1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Friday, January 18, 2013.  On this day in 1778 the Hawaiian Islands are first discovered by a European and are named the Sandwich Islands. Perhaps this was due to James Cook having recently stopped at a Subway in San Francisco on the way over.

2 An American from TX is still missing in that Algeria mess.

http://is.gd/hQ4vr7

3 Toyota settles first of the “sudden acceleration” scam cases.  For once I would like to see someone fight this kind of lawfare and extortion.

http://is.gd/dh8ahe

4 Robert Wagner refuses to answer any more questions regarding the Natalie Wood death.  I donÂ’t blame him.

http://is.gd/Y69oi1

5 The first of the new 2014 Corvettes from Government Motors will be auctioned off Saturday night at the Barrett-Jackson auction.   This is one of the very few TV shows that I watch.  Barrett-Jackson actually started yesterday and will continue through this weekend.  The show begins today at 2 pm ET on the Speed channel.

http://is.gd/rxOck0

6 She is, in the the immortal words of the seven year cyclic Lothario, Spock "Fascinating."

7 The “National Endowment for The Humanities” is funding programs to hawk Islam.  But we donÂ’t have any programs that can be cut to reduce the $1.1T deficit.  I say kill all these so-called “National Endowments”.  

http://is.gd/5TgeFW

8 If it saves just one life...BAN SUBWAYS.

Attacker throws woman onto subway tracks in Philadelphia
http://t.co/gbeBC9GL

9 RIP Dear Abbey at 94.

http://is.gd/EE21Ae

10 Pharaoh Baraaack OÂ’Shitforbrainsseti-I forms a “non-profit” tax-exempt political group to push his political agenda during his second term.  Will the IRS investigate? Hahahahahaha.

http://is.gd/o2Ossi

11 Police in NY are NOT exempt from the new NY gun control laws on magazines.  The irony, it burns.

http://is.gd/4hlflX

12 Christie, still fat.

13 This is something that has been going on for a long time.  The stupid libtards like to blame Ronald Reagan for all the mental patients being turned out on the streets.  In fact it was a lawsuit by the liberal organization founded by a communist known as the ACLU that got them turned out.

http://is.gd/0DWu6B

14 The Fat Man joining the Dems once again.

http://is.gd/BwqeHB

15 During the National Rifle AssociationÂ’s meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and the White House gun violence task force, the vice president said the Obama administration does not have the time to fully enforce existing gun laws.

 
I guess Holder is too busy screwing with voter ID laws and running guns to drug lords in Mexico.

http://is.gd/wIbUUK

16 3 Vic,

Yeah I wish Toyota would fight.  I think perhaps we need to have just as factually based a class action against Chevy or GM.

"I don't understand it your honor the car just started driving itself...."

17 IÂ’ll have to look into this.  I did not know that SC had an “unorganized State Militia”.  A bill in SC has been introduced, with support, to exempt the SC militia from all federal gun regulations.  LetÂ’s see Holder fight that one in court.

http://is.gd/zU3mu8

18 King OÂ’Tramacrapweasel is trying to push a regulation through the SEC that mirrors the failed Disclose Act to force companies to reveal political donations.

http://is.gd/xZBKOO

19 Obamanites host a symposium to give reporters and journalists their talking points for Obamacare.  The MFM is strangely silent.  Remember the hue and outcry a few years ago when Armstrong Williams was paid to push the Bush “no child” shit.  You would have thought the evil Bush was out to destroy the press in this country.  Now not a damn peep.

http://is.gd/Gq9kGy

20 A Paulbot is making a run for RNC chairman.  Damn, I thought we were rid of those wingnuts when RP retired.

http://is.gd/Gq9kGy

21 RIP Conrad Bain at 89

http://is.gd/DDdWXv

22 Communist logic on the debt ceiling debate

http://is.gd/uNlnOM

23

Hello, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  And thanks for the music and morning briefing, Gabe and Vic.  You know, it occurred to me on the drive to work: if TFG wants universal background checks for guns, maybe the gutless GOP ought to agree – but not unless and until Democrats pass a law requiring photo ID at the ballot box.

 

Ah, who am I kidding?  The GOP stand up for the integrity of the vote?  Never happen.

 

 

Anyway – I wasnÂ’t able to nail down a couple of details on the Addams Family house, so that story, sadly will have to wait.  In the meantime, allow me to bring back a blast from the past, in the hope that some of you may not have read it and the rest of you have been so drunk and / or in a food coma that you donÂ’t remember it:

 

 

One of the first stories I ever told concerned the MGM-sponsored brothel known as “MaeÂ’s.”  Their specialty was providing women who were near-perfect doubles of Hollywood stars such as Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis or even, infamously, Shirley Temple.  Each woman was dressed and made up by MGM technicians and all were heavily briefed in the latest studio gossip.

 

 

This story concerns a writer – I canÂ’t remember right now whether it was Garson Kanin or Heywood Broun, so letÂ’s call him J.J. – who was writing additional dialogue for a Carole Lombard film.  Like virtually everyone, J.J. fell hopelessly in love with the sexy, earthy Lombard, and his puppy-dog eyes and besotted attitude were an on-set joke.

 

 

J.J.Â’s birthday happened to occur during the shoot, so his friends decided on an extra-special gift.  They got Lombard to write a note, asking J.J. to meet her at some private location, and then took him to MaeÂ’s, where a Lombard double was waiting, dressed in a sheer satin negligee that left nothing to the imagination.

 

 

While his friends occupied themselves playing with the other girls, J.J. and “Carole” fell into deep conversation, talking about the problems on set and whether the film would wrap in time.  Occasionally, “Carole” would drop hints about the trouble she was having in her relationship with Clark Gable, subtly encouraging J.J. to think the two of them might take up together after the movie.  And then, of course, all roads lead to Rome; hand-in-hand, the two went upstairs and J.J. spent the night happily exploring “CaroleÂ’s” holy of holies.

 

 

On set the next day, he was still over the moon; at least, until the real Lombard came up and slapped him on the shoulder.  “I hear we fucked last night.  Was I good?”

 

 

J.J. flushed red with embarrassment, but Lombard took it all in stride, pumping him for information on her double and about MaeÂ’s, all the time shrieking with laughter.  After giving J.J. a long, lingering birthday kiss, she ended up by saying, “IÂ’ve got to tell Clark about this place!”  Then, remembering the King of HollywoodÂ’s less than impressive scepter, she reconsidered: “No, I better not.  HeÂ’d go there.  And sheÂ’d be so disappointed!”

 

 

Hope you enjoyed that.  And I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  In fact, what better way to spend the weekend than by losing yourself in 1914 New York through the pages of my book, The DirectorÂ’s Cut: A Theda Bara Mystery, available on Kindle or through the Amazon or Barnes and Noble websites?

 

 

See you all with a new story on Monday.

24 Well at least one of the Obamanite commies is not blaming evil Bush for everything.  ItÂ’s the evil TeapartyÂ’s fault our economy is shit.

http://is.gd/yFNFmk\

25 Ugh, a nose ring. Whenever I find myself having to converse with such a person I constantly want to offer them a tissue.

26 Another indication that there is no such thing as a conservative Democrat and the idea of Blue Dogs is a myth.  Tim Kaine using the BS “code word” against Rand Paul and his “nullification” recommendations on the illegal executive orders.  Perhaps asshole Kaine, being from VA, should do some research on Thomas Jefferson and the KY-VA resolutions.

http://is.gd/yFNFmk

27 8 MS radish,

Gotta start passive-aggressiving shit they love.

I'm not sure anyone really LOVES the subway but Joey Choo-Choo loves him some Amtrak.

We need to create a protest group against Amtrak that treats the trains like predators.

28 Watchdog group wants Fast and Furious docs released under FOIA.  Holder is fighting it tooth and nail.  Issa!  Why is this SOB not in jail for perjury yet?

http://is.gd/qSDKZN

29 Excellent post on the ban in NY;

http://tinyurl.com/aeyj9xu

Especially this part;

"In both substance and process, the bill which recently passed at the
governors urging and with the support of our legislature will become
infamous for several reasons. Notwithstanding the lack of a concise goal
it will truly accomplish, these primarily include the lack of
transparency, debate and comment from the governed they serve. Our government agreed to suspend those wise measures to pass and enact a law they
deemed necessary and proper. Where did they get such power to subvert
the people and our Constitution? Why did they rush it through and fear
the peopleÂ’s review? Those are questions we should all be asking
ourselves and legislators at the moment."

More frightening is the governor believes this type of behavior will appeal to a national electorate...

30 Reporter says Emanuel threatened him with physical harm.  I would have beat the fk out of him until the bodyguards acted.

http://is.gd/2ZOFIU

31 NJ Senate passes law forbidding non-union workers on Sandy recovery projects.  This is obviously illegal  Let's see what the fat man does with this.

http://is.gd/Wam8Qc

32 Maybe old news: That loadmouth Cacodemon Chris "Chafee" Christie said the NRA is reprehensible for its ad about Obama's hypocrisy. Can't we get to the part where that fatass has a heart attack while taking a dump and finally shuts up once and for all? If he keeps this up, he'll be so liberal he'll be our next nominee.

33 Kindle Daily Deals

http://is.gd/xH3eeL

34 The Daily Kitteh

Eat my food eh slug, here let me help you

http://is.gd/UYcbRJ


And thatÂ’s it for Friday, January 18, 2013.

35 Re: The band Perry:  Why do today's good looking little honeys insist on putting rings through their noses and other body parts?

36 26 Vic,

NavyCupAJoe is throwing his hat in the ring for something or another.  He is a 'blue dog" I guess.

I'll probably send him 50 bucks since that way under interrogation I'll be able to say "I have donated to donks and 'phants both"

maybe it'll get me in the "work to death" line instead of "retirement."

37 35 Vic,

Dunno, I had a basketball playing waitress back in '94 do that.  She played for Wright State and one day nose ring and belly button ring.  If the lord makes you attractive, not that I can ever really know what that feels like, I couldn't imagine scuffing myself up on purpose.

38 Loyal doggeh still goes to Mass after master's passing: http://tinyurl.com/a3sj959

39 It's available on Kindle? Why didn't you say so before?  *one-click*

40 32 Bevel L,

I think the best way to send Joisey Buddah a message is to get a 1 dollar Cheesecake Factory gift card to his office.

It'd be nice if 30,000 showed up....

I figure that's what a day and a half's worth?

41
President Obama has released the official playlist for his inauguration. All of the singers featured on the playlist- from James Taylor and Brad Paisley to Smokey Robinson and Nick Cannon- will perform in one of the two parties being held for 35,000 revelers.

Daily Mail


THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY: THE INAUGURATION PLAYLIST IN FULL

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)- Stevie Wonder
I Was Here- Beyonce
Mi Gente- Marc Anthony
Carry On- Fun.
New Day- Alicia Keys
Mud On The Tires- Brad Paisley
Turn Up The Love- Far East Movement
Edge of Glory- Glee Cast Version
Your Smiling Face- James Taylor
Ordinary People- John Legend
Firework- Katy Perry
Breakaway- Kelly Clarkson
My Mic featuring Biz Markie- Nick Cannon
Something Special- Usher
Higher And Higher- Walt Whitman
Get Ready- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Future- Mindless Behavior

Also on the playlist, the sound of my gritting teeth....

42 A bill in SC has been introduced, with support, to exempt the SC militia from all federal gun regulations. Sweet! NFA-'34 & GCA-'68 - poof! Gone.

43 Thanks, Heather!  Drop a little review at Amazon if you like it, please. . .

44 Re: The band Perry: Why do today's good looking little honeys insist on putting rings through their noses and other body parts? Posted by: Vic at January 18, 2013 06:58 AM (53z96) I think that video is a cover of a song done by The Band Perry, if you search it, you'll see the singer has blonde hair and no nose ring.

45 Future- Mindless Behavior

Prophetic.


Classless.  Even Clenis managed to throw in some Copeland.

46 I notice that list did not include some real musicians and great songs and since Gabe wants music here we go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEXrl_tC7qQ

47 42 RickB223,

Reason enough to join.

Several States have a form of this.

Louisiana has one, so does TN.

Not the law mind you but "State Militia."

It'll be interesting to see the federales try to give themselves sole martial power.

I can't wait to hear the Feds try to argue that there were not private militias in US History since they were common right up until 1914.

48 the vice president said the Obama administration does not have the time to fully enforce existing gun laws.



so what are they so busy with? vacations? fundraising?

49 I think that video is a cover of a song done by The Band Perry, if you search it, you'll see the singer has blonde hair and no nose ring.

Posted by: spypeach at January 18, 2013 07:06 AM (pwTow)

Shows you how much I know about these new groups.

50 Well,  a playlist for the Inauguration.  How presidential.

And such a showcase of American music.  Makes me proud and all.

I am not watching ANYTHING to do with the Inauguration.  Not on Fox or C-SPAN.

The only way I will tune in is if there is some sort of major fiasco with bitching, name-calling, and perhaps rioting on live TV.

Maybe we should start a rumor that free Best Buy gift cards will be handed out to people on the mall. (I denounce myself.)

51 It'd be nice if 30,000 showed up.... ---- Cristy McFat-Fuck could burn that up before lunchtime. Lunchtime involves Booker exposing a tethered goat outside his office, much like the scene in Jurasic Park. It's not pretty.

52 Jonah lurks here, right?

You’re the sort of person who says to his conservative friends or co-workers something like, “I would totally vote for Republicans if they could just give up on these crazy social issues.”

http://is.gd/XXeiS7

53 40 Jones in CO,

coming up with ways to keep the American people away from income.

Trust me EPA overreach is not just random...there's a lot of meetings that go on targeting people, and companies for extinction.

54 Tim Kaine using the BS “code word” against Rand Paul and his “nullification” recommendations on the illegal executive orders. Perhaps asshole Kaine, being from VA, should do some research on Thomas Jefferson and the KY-VA resolutions.

http://is.gd/yFNFmk

Posted by: Vic at January 18, 2013 06:55 AM (53z96)

That the fucking goof Tim "Bad Hair Life" Kaine is even in office is because the Repukes put that worthless pile of shit George "Macaca" Allen up for the office after he got rolled by Jim "My Head has it's own Zip Code" Webb when Allen was the dumbass incumbent.  Can we please have a political party that doesn't insist on recycling all their fucking losers because "this time I'll campaign really really smart".  Fucking idiots.

55
California has been awarded a $674 million federal grant to continue developing and building an online insurance marketplace under the federal health care reform law, state officials announced Thursday. The state is receiving substantial support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of the effort to aid millions of uninsured Mexicans -- er --Californians...




Awww --- that's so sweet of you other 49 states.  And we didn't get you anything!

Seriously guys, you ain't getting jack.

56 Shows you how much I know about these new groups. Posted by: Vic at January 18, 2013 07:09 AM (53z96) Don't feel bad, I know the group and thought maybe she dyed her hair and pierced herself. I had to search myself to be sure. I need coffee

57 Odd, I don't recall the Bush twins being off limit.

58 :::30 Reporter says Emanuel threatened him with physical harm. I would have beat the fk out of him until the bodyguards acted. http://is.gd/2ZOFIU Posted by: Vic at January 18, 2013 06:56 AM (53z96):::: Of course you would have, but he was picking on possibly the only person a 5 foot tall ballerina could victimize - a reporter for Rolling Stone. But yeah, I would not hesitate to tune him up if he laid his dickmittens on me. That's one of the vilest bastards on the planet and he obviously has never had the beating he's been crying out for.

59 52 Ms Radish,

Yeah and I like Jonah mostly, but Soc Lib-Fi Con is addicted to pop culture approval in a lot of cases or has a jelly spot that will not let them bargain with their inner preferences and accept that "John McCain is the MOST conservative guy that has a shot" in reverse.

Plan B may have to happen in pruple states, they managed to get the donkey elected here in indiana as you well know by Tard Akinizing a guy and the Dick Dick Dick Luger brigades helped.


Social Liberal is trying to Palestinian Happy vest our party and doing a damn fine job of it.

60 RE-The Band Perry I have some friends who opened for them. I worked stage set-up for my guys. Could tell you a couple of stories, one funny, one kinda sad, but that would be talking out of school I think. However, if you get a beer or two (yeah, I'm a cheap date) in me sometime I might tell em. Very disappointed in the people who are performing at the inauguration. I already knew I'd never spend another dime on JT, and damn I love his music. Now Brad Paisley and Kelly Clarkson too? Crap.

61 Well just found this, neat. Sounds like if your state does have a militia you need to sign up. It's like the peace-corp, but you know without pussies. http://www.1sttnrifles.net/

62 58 EoJ,

Maybe we need to get some MMA fighter to become a interviewer for Breitbart?

63 The only way I will tune in is if there is some sort of major fiasco with bitching, name-calling, and perhaps rioting on live TV.

The good stuff will end up on YouTube. I kind of want the Marine Corps Band to skip Hail to the Chief and do the theme from Shaft, but I respect that they don't want to be court-martialed and shot.

I am going to be all over the "fashion", though.

64 .Maybe we should start a rumor that free Best Buy gift cards will be handed out to people on the mall. (I denounce myself.)

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 18, 2013 07:09 AM (GoIUi)

DONE

 Jones in CO ‏@edzeppelin91

Vendors will be handing out free Best Buy gift cards on the National Mall on Inauguration Day #tcot

65 Watchdog group wants Fast and Furious docs released under FOIA. Holder is fighting it tooth and nail. Issa! Why is this SOB not in jail for perjury yet?

http://is.gd/qSDKZN

Posted by: Vic at January 18, 2013 06:55 AM (53z96)

Why isn't Corzine in jail for embezzling people worse than Bernie Madoff?  Why was Jamie Gorelick sitting on the wrong side of the 9/11 panel.  Because the "opposition party" is a bunch of dumbass twats who are too fucking stupid to get the fucking laws enforced or present a compelling argument against any of this shit.

66 57 blacksheep,

That's DIFFERENT! ELEVENTY! They were adults....well except they were busted for drinking underage but STILL EVIL CHIMPY!

Yeah remember yesterday I pointed out the office a DonkAss MFer occupies ain't the same one a GOPer does.

We've BEEN 2d class citizens in this nation for at least a decade.

67
California teens could submit paperwork to get on the state's voter rolls three years before they are allowed to cast a ballot under legislation introduced this week.

Senate Bill 113, by Democratic Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, would let Californians "preregister" to vote at age 15, giving the state the nation's youngest minimum age for submitting an affidavit of registration.

While the teens would not be able to vote until turning 18, the Santa Barbara Democrat said she hopes the change would increase the number of active voters by linking the "positive experience" of getting a learner's permit at the Department of Motor Vehicles with registering to vote.




Nice to see the Komsomol making a comeback....

68 and the Dick Dick Dick Luger brigades helped.

Saw a "don't blame me, I voted for Lugar" sticker last week and wished I was still driving my old paid-off Buick.

69 62 58 EoJ, Maybe we need to get some MMA fighter to become a interviewer for Breitbart? Posted by: sven10077 at January 18, 2013 07:17 AM (LRFds)>>>>> Sure! Jason "Mayhem" Miller would be perfect.

70 Very disappointed in the people who are performing at the inauguration. I already knew I'd never spend another dime on JT, and damn I love his music. Now Brad Paisley and Kelly Clarkson too? Crap. Posted by: teej at January 18, 2013 07:16 AM (tWBKX) Oh no please don't tell me Brad Paisley is a lib

71 >Oh no please don't tell me Brad Paisley is a lib

okay, we won't tell you

72 Reason enough to join. Several States have a form of this. Louisiana has one, so does TN. Not the law mind you but "State Militia." Texas has the Texas STATE Guard. Not subject to federal control.

73 67 LDC,

Da comrade, and the donkey with the halo taught me to drive!

http://youtu.be/17gAWauYFJ8

Lost World of Communism BBC bit....IIRC some of the doc was NSFW

I've seen this movie before.

74 #67

Young people are already idiots in the voting booth, now they want to encourage the group most likely to have fake ID to vote even younger?

The 26th amendment was a huge, huge mistake.

75 Regarding that abomination of a playlist for TFG's victory lap - I said before, and I continue to say, that Mooch is illiterate ghetto trash.  I guarantee you the majority of those choices were hers, with the James Taylor and Stevie Wonder tossed in because Preezy Smails, the half-black Hawaiian haole thinks they're cool.

76 Toyota settles first of the “sudden acceleration” scam cases. For once I would like to see someone fight this kind of lawfare and extortion.

http://is.gd/dh8ahe

Posted by: Vic at January 18, 2013 06:50 AM (53z96)

Get me on a jury and those fucking ambulance chasers will be in for a life of poverty and ridicule.

77 72 RickB223,

Yup some of them made me nervous, they usually have a face or two at gun shows but if Rick Perry formally acknowledged, endorsed, and asked folk to join I'd join the Tx version.

Liberty trumps power.

78 35 Re: The band Perry: Why do today's good looking little honeys insist on putting rings through their noses and other body parts? Posted by: Vic at January 18, 2013 06:58 AM (53z96) Because they want to be different, just like everyone else.

79 Dissapointed to see Brad Paisley on the list as well. He should be singing that song about getting famous for doing nothing (can't think of the title). Also NOT surprised to see f.u.n on the list. The lead singer is engaged to that Leah Dunham thing., Engaged being the key word here as she refuses to get married until ALL gays are able to be married.

80 The Tanner Gun Show returns to Denver 1/26-27

81 I don't know if he's a lib spypeach, but why in the hell would he or Miss Clarkson accept this invitation. They don't need the "help" for their careers and it could even hurt them some in the country music world. And sorry Vic, but you don't think James Taylor is one helluva player, you either don't know his music or what you're talking about.

82
Stevie Wonder tossed in
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing




Actually, I think if there are 3 or more black people at a public event, Stevie Wonder just sorta automatically shows up.

He's kinda like the pickles on your table at the deli.

83 78 ITC,

I recall that the Character of Wedensday Adams looked a lot prettier than the other kids in teh Addams Family flick b/c she was "plain."

84 sven, Radish:

I never could understand why Lugar didn't just retire.  Everyone would have forgiven his erratic votes of the last several years,  feted him with banquets and awards, pointed out again his genius in Unigov (expanding city limits to include all of Marion County giving us a fair shot at a GOP mayor in Indianapolis) and everyone would have been unified and happy.

He was too old to run for another 6-year term, as he is 80 now.  This made no sense.

So I fall back on my theory that he was being blackmailed and that is why he voted the way he did.  And blackmail forced him to stay in office and also caused him to be divisive about Murdock's victory and primary loss.

85 Who in their right mind listens to that senile fuck James Taylor other than a bunch of boomer geezers who don't realize how embarrassing their skullets look?

86 Posted by: teej at January 18, 2013 07:30 AM (hnFK/) I knew Clarkson was a lib, but Paisley surprises me, I'll have to do some research. Dammit, I like him.

87 If Michelle dresses up as a yellow couch and some dude dry-humps her, that would be funny.

88 James Taylor had a few good songs about 40 years ago

89 And sorry Vic, but you don't think James Taylor is one helluva player, you either don't know his music or what you're talking about.

Posted by: teej at January 18, 2013 07:30 AM (hnFK/)

I used to like James Taylor and have several of his albums.  When he became a radical, and outspoken, anti-nuke he became shit in my book.  Fuck him and his crap.  He and the Magic Negro deserve each other.

90 It would take a lot of drinking for me to watch the coronation. The cheer leading squad alone is enough to make one seek the vomitorium in this FSA age of bread and circus.

91 84 Miss Marple,

Maybe or he just has the weapons grade Bobby Byrd "the system need ME!" gene going on....

The donks play a different game than we do, they are cranked back up to LBJ levels of illegal coercion and nastiness.

They hated Nixon so badly because he smoked their asses at their own game.

If the US is gonna be "one nation" we need to start playing just as dirty, and if not and we want "divorce" we need to play even dirtier in some ways because they will try to make dissent and their "Jesusland" shit illegal

92 Sorry, I don't find Katy Perry attractive at all.

And the fact she is an idiot, doesn't help.

Did you ever here anyone say "oh look, there's the village idiot. She can't even wipe her own ass, add or speak in complete sentences. But boy, she sure is attractive."?

93 Hey captain hate, my favorite guitar case sticker- It's not that I'm old Your "music" really does suck

94 90 Bill,

I didn't watch Bush the elder's, Beijing Bill's, Bush the younger's, or Choom's prior hunger games I think I'll sit this orgasm out too.

95 So I fall back on my theory that he was being blackmailed and that is why he voted the way he did. And blackmail forced him to stay in office and also caused him to be divisive about Murdock's victory and primary loss.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 18, 2013 07:30 AM (GoIUi)

Maybe he was losing it mentally and staffed his office with a bunch of yes-men and wimmenz who wouldn't tell him it was time to go.  Every time I saw him on tv in recent years he didn't look like he was all there.  Good riddance to what he turned into anyway.

96 The lead singer is engaged to that Leah Dunham thing.

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathtub slitting my wrists.

97 Inauguration Day DC weather forecast is cold, 30% chance of snow


this is a town where half an inch of snow creates havoc

98 92 Marcus,

I don't go to a plumber for heart surgery, a carpenter for car repair, a heart surgeon for gunsmithing or an entertainer for sense.

America is a little confused these days about who is whom.

99 #91  Could be.  I often thought he got his nose out of joint because he didn't get tapped for Secretary of State when Bush was elected.  Imagine his chagrin when,  after years of being on TV being the voice of GOP foreign affairs,  he was suddenly ignored.  And again,  I wonder why Bush didn't pick him,  since he did have a lot of experience.  Cheney might have known something.

It's a mystery.

100 97 Jones in CO,

Here's hoping for nature to do its worst.

101
Meanwhile, in the Golden State:

Advocates for the unclad challenged San Francisco's impending ban on public nudity Thursday before a federal judge. The ordinance, scheduled to take effect Feb. 1, prohibits exposing one's genitals in public.

The plaintiffs say the ordinance would stifle free expression and deride the city's argument that it is merely trying to protect unwilling viewers from harm.




"I see counsel for the plaintiffs is pleased by my ruling -- very pleased...."

102 DAY 73 1,387 to go Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, miscreants, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

103 The fact that the challenge was not thrown out before it even made it to a court date is evidence of how screwed up the 9th district is.

104 #97  Snow?  Excellent!  Bonus for cold weather,  because Obama doesn't like the cold at all.  Michelle will be wearing her frownie face!

105 New York's new gun law: How might the NRA challenge it in court?


http://tinyurl.com/bb9ss7l

106 Yiddish Word of the Day: "paskidnye" - (pass-kid-nee-uh) Rotten, terrible "paskudnik" - (pass-kood-nik) Ugly, revolting, evil person; nasty fellow

107 Posted by: sven10077 at January 18, 2013 07:38 AM (LRFds)

I hear ya brother.

Unfortunately, there is a dearth of common sense in this country.

108 99 Miss Marple,

I think Bush didn't pick him because Bush wanted to reduce US presence on the world stage and probably try to sneak a small force reduction in during the "reset" he campaigned on.

Bush ran on "help is on the way" at military stops he pointed out that 10th Mtn had been home about 1/6th of a decade.  They had more Stick Time afield than 82d and 101 combined.  Clinton ran the military into the ground and the American people knew it.

Dick Dick Dick would have been pushing for an overt and over the top unilateral reduction in strategic forces at the same time Bush was trying to alter the conventional force matrix.  Bush wanted to try to get Poland into Nato overtly and push "the west" east.  Dick Dick Dick liked to placate the Russians.

Bush will go down as probably the last America focused PotUS IMHO.

109 Hey captain hate, my favorite guitar case sticker-

It's not that I'm old
Your "music" really does suck

Posted by: teej at January 18, 2013 07:36 AM (EWy0D)

Yeah some new stuff does really suck but so does sitting around listening to the classic crock stations and bitching that nobody knows how to play anything good.  There's a happy medium to be found where you can enjoy lots of stuff.

110

Did you ever here anyone say "oh look, there's the village idiot. She can't even wipe her own ass, add or speak in complete sentences. But boy, she sure is attractive."?

 

Not here, no.  But pick up a women's magazine talking about Mooch sometime.

111 I assumed the lead singer for fun was into guys so he'll probably be happy with Lena.

112 Here's a novel way to fund college:  Call strangers and beg for money.
http://flyergroup.com/local/x503825111/Dialing-up-money-for-college

113 "I used to like his music..." It's like I said my good man, I'll not spend another dime on him either. Folks, I gave you some wrong info last couple of days. The gun rights rally at the statehouse in Topeka tomorrow starts at noon, not 10am. Sorry!! Also there's a gun show at the expocenter this weekend so it's a two birds, one L.A.W. kinda thing.

114 Music?? Listening to "Nomad" by Grant Green off his Idle Moments album.

115 3 With the kinds of juries you're likely to get these days?? Fuckin' settle.

116 110 MPPPP,

Noted dietician, personal trainer, quantum physicist, pop culture hautuer, and economist Michelle Dorn-Obama


quite....

117 These stories are quite interesting, Mary Poppins, but they don't endear me to the Hollywood set who seem entirely self absorbed, narcissistic, shallow and sex obsessed. Are there ANY good stories about kind things they did, any stories not about sexual antics?

118 112 Ms radish,

it's at least as honest as what we're doing now....

Alexander Hamilton was basically gifted his education for services rendered.

I wonder at what point the Anglosphere decided "fuck it let's do ourselves in!"?

119 Gee the 2014 C7 has two 8in displays in the dash.  Wonder how long before someone rewires the console so the driver can watch YouTube videos on how to drive while driving at 100mph?

And the parking brake has been replaced by a little flush flip button.

120 117 FenlonSpoke,

forget it FS it's TinselTown

121 You all should be digging the Aqua Velvets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFLW7rJgZVw

122 Morning all. Why must pretty girls put rings thru their noses?

123 121 I get it! Sort of like Duane Eddy, but with half the talent.

124

" the vice president said the Obama administration does not have the time to fully enforce existing gun laws."

 

This needs to be screamed from the rooftops.  Oh, you don't have the time to fully enforce gun laws?  Then why did you bother with the dog and pony show with your toothless 23 "suggestions"?

 

I know, I know, the optics.  The NRA should run with this quote -- show that monkeybutt David Gregory's face over the audio of it, then show the media coverage of Sandy Hook.

 

Beat them with their own bludgeon -- ask why Obama's Adminstration doesn't have time to do its job, but it has the time to stage press conferences, uze children as propoganda pieces, and demonize the NRA.

 

Smash them in the face with this, every day.  Alinsky the hell out of them, and wait for that thin-skinned JEF to melt down, hopefully on live TV.

125 Posted by: sven10077 at January 18, 2013 07:44 AM (LRFds)



Well, Sven, aren't they (any Obama White House sycophant or resident) all charter members of the "smartest people in the room" club, so it only makes sense that they have massive skill sets!

126 124 acethepug,

I think we are still too deferential to power to do that.

You know me I would be so over the top Alinsky in reverse on the bastards they'd scream, the thing is the GOP is not ran by folk like you and I since Atwater left....

127 Alexander Hamilton was basically gifted his education for services rendered.

Yeah, I don't really get the disapproval of the "sugar babies" who hit up rich old dudes for tuition money in exchange for "companionship."  It's a lot less greedy/selfish than demanding the taxpayers pay your way and get nothing in return.  Sure, you're a prostitute, but after decades of being told that "sex work" is noble and "empowering"...meh.

128 no news? how about the botched hostage rescue... http://tinyurl.com/bjankq6

129 Do Not Look Directly At Happy Fun Gabe!

130 Good stories from Hollywood?  Perhaps June Alyson and Jimmy Stewart.

I still think Pappy Boyington was projecting his own failings and shortcomings when he said this, "Just name a hero and I'll prove he's a bum..."  When it comes to Hollywood I think Boyington was right, they are all bums.

131

111I assumed the lead singer for fun was into guys so he'll probably be happy with Lena.

.............................

 

I stand corrected. Not the lead singer. Just A singer in the band. Not that it really matters I suppose

132 Mary Poppins, you magnificent bastard! Great story1 I've never felt so complimented in my whole life!

133 Terms for the Penis Among American College Students

This should up the level of discourse around here.

http://t.co/hQQPGZkj

134 I rarely listen to music radio anymore. If I do it's a classic rock station around here that goes "deeper" into the albums instead of playing the same two or three songs from every album. And yeah, there's some good new stuff out there but you have to hunt for it. I asked my friend how he finds it and he told me he follows producers. He also knows who the great songwriters are and I'm pretty sure he checks out the stuff they've written for others too.

135 125 Hrothgar,

Yup...they are going to do an amazing job of fucking up mashed taters for about 25 years I'd wager...the problem is they will have this a majority hispanic nation by then or go out of their way to import as many Somalis and Muslims as they can so when people are recoiling from communism or at a minimum and to be more polite "collectivism" to a simple strong man junta.....

this nation is so blessed in people and resources politicians should not be able to fuck it up....but they excel at overpromising even with people having tummy aches from the opulent table.

I hate them.

136

These stories are quite interesting, Mary Poppins, but they don't endear me to the Hollywood set who seem entirely self absorbed, narcissistic, shallow and sex obsessed. Are there ANY good stories about kind things they did, any stories not about sexual antics?

 

There are some, certainly, FenelonSpoke, though Hollywood, being the sort of place that it is, tends to remember the outrageous stories.  But here's a nice one:

 

 

During the filming of her last movie, Tugboat Annie in 1933, Marie Dressler was dying of cancer.  MGM head Louis B. Mayer knew this, but didnÂ’t want Dressler (who did have some history of emotional problems) to sink into depression, so had her doctors give her upbeat estimates of her prognosis.  While on location, Dressler saw a little thatched cottage with a picket fence and rosebushes; she mentioned to a co-star, “When I retire, thatÂ’s just the kind of house I want.”  When Mayer heard of this, he had the studio carpenters, set designers and landscapers build an exact duplicate of the house on Catalina Island, and gave it to Dressler as a gift.  And thatÂ’s where she lived until she died in 1934.

 

 

IÂ’m sorry about the “sexual antics” if you donÂ’t like them.  It was the first story that came to mind this morning (which tells you something about me).  But IÂ’ll try to find some happier stories for you, I promise.

 

137 Heather Radish, I went out with friends last night.  First time since the New Year.  Here is my report that I posted on the ONT.

Well just got home from hanging out with the anime/gamer/FSA nuts.
There is J who seems to oscillate between passing college and not, while desiring to always be at a con or in a mosh pit. Then there is E, he is the sarcastic angry slacker who never does anything. H was wearing a dog collar while she busily did another furry sketch, asked her if she wanted to tackle book cover but she has shown no interest. Across the booth from H is S, she is blond with multiple piercings who just exists to orbit H. C1 is a big teddy bear of a guy, easily going nowhere. C2 is a smaller teddy bear but is always being dominated by H, E, C1, and others. C3 is probably the only one who will make anything of himself, amateur videographer who is studying Chinese in college. Finally for special snowflake mention is Brony Boy - skinny black guy with goatee who is living for his PS3 this Friday while wearing a Rainbow Pony hoodie [baby blue hoodie with a rainbow mane on the hood and little baby blue wings sewn on back].

This is the future it seems. I am going to pull the covers over my head and wish this world away.

138 "Bad Lip Reading"

Ron Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQlbesF0zA

139 127 Ms Radish,

Things are gonna go one way or the other...this ping pong match is coming to an end.

The founders were who they were.

George Washington would have openly been called a gold digger if he hadn't had the strength to rip any asshole's head off that dared to.

I suspect we're going to have to endure a lot of pain to get our climbing vigor back as a whole.

How can Ogabe tell me poverty is immoral and use Dickensian rhetoric and also have his pet walking rug lecture the poor that obesity is their biggest health threat?

People are stupid, and stupid people who can be conned this easily deserve what they get.

140

You all should be digging the Aqua Velvets

 

Love 'em, Jones; you must be a Dick Dale fan.  What do you think of Los Straitjackets?

141 I am going to pull the covers over my head and wish this world away. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 18, 2013 07:56 AM (Gyp4x) SMOD baby SMOD. Pray for SMOD

142 #130  Hollywood has ALWAYS drawn self-centered, often narcissistic people,  and the acting profession has been notorious for loose morals since the days of Shakespeare. 

The difference is that in the old days,  the studios kept all of this scandal out of the papers.  Despite how their employees acted in their personal lives, we saw the image of happy marriages,  wholesome young starlets, and patriotic Americans.

With the collapse of the studio system there is no longer a brake on their public behavior, whether personal or political.  I do not consider this progress.

Was the old studio system phony?  Yep.  However,  because of it we didn't have traitorous stars consorting with communists in the middle of a war,  nor sexual escapades held up as examples to youth.

143 137 Ms Puma,

I read that during a coughing fit, sounds like a charming group.

Do any of them have handcranked flashlights?

That way when we have completely devoured all our liquid wealth in this orgy of indulgence they can have a choice of working or reading comics as they pass off this mortal coil....?

144 Yup some of them made me nervous, they usually have a face or two at gun shows but if Rick Perry formally acknowledged, endorsed, and asked folk to join I'd join the Tx version. If it was the TRUE Texas State Guard, Perry has already formally endorsed. He controls the TSG. THEY report to the Governor. Subject to call out. TSG is actually a state sanctioned militia.

145 I don't care if it does snow, I'm going.  I hear they will be giving out Best Buy cards.

146 >Love 'em, Jones; you must be a Dick Dale fan.What doyou think ofLos Straitjackets?

it's all good

another great surf band is The Neptones- they have more of an old school surf sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVjsgdMQlD8

147 > I don't care if it does snow, I'm going. I hear they will be giving out Best Buy cards.

Posted by: Case at January 18, 2013 08:00 AM (QwurB)

I hear it's all over Twitter

148 Sven, they have their good moments.  But it seems they are going nowhere, but as long as they can play their gaming consoles and talk smack they are happy.  These are the ones who will drop $60 for a game but would online comics instead of paying money for one.  So draw your conclusion on if they have a hand-cranked flashlight amongst them.

149 And yeah, there's some good new stuff out there but you have to hunt for it.



I mostly listen to improv (I'd say "jazz" but I don't want to give the wrong idea that I'd listen to anything like that asshole Cahrlse Joonnsh plays) but like to at least hear what rock is out there.  At the end of every year I check out the WSJ's best-of list for rock/pop/whatever and just start reserving all that shit at the library.  Not all of it dovetails with my taste but it never falls below a certain level of quality and keeps me from having to slog through all the shit.  Plus I have one bud who does slog through all the mung and lets me know when he finds something worthwhile.

150 144 RickB223,

Good to know.

I am heading to SC from IN but after that it will be to LA or TX God willing.

Your data tells me I may settle on the other side of the Sabine from LA8.

If I get my spread going and my side businesses started up there'll always be room at the campfire for y'all.

Building shelters from ConExs, Bio-Diesel, and cargo work....

*praying*

151 124 Alinsky the hell out of them, and wait for that thin-skinned JEF to melt down, hopefully on live TV. Posted by: acethepug at January 18, 2013 07:49 AM (OQhDd) So far, the NRA are the only people with the stones to do this. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz got a few good shots in the other day. But you are absolutely right. SCOAMF has his propagandists going full-tilt boogie - that's why he never dismantled is campaign organization. We have to hit them every day. The GOP is unwilling, but someone has to.

152

Finally for special snowflake mention is Brony Boy - skinny black guy with goatee who is living for his PS3 this Friday while wearing a Rainbow Pony hoodie [baby blue hoodie with a rainbow mane on the hood and little baby blue wings sewn on back].

 

If Obama had a son. . .

153 Thanks for the story about Mayer and Annie Dressler, Mary Poppins. Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather not always know about their sordid personal lives; I'd just rather watch the movies. I'm a big fan of movies from the 30's 40's and 50's. Your points are well taken, Miss Marple.

154

I remember reading something in one of Miss Manners' books about how an invitation to the White House is one that you cannot refuse...or maybe the only one that trumps an invitation you already accepted. 

Whatever. None of those singers will never be supported by me again. Funny,  it looks like the 1%-ers are heavily represented.  Why wasn't the bum downtown who sings/chants "Can anyone buy me a sandwich? Please, can someone buy me a sandwich today? Just a sandwich, I'm so hungry, can anyone buy me a sandwich today?" included? Now that's a musical representation of Obama's America.  And I'm sure he'd like some quail eggs and dove tongues as a change of pace from sandwiches.

 

155 148 Ms Puma,

I know the type.  They are actually a good metaphor for the nation Anna.  They're destroying the things they love by not earning them and feeding companies that ignore what they want in ruthless capitalism focusing on Korea and China.

I had contacts with Koei before they were merged with Tecmo and was told they flat out ignore the US market because the Chinese are their best clients.

156 141-I'm not going on the internet (except for e-mail) Sunday or Monday or Tuesday, not picking up any papers and since I don't have a working TV (We can only get DVDs) I won't have to hear anything about Obama's inauguration. That will suit me fine

157 142 Posted by: Miss Marple at January 18, 2013 07:58 AM (GoIUi) The studios controlled the actors as well as a publicity machine that was in bed with the columnists and papers. One notable time where the apple cart was upset was "Citizen Kane" when Hearst went after Welles and RKO. The other was the Fatty Arbuckle incident. Today, a star can get away with virtually anything so long as their politics match up with the culture. In that regard the leftists are the new studio system.

158

MPPP, that story about Carole Lombard and the writer made me sick. I suppose some would think he "deserved" it for being willing to sleep with a woman he knew was involved with someone else, but I could never have found it funny. I guess people colluding in the humiliation of others has gone on forever - now we just have technology to make sure even more people know about it.

159 157 JJ Sefton,

and we're all extras on the set....

160 MPPP, yeah if TFG had a son.  Brony Boy obsessing over his not yet dleivered PS3 while waving his brand new Samsung Galaxy phone in everyone's face showing one scene from Young Justice.  Then claiming he has given up on anime but is able to recite the entire plot for Sasami-san, a show that had The Political Hat and The Dude going WTF?  Very very special.

161 new one

162 159 157 JJ Sefton, and we're all extras on the set.... Posted by: sven10077 at January 18, 2013 08:09 AM (LRFds) I wish. We're more like what's called "craft service," the guys who man the coffee and snack table. Hell, at least they get paid. Probably more like the jackasses who stand all night to get an autograph or make fools of themselves to get on "Lets Make a Deal" or behind Matt Louser on the "Today" show.

163 Anna Puma--yeah, I used to know people like that 10-15 years ago.   I've noticed they're a lot happier than I am...I've wasted my life with this whole paid work thing. :\

164 J.J. Sefton if you attend a Wizard World ran convention, you have to pay money to get an autograph.  Think Kevin Sorbo was $30.  William Shatner $75. 

165

MPPP, that story about Carole Lombard and the writer made me sick.

 

My apologies, Gem.  I am sorry it made you feel that way.

 

Come back on Monday.  I'll tell you a nice story about the real Addams Family house.  No sex, no humiliation.

166 Ms Puma,

Back in Ohio I have a friend of a friend who is running a PC repair shop who pulled for King Putt in '08 and I don't want to know last Nov...

was arguing with me over his not being effected by bambiCare at all b/c "I'm a small business."

I did taxes for a living, I have a Tax Preparer ID and was studying for my Enrolled Agent cert....not saying "guru" but am saying I know how to read federalese.

My friend he is friends with says it is just now sinking in with the news of the Wendy's protest that he may be incorrect.

I don't think Schadenboner will make up for our lost iberty...but it'll at least give me a periodic smile.

167 If I get my spread going and my side businesses started up there'll always be room at the campfire for y'all. Thank you. That means a lot. I pray everything works our for you & yours.

168 163 Ms Radish,

No you haven't.  I know it is easy to feel that way, and trust me I feel that 37 or so years of studying our system and the history of our people feels like a historical fiction hobby now but we'll either recover or we won't.  You've rendered skilled effort and aided people in serious tasks to help society at large.

People like Ms Puma's amigos are in essence just fans yelling at the TV of America's football game.

You are on the field.

Now you can scream.

169 Chris Christie, weeping, at the salad bar.

170 Though nowhere near as hated as Harry Cohn, Louis B. Mayer could be a real sonofabitch. If you worked at MGM, you either loved or hated him, but you respected him and if you loved him, were loyal forever. His treatment of Judy Garland in particular was less than stellar, to be charitable and I lost a lot of respect for the man because of it, to say nothing of his treatment of Irving Thalberg at the end of his life. But this story about Marie Dressler is very moving. It shows a very different side of LB; he was sentimental, loyal to his friends, believed in decency in motion pictures (which led to his firing from MGM in 1951) and was a staunch patriot. You cannot say that about virtually ANYONE in show business today.

171 Heather Radish, I just look at them as Eloi.  They are kept warm and comfortable.  In their artificial bubble.  And I am sorry they will suffer so badly because they are Eloi who have eaten the lotus flower and do not hear the thunder of the storm coming to wipe them away.  I could speak and try to explain, but I might as well speak Assyrian for all the comprehension they might gain.

172 162 JJ Sefton,

I appreciate the nuance, but JJ we ain't looking for photographs here at the HQ I'd wager.

I think LiV is like the jackasses on live news shoots who are on pogo sticks in the background trying to get noticed.

We're the people walking by.

It'll get better.

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

174 172 Posted by: sven10077 at January 18, 2013 08:18 AM (LRFds) Was trying for something akin to an unpaid peon or a Mel Brooks piss-boy. You get the analogy. In any case, the culture is so warped that anything and everything goes, and if anyone dare make a peep in protest, the libs will smack you down hard.

175
69 62 58 EoJ,

Maybe we need to get some MMA fighter to become a interviewer for Breitbart?


Posted by: sven10077 at January 18, 2013 07:17 AM (LRFds)>>>>>

Sure! Jason "Mayhem" Miller would be perfect.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 18, 2013 07:21 AM (JDIKC)

Gimme a really crazy motherfucker. I want Brock Lesnar conducting interviews. Or Chael Sonnen.

And I don't care what any of you Rons say, the chick in the video? Teh Hawt.

176 Ha!  I remember the Mel Brooks piss-boy.  That was some funny sh*t.

177 "Sire you look like the piss-boy!"

"And you look like a bucket of shit!"

178 Scary pic of Nanny Bloomberg from Breitbart: http://tinyurl.com/by9a33e

Looks like he's going full-on Sith Lord on us.

179 #175

She'd be hotter if she didn't appear to have a booger hanging off her nostril.

180  The Truth About Assault Weapons

http://www.assaultweapon.info/

181

Yes, J.J., Mayer's a hard man to like.  Although Thalberg himself, who could "piss ice water," in the words of one director, when he had to, was no naif, he didn't deserve the backstabbing he got from Schenck and Mayer - or that comment "Isn't God good to me!" that Mayer made coming back from Thalberg's funeral.

 

Still, I think my lesson today is to do a little discreet censoring of stories from here on in.

182 Sven, The Texas State Guard (TXSG) is one of three branches of the Texas Military Forces (TXMF), reporting to The Texas Adjutant General located at Texas Military Forces HQ, Camp Mabry (Austin), Texas. The Commander in Chief of the Texas Military Forces is the Governor of Texas. The other two branches are the Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) and the Texas Air National Guard (TXANG). http://tinyurl.com/astv4ev

183 Still, I think my lesson today is to do a little discreet censoring of stories from here on in.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2013 08:27 AM (zF6Iw)

Ah bullshit. Keep the stories as is. Pull back the curtain and let's see who they really are. I like the stories.

184 anna ......some people don't have to or don't want to grow up so they don't...they are happy being a tween forever.....

185 181 Still, I think my lesson today is to do a little discreet censoring of stories from here on in. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 18, 2013 08:27 AM (zF6Iw) With all due respect to the more sensitive Morons of the horde who come here, surely they must realize fairly quickly the nature of this blog and of the commentary. I mean, considering that commentary often leads to references of anything from pudendae to "The Aristocrats" and everything in between, it's hard to get upset about something as mile as adultery among 1930's movie stars. I mean, really. If that upsets you, then you have no business here.

186 #174  You know why we are here?  Because we are the Survivors.  And we are descendents of survivors.

We come from the people who survived the Holocaust, the Clearances,  and the Potato Famine.  Our people didn't collapse during the Depression and the Dust Bowl.

Of all nations,  our country is the only one whose entire history was shaped not by kings and nobility,  but by the common man.   And America will NOT collapse.  We may turn inward;  we may have bad times;  fools may try to wreck the nation;  but in the end,  I firmly believe that we will prevail.

I guaran-damn-tee you that my people can outlast Obama.

187 Time to wash my cute little body and get shot... ...at my allergist. Later kiddies! Oh what fresh hell will this day bring?

188 185 JJ Sefton,

agreed heh it is not like humans have changed they are just tacky enough to be overt....

189 Ah bullshit. Keep the stories as is. Pull back the curtain and let's see who they really are. I like the stories.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 18, 2013 08:30 AM (da5Wo)

I agree, PPPP leave them stories alone.

190 188 185 JJ Sefton, agreed heh it is not like humans have changed they are just tacky enough to be overt.... Posted by: sven10077 at January 18, 2013 08:35 AM (LRFds) Just because the story involves adultery, doesn't mean we condone it. Unless it's Kate Upton and you don't actually insert your wang in her heavenly cooter. Cleavage only with an optional, but probably unavoidable, pearl necklace.

191 186 Miss Marple,

Yeah...he whines at any negative coverage...I assure you "they treat me like a dog" will break before I do....

I can live hard enough I consider burnt popcorn a treat.

Barry I love America and Barry THIS IS MY HOME.

If I have to divorce you to be able to live peacefully I will I won't force anyone to live as i want but I will not let you be Choco marx to everyone against their will contra the Bill of Rights.

192 Vic, as a cadet we and our profs were in the SCUM (South Carolina Unorganized Militia). The EL CID engineering dept used to hire part time, practical engineers to lecture on the real world aspects of stuff, we had a reactor guy from Savannah River come in and an RSO, extra coin and an ugly green uniform.

193 The only thing more attractive than a teenage girl with piercings in her face is a 49 year old woman with bangs.

194 http://gunssavelives.net/pro-gun-quotes/

195 Of all nations, our country is the only one whose entire history was shaped not by kings and nobility, but by the common man. And America will NOT collapse. We may turn inward; we may have bad times; fools may try to wreck the nation; but in the end, I firmly believe that we will prevail. The Romans, sadly, had many of the same traits. They could survive many things, but they could not survive prosperity. Once they had it, they became willing to sacrifice every principle to keep it. Augustus held power because Rome feared more Civil War. The Senate became a group of toadies and battered wives. We are a nation spending imaginary money which doesn't want to confront that fact. Republicans in Washington are afraid to even mention it.

196 Posted by: Jean at January 18, 2013 08:41 AM (XwDPQ)



RSO??? Did you mean SRO?  Senior Reactor Operator?

197 195 bevel,

and reality always wins in the end....

the world ain't gonna pay us to be nice forever.

198 #195  Good point, Bevel.   Of course no one studies Roman history now,  or reads Gibbons' The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Human nature never changes, and as the saying goes,  those who refuse to learn history are condemned to repeat it.

However, within Dark Age Europe my ancestors managed to make it and see their descendents emigrate to a new country with opportunity.   Our job may be nothing more than the responsibility to preserve civilization,  like the monks did in their semi-fortress monasteries during those frightening times.

I simply refuse to give up.

199

First Jono, now Jess Mosoluke.  Seems Gabe likes artists that work with Tyler Ward...

200 And the parking brake has been replaced by a little flush flip button.

AP, that and the Lexus? DBW steering are just ridiculous and I'm the guy defending auto trans here all the time.

201 Of course no one studies Roman history now, or reads Gibbons' The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.


Ahem...

202

You know the hardest part about recommending people listen to a song by The Band Perry? 

Telling your dad you're gay.

203 Help me out guys. You're a white guy and you're Bicycle Jesus, and with a little digging you're not the guy everyone thought you were (worst kept secret ever). So now you're the Devil himself. $500 million for cancer? Doesn't matter. You're the Devil. You're half black, and you're Chocolate Jesus, and you're not the guy anyone thinks you are (even worse kept secret) you know, you sued to have your opponents divorce records unsealed so that you could scar his children, (you know, the ones that your no. 1 priority is to protect, like that newborn that survived your abortion fetish, so you throw him on the floor) You're that fucking bad, and diabolical and psychopathic, and you're still Chocolate Jesus. Oh, and the money only flows toward you. Yep, still Chocolate Jesus. Weird.

204 17I’ll have to look into this. I did not know that SC had an “unorganized State Militia”. A bill in SC has been introduced, with support, to exempt the SC militia from all federal gun regulations. Let’s see Holder fight that one in court.

http://is.gd/zU3mu8

Posted by: Vic at January 18, 2013 06:53 AM (53z96)>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

 Vic,  the  running  Joke  at  The  Citadel  was  that  the  Faculty,  who  are  in  uniform,  are  the  South  Carolina  Unorganized  Militia  (SCUM).   However,  the  unorganized  militia  is  a  term  that  is  defined  in  Army   Regulations,  and  is  apart  and  separate  from  the  Guard  and  Reserves.    Additionally,  many  states  have  organized  militias,  usually  refered  to  as  "State  Defense  Forces".   New  York  even  has  a  "Naval  Militia".   

205 UK Daily Mail says Dear Leader administration "in the dark" regarding terrorist attack and hostages in Algeria. Amen! The inmates are running the asylum.

206 196, RSO - radiation Safety Officer. Paperwork job if you have glowing stuff about. Minuteman, did you go to the Citadel?

207 South Carolina code with regard to the "Militia":

SECTION 25-1-60. Composition and classes of militia.

(A) The militia of this State consists of all able-bodied persons over seventeen years of age who are:

(1) citizens of the United States residing within this State;

(2) citizens of the United States bound by law, lawful order, or contract to serve in the militia or military forces of this State; or

(3) persons who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States and are bound by law, lawful order, or contract to serve in the militia or military forces of this State.

(B) The militia is divided into three classes:

(1) the National Guard;

(2) the organized militia not in National Guard service; and

(3) the unorganized militia.

208 Work calls,  so I am signing off for a while.

All of you,  have a great day!

209 on to Ben dump and close this thread

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Jean-

Class  of   '83.   Started  off  in  "Q"  Company  as  a  Knob,  and  went  to  "Stalag  Echo"  as  a  Sophknob  (I  requested  Tango  to  get  as  far  away  from  2nd  Battallion  so  I  could  concentrate  on  my  academics).   My  respects  if  you  were  a  CE,  and  especially  if  you  were  an  EE  (or  as  many  called  it  before they  washed  out  of  the  program,   Pre-Business).       

 

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I like some of the offerings from "Mumford and Sons."

Does that count?

Music wise I mean...

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Geeezzzz Vic, I jus got here...........Whatever......Fucking night shifts.....

213 Glad to hear the TSA is removing the x-ray scanners, now that they've paid billions to politically connected contractors to manufacture and install them. Billions? Hell. Just a drop in the bucket plebs, please proceed through the turnstiles.

214 "A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a controversial Wisconsin law that restricts the power of public-sector unions, the passage of which sparked an ultimately failed effort to recall the state's Republican governor Scott Walker." If it passed both houses of the state legislature, was signed by the governor, the governor withstood a recall election sparked by this issue specifically, a circuit judge upheld parts of the law, and the circuit panel upheld ALL of the law - is that law really "controversial"?