January 08, 2013

Top Headline Comments 1-8-13
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Tuesday.

An Omaha, Nebraska Wendy's franchise is cutting its non-management employees back to 28 hours per week in response to Obamacare's mandate that it pay for health insurance for employees who work at least 32 hours. The owner says he can't afford to pay for the insurance.

Chuck Hagel now says he has "unequivocal, total support for Israel." Maybe the "Jewish lobby" finally got to him. /sarc

I guess this is the type of thing we should want from Hagel now. He's going to be confirmed (look no further than the conspicuous silence coming from AIPAC and Israel for confirmation of that) after he appears for hearings and the Democrats make a big production about saying they're satisfied with his answers. All that's left to do in the meantime is to get some public admissions from Hagel and try not to let Obama use the distraction to score other points.

Democratic commentators are now laying the groundwork for the platinum coin trick. In the past week, econ writers for the NYTimes, WaPo, and now Bloomberg News have been chattering about how its such a great idea and won't do anything bad to inflation or the markets. Uh huh. Jim Pethokoukis has more on the coin trick.

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1 DAY 63 1,397 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, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 08, 2013 02:54 AM (XkWWK)

2 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Tuesday, January 08, 2013.  On this day in 1964 LBJ announced his “war on poverty”.  Recall just a few days ago on TDIH he announced his “Great Society” in 1965.  These were pivotal years in advancing socialism in the US. In 1964 the Dems had 65 in the Senate and 258 in the House.  In 1965 they had 69 in the Senate and 295 in the House.  In short, they had a firm grip all houses of the government and the Republicans had no say at all, not even the ability to filibuster any of this shit.  And this was the start of the final downfall of the US.  This is also why the MFM hates “gridlock” so much.  They remember their glory days when they were all powerful.  And please note, this was not the “baby boomers”.


So here we go

reveille; reveille (bangs trashcan with baton)


reveille; reveille (bangs trashcan with baton some more)


Heave out and trice up... Smoking lamp is lighted in all authorized smoking areas.


Rise and shine, morning glories... Up and at' em.


Drop your cocks and grab your socks... Move it ladies. AOS is being served...

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:54 AM (53z96)

3 Left out part of the rant

These two years set events in motion that corrupted the US, both in morals, and in desire to work and be productive.   And so LBJ raised forth his staff and cried Lo, let the Free Shit Army be born and may they be fruitful and multiplyÂ…. regardless of married statusÂ….. and vote.  And his sycophants in Congress said yea verily, so let it be written, so let it be done!

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)

4 The big news this morning is “I told ya so” (turns on gloating machine)  


AL – 41 ND – 14 -  It was a blowout.  As I said weeks ago, the real championship game occurred Dec 1.  The BCS sucks.

http://is.gd/ipINM4

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)

5 1st

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 02:55 AM (8sCoq)

6 Graham is smelling his reelection coming up. Making noises about halting the nomination of Brennan until the Liar ‘n Chief comes clean on Benghazi.

http://is.gd/GBVbr2

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:55 AM (53z96)

7 fuck!

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 02:55 AM (8sCoq)

8 Only in the land of fruit and nuts could Romano-British tales come alive once again.   A rape conviction was overturned because the “victim” was not married.  The case hinged on an “Uther Pendragon” act of having sex with the woman via trickery in the dark pretending to be her boyfriend (no mention if her name was Igraine).  He was convicted of rape but appealed.  I suspect even though the jury bought the womanÂ’s story the appeals court did not.  After all Merlin has not been around for nearly 2000 years.  A quirk in old CA law allows rape if the woman is not married.  Hah, first I have heard of that and I used to live there.

http://is.gd/yFTNzJ

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)

9 Yiddish Word of the Day: "hocken a chainik" - Boring, long-winded and annoying conversation; talking for the sake of talking (Lit., To bang on the tea-kettle)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 08, 2013 02:56 AM (XkWWK)

10 Lotto winner in Chicago poisoned with cyanide.  Gee we need more cyanide control!  We need background checks, waiting periods, and limits on the amount you can buy.  What?  We already have most of that?   All in that idyllic city of Chicago.  A place still entrenched in the golden tones of the gaslight era.  What?  Not like that?  But the Democrats have controlled it for almost 100 years.  How can it not be?

http://is.gd/4YAaXC

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)

11 Evil Fox laughs at the idiots floating the trillion-dollar platinum coin scam.

http://is.gd/W9CpMd

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)

12 Sign of the times in CO; hundreds mourn a wild elk killed by police after it wandered into town.  Believe it or not, the cop has been placed on leave while they “investigate”.  And this State is supposed to be a purple State now?  The CA contingent is really showing up now.

http://is.gd/2WxCRk

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:56 AM (53z96)

13 Letterman proves what an absolute asshole he really is.  Imagine if a conservative had made obscene sex jokes on national TV about ObamaÂ’s daughters.

http://is.gd/HtLgYr

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)

14 Release the Kraken!

http://is.gd/aBw6uB

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)

15 Our current PC Pentagon in another round of Pigford legalese pays out $2.4M to people who were discharged under the “DonÂ’t Ask DonÂ’t Tell law”.  They settled w/o going to court at all even though they had a clear win case.  

And how about this shit from the Hill

The payouts will be granted to service members dismissed from the military under the now-repealed policy on or after November 2004.

It wasnÂ’t policy you assholes, it was LAW.  So the guys who violated the law (and their money grubbing ACLU lawyers) get $2.4M for violating the law.   We are DOOMed!

http://is.gd/SmHzdh

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)

16 Teen communist elected to NJ county school board.  He is also anti-US Military just like all commies.  He defeated what appears to be another communist except she was less honest that he, she had a D after her name.  Perhaps we should include NJ in that list of States to be expelled that we were making up yesterday.

http://is.gd/1RTJYe

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:57 AM (53z96)

17 And speaking of communists, a group of 70 watermelon organizations want Obama to use his authority as Pharaoh to curb carbon emissions for the Global Warming fraud.  Just WTF do they think he has been doing with the EPA for the past 4 years?  If we had some people with balls in the House the EPA would have a budget of zero dollars right now.

http://is.gd/ehIEqG

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:58 AM (53z96)

18 Ed Koch bemoans ObamaÂ’s Israel policy and Hagel nomination.  HowÂ’s that shit sandwich taste asshole?  You endorsed him and voted for him so enjoy your repast well douchbag.

http://is.gd/nBS8L6

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:58 AM (53z96)

19 An apt I,Claudius quote for our times: "It's been a revelation to me to see how a small mind allied with unlimited ambition and without scruple can destroy a country full of clever men. How frail Civilization is before a gust of really bad breath!"

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 08, 2013 02:58 AM (uhAkr)

20 Carney showing the old Hebrew word of the dayÂ…chutzpah.

http://is.gd/NtHMls

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:58 AM (53z96)

21 ObamaÂ’s buddy terrorist in Egypt wants us to release convicted terrorist who is currently serving a life sentence for killing multiple Americans.  This would not be an issue if the Clinton DOJ had pursued the death penalty using a court-martial instead of lawfare.  This SOB should have been executed.  Odds are in some kind of “advertised gesture of phony goodwill”, Obama will release this bastard.  Yes, elections have consequences.

http://is.gd/X4cq72

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:59 AM (53z96)

22 Another violation of US law by the Obamanites.  Planned Parenthood got $524M in taxpayer money in 2011 despite a federal law that prohibits federal money from being used for abortion.  And anyone who says they are “segregating” this money is a liar.

http://is.gd/yQqk8L

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:59 AM (53z96)

23 Good morning Vic and all. Further to LBJ, may he rot in hell, after passing War on Poverty and Great Society legislation, he infamously stated, "the ni88ers will be voting for us for the next 200 years." 50 years later and the party of Joe Bidet still has 'em in chains.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 08, 2013 02:59 AM (XkWWK)

24 Some of yÂ’all may have missed this yesterday.  BOA in AZ has frozen the assets of a gun maker for “selling guns on the internet”.   If I am not mistaken this is illegal.  I have also not seen this reported by any major news agency yet.

http://is.gd/8Dxyjs

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:59 AM (53z96)

25 Notre Dame, clubbed like a baby seal

Posted by: dodging bullets in Chicago at January 08, 2013 02:59 AM (7VoHu)

26 We need more of this, and with even more vitriol.  David Vittor calls the serial pederast Reid an idiot.

http://is.gd/4CGhog

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 02:59 AM (53z96)

27 NLRB orders companies to continue collecting union dues even though agreements have expired.  Keep in mid that these SOBs were recess appointed when there was no recess. AND Republicans have allowed it to continue unchecked.

http://is.gd/eswIwW

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:00 AM (53z96)

28 BB talks about Ben ShapiroÂ’s new book “Bullies” which discussed the Obama administration.  I donÂ’t call them bullies, I call then brownshirts.

http://is.gd/QNuFYB

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:00 AM (53z96)

29 Another eater of shit sandwiches bemoans Obama pick Hagel.

http://is.gd/Q8Q2ql

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:00 AM (53z96)

30 This trillion dollar coin thing is such a ridiculous stunt.  Are people really going to fall for such nonsense?  So this trillion dollars just *poof* appears from thin air?  yeah right

Posted by: chemjeff at January 08, 2013 03:00 AM (BBWjt)

31 The NYT of the Internet calls the Hagel nomination “bipartisan” because Hagel did not remove the “R” after his name when he switched parties years ago while still in the Senate.  (not a link to Politico)

http://is.gd/Basblr

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:01 AM (53z96)

32 Korean man who shot and killed 7 people in a “gun free zone” ruled not fit for trial by a CA judge.  I guess we will have to prosecute the gun in this State with strong anti-gun laws.  Relatives of one of the victims say he is faking it.

http://is.gd/RtpUhP

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:01 AM (53z96)

33 You know, it's getting easier and easier to enter into economic discussions with total strangers while going about my daily business.
And I always try to drop the casual phrase "Let it burn" in the middle of a sentence.
And you have to watch their eyes when you say it.
For many people, it's becoming obvious that it's not the first time they have heard the phrase.....and agree with it.
Not saying I want it to burn, just that the level of economic awareness seems to be increasing on a daily basis.
And the number of times that the economic discussion becomes a pro-gun rights discussion by the other person seems to be increasing as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 08, 2013 03:01 AM (jlngc)

34 Remember the fugly teacherÂ’s union President in Chicago?   She talks about killing people, the audience cheers.

http://is.gd/3fu4Wa


BTW, what you want to bet this scrunt owns a hand gun in Chicago?

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:02 AM (53z96)

35 Hillary will testify before she resigns.  The last word I heard was that she had asked for more security at Benghazi and had been shot down.  There is only one person who could have done that and I would like to see her sell him out. But that probably will not occur.  Most likely she will commit perjury (runs in the family) and shield him.

http://is.gd/XHmtol

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:02 AM (53z96)

36 NYC is not the only place where the trains are crushing people.  HereÂ’s one in DC.  The difference is the lady wanted to die.  I feel for her relatives.

http://is.gd/Z0YdLG

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:02 AM (53z96)

37 VDH talks about our new liberal ruling class and their flaunting of wealth (and unmentioned hypocrisy) and tax avoidance.  All this complete with a picture of Pharaoh Obama basking in the joys of a taxpayer funded vacation in Hawaii.  I say the court of King Louis XVI didnÂ’t hold a candle to the current Monarchy in the US.  But unlike Louis XVI, Obama keeps his FSA well fed so he will have to worry about them storming the Bastille and cutting off his ugly head.

http://is.gd/sh4da5

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

38 Hahahahahaha!  I say again Hahahahahahaha!  The racist bastards at the NAACP will have to pay part of those legal costs for the SC voter ID law challenge.  But it looks like SC will only be awarded a small fraction of the $3.5M costs.  I say they should go after Holder personally for the rest.

http://is.gd/D1O3nJ

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

39 IBD blasts the MFM over Obama coverage.

http://is.gd/6kyRiG

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

40 And finally for you Elvis fans, today is Elvis day on TCM.  The best is at 13:15 (1:15 pm)  Viva Las Vegas with Ann Margaret in her prime.  When I watched this movie originally I had a BBB the whole time she was on (Big Bad Boner).   And the story is Elvis did her while making this movie the lucky bastard.  Maybe MPPPP can shed some light on that one with some story.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:04 AM (53z96)

41 Kindle Daily Deals

http://is.gd/w6a9mt

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:04 AM (53z96)

42 And some of you burgeoning authors may be interested in this from a former reporter who moved to being a self published author.

http://is.gd/xFkQtY

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:04 AM (53z96)

43 And in a vain attempt to provide some cheer after all these woeful headlines I will restart the daily kitteh.  Here is one suitable for desktop background.

http://is.gd/t1iW95


And thatÂ’s it for Tuesday, January 08, 2013.  Lots 'o stuff today

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:05 AM (53z96)

44 I guess this is the type of thing we should want from Hagel now. He's going to be confirmed (look no further than the conspicuous silence coming from AIPAC and Israel for confirmation of that) after he appears for hearings and the Democrats make a big production about saying they're satisfied with his answers.


My prediction yesterday was Obama would have to pull it.  I still haven't changed my mind.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:06 AM (53z96)

45 Why don't they just start using Monopoly money? Would work about the same. Better yet, just have someone enter a bajillion gazillion dollars in the Federal Reserve and we'll be set for years!

Posted by: DangerGirl - feeling empty at January 08, 2013 03:06 AM (Pm4tN)

46 Oh, what fresh hell will this day bring? 19 Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 08, 2013 06:58 AM (uhAkr) Wow. That just sums it all up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 08, 2013 03:07 AM (XkWWK)

47 Wow. Actually here while the Vic's stories were going up. I feel like I've witnessed history.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 03:08 AM (da5Wo)

48 Good stuff today, Vic.

Attention everyone: Stay out of Iowa.  It's biohazardous.

Outbreak has already reached activity level as high as last March
http://t.co/tjdoAur0


*blows nose* 

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at January 08, 2013 03:10 AM (hO8IJ)

49 Meanwhile, has anyone ever attempted to cancel their XM Radio service? I tried yesterday. Got mysteriously disconnected after the first try after refusing all their offers for better deals. Second call I finally got a cancellation transaction number but they still offer me deals, including free months and are very butthurt that I refuse. After cancelling, I get in the car this morning and the service still works. I'm giving it til the end of the week but if I have to call back again I'm gonna not be happy.

Posted by: DangerGirl - feeling empty at January 08, 2013 03:10 AM (OZjR5)

50 Here you are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiJ7uQfogKA

Posted by: sithkhan at January 08, 2013 03:11 AM (u9ths)

51 An Omaha, Nebraska Wendy's franchise is cutting its non-management employees back to 28 hours per week in response to Obamacare's mandate that it pay for health insurance for employees who work at least 32 hours. The owner says he can't afford to pay for the insurance. Unintended consequences. How does it work?? (Only 28 hours a week. That's how!)

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2013 03:13 AM (d0Dmj)

52 And the number of times that the economic discussion becomes a pro-gun rights discussion by the other person seems to be increasing as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 08, 2013 07:01 AM (jlngc)


I have been tracking that on-line poll at the Webster, NY newspaper for gun control.  It is still running 50-50 pro/anti gun in a city that had a crack pot shoot firemen and in NY. 


The Obamanites are not going to go far with their damn gun control unless he does it via Pharaoh proclamation.

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

53 Since when is working 32 hours a week "full time"? Did I miss a memo?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 03:15 AM (da5Wo)

54 Why don't they just start using Monopoly money? Would work about the same. Better yet, just have someone enter a bajillion gazillion dollars in the Federal Reserve and we'll be set for years!

Posted by: DangerGirl - feeling empty at January 08, 2013 07:06 AM (Pm4tN)


They are already using Monopoly money i.e. monetization of the debt.  What they want to do with this coin gimmick is violate the current law which sets a debt ceiling that has to be set by Congress.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:16 AM (53z96)

55 I just don't understand how libs can talk about this trillion dollar coin thing with straight faces. Are the really just that dumb?

Posted by: TheCriminalBarrister at January 08, 2013 03:19 AM (RPXAJ)

56 Have we lost the comments or is it just a slow morning?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 03:20 AM (da5Wo)

57 #53   32 hours is full-time according to the health care edict.   Having worked at a retail store,  I knew exactly what would happen.

For purposes of getting unemployment,  however,  32 hours is not considered full-time.

See how this works?

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 03:22 AM (GoIUi)

58 I just don't understand how libs can talk about this trillion dollar coin thing with straight faces. Are the really just that dumb?

Posted by: TheCriminalBarrister at January 08, 2013 07:19 AM (RPXAJ)


No, they know the FSA will use that as an excuse to ignore the violation of law.  It is the same as the OJ jury using the glove to do jury nullification.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:22 AM (53z96)

59

Good morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  Thanks for the morning briefing, Gabe and Vic.  As always, itÂ’s much appreciated.  Just living through all of the misery TFG and his cabal have created has got me ready to take the gas pipe.  I donÂ’t know how you two do it.

 

 

TodayÂ’s story concerns the director King Vidor.*  Originally from Galveston, Texas, he found himself in California by 1916, making pictures with his wife Florence (who was later a minor star in her own right).  He joined Louis B. MayerÂ’s young Metro studio and was folded in when the studio merged into the great MGM.

 

 

His first big success with the new studio was the war film The Big Parade.  It established John Gilbert as a star and turned Vidor from working manÂ’s director to studio asset, and he was promptly picked to helm a number of top MGM films, including The Champ with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and Lillian GishÂ’s La Bohème.

 

 

In 1928 came his second masterpiece – The Crowd.  ItÂ’s the story of John and Mary; as Vidor himself put it, “the average fellow. . .sees quite a lot of drama taking place around him.”  They are an ordinary couple in New York City.  They have a child.  They lose the child.  They fight and their lives spiral down.  But they rally at the end, have another child and life goes on.

 

 

For Mary, Vidor picked his second wife, Eleanor Bordman.  But for John, he wanted a complete unknown.  The Crowd is about ordinary people, like those in the movie audience; a star face for John would upset the whole equation.

 

 

One day on the crowded lot, someone pushed past Vidor, who looked up and knew in an instant that this was the man he wanted.  Vidor lost him in the crowd – which, as weÂ’ll see, was ironic – but learned the man was an extra named James Murray.  When Vidor approached him with one of the oldest lines in Hollywood: “IÂ’m a director, and IÂ’ve got a part for you in my next picture,” – Murray turned sour and suspicious.  Sure, heÂ’d test, he told the Vidor, but only if he was given bus fare to get to the studio.

 

 

Murray was perfect, as Vidor guessed.  Watch the movie (on Netflix or TCM) and I defy you to take your eyes off him.  He is, in turns, strong, vulnerable and natural; it is his performance that holds the film together.  But after The Crowd, Murray vanished.  Vidor expected this; one of the reasons the actor had remained an extra was that he was an alcoholic.  Still, the director didnÂ’t forget him and, in 1934, when he was casting for the film Our Daily Bread, he was determined to find Murray; in his mind, the lead in Bread was The CrowdÂ’s John a few years later.

 

 

He found Murray at last, a panhandler begging for lunch money.  Vidor bought him a drink and offered him the new part.  But this was the depths of the Depression; Murray, like so many, had lost heart.  His hope had turned rancid.

 

 

“Just because I stop you on the street and try to borrow a buck, you think you can tell me what to do,” Murray spat.  “As far as IÂ’m concerned, you know what you can do with your lousy part.”  And he melted back into the crowd passing by.  In 1936, his body was found floating in the Hudson River.

 

 

Vidor never forgot Murray.  At the end of his life, he regretted only that there were two movies he wanted to make that he never could; one about the 1922 murder of director William Desmond Taylor, and one about the life of James Murray.

 

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

*the family was Hungarian; the name is pronounced “VEE-dor.”

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2013 03:22 AM (zF6Iw)

60 Well, you will all be glad to know that the traditions of independent investigtive journalism, journalistic integrity, and the willingness to stand up to government interference with the press are alive and well.

And living in the People's Republic of China:

"The row at the Southern Weekly - known for hard-hitting investigations and testing the limits of censorship - erupted after a new year editorial calling for guaranteed constitutional rights was changed at the last minute to one extolling the virtues of the Communist Party.

In two open letters, 35 prominent former staff and 50 interns at the paper have demanded the resignation of the provincial propaganda chief in Guangdong..."

Funny that the very thing these journalists are risking their freedom to protest is what the American MSM is falling all over themselves to embrace- the media as a mouthpices of the state.

Link below is to the BBC- what, you think the American press is going to cover this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20911823

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 08, 2013 03:24 AM (RSqz2)

61 As I read the comments from the liberal types who are angry about the companies cutting back hours, I have noticed a common thread: They seem to honestly believe that corporations are sitting on piles of gold like a dragon and don't want to share. It never occurs to them that the money for added expenses has to come from somewhere.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 08, 2013 03:25 AM (1ml8s)

62 MPPPP. did you read the post about Elvis?

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:25 AM (53z96)

63 You know, I think those Lenin and Alinsky fellows might be on to something!

Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at January 08, 2013 03:25 AM (Cnqmv)

64 They seem to honestly believe that corporations are sitting on piles of gold like a dragon and don't want to share.[.i]



They have honestly believed that for a long time, since the days of FDR.  They also believe the government has all that dragon hoard as well.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:27 AM (53z96)

65 barrel

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:27 AM (53z96)

66 Good morning everyone!  Vic,  thanks for the news.  I liked the kitteh picture because of the flowers.  We still have snow pack here and I am sick of it.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 03:27 AM (GoIUi)

67 typos are a drag

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:28 AM (53z96)

68 Good morning everyone! Vic, thanks for the news. I liked the kitteh picture because of the flowers. We still have snow pack here and I am sick of it.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 07:27 AM (GoIUi)



Thanks, I will keep teh kittehs going as long as I can find new ones that are um-copyrighted.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:29 AM (53z96)

69 "It's been a revelation to me to see how a small mind allied with unlimited ambition and without scruple can destroy a country full of clever men. How frail Civilization is before a gust of really bad breath!" ... The same applies to business, although more frequently it's a case of two idiots in a room destroying the livelihoods of thousands.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 03:30 AM (piMMO)

70 Let the burnening commence.

Posted by: VW Zao at January 08, 2013 03:30 AM (vWZa0)

71 They seem to honestly believe that corporations are sitting on piles of gold like a dragon and don't want to share.[.i]

My BIL believes this also. He is a retired schoolteacher, and just can't understand why there is a pension problem in this state. Just raise the taxes on all of those rich people. I've tried to explain it to him. Of course he also owns a very nice home here and a summer home on a lake. I don't think he realizes how quickly he will be considered rich.

Posted by: Bruce at January 08, 2013 03:30 AM (lT0Z3)

72 Good morning. Great 'Daily Vic', as always.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 03:31 AM (piMMO)

73 Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 06:55 AM (53z96)

In two years time, SC will be so full of FSA types, they'll vote Grahamnesty back in as a bi-partisan gesture.

Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at January 08, 2013 03:31 AM (Cnqmv)

74 Pokemon X and Y have just been announced. Full 3D graphics for the first time in the main series. Worldwide release October 2013. The fire starter is extra sexay.

Posted by: JDTAY at January 08, 2013 03:32 AM (a0nis)

75

"Let the burnening commence."

 

How do you start it? With a flimthrower? 

Posted by: HH at January 08, 2013 03:32 AM (XXwdv)

76 Re that link at 12 about the elk, I knew it was Boulder before I clicked. Nothing to worry about, Vic.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 03:33 AM (OZPoa)

77 I spent some time reading the lefty-econ blogs where this trillion-dollar coin idea really gained traction. (Don't worry - I disinfected afterwards.). They're really jazzed about this idea. Keep in mind that this is the same crowd that claims that the U.S. can't go bankrupt since we can print as many dollars as we need to pay off our debts. Bottom line: I think the $1T coin idea is legal, even if it's a misuse of a law intended for other purposes (i.e., minting commemorative coins) But The 'revenue' generated by the coin is clearly fiat money, almost exactly like the dollars the Fed creates when it prints more of them. The added 'revenue' from the coin is simply conjured out of thin air, because this coin is worth whatever its minters say it's worth. The bloggy-blogs also claim that minting the $1T coin won't be inflationary. Horsemuffins. Although it won't put more dollar bills into circulation, it will be viewed by other countries - and by currency traders - as a de facto devaluation of the dollar (which is exactly what it is), and they will act accordingly. It's not only a Simpsonesque stunt, it's a desperate stunt as well. Reduce spending? Never heard of it.

Posted by: crisis du jour at January 08, 2013 03:33 AM (DFGPG)

78

Ah, Vic, I posted before I saw your story on Viva Las Vegas.  Yes, the King did manage a little bedroom wrestling with "Thumper" (his nickname for her).  In fact, gossip that Elvis and Ann-Margret were going to be married got Priscilla's dander up, and she flew out for a showdown with him.

 

According to biographer Peter Guralnick - author of Last Train toMemphis and Careless Love - Ann-Margret did want to marry Elvis; it was the constant presence of the "Memphis Mafia" and, especially, the way Elvis was dominated by the carny huckster Colonel Parker that turned her off.  If Elvis could stand on his own, she said, she would marry him.  But he couldn't.

 

I sometimes think Elvis would still be around if he had married her.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2013 03:33 AM (zF6Iw)

79 If I have to live under a regime of men, not laws, can't I at least be under Andy Lau?


Morning, windowlickers. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 08, 2013 03:33 AM (Gk3SS)

80 Detailed account of Hagel's opportunism in the WSJ:

http://tinyurl.com/ac8eotz

Apparently the only thing he's been consistent on is his stance on Israel.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 03:34 AM (GoIUi)

81 53Since when is working 32 hours a week "full time"? Did I miss a memo?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 07:15 AM (da5Wo)..

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

I work 32 hours a week and am considered full time. Meaning I get full time benefits. 12 hours a week is considered part time with benefits although not as good as full time.

Also good luck dangergirl with the xm bunch. Sounds about like my 1 hour and 10 minute dealing with dish network last night. I called to order another reciever and for some assist with programing a remote. After about 52 trips up and down the stairs (reciever in basement, tv upstairs) he managed to instruct me to the point that neither the new or the old remote work. Husband was livid as it was 5 minutes until kickoff. They informed that a tech could come on Jan 25th. I told them I was going to swith to direct. Well lo and behold I will have one here tomorrow. Also bribed me with free hd for life. After the fact I felt like maybe I pulled a Cosmo Kramer and took the first shitty deal they offered.... 

Posted by: Molly k. at January 08, 2013 03:35 AM (n/mm9)

82 In two years time, SC will be so full of FSA types, they'll vote Grahamnesty back in as a bi-partisan gesture.

Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at January 08, 2013 07:31 AM (Cnqmv)


SC already has a LOT of the FSA.  Graham is riding the incumbency racket.  When he was first elected to the House he WAS a conservative, but when he moved to the Senate and fell under the sway of McShitty he went bad,  This is why losing a RINO/DIABLO to a Dem is not that bad.


Hopefully when he gets primaried again this time he will get bounced out and will not be able to pull the same shit at the polls like he did last time.  His wing of the SC GOP is on the wane.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:35 AM (53z96)

83 Weird. L'il Barry picks a guy who says "It's just another religious orientation, just a different lifestyle," about jihadis to head the CIA. What next, Kevin Jennings for "Safe Schools? http://preview.tinyurl.com/a433blv

Posted by: Thorvald at January 08, 2013 03:36 AM (1V6Pv)

84 Bottom line: I think the $1T coin idea is legal, even if it's a misuse of a law intended for other purposes (i.e., minting commemorative coins)


No it is blatantly ILLEGAL

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:36 AM (53z96)

85 Roll Tide, peasants.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 08, 2013 03:38 AM (B+qrE)

86 There was an old movie, maybe back in the 70's called "who's minding the mint." It was a caper film about a motley bunch of down and outers sneaking into the US mint to print up some cash to pay the rent and such. It was good light comedy in it's day. We need a remake with reid, pelosi, krugman, et al. as the rogues sneaking in to print up trillion dollar coins.

Posted by: Endeavor to Persevere at January 08, 2013 03:38 AM (zZJJp)

87 Indiana legislature: Senate bill would let college students carry guns on campus


http://is.gd/juOh9G



I like how they frame it as a "women's safety" issue.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at January 08, 2013 03:38 AM (hO8IJ)

88 I sometimes think Elvis would still be around if he had married her.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2013 07:33 AM (zF6Iw)


Well, he's gone and she is still around.  And still hawt from the last picture I saw of her.

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

89

30 hours is full time in Obama land

The term ‘full-time employee’ means, with respect to any month, an employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of service per week,”

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at January 08, 2013 03:39 AM (R8hU8)

90 Yesterday's Kindle Daily Deal for sci-fi was a book by Stanislaw Lem, and I noticed his Solaris has been published to Kindle now for $4.00 I think. Terrific story of a man visiting a planet which is alive.

Posted by: waelse1 - SMOD 2016 at January 08, 2013 03:40 AM (uZ8m1)

91 Bamster picks a guy just like himself for SecDef, an Twelver-lovin', Israel-hatin', boy-lover, who owns a Portuguese Water Dog. http://preview.tinyurl.com/b8o5cup Bork him, then make Bammy eat the dog.

Posted by: Thorvald at January 08, 2013 03:40 AM (1V6Pv)

92 >> What they want to do with this coin gimmick is violate the current law which sets a debt ceiling that has to be set by Congress. It doesn't violate the law. It's just economic idiocy.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 03:41 AM (OZPoa)

93 Drop your cocks and grab your socks... I haven't heard that since OSUT (A-school for you). Not funny then, hilarious now. Thanks for the memory.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 08, 2013 03:41 AM (pwn5Y)

94 An personal anecdote from the land that used to be the Old Dominion and is becoming the New Domination.

I went to the local post office to mail in my quarterly tax theft payment, and the postmistress (a very nice quiet Oriental lady) said, "Yes, it is tax time again.  Can you believe what Obama is doing to us?  My taxes are increasing so very much!"  I said sarcastically "Well, we all have to pay our fair share, but my wife and I have been upset since November's elections. 

She said "I have been depressed since November.  Can you believe the number of Caucasians that voted for him?  I might as well go back to China!"

I wished her a Good New Year and left thinking how boned we all are, and the tip isn't even in yet!

Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at January 08, 2013 03:41 AM (Cnqmv)

95 It doesn't violate the law. It's just economic idiocy.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 07:41 AM (OZPoa)


I disagree.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:41 AM (53z96)

96 FWIW, I googled 'is obama a boy lover' right after I googled 'is hagel a boylover': http://preview.tinyurl.com/bgh7y3s

Posted by: Thorvald at January 08, 2013 03:42 AM (1V6Pv)

97 30 hours is full time in Obama land

Wait 'til the French get a load of that.  

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at January 08, 2013 03:42 AM (hO8IJ)

98 Morning, windowlickers. In Alextopia, the windows taste like.....sunshine.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 08, 2013 03:44 AM (pwn5Y)

99 Since when is working 32 hours a week "full time"? Did I miss a memo? I'll settle for four hours a week at the forty hour a week rate. Somehow, I don't think work will go for that.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2013 03:44 AM (Avt5X)

100 >> No it is blatantly ILLEGAL No it isn't, Vic. Read the Pethokoukis thing for an explanation as to why. It is expressly legal. It is also expressly stupid.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 03:45 AM (OZPoa)

101 my idea:


you don't work- you don't eat

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 03:45 AM (8sCoq)

102 My point was, waving around Monopoly money is just as farcical and has about as much worth as waving around this dumbass trillion dollar coin idea. Why bother with pretense? Why don't the cocksuckers just deem it done and get it over with?

Posted by: DangerGirl - feeling empty at January 08, 2013 03:45 AM (Tqh1Y)

103 This should go viral. By nightfall in American Samoa tonight, every Conservative in America should have read this. http://preview.tinyurl.com/b83qck3 RINO: "But, they do speak Austrian, you know." Conservative: "Back under your rock with you. It is time to save America."

Posted by: Thorvald at January 08, 2013 03:46 AM (1V6Pv)

104 84 It's galactically stupid, no question, and financially self-destructive in the extreme. But as far as I can tell, it's technically legal ... hence the OR congressman's bill to make it illegal (mentioned in the Pethokoukis article linked above).

Posted by: crisis du jour at January 08, 2013 03:47 AM (DFGPG)

105 Rammer Jammer, Yellowhammer, give 'em hell, Alabama!

Posted by: toby928© Alabama Alumnus and Native Texan, now with twice the insufferability at January 08, 2013 03:47 AM (QupBk)

106 Coins (and paper money) are printed by the US Mint to make fiat currency for US transactions.  They are not minted in order to magically make money to be deposited in federal accounts. This so-called trillion-dollar coin is nothing more than a metallic T-bill which the treasury will redeem just like all the other t-bills. That will be done the same way, it is “borrowed” money.  And that additional debt will exceed the debt ceiling.  Which is a violation of law.


Of course the Republicans in the House will let him get away with it and the MFM will praise it as a good thing.  If someone has the balls to sue AND the Supreme Court grants standing (unlikely) , Roberts will call it an executive tax and OK it.


The fact that I have to say this illustrates just how far we have come since 1964.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:48 AM (53z96)

107 wondering if ace, etc could promote a general strike prior to any gun control votes in congress. i dont trust any of those fuckers to listen to us so maybe galt time is now or never

Posted by: uterus cannon at January 08, 2013 03:49 AM (3j0rX)

108 I read thew Pethokoukis"thing".  He is full of shit.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:49 AM (53z96)

109 >> I disagree What law does it violate? It allows the government to keep spending without issuing additional debt, so there's no issue with the debt ceiling. And congress passed a law that authorizes the executive branch to do this. It wasn't their intent in passing the law, but that doesn't really matter much.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 03:50 AM (OZPoa)

110 I don't think AIPAC is very useful.  They refuse to rate politicians on their support for Israel.  They support tons of dems.  If they measured support for Israel they wouldn't support any dems.  They strive so hard to be non-partisan that they deny reality.  They had Sheila as a speaker at their conference in Houston.  They don't oppose Hagel?  Probably too partisan for them.  Wouldn't want to offend

Posted by: thunderb at January 08, 2013 03:51 AM (Dnbau)

111 Vic, the money supply isn't included in the public debt subject to the debt limit.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 03:52 AM (OZPoa)

112 It allows the government to keep spending without issuing additional debt, so there's no issue with the debt ceiling.


Did you miss the part about the Fed?  It IS new debt.  It violated the federal law set by congress that establishes the debt ceiling.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 03:52 AM (53z96)

113 LAYERS AND LAYERS of fact-checking... http://tinyurl.com/as3d93h

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 03:52 AM (I2LwF)

114

The bad thing about the trillion dollar coin idea is that it is creating money out of thin air.  That will never work.

 

As with any family or business budget, if you have heavy debt you have the option of selling some assets to pay them off.  This is what the U.S. needs to do.

 

Because we are the sole superpower and financial epicenter of the world, we have the power to create the agency to purchase the assets and to establish the value.  This could be the global reset that the world needs.

Posted by: jwest at January 08, 2013 03:52 AM (ZDsRL)

115 violates not ed

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

116 oops, I meant Sheila Jackson Lee.  Yep.  Shes a reallll friend of the Jews.

Posted by: thunderb at January 08, 2013 03:53 AM (Dnbau)

117

Hell, even Indiana Jones can't rescue the crystal trophy from the Alabama Kingdom. 

 

roll with it baby............roll tide

Posted by: Case at January 08, 2013 03:55 AM (VtU/3)

118 Obama gets reelected and then I have to watch ND play like a bunch of bear cubs playing with their peters. Cannot take reality anymore. Only going to surf for interesting and amusing things on the interenet. Need to lighten my mood.

For your viewing pleasure. The best boat trailer ever:

http://tinyurl.com/a3bf26e

And my first post since 11/6/2012. Another day that will live in infamy.

Posted by: LRBnSC at January 08, 2013 03:56 AM (Qp3K5)

119 and may God keep Israel safe

Posted by: LRBnSC at January 08, 2013 03:57 AM (Qp3K5)

120 On the trillion dollar thing, am I correct that they're seeking to exploit the face value / high metal value situation in the minted coinage?

"The accounting treatment of the platinum coin is identical to all other coins. When the Mint ships a coin from its vaults to those of the Fed, it books as profit (or “seigniorage”) an amount equal to the difference between the coin’s face value and its cost of production."

Because a private US citizen did that, must be five years ago - paying contractors with minted gold coins with a  face value of a couple of hundred dollars but the metal value was thousands and his workplace was swarmed by heavily armed IRS agents.

I recall that leftists then went crazy about how he was so obviously breaking the "spirit" of the law and guffawed that he may spend his entire life in prison.

"A self-made entrepreneur, Kahre, 48, paid his workers in gold and silver coin, and said they could go by the coins' face value -- rather than the much higher market value of their precious metal content -- for federal tax purposes. He did not withhold taxes from their wages, and he provided the same payroll system to 35 outside clients, which were other local businesses."

http://www.lvrj.com/news/46074037.html

Posted by: twostix at January 08, 2013 03:58 AM (8sfJr)

121 >> Did you miss the part about the Fed? It IS new debt. It violated the federal law set by congress that establishes the debt ceiling. No it isn't. It's "income" just like a tax revenue windfall would be. This'd make the boys at Enron blush, but that's how the accounting works.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 03:59 AM (OZPoa)

122

 

 

The Only Winning  Move Is Not To Play.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 08, 2013 04:00 AM (BAS5M)

123 I am not going to argue about it.  We will have to agree to disagree.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:01 AM (53z96)

124 1. That giant squid is repulsive, it has eyes like an alien. Utter freak show going on in the depths of the ocean. 2. David Vitter is right, Reid is an idiot. Unfortunately, Vitter is also an idiot. 3. Good line in platinum coin link, dude says it sounds like something out of a Simpson's episode. It's funny because it's true ! / Homer 4. No disrespect to Jones above, but people should really quit saying "first" at the top of the comments. It's dumb in absolute terms (because we can, you know, see that by the number next to your comment); it's frequently untrue (as was the case here, the comment is actually fifth); as far as I can tell the practice came from LGF and we need as little of that douchebag's residue floating around here as possible; and most importantly, it breaks the tone of what we're reading and any subsequent comments with a retarded declarative (who cares?). Just my two cents. 5. Congrats to Alabama for giving ND the beat down they deserve. Brent Musberger hardest hit (at one point he actually cried out, "what's going on here?' about a suspect call, only to be told by his in-booth officiating expert that he was wrong). That makes seven straight for the SEC, which in my book constitutes utter domination of the lesser conferences. the Big 12 tittybabies at my office still refuse to accept the obvious, so I'm off to taunt them further until they see the error of their ways. I wish you all a safe and prosperous day.

Posted by: Blacksheep at January 08, 2013 04:03 AM (bS6uW)

125 The bad thing about the trillion dollar coin idea is that it is creating money out of thin air. That will never work.

Worse it's almost like the entire last century didn't happen at all.  Printing money to pay government costs? What a great, novel and unique idea!  How very clever.

It appears we're living in a world where The Establishment is made up of people whose knowledge of history stretches back as far as 2008.

Posted by: twostix at January 08, 2013 04:04 AM (8sfJr)

126 Somebody please tell me how Mike Castle would have been better than the Rat Delaware sent to replace Plugs Biden.  I dare you, no, I double-dare you.

Posted by: steveegg at January 08, 2013 04:04 AM (o44nj)

127
In Alextopia, the windows taste like.....sunshine.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 08, 2013 07:44 AM (pwn5Y)



Got a little something on your nose there Bannion.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 04:06 AM (da5Wo)

128 128th

Posted by: s-hick at January 08, 2013 04:07 AM (UhXzR)

129

Whether the $1T coin thing is legal or illegal, I think we can all agree that it's seriously fucking  retarded.  When I first heard about it,  I honestly thought it was a joke, or something brought up by one of the more idiotic fucktards in Congress.

 

How naive I've become in my middle age.

 

Actually, now that I think about, calling it seriously fucking retarded is unfair to retarded people.  Most retarded people I've met would fundamentally grasp how fucking stupid this is, even if they might not be able to verbalize it.  Besides calling it seriously fucking retarded that is.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at January 08, 2013 04:08 AM (BrQrN)

130 >4. No disrespect to Jones above, but people should really quit saying "first" at the top of the comments. It's dumb


no 'disrespect', but who the fuck died and made you boss of the internet? Blow it out your ass, Skippy.

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:08 AM (8sCoq)

131 " in 1945, President Harry Truman printed a one trillion-dollar bill (with his photo on it) to help reconstruct post-war Europe. He handed the bill over to Montgomery Burns to transport to the Europeans. However, the money never arrived and the FBI suspects Burns still has the money with him. As satellite photography can only confirm that the trillion-dollar bill is not on the roof of Burns's home, Homer is sent in to investigate..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Trillions

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 04:08 AM (I2LwF)

132 Hi everybody

Posted by: the aristocratic leek at January 08, 2013 04:08 AM (uFY4s)

133 In Alextopia, the windows taste like.....sunshine. Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 08, 2013 07:44 AM (pwn5Y) ...and snozzberries? hehe.

Posted by: Mainah at January 08, 2013 04:08 AM (659DL)

134 Philippines on a gun-control tear, following general thuggishness. Led of course by the catholic bishops. In our bubble, we think of the church as returning to its traditional values, but never underestimate the foothold that social gospels gained starting before the 1950's. On the big world stage, scratch a catholic, find a commie. Then again, in France, "protestant" is code for commie; in UK, it's "republican." 

It's "Gabby's Law" now. Astronaut hubby and Bloomberg manage to prop up ex-congresswoman straight enough to be the new Brady, poster girl for "Mr and Mrs America, turn them in." I smell DWS' sticky fingers in this.     

Posted by: comatus at January 08, 2013 04:09 AM (qaVK+)

135 - "Democratic commentators are now laying the groundwork for the platinum coin trick." It won't actually happen, but the fact it's even being discussed speaks volumes about the extent to which the U.S. severely has declined. And if you ever truly want to have an Alice thru the looking glass moment, so to speak, and to observe what decades of liberal education and the liberal media have done to this country, scroll through the comments boards on financial Websites, such as Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Morningstar, the Motley Fool, etc. You'll see people saying things like all we need to do is to mint 16 trillion dollars in coins and pay off the entire national debt that way. People who think the housing market crises can be solved if the government simply paid off everyone's mortgages for them. People who think unemployment can be solved if the government issued a mandate that workers can't be fired. People who believe that the best way to create jobs is for the government to build new schools in every school district in America. Years ago I presumed a lot of those types of nonsensical comments were just bored conservatives trolling for the sake of trolling or very young students with too much time to kill. But now it's become crystal clear that most if not substantially all of those people are adults and that they're serious. And these are folks who pay attention to politics. They're not even as dumb nor as ignorant as parts of the masses. Yet they have no idea about how economics works. They have no clue about how public finance works. No conception of inflation and what causes it. No f'n idea about how jobs are created and then maintained. No clue about the long-term interrelationships between public spending, deficits, currency values, inflation rates, interest rates, growth rates, etc. It's staggering. It's frightening. The inescapable conclusion is that we're not going to make it. You simply can't win a long-term battle against terminally stupid and uninformed.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at January 08, 2013 04:10 AM (r2PLg)

136 Watch the gov's hours worked per week cutoff drop. So how long will it be before full time will be defined as 3 hours per week? To quote a famous Jamaican, "I got 22 jobs mon" On the upside I get to find out soon if I can finally get a freakin' firearm. Not that I don't have confidence in my Fondue Fork Gatling device, mind you, but it's tough to get to the range to sight it in. I'm estimating 3 MOA as the best case using a 300 gr fork with 150gr of Fontina behind it.

Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at January 08, 2013 04:10 AM (Z5BDI)

137 Woodrow Wilson is on the 100000 bill

Posted by: the aristocratic leek at January 08, 2013 04:11 AM (uFY4s)

138 Refusing to spend more is holding the full faith and credit of the US hostage. Blowing trillions borrowed from the Chinese is Responsible Spending. Got it!

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 04:11 AM (I2LwF)

139 #126  As an individual vote,  no, Castle would not have been better.  As someone with an R after his name,  he would have drawn us closer to control of the committees and the legislative agenda,  which Reid now controls (hence no budget).

Right now I would be glad to have Lugar and a couple of other RINO's in place of the dems if there were enough to keep Reid from running the Senate.

However,  what's past is past, and we soldier on.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 04:12 AM (GoIUi)

140 The House can force all of this to a head and reduce the debt ceiling.

By 1 trillion dollars.


Spending will have to be reduced by default.

You lower the debt ceiling by 500 million dollars every year after that forcing more spending reductions and belt tightening.

The US has more than enough money to operate the government and meet it's mandatory spending and debt servicing.

The President and the Donks will cry but so what let them.

At some point we have to fight - Let this be the hill our side finally dies upon.


SOLVENCY!



Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 04:12 AM (RrD4h)

141 Hell, even Indiana Jones can't rescue the crystal trophy from the Alabama Kingdom. To continue the Simpson theme, it's funny because it's true! In further continuance, let me once again flog A Lonely Place To Die. I stumbled across this on one of the Showtimes last night since I switched from the game in the first quarter and it's quite good, though the third act isn't as good as the first two. *koff*watchTriangle*koff*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:13 AM (VtjlW)

142 I have a hard time imagining an AOS where the traditions such as "first!" fade away. It's the little things such as that which remind us, after all the seriousness, we are still morons at heart.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:13 AM (piMMO)

143

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 06:56 AM (53z96)

 

 

We gave a doe her properly burial last night. Annointed with pepper sauce and wrapped in flour tortilla as according to our customs. 'Twas a solemn affair with many watering eyes and drippy noses.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 08, 2013 04:13 AM (zSzPa)

144 Miss Marple - News flash - all the RINOs from 2010 and 2012 could have been elected and Dingy Harry would still have been and be running things.

Posted by: steveegg at January 08, 2013 04:14 AM (o44nj)

145 Morning all. Gall bladder surgery yesterday seems to have gone well. Went home 3 hrs after they glued me up. News wise, Huell "this is amazing" Howser form California Gold has died of natual causes, oddly just a month after announcing his retirement. Now he can wander around heaven pointing out the clouds he sees with slackjawed wonderment. Also a reminder that while Comet SMOD (ISON) has already been mentioned, we have 2 comets this year. Panstaars should be visible naked-eye in 2 months' time, brightening to mag1-2 by March 16th. Will make for an interesting sight right after sunset for the latter half of March, appearing in the West before sinking right after the sun.

Posted by: CAC at January 08, 2013 04:15 AM (C3KwS)

146 133 In Alextopia, the windows taste like.....sunshine. Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 08, 2013 07:44 AM (pwn5Y) ...and snozzberries? hehe. ...... Ever lasting Gobstoppers?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:15 AM (piMMO)

147 Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at January 08, 2013 08:10 AM (r2PLg)


Since 2008 Tzar Obama XVI has been using Atlas Shrugged as an instruction manual.

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

148 Plus, it assumes the conservatives would have done what they always did, and what the Establishment (almost) never does, and roll over.

Posted by: steveegg at January 08, 2013 04:15 AM (o44nj)

149 I have to note that last night's game makes 4 out of last 4 national championships that have gone to Alabama state universities. We may be 27th in academic performance, (watch out Georgia, we're coming for you), not have all our teeth and engage in a bit of inappropriately intimate family relations but, we have the best football that state tax money can buy.

Posted by: toby928© Alabama Alumnus and Native Texan, now with twice the insufferability at January 08, 2013 04:16 AM (QupBk)

150 THere should be a movie called Obamas Trillions. And the premise is Obama gets a trillion dollar fortune, but first he has to spend his billions on things that give him no assets whatsoever. So he could run for Office and tell voters to vote for None Of the Above. He can buy the most expensive stamp and then use on a letter he will send. And of course he can have govt create a coin made out of platinum which he says will be worth a trillion dollars. But then he'll buy a cup of coffee with it. The coin would be as worthless as the coin in my proposed movie. Why not get the Franklin Mint to come up with commerative platinum coins that are models of the real platinum coin and everyday people can buy them for 19.95 from an infomercial. I'm thinking on the face of the coin they should put a big pile of shit. And on the back could be Obama on the toilet.

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 04:17 AM (I2LwF)

151 cac glad it went well

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 08, 2013 04:17 AM (GVxQo)

152 FYI, the tanker hit the Bay Bridge, not the Golden Gate. Although, if he thought he hit the Golden Gate, he really WAS off.

Posted by: North Dallas Thirty at January 08, 2013 04:18 AM (D90Db)

153 What if we used a subway token instead? Think of all the subway tokens there are. We could be rolling in it!

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 04:18 AM (I2LwF)

154 #144  Well,  in that case,  then we stand up and speak out on the Senate floor with as much sensationalism as possible,  so that someone pays attention.

And in that case,  no Castle wouldn't be better.  

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 04:18 AM (GoIUi)

155 'Twas a solemn affair with many watering eyes and drippy noses.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 08, 2013 08:13 AM (zSzPa)


Too many habaneros in the hot sauce?

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:18 AM (53z96)

156 It's the little things such as that which remind us, after all the seriousness, we are still morons at heart. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 08:13 AM (piMMO) Huh. I thought it was the tits. Bannion, in addition to sleeping inside, you may have a non-smallpox bearing blanket.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:18 AM (VtjlW)

157

Just raise the debt ceiling to a Trillionty!!

 

*Licks window*

Posted by: LIVs at January 08, 2013 04:18 AM (BrQrN)

158 Good news on the surgery front, CAC. Stay on top of the pain meds, however, as I pulled the if I'm not hurting I don't need pain meds route before realizing the meds were WHY I wasn't in pain. If you let the pain catch up to you it's a lot harder to get under control than to keep under control.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:18 AM (piMMO)

159 I'll know politicians are serious when they debate bills that actually cut spending.

But they won't, because they know the moochers will vote them out of office if they do.

And getting re-elected is Job One.

They'll all be retired, kicking back on the beach somewhere, when the bill comes due.

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:19 AM (8sCoq)

160 *Licks window*

Posted by: LIVs

 

Mmmm...tastes like....submission.

Posted by: LIVs at January 08, 2013 04:19 AM (BrQrN)

Posted by: LIVs at January 08, 2013 04:19 AM (BrQrN)

162 good save

Posted by: toby928© Alabama Alumnus and Native Texan, now with twice the insufferability at January 08, 2013 04:19 AM (QupBk)

163 >> 142 I have a hard time imagining an AOS where the traditions such as "first!" fade away. IIRC, the whole thing started as a jab at Longhaired Guy's Foolishness in the first place.

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 04:19 AM (OZPoa)

164 >Just raise the debt ceiling to a Trillionty!!

what comes after a trillionty?

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:20 AM (8sCoq)

165

Yes, yes....I'm already in here.

 

Huh...roomier than I expected.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at January 08, 2013 04:20 AM (BrQrN)

166 @149

If you want to know the difference between Notre Dame and Alabama universities,Alabama prepares their athletes for the NFL, Notre Dame prepares their athletes for Life.

Alabama graduates about 40% of their black athletes.

Notre Dame 99%



Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 04:20 AM (RrD4h)

167 Start barrel time! CAC, glad your surgery went well. *stares at thing I'm supposed to be drafting* I would like it noted for the record that I never agreed to this being a grown up thing. It sucks.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:20 AM (VtjlW)

168 #151 thanks. Mrs CAC is taking care of my cranky butt well. I even had a small dinner last night. Pain will hopefully subside over the next few days. Feels like I got kicked in the stomach, but that's better than a gb attack.

Posted by: CAC at January 08, 2013 04:20 AM (7TwHV)

169 Huh. I thought it was the tits. ..... Nah! Those are the BIG things which remind us.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:20 AM (piMMO)

170

what comes after a trillionty?

 

Quadrillionty!!!   And pain.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at January 08, 2013 04:21 AM (BrQrN)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (5DR1j)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (5DR1j)

173

>>>It's "Gabby's Law" now. Astronaut hubby and Bloomberg manage to prop up ex-congresswoman straight enough to be the new Brady, poster girl for "Mr and Mrs America, turn them in."

 

Fuck. Look, they're going to go for it. I'd prefer to avoid bloodshed like AtC foresees happening because not everyone is going to comply with this sh!t. We cannot wait until after a vote to make a stink about it and no, writing an email or faxing or making a phone ain't gonna do it. If we can't get people to organise for one day to stay home prior to any vote to send a damned message they'd finally hear, then just hang it all up and turn them in since we sure as sh!t won't get any "boots on the ground" for anything harder.

 

Seriously fcuk all these sideshows like Hagel. Hagel hasn't anything to do with the Constitution itself, neither does Israel.

Posted by: uterus cannon at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (3ZtZW)

174

>>>It's "Gabby's Law" now. Astronaut hubby and Bloomberg manage to prop up ex-congresswoman straight enough to be the new Brady, poster girl for "Mr and Mrs America, turn them in."

 

Fuck. Look, they're going to go for it. I'd prefer to avoid bloodshed like AtC foresees happening because not everyone is going to comply with this sh!t. We cannot wait until after a vote to make a stink about it and no, writing an email or faxing or making a phone ain't gonna do it. If we can't get people to organise for one day to stay home prior to any vote to send a damned message they'd finally hear, then just hang it all up and turn them in since we sure as sh!t won't get any "boots on the ground" for anything harder.

 

Seriously fcuk all these sideshows like Hagel. Hagel hasn't anything to do with the Constitution itself, neither does Israel.

Posted by: uterus cannon at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (3ZtZW)

175 Alabama graduates about 40% of their black athletes.

Notre Dame 99%



Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 08:20 AM (RrD4h)


BS I posted the real stats yesterday, AL football players had a 69% grad rate.


And you know what, when you lose and post shit like "grad rates", your still a loser.

'

hahahahahahahaha Blowout, just like I said. ND had a pussy schedule and that is a problem with the BCS.


One of the MANY problems

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (53z96)

176 Alabama graduates about 40% of their black athletes.

Notre Dame 99%



Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 08:20 AM (RrD4h)


BS I posted the real stats yesterday, AL football players had a 69% grad rate.


And you know what, when you lose and post shit like "grad rates", your still a loser.

'

hahahahahahahaha Blowout, just like I said. ND had a pussy schedule and that is a problem with the BCS.


One of the MANY problems

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (53z96)

177 Who wants to see me do a strip tease

Posted by: helen thomas at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (uFY4s)

178 Who wants to see me do a strip tease

Posted by: helen thomas at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (uFY4s)

179 NY Jets seem to be dumping everyone but the coach

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (8sCoq)

180 NY Jets seem to be dumping everyone but the coach

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (8sCoq)

181 Winners go home and fuck the prom queen, or in this case, Miss Alabama.

Posted by: toby928© Alabama Alumnus and Native Texan, now with twice the insufferability at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (QupBk)

182 Winners go home and fuck the prom queen, or in this case, Miss Alabama.

Posted by: toby928© Alabama Alumnus and Native Texan, now with twice the insufferability at January 08, 2013 04:23 AM (QupBk)

183 Everything is going according to plan; the more people who are dropped from their employer's health coverage equals more people who ask the obvious question: "why can't we do what they do in Britain". It is the 21st century after all.

Posted by: Democrat Operative at January 08, 2013 04:24 AM (4nxhP)

184 Everything is going according to plan; the more people who are dropped from their employer's health coverage equals more people who ask the obvious question: "why can't we do what they do in Britain". It is the 21st century after all.

Posted by: Democrat Operative at January 08, 2013 04:24 AM (4nxhP)

185

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at January 08, 2013 07:38 AM (hO8IJ)

 

 

 

 

What part of "shall not be infringed" do they not understand?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 08, 2013 04:24 AM (zSzPa)

186

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at January 08, 2013 07:38 AM (hO8IJ)

 

 

 

 

What part of "shall not be infringed" do they not understand?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 08, 2013 04:24 AM (zSzPa)

187 >Who wants to see me do a strip tease

Posted by: helen thomas at January 08, 2013 08:23 AM (uFY4s)


The Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:24 AM (8sCoq)

188 >Who wants to see me do a strip tease

Posted by: helen thomas at January 08, 2013 08:23 AM (uFY4s)


The Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:24 AM (8sCoq)

189 Miss Alabama.

Posted by: toby928© Alabama Alumnus and Native Texan, now with twice the insufferability at January 08, 2013 08:23 AM (QupBk)


You talking about the QB right. And she went to Auburn.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:25 AM (53z96)

190 And she went to Auburn. I forgive her.

Posted by: toby928© Alabama Alumnus and Native Texan, now with twice the insufferability at January 08, 2013 04:26 AM (QupBk)

191 Forget the platinum coin. Just build a wooden box,seal it, and have Obama issue an Executive Order claiming that it is filled with magic air worth $1 trillion dollars but cautioning that if the box is opened, the air will immediatly lose its magical powers.

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 04:26 AM (I2LwF)

192 I'll forgive her.......if she does me


I keed I keed wifey if you read this.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:26 AM (53z96)

193 @173

Those are the graduation rates for all players.

Alabama is an NFL minor league team that is their purpose.

Notre Dame is a school where academics come first, second and last.


Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 04:27 AM (RrD4h)

194 Obama issue an Executive Order claiming that it is filled with magic air worth $1 trillion dollars but cautioning that if the box is opened, the air will immediatly lose its magical powers.

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 08:26 AM (I2LwF)


Shrodibama's Box?

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:27 AM (53z96)

195

Forget the platinum coin. Just build a wooden box,seal it, and have Obama issue an Executive Order claiming that it is filled with magic air worth $1 trillion dollars but cautioning that if the box is opened, the air will immediatly lose its magical powers.

 

Schrodinger's trillionty?

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at January 08, 2013 04:28 AM (BrQrN)

196 Curse you Vic!

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at January 08, 2013 04:28 AM (BrQrN)

197 And you know what, when you lose and post shit like "grad rates", your still a loser.'hahahahahahahaha Blowout, just like I said. ND had a pussy schedule and that is a problem with the BCS. .... I don't even GAS about college ball and I, too, detect a bit of sour grape.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:28 AM (piMMO)

198 The Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment It's okay if they make it a tax.

Posted by: John Roberts at January 08, 2013 04:28 AM (UjSt7)

199

Got a little something on your nose there Bannion.

 

In Alextopia, poop tastes like skittles.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2013 04:28 AM (zF6Iw)

200 You're arguing matters that are not in dispute, General. Your mistake is thinking that we care.

Posted by: toby928© Alabama Alumnus and Native Texan, now with twice the insufferability at January 08, 2013 04:28 AM (QupBk)

201 Everything is going according to plan; the more people who are dropped from their employer's health coverage equals more people who ask the obvious question: "why can't we do what they do in Britain". It is the 21st century after all. Posted by: Democrat Operative at January 08, 2013 08:24 AM (4nxhP) Bingo. OCare is designed to be unworkable precisely to lead to people asking for single payer. I saw an H R Block commercial last night with some woman droning on and on about how the new health care law impacts taxes and she read all 900+ pages and my response was well hell at least someone did. *sips tea* *re-reads what I wrote on this stupid thing I'm supposed to be drafting yesterday* So. It appears that I decided grammar was for wusses late yesterday afternoon. That's nice.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:28 AM (VtjlW)

202 >> Alabama graduates about 40% of their black athletes. Notre Dame 99% Because the other 60% of 'Bama's go pro after their junior years. Meanwhile, in a Ford dealership outside Gary, an ND student-athlete currently regales a potential customer with tales of fading gridiron glory ...

Posted by: Andy at January 08, 2013 04:29 AM (OZPoa)

203 Good Morning all,

Actually the "what comes after a trillion?" question is a good one for anybody running for office. If they say anything other than "a trillion and one" don't vote for them.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at January 08, 2013 04:29 AM (KAWvv)

204 I prefer he do the other box, the cat box.  After 100 cats have used it he can crawl in and live there for the next 4 years and save us some money in vacation trips.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:29 AM (53z96)

205 179 >Who wants to see me do a strip tease Posted by: helen thomas at January 08, 2013 08:23 AM (uFY4s) The Constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment ..... Water-boarding or this? Which is more effective?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:30 AM (piMMO)

206 >. Just build a wooden box,seal it, and have Obama issue an Executive Order claiming that it is filled with magic air


we'll call it 'the shinebox'

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:31 AM (8sCoq)

207 Since when is working 32 hours a week "full time"? Did I miss a memo?

Since Obamacare, at least.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 08, 2013 04:31 AM (5DR1j)

208 138 Refusing to spend more is holding the full faith and credit of the US hostage.

Blowing trillions borrowed from the Chinese is Responsible Spending.



Got it!

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 08:11 AM (I2LwF)



Forward!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 04:31 AM (da5Wo)

209 All I can do now is look after me, and mine.... The Cute or Crazy Cat Lady. My family of Black Angels. My yardman from more affluent days. My "lesbian neighbor at a distance." 0-merica? Yer on yer own....

Posted by: backhoe at January 08, 2013 04:31 AM (ULH4o)

210 Andypleeze. GM dealership.

Posted by: comatus at January 08, 2013 04:31 AM (qaVK+)

211

Water-boarding or this? Which is more effective?

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the musical stylings of Yoko Ono.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 08, 2013 04:32 AM (BAS5M)

212 !DRAWROF

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:32 AM (8sCoq)

213

I have a hard time imagining an AOS where the traditions such as "first!" fade away.

 

Methinks some people take the "smart" in "smart military blog" a little too seriously.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2013 04:32 AM (zF6Iw)

214 Must be a hot day today > 200 comments in 1.5 hours.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:33 AM (53z96)

215 Notre Dame is a school where academics come first, second and last. So when does football become a club sport there?

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 04:33 AM (I2LwF)

216 Don't I look pretty

Posted by: helen thomas at January 08, 2013 04:33 AM (uFY4s)

217 198 Since when is working 32 hours a week "full time"? Did I miss a memo? ...... It's been considered FT as long as I can recall which always befuddled me as I've rarely worked less than a 55 hour week.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:33 AM (piMMO)

218 Constitution?  What is this Constitution you speak of?

Posted by: Al at January 08, 2013 04:34 AM (V70Uh)

219 @193

And every Alabama athlete who didn't make the cut in the NFL and didn't receive and education becomes another member of the FSA!



Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 04:35 AM (RrD4h)

220 Time to get back to my book.  I left off with the Iron Druid talking to Jesus about killing Thor.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 04:35 AM (53z96)

221 Methinks some people take the "smart" in "smart military blog" a little too seriously.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2013 08:32 AM (zF6Iw)


That is because Pixy took away the /sarc formatting options that were de rigeur back in the day!

Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at January 08, 2013 04:36 AM (Cnqmv)

222 It's been considered FT as long as I can recall which always befuddled me as I've rarely worked less than a 55 hour week. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 08:33 AM (piMMO) I think it depends on the state. Someone noted above that 32 hours may be full time under OCare but not for unemployment purposes. That's the worst of all worlds right there. Those poor sommelliers. However shall they cope!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:37 AM (VtjlW)

223 202 Water-boarding or this? Which is more effective? Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the musical stylings of Yoko Ono. ...... THIS is why we morons should be consulted on issues such as these. A slide show of Helen, synced with an Ono song, would cause the hardest case to crack.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:37 AM (piMMO)

224 @206

They get around to athletics when they finish their athletics.

There's a reason that Notre Dame hasn't won a National Championship since '88.

Alabama is an NFl mill.

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 04:37 AM (RrD4h)

225

One hour to kill until I have to go do something.

 

Sleep?  Or stay here and bother you people?

Posted by: Truman North (D) at January 08, 2013 04:38 AM (I2LwF)

226 202 her music is beautiful

Posted by: helen thomas at January 08, 2013 04:38 AM (uFY4s)

227 >Alabama is an NFl mill.

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 08:37 AM (RrD4h)


Cool. I like football.

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:39 AM (8sCoq)

228 Time to get back to my book. I left off with the Iron Druid talking to Jesus about killing Thor. Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 08:35 AM (53z96) Vic, I'm glad you're enjoying them!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:39 AM (VtjlW)

229 215 @206

They get around to athletics when they finish their athletics.

There's a reason that Notre Dame hasn't won a National Championship since '88.

Alabama is an NFl mill.

Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 08:37 AM (RrD4h)

 

 

I hear Rice makes the same excuses

Posted by: Truman North (D) at January 08, 2013 04:39 AM (I2LwF)

230

Those poor sommelliers. However shall they cope!

 

 

'Friskies' is hiring food tasters.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 08, 2013 04:39 AM (zSzPa)

231 What part of "shall not be infringed" do they not understand?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 08, 2013 08:24 AM (zSzPa)

 

As much as we'll let them get away with.  Simple enough?

 

And CAC, sorry about the gallbladder; hope you get better soon.  Stones, cholecystitis, dyskinesia?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2013 04:39 AM (zF6Iw)

232 General Woundwort, you wouldn't happen to be a ND alum, would you?

Posted by: Truman North (D) at January 08, 2013 04:39 AM (I2LwF)

233 >One hour to kill until I have to go do something.

Sleep? Or stay here and bother you people?



I'm UE. Just deciding which boxer shorts I'm going to sit around in all day.

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:40 AM (8sCoq)

234 What happens if the trillion dollar platinum coin goes missing? Oh that's right, they just mint another one. Try placing a bet with that thing in Vegas or Aomen (Macao) and you will be informed of it's real worth quickly.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at January 08, 2013 04:40 AM (hu8ft)

235 I support forcing the Jews to look at me all day

Posted by: helen thomas at January 08, 2013 04:41 AM (uFY4s)

236 Those poor sommelliers. However shall they cope! .... After all, there are only just-so-many journalist jobs avb at NPR.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:41 AM (piMMO)

237

If you are, it's okay.  I like you anyway. 

 

Which is a first for ND alums.

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:41 AM (I2LwF)

238 So, 32 hours a week is working full time.


*looks at his schedule*


Hey Dad! I mean, Hey Boss! That means I get to leave Thursday at noon and take Friday off every week, right?

.........

WTF did you hit me for?!?

OW Dammit!!! Why did you do it again???

Shit!! Stop that!!!

Alright! I get it!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 04:41 AM (da5Wo)

239 Philippines on a gun-control tear, following general thuggishness. Led of course by the catholic bishops. In our bubble, we think of the church as returning to its traditional values, but never underestimate the foothold that social gospels gained starting before the 1950's. On the big world stage, scratch a catholic, find a commie. So that's why they wont recognize St. Gabriel Possenti as the patron saint of handgunners.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2013 04:41 AM (GFM2b)

240 I'm UE. Just deciding which boxer shorts I'm going to sit around in all day.

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 08:40 AM (8sCoq)

 

 

Word up, homey

 

I spent one whole year without any serious career prospects.  All I did was run one congressional campaign organization.  I'm going to go back to school and hope there's a country left on the other end.

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:42 AM (I2LwF)

241 229 So, 32 hours a week is working full time.


*looks at his schedule*


Hey Dad! I mean, Hey Boss! That means I get to leave Thursday at noon and take Friday off every week, right?

.........

WTF did you hit me for?!?

OW Dammit!!! Why did you do it again???

Shit!! Stop that!!!

Alright! I get it!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 08:41 AM (da5Wo)

 

 

 

 

 

I see you watch Pawn Stars

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:43 AM (I2LwF)

242

NAGA CITY—A 4-meter-long, US-made unmanned aerial vehicle—or “drone”—has been recovered by fishermen in the waters off San Jacinto town on Ticao Island in Masbate, the police chief in the island-province said on Monday

Dateline - Philippines

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 08, 2013 04:43 AM (zSzPa)

243 Platinum has nothing on me

Posted by: Rhodium at January 08, 2013 04:43 AM (uFY4s)

244

A slide show of Helen, synced with an Ono song, would cause the hardest case to crack.

 

This.  A multi-media masterpiece.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 08, 2013 04:43 AM (BAS5M)

245

Based on the markings, the drone had the following technical descriptions: Aerial Target Drone BQM-74E Chukar III Part No.: 89500-517 Model: BQM 74E Serial Number: BQ 55048 Contract No.: N00019-05C0040 Cage No.: 77646 Acceptance Date: April 14, 2008

The drone has a wingspan of 1.76 meters and a height of .71 meters, Olitoquit said.

The word “Navy” is written on one side of the drone.

Drones are commonly used for military or nonmilitary surveillance and/or reconnaissance.

Not armed

In Manila, the US Embassy said the drone that landed off Masbate was neither armed nor used for intelligence gathering. The embassy has yet to say categorically if US forces deployed it.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 08, 2013 04:44 AM (zSzPa)

246
206 Notre Dame is a school where academics come first, second and last.

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

So when does football become a club sport there?

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 08:33 AM (I2LwF)



Bout 9:15 last night

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 04:44 AM (da5Wo)

247 I'm UE. Just deciding which boxer shorts I'm going to sit around in all day. Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 08:40 AM (8sCoq) Ohhhh look who's being all fancy!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:45 AM (VtjlW)

248 235 A slide show of Helen, synced with an Ono song, would cause the hardest case to crack. This. A multi-media masterpiece. .... Throw in a dramatic reading of the Dick and Jane books, as told by Bill Shatner, and I think we have a winner.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:46 AM (piMMO)

249 I shouldn't be so hard on Domers.  But I'm a small, petty man who roots for Boston College.  Their pain gives me boners.

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:46 AM (I2LwF)

250 Re the trillion dollar coin, why don't they just authorize us all to print own money.  They could require that laser printers, custom inks, and special paper were required (thus boosting printer, paper, and ink sales and helping the economy).  Then they could charge a fee for acccessing the PDF of the plate images (note that CJ Roberts could declare this a tax if necessary).

All the money printed on the "personal" basis would be worth as much as Bernanke dollars will be in four years time, so I think it is high time to cut out the middle-man and give the economy a real boost.

Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at January 08, 2013 04:47 AM (Cnqmv)

251 I am shiny

Posted by: Rhodium at January 08, 2013 04:47 AM (uFY4s)

252 DangerGirl, XM needs a subscriber base to get content and keep their stock price up. You are worth more to them then your monthly dues, esp if you are in a special class. A class like those who get XM pre-installed on a new car, the turnover rate of those customers to paying customers is important to them. I suspect you could name your price.

Posted by: Jean at January 08, 2013 04:47 AM (DRG6e)

253 Ooh, SW:TOR servers still down. You get me for the next 45 minutes or so. Or until Twitchy or Mediaite posts something troll able.

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 04:47 AM (I2LwF)

254 Looks like I'll be returning to my roots in the motor transport industry at some point

The IT gig was good while it lasted, but my skills were all OJT. I'm at the back of a long line of UEd people who have degrees and certs.

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:48 AM (8sCoq)

255 @223

No. Was born and raised in the Bronx and went to a CUNY college.

But I did spend about 4 months this year building a production control center at Notre Dame.

You get sucked into the history and life of the camps spending that much time there.


Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 04:48 AM (RrD4h)

256 A 4-meter-long, US-made unmanned aerial vehicle—or “drone”—has been
recovered by fishermen

Same exact Drone we used to fire off the side of ships flight decks back in the early 80's.
Unarmed, radio controlled, used for aerial gunnery practice.
At the end of a run, the engine shut down, parachute popped out the top, and once it hit water, the parachute was released to sink, and a small flotation balloon inflated at the tail area.
The photos in the article show each of these features having been usd during it's final flight.
After a gunnery practice, they just couldn't find it floating in the ocean, and it drifted off.
I know we lost 2-3 off South America during the two Unitas cruises I did as part of the crash crew to shoot those things off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 08, 2013 04:48 AM (jlngc)

257
238 I'm UE. Just deciding which boxer shorts I'm going to sit around in all day.
Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 08:40 AM (8sCoq)

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

Ohhhh look who's being all fancy!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 08:45 AM (VtjlW)



This is where I make the "you don't wear underwear?" joke followed by "webcam", right?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 04:48 AM (da5Wo)

258 But, but, Manti Te'o.

Posted by: wierd flunky at January 08, 2013 04:49 AM (X+nFp)

259 Cameroon acquits two men sentenced for "looking gay"

 

 

Stupid Cameroon

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:49 AM (I2LwF)

260 st. dunstan is the patron st. of gunsmiths and st. barbara is the patron st. of artillery men

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 08, 2013 04:49 AM (GVxQo)

261 When the gun control mania ends in the Philippines, only the muz will have guns!

Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at January 08, 2013 04:50 AM (Cnqmv)

262 245 Looks like I'll be returning to my roots in the motor transport industry at some point ..... Check the rails; CSX, NSC, UP, BNSF, and Rail America. Most are hiring regularly. Great pay and benies.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:50 AM (piMMO)

263 A trillion dollar platinum coin, even though it's platinum that has to be huge and heavy.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at January 08, 2013 04:51 AM (hu8ft)

264 My grandfather learned football coaching one summer under Knute Rockne.

This was when teachers actually learned a subject in college,  and had to pick up things like coaching in the summers.

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 04:51 AM (GoIUi)

265 I used to like ND.  That is until they gave the godless heathen in chief an honorary doctorate.


Posted by: Al at January 08, 2013 04:51 AM (V70Uh)

266 246 @223

No. Was born and raised in the Bronx and went to a CUNY college.

But I did spend about 4 months this year building a production control center at Notre Dame.

You get sucked into the history and life of the camps spending that much time there.


Posted by: General Woundwort at January 08, 2013 08:48 AM (RrD4h)

 

I went to Rhode Island College which is like a CUNY without the high culture or interesting campus scenery.

Do you reckon this is why every goddamned Domer i've ever met has been an insufferable prick?  It's like brainwashing?

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:52 AM (I2LwF)

267 What happens if the trillion dollar coin is dropped and it falls into a sewer? Does it become Precious?

Posted by: eman at January 08, 2013 04:52 AM (EWsrI)

268 I am thinking. Anybody know the net worth of Obama's cabinet?

So let's see, we have (I'll add the new ones);
Kerry, Hagel, Brennan, Napolitano, Geithner, Holder, Sebulius, Donovan, Duncan, Chu, Shinseki, Lew, Jackson, Rice, Krueger, Mills

How many evil millionaires are in that group? Besides Mr. Obama himself that is...

Posted by: marcus at January 08, 2013 04:53 AM (GGCsk)

269 243 DangerGirl, XM needs a subscriber base to get content and keep their stock price up. You are worth more to them then your monthly dues, esp if you are in a special class. A class like those who get XM pre-installed on a new car, the turnover rate of those customers to paying customers is important to them. I suspect you could name your price. ..... I am pissed about them dropping Fox Talk.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:53 AM (piMMO)

270 Good news, boys: I'm now offering frequent rider miles.

Posted by: SandraFluke at January 08, 2013 04:53 AM (7ObY1)

271 So, with this new push for gun control grabbing, I have a dilemma.  I got my handgun last year, and I was going to save my pennies up early this year (next couple of months, I think) and get a CCW (well, we call it CHL here in TX). 

I'm not sure if I should do that, or save up for a few more months and pick up an "ugly rifle," instead.  Just on principle.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 08, 2013 04:53 AM (5DR1j)

272 The class ring must be coated with some brainwashing drug that makes them have to talk smugly about Notre Dame at least three times during every conversation.

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:53 AM (I2LwF)

273 Rachel Eddings ‏@rachel_eddings7

In honor of Alabama #RollTide pic.twitter.com/hxVEojU8

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:53 AM (8sCoq)

274 Meanwhile at the CIA....
But by all means focus on the mention of the "Jewish Lobby"


Posted by: RioBravo at January 08, 2013 04:54 AM (eEfYn)

275 This is where I make the "you don't wear underwear?" joke followed by "webcam", right? Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 08:48 AM (da5Wo) Hey, I just tee them up around here. Also, bravo, bravo on the club sport comment. That's even snottier than my Romo comments. Gah. Just read some snotty post about how not wanting children obviously means that I am utterly selfish (true) and cannot possibly find meaning in my life (go fuck yourself). Sweetie, there's nothing more selfish than people who have kids as fashion statements and then treat them worse than their dogs.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:54 AM (VtjlW)

276 #256  They haven't been the same since they went lefty in the 60's under Father Hesburgh.   Vagina Monologues was also allowed there.

The Obama doctorate pretty much killed them for me. 

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 04:54 AM (GoIUi)

277 Good news, boys: I'm now offering frequent rider miles. Posted by: SandraFluke at January 08, 2013 08:53 AM (7ObY1) Yeah but ya don't clean up so well between flights?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 08, 2013 04:54 AM (9Bj8R)

278 254 A trillion dollar platinum coin, even though it's platinum that has to be huge and heavy. ...... Isn't Rhodium more rare than Platinum?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:54 AM (piMMO)

279 258 What happens if the trillion dollar coin is dropped and it falls into a sewer?

Does it become Precious?

Posted by: eman at January 08, 2013 08:52 AM (EWsrI)

 

LOL Obama the brown Gollum

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:54 AM (I2LwF)

280
256 I used to like ND. That is until they gave the godless heathen in chief an honorary doctorate.


Posted by: Al at January 08, 2013 08:51 AM (V70Uh)


Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh........


http://youtu.be/KgbBP9Em00A


We all have our crosses.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 04:54 AM (da5Wo)

281 ND looked like the NY Jets last night

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 08, 2013 04:55 AM (9Bj8R)

282 ND looked like the NY Jets last night Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 08, 2013 08:55 AM (9Bj8R) Why would you insult ND like that?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 04:56 AM (VtjlW)

283

>>FYI, the tanker hit the Bay Bridge, not the Golden Gate.

 

Gabe, could you please fix that sidebar item?

 

I won't call you an eeevil Kalifornia RINO if you do.

 

Well, not today at least.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 08, 2013 04:56 AM (SUKHu)

284 Let's mint the coin out of pure Fermium.  It's half life is about three minutes, so we won't have to be embarassed for our nation as long.

Posted by: Truman North, professional amateur at January 08, 2013 04:56 AM (I2LwF)

285

"252When the gun control mania ends in the Philippines, only the muz will have guns"

 

 

Hey, what about us?

Posted by: NPA "No Permanent Address" at January 08, 2013 04:56 AM (zSzPa)

286 Fuck you pixy

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 04:56 AM (da5Wo)

287 Well, at least for the next hour or two.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 08, 2013 04:57 AM (SUKHu)

288 Posted by: Jean at January 08, 2013 08:47 AM (DRG6e) My friend got Sirius down to 4 bucks a month, and still didn't re-up. Got my dad one for Christmas, filling out a return shipping label for it.

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2013 04:58 AM (fWAjv)

289 Shouldn't the Trillion Dollar Coin be made of unobtanium?

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:58 AM (8sCoq)

290 oh and I dumped FB

Dumping Comcast after the Super Bowl

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 04:59 AM (8sCoq)

291 272 ND looked like the NY Jets last night ..... I can't believe there wasn't a post here about Ryan's assholery in getting that tattoo of his wife Tebowing whilst wearing a Sanchez jersey. Geez I hope that was a temp tattoo.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 04:59 AM (piMMO)

292 Gah. Just read some snotty post about how not wanting children obviously means that I am utterly selfish (true) and cannot possibly find meaning in my life (go fuck yourself). ------ And THAT is why you rule Alextopia.

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2013 04:59 AM (fWAjv)

293 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 08:54 AM (VtjlW)

We have some casual friends who love to eat and drink in fine restaurants, and take nice vacations. They chose not to have kids, and obviously the extra disposable income helps them do the things they love. But they are always apologetic about not having kids, which I find tremendously odd. Who gives a fuck? It's not my business, and I am not owed an explanation.

If you want to spend your money on great food and vacations instead of rug rats....have at it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 08, 2013 05:00 AM (GsoHv)

294 Why would you insult ND like that? Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 08:56 AM (VtjlW) Because I got hyped up to watch a good football game last night and....well yeah your right although ND sucked, it's just not right to compare them to the Jets.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 08, 2013 05:00 AM (9Bj8R)

295 You can't use the trillion dollar coin (tdc) for a coin flip because it says "You Are Fucked" on both sides.

Posted by: eman at January 08, 2013 05:01 AM (EWsrI)

296 I can't believe there wasn't a post here about Ryan's assholery in getting that tattoo of his wife Tebowing whilst wearing a Sanchez jersey. Geez I hope that was a temp tattoo. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 08:59 AM (piMMO) yeah if not, that is some sick shit ha?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 08, 2013 05:01 AM (9Bj8R)

297 281 oh and I dumped FB Dumping Comcast after the Super Bowl Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 08:59 AM (8sCoq) ------------ NSFW-language http://tinyurl.com/bgf2j6e

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2013 05:01 AM (fWAjv)

298 Damn Now I want wendy' for lunch.

Posted by: gigg423 at January 08, 2013 05:01 AM (41VCE)

299 Fox is reporting that we will hit the debt ceiling in Feb on TV right now.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 05:01 AM (53z96)

300 I still don't know how someone's reproductive system can simultaneously be 0% my business AND 100% my responsibility.

Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 05:01 AM (I2LwF)

301 275 Let's mint the coin out of pure Fermium. It's half life is about three minutes, so we won't have to be embarassed for our nationas long. ..... Reminds me of the SP 'Margaritaville' episode. Aaaaaaand.... It's gone!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 05:01 AM (piMMO)

302 Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 08:56 AM (da5Wo)

Pixy rocked when Ace was on vacation. I thought I had broken the blog when I posted something, and Pixy was right on the problem. Better service than most.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 08, 2013 05:02 AM (GsoHv)

303 OBAMA: HAGEL 'LEADER OUR TROOPS DESERVE ??? Why did we do something wrong?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 08, 2013 05:02 AM (9Bj8R)

304 Hey numb nuts, are you really going to trust Gun Control Laws to the Same Clowns who brought you fast and furious? Really, my eye tells me predicated on past bad behavior by Cheap in Charge that while your worried about gun confiscation in the idiots media, he is planning something else like open borders reform or massive spending etc...

Posted by: Clemenza at January 08, 2013 05:02 AM (x59Gv)

305 286 You can't use the trillion dollar coin (tdc) for a coin flip because it says "You Are Fucked" on both sides. Posted by: eman at January 08, 2013 09:01 AM (EWsrI) Besides, Joey B spent it on a gumball.

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2013 05:02 AM (fWAjv)

306 Mae the coin out of moon rock and then use the trillion to mine the moon.

Posted by: lincolntf at January 08, 2013 05:02 AM (ZshNr)

307 yeah if not, that is some sick shit ha? ...... My first thought was Who the hell gets a tattoo of a losing player's jersey?!. Of course, I realize that is the least of what is wrong with it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 05:04 AM (piMMO)

308 Fox is reporting that we will hit the debt ceiling in Feb on TV right now. Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 09:01 AM (53z96) Actually I thought we already hit it, but they are using some accounting tricks to extend it till Feb?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 08, 2013 05:04 AM (9Bj8R)

309 And will the Monday morning quarterbacks bashing the skins shut the fuck up already.

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2013 05:04 AM (fWAjv)

310 (On the radio, not here)

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2013 05:04 AM (fWAjv)

311 Posted by: Truman North at January 08, 2013 09:01 AM (I2LwF)

I have had this conversation with my idiot relatives and their idiot friends.

You want complete control of your reproductive choices? Fantastic. Don't ask for child support when you decide to have a child.

But if I have to pay child support, then I get to say whether you abort.

Otherwise? Fuck you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 08, 2013 05:04 AM (GsoHv)

312 I support the greedy, murderous, hooked-nosed Jews now. Had a good talk with Mel Gibson about it. It's not their fault they are an international conspiracy-running pack of Heeb chiselers. So you Shysters can go ahead and confirm me. In my official public capacity as Secretary, I promise to support the terroristic bagel-munching tribes of Occupied Palestine.

Posted by: Chuck Hagel at January 08, 2013 05:05 AM (I2LwF)

313 Forget the platinum coin. Just build a wooden box, seal it, and have Obama issue an Executive Order claiming that it is filled with magic air worth $1 trillion dollars but cautioning that if the box is opened, the air will immediately lose its magical powers.
Physicists can call it the "Obama's Pussy-Box Paradox".

Posted by: andycanuck at January 08, 2013 05:05 AM (ORGYc)

314 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 08:54 AM (VtjlW)

Okay, what is it about some people that they find "meaning" for their lives and automatically assume that everyone else will find the same fulfillment from doing the same thing, and that if you don't at least try your some evil mcevilperson?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 08, 2013 05:05 AM (5DR1j)

315 Morning 'rons,

Here's a youtube with some tips on gripping a gun properly.  I need to work on my taunting.

http://tinyurl.com/am98l4p




Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at January 08, 2013 05:05 AM (O7Q1u)

316 Just read some snotty post about how not wanting children obviously means that I am utterly selfish (true) and cannot possibly find meaning in my life (go fuck yourself).

Well, at least they didn't tell you you're completely worthless and/or a parasite on society. That's my favorite.

Meh.  If God wanted me to be a mother, He would have made someone who wanted to be my husband.  (Or maybe He did, and they got choiced.  Either way...look at my tax bill with no child deductions.  *spit*)

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 08, 2013 05:06 AM (ZKzrr)

317 Pixy rocked when Ace was on vacation. I thought I had broken the blog when I posted something, and Pixy was right on the problem. Better service than most.



Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 08, 2013 09:02 AM (GsoHv)



And yet, I format my posts the exact same way every single time but.....

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 05:06 AM (da5Wo)

318 Truman, that core fallacy of socialism applies to a lot more then the uterus

Posted by: Jean at January 08, 2013 05:06 AM (2x+V2)

319 But they are always apologetic about not having kids, which I find tremendously odd. Who gives a fuck? It's not my business, and I am not owed an explanation. If you want to spend your money on great food and vacations instead of rug rats....have at it. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 08, 2013 09:00 AM (GsoHv) Oh, I get asked all the damn time why I don't have or want kids. That was one of the main reasons behind the creation of the how much do you weigh - how much do you make - when's the last time you had sex responses. Usually responding like that gets the point across as to just how rude the question is. It's actually the worst with church people since then I get hit with but but but you are violating God's will by not reproducing! Apparently, being single is no longer a problem since IVF neatly sidesteps the whole not being married but fucking issue. I have taken to replying "I hate children" to those who won't let it go. When they laugh, I press on and reiterate that I hate children. That usually ends the conversation right quick.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 05:06 AM (VtjlW)

320 I went to Rhode Island College which is like a CUNY without the high culture or interesting campus scenery. Except the giant can of Spam hanging from the ceiling of the art building. Avant Guard to be certain.

Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at January 08, 2013 05:07 AM (Z5BDI)

321 >Okay, what is it about some people that they find "meaning" for their lives and automatically assume that everyone else will find the same fulfillment


my mother's other son is like this- he could not comprehend people not liking the same stuff he liked

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 05:08 AM (8sCoq)

322 Okay, what is it about some people that they find "meaning" for their lives and automatically assume that everyone else will find the same fulfillment from doing the same thing, and that if you don't at least try your some evil mcevilperson?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 08, 2013 09:05 AM (5DR1j)



Liberalism

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 05:08 AM (da5Wo)

323 Meh. If God wanted me to be a mother, He would have made someone who wanted to be my husband. (Or maybe He did, and they got choiced. Either way...look at my tax bill with no child deductions. *spit*) ...... But you still get to pay school taxes so, you know, there's that....

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 05:09 AM (piMMO)

324 You can't use the trillion dollar coin (tdc) for a coin flip because it says "You Are Fucked" on both sides.
No. The obverse side with Obama's bust will read "I Won" and the other, reverse side will read "You Lose, sucker".

Posted by: andycanuck at January 08, 2013 05:09 AM (ORGYc)

325 The confrontation with Radio Talk Show Host Alex Jones with the Austin, TX TSA is chilling. They knew who he was and demanded he take off his shoes, meanwhile allowing others to pass still wearing shoes. So just showing they can enforce arbitrary decisions based upon not liking your public policy. Much like jailing the Mohammed Movie guy in the middle of the night. We are tumbling toward Fascism.

Posted by: Jehu at January 08, 2013 05:09 AM (cSD32)

326 >But they are always apologetic about not having kids, which I find tremendously odd. Who gives a fuck? It's not my business, and I am not owed an explanation.


with ya AtC- I saw the job of parenthood and realized early on I was wrapped too tight for that gig

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 05:09 AM (8sCoq)

327 MPPP, still loving your stories! Do you have a book?

Posted by: stevea28 at January 08, 2013 05:10 AM (STI5O)

328 my mother's other son is like this- he could not comprehend people not liking the same stuff he liked

About half the Food Nazis are like that: Why doesn't everyone eat a half-cup of lentils, six black beans, and a cup of green tea for lunch like they do? That's all you really NEED...how could anyone possibly WANT to eat a cheeseburger?

The other half want the food fascism laws to prevent them from eating Double Quarter Pounders twice a day because they can't control themselves.

I hate them all.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 08, 2013 05:11 AM (ZKzrr)

329 In 1965 they had 69 in the Senate and 295 in the House. In short, they had a firm grip all houses of the government and the Republicans had no say at all, not even the ability to filibuster any of this shit. And this was the start of the final downfall of the US. This is also why the MFM hates “gridlock” so much. They remember their glory days when they were all powerful. And please note, this was not the “baby boomers”.

Posted by: Vic at January 08, 2013 06:54 AM (53z96)





It was the "greatest generation" that voted for FDR 4 fucking times and then came back after the war and shot its seed like it was going out of style and gave us the baby boomers. Thanks for nothing assholes

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 08, 2013 05:11 AM (1Jaio)

330 . I have taken to replying "I hate children" to those who won't let it go. When they laugh, I press on and reiterate that I hate children. That usually ends the conversation right quick. .... There's plenty of evidence to suggest that many with offspring also hate children. Perhaps we could do with a few less parents.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 05:11 AM (piMMO)

331 Alright! I've got a new, great i.d. tag! ORGYc

Posted by: andycanuck at January 08, 2013 05:11 AM (ORGYc)

332 Dump

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 05:12 AM (da5Wo)

333 103This should go viral.
By nightfall in American Samoa tonight, every Conservative in America should have read this.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/b83qck3

RINO: "But, they do speak Austrian, you know."
Conservative: "Back under your rock with you. It is time to save America."

Posted by: Thorvald at January 08, 2013 07:46 AM (1V6Pv)

 

 

I just read this, reposted on facebook and twitter. I agree everyone should read. Thanks for the link.

Posted by: spypeach at January 08, 2013 05:13 AM (pwTow)

334

I'm still trying to figure out how to tell everyone at work that my GF is preggers. I *never* talk about personal stuff - its a rule. I don't mind telling you guys, you aren't real LOL

 

Seriously though. I've got the emailer open and am drawing a complete blank. *stumped*

Posted by: uterus cannon at January 08, 2013 05:13 AM (3ZtZW)

335 It was the "greatest generation" that voted for FDR 4 fucking times and then came back after the war

I think we've previously established that a significant fraction of the GIs (and their wives and sisters and brothers back home farming) weren't 21 in 1932.  My grandfather, for example, was 10 or 11, and cast his first vote after the war.

It was their parents and grandparents, voting themselves their kids' money.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 08, 2013 05:13 AM (ZKzrr)

336
automatically assume that everyone else
will find the same fulfillment from doing the same thingPosted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 08, 2013 09:05 AM (5DR1j)

Liberalism

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 09:08 AM (da5Wo)

----

Heterosexualism

Posted by: RioBravo at January 08, 2013 05:13 AM (eEfYn)

337 i don't care for notre dame & yes most of the alum there are insufferable pricks .....however, the exception to the rule was the son of the dean i used to hang out with.....one of the nicest guys i ever met.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 08, 2013 05:14 AM (GVxQo)

338 Posted by: andycanuck at January 08, 2013 09:11 AM (ORGYc)



You're gonna be picking Ewok fur out of your teeth for a month

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 08, 2013 05:14 AM (da5Wo)

339 >Seriously though. I've got the emailer open and am drawing a complete blank. *stumped*

Posted by: uterus cannon at January 08, 2013 09:13 AM (3ZtZW)



disseminate that info an a 'need to know' basis

Posted by: Jones in CO at January 08, 2013 05:14 AM (8sCoq)

340 Well, at least they didn't tell you you're completely worthless and/or a parasite on society. That's my favorite. Meh. If God wanted me to be a mother, He would have made someone who wanted to be my husband. (Or maybe He did, and they got choiced. Either way...look at my tax bill with no child deductions. *spit*) Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 08, 2013 09:06 AM (ZKzrr) Oh, that implication was in there as well. I'm not linking to it because it's one of those things where it is obvious that nothing I or anyone will say will get that person to comprehend a. why what she wrote is so insulting and b. change her mind. People who do not want kids are selfish per se. Game over, case closed, no possible realization that what she's saying is ridiculously insulting to, say, those who want children but cannot have them or those who want children but refuse to be a single parent. No, no, no, those are shades of grey and we cannot have that. Having kids = the only way to be an adult = good. End of story.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Team Stompy. at January 08, 2013 05:15 AM (VtjlW)

341 I bet AJ McCarron is waking up right about now after a night of sweet lovemaking with that lovely girlfriend of his. Dads out there, if you want your boys to be able to tap prime ass like that when they grow up, get out in the yard with them and toss the football around.

Posted by: Brent Musburger at January 08, 2013 05:15 AM (nZvGM)

342 Wanna know a secret?

That wasn't Al Capone's vault full of dirt in 1986, that was the vaults at Fort Knox.

Posted by: Geraldo's clip-on mustache at January 08, 2013 05:15 AM (s909w)

343 uterus cannon email your baby's r us wish list to the company directory

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 08, 2013 05:17 AM (GVxQo)

344 Concerning having children, I think the best mothers are those fat ass trailer park shits that live vicariously through their daughters via beauty pageants. Was going to post a vid of them, but found this instead. http://tinyurl.com/3sfyc39

Posted by: RWC at January 08, 2013 05:17 AM (fWAjv)

345 1 Wendy'?? That is big

Posted by: occam at January 08, 2013 05:18 AM (iFPdv)

346 I'm still trying to figure out how to tell everyone at work that my GF is preggers.

"Dear HR Dept: I'm about to have a qualifying event."

My team lead brought donuts.  It took us until mid-afternoon to realize "they all have pink frosting" was significant. Derp.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 08, 2013 05:18 AM (ZKzrr)

347 #325  Why do you need to tell everyone at work that your girlfriend is pregnant?

And when are you getting married?   (HINT: This is a suggestion for having a much happier life for all 3 of you.)

Signed,
Miss Marple,  older than dirt

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 05:19 AM (GoIUi)

348 243 DangerGirl, XM needs a subscriber base to get content and keep their stock price up. You are worth more to them then your monthly dues, esp if you are in a special class. A class like those who get XM pre-installed on a new car, the turnover rate of those customers to paying customers is important to them. I suspect you could name your price. Posted by: Jean at January 08, 2013 08:47 AM (DRG6e) No point in me keeping it though. In three weeks I'll have a new car which doesn't come with a satellite radio and I'm not in the car enough to want to go through the trouble of installing another radio with satellite. I just want the damn thing cancelled but it seems to be not an easy process.

Posted by: DangerGirl - feeling empty at January 08, 2013 05:19 AM (CQzvT)

349 alex and heather who the hell do you two hang out with.....i think you are both fantastic...

Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 08, 2013 05:20 AM (GVxQo)

350 disseminate that info an a 'need to know' basis ..... This.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 08, 2013 05:20 AM (piMMO)

351 Game over, case closed, no possible realization that what she's saying is ridiculously insulting to, say, those who want children but cannot have them or those who want children but refuse to be a single parent.

Even if there was a realization, insulting the sub-human is still acceptable.  Hell, it's a basic tenet of Progressivism.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 08, 2013 05:21 AM (ZKzrr)

352 Tired of your old, worn out, poor, recession-plagued country! Then come!....come to Zimbabwe! The richest country in the World! We've printed- not one or two lousy trillion dollar coins- but millions of ONE HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLAR BILLS!!!!!! The result? Instant wealth for everyone! So, come!!!!.....Come to Zimbabwe!!!!...To Laugh, To Love, To Live!!! Really, we're so happy we just laugh and laugh and laugh all the time. HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA!!!!! See I'm laughing right now. And when you come to Zimbabwe, don't forget to bring those crummy old American recession dollars. We'll gladly change those to brand new Zimbabwean ONE HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLAR BILLS!!! So, you too can live a wealthy, oh so fabulously wealthy Zimbabwean life. Just like us! Come!!!! Come to Zimbabwe!!! .....please?....

Posted by: Zimbabwe at January 08, 2013 05:21 AM (G9qZk)

353 Come!!!! Come to Zimbabwe!!!
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Farms available. Just pay for corpse removal.

Posted by: RioBravo at January 08, 2013 05:22 AM (eEfYn)

354 Alas,  it is time for me to do actual work.

Everyone have a great day!

Posted by: Miss Marple at January 08, 2013 05:22 AM (GoIUi)

355 I have taken to replying "I hate children" to those who won't let it go. When they laugh, I press on and reiterate that I hate children. That usually ends the conversation right quick.
Posted by: alexthechick

Same here. I like to have kids around for about 2 hours. Then I'm done with them. Of course, I'm most adults start to wear thin after that time, unless I'm drinking.

No, this has nothing to do with Harry Reid

Posted by: Bruce at January 08, 2013 05:23 AM (lT0Z3)

356 And when are you getting married? (HINT: This is a suggestion for having a much happier life for all 3 of you.)

Second.

And I'm not older than dirt.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 08, 2013 05:23 AM (5DR1j)

357 Meanwhile, in a Ford dealership outside Gary,

There are NO car dealers in Gary IN.

http://tinyurl.com/a7nvxnl

Since Phil Schmidts closed the only reason for a white person to be in Gary, vs passing thru on the interstates is going to the casino or the steel mills.

Posted by: DaveA at January 08, 2013 05:24 AM (yxEzV)

358 There's a Taco Bell in Guthrie, Oklahoma that was on the news last night for cutting employee hours over insurance. Then they mentioned a lot of other companies doing the same thing here.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at January 08, 2013 05:25 AM (G1aEt)

359 You're gonna be picking Ewok fur out of your teeth for a month
If I'm lucky.

Posted by: andycanuck at January 08, 2013 05:25 AM (ORGYc)

360 1 Wendy'?? That is big Good Lord. You don't actually read the blog, do you dunderkind?

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 08, 2013 05:32 AM (evdj2)

361

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 08, 2013 09:00 AM (GsoHv)

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A couple family members insinuated I was gay because I a) didn't have children and b) said changing diapers made me sick.

 

What kind of mentality assumes that straight women have a burning desire to inhale the fumes arising from a stinky diaper?

 

And to the one who thought I was gay, I asked him: If I were gay, don't you think you'd have seen me with a girlfriend by now?

 

I guess it was no big surprise that the numbnuts who made these assumptions couldn't keep their own wives happy.

Posted by: kallisto at January 08, 2013 05:33 AM (jm/9g)

362 Life became cheap in the latter days of the Roman Empire. Burdensome regulation and taxes made manufacturing and trade unprofitable.  Eventually, children were seen as a needless burden and abortion and infanticide became commonplace. [When Nations Die, Brown]

Posted by: RioBravo at January 08, 2013 05:36 AM (eEfYn)

363

People who do not want kids are selfish per se.

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hahahah

 

it never crosses their feeble minds that maybe a woman decided to remain childless because she likes to fool around with the menz and that kind of environment isn't exactly good for the kiddies. That's the essence of nurturing and responsibility, not selfishness.

Posted by: kallisto at January 08, 2013 05:36 AM (jm/9g)

364 What kind of mentality assumes that straight women have a burning desire to inhale the fumes arising from a stinky diaper?
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It's a genetic predisposition.

Posted by: Todd Akin at January 08, 2013 05:38 AM (eEfYn)

365 The nasal system has a way of shutting that down.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 08, 2013 05:42 AM (evdj2)

366 alex and heather

who the hell do you two hang out with.....i think you are both fantastic...

It seems that they hang out with a bunch of morons.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at January 08, 2013 05:47 AM (i2Lsf)

367 #222 It was low ejection rate 19%- gall bladder simply gave up. No stones, sludge, cancer, thickening. So I guess its a good thing no other problems.

Posted by: CAC at January 08, 2013 05:57 AM (C3KwS)

368

I still don't know how someone's reproductive system can simultaneously be 0% my business AND 100% my responsibility.

 

 

Because free shit, you bitter kkklinger!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 08, 2013 05:57 AM (5iuEW)

369

I'm glad I didn't waste any time watching the BCS abortion last night. I think I checked in once and it was 28-0 Tide at the half. Lame. Get a real playoffs. The FCS schools seem to do just fine with it.

Posted by: puddleglum at January 08, 2013 05:59 AM (rRTyl)

370

MPPP, still loving your stories! Do you have a book?

 

Thanks.  A book of Hollywood stories?  No; that market's pretty much filled, although I couldn't do worse than some of the crap out there.  But a book of my own?  Why, yes!  Just click on my nic to take you to my website.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 08, 2013 06:06 AM (zF6Iw)

371 Love the gun grip video, Vizzini.  Hah. 30 rounds fired, no one hit. No wonder.

Posted by: Derak at January 08, 2013 06:30 AM (lkjWK)

372 There are about 6500 Wendy's in the USA

Posted by: occam at January 08, 2013 06:30 AM (bNPll)

373 Why are you obsessed with Chuckie, Gabby?

Posted by: Gerry at January 08, 2013 06:40 AM (Dq97n)

374 Why the Hagel hate, seriously?  You do realize Obama is POTUS, he can pretty much pick whoever he wants.  He chooses a Libertarian-leaning Republican and this is bad?  Who would you rather he pick, John Kerry?  He's not going to pick Donald Rumsfeld.  Get over it, those days are over.

Posted by: Andrew at January 08, 2013 07:21 AM (HS3dy)

375 test

Posted by: andycanuck at January 08, 2013 01:29 PM (ORGYc)

376

349There's a Taco Bell in Guthrie, Oklahoma that was on the news last night for cutting employee hours over insurance. Then they mentioned a lot of other companies doing the same thing here.

 

Good thing we don't have a Republican President - this would be a national crisis.  As it is... meh.

Posted by: sherlock at January 08, 2013 04:05 PM (uU0YU)

377 "Chuck Hagel now says he has "unequivocal, total support for Israel." Maybe the "Jewish lobby" finally got to him. /sarc" I'm not sure why the "/sarc" part is there. It's pretty fucking obvious why he's changed his tune.

Posted by: Sigh at January 08, 2013 07:34 PM (QTVh2)

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