billy Joel at January 03, 2013 05:21 AM (l86i3)

275 Mary Poppins PPP, I love your stories! Please keep sharing.

Posted by: stevea28 at January 03, 2013 05:21 AM (STI5O)

276 So, assuming what I was taught is true, that would mean 18 years to double. Yeah, I think you're right -- what I remembered was many beers years ago. Assuming 10,000 invested for 15 years... 4% 18,009.44 4.5% 19,352.82 5% 20,789.28 So it would have to be a little under 5% interest to double in that time.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at January 03, 2013 05:22 AM (feFL6)

277

Christie has me torn up because I
live in NJ and there is NO GOP/CONSERVATIVE alternative to the fat man.



Posted
by: General Woundwort

___

the guy who ran against him in the primary, former mayor Steve Lonegan. He's an active AFP member.

Posted by: kallisto at January 03, 2013 05:23 AM (jm/9g)

278 I was taught to divide 72 by the interest rate and that would give you the approximate term to double the principal. So, assuming what I was taught is true, that would mean 18 years to double. Posted by: Vizzini at January 03, 2013 09:16 AM (O7Q1u) Yeah, I was taught the Rule of 72 as well. I'm not saying that 4-5% is bad, just that 4-5% used to be considered a low to fair rate of return. Now it's considered high. Insty has been saying for years that if a Republican were in the White House, the fact that cds are at 1% instead of 6% would be getting major coverage given that many retirees were counting on the interest from those to live. The issue with drawing out money from 401(k)s or the like isn't just the instant tax hit plus 10% penalty. It's that you are, in theory, destroying 20-30 years of future investment returns as well. Again, that's true but only if you believe that you will actually receive those returns. If you don't, and I'm seriously starting to have doubts about that, it may be wiser to withdraw funds to pay down debt, your mortgage, buy guns and food, etc. There's my ray of sunshine for the morning.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 03, 2013 05:23 AM (VtjlW)

279 YouTube: UFC 155: Dana White on "Brown Pride" vs "White Pride" Tattoos, Chris Leben + The Chili Peppers http://tinyurl.com/bxyympn Up front (in the first minute and a bit), Dana White explains why having a huge Brown Pride tattoo on your chest is nothing but wonderful, while a White Pride tattoo would be unacceptable to UFC and would prove the person who wanted to have it was vile. A transcript would not give you the full flavor of the prejudice the speaker shows. It's not subtle at all. It's about cultural and racial contempt, from one group of people in power toward another group of people without any effective political representation. "That tells us where you're at, right off the bat." "Brown Pride means he's proud to be Mexican, he's proud of his heritage." (By the way, he's not Mexican, his father was apparently an illegal, he does not speak the language fluently and has spent no major amount of time in Mexico, and has had all the advantages of being American. But he has his Brown Pride, and that's all good.) Other people don't get to have such a "colored" "heritage"; they get to be defined as contemptible if they think they should have equivalent "pride" rights. "If you even make that statement you're probably some redneck hill-Billy out in the middle of some country bumpkin somewhere, and we know where you're at and what you're thinking."

Posted by: Chromoly Man at January 03, 2013 05:24 AM (qeXJZ)

280

Martin's friends all agreed, however, that he went on a serious downhill slide following the death of his son, who was a California ANG pilot (he waskilled in the crash of his F-4 Phantonjet). Dean Martin never really recovered from that, and died himself a couple of years later.

 

Into the San Gorgonios - ironically, the same mountain range that the plane carrying Sinatra's mother crashed into in 1977.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 05:25 AM (zF6Iw)

281 Posted by: Miss Marple at January 03, 2013 07:57 AM (GoIUi)


Well said.

Posted by: Farmer at January 03, 2013 05:25 AM (rdzXk)

282 OSP about making e-pub versions.  Still looking at this site, but maybe this will help.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ebooks-publish-amazon/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 03, 2013 05:27 AM (fpSpD)

283

And probably will be for life.......

 

Heh. At least I have a gig tonight. Thank goodness that one  didn't get cancelled like the  two last week   did. That hurt  'cause I was counting on that little bit of scratch.  Oh well, it's part of the business, but I've  never had two gigs cancelled in a  row before. I hope that doesn't become common.

 

I just love Gov Krispy's RINO charge about that porked up Sandy  "relief" bill. You have to hunt to find anyone who dares reveal all the non-essential, wasteful misuse of taxpayer money, a fact that the typical LIV has no  knowledge of.   All they hear is the shouting that NJ didn't get it's money.

 

We are so screwed...   .

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 03, 2013 05:27 AM (yiIja)

284 59 "The fact that both Christie and King singled out Republicans and Republicans alone for their tirade shows all you need to know where their principles lie.

Christie knows he is finished nationally after his Obama suckup so now he is playing to become entrenched as NJ Governor for as long as he wants it."

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 03, 2013 07:10 AM (RrD4h)

Christie knows that this is the surest path to the GOP presidential nomination.  Criticize Republicans, generally, and conservatives specifically--all the while giving gentle back rubs to Democrat enemies of the Constitution--and you are a shoe-in for the nod.

Posted by: Bill N. Opus at January 03, 2013 05:28 AM (ymovd)

285 Martin's friends all agreed, however, that he went on a serious downhill slide following the death of his son, who was a California ANG pilot (he waskilled in the crash of his F-4 Phantonjet). Dean Martin never really recovered from that, and died himself a couple of years later. Posted by: Cave Bear at January 03, 2013 09:11 AM (NKoXJ) He seemed like a decent guy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2013 05:29 AM (79ueO)

286

stevea28, thanks.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 03, 2013 05:32 AM (zF6Iw)

287 So let me get this straight. Mark Levin is now somehow symbolic of the blue state mentality - I want it all & I want it now? A man who has has spent his career running the Landmark Legal Foundation, taking on the EPA, the Department of Education, etc.?

I understand you may think him a blowhard and annoying and feel he's bad for the so-called conservative's "reasonable" image. However, if you listen to him regularly, you'd realize that he's taught millions people about the founding principles of our country. He spends a considerable portion of his shows each week on the founding documents and the history of the country. Is he softer on the politicians that he likes? Well, he's human, so yes. And so do all radio hosts - how would they manage to have guests on if they didn't do so? It's a business after all and I believe having a successful business was a conservative principle.

But implying that Levin is representative of the blue state mentality (and I guess by default that somehow John Boehner better represents conservatism because of his "reasonable" support of Plan B) is just pettiness. Just say you don't like Levin - a lot of people don't. My husband won't let me listen to him if he's on the same floor of our house.

Posted by: jeannebodine at January 03, 2013 05:37 AM (x0dlI)

288

>>Actually, they had to do a small rewrite. They missed a correction which should be done today.

 

Well, I guess we'd better order replacement copies, huh?

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 03, 2013 05:44 AM (SUKHu)

289 Regarding the Sandy bill--I can certainly understand why Governor Christie had no issues with the pork in the Sandy bill: It reminded him of himself. Like our deficit and debts, his waistline doesn't shrink either. Love ya, Chris.

Posted by: H. at January 03, 2013 05:49 AM (srqKL)

290 "Related: I have 100 acres of prime Wyoming oceanfront property for sale. Cheap." Oceanfront? In the Pleiostcene, maybe. But when one has a range to ride, who needs the ocean?

Posted by: H. at January 03, 2013 05:51 AM (srqKL)

291 #287  See,  this is the same thing that happens every time a radio talk show host is criticized.

There is no doubt Levin has done some good stuff.  I salute him for his books and for his work promoting shlter adoption of dogs. However,  when a controversial issue comes up (pick one of 20 over the last 10 years) we do not get reasonable commentary.  I am very familiar with him, and it is absolutely true that when he thinks someone isn't doing what he thinks is the right course of action he goes Defcon 1 and riles all of his listeners up as well.

I do not think this is a healthy way to behave and I do not think it is good for the country.  He is only one of many who behave in the exact same way (and they all aren't on talk radio - some are posting here on Ace).

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 03, 2013 05:59 AM (GoIUi)

292 Jennifer Stefano on Cavuto yesterday. "Obama has brought us to our knees."

Hat tip The Other McCain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7ON-T9c5Ik&feature=player_embedded

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2013 07:29 AM (XkWWK)

 

 

Woohoo!  Thanks!

Posted by: RushBabe at January 03, 2013 06:13 AM (tQHzJ)

293 It's -23C/-11F where I am this morning. You die if you breath. Posted by: beachmorning at January 03, 2013 08:59 AM (LpQbZ)

It was a balmy -3F this morning when I woke up here in central NH, without the wind chill. Of course, up in northern NH near Canada it was an even balmier -20F. Fun!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at January 03, 2013 09:07 AM (4df7R)

Sunny south - 31°F

Posted by: Lurker of the South at January 03, 2013 07:34 AM (scLNg)

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