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October 28, 2013

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

The Obamacare website went down yesterday due to some kind of network failure that was immediately blamed on a contractor.

What most of ya'll know about the health insurance "death spiral" that the President either doesn't know or doesn't want to mention yet.

Speaking of things the President doesn't know, there's a report that Obama was unaware that the NSA was targeting foreign leaders like German Chancelor Angela Merkel. There's also a report that Obama was aware of the spying, but let's be honest: given this Administrations SOP, Obama didn't know, didn't want to know, and wouldn't be told about it until it was going to be in the papers. See also: every scandal of this White House.

The Atlantic has a piece: "One Chart That Explains Why McDonald's Killed the Dollar Menu." It's good, but not as good as our own John E.'s more succinct explanation:

MT @TheAtlantic: Why McDonald's killed the dollar menu, explained in 1 pic pic.twitter.com/eK0kVuFCMw
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 28, 2013

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1 DAY 356 1,105 to go (1,176 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 02:48 AM (uf1pv)

2 Holy cow Vic! Hurry up and get goin before I have to leave for work!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2013 02:49 AM (60Vyp)

3 Morning all. Tired as hell. Been up since 3 because I had to bring the wife and one kid to the Airport.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 02:49 AM (t3UFN)

4 2 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2013 06:49 AM (60Vyp) Here's all you need to know: the 100 year ass-rape known as progressivism continues, con gusto.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 02:50 AM (uf1pv)

5 Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, October 28, 2013. On this day in 1793 Ely Whitney applied for a patent on his cotton gin. Infringement on his patent for the cotton gin was so rampant he failed to ever make a profit on it. So he went into the gun making business. We have one of his old muskets at home. So now on to the news. We are dedicating today's news to the venerable shit sandwich.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

6 "The Obamacare website went down yesterday due to some kind of network failure that was immediately blamed on a contractor." The incompetence and malfeasance surrounding this Act is nothing short of breathtaking. All that taxpayer money just flushed down the crapper and no chance of ever being reimbursed, let alone anyone of stature being held accountable for it.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2013 02:51 AM (60Vyp)

7 A face like that belongs on a box of cough drops. Or ipecac.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 02:52 AM (uf1pv)

8 The problems with the Obamacare database that we have seen so far are only the tip of the iceberg.

http://tinyurl.com/k95k59x

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

9 First Benghazi witness comes forward. General incompetence all around in the State Department. But note, Hillary's name is not mentioned once in this write-up. The "forgetting" has already started, even from Fox.

http://tinyurl.com/lhxvrw4

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

10 Re: McDonalds dollar menu Dollar made worthless by Keyanesian. Dollar made worthless by Keynesians. One of the two.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 28, 2013 02:52 AM (U2UQk)

11 Yes, let's open those immigration flood gates wide.

http://tinyurl.com/p7a9nsu

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

12 Former GITMO terrorist who was released was there at Benghazi. They need to take all those SOBs out in the compound and shoot them.

http://tinyurl.com/lb3to75

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

13 Liberal College professors are getting to eat their shit sandwich now with Obamacare. Their hours are being cut. One wonders how you can cut hours for someone who barely works 10 hours a week.

http://tinyurl.com/kpwaqul

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

14 Mooch belonged to a black activist group at college who sponsored PLO terrorist Yasser Arafat. If the God King had not been "elected" he would have never been able to get a security clearance (provided a real investigation was done).

http://tinyurl.com/m4a73d9

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

15 The Philadelphia City Council has ordered the use of Howard Zin's communist history book in it's public schools. And to think this city was once the meeting place for formation of the country. It has sunk into a quagmire of shit.

http://tinyurl.com/kf98kxs

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

16 Liberal idiots in CA who were all for Obamacare are now finding the taste of their shit sandwich not to their liking. This is why we do not need to delay any damned thing. After they get a full belly of shit in the liberal Hells perhaps we can muster a supermajority to repeal it over the asshole 'n chief's veto.

http://tinyurl.com/msyodgs

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

17 Allen West and Thomas Sowell both say we are on the verge of a race war, if not already in it. They say the MFM is hiding the fact of this through either not reporting events, or mischaracterizing them as ordinary crime.

http://tinyurl.com/kmsrwu5

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

18 Kirsten Powers and David Frum get their shit sandwiches.

http://tinyurl.com/kz5dtvg

http://tinyurl.com/nzmzqxp

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

19 Rush made an observation last week to the effect that SCOAMF's plan to destroy the healthcare/insurance system and replace it with single payer was predicated on people blaming free enterprise and screaming for government intervention. He didn't count on the people blaming government. Sometimes, Low Information works in your favor.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 02:54 AM (uf1pv)

20 Great bunch of people on FOX News right now

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 02:54 AM (t3UFN)

21 VA Libertarians should vote for Republican Ken Cuccinelli instead of throwing away 10% of the vote and electing a Communist.

http://tinyurl.com/mcu2al3

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:55 AM (zZbNF)

22 In my nic is a link to an article by John Fund. As good as the article is, the comments are better. People are seeing what is happening.

Posted by: Chilling the most at October 28, 2013 02:55 AM (gxtMZ)

23 Boner is going to sell us out on amnesty in a "month or so".

http://tinyurl.com/pwy7jhv

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:55 AM (zZbNF)

24 As expected the WaTi is about to hit the government with legal action. Of course the corrupt Obamanite admin will drag this out for the remainder of his term in a sure losing case, running up tens of millions in legal costs. Costs which the taxpayer will ultimately pay. How about we hold the Obamanites liable for these costs and bankrupt every one of the crooked SOBs.

http://tinyurl.com/kdqd6qs

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:55 AM (zZbNF)

25 The problems with the Obamacare database that we have seen so far are only the tip of the iceberg. To those who say we should have foreseen the problems connecting to the various data bases in the 50 states, I reject that notion, as there are 57.

Posted by: The Precedent [/i] at October 28, 2013 02:55 AM (U2UQk)

26 Sorry! Forgot the link. Fixed now in my nic.

Posted by: Chilling the most at October 28, 2013 02:55 AM (gxtMZ)

27 WaEx calls the corrupt Holder a liar. No shit, he committed perjury over Fast and Furious and he also has a criminal contempt charge filed (which we will have to pay for).

http://tinyurl.com/o6ztb48

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:55 AM (zZbNF)

28 15 The Philadelphia City Council has ordered the use of Howard Zin's communist history book in it's public schools. And to think this city was once the meeting place for formation of the country. It has sunk into a quagmire of shit. http://tinyurl.com/kf98kxs Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 06:53 AM (zZbNF) It's the only "textbook" I can think of that has zero footnotes. Which means it's a screed. But hey, history!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 02:56 AM (uf1pv)

29 Larry Kudlow agrees with me; no delay. Let them feast on their shit sandwich.

http://tinyurl.com/pes6ky6

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:56 AM (zZbNF)

Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Only a quick one today, I'm afraid.

The actress Rosalind Russell,* best known for her Auntie Mame role, was once at a party where a well-known, very vain actress was holding court. Looking pointedly at Russell, she sighed, "I dread to think of turning forty."

"Why?" Russell snapped back. "What happened then?"

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

*Russell once disappointed an autograph hound: "Rosalind Russell?" she cried. "I wanted the other Russell - you know, the one with the -" and she held out her hands in the classic boobehs signal.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 02:56 AM (zF6Iw)

31 More stories of CA idiots not liking their shit sandwich.

http://tinyurl.com/o7rrfo8

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:56 AM (zZbNF)

32 The corrupt Obamanite adm will not fire anyone for screwing up, but they will fire people who talk about it to Fox.

http://tinyurl.com/n3oe5q5

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:56 AM (zZbNF)

33 Welfare is now the number one occupation in the US. People, this is unsustainable and cannot last. We all know the law on that score.

http://tinyurl.com/nkru8ae

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:57 AM (zZbNF)

34 Kindle Daily Deals

I am starting to notice something here after posting these everyday. They are repetitive. They have The Shrinking Man as the SF deal today which they have had already and I purchased it. And I didn't think the book was very good. This is one of those few cases where the movie was much better than the book.

http://tinyurl.com/ott9rxe

That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 02:57 AM (zZbNF)

35 Based on employee reviews, Terremark is the typical small to mid-sized company bought out by a conglomerate (Verizon), made big, and is now failing. http://tinyurl.com/kshojg8

Posted by: Chris at October 28, 2013 02:57 AM (aBOfW)

36 Speaking of things the President doesn't know, there's a report that Obama was unaware that the NSA was targeting foreign leaders like German Chancelor Angela Merkel.

I saw that but didn't pick it up because what's one more lie from this corrupt gang of assholes. He is either lying which is very high probability or Vajajay is running the country and he is a beard. Yes, the US is under the control of an unelected Chicago slum Queen.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 03:00 AM (zZbNF)

37 The liberal paper, redundant yeah, here in charlotte has endorsed the republican in the mayor's race. Maybe they were hacked.

Posted by: NCKate at October 28, 2013 03:00 AM (cdd1u)

38 Yes the 2008 dollar is now about 40 cents. And rather than changing the menu to to $1.50 and thus showing millions of people that Obama is a liar they just remove the menu.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 03:01 AM (zZbNF)

39 The Philadelphia City Council has ordered the use of Howard Zin's communist history book in it's public schools. And to think this city was once the meeting place for formation of the country. It has sunk into a quagmire of shit. http://tinyurl.com/kf98kxs Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 06:53 AM (zZbNF) It's the only "textbook" I can think of that has zero footnotes. Which means it's a screed. But hey, history! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 06:56 AM (uf1pv) We are headed towards Civil War in this Country. Not tomorrow and next year, but it's a coming if we continue down this pathway

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 03:02 AM (t3UFN)

40 obama know nothing, but valerie jarrett knows everything

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 03:04 AM (t3UFN)

41 38 Yes the 2008 dollar is now about 40 cents. And rather than changing the menu to to $1.50 and thus showing millions of people that Obama is a liar they just remove the menu. Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 07:01 AM (zZbNF) If they raised the price and tried to blame SCOAMF the race-hustler goon squad would be down there faster than you can say "Nifong."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 03:04 AM (uf1pv)

42 Because of the Jews? Anti-Semites! *runs away snickering*

Posted by: Patrick in Michigan at October 28, 2013 03:07 AM (OhrW4)

43 Prosecutor Found Wandering in Underwear Taken to Hospital http://preview.tinyurl.com/ll5okre

Posted by: Baldy at October 28, 2013 03:09 AM (tyDFN)

44 Philadelphia is a joke. They don't have enough money to run the schools. Fact 1. They use property taxes to run the schools, way too low. Fact 2. They offer a 10 fucking year NO PROPERTY TAX exemption to new home purchasers. Fact 3. My sympathy and give-a-fuck meter peg at zero.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 28, 2013 03:11 AM (U2UQk)

45 Oh, sure. I've got one eye on the ONT & one eye on Purp's post and you sneak this by me. Gonna have to rent another eye. As if the two didn't give me enough trouble! Hi, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - rage wakes me up at October 28, 2013 03:13 AM (6f2wv)

46 The incompetence and malfeasance surrounding this Act is nothing short of breathtaking. All that taxpayer money just flushed down the crapper and no chance of ever being reimbursed, let alone anyone of stature being held accountable for it.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2013 06:51 AM (60Vyp)
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Somebody with subpoena powers should be making a very thorough inspection of the plumbing of that particular crapper.

The taxpayers spent a half-billion dollars for a website that, by all reports, could have been put up for fifty grand.

WHERE DID ALL THE REST OF THE MONEY GO??!!

Posted by: Nighthawk at October 28, 2013 03:15 AM (OtQXp)

47 Is this something? http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52923

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 03:22 AM (uf1pv)

48 Yes the 2008 dollar is now about 40 cents. Yep, I remember when I was a young man it was worth at least .75. Good mornin rons.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 28, 2013 03:23 AM (XIxXP)

49 WHERE DID ALL THE REST OF THE MONEY GO??!! Posted by: Nighthawk at October 28, 2013 07:15 AM (OtQXp) You will see the vote buying during the 2014 election. Everything they do involves kickbacks or theft to maintain political power. Just like the solyndras kicked back percentages of their gov money to the DNC.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 28, 2013 03:26 AM (XIxXP)

50 Wow - that Atlantic bit about the McDonald's menu was written by a real anti-meat douchebag. "Manufactured mammal-based consumables" - how did that get based an editor?

Posted by: biancaneve at October 28, 2013 03:27 AM (2sR50)

51 First Benghazi witness comes forward. General incompetence all around in the State Department. But note, Hillary's name is not mentioned once in this write-up. The "forgetting" has already started, even from Fox. http://tinyurl.com/lhxvrw4 Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 06:52 AM (zZbNF) I have to wonder if this isn't a repeat of 2000. If you recall, Clinton didn't come out and stump for Gore until the very last minute. I speculated at the time that Clinton knew the economy was heading into the crapper and didn't want any blame. If Gore was elected, he would keep Clinton's policies in place. All the blame would land on Billy Boy and his plan. He couldn't have his legacy damaged. Bush would take the fall and give the Dems a whipping boy. Now that Obama is safely re-elected and impeachment-proof, the attacks on Hillary! can begin. She takes the fall for everything. Someone gets elected that can take the blame for 404care failing and the economy tanking. Barry walks away still a god in the eyes of his minions.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at October 28, 2013 03:27 AM (f6kdz)

52 We have to pass it to find out what's in it.

Posted by: Nanzi Pelosi's peanuts at October 28, 2013 03:27 AM (JBfvU)

53 41 JJ Sefton,

it's healthier for America that we've devalued the buck....

Mickey D's oughta just serve prunes...

Posted by: sven10077 at October 28, 2013 03:28 AM (slUDg)

54 T'Pol has a great ass! No doubt about it! I should be thinking about politics, or the economy, I know ... but I've been (get the whips ready boys!) watching Star Trek Enterprise on nflix and I just can't seem to concentrate ... wtf, welcome to Monday!!

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 03:29 AM (RqHWH)

55 I'm not sure why I should care that McDonalds dropped its dollar menu, but that picture... I'm afraid I don't have faces of these people memorized. I had to look it up.

I guess it took more than one picture, and I still don't think anybody on the right has done anything to explain in any meaningful way how THIS guy is responsible for a dollar not being worth what it used to be worth.

Oh sure, the information is out there, but snark isn't quite cutting it when it comes to informing people.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 28, 2013 03:30 AM (BeSEI)

56 "Manufactured mammal-based consumables"

Dammit, now I need to stop for a sausage biscuit.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 28, 2013 03:30 AM (hO8IJ)

57
Morning everyone. First cup of coffee still steaming in my cup. I'm suffering from some odd visual problems this morning, and will beg off work. The usual excuse, "I can't see myself coming in to work today".

I know administrations like to shield the head honcho from his scandals, but Obama is taking this to a whole other level. How the one man in charge remains so utterly clueless about what is going on around him is staggering. The fact that anyone out there believes Obumbles is so completely ignorant of the many, many scandals that surround him is even more staggering.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 28, 2013 03:32 AM (0IhFx)

58 Seems that Roger L. Simon at PJ has picked up the meme that this ~~pos~~ POTUS is the Being There pres. The first time I saw that meme was here, the only time I've seen it has been here. Until now.

Obama Should Be Impeached... for Cluelessness

http://tinyurl.com/lkertwl

So is he a lurking moron, or has it just become that obvious. Or both.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at October 28, 2013 03:32 AM (MnSla)

59 55 Oh sure, the information is out there, but snark isn't quite cutting it when it comes to informing people.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 28, 2013 07:30 AM (BeSEI)

The people not familiar with who that is and who don't already know that we have massive inflation and why don't read this site.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 03:35 AM (zZbNF)

60 Speaking of things the President doesn't know, there's a report that Obama was unaware that the NSA was targeting foreign leaders like German Chancelor Angela Merkel.

For pity's sake, that's one of the few things the NSA has been doing about which I not only don't care but am willing to give it a cookie. That's the entire freaking point of the NSA, after all, to spy on foreigners. Yes, that includes foreign heads of state.

I do sort of believe that TFG didn't know the specifics, because, come on, that's the wink wink nudge nudge game that's played about this. Oh, sorry, old chum, didn't know that MI-5 (or whatever) had bugged the headboard like that, so sorry. But still. Has Obama never read an espionage thriller ever at all?

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 28, 2013 03:35 AM (Gk3SS)

61 What do you expect?! He plays golf!

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 03:35 AM (RqHWH)

62 Not tomorrow and next year, but it's a coming if we continue down this pathway All I mean when I say this is for everyone to keep your eyes wide open. We are on the verge of SHTF. It could happen any moment of any day now. The biggest risk of a spark today is Sebelius's blaming conservatives for the Obamacare website failures. The mentally unbalanced audience most ready to eat that shit up are the remainder of the casting call that gave us Amy Bishop, Loughner, Holmes, Lanza, Jessie Lee Miller, Dorner, and Alexis. These are Obama's people. There are people driving around with "I ♥ Obamacare" bumper stickers on their cars. Imagine how much devotion to collectivism it takes to do something like that. Then, imagine the blasphemy of a cancellation notice from an insurance company because of Obamacare. I sincerely doubt that any of these parasites ever gave a single thought to personal responsibility in their entire oxygen-wasting lives. These self-styled victims will do what they do best: Look for somebody to blame. These differences cannot be reconciled.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 03:36 AM (V3kRK)

63 Well, as Dwight Eisenhower once said, the buck stops here, so it's clear whose to blame for the ACA malfunctions: Dwight Eisenhower

Posted by: The President at October 28, 2013 03:36 AM (tIyK2)

64 Informing people is a waste of time. Time that would be better spent dropping atomic bombs on every city where anyone lives that hates us.

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 03:37 AM (RqHWH)

65
Oh, and MPPP.....do you have any interesting stories about Lee Marvin you could share some morning?

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 28, 2013 03:38 AM (0IhFx)

66 Good morning, fellow morons. It's a beautiful day out in the Glorious People's Republic of Maryland. I remain hopeful that my interview last week that netted me a contingent offer will see me returning to being a productive citizen again.

But failing that, I have the soothing background music of liberals finding out that free medical care is for other people and they are having to fork over for it.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 28, 2013 03:38 AM (ODsL5)

67 64 Informing people is a waste of time. Time that would be better spent dropping atomic bombs on every city where anyone lives that hates us.

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 07:37 AM (RqHWH)

That would eliminate most of the cities in the US with a population over 100K.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 03:39 AM (zZbNF)

68 Is this something? http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52923 - J.J. Sefton With that guy, hard to say. I've read so many of their dire predictions of coming big events that didn't happen, I got Insider Burnout. And, like this article, very scary, generally, but nothing, really, that we in the Mylar chapeau crowd haven't been saying for years. America is a hijacked operation threatened with social and economic destruction implemented by long-term secret planners. Quelle surprise! (ooo... my cell speaks French!)

Posted by: mindful webworker - all three eyes open at October 28, 2013 03:40 AM (INyZp)

69 That would eliminate most of the cities in the US with a population over 100K.

Try to do it on my day off from work.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 28, 2013 03:41 AM (hO8IJ)

70 A radioactive wasteland is not the worst place that one could end up. A Democrat-caused hell on Earth would be much worse. ... *insert sounds of chainsaws revving here*

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 03:42 AM (RqHWH)

71 it's clear whose to blame for the ACA malfunctions:

Guy Lombardo?

Posted by: Max the Meanie at October 28, 2013 03:42 AM (JBfvU)

72 Double Irish Dutch Sandwich, Feargal O'Rourke http://tinyurl.com/k6jzouf tax loophole emerald isle haven 'a strong voice for you and a strong voice for your [ ]'

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 03:42 AM (MhA4j)

73 my point! exactly, Vic! lol!!

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 03:43 AM (RqHWH)

More stories of CA idiots not liking their shit sandwich.

Like this intellectual giant:

Now that health insurance companies are releasing new costs, people like Vinson, a 60-year-old retired teacher, are realizing their premiums will make up the difference for other Americans.

Â“Of course, I want people to have health care,Â” Vinson told San Jose Mercury News. Â“I just didnÂ’t realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally.Â”

I know there was a post the other day about how to deal with O-bot family members during the holidays as their God King's world collapses, but I would be hard-pressed to keep from screaming "Who the fuck did you THINK was going to pay, you mouth-breathing nickelfucker? Oh, let me guess - those eeeeeeeevill rich people like Mitt Romney, right? Oh, you were all for heath care when that reich-wing rich bastard was going to get hit in the shorts, but when you have to pick your own pocket, suddenly you scream? Well, fuck you - you voted for this, you called those of us who warned you 'racists,' so now suck it good and hard!"

I don't believe in a gentle prodding. You're stupid enough to vote Obama, then you get the consequences and I'm going to rub your nose in it until you get rug burns.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 03:43 AM (zF6Iw)

75 That's Dr. Amy Bishop!!!

Posted by: Case at October 28, 2013 03:43 AM (9mWut)

76 "manufactured mammal-based consumables, or whatever the official term is for a fast-food patty." Gramma?

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 03:45 AM (MhA4j)

77 I didn't get a chance to skim yesterday's headline thread until last night, but I did notice some discussion about avoiding Heinz ketchup because Ms. Horseface uses her profits to support unsavory things like Tides Foundation. I haven't tried this yet ( ironically because I'm not out of Heinz yet), so no report on flavor, but these guys seem to be our type of folks: http://www.wketchup.com/ . I think I'll buy some when I run low on ketchup.

Posted by: Weirddave at October 28, 2013 03:45 AM (N/cFh)

78 T'Pol has a great ass! No doubt about it! I should be thinking about politics, or the economy, I know ... but I've been (get the whips ready boys!) watching Star Trek Enterprise on nflix and I just can't seem to concentrate ... wtf, welcome to Monday!!

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 07:29 AM (RqHWH)

You know, I always wondered - if Sarek is in the mood only once in seven years, does he bang Amanda so hard that she stays in a coma, or does she have a seven-year stash of Vulcan batteries?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 03:47 AM (zF6Iw)

79 My Gramma tasted real goood this mornin'. She been tastin' good for coupleaweeksnow. See, I told you that we could adapt!

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 03:47 AM (RqHWH)

80 Didn't Ms. Horseface sell Heinz awhile back?

Posted by: Case at October 28, 2013 03:47 AM (9mWut)

81 Oh, and MPPP.....do you have any interesting stories about Lee Marvin you could share some morning?

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 28, 2013 07:38 AM (0IhFx)

I had one I told a while back, but if nobody else minds, I'll be happy to tell it again tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 03:49 AM (zF6Iw)

82 I'm betting on batteries. The ones that the Rabbit sells. Love that drum!

Posted by: and irresolute at October 28, 2013 03:49 AM (RqHWH)

83 People who claim that the inflation rate is low, have other people to do their grocery shopping. Either their parents, or their servants.

Posted by: toby928© has a dirty joke at October 28, 2013 03:49 AM (QupBk)

84 59 -

I'm not talking about this website. I'm talking about the fact that the right is losing to this bunch because they aren't reaching the LiVs. So we insult those people, instead of trying to find out how to reach them.

I would venture to guess that if you had a way of tracking who is on twitter, following politics, the numbers would be somewhere around 5-1 for the left.

So this type of snark, posting somebody's picture works great. If it's George Bush's picture. Or Sarah Palin's, or I suppose John Boehner's or Ted Cruz's.

But Ben Bernanke? Good luck with that.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 28, 2013 03:50 AM (BeSEI)

Carl Davis (http://youtu.be/CtB9e_Tev0Q )

His score for the silent Ben-Hur is a marvel. "The Chariot Race" alone is worth the price.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 03:51 AM (zF6Iw)

VA Libertarians should vote for Republican Ken Cuccinelli instead of throwing away 10% of the vote and electing a Communist.

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Meh, the fix is in I think. Any shenanigans on Election Day aren't going to be vigorously pursued by the VA GOP. On Election Night you'll see some precincts in Richmond and maybe up Alexandria way take an unusually long time in counting their ballots. Again, any oddities observed by the VA GOP will be ignored.

Shameful.

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 03:55 AM (eytER)

87 "I don't believe in a gentle prodding. You're stupid enough to vote Obama, then you get the consequences and I'm going to rub your nose in it until you get rug burns." My dad said to stop a dog from dumping where it shouldn't, stick its nose in it.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 03:55 AM (MhA4j)

88 44 Posted by: SchrÃ¶dinger's cat at October 28, 2013 07:11 AM (U2UQk)

Philly's spending seems to be right in line with a lot of other places. And I would dare say that it is still too high.

Just fire half the staff at the district offices and you will be fine.

Posted by: Dandolo at October 28, 2013 03:55 AM (0XBx+)

89 My McDonald's still has a dollar menu. It also has the McRib. So there...

Posted by: Los Desaparecidos de AoShq at October 28, 2013 03:57 AM (As/N8)

>>I didn't get a chance to skim yesterday's headline thread until last night, but I did notice some discussion about avoiding Heinz ketchup because Ms. Horseface uses her profits to support unsavory things like Tides Foundation.

.They sold that last year.

Posted by: Registered Voter at October 28, 2013 03:57 AM (BGFPo)

91 Doc Thompson playing a very prescient Reagan speech in totality. Reagan was amazingly ahead of his time. If the speech were given today it would resonate monumentally.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/radio/

Posted by: just a citizen at October 28, 2013 03:57 AM (Nx76m)

92 Ten 'til "Seven" (actually Six) o'clock and no hint of sun. The weak, waning moon barely lights the overcast. Cool and quiet. Feels like trick-or-treating weather! Govt runs the trains. Govt runs the roads. Govt runs the schools. Govt decides what we eat. Govt decides why we own. Govt runs the friggin' clocks! But we don't want socialism.

Posted by: mindful webworker - wants infra-red vision at October 28, 2013 03:58 AM (X66C/)

93 88 -

Actually positive reinforcement works significantly better.

With dogs AND humans.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 28, 2013 04:00 AM (BeSEI)

94 I'm wondering if there is a lawyer out there willing to start a class action lawsuit on behalf of males after January 1st. Included in the price of the health insurance product is the cost of birth control medicine that does not work on males. Sundra Flake told us it cost her something like a $1,000 a month, so let's use that number times women between the age of (?) 12 maybe and 55.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 28, 2013 04:01 AM (U2UQk)

95 On Election Night you'll see some precincts in Richmond and maybe up Alexandria way take an unusually long time in counting their ballots. It's pretty screwed up that I don't get even a twinge of disbelief when I read this. Hell, I don't get even an echo of a twinge. The Prosser-Kloppenburg results in Wisconsin confirmed it for me. The game is rigged.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 04:01 AM (V3kRK)

96 I don't believe in a gentle prodding. You're stupid enough to vote Obama, then you get the consequences and I'm going to rub your nose in it until you get rug burns.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

My BIL was going on and on about his teachers pension and how it was against the state constitution that it be reduced in anyway. I asked him where the money SHOULD come from. He replied..increase the taxes on those rich bankers and businesses in the state (Illinois) to pay for it.

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2013 04:03 AM (xk1x0)

Actually positive reinforcement works significantly better.

With dogs AND humans.

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Are you calling LIVs "dogs?"

Seriously, there's actually a valid argument about snark and derision. If LIVs came to their opinions via a rational examination of facts and theory, they wouldn't be LIVs. On the other hand, making one course of action seem "uncool" or stupid is how Dems have been winning voters since at least LBJ.

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 04:05 AM (eytER)

98 The Healthcare.gov website is working perfectly! Citizens are saving money! We brought the cost curve down!

Posted by: Baghdad B. O'B at October 28, 2013 04:05 AM (3ZtZW)

99 So this shit's going around
https://twitter.com/JoeyFotoFr/status/394289537758679041

And while I'd really like to see Congresspeople barred from receiving farm subsidies as a very first basic step toward removing farm subsidies altogether, I just want to point out for the millionth fucking time that Jesus never told his followers to demand Caesar confiscate my wages to give cash to his preferred voting blocs.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 28, 2013 04:06 AM (hO8IJ)

100 I think if someone stabbed me thru and thru the cheek, it would cause me to loose strength.

Posted by: Los Desaparecidos de AoShq at October 28, 2013 04:06 AM (As/N8)

101 Jonas Salk (saved untold millions)

And now the muzzies are undoing all his efforts by shooting the medicos giving vaccinations. The reemerged disease is spreading.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at October 28, 2013 04:06 AM (MnSla)

102

>>>My dad said to stop a dog from dumping where it shouldn't, stick its nose in it.

I just plant crabgrass everywhere.

Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 04:07 AM (3ZtZW)

103 The Prosser-Kloppenburg results in Wisconsin confirmed it for me. The game is rigged. Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 08:01 AM (V3kRK) Miraculously, Klopper lost that one, but by slightly more than a red cnt hair/cheating margin. Maybe Cuucinelli can pull one out. Makes no sense that the man who was at the forefront of the Obamacare legal battle at the start and in a state where the Dem is virulent anti-gun has to fight to a dead heat. NRA. Where the fuck are you????

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 04:07 AM (uf1pv)

104 A Time for Choosing
October 27, 1964

http://tinyurl.com/mcmutpo

This is the Reagan speech he was playing. Wow, that speech was given 50 years ago, yesterday? Wow.

Posted by: just a citizen at October 28, 2013 04:08 AM (Nx76m)

105 98 -

The difference seems to be in who is calling whom stupid. The left seems to be really really good at identifying "devils" on the right. From Bush to Cheney to Rumsfeld to Palin to Romney to Cruz and so on and so forth.

Who are we going after... Ben Bernanke?

We tried snark with Obama, we got called racists, so we stopped. We tried it against Hillary, we got called sexist for making fun of her cankles, so we stopped.

I don't have the answers, but there has to be another way. Maybe connecting the people in charge to the stuff that's happening in the world would be a start. I realize it's harder to talk to people, and explain things, and maybe it won't work, but what we're doing now isn't working either.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 28, 2013 04:10 AM (BeSEI)

106 And now the muzzies are undoing all his efforts by shooting the medicos giving vaccinations. The reemerged disease is spreading.

So you're saying that the Muslim world will soon have an epidemic of polio.

Hmmmm.

Nope, not seeing the downside here.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 28, 2013 04:10 AM (JpC1K)

107

>>>My BIL was going on and on about his teachers pension and how it was against the state constitution that it be reduced in anyway

Its easier to change a State Constitution than to pony up monies you don't have

Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 04:10 AM (3ZtZW)

108 everybody is upset we spied on people? I guess everybody was born yesterday.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 04:10 AM (t3UFN)

109

Makes no sense that the man who was at the forefront of the Obamacare legal battle at the start and in a state where the Dem is virulent anti-gun has to fight to a dead heat.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 08:07 AM (uf1pv)

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I agree it's odd, but then it's not like the VA GOP has been exactly stumping for Cuccinelli either. We even saw Bill Bolling come out in August or so and openly question Cuccinelli's chops to be Governor.

The Establishment wing got miffed that Cuccinelli didn't "wait his turn" and decided to, I think, sabotage the campaign in a passive-aggressive way.

I think had the VA GOP gotten behind this race in a big way, and with support from the national GOP apparatus to nationalize this race, things would be very different from where they are now.

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 04:13 AM (eytER)

110

>>>Nope, not seeing the downside here.

Iron lungs make good shrapnel? Um. Throw me a bone here...

Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 04:14 AM (3ZtZW)

111 Makes no sense that the man who was at the forefront of the Obamacare legal battle at the start and in a state where the Dem is virulent anti-gun has to fight to a dead heat. You can thank the incumbent governor and his stupid, stupid actions for that.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at October 28, 2013 04:14 AM (659DL)

112 Its easier to change a State Constitution than to pony up monies you don't have
Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands

That's MOL what I told him. He thought the answer was to vote in MORE DEMONCRAPS. They now control the everything in the state. And guess what...none of them want to touch the third rail. The solutions (?) to the problem just keep going around and around like musical chairs. When we run out of money, my BIL will see that he hasn't a chair to sit on.

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2013 04:15 AM (xk1x0)

113 106 We tried snark with Obama, we got called racists, so we stopped. We tried it against Hillary, we got called sexist for making fun of her cankles, so we stopped.

I haven't stopped and neither have a most of the pundits.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 04:15 AM (zZbNF)

114 everybody is upset we spied on people? I guess everybody was born yesterday. Posted by: Nevergiveup

***

I told a leftie co-worker he was supporting Big Brother and cops kicking in doors to shut people up....the schadenfreude was delicious

Posted by: Beto at October 28, 2013 04:15 AM (S5LPT)

115 107 Nope, not seeing the downside here.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 28, 2013 08:10 AM (JpC1K)

The downside is disease knows no national boundaries.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 04:16 AM (zZbNF)

116

My BIL was going on and on about his teachers pension and how it was against the state constitution that it be reduced in anyway. I asked him where the money SHOULD come from. He replied..increase the taxes on those rich bankers and businesses in the state (Illinois) to pay for it.

Tell him we said "Hi!"

Posted by: The Gods of the Copybook Headings at October 28, 2013 04:17 AM (R/MEM)

117 107 Sean Bannion

You do realize the vaccine is not given on a routine basis in the US anymore?

There is a downside. Much like TB has been, polio could be reintroduced to the us by immigrants, legal or otherwise.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at October 28, 2013 04:17 AM (MnSla)

118 Morning..

So, wait a minute.. Bernanke has been throwing trillions of dollars into the economy to LOWER inflation, right? And HE's responsible for the disappearance of the dollar menu?

Seems to me if inflation had been allowed to take its course naturally, the dollar menu would have been gone years ago.

And it also seems to me the other biggest contributor to the dollar menu lasting as long as it did is illegal immigration. Nearly every McD's in all of Chicagoland has a kitchen crew that is 100% Hispanic. The people in the front all speak Spanish now so they can give orders to the cooks in Spanish.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 28, 2013 04:17 AM (b/lt+)

119 Actually positive reinforcement works significantly better. With dogs AND humans. This is a common misapplication of Skinner and the lessons of Operant Conditioning. It doesn't help that the U.S. Army bottled it up and sold it as leadership doctrine. Positive reinforcement has tested out to be more effective as a training and behavioral shaping tool, but life outside of the home, the classroom, or an organization with an investment in its people is not primarily a learning environment. Going into a voting booth is real life. Casting a ballot is "playing for money." You don't teach little leaguers to slide spikes-up into second to break up the double play. That same behavior is expected in MLB. It takes some amount of effort to turn an LIV to vote your side. It takes some amount of effort to condition an LIV never to shit in a voting both again. Turning an LIV is a net plus two. Forcing an LIV from the game is a net plus one. Since turning LIVs costs significantly more than forcing LIVs from the game, then punishment is the more cost effective solution.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 04:17 AM (V3kRK)

120

So, wait a minute.. Bernanke has been throwing trillions of dollars into the economy to LOWER inflation, right? And HE's responsible for the disappearance of the dollar menu?

How is that supposed to work?

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 28, 2013 04:18 AM (R/MEM)

121 Dollar Menu? McCrap My better half @ McWrap World Series' commercial break.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 04:18 AM (MhA4j)

122 So, wait a minute.. Bernanke has been throwing trillions of dollars into the economy to LOWER inflation, right? Unclear on the concept. And if you are really going to bat for Bernanke and the Fed, it's going to be a long Monday.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at October 28, 2013 04:19 AM (659DL)

123 The downside is disease knows no national boundaries.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 08:16 AM (zZbNF)

Yes, Vic. Except we vaccinate here - and so do most parts of the civilized world. Those parts of the Third World that are U.S. friendly generally get massive amounts of medical aid courtesy of the CDC and USAID. Which means they're pretty good-to-go too.

So...

Still not seeing the downside.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 28, 2013 04:19 AM (JpC1K)

124 Stories behind the great hymns-"If thou but suffer God to guide thee": In the fall of 1641, in the midst of the violent Thirty Years War, young Georg Neumark was traveling across Germany to begin his law studies at the University of KÃ¶nigsberg. On the way, he was attacked by bandits, and robbed of everything he owned, save for his prayer book and the cloak he was wearing. Though he was forced to put off his plans of studying at the University, he never gave up his trust in God to provide for his every need. After months of searching for work and shelter during a harsh winter, a pastor helped Neumark land a job as the tutor for the family of a judge. The day he got the job, the 20-year-old wrote this hymn, rejoicing that the Lord had been faithful to keep the promises contained in His Word, just as Neumark knew He would! Within a few years, heÂ’d saved enough and was able to resume his studies. In addition to being a brilliant hymn text, the melody Â— also composed by Neumark Â— is considered one of the most beautiful melodies ever written. It makes use of the melodic minor scale; seldom used today, but popular during the baroque and classical eras of music: The music: http://tinyurl.com/ovlwx7h There are several additional verses to this hymn than what is here which one can find on the internet which stress that bitter complaint does not make the load lighter. :^) Grace and peace be with you today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2013 04:19 AM (23Kgq)

125 And it also seems to me the other biggest contributor to the dollar menu lasting as long as it did is illegal immigration. Nearly every McD's in all of Chicagoland has a kitchen crew that is 100% Hispanic. The people in the front all speak Spanish now so they can give orders to the cooks in Spanish.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

Not to worry. We'll legalize them. Maybe they can go on strike to get paid 15 dollars an hour. Then they can afford to eat at McD's.
Problem solved

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2013 04:20 AM (xk1x0)

126

I don't have the answers, but there has to be another way. Maybe connecting the people in charge to the stuff that's happening in the world would be a start. I realize it's harder to talk to people, and explain things, and maybe it won't work, but what we're doing now isn't working either.

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Well, I think the GOP *had* been trying that. I give Mitch McConnell a lot of grief, but early on I was on board with his strategy to "put Democrats on record" in supporting Obamacare and all the other crap. Trouble is, that was first term and LIVs don't pay attention until/unless you force them to. Shame is arguably a pretty big motivator. No one likes to feel stupid, most of all stupid people (I'd argue that smart people better recognize when they're acting stupidly and therefore take no offense at being called stupid when it's warranted).

So I'd argue that 'what we're doing now' is trying to approach LIVs by treating them like rational decision makers. They aren't. They are making decisions based on what pop culture tells them. As health insurance gets cancelled and premiums increase on remaining plans, coupled with the inability of a website to work, LIVs are starting to look around and wonder what the eff is going on. They couldn't be bothered with the arguments that it *was* going to happen, so drive them onto the fair-weather bandwagon by saying its happening because stupid people weren't paying attention.

They won't admit they are stupid, and they will prove it by punishing the people who made them look stupid...the pols who screwed up their insurance.

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 04:20 AM (eytER)

127 ....there has to be another way. Maybe connecting the people in charge to the stuff that's happening in the world would be a start. I realize it's harder to talk to people, and explain things, and maybe it won't work, but what we're doing now isn't working either.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 28, 2013 08:10 AM

I think it's nearly too late for that. We've tried snark -- hell, a lot of people are still doing that -- and we've tried reason, explanations, charts, whiteboards and all that stuff.

Hell, we've even tried Poppin' Fresh-style mild criticism, leavened with a heavy dose of fairness and concern for the feelings of the Prophets of Choom.

None of it has "accomplished" anything.

The only serious option will be to sweep aside the Boners, the Bitch McConnells, the Li'l Ricky Santorums, the T-Paws and similar eunuchs are are too heavily invested in the Game of Politics, and mount a balls-to-the-wall opposition to the forces that are destroying (maybe already have destroyed) a once-great country. Or put our hopes in a more "robust" (and therefore illegal and far more dangerous) course of action.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 28, 2013 04:20 AM (kaGpp)

128 #51 You're giving Slick way too much credit. First, for all the donk shit about how "popular" the red nosed predator is, the son of a whore never received 50% of the popular vote. Second, the white trash dickhole is useless for getting other people elected because he's such an egotistical piece of shit. Third Manbearpig was a horrible campaigner and seriously mentally ill; I'm sure Tipper wakes up every morning relieved to be rid of him.

Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at October 28, 2013 04:20 AM (KiMhp)

129 You do realize the vaccine is not given on a routine basis in the US anymore? There is a downside. Much like TB has been, polio could be reintroduced to the us by immigrants, legal or otherwise.

Posted by: JoethefatmanÂ™ (@joethefatman1) at October 28, 2013 08:17 AM (MnSla)

I'm really not too worried about the ability of the U.S. to turn that back on in a nanosecond if herd immunity shows any signs of flagging.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 28, 2013 04:21 AM (JpC1K)

130 And it also seems to me the other biggest contributor to the dollar menu lasting as long as it did is illegal immigration. Nearly every McD's in all of Chicagoland has a kitchen crew that is 100% Hispanic. The people in the front all speak Spanish now so they can give orders to the cooks in Spanish. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry Nobody speaks english in the fast food places near me. ANd that includes some of the winners born here

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 04:21 AM (t3UFN)

131 Yeah, and fuck you all, were not delaying it. You voted for it now were shoving it up your ass. Enjoy.

Posted by: redenzo at October 28, 2013 04:21 AM (vx61Q)

132 Sean Bannion

From the CDC website:

To eliminate the risk of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP), as of January 1, 2000, OPV was no longer recommended for routine immunization in the United States.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at October 28, 2013 04:22 AM (MnSla)

133 Yeah, and fuck you all, were not delaying it. You voted for it now were shoving it up your ass. Enjoy. Posted by: redenzo at October 28, 2013 08:21 AM (vx61Q) Yup that is how I feel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 04:22 AM (t3UFN)

134 Third Manbearpig was a horrible campaigner and seriously mentally ill; I'm sure Tipper wakes up every morning relieved to be rid of him. Also, he has now confirmed that he is old time stupid, but in an effective Hollywood money-grubbing kind of way.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at October 28, 2013 04:23 AM (659DL)

135 Yeah, and fuck you all, were not delaying it. You voted for it now were shoving it up your ass. Enjoy.

Posted by: redenzo at October 28, 2013 08:21 AM (vx61Q)

Ooooh! I'm all tingly!!!! I can't wait to enjoy!

When can I get mine??!

Posted by: Barney Frank[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 28, 2013 04:23 AM (JpC1K)

136

>>>He thought the answer was to vote in MORE DEMONCRAPS

To be fair [heh] that actually was sort of the answer, at least in Illinois, where The Machine oversees and rules all. I guess the way I'm seeing it now is that government programs had their day throughout the 20th century but they've now run their course, reached their end limits. Big centralized everything is breaking down hard. But I'm not agreeing that conservatives have a better way at present, just arguing that the fundamentals have changed and nobody has a good answer as of yet.

Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 04:24 AM (3ZtZW)

137 Bernanke is dumping $60B a month into the economy to stimulate the economy (aka FDR plan). The only thing it has to do with INFLATION is that it is causing it and they are hiding it by lying about what the actual inflation rate is.

Meanwhile at the same time we are STILL operating under the 2009 ALL Democrat spending budget with a $1T deficit dumping even more money into the economy with the fed buying those T-bills which causes even more inflation.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 04:25 AM (zZbNF)

138 So, wait a minute.. Bernanke has been throwing trillions of dollars into the economy to LOWER inflation, right? And HE's responsible for the disappearance of the dollar menu? Wait, WTF? I thought you worked around banks and money. QE is INCREASES inflation by design.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 04:25 AM (V3kRK)

139 Mornin' ya'll. Isn't it great to know we have a rogue government with an incompetent Commander-in-Chief who doesn't know what's going on under his nose?

To show my approval, I'm going to "donate" 40% of today's wages so that they might "carry-on."

Posted by: Fritz at October 28, 2013 04:26 AM (UzPAd)

140

>>>Yes, Vic. Except we vaccinate here - and so do most parts of the civilized world

And just wait for O'Care to really get going!

/sarc

Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 04:27 AM (3ZtZW)

141 Yeah, and fuck you all, were not delaying it. You voted for it now were shoving it up your ass. Enjoy.
Posted by: redenzo at October 28, 2013 08:21 AM

One small problem with this attitude (which smells a bit too much of the Kouch-bound Keyboard Kommando response):

While letting the LIVs suffer the consequences of their stupidity, Choom Boy and his co-conspirators will be shoving it up YOUR ass, too.

And ours, BTW.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 28, 2013 04:28 AM (kaGpp)

142 Question, anyone think Valerie Jarrett actually knows she's incompetent?

Or would that just be, to her, more evidence of "institutional racism"?

Jus' askin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 28, 2013 04:28 AM (JpC1K)

143 Why Micky D's killed buck menu.. The Local Safeway here in SO CAl sells Bacon fot 9 bucks a pound.. Not the Hobbs smoked gourmet pig, just the pedestrian product $8.98 a LB. With 2 pigs here in the homeland for Man woman and child. Go figure... Inflation baby..

Posted by: jet Built Around Cannon at October 28, 2013 04:29 AM (5bB1J)

144 But I'm not agreeing that conservatives have a better way at present, just arguing that the fundamentals have changed and nobody has a good answer as of yet.
Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands

It is funny watching the two different Dem camps, trying to figure out who gets a haircut, and whether they get a "Curly" or a "Moe"

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2013 04:29 AM (xk1x0)

145 #110 Fat fuck Rove and his country clubbers obviously have a lot of sway in who does and doesn't get RNC campaign money. Steve Lonegan got nothing from those cocksuckers and still got a higher percentage of votes than Saint Wiilard the Squish and the thought of Cuccinelli sends the RINOs to the fainting couches.

Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at October 28, 2013 04:29 AM (KiMhp)

146 I agree it's odd, but then it's not like the VA GOP has been exactly stumping for Cuccinelli either. We evensaw Bill Bolling come out in August or so and openly question Cuccinelli's chops to be Governor. The Establishment wing got miffed that Cuccinelli didn't "wait his turn" and decided to, I think, sabotage the campaign in a passive-aggressive way. I think had the VA GOP gotten behind this race in a big way, and with support from the national GOP apparatus to nationalize this race, things would be very different from where they are now. Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 08:13 AM (eytER) Thank you for that explanation of what's going on. I will admit that I haven't paid enough attention (read: any) to that situation to understand why it is that Cuccinelli hasn't been getting support from the VA GOP. Are there actual issues with him or is it all night of the long knives stuff?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at October 28, 2013 04:29 AM (VtjlW)

147 Hmm. I see I missed a weekend Bride of Frankenstein thread. That's what I get for being offline. In case it wasn't mentioned, the Bride (Elsa Lanchester) was married to Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton), and they spent a good deal of their married life at a legendary apartment complex called The Garden of Allah (whose destruction was lamented in the song Big Yelllow Taxi). Laughton was gay and Lanchester bi (though preferring women), so it was very much a marriage of convenience.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 04:30 AM (zF6Iw)

148 And just wait for O'Care to really get going! /sarc Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 08:27 AM (3ZtZW)

That's a bigger worry to me than outbreaks of polio in Muslim countries.

Pretty sure most of them don't have a cottage industry in adaptive technology to retrofit truck bombs.

But that could change....

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 28, 2013 04:30 AM (JpC1K)

149 These are the complere lyrics of "If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee." I am particularly taken with the verse which talks about not thinking that amidst your fiery trials God has cast you off,.Thanks. Georg Neumark for your wonderful words of faith and music and for Catherine Winkworth for translating them: http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/i/i201.html

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2013 04:31 AM (23Kgq)

150 [142] It has never been about me.

Posted by: redenzo at October 28, 2013 04:31 AM (vx61Q)

151 One small problem with this attitude (which smells a bit too much of the Kouch-bound Keyboard Kommando response): While letting the LIVs suffer the consequences of their stupidity, Choom Boy and his co-conspirators will be shoving it up YOUR ass, too. And ours, BTW. Posted by: MrScribbler at October 28, 2013 08:28 AM (kaGpp) Short term pain for long term gain.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 04:32 AM (t3UFN)

152 Are there actual issues with him or is it all night of the long knives stuff?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at October 28, 2013 08:29 AM (VtjlW)

He's a little bit (OK, a LOT) of a grandstanding self-promoter, coupled to some inarticulateness at times.

He's not a guy I'd vote for if there were any other options.

However, there are no other options.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 28, 2013 04:33 AM (JpC1K)

153 Teh latest excuse for a Choom Boy felony: Yes, the nasty NSA bugged Merkel's phone, but nobody told President Historic FirstÂ© they were doin' it.

http://bbc.in/19KMLHT

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 28, 2013 04:34 AM (kaGpp)

154 And now for the Morning Good News: Al Qaeda-Led Syrian Rebels Kill 15 Hezbollah Fighters Outside DamascusÂ…

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 04:35 AM (t3UFN)

155 Oops, I see Gabe picked up on the Merkel story. That's what I get for not reading his post....

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 28, 2013 04:35 AM (kaGpp)

156 Miraculously, Klopper lost that one, but by slightly more than a red cnt hair/cheating margin. That was my point. Had the Brookfield City votes not been withheld (accidentally or intentionally) from AP's running totals, I am certain that the fraud machine would have covered the larger spread. I could never prove it, but it's enough for me.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 04:35 AM (V3kRK)

157 Don't forget the billions the feds pump into food stamps when we look at rising food costs.

Posted by: lowandslow at October 28, 2013 04:36 AM (IV4od)

158 156 And now for the Morning Good News:

Al Qaeda-Led Syrian Rebels Kill 15 Hezbollah Fighters Outside DamascusÂ…

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2013 08:35 AM (t3UFN)

MOAR PLEASE!!!

Also, this little gem popped up this morning:

"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."

~ Daniel Webster

AND HOW.......

Posted by: Chuck Woolery at October 28, 2013 04:37 AM (wtvvX)

159 Skittles. Attract more flies with honey than vinegar. You can lead a fly to shit but you can't make it eat it? "Actually positive reinforcement works significantly better. With dogs AND humans. "Turning an LIV is a net plus two. Forcing an LIV from the game is a net plus one. "Since turning LIVs costs significantly more than forcing LIVs from the game, then punishment is the more cost effective solution." 120. Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT Exactly how do YOU force an LIV from the voting booth? open their eyes 2 Kings 6 http://tinyurl.com/kzctyc8 26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, Â“Help me, my lord the king!Â” 27The king replied, Â“If the Lord does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?Â” 28Then he asked her, Â“WhatÂ’s the matter?Â” She answered, Â“This woman said to me, Â‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow weÂ’ll eat my son.Â’ 29So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day I said to her, Â‘Give up your son so we may eat him,Â’ but she had hidden him.Â” 30When the king heard the womanÂ’s words, he tore his robes. As he went along the wall, the people looked, and they saw that, under his robes, he had sackcloth on his body. 31He said, Â“May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha [the prophet of Israel, man of God] son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!Â”

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 04:37 AM (MhA4j)

160

Al Qaeda-Led Syrian Rebels Kill 15 Hezbollah Fighters Outside DamascusÂ…

Awesome.

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 28, 2013 04:37 AM (R/MEM)

161 I've been trying to read up on the so called Dirty War. I in no way endorse what those governments did. But, I'm also sick of the lies by the left. One book I read, explains how the Argentinean Junta went about their war on the left. There was a method to their madness...

Posted by: Jesse at October 28, 2013 04:38 AM (As/N8)

162 I plan on selling Tree Rat on a stick to Pedestrians when the SHTF...

Posted by: jet Built Around Cannon at October 28, 2013 04:39 AM (5bB1J)

163 Â‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow weÂ’ll eat my son.Â’ 29So we cooked my son and ate him. I love veal.

Posted by: Jesse at October 28, 2013 04:40 AM (As/N8)

164

Thank you for that explanation of what's going on. I will admit that I haven't paid enough attention (read: any) to that situation to understand why it is that Cuccinelli hasn't been getting support from the VA GOP. Are there actual issues with him or is it all night of the long knives stuff?

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In a nutshell:

Bill Bolling was the Lt Gov under Tim Kaine. Bolling, a RINO, was set to run for VA Gov but in some back-room dealmaking agreed to run for Lt Gov again so Bob McDonnell could run for Gov. The thinking was that McDonnell would get his profile raised and be a possible running mate for the eventual GOP Presidential nominee. In return for Bolling stepping aside, McDonnell would agree to endorse Bolling in the 2013 governor's race.

Meanwhile, Ken Cuccinelli, then a state delegate, successfully won the statewide election to become Attorney General.

Fast forward to 2013. Bolling expects to get the nomination in a cakewalk, but Cuccinelli and his supporters force a convention vote instead of a statewide primary and Cuccinelli wins the Gov nomination. Bolling, and his Establishment wing people, get sour grapes and go home, withholding support and, in certain cases, actively going out to stump against Cuccinelli (McAuliffe's commercials feature another RINO endorcing McAuliffe). In addition, certain delegate races (most notably Tom Rust) are taking the tack that being a Republican is a bad thing and voting to enable Democrat policies and "work across the aisle" is the thing to do. Little coincidence that Bill Clinton stumping for McAuliffe this weekend was hitting those same notes.

Further, the VA GOP hasn't been supporting the Gov race. I get mailers, sometimes two a day, to support my RINO delegate, but not one thing for Cuccinelli. I've had volunteers keep knocking on my door telling me to go out and vote for the RINO, but not one word in support of Cuccinelli.

When you contrast this with, say, Scott Walker up in WI (where the national party successfully made it a national referendum against union overreach), you're confused as to why a GOP candidate with a great record on bread-and-butter Republican issues (aggressive opposition to Obamacare, guns, taxes, etc) is being abandoned. The explanation is, he didn't honor an agreement he was no party in, and he's being passively-aggressively punished for having the temerity to run for office. The VA GOP would rather lose this race so they can marginalize a tea partier.

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 04:40 AM (eytER)

165 Exactly how do YOU force an LIV from the voting booth? By berating the piece of shit into doubting his own judgment and fitness to participate. They wouldn't be LIVs if they weren't particularly open to manipulation.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 04:41 AM (V3kRK)

166

161

So you're saying cannibalism is the answer?

Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 04:41 AM (3ZtZW)

167

So you're saying cannibalism is the answer?

Dibs on Christina Hendricks.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 04:44 AM (zF6Iw)

168

Dibs on Christina Hendricks.

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Q: Breast or Thigh?

A: Yes.

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 04:45 AM (eytER)

169 Standard headline for the Obama Presidency: "Obama claims he's ignorant"

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at October 28, 2013 04:46 AM (SzAZ7)

170 So you're saying cannibalism is the answer?

Posted by: Bigby's Scraping Hands at October 28, 2013 08:41 AM (3ZtZW)

If that's the answer, then it must have been a hell of a question.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 28, 2013 04:46 AM (JpC1K)

171 Monty DOOM thread up.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 28, 2013 04:46 AM (zF6Iw)

172 How long before a just infected with polio muslim "suicide bomber" gets on a plane for NYC or some other infidel city?

Posted by: jj at October 28, 2013 04:46 AM (gWO5X)

173 59 55 Oh sure, the information is out there, but snark isn't quite cutting it when it comes to informing people.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 28, 2013 07:30 AM (BeSEI)

The people not familiar with who that is and who don't already know that we have massive inflation and why don't read this site.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2013 07:35 AM (zZbNF)

Hell, I didn't recognize him till I read some of the followup tweets.

I love the assholes claiming there's no food inflation. Go down to the grocery store and buy some Pringles(tm). The cans are now 2/3-3/4 the height the used to be. A few years ago you could get those taller cans for under a dollar. Now the short cans are more than a dollar. But no, there's no food inflation! Who are you going to believe, apologists for the administration or your lying eyes? Fuckers. Barbed cock of Satan. These guys. Some assembly required.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at October 28, 2013 04:47 AM (72afg)

174

Greetins and salutin's fellow domestic enemies.

I see we're still screwed. Typical Monday.

SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 28, 2013 04:48 AM (0HooB)

175 And just to follow up to my own comment, I imagine these assholes would tell me I shouldn't be buying Pringles anyway, since they're not healthy. So there's no inflation AND I should be grateful I can't afford junk food because the price went up. Fuck them. Again.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at October 28, 2013 04:49 AM (72afg)

176 167. 168. Open their eyes. Disillusionment is powerful. But if that energy is not correctly directed at the cause for sorrow, it wallows and certainly is of no use except to the status quo corrupt forces in office to drag us all down with the forlorn. Front/Left, you wrote that positive reinforcement is more effective. Even if you go the route of berating, "reality check", don't fool yourself into thinking the piece of shit isn't going to turn and rend you for your effort (kill the messenger), unless the idiot has a reason to see what is happening to HIM/HER and blame the dirty rotten King/tyrant source of woe who not only blasphemes truth, NO Rule of Law tolerated during this administration, but goes out of his way to attempt to decapitate anyone with effective leadership skills and lawful agenda. Bigby, link, read the chapter for context.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 04:53 AM (MhA4j)

177 Has the failure of the Obamacare website been blamed on the Tea Party? The Tea Party is the new scapegoat. With Republicans jumping gleefully on that bandwagon. 'Awesome! We have someone else we can blame stuff on. Maybe the MSM will love us now!' Dream on, jackasses.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at October 28, 2013 04:56 AM (DoZD+)

178 Doom thread up. Read and despair.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at October 28, 2013 04:57 AM (72afg)

179 168. Bigby, When W was still in office, I wrote that socialism IS cannibalism. The idea caught on later with a blog entry (American Thinker?) around the time lame Michael Steele RNC Chair questioned whether it PC for Republicans to say the word "socialist".

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 04:57 AM (MhA4j)

180 J random

The food guys found a really smart way to deal with higher prices there. That shrinkage stuff didn't just save their bottom line in the obvious way, they dodged the killing venom the left would have thrown at them had they done the honest thing and raised prices. And so "there is no inflation".

That is the same kind of fakery that I expect to happen regarding Obamacare;

"Look what these horrible greedy companies have done to insurance." And since we already have the law, they won't have to convince even a majority of this line of crap. Just enough to stave of a major push.

So them get what they deserve people are wrong.

Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at October 28, 2013 04:58 AM (FtCW+)

181 179 Has the failure of the Obamacare website been blamed on the Tea Party? So, Michelle Obama's friend is a tea bagger.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 04:58 AM (MhA4j)

182 don't fool yourself into thinking the piece of shit isn't going to turn and rend you for your effort (kill the messenger) The same can happen trying the positive reinforcement approach. Bottom line: They are too damned heavy, and they are not my brothers.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 05:03 AM (V3kRK)

183 Posted by: @JohnTant at October 28, 2013 08:40 AM (eytER)

Is Cuccinelli tea party? The other guy seems like a bad bet but has hillary stumping for him. Figured the republicans stood down because they are afraid of hillary or because they made a deal?

Posted by: just a citizen at October 28, 2013 05:03 AM (Nx76m)

184 That website goes down more than a two-bit hooker.

Posted by: perturbed at October 28, 2013 05:05 AM (TXq4O)

185 If Obama didn't know about the spying then what was the point of said spying? Is it just "in case" Angela Merkel might be a terrorist or something? Yeah, and he didn't know about the IRS targeting tea party groups either.

Posted by: Andrew at October 28, 2013 05:06 AM (VjlMj)

186 Posted by: J. Random Dude at October 28, 2013 08:49 AM (72afg)

5 lbs of sugar is now really 4 lbs.

16 ounces of pasta is now 13 3/4 ounces or 14 or 12 or 15 varies by supplier.

But, the box looks the same and the sugar still is called "5 LBS of sugar"
and yeah, the price is the same so you don't notice you are getting less.

Posted by: just a citizen at October 28, 2013 05:07 AM (Nx76m)

187 But if that energy is not correctly directed at the cause for sorrow, it wallows and certainly is of no use except to the status quo corrupt forces in office to drag us all down with the forlorn. Come to think of it, the cause for sorrow *is* the LIV. His votes put the corrupt forces in office, and his votes keep them there.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 05:08 AM (V3kRK)

188 #175

I expect anyone who shops regularly can produce a whole list of items that have shot up in price in recent years.

It used to be very common around here (LA County) for one of the major grocery chains to have London Broil for under $2 a pound in their weekly promotion. Likewise, boneless chicken breast for around $1 a pound. Today, a promotional price on either item is a dollar higher. The cost of the main item for dinner in household of three people has risen noticeably.

But hey, if you ignore food and fuel, inflation has been really low!

Posted by: Epobirs at October 28, 2013 05:11 AM (kcfmt)

189 Forget the Democrats; Virginians should vote for Cuccinelli just to piss off the GOP!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 28, 2013 05:15 AM (uf1pv)

190 Front/Left Bottom Line: they're still voters. No one asked you to carry them. Choose to ignore the horse. Or lead horse to water. The rest is up to the horse. But if you lead the horse to water and then beat it senseless and to death? That didn't alleviate the heat of the sun, the parched earth, the drought, your thirst OR the horse's. Who did you think you were fooling while dragging that horse to its place of destruction, promising water/life? That's what the uniparty authoritarians do. When a person SEES what's happening and SEES the cause, so long as there is REASON, that person will not simply carry himself into the booth, but vote with logic. And the false expectations "Arbeit Macht Frei" won't be the voter's agenda; rather, the opposite.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 05:16 AM (MhA4j)

191 But if you lead the horse to water and then beat it senseless and to death? That didn't alleviate the heat of the sun, the parched earth, the drought, your thirst OR the horse's. Who did you think you were fooling while dragging that horse to its place of destruction, promising water/life? That's what the uniparty authoritarians do. I do not buy your argument. Using your charged terms: I do not dispute that leading the horse to water is admirable. That says nothing about whether it is easier to beat it senseless and to death where I find it.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 05:20 AM (V3kRK)

192 Â‘SupermanÂ’ artist stunned to find Â‘donatedÂ’ work on sale

http://tinyurl.com/p2ze2pe

It seems like comic book artists got the same treatment as musicians. Wonder what the law actually is on this?

Posted by: just a citizen at October 28, 2013 05:23 AM (Nx76m)

193 As to inflation, Larry Dudlow and many others have told me that the increasing costs I see as I actually shop for groceries are just an illusion. You see, Bernanke has been "masterful" in inflating the stock bubble with his magical 85 billion a month (just like Greenspan was a genius).

Posted by: ejo at October 28, 2013 05:28 AM (GXvSO)

194 189. I haven't been arguing with you. Kick over an LIV ant pile. Let them scurry to rebuild. Meanwhile, big picture. If it's LIV ants, kill the queen. If it's political corruption, cut off the head of the snake, not the rattling tip. Whether in your own property or in dens where snakes nest together. But for all the cleansing, what is found beneath the layers of corruption once removed? We're in agreement, Constitutional Republic.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 05:31 AM (MhA4j)

195 ... "dragging that horse to its place of destruction, promising water/life? That's what the uniparty authoritarians do." 193. "I do not buy your argument." "Arbeit Macht Frei" is what authoritarians do. Whether or not you destroy life without regard, I don't.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 28, 2013 05:36 AM (MhA4j)

196 @170 Q: Breast or Thigh?
A: Yes.

'faith, her privates, we.

Posted by: Rosencrantz and Guildernstern at October 28, 2013 05:38 AM (JNUY4)

197 hal needham died, I always imagined that working on a film with him would be a blast

Posted by: chelsea danger at October 28, 2013 05:44 AM (KfDDN)

198 "Arbeit Macht Frei" is what authoritarians do. Whether or not you destroy life without regard, I don't. I'm sorry. I missed your point entirely. My argument was simply that the lessons of Operant Conditioning are regularly abused and misapplied. The notion that we are responsible for educating our peers into better behavior in life's classroom is not more than a couple of quick twists from "Arbeit Macht Frei." On the other hand, convincing a peer to stop doing something that affects me badly does not require crypto-tyrannical motivation on my part.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 28, 2013 05:56 AM (V3kRK)

199 @78 - I haven't bought anything Heinz since 2004 and even refuse to use anything Heinze, even if I didn't pay for it.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at October 28, 2013 08:20 AM (vg8iE)

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