October 04, 2013

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— Gabriel Malor

FRIDAY!

That movie 'Gravity' seems to have been well-received. Anybody seen it yet?

The dental hygienist shot dead by Capitol police might have been suffering from post-partum depression.

NRO editorial on the shutdown: "A modest bargain makes more sense than a grand one."

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1 First?

Posted by: Insomniac at October 04, 2013 02:46 AM (NEIxp)

2 DAY 332 1,131 to go (1,202 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 04, 2013 02:46 AM (WjLUf)

3 Happy Friday, morons!

Posted by: Insomniac at October 04, 2013 02:46 AM (NEIxp)

4 ...and MORON MEET-UPS notwithstanding! See you all esta noche!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 02:47 AM (WjLUf)

5 How about no bargain?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 02:48 AM (WjLUf)

6 Morning horde!

Posted by: Boone at October 04, 2013 02:49 AM (tIyK2)

7 This comment is deleted due to government shutdown.

Posted by: RolandTHTG at October 04, 2013 02:50 AM (qyoyx)

8 The continuing resolution is now more or less a dead issue. Full court press now on the debt ceiling. Will SCOAMF unilaterally raise the debt ceiling in defiance of Congress? There's your fundamental transformation. Complete lawless tyranny. THIS is why we cannot compromise any more.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 02:50 AM (WjLUf)

9 I think the Democrats are demanding the GOP disavow the TEA party in order to avert the shutdown. So much for realistic compromise.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 02:52 AM (uhAkr)

10 Good morning morons. Day 4 of shutdown. I didn't want to go to work today anyway. Anybody know if the Andrews AFB golf course is open?

Posted by: Talibill at October 04, 2013 02:52 AM (Q6uDO)

11 Will SCOAMF unilaterally raise the debt ceiling in defiance of Congress? Probably.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 02:53 AM (uhAkr)

12 'Gravity' looks like it would be cool flick. Gotta see it in Imax, for maximum effect I think. Watched a couple of TED talks recently where two separate presenters came to the same conclusion; when the Apollo astronauts took photographs of Earth from the Moon, it was the beginning of the 'Save The Planet!!!' movement. One can only wonder what the impressionable youth would think up after seeing 'Gravity'.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 04, 2013 02:53 AM (U2UQk)

13 So I remember when the defund tactic was insane because the GOP would lose the inevitable shutdown. Delay was genius. Explain this to me.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 02:54 AM (4+AaH)

14 Really the Republicans just need to pass a one year addition to the debt ceiling at current spending levels. Then it is easier for them to hold firm on the CR. Also, they take away the talk of a financial collapse and look like the ones willing to compromise.

Posted by: Chris at October 04, 2013 02:54 AM (aBOfW)

15 Courses on Fort Bragg are closed.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 04, 2013 02:54 AM (4xOsM)

16 11 Will SCOAMF unilaterally raise the debt ceiling in defiance of Congress? Probably. Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 06:53 AM (uhAkr) That will be uncharted territory. Not that a frighteningly large part of our populace would know or give a shit. But it will be a complete unmooring from America as founded, if we are not at that stage already.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 02:54 AM (WjLUf)

17 Boehner said on Fox that they are in conference to get a Bill out to raise the debt ceiling right now.

Posted by: Bill R. at October 04, 2013 02:56 AM (QnRSM)

18 13 So I remember when the defund tactic was insane because the GOP would lose the inevitable shutdown. Delay was genius. Explain this to me. As it turns out, Delay caused a shutdown and nobody gives a shit that they passed a delay vs. a defund. Republicans have gotten zero credit for it. What's more important is Storm Troopers guarding our national monuments with hair trigger nerves.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 02:57 AM (uhAkr)

19 Really the Republicans just need to pass a one year addition to the debt ceiling at current spending levels. Nah, death by 1000 paper cuts. Give Obama three months worth of paper dollars to burn through. Why give away such a powerful bargaining chip for an entire year? House members won an election, too. They should be expected to continue fighting. See also; only tool, hammer

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 04, 2013 02:57 AM (U2UQk)

20 Its good to know we have essential government employees whose job it is to put up Barrycades in front of parks.

Posted by: rub my winkie at October 04, 2013 02:57 AM (jPzee)

21 20 Its good to know we have essential government employees whose job it is to put up Barrycades in front of parks. Shouldn't the people doing this have thought, "gee, isn't it tyrannical to block off the Lincoln Memorial?"

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 02:59 AM (uhAkr)

22 17 Boehner said on Fox that they are in conference to get a Bill out to raise the debt ceiling right now. Posted by: Bill R. at October 04, 2013 06:56 AM (QnRSM) Well, there's that. I hope Fox is talking out the side of Rove's ass just to fire us up, but it will be what it will be.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:00 AM (WjLUf)

23 20 Its good to know we have essential government employees whose job it is to put up Barrycades in front of parks. Posted by: rub my winkie at October 04, 2013 06:57 AM (jPzee) Barrycade ready jobs unemployment dips another 2 tenths

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 03:00 AM (/OUqZ)

24 21 Shouldn't the people doing this have thought, "gee, isn't it tyrannical to block off the Lincoln Memorial?" Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 06:59 AM (uhAkr) They have no clue as to what it is they are guarding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:00 AM (WjLUf)

25 17 Boehner said on Fox that they are in conference to get a Bill out to raise the debt ceiling right now. Why, exactly?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 03:00 AM (uhAkr)

26 The GOP's talking points are like a Mississippi mud woman's toes - pointing off in all directions. They need some solid points and they need to stay in front of anyone with a camera or recorder. Everyone one of them. Everyday.

Posted by: Talibill at October 04, 2013 03:01 AM (Q6uDO)

27 What's more important is Storm Troopers guarding our national monuments with hair trigger nerves. Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 06:57 AM (uhAkr) Yeah, is anyone else disturbed by that. I saw the video. Yeah, she was nuts and driving like and Idiot, but a death sentence? Not even an attempt to box her in and drag her out of the car? The Pres wasn't in danger, congress was not in danger. Since when do cops have the right to execute you after a car chase? This is nuts.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at October 04, 2013 03:01 AM (XIxXP)

28 20 The new powerful Leftist replacement for the US Army. pbho promised the creation and establishment of a “Civilian National Security Force.” He further promised it would be “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded as the US Military.” pbho in a speech in Boulder, Colorado

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2013 03:01 AM (u82oZ)

29 Why, exactly? Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 07:00 AM (uhAkr) Because SHUTDOWN

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 03:02 AM (/OUqZ)

30 Anyway, while we're all focused on this, Eric Cantor is in the back room stabbing us in the back with Amnesty. And NOTHING about border security, as if that would survive a conference committee.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:02 AM (WjLUf)

31 In the sports movies, at the crucial moment, the coach asks the hero "Are you ready?" and the hero replies "I've been ready for this my whole life," then goes out on the field and delivers. In Obamacare, Chris Matthews tells us his team has been waiting and planning this since the days of Harry Truman, then whines like Tonya Harding for a do-over.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at October 04, 2013 03:02 AM (a5ljo)

32 And the absence of Paul Ryan in the midst of his specialty - budgets - means he is in the shadows selling us down the river with Amnesty. Fucking Eddie Munster sell-out.

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

33 Well, I hate to be the one that said I Told You So, but guess what? The House takes up a bill today or tomorrow to pay back wages to everyone on furlough.
 
http://tinyurl.com/ng34bp6 (AP)
 
Actually, i just hate being right on this. I knew those suckers of crock would do this. It's just an extra paid vacation for most of them.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 04, 2013 03:06 AM (cHZB7)

34 In Obamacare, Chris Matthews tells us his team has been waiting and planning this since the days of Harry Truman, then whines like Tonya Harding for a do-over. 'You never get a second chance at a good first impression.' Stuff my mom tried to teach me

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 04, 2013 03:06 AM (U2UQk)

35 I really can't believe they shot that woman down like that. So, erratic behavior = bullet sammich. Unbelievably sad - poor baby girl....

Posted by: Gem at October 04, 2013 03:06 AM (zw+pb)

36 I'm thinking that Carey tried to sign up for Obamacare and, giving her postpartum depression, it was the last mental straw...

Posted by: ProfShadow at October 04, 2013 03:06 AM (Bf1lo)

37 28 20 The new powerful Leftist replacement for the US Army. pbho promised the creation and establishment of a “Civilian National Security Force.” He further promised it would be “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded as the US Military.” pbho in a speech in Boulder, Colorado Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2013 07:01 AM (u82oZ) He's decapitated a lot of the leadership at DoD and replaced them with political lackies in uniform. I imagine this new NSF will look a lot like the Philly pll watchers in 2008.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:06 AM (WjLUf)

38 I really can't believe they shot that woman down like that. Part of the fundamental transformation of Amerikkka, prole.

Posted by: Moochelle [/i] at October 04, 2013 03:08 AM (U2UQk)

39 Yeah, but you have to use the hammer judiciously. You can't just swing the thing over every issue. That will turn people against you. We're winning on the CR. Extending the debt limit for a certain amount of time, I still think a year is fine, will help with the optics and keep the focus on where we are winning.

Posted by: Chris at October 04, 2013 03:09 AM (aBOfW)

40

I think the Democrats are demanding the GOP disavow the TEA party in order to avert the shutdown.

 

And don't think they won't do it in a New York minute if they think they can still keep their phoney-baloney jobs in 2014.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 04, 2013 03:09 AM (zF6Iw)

41 But it will be a complete unmooring from America as founded, if we are not at that stage already. - J.J. Sefton The. way you can tell whether we are not at that stage already is by the howl that goes up when he does it. (listens to crickets) Good morning, folks. Where's my coffee? Where's my sun? Where's my Constitutional Republic? but mostly for now coffee...

Posted by: mindful webworker - crawling back to bed at October 04, 2013 03:09 AM (j2X6g)

42 Gatherings of Tea Party Patriots at their local Congressperson's Office-Today at 12:00 for all who can attend. Also, a flyer on myths on Obamacare people can hand out: http://www.teapartypatriots.org/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 03:09 AM (a4Omg)

43 42 http://www.teapartypatriots.org/ Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 07:09 AM (a4Omg) Gerry Nadler and Gary Ackerman. Who's with me?!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:11 AM (WjLUf)

44

20 Its good to know we have essential government employees whose job it is to put up Barrycades in front of parks.

 

 



Shouldn't the people doing this have thought, "gee, isn't it tyrannical to block off the Lincoln Memorial?"


 

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 06:59 AM (uhAkr)

 

Nope.  They're only following orders, remember?  Your anger should be directed towards the ones giving the orders, not the poor SA man performing a sad, but necessary job.

 

Remember, too, when Barky tells them to shoot you, they're only following orders.  They have no say.  They can't refuse, or they'd lose their jobs, you see, and they all have kinder at home to feed.  Just die like a good Jew American.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 04, 2013 03:12 AM (zF6Iw)

45 I don't spend money on Sandra Bullock or George Clooney movies. EVER.

Posted by: Gem at October 04, 2013 03:13 AM (zw+pb)

46 If the gop does not go to the matrasses and extract meaningful concessions with this shut down then they are the dopes we have always know they were. Anything short of a delay in obamacare and massive reduction in spending is a gigantic loss.

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 03:14 AM (iANqq)

47 If Obama unilaterally raised the debt ceiling without Congressional approval is that considered a 'high crime or misdemeanor" and-hence- an impeachable offense? I mean, he's exceeded his authority so many times. What would he have to do to be brought up on charges?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 03:15 AM (a4Omg)

48 Where's my sun? Where's my Constitutional Republic? but mostly for now coffee... more importantly, where's Vic?

Posted by: RolandTHTG at October 04, 2013 03:15 AM (qyoyx)

49 17 Boehner said on Fox that they are in conference to get a Bill out to raise the debt ceiling right now.

They want a budget agreement.

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2013 03:16 AM (YjDyJ)

50 pbho promised the creation and establishment of a “Civilian National Security Force.” He further promised it would be “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded as the US Military.” It turns out he'll accomplish that by pussifying the military. (Can't wait for Jane D'oh to be able to tell all - that's gonna be an epic thread).

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 03:16 AM (T6c9C)

51 The GOP had better be ready to fire back hard for when the JEF tries to unilaterally raise the debt limit. As in Articles of Impeachment. Why do Whoreyweird sooper jeanyusses have to ruin a good movie by putting George C Looney in it?

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 04, 2013 03:16 AM (sfGGY)

52 @47 Obama has committed high crimes on numerous occasions that were justifiably impeachable. It would require an opposition with balls to do it.

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 03:16 AM (iANqq)

53 I'm sure RS McCain will have some choice words on his website today; Kaitlyn Hunt has pleaded out and is getting what sounds like a pretty sweet deal. She's the chick that as an 18 year old was caught having sex with a 14 year old girl. You know, statutory rape.
 
Kaitlyn Hunt, 19, pleaded no contest to battery, interference with child custody and contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child.
 
That's also on AP but no more linky love. Oh, and she won't have to register as a sex offender.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 04, 2013 03:17 AM (cHZB7)

54 On FB a usually apolitical African American acquaintance who is a veteran posted a video of a Congressman confronting a park ranger about closing the WWII memorial, the comments show we live in different worlds. These people think that closing off the memorial is some sacred Constitutional right or something.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 03:17 AM (4+AaH)

55 47 If Obama unilaterally raised the debt ceiling without Congressional approval is that considered a 'high crime or misdemeanor" and-hence- an impeachable offense? I mean, he's exceeded his authority so many times. What would he have to do to be brought up on charges? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 07:15 AM (a4Omg) It's about as high a crime as any president has ever or could ever commit. Essentially, he will have destroyed an entire branch of the government by usurping its power. Should he be impeached? Absolutely. Will he? No. Not with a Democrat Senate and a feckless/spineless House. But this is moot because the magic 8 ball sez that Boehner will violate the Hastert rule to agree to a raise of the debt ceiling.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:18 AM (WjLUf)

56 Where is Sharpton and the "I'm Trayvon" crowd? I would think that they would be up in arms over the shooting yesterday. One would think this could be used as a perfect example of racial profiling and the police. Strange how their priorities work.

Posted by: LurkeyLooToo at October 04, 2013 03:18 AM (obeBY)

57 38 I really can't believe they shot that woman down like that. Part of the fundamental transformation of Amerikkka, prole. Posted by: Moochelle at October 04, 2013 This is what keeps me up at night.

Posted by: Gem at October 04, 2013 03:20 AM (zw+pb)

58 @56.  No.  No white-hispanic was involved.

Posted by: Case at October 04, 2013 03:20 AM (tjj0w)

59 I don't spend money on Sandra Bullock or George Clooney movies. EVER. Unfortunately, if you want high quality movies, with costly special effects, somebody putting up the huge production dollars is going to want 'name' actors. They're both huge 'names'. Sandra Bullock as FBI agent/beauty contestant was decent movie. Can't recall ever spending money on a Clooney movie. Possibly one where he was an astronaut of some sort, I forget the name.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 04, 2013 03:20 AM (U2UQk)

60 55 But this is moot because the magic 8 ball sez that Boehner will violate the Hastert rule to agree to a raise of the debt ceiling. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 07:18 AM (WjLUf) So in essence, Boehner will have aided and abetted in the dissolving of the legislature and abdicated his own oath of office. There's your Neville Chamberlain.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:20 AM (WjLUf)

61 If the President went on TV and said he was going to unilaterally blow through the debt ceiling for the children the defense of it would be so shrill from the press and OFA and the LIVs. Because laws are racist.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 03:20 AM (4+AaH)

62 @55 If they raise the debt ceiling at this time with the leverage they hold now with the government shutdown then what the hell was the point of the shutdown? Backdoor amnesty is all I see we Will be getting out of this.

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 03:21 AM (gznAu)

63 Abrogated would have been a better word than abdicated, but both apply.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:22 AM (WjLUf)

64 If you want to reward the right movies being made, go see Grace Unplugged this weekend. Something about the air in the theater though had this guy with two daughters allergies going.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 03:23 AM (4+AaH)

65 62 Backdoor amnesty is all I see we Will be getting out of this. Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 07:21 AM (gznAu) The absolute silence of Paul Ryan during all this is deafening. He's selling us out right now along with Cantor.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:23 AM (WjLUf)

66 #59 Probably Solaris, a remake of a surely better Tarkovsky movie.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 04, 2013 03:23 AM (sfGGY)

67 #59

Probably the Solaris remake.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 04, 2013 03:23 AM (kcfmt)

68 56 Asking for impartial standards is so 2007. When we were governed by laws, not ruled by decree.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 04, 2013 03:24 AM (u82oZ)

69 Tropical Storm Karen can blow me; I might as well give her permission cuz she's gonna do it anyhow.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 04, 2013 03:25 AM (cHZB7)

70 And Stanislaw Lem, wept even though he was dead by then,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 04, 2013 03:25 AM (Jsiw/)

71 Still, I am wondering about the delay crowd and how that was genius. I demand an explanation, and why all the name calling.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 03:26 AM (4+AaH)

72 What would he have to do to be brought up on charges? -FenelonSpoke Before he quits getting away with everything, I believe you have to have a bureaucracy, Congress, and courts, not to mention electorate, as thoroughly intelligent and patriotic as the current entrenched state of stupidity and socialism. Me in the morning, bringing the hopeless. Listening to the coffee pot gurgling... maybe I'll be hopeful after coffee and sunrise.

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 03:26 AM (WCi6Q)

73 House Leadership in Listening Mode on Debt Limit- http://bit.ly/175hpsa

"What is going on, is that House Republican Leadership allies, like Ryan, and Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., are meeting with multiple House members about the ongoing government shutdown and impending debt limit deadline.

But, this source stressed, these meetings are more like listening session than sales meetings. There is no leadership 'Grand Bargain' plan that is being sold to members.

Instead, Ryan, Camp, and other Leadership allies, are feeling out their movement conservative colleagues about what the acceptable parameters of a final deal with Obama on the debt limit could look like."

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2013 03:26 AM (YjDyJ)

74 So this is the DOOM thread, then?

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 03:27 AM (4+AaH)

75 My only question about the movie "Gravity" is why are they sending old people into space?  I thought astronauting was a young person's game. 

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2013 03:27 AM (BeSEI)

76 @65 I suspected paul ryan was a fraud from jump when he released his bullshit economic plan. If you think the US is on the precipice of financial calamity why do all of your remedies really kick in a decade down the road. Plus he was out debated by joe "shotgun" biden, that alone is enough to discount him as anything but a back bencher and a hack.

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 03:27 AM (RMg6O)

77 Probably Solaris, a remake of a surely better Tarkovsky movie. Yeah, that was it. I enjoyed the movie. I'm a sucker for good sci-fi, especially if it's not all battles. My wife gets free tickets to movies all the time so I never feel like I'm supporting the politics of the lefty actors.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 04, 2013 03:27 AM (U2UQk)

78

How about pushing for funding the IRS and an IRS Special Prosecutor all in one bill?

 

Ditto the BATFE. 

Posted by: rd at October 04, 2013 03:28 AM (D+lxs)

79 Shitcago Police Chief Blames Sarah Palin for Gun Violence:

buff.ly/GCbQez

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 04, 2013 03:28 AM (azHfB)

80 More on the Lonegan/Booker raise. I don't believe that it's within 3 points but yes, it is closing. Lonegan has worked very hard. It's part of his personal background. Booker just assumes his popularity will get him through: http://tinyurl.com/n99w7nh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 03:28 AM (a4Omg)

81 There is no way that I am going to see Gravity.   Just the commercials freak me out.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 04, 2013 03:28 AM (Gk3SS)

82 The problem with the Ryan budget was that it was labelled EXTREME! By Republicans and it only solved 40% of the problem. Inevitable compromise means less than that. Of course with this Congress, if they set out to reduce the deficit by 100% we'd be lucky to see it only increase 50%.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 03:29 AM (4+AaH)

83 The problem with the Ryan budget was that it was labelled EXTREME! By Republicans and it only solved 40% of the problem.

Thus DOOM.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 04, 2013 03:30 AM (azHfB)

84 And in other news, the Cardinals pooped in the Pirates'  Cinderella  shoe  yesterday.  It's a 5 game series of course, but it is kind of interesting being on the side of the  "bad guys." 

Mike Metheny = Darth Vader...  Yadier Molina?  The rotten prison commander in Schindler's List, I guess. 

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2013 03:30 AM (BeSEI)

85 @81 They debate tonight. I hope lonegan can expose booker for the fraud he is. Newark has not improved one iota since booker has been mayor in fact it had regressed. So quick lets make this guy a senator.

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 03:31 AM (RMg6O)

86 Ryan and Cantor are the two biggest disappointments in the GOP. Maybe it's because of too much exposure to Richie Rich Romney and Boehner.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 04, 2013 03:31 AM (sfGGY)

87

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 04, 2013 07:28 AM (azHfB)

 

Dude, Ace posted this 8 months ago. 

Posted by: rd at October 04, 2013 03:31 AM (D+lxs)

88 can anyone explain how the shutdown costs us $300MM a day? seems a bit much for the Barrycades

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 03:34 AM (/OUqZ)

89 #76

Not really. Of all the people NASA has ever sent up, the average age is closer to 40 than 30. Neil and Buzz were both 39 when they landed on the Moon.

Career military guys in roles like piloting tend to be in pretty good shape and experience counts for a great deal when they're investing megabucks in sending you up.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 04, 2013 03:34 AM (kcfmt)

90 @88 no surprise ace blaming Palin for gun violence....

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 03:34 AM (4+AaH)

91 It's FRIDAY

I am calling in sick.  Just woke up

Posted by: Vic at October 04, 2013 03:34 AM (zZbNF)

92 I am calling in sick. Just woke up Posted by: Vic at October 04, 2013 07:34 AM (zZbNF) Phew, thought you were "furloughed"...

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 03:35 AM (/OUqZ)

93 There is no way that I am going to see Gravity. Just the commercials freak me out. Yeah, skipping the popcorn and dropping some Dramamine® might be good movie prep. If I go to see it in movie theater, I think sitting far away from anyone else might be a good strategy.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 04, 2013 03:35 AM (U2UQk)

94 Better than calling in dead. Top of the morning, Vic.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 03:35 AM (4+AaH)

95 @83 Yes but if you truly believe that america faces great financial peril you do not propose half measures that will only make the disaster fractionally better. Ryan is a fraud. His silence at this time and working behind the scenes to backdoor a permenent democrat majority bill, aka amnesty, tells me all I need to know about paul ryan

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 03:36 AM (S8y+1)

96 #78 If you get a chance you should watch the Tarkovsky version. Hisovies are often criticized for being overly ponderous but I think his approach works well on coming to grips with being on a sentient planet which can manipulate thoughts. The thought of a dumbass like Clooney, who's never thought of anything other than cooter, is more porn plot territory.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 04, 2013 03:38 AM (sfGGY)

97 Posted by: Vic at October 04, 2013 07:34 AM (zZbNF) Thread ender.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 04, 2013 03:38 AM (4xOsM)

98 The AA woman nails Booker and the Press for making him a national figure while the crime rate in Newark and unemployment rate is huge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRTSrun6htA

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 03:38 AM (a4Omg)

99

This is my hypothesis regarding the young dental hygeinist. She knew she wasn't right, and was desperate for help, so who would a young black woman turn to but the black Jesus. Who created the black Jesus, other than the media. so it's the media's fault. More valid than them blaming the shutdown I think.

My apologies if this has been postulated by another earlier.

Posted by: Vizzy at October 04, 2013 03:39 AM (H0lcY)

100 Meant "this" AA woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 03:39 AM (a4Omg)

101 68 Kind of what I expected. I do wonder if this had happened some other place or time if circumstances may have been different. I don't mean just "it's the shutdown" but rather a perceived threat against our better thans.

Posted by: LurkeyLooToo at October 04, 2013 03:40 AM (obeBY)

102 Just heard from someone who should know that the Dems are considering a "clean" CR (that is, a status quo that doesn't defund/delay anything) a "compromise" by them.

Posted by: @JohnTant at October 04, 2013 03:40 AM (hNNJ5)

103 82 There is no way that I am going to see Gravity. Just the commercials freak me out. Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at October 04, 2013 07:28 AM (Gk3SS) When I was on Active Duty back in 1992 stationed aboard K-Bay, during the summer I went to see the movie Hero just to take a nap in the air-conditioning. of course the ticket price was only $5 so it was worth it... Still haven't seen any of the movie Hero to this day.

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 03:40 AM (/OUqZ)

104 @99 But he's black so he will be allowed to fail upwards. He is going to be insufferable in the senate. Gahhhh!

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 03:40 AM (Hw3Gh)

105 @100 I just read on my home page that there are indications that she thought Obama was stalking her.

Posted by: Molly k. at October 04, 2013 03:41 AM (TWR/K)

106 Speaking of 'Gravity,' the Hollywood Reporter got Buzz Aldrin to review it.

http://tinyurl.com/kmprqgg

Posted by: Epobirs at October 04, 2013 03:42 AM (kcfmt)

107 Kind of odd to see a foot dangling from Miley Cyrus' snapper in the pic at the link. Wonder if he going in or headed out?

Posted by: Countrysquire at October 04, 2013 03:42 AM (LSJmV)

108 Obama is not the black Jesus. Obama's name should not be coupled with that of Jesus, IMO. I use the term the "faux messiah". However, we don't know what she was trying to do. It's a little unclear what barricades she hit. They might have been further down PA Avenue than at the WH. If she had Postpartum depression with psychosis she was in bad, bad shape.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 03:42 AM (a4Omg)

109 15 Courses on Fort Bragg are closed. Well, duh!

Posted by: D.C. Obama at October 04, 2013 03:43 AM (PLOz8)

110 77 65 If you think the US is on the precipice of financial calamity why do all of your remedies really kick in a decade down the road.

The House Republican members who refused to vote for certain appropriations bills are largely the same ones who were unmovable on addressing the issue you mentioned.

More on the Tuesday Group: http://bit.ly/17Aw3uL

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2013 03:44 AM (YjDyJ)

111

55 47 If Obama unilaterally raised the debt ceiling without Congressional approval is that considered a 'high crime or misdemeanor" and-hence- an impeachable offense? I mean, he's exceeded his authority so many times. What would he have to do to be brought up on charges?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 07:15 AM (a4Omg)


It's about as high a crime as any president has ever or could ever commit. Essentially, he will have destroyed an entire branch of the government by usurping its power.

Should he be impeached? Absolutely. Will he? No. Not with a Democrat Senate and a feckless/spineless House.

But this is moot because the magic 8 ball sez that Boehner will violate the Hastert rule to agree to a raise of the debt ceiling.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 07:18 AM (WjLUf)

 

I wonder if the banks would accept the debt.  If it is not legally issued, it could be repudiated legally at a later date.   By doing this, Obama may pull down the whole house of cards on debt, and the dollar as a reserve currency.  Can you say Great Depression? 

 

Impeachment would be the least of his worries. 

Posted by: rd at October 04, 2013 03:45 AM (D+lxs)

112 Karl Wendell Richter (October 4, 1942 – July 28, 1967) At the age of 23, Karl Richter had become the youngest American pilot to shoot down a MiG over Vietnam. -Wikipedia Had to look him up. Thanks again for the birthday lists, Gran. I didn't serve. I was 2S then won the lottery repeatedly while 1A. But I remember the years, and some things bring them back, in strength. I was never "anti-war," despite powerful Jesus-inspired pacificm, but I have a special hate for wars that waste the best people without the drive to victory. VN was so horrible!

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 03:46 AM (ETWo2)

113 21 20 Its good to know we have essential government employees whose job it is to put up Barrycades in front of parks. Shouldn't the people doing this have thought, "gee, isn't it tyrannical to block off the Lincoln Memorial?" Between Barrycading The Lincoln Memorial and the MLK Memorial, and John Dingell saying "People would get better government from monkey island at the zoo", I'd have to say the Democrats are rayciss. Can you imagine if a Republican erected barricades to block off those memorials, or if a Republican said THAT?

Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 03:46 AM (PLOz8)

114

15: Courses on Fort Bragg are closed

 

More pain theater. MWR activities like golf courses, clubs, and pools are funded by Non Appropriated Funds (NAF).

Posted by: Azenogoth at October 04, 2013 03:47 AM (OJn3e)

115 @52


He could have been justifiably impeached on day one.

Posted by: Dandolo at October 04, 2013 03:48 AM (0XBx+)

116 What fresh hell will President Petulant Pissy Pants Preening Putz unleash on my unwilling senses today?

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 03:49 AM (XB5Ak)

117 35 I really can't believe they shot that woman down like that. So, erratic behavior = bullet sammich. Unbelievably sad - poor baby girl.... Can you imagine the outrage if GWB was president, and an unarmed black woman with a baby in the car was shot? It has gone a whole news cycle, and not a peep out of Jesse or Al yet! Where are all the Trayvon Martin supporters?,

Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 03:50 AM (PLOz8)

118 Morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 04, 2013 03:50 AM (AYOav)

119 Can you imagine the outrage if GWB was president, and an unarmed black woman with a baby in the car was shot? It has gone a whole news cycle, and not a peep out of Jesse or Al yet! Where are all the Trayvon Martin supporters?, Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 07:50 AM (PLOz If Jesse and Al aren't stirring things up, the TM supporters don't know about it...

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 03:52 AM (/OUqZ)

120

The markets were down ~ 1% yesterday.  Was President Barry-cade successful in down-mouthing the markets?

Posted by: rd at October 04, 2013 03:53 AM (D+lxs)

121 The same place they were when AA get shot in Newark, Detroit, Chicago and Camden because of gang violence and drug activity. They are nowhere unless they can race monger and get their names in the headlines. At least some of the capitol police who shot at her appear to be AA. No leverage there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 03:54 AM (a4Omg)

122 90 -

Sure, but Clooney and  Sandra Bollocks are in the 50 range, that seems to be pushing it... if this were NASA. 

Given  that it's Hollywood, I would  have expected them to find some young, upcoming star dude, and whatever good looking 22 year old tart is the latest thing.

I'm just wondering what that meeting was like:  "Let's do a movie about space." 

"Great, let's  get co-stars, some has-beens that are barely on the cusp of  not yet needing to do commercials for Metamucil." 

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2013 03:55 AM (BeSEI)

123 It's way past time we put a ban on post partum depression. At least within a mile of the nation's capitol, anyway. /raises eyebrows Right?

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 04, 2013 03:55 AM (OH4ZH)

124 Wash DC ought to be a Mental Illness Free Zone. oh wait..

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 04, 2013 03:56 AM (OH4ZH)

125 76 My only question about the movie "Gravity" is why are they sending old people into space? I thought astronauting was a young person's game. Did you not see Bruce Willis in Armageddon?

Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 03:57 AM (PLOz8)

126 She coulda had a trunkfull of explosives!! That baby coulda been a bomb!! We can't be too safe.

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 04, 2013 03:57 AM (OH4ZH)

127 Really the Republicans just need to pass a one year addition to the debt ceiling at current spending levels. Locking in another $1,000,000,000,000+ of borrowed money. Brilliant!

Posted by: toby928© at October 04, 2013 03:58 AM (QupBk)

128 When things go awry in Wash DC, the Democrats know exactly what to do: Step 1: Panic Step 2: Politicize

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 04, 2013 03:59 AM (OH4ZH)

129 Posted by: toby928© at October 04, 2013 07:58 AM (QupBk) Second the brilliant sarc.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 04, 2013 03:59 AM (4xOsM)

130 Ryan has been ducking Levin, and at one point last year, he was on almost every other day. That speaks volumes. Total sell-out. There are just too many crucial battles to be fought simultaneously. Oddly enough, if Boehner just stand firm on the CR and the debt, he could at the very least resuscitate the base for '14, even if we ultimately have to concede. The bigger test would be what would Boehner do if he stood firm and Barry decided to dissolve Congress and just raise the debt? THAT would be the test, but of course Agent Orange will not allow himself to be put in a position to have to actually stand up and be counted at the nation's most crucial hour.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 03:59 AM (WjLUf)

131 It's way past time we put a ban on post partum depression. At least within a mile of the nation's capitol, anyway.

/raises eyebrows

Right?

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 04, 2013 07:55 AM (OH4ZH)



There is a joke about abortion in reply to that, somewhere.  There are also a lot of individual tragedies that have occurred there too. 

 

Posted by: rd at October 04, 2013 04:00 AM (D+lxs)

132 Barricade lady will become the new symbol of the alleged failure of our healthcare system. Failures that the tea party is trying to perpetuate. Or something. Watch it happen. You know I'm right.

Posted by: Czar Peter at October 04, 2013 04:01 AM (4LI4E)

133 132 There is a joke about abortion in reply to that, somewhere. There are also a lot of individual tragedies that have occurred there too. Posted by: rd at October 04, 2013 08:00 AM (D+lxs) "This tragedy wouldn't have happened if she could have had a safe legal abortion!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 04:01 AM (WjLUf)

134 126 -

Actually, I haven't, but I suppose Bruce Willis gets whatever kind of special dispensation Hollywood can give, for old guys playing roles that should have younger  guys in them.

Willis, and Sean Connery... and maybe Abe Vigoda.  Otherwise,  if you are casting a movie,  go  with the  younger  actor.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2013 04:02 AM (BeSEI)

135 From Buzz Aldrin's review of Gravity: "The spinning is going to happen -- maybe not quite that vigorous..." Nice to see someone with some actual knowledge and experience confirming what I was thinking - shit was just moving impossibly fast in some of those trailers. This is the main reason I don't bother with a lot of action flicks these days with CGI - the movement just isn't believable. The texturing is fantastic and only getting better, but there's just no excuse these days to get the physics sooo wrong.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 04, 2013 04:03 AM (sFQyf)

136 Wash DC ought to be a Mental Illness Free Zone. -slippery when soothsayer Would be hilarious if it weren't so painful.

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 04:03 AM (85x54)

137 There is a joke about abortion in reply to that, somewhere. Posted by: rd at October 04, 2013 08:00 AM (D+lxs) I've been typing and deleting at a rapid pace since I know the joke is there but when I read what I wrote, it reads like a turd in the punch bowl

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 04:03 AM (/OUqZ)

138 Willis, and Sean Connery... and maybe Abe Vigoda. Otherwise, if you are casting a movie, go with the younger actor. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ What am I? Chopped liver?

Posted by: Brian Dennehy at October 04, 2013 04:03 AM (LSJmV)

139 But he's black so he will be allowed to fail upwards. He is going to be insufferable in the senate. His lead fell from 30+ points to 6 after it came out that everything about his life story, including all the parts where he claims to have interacted with actual black Americans, is made up. The RNC and RNSC still aren't supporting his opponent even after that, though. The Stupid Party strikes again.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:04 AM (T6c9C)

140 65 62 The absolute silence of Paul Ryan during all this is deafening.

If you read reports by journalists who work for conservative outlets, you will see that this idea that he has been completely silent is a creation of the liberal media.

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2013 04:05 AM (YjDyJ)

141

>>>There is a joke about abortion in reply to that, somewhere. There are also a lot of individual tragedies that have occurred there too.

 

>>>Barricade lady will become the new symbol of the alleged failure of our healthcare system. Failures that the tea party is trying to perpetuate.

 

Let's see. Progressives would've preferred the baby was shot and the woman placed in govt-mandated mental health care?

Posted by: Bigby's Hockey Glove at October 04, 2013 04:06 AM (3ZtZW)

142

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 08:03 AM (/OUqZ)

 

me too.

Posted by: rd at October 04, 2013 04:06 AM (D+lxs)

143 @106 @100 I just read on my home page that there are indications that she thought Obama was stalking her. Posted by: Molly k. at October 04, 2013 07:41 AM (TWR/K) If only Reggie Love told her she is not Barry's type with those girl parts and all...

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 04:06 AM (/OUqZ)

144 133 Barricade lady will become the new symbol of the alleged failure of our healthcare system. Failures that the tea party is trying to perpetuate. Yes, something like "If Republicans hadn't sabotaged the exchanges with the Shut Down, this poor woman would have had access to a mental health provider. (Despite the fact she had a job and probably had health insurance already). Never let those pesky facts get in the way of an agenda!

Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 04:07 AM (PLOz8)

145 Strip Tease to Coverage ... as if Obamacide activists STRIP to their underwear in taxpayer-funded, PETA-style stunt to persuade young Coloradoans to 'get covered' By David Martosko @ Daily Mail UK http://tinyurl.com/ncz5h2b

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 04, 2013 04:07 AM (MhA4j)

146 120 Can you imagine the outrage if GWB was president, and an unarmed black woman with a baby in the car was shot? It has gone a whole news cycle, and not a peep out of Jesse or Al yet! Where are all the Trayvon Martin supporters?, Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 07:50 AM (PLOz If Jesse and Al aren't stirring things up, the TM supporters don't know about it... Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC Boosh's Fault! I denounce myself!

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

147 Really, this shutdown has turned out to be a yawner.

Posted by: Case at October 04, 2013 04:08 AM (tjj0w)

148 So how is it that a crazy woman is allowed access to a 4 thousand pound mobile weapons system?

And does one person really need an 18 round magazine, er...I mean 18 gallon gas tank?

If she had a smaller tank, they could have disarmed her while she was reloading.


Fiat 500's for everyone, with three gallon gas tanks.

Even if it only saves one child.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 04, 2013 04:09 AM (xdC/M)

149 Barricade lady will become the new symbol of the alleged failure of our healthcare system. Failures that the tea party is trying to perpetuate.

Or something.

Watch it happen. You know I'm right.

Posted by: Czar Peter at October 04, 2013 08:01 AM (4LI4E)

*



As if a woman who worked in the medical field couldn't figure out how or where to get treatment for her issues is somehow the fault of the eeeevil Rethuglikans.
 


Posted by: dananjcon at October 04, 2013 04:09 AM (wmU4G)

150 And on another note-while I think of it-Jesus may have been the black Jesus. We don't know what he looked like. In several churches I have served they have had "portraits" of Jesus in profile looking as if he could be (complexion wise and with blonde hair) a member of Norway's ski team. He is surrounded by a blue background and a white nimbus. They are clearly mass produced from the same time period. I don't know when that was, but they are ghastly. Bad artwork work and awful religious kitsch. I was rather glad when someone from the food pantry stole the picture from the hallway. I would never remove the picture from any of the churches I served because it meant a lot to the folks there, but there are so many great works of art I would rather have seen. Jesus was a Semite from Israel. He was most likely quite brown.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:09 AM (a4Omg)

151 Space Cowboys had old people.

Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 04, 2013 04:09 AM (99lLg)

152 Anyone else besides me see the irony of Harry "This War is Lost" Reid and his willingness to capitulate to Islamic terrorists vs his steel spine resolve against compromising with Republicans for the good of the American people?

Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 04:09 AM (PLOz8)

153 #123

Don't mistake the age of the actor for the age of the character. Actors play characters much younger than themselves quite frequently. clint Eastwood was playing cops at an age when retirement would have been forced on a real cop. Stallone wa still making Rocky movies at an absurdly advanced age.

Once in a while it's the other way around. Kate Bosworth was 23 when she played Lois Lane in 'Superman Returns.' This made the movie a bit absurd since Superman was returning to Earth after a five year absence, meaning Lois was a nationally known reporter at a mere 18 years of age.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 04, 2013 04:10 AM (kcfmt)

154 All these reports on the DC shooting have the obligatory "and they are not being paid."

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at October 04, 2013 04:11 AM (A/ga/)

155 If only we could launch Dirty Harry (Reid) in to space.

Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 04, 2013 04:11 AM (99lLg)

156 @140 Hopefully lonegan can curb stomp him. Hopefully the moderator will allow lonegan wide latitude to attack. Booker is notoriously prickley when challenged and becomes unhinged.

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 04:12 AM (IyKYr)

157 Regarding selling out, FWIW: Perfidy is a default state of human nature. Fidelity does not just happen. It takes upbringing and ongoing effort to be trustworthy and not to break others' faith. When a person crosses that line to sell out, it is not like he had to get up from a comfortable chair and walk for miles uphill to do it. All he had to do was hang back for a while, and that line would eventually cross him.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 04, 2013 04:13 AM (V3kRK)

158 All these reports on the DC shooting have the obligatory "and they are not being paid."

--

Huh?  Personnel told to come to work, but nah, you're not getting paid for it. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 04:13 AM (XB5Ak)

159 Post partem depression? Doesn't make sense. Leave Connecticut, with your child - telling your mom your kid has a dr's appt in Conn, and head to DC? Nah. This: Woman in DC chase may have thought Obama was stalking her, sources say nbc makes more sense And, in reality, TFG is stalking all of us. And, it's evily creepy.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 04:13 AM (IXrOn)

160 Just saw the ONT ran over 1000 comments. Heavy! Appreciable quantities of solar radiation are spilling over the horizon. Soon the carniverous horde will demand their daily appeasement of crunchies with a dab of canned fish. Staving off destruction. Obviously, I got nothin' today. Plus feeling lost without a morning dose of Viclinks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 04:15 AM (0SHei)

161 76 My only question about the movie "Gravity" is why are they sending old people into space? I thought astronauting was a young person's game. Posted by: BurtTC at October 04, 2013 07:27 AM (BeSEI) Pavel Vinogradov, commander of ISS Expedition 36, turned 60 in space just a couple of weeks before his return in September. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Vinogradov

Posted by: rickl at October 04, 2013 04:15 AM (sdi6R)

162 #82 Agreed on Gravity...I find the trailers for it to be super creepy.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at October 04, 2013 04:15 AM (j94Z3)

163 #153 There was an article in the Weekly Standard earlier in the year about the alleged pederast from Searchlight who reeks of cat piss and mildew. Apparently he's quite fond of badmouthing his fellow commiecrats as well and a fair number of them would turn a blind eye if he was trapped in a burning building.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 04, 2013 04:16 AM (sfGGY)

164 I suppose Bruce Willis gets whatever kind of special dispensation Hollywood can give, for old guys playing roles that should have younger guys in them. That's because basically everyone under 40 in Hollywood is an obvious beta male, and you'd never buy most of them in any kind of action type role.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:16 AM (T6c9C)

165 Personnel told to come to work, but nah, you're not getting paid for it. Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 08:13 AM (XB5Ak) Which is illegal in the first place - not paying someone who is working.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 04:16 AM (IXrOn)

166 Modern America: The Occupy Crowd violently take aintain control of public spaces and get praised at the highest levels of the Democratic Party; "Tea Party"-oriented citizens say "we are not voting for you if this happens" and they are terrrorists in the eyes of major institutions. Something has to give.

Posted by: Prometheus at October 04, 2013 04:17 AM (w6wuc)

167 All these reports on the DC shooting have the obligatory "and they are not being paid."

 

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at October 04, 2013 08:11 AM (A/ga/)

 

Except that  they are.

 

MFM.  Blowtorch.  Some assembly required.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 04, 2013 04:17 AM (zF6Iw)

168 This is rather interesting interview from Sarah Pac radio with Steve Lonegan. He came from a conservative union family and was raised by his grandmother. He had some eye ailment and could have been on disability but instead, he worked himself to head the largest cabinet maker co in NJ. If people from NJ -or anywhere else-can send him a few bucks for his campaign I'm sure it would be much appreciated: http://tinyurl.com/omq9u36

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:18 AM (a4Omg)

169 @167: But there's now an Occupy debit card, by Visa. Capitalism is quite good at corrupting hippies

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:18 AM (T6c9C)

170 Damn, forget spiders. I just found out about these killer hornets in China. 41 deaths and they seem to be attracted to human sweat and chase you harder if you flee faster. Flying killer insects that leave bullet-sized wounds and are attracted to fear.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 04, 2013 04:19 AM (sFQyf)

171 #160 She probably saw some of the JEF's frequently televised speeches where he says the same dumb shit and freaked out because she thought she was in a real life Groundhog Day.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 04, 2013 04:19 AM (sfGGY)

172 The lady that got shot-is it possible she was just listening to a crappy GPS "turn here now" got misdirected, ended up in front of the barricades, saw all the guns pointed at her and panicked and fled? Whatever mental issues she may have had kicked in with the adrenaline rush? Could the whole thing just have been a horrible misunderstanding?


Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at October 04, 2013 04:19 AM (P/gm7)

173 76 My only question about the movie "Gravity" is why are they sending old people into space? I thought astronauting was a young person's game. Financing for the movie. A high dollar, special effects laden project doesn't get off the ground (heh) without big name stars to insure a certain amount of viewership. Bullock and Clooney indicate they needed to up the attendance of the women's demographic for this movie. Me, I can not wait for the sequence where the soundtrack plays "Brown-Eyed Girl" while the astronauts try out different helmets and make funny faces.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2013 04:19 AM (ZR4Xh)

174 What am I? Chopped liver?

Posted by: Brian Dennehy at October 04, 2013 08:03 AM (LSJmV)

 

Oh hush, you have a supporting role as a moon

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 04, 2013 04:19 AM (FIDMq)

175 Tropical storm Karen eyes New Orleans...One more storm with an initial "K" and every thing will make sense!!

Posted by: dananjcon at October 04, 2013 04:20 AM (wmU4G)

176 @171: Maybe we can have a few dozen set loose in DC?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:20 AM (T6c9C)

177 Government shutdown= they're not buying bullets= lots of bullets at Wal-Mart this morning for me. Coincidence? I think not. Shut.It.Down.Forever

Posted by: traye at October 04, 2013 04:20 AM (bWQ2s)

178 @169 Already donated to the cause. My county will go heavily for him. Lets hope he can mop the floor with him tonight and the moderator lets him.

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 04:21 AM (gznAu)

179 Apparently there's some Senate rule about not badmouthing your colleagues in the Senate from the floor. Some Republican Senator called out Reid on that regarding his comments about Cruz.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:21 AM (a4Omg)

180 She probably saw some of the JEF's frequently televised speeches where he says the same dumb shit and freaked out because she thought she was in a real life Groundhog Day.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 04, 2013 08:19 AM (sfGGY)

**


She listened to Barky's greatest hits album...backwards.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 04, 2013 04:21 AM (wmU4G)

181 Good morning, folks. Where's my coffee? Where's my sun? Where's my Constitutional Republic? but mostly for now coffee... Posted by: mindful webworker - crawling back to bed at October 04, 2013 07:09 AM (j2X6g) stole the words right outta my mouth

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 04:22 AM (IXrOn)

182

if you aren't supposed to bad mouth your colleagues from the Senate floor, somebody needs to tell McCain

 

he bitches about Cruz with more vitriol than anyone else

Posted by: thunderb at October 04, 2013 04:23 AM (zOTsN)

183 She listened to Barky's greatest hits album...backwards. "Clear be me let"?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:23 AM (T6c9C)

184 Already donated to the cause. That's great. I suspect Booker has more money than he knows what to do with for his campaign.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:24 AM (a4Omg)

185 She listened to Barky's greatest hits album...backwards.

"Clear be me let"?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 08:23 AM (T6c9C)

*


Obviously a message to go bat shit crazy.


Posted by: dananjcon at October 04, 2013 04:24 AM (wmU4G)

186 Me, I can not wait for the sequence where the soundtrack plays "Brown-Eyed Girl" while the astronauts try out different helmets and make funny faces. I think you'll like this review for Sleeping with the Enemy. http://tinyurl.com/3pjvlhh

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 04, 2013 04:24 AM (V3kRK)

187 129 When things go awry in Wash DC, the Democrats know exactly what to do:

Step 1: Panic

Step 2: Politicize

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


3. Blame Bush

Posted by: Vic at October 04, 2013 04:24 AM (zZbNF)

188 Apparently there's some Senate rule about not badmouthing your colleagues in the Senate from the floor. Some Republican Senator called out Reid on that regarding his comments about Cruz. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 08:21 AM

You seem to think Reid gives an actual shit about "rules."

The Prophets of Choom have raised lawlessness to a level never before seen in this country. They could give third-world dictators lessons in ignoring the law for fun and profit.

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 04, 2013 04:25 AM (kaGpp)

189 Posted by: thunderb at October 04, 2013 08:23 AM (zOTsN) The Senator who critiqued Reid probably can't spend all his time chiding all the people who want to demonize Cruz. :^(

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:25 AM (a4Omg)

190 Since when did Gravity (or anti-gravity) and Hollywood become two words we'd like to see together?  These plastic fucks would look like Madame Tussaud rejects in the real world.

Posted by: Fritz at October 04, 2013 04:25 AM (UzPAd)

191 #183 It's funny that McRINO and Schooomer, the two biggest camera whores of their respective parties, are so butthurt that Cruz is getting so much attention.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at October 04, 2013 04:26 AM (sfGGY)

192 She listened to Barky's greatest hits album...backwards.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 04, 2013 08:21 AM

"eM...eM...I...I...I...eM...." is some kind of secret code?

Posted by: MrScribbler at October 04, 2013 04:26 AM (kaGpp)

193 One of the things I hate about modern movies is twentysomethings in inappropriate positions of authority. The Star Trek reboot for instance, I can suspend all kinds of disbelief about warp drive and transporters, etc. etc. But the notion that you would hand over your spanking new premier starship to bunch of cadets is a step too far.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at October 04, 2013 04:26 AM (P/gm7)

194 You seem to think Reid gives an actual shit about "rules." No I don't think that at all. I think Reid is a power hungry bully and a crook. I merely said there is a rule about this apparently.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:27 AM (a4Omg)

195 I wonder who at the WH she parted/partied with. Not saying President Femmy but no doubt someone in the compound knows this woman.

Posted by: pc at October 04, 2013 04:27 AM (etbae)

196 Minor quibble: Post-partum depression that devolves into hearing voices, wanting to harm your baby, others, or yourself is called post-partum psychosis. That's the kind of mental illness that would get you hospitalized, and Miriam Carey's mother says that did happen.

Also, good morning from Pookette, who is making me type this with one hand as I feed her starrrrrrrrving tummy.

Posted by: pookysgirl at October 04, 2013 04:27 AM (kMnHs)

197 Kinley Ardal, when I read the alien race name thought of you.  For you see they are called the Kinley.  One of their ships landed in Egypt thousands of years ago ..  and then I stopped caring when I read it was a tsunami that defeated their ship and stranded them on Earth.

http://tinyurl.com/o9pzdfg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 04:27 AM (HEMX5)

198 171 Damn, forget spiders. I just found out about these killer hornets in China. 41 deaths and they seem to be attracted to human sweat and chase you harder if you flee faster. Flying killer insects that leave bullet-sized wounds and are attracted to fear. Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 04, 2013 08:19 AM (sFQyf) Mossad Killer JOO Hornets!!!!!!!!

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

199 @ChadPergram  House GOPers hold conference mtg this am. Dems meet later with WH CoS Denis McDonough.


They will be discussing the plan to tie the debt limit to the CR.

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2013 04:28 AM (YjDyJ)

200 how about tying the debt limit to a budget?

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 04, 2013 04:29 AM (FIDMq)

201 203 how about tying the debt limit to a budget? Posted by: Red Shirt at October 04, 2013 08:29 AM (FIDMq) How about tying them all by the neck to a lamp-post.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 04:30 AM (WjLUf)

202 Mossad Killer JOO Hornets!!!!!!!! You need to have a talk with them then. Seems they went too far eastward...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2013 04:31 AM (xorT2)

203 @196 Kirk, McCoy & Uhura were cadets at the academy. I think everyone else was an established officer. Spock was an instructor at the academy and already a commander. Chris Pine is 33 now, so he was right around 30 at the time of the 1st movie.

Posted by: Gran at October 04, 2013 04:31 AM (mw0FO)

204 Not to mention McCoy was several years older and already a doctor.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 04, 2013 04:32 AM (kcfmt)

205 #165 Amen to the obvious Beta male thing with under 40 actors or actors who are Metrosexuals or out Gay men as leading men. I have yet to see a single Twilight movie because, yeah, Pattison and those guys are such virile he men types...as if. I just don't find Emo Guys attractive. Give me a real man.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at October 04, 2013 04:32 AM (j94Z3)

206 Gran, what Guy says is true.  At the end of the first movie after defeating Nero, Pine's Kirk is given command of Star Fleet's newest ship and had not graduated from the Academy yet.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 04:33 AM (HEMX5)

207 How about tying them all by the neck to a lamp-post.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 08:30 AM

Poppin' Fresh would consider this a solution with Bad Optics. The editors of NRO would prefer a gentle slap on the wrist be meted out.

All that said, this is beginning to look like our only option....

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

208 They will be discussing the plan to tie the debt limit to the CR.

--

Why do I get the feeling that this is happening, and Boehner will get some minor cosmetic cuts (for optics) and none of them will mention anything about Obamacare, hoping to quietly forget it was even in contention? 

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 04:35 AM (XB5Ak)

209 I understand Governor Chrispie Chreme hates Lonegan and is offering him zero support.

(Yeah, let's nominate him in 2016.)

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 04, 2013 04:35 AM (azHfB)

210 J.J. Sefton the concept of some tart in a water spot handing out magical swords to any free knight roaming the countryside is looking better and better.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 04:35 AM (HEMX5)

211 Up thread someone wrote that the Dems want a public disavowal of the Tea Party by the Republicans. Obviously they don't follow the news or they would have realized that the Republicans have, by and large, already done this. Not a Tea Party member but I did vote for Ted Cruz. In my world that's almost like staying the night at a Holiday Inn Express.

Posted by: LurkeyLooToo at October 04, 2013 04:35 AM (obeBY)

212 @208 I could only watch the Twilight movies with the RiffTrax commentaries - they made it worth it: http://youtu.be/3ZleC_rLJdY

Posted by: Gran at October 04, 2013 04:36 AM (mw0FO)

213 Lefties going off the rails trying to justify the po po capping the dark brown woman. The knots they are tying themselves in... Popcorn anyone?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2013 04:36 AM (xorT2)

214 When 2001 Space Odyssey came out, the astronaut had guts, didn't whine and cower about being scared. Judging strictly by the movie's clips on tv, imo, the Gravity movie seems set on the pathetic. Scientifically, what person would actually think they're SAFE when projected into space? There's all kinds of shit flying around out there, not just the big orbs, and all sorts of mechanical problems that can go wrong with a ship, or your health, supplies, and if you're not close to the repair shop or the best medical care, the end. Guessing that the premise is (maybe) earth/people/life destroyed, whatever, doom struck. The movie clips are spent isolated in space, Sandra Bullock gets left to die, and we're stuck waiting for her to kick the bucket while she refuses to at least focus on the cosmos rather than her finite life span. I had a hard enough time exerting the patience required to watch Tom Hanks pretend to play a meaningful role, isolated on a deserted island, whining to Wilson. "Gravity" will make it to Netflix at some point. As much as I'd like to see outer space on the big screen, if the optics are really confined to a capsule bubble, forgetaboutit. And if she launches her body back to earth, to crash, I don't want to wait a full movie for that ending. From the scenes promoting the movie, Sandra Bullock makes her astronaut look like an old cry baby missing her pink binky. I could be wrong. But we grew up watching our astronauts facing the reality of death every time they got in a rocket. I don't believe astronauts have a death wish at all, but have indeed come to terms with mortality and its place in the grand scheme of all things "out there" -- things beyond Hollywood's ability to face. Hollywood always ends up making the cosmos all about Hollywood. Yuck. When it's all about Hollywood, some of the best "Hollywood" modern movies projecting what they'd like to see themselves to be? Comedic self loathing... Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) http://tinyurl.com/csct4 Self, how did I get here? $.02

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

215 You know what? No, let me tell you. RINO - Perhaps we're past the point where being a RINO should be considered a liberal in conservative's wool. With the old leadership, RINO means not acting like Boener and the Associate Progressives. For example: Cruz is a RINO, a conservative yet Republican. Sad to see the Republican name so soured. As the search for third-party names always demonstrates, it's hard to beat. For truth in advertising, the great civil struggle is Constitutional Republicanism ("if you can keep it" -BenF) vs Democratic totalitarianism. Well, that took time to tap-type. Dump up yet?

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 04:38 AM (u+9Sb)

216

Christie won't campaign for conservatives

Cruz won't campaign for RINO squishs either

we have a third party

 

we just don't know it

 

Posted by: thunderb at October 04, 2013 04:38 AM (zOTsN)

217 People can complain about Christie. but let's do it about things that are accurate, Christie endorsed Steve Lonegan: http://tinyurl.com/owz5md6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:39 AM (a4Omg)

218

Good morning,  friends in a box.

 

It would appear that,  despite the gubmint shutdown,   they found the   funding for the Sun  this morning.  However, the wind is still calm.

 

SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 04:39 AM (0HooB)

219

She listened to Barky's greatest hits album...backwards.


"Clear be me let"?

 

I'm hearing Yoda's voice with that.

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

220 As for the stinking poo called Gravity I did watch the trailer and decided to pass.  When the sun is breaking over the Earth horizon and both astronauts turn to look in that direction without putting down their filters, maybe because the director wanted to override the concept of such unfiltered light burning out the eyes so the audience could see the actors' faces.  But when they also added that hail of orbital debris and neither suit getting a puncture.  Sorry I will pass.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 04:41 AM (HEMX5)

221

>>>Post partem depression? Doesn't make sense. Leave Connecticut, with your child - telling your mom your kid has a dr's appt in Conn, and head to DC? Nah.

 

She was after the Lucky Charms

Posted by: Bigby's Hockey Glove at October 04, 2013 04:41 AM (3ZtZW)

222 Christie said he was proud of Lonegan at the Hunterdon County Republican headquarters: http://tinyurl.com/ljaya56

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:41 AM (a4Omg)

223 From the Presidents Cup  yesterday....


"May I ask why you're wearing that hat," said the 43rd chief executive, a former owner of the Texas Rangers, as he reached out to shake Love's hand.

Bush, who looked relaxed and was wearing the U.S. red and navy uniforms, was a popular figure at the opening ceremonies.

"Boy, do we miss you," a fan called out after the crowd chanted "43, 43" when he was introduced.

Hunter Mahan, who was playing in the first match with Brandt Snedeker, found his wife Kandi and baby daughter, Zoe, in the crowd and brought them over to Bush, a fellow Texan.


**Class act as always**


(Of course the scrunt from ESPN that wrote the article had to get a jab in...)
 


Bush slipped back into politician mode and bent over to kiss Zoe, who was born in July, then posed for pictures with the entire family.

Posted by: dananjcon at October 04, 2013 04:42 AM (wmU4G)

224 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BLOCKS PARKING LOTS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MT. VERNON ESTATE – REMOVES BARRICADES AFTER ESTATE OFFICIALS POINT OUT ‘MISTAKE’ this is getting ridiculous how much taxpayer money and man-hours are wasted due to this charade? ht theblaze

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 04:43 AM (IXrOn)

225 At the end of the first movie after defeating Nero, Pine's Kirk is given command of Star Fleet's newest ship and had not graduated from the Academy yet. That's not entirely out of line with "classic" Trek though - Kirk was captain of the Enterprise before he was 30, if I recall the chronology right. Yeah, the new version makes it a bit more egregious, but at the same time nobody would show up for a movie about Ensign Kirk aboard a dilithium freighter.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:43 AM (T6c9C)

226

why is NPR still on

 

how is that essential

 

don't tell me about private funding

 

that didn't stop the closure of Colonial Williamsburg or the WWII Memorial

 

I know these are largely rhetorical questions

Posted by: thunderb at October 04, 2013 04:43 AM (zOTsN)

227 222 She listened to Barky's greatest hits album...backwards. "Clear be me let"? I'm hearing Yoda's voice with that. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 04, 2013 08:39 AM (zF6Iw) It fucked up her needle, and she was pissed off.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 04, 2013 04:45 AM (WjLUf)

228 Front Toward Left, That was hilarious. I was hoping "Gravity" would somehow veer into the greatness that is: "First Man Into Space" (1959) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V40btPelZ_4 Where we would see a returned-to-earth-via-Gravity, space dust encrusted Sandra Bullock lumber around drinking people's blood for the last half hour of the movie. But. That. Was. Not. To. Be.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2013 04:46 AM (ZR4Xh)

229 Main pic on Drudge....what a pretty lady she was.  Whatever the real story is, it's a tragedy.  I'm still trying to come to grips with her being shot dead when she was not armed.  To me, her actions indicated she was terrified.  Not on some Bonnie and Clyde reenactment scene. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 04:46 AM (XB5Ak)

230 Ian. S in the original continuity.  Kirk did graduate from the Academy.  He served as a Lt. aboard USS Farragut under Captain Garrovick when that ship encountered the vampire cloud - backstory from the episode Obsession.  Only later did he receive command of USS Enterprise.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 04:47 AM (HEMX5)

231

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 08:39 AM (0HooB)

 

You know what else there's money for? Ads. No really, I keep seeig VA ads on tv and heard an ahrq.gov ad To n the radio.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 04, 2013 04:47 AM (GaqMa)

232 @228 Yeah the writers did kinda shoehorn Kirk into the captain's chair - he boards as a suspended cadet, Pike gives him a field promotion (?) and then when he makes Spock snap, he's in command. We can only assume something happened (graduation for starters) between the end of Nero and the end of the movie that established him as the captain.

Posted by: Gran at October 04, 2013 04:47 AM (mw0FO)

233

Still, I am wondering about the delay crowd and how that was genius.

I demand an explanation, and why all the name calling.

 

Posted by: blaster

 

shut up, they explained

Posted by: thunderb at October 04, 2013 04:48 AM (zOTsN)

234 The movie clips are spent isolated in space, Sandra Bullock gets left to die, and we're stuck waiting for her to kick the bucket while she refuses to at least focus on the cosmos rather than her finite life span. What are you talking about? That's not even remotely the plot and I have no idea how you got to there from the tv ads. It's about shuttle astronauts on a mission when the shuttle gets slammed into by debris and they are cut adrift and have to find some way to keep themselves from being hurtled into space. That's what freaks me out so much about it, because, yes, that could happen. I watched the otherwise horrible Apollo 18 and the parts of it that are about the lander being damaged and the astronauts running of out oxygen and possibly being trapped on the Moon are terrifying. The rest, yeah, not so much.

Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at October 04, 2013 04:49 AM (VtjlW)

235 @233: Right, but he was still captain at an atypically young age. And the point of the backstory in these things is just to get us to Kirk and Spock and McCoy bickering on the bridge.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:49 AM (T6c9C)

236 thunderb, because it is part of their  Essential propaganda machine.

yes if they will shut down anything/everything Else  that participates in some kind of govt funds/service IT should also be  shut down.

wonder if acorn is furloughed .lol

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 04:49 AM (nqBYe)

237 Post partem depression? Doesn't make sense. Leave Connecticut, with your child - telling your mom your kid has a dr's appt in Conn, and head to DC? Nah. If indeed she had post partum psychosis it doesn't make sense to you or me. It's pychosis. It made sense to her in her diseased mind. I am sorry for both she and her child and wish she had gotten help that actually did help her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:49 AM (a4Omg)

238 Main pic on Drudge....what a pretty lady she was. Whatever the real story is, it's a tragedy. I'm still trying to come to grips with her being shot dead when she was not armed. To me, her actions indicated she was terrified. Not on some Bonnie and Clyde reenactment scene. Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 08:46 AM (XB5Ak) Yep, she was cute. So was her little girl. We'll never get the real story. The cops screwed up.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 04:49 AM (IXrOn)

239 That's not entirely out of line with "classic" Trek though - Kirk was captain of the Enterprise before he was 30, if I recall the chronology right. Classic James Tiberius Kirk was the only one to beat the Kobayashi Maru.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2013 04:49 AM (xorT2)

240 alex, tea and a bagel.

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 04:50 AM (nqBYe)

241 That was hilarious. I vividly remember my coworker's spraying coffee through his nose when he read that review in the Washington Post that day.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 04, 2013 04:50 AM (V3kRK)

242 The Huntress did have a shoutout, for Lonergan, but you know optics

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at October 04, 2013 04:50 AM (2kpL8)

243 I wouldn't see Gravity for the sheer fact that Obama knob polisher Clooney is in it.  I decided long ago I wouldn't line the pockets of these leftists with one red cent of mine.  I don't have much use for modern CGI movies anyway....using the same, tired, recycled actors over and over again.  I'll take a TCM movie any day.  I'm on the MPPPP plan.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 04:51 AM (XB5Ak)

244

You know what else there's money for? Ads. No really, I keep seeig VA ads on tv and heard an ahrq.gov ad To n the radio.

 

It certainly is odd, what this  administration thinks is essential.   Saw where Wisconsin told the feds to pound sand when they were told to close some parks that were funded primarily by the state.

 

I wonder how the protests at the Congresscritter's  local offices will go today. 

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 04:51 AM (0HooB)

245 In the original series Kirk took command of  (already 20 yr old) Enterprise at 36-and at that he was the youngest captain in the fleet, after a 15 yr career (at least according to the Making of Star Trek book I had as a kid).

Time to go to work. Have a good day all.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at October 04, 2013 04:51 AM (P/gm7)

246 Gotta say that the footage I saw if her driving did NOT look like she was trying to hurt anyone. Maybe there is other footage showing that, but nit what I saw. I didn't see her RAM anything.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 04:51 AM (5H6zj)

247 naturalfake, I had forgotten about that movie.  That would be a riot.  Almost as much fun as Mars Needs Women or Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 04:51 AM (HEMX5)

248 Anyone who had "Chad Henderson is an OFA guy", please go to the window to collect your winnings. (h/t Insty)

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:51 AM (T6c9C)

249

Stoopit thing about Gravity is that its a movie about Trash in Space.

 

You know - space trash zooms around and smashes everything, its a ZOMG Hazard now and we shouldn't be just tossing our trash out in the largest empty and sterile area ever

Posted by: Bigby's Hockey Glove at October 04, 2013 04:51 AM (3ZtZW)

250 We'll never get the real story. The cops screwed up. The cops acted stupid.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2013 04:51 AM (xorT2)

251 220 People can complain about Christie. but let's do it about things that are accurate, Christie endorsed Steve Lonegan:

http://tinyurl.com/owz5md6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 08:39 AM (a4Omg)

 

Yeah of course he actually doesn't give a damn about him winning though.  Nothing like blowing through money to hold a special election 2 weeks before an actual election, just because you're worried about protecting your own bacon.

Posted by: buzzion at October 04, 2013 04:52 AM (LI48c)

252 Is this the line for the salad bar?

Posted by: Joey 'Two-Blasts' Biden at October 04, 2013 04:52 AM (NqL1v)

253 Yep, she was cute. So was her little girl.

We'll never get the real story. The cops screwed up.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 08:49 AM (IXrOn)


the total craziness of the reactions from the left . the House gets news and a standing ovation for police occur.

because They were protected from this sad ill woman and child, by How many officers?


yet zimmerman had No right to defend himself  from pounded in head and bashed in face

yeah confused face here.


Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 04:53 AM (nqBYe)

254 So Barry said that raising the debt ceiling won't increase our debt. Genius, pure genius.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2013 04:53 AM (1Jaio)

255 Gravity looks terrible to me. Sandra Bullick doesn't strike me as a credible serious action heroine.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 04:53 AM (5H6zj)

256 Post partem depression? Doesn't make sense. Leave Connecticut, with your child - telling your mom your kid has a dr's appt in Conn, and head to DC? Nah. If indeed she had post partum psychosis it doesn't make sense to you or me. It's pychosis. It made sense to her in her diseased mind. I am sorry for both she and her child and wish she had gotten help that actually did help her. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 08:49 AM (a4Omg) Reports that she had a "history of mental illness" do not say how far back. If this was pre-birth of her daughter, this is a moot point.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 04:53 AM (IXrOn)

257 My AoSHQ headphones go to 11. Eleventy! I tells Ya.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at October 04, 2013 04:53 AM (UCe+Q)

258 If indeed she had post partum psychosis it doesn't make sense to you or me. It's pychosis. It made sense to her in her diseased mind. I am sorry for both she and her child and wish she had gotten help that actually did help her.

--

Look no further than the tragic story of Andrea Yates.  Postpartum psychosis is quite real. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 04:53 AM (XB5Ak)

259
All these reports on the DC shooting have the obligatory "and they are not being paid."

Which is funny, considering that they are being paid.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 04, 2013 04:54 AM (0IhFx)

260 203 how about tying the debt limit to a budget?

The current plan is to tie the debt limit to the CR in order to force Reid's hand on the budget.

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2013 04:54 AM (YjDyJ)

261 Thing about TOS was that Roddenberry and the people who made TV then were veterans and thus had some realistic experience with how rank and crews operate. TNG effed that all up with the Captain holding votes and the crew romances. I like Chris Pike as Kirk, I think he nails it, but the rest of the crew I am not impressed with. Weirdly, though, I like the movies despite the whole 90210 in space vibe.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 04:54 AM (W6bkf)

262 JEF calling the GOP a faction, now. Every single terrorist reference is being used, and yet those f*cks can't call terrorists "terrorists." vile filth

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 04:54 AM (IXrOn)

263 ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jacob Quick is a fat and happy 4-month-old with a big and expensive appetite. Like millions of other poor women, Jacob's mother relies on the federal Women, Infants and Children program to pay for infant formula — aid that is now jeopardized by the government shutdown.

"What's going to happen to my baby?" asked Jacob's mother, Cierra Schoeneberger, as she fed him a bottle of formula bought with her WIC voucher. "Am I going to have to feed him regular milk, or am I going to have to scrounge up the little bit of change I do have for formula or even baby food?"

Schoenberger, for example, said her son goes through about $40 worth of formula a week. "It's like a car payment," said the unemployed mother of three.






Here come the sob stories. Where's is the children's father? How come she has kids she can't afford on her own? Yeah, I know it's racist to ask. But since it's my money fuck them

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2013 04:55 AM (1Jaio)

264 over at breitbart biggov FAKE OBAMACARE INSURANCE EXCHANGE SITES ALREADY SPOTTED lulz

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 04:56 AM (IXrOn)

265 If a person had mental illness before the birth of their child they are more likely to have PP depression and that can develop into PP psychosis. It's not a moot point comment on "It doesn't make sense."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 04:56 AM (a4Omg)

266 Y-Not it seemed she was trying to leave/escape   .
some commenter here said  they watched Greta last night And that she had spoken to SS  a few minutes before all this occurred .

I don't know if context of that had been spoken of on greta and don't know if she keeps video?

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 04:56 AM (nqBYe)

267 Yesterday... Back in 1963-64, our family lived outside of Washington D.C. while my dad was on sabbatical. Every weekend, my mom had organized family outings, taking us kids to see EVERY historical building, museum, national place of significance, battle fields along the East Coast (Revolutionary and Civil Wars). We visited several times each Arlington, every presidential memorial, the Capitol Building, the Supreme Court building, once touring the White House (Camelot), standing solemnly as Kennedy's casket was paraded with military guard. I remember my dad driving us, on different occasions, pulling over to ask Guards for directions since the map never showed which D.C. roads were "One Way" only. THAT is America. Being able to approach security guards or law enforcement officers when lost, to ask either for directions or for help. Don't tell me that the guards OUTSIDE the perimeter of a national historical site have no responsibility to protect and defend or at least to simply observe US citizenry in the course of daily life rather than take every first opportunity to kill (threaten) point blank as the only assessment of every situation, and the only legitimate response to any American asking for directions. It is wrong when political and media messaging propagandize any "virtue" of authoritarianism.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 04, 2013 04:56 AM (MhA4j)

268 blaster you mean like Spock, every seven years I must swim upstream to mate or I die, getting frisky in what seems ever scene with Uhura and you expect to hear the lyrics from the song about the Animal Channel?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 04:57 AM (HEMX5)

269

Well we all know that the unplanned pregnancy was "W"s fault. The fact that she was unemployed and drove an Infinity says something about our welfare system or support from her family/friends including "TFG"......

 

Yup hard to blame this shit on The Tea Party, but it will go on all weekend. And that is why later today I impose the no news weekend......

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 04, 2013 04:58 AM (HVff2)

270 218 I'm not a poli sci major nor do I claim to be one, but IMO, I think that prior to BHO, the two political parties played the game of whose turn is it. Obama has changed all that and there are many of the old guard who can't grasp the new rules of the game. Unfortunately most of those are on the Republican side. If the Republicans don't adjust to the new game rules they will lose. Politics has always been about other people's money, other people's lives and other people's children. Just my opinion.

Posted by: LurkeyLooToo at October 04, 2013 04:58 AM (obeBY)

271 Maybe Obama was stalking her.  Metaphorically anyway.  

Posted by: Beagle at October 04, 2013 04:58 AM (sOtz/)

272

>>Let's see. Progressives would've preferred the baby was shot and the woman placed in govt-mandated mental health care?<<<

 

 

That's the new approach for ObamaCare for mental health issues - SHOOT THEM DEAD.

Posted by: Roy at October 04, 2013 04:59 AM (VndSC)

273

Leo Finn was diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer in February. He tried chemotherapy, but the cancer quickly spread to his liver and into his bones. 

FinnÂ’s doctor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston suggested he try cabozantinib, a drug that had successfully treated thyroid cancer but had not yet been tested on other forms of cancer. The Buzzards Bay, Mass., resident and father of three had been scheduled to undergo tests this week to get the drug, as a part of a new clinical trial overseen by the National Institutes of Health. But the trial was put on hold Tuesday because of the government shutdown.

A website operated by NIH and the Food and Drug Administration where new patients must first enroll before receiving the drug had ceased operations because of the shutdown.



Why do they need to close a website down? Once again the Dems are sticking it to people to get their way and the MFM is bleating that people are suffering because of the Republicans.

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

274 Sandra Bullick doesn't strike me as a credible serious action heroine.

--

But...but...she's got, like, the cool name Ryan Stone.  How hip, how edgy ' stuff.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 04:59 AM (XB5Ak)

275 Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at October 04, 2013 08:49 AM (VtjlW)

People don't read the posts and still comment. Why would they read the synopsis of a movie before criticizing it?

I will be seeing it in iMax.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2013 04:59 AM (/kU/5)

276 Stoopit thing about Gravity is that its a movie about Trash in Space. You know - space trash zooms around and smashes everything, its a ZOMG Hazard now and we shouldn't be just tossing our trash out in the largest empty and sterile area ever Posted by: Bigby's Hockey Glove at October 04, 2013 08:51 AM (3ZtZW) BZZZZZZZZT! Also wrong. There's an explosion of something else that's in orbit which sends debris hurtling towards the shuttle. To be fair, though, I can see why you'd think that. It's not clear from the tv spots and trailer that the debris field is do to a sudden event. The first time I saw the trailer my response was who is the idiot who didn't properly graph out the orbit because it's not like you can't track what's up there. I did some digging and found out that wasn't the case. All of this does point out that the marketing department has done a piss poor job indeed of making comprehensible trailers and ads for it. The only reason I know this stuff is because I'm a film geek who reads up on movies I have no intention of seeing. You don't have to spoil your entire movie but at least make the main outlines of the plot clear.

Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at October 04, 2013 04:59 AM (VtjlW)

277 TNG effed that all up with the Captain holding votes and the crew romances. Which is why I loved DS9 pointing out that the Federation as described in TNG is essentially fascist.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 04:59 AM (T6c9C)

278

224 She was after the Lucky Charms

 

 

And all she got was Kaboom, Ka-fucking-boom

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 04, 2013 05:00 AM (HVff2)

279 Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 08:59 AM (XB5Ak)

She also has a lovely backside, which may have played into the casting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2013 05:00 AM (/kU/5)

280

FAKE OBAMACARE INSURANCE EXCHANGE SITES ALREADY SPOTTED

 

B'Gal  and I were discussing this yesterday. Look for a spike in identity thefts.

 

And when it happens,   someone should be  pointing out how these people who can't even make a decent web  site (something teenagers can manage these days) also want to  control your health care.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 05:00 AM (0HooB)

281 The Quiet Man because they want the most painful of consequences  for the children!

"if i can save one child" is out,  and is now
"if i can "just use all these children for my cause de jour"

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:01 AM (nqBYe)

282 Escape for the crime of what? They claimed she'd rammed barrier but I couldn't see front end damage on her car. I don't usually nitpick cops, but I think these ones over-reacted. And I blame Obama et sl for setting tge stage with their inflammatory rhetoric.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 05:01 AM (5H6zj)

283 Fed told Scott Walker to shut down federal parks. Walker told Obama to shove it up his well used ass hole. Now he should seize the land back from the feds for breaking their duty to provide funding, access and management for all of the public.

Posted by: UWP at October 04, 2013 05:02 AM (vj51i)

284 Isn't it funny how the Dems and the media (birm) can find "victims" whenever they need to pull one out to be part of their theatrics.  Yet, none can be found who have suffered under Obama's Glorious Economy.  And none can be found who have suffered due to Obama's Glorious Peoples' Healthcare law.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 05:02 AM (XB5Ak)

285

It's about shuttle astronauts on a mission when the shuttle gets slammed into by debris and they are cut adrift and have to find some way to keep themselves from being hurtled into space. That's what freaks me out so much about it, because, yes, that could happen.

 

A short bit of reading material for You, Imperial One: are there "lost cosmonauts" in space?

 

http://tinyurl.com/6qkhova

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 04, 2013 05:02 AM (zF6Iw)

286 251 Anyone who had "Chad Henderson is an OFA guy", please go to the window to collect your winnings. (h/t Insty) Amishdude's Tweet to Chad about this was up on Twitchy! So proud of our math loving Moron, sniff!

Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 05:03 AM (PLOz8)

287 Stoopit thing about Gravity is that its a movie about Trash in Space. #Twerking!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2013 05:03 AM (xorT2)

288 FAKE OBAMACARE INSURANCE EXCHANGE SITES ALREADY SPOTTED Limbaugh predicted this yesterday. Somehow he managed to not turn it into a LifeLock ad, even though it probably would've been the most earned segue in the history of radio.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 04, 2013 05:03 AM (T6c9C)

289 I'm not a poli sci major nor do I claim to be one, but IMO, I think that prior to BHO, the two political parties played the game of whose turn is it. Obama has changed all that and there are many of the old guard who can't grasp the new rules of the game. Pretty much. Obama has escalated domestic political tactics to the rhetorical equivalent of nuclear war. He's like the twisted little shit in an third-grade recess fight who bashes in his opponent's head with a large rock.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 04, 2013 05:04 AM (V3kRK)

290 It should Be  said , "Obama shuts down any attempts to fund Necessary programs for the Poor"

will not negotiate!

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:04 AM (nqBYe)

291 FAKE OBAMACARE INSURANCE EXCHANGE SITES ALREADY SPOTTED

B'Gal and I were discussing this yesterday. Look for a spike in identity thefts.

And when it happens, someone should be pointing out how these people who can't even make a decent web site (something teenagers can manage these days) also want to control your health care.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 09:00 AM (0HooB)




Well Barry Care is a scam so it's like flies to shit for other scammers.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2013 05:05 AM (1Jaio)

292 Utah should follow Wisconsins lead. The feds own most of our state. Assholes.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 05:05 AM (5H6zj)

293 283 FAKE OBAMACARE INSURANCE EXCHANGE SITES ALREADY SPOTTED B'Gal and I were discussing this yesterday. Look for a spike in identity thefts. And when it happens, someone should be pointing out how these people who can't even make a decent web site (something teenagers can manage these days) also want to control your health care. I said this to a group of friends a few days ago as well. Identity theft is going to go through the roof. Hacking people's medical records and blackmailing them could become a new, lucrative cottage industry as well.

Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 05:05 AM (PLOz8)

294 >>> Jesus was a Semite from Israel. He was most likely quite brown. Some believe that he had a ruddy completion, like King David.

Posted by: fluffy at October 04, 2013 05:05 AM (z9HTb)

295 So the pine of the destroyed cop car is because it the cops won barrier? Brilliant!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 04, 2013 05:05 AM (GaqMa)

296 Willow exactly.  The Democrats have become Saddam Hussein using children as human cudgels to shatter people's resolve.

I guess I might still rate a spot in Alextopia since we think Gravity is such a clinker.  And Bigby brought up spade debris there is the Japanese anime TV series called Planetes which centers around a crew tasked with clearing Earth's orbits of debris after one stray bolt impacted a tourist shuttle at high speed.

Here is the opening which is awesome for the history lesson it also teaches.
http://youtu.be/CZ-OyT4ivkM

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 05:05 AM (HEMX5)

297

The cops didn't know her intent except by her actions and she could have killed several of them with her car.  But still, if her intent was to kill people she could have, easily.  Very very sad. 

 

I wish they would have taken out her tires instead, but they didn't know if she was a terrorist or what and she may have had a car bomb.  I am sure they feel pretty bad about it too

 

what this underscores is that we cannot make the world perfectly safe

 

and our ability to identify dangerous mentally ill people is awful.  Every one of these incidents in involves a seriously mentally ill person. 

Posted by: thunderb at October 04, 2013 05:05 AM (zOTsN)

298 Don't drink the milk.

[why?]

 It's spoiled!

Posted by: Joey 'Two-Blasts' Biden at October 04, 2013 05:05 AM (NqL1v)

299 fund poor or ill*

so if he won't assist cancer fighting patients now.
What about when he can Use Govt funded Healthcare for all in the future as a New wedge for something Else He wants?

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:06 AM (nqBYe)

300 If a person had mental illness before the birth of their child they are more likely to have PP depression and that can develop into PP psychosis. It's not a moot point comment on "It doesn't make sense." Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 08:56 AM (a4Omg) We'll have to agree to disagree if she was indeed mentally disturbed beforehand, and believed jef was stalking her, etc. Perhaps you could blame paranoid schizophrenia? Or, loneliness? I suppose an abortion, then, would have stopped this tragedy? She needed help, mentally. You can try to name the "psychosis" all you want. The trigger. But, you won't be right. None of us know her. And, you never will.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 05:06 AM (IXrOn)

301 Fed told Scott Walker to shut down federal parks. Walker told Obama to shove it up his well used ass hole.

Now he should seize the land back from the feds for breaking their duty to provide funding, access and management for all of the public.

Posted by: UWP at October 04, 2013 09:02 AM (vj51i)




Hahaha. Barry's bum gets more traffic than an expressway during rush hour


Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2013 05:06 AM (1Jaio)

302 I'd say it's pretty clear from the video that she didn't try to RAM!!! the White House barriers. She was attempting to flee the scene and the turning radius of the car wasn't sharp enough.

Posted by: Mainah at October 04, 2013 05:07 AM (659DL)

303 She needed help, mentally. As I noted.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 05:09 AM (a4Omg)

304 295. Clinton oversaw the federal confiscation of massive ranch lands (in Utah). It wasn't as if Orrin Hatch had a problem with that while Hatch was developing Lake Havasu City on the side.

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 04, 2013 05:10 AM (MhA4j)

305 And I was not advocating an abortion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 05:10 AM (a4Omg)

306 Why do they need to close a website down? Once again the Dems are sticking it to people to get their way and the MFM is bleating that people are suffering because of the Republicans. Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2013 08:59 AM (1Jaio) this is sick the dems think that no matter what they do, no matter who they hurt or destroy, the media's got it's back, and they can lie straight to our faces and blame the GOP, and the people will believe it. I hope this shit blows up so hard in their faces this time. Evil needs to be wiped out.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 05:10 AM (IXrOn)

307

Did they shoot her while she was driving the car, or had they forced her off the road?

 

Initially they were saying that she had exited her car when she was shot.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 05:10 AM (TpXEI)

308 Fed told Scott Walker to shut down federal parks. Walker told Obama to shove it up his well used ass hole.

--

For such a mild mannered man, Scott Walker sure can kick some hiney. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 04, 2013 05:10 AM (XB5Ak)

309 blaster you mean like Spock, every seven years I must swim upstream to mate or I die, getting frisky in what seems ever scene with Uhura and you expect to hear the lyrics from the song about the Animal Channel? Zackly. Real crew interaction you'd have to reassign people who are boinking if in the chain of command.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 05:11 AM (W6bkf)

310 Thats what I heard, Bevel. If so, that looks bad to me.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 05:11 AM (5H6zj)

311 B'Gal and I were discussing this yesterday. Look for a spike in identity thefts. And when it happens, someone should be pointing out how these people who can't even make a decent web site (something teenagers can manage these days) also want to control your health care. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 09:00 AM (0HooB) McGafee was really trashing the tech behind this, too. This is going to be insane. And, it's law.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 05:12 AM (IXrOn)

312 yeah her actions on the video clip, looked more like someone trying to escape than  purposefully run police over

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:12 AM (nqBYe)

313 Initially they were saying that she had exited her car when she was shot.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 09:10 AM (TpXEI)

-------- -------  --------- --------

 

IOW, when the threat began to abate, they shot her.   Unless she got out with a gun, this sounds like manslaughter.   

Posted by: Beagle at October 04, 2013 05:12 AM (sOtz/)

314 Thats what I heard, Bevel. If so, that looks bad to me.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 09:11 AM (5H6zj)

 

If that is the case, it's inexcusable. 

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 04, 2013 05:13 AM (TpXEI)

315

McGafee was really trashing the tech behind this, too. This is going to be insane. And, it's law.

 

Your government atwerk.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 05:13 AM (0HooB)

316 Walker told Obama to shove it up his well used ass hole. He probably used some more politically correct legalese that that. If Walker had told Obama to shove it up his a$$ that would have been noted by the MSM. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 05:13 AM (a4Omg)

317

>>I wish they would have taken out her tires instead

 

I didn't even think about this becoz not retarded, but don't Libs always complain like "Why didn't they just shoot the gun out of his hand? Why they always gots to KILL?" and then agitate for more non-lethal non-useful weapons and gun control. But here its all "Yay we kilt her, y'uns!"

Posted by: Bigby's Hockey Glove at October 04, 2013 05:13 AM (3ZtZW)

318 This admin has grabbed more. Orrin is a waste of oxygen. Sadly endorsed by many natl GOPers whom I won't forgive. Mike Lee and our governor are the ones fighting the feds.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 05:14 AM (5H6zj)

319 *crickets*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 04, 2013 05:15 AM (GjPnA)

320

Cnn is rolling with the "voting for the house cr was a shutdown vote." this morning. Joy.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 04, 2013 05:15 AM (GaqMa)

321 251 Anyone who had "Chad Henderson is an OFA guy", please go to the window to collect your winnings. (h/t Insty) No one, but us, will ever know this. That is the infuriating part.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 05:16 AM (IXrOn)

322 FAKE OBAMACARE INSURANCE EXCHANGE SITES ALREADY SPOTTED This is what they meant by obamacare creating jobs...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 05:17 AM (IXrOn)

323 .........................

Posted by: Jerchus Fuchus Maximus Obamatus at October 04, 2013 05:18 AM (HlUFk)

324 chad was an active dem activist for yeaaaaars.
in high school and in OFA.  it was on his linkdn  page

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:19 AM (nqBYe)

325 Activist Chad instead of just a Hanging Around Chad?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 05:19 AM (HEMX5)

326 We were having a good conversation here in the office about the political theater and the straying away from the Constitution, and that guy in California who's in trouble for not giving half his raisins to the federal government, and then Fascist Scrunt-Face decided to come into work.  Sigh.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 04, 2013 05:20 AM (/kI1Q)

327 chad was an active dem activist for yeaaaaars. in high school and in OFA. it was on his linkdn page Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 09:19 AM (nqBYe) Personally, I'm fond of the tweets where he replied to questions about how he posted on Facebook that he was paid quarterly to post political stuff so it was kind of his job that oh that was just a joke lol.

Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at October 04, 2013 05:20 AM (VtjlW)

328 over at breitbart biggov

FAKE OBAMACARE INSURANCE EXCHANGE SITES ALREADY SPOTTED

lulz

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 08:56 AM (IXrOn)

*


Hey...its a growth industry in Nigeria and Russia...nothing to worry about. Go long on Lifelock futures.


And pork bellies.



.



Posted by: dananjcon at October 04, 2013 05:21 AM (wmU4G)

329 yeah you would think the Police there would have had stop sticks (tire puncture strips)
and those would have been thrown out  in that small area.

but this is monday morning quarterbacking for me.

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:21 AM (nqBYe)

330 "Initially they were saying that she had exited her car when she was shot." Increasingly, this sounds to me like a case of angry cops syndrome. After she got away from them, they got mad. Members of some cop tribes go steroid-psycho if their fellows are threatened or hurt, or their authority resisted. *cough* Waco *cough* Written with full respect for the job, the dangers of it nowadays especially, and the people who serve and protect.

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 05:21 AM (2o9a+)

331 Chad Henderson and "Julia" make a great couple.

Posted by: Mainah at October 04, 2013 05:21 AM (659DL)

332 CBS News reports that Miriam Carey was fired from her dental hygientist job in April 2012 after getting into a fight with her bosses about using a handicapped parking space they felt she didnÂ’t need to use. drudge

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 05:22 AM (IXrOn)

333 Anna Puma, I recently watched "First man Into Space' again on Netflix. As a kid I'd seen it on some late night local low budget station's Count Floyd movie show, as it absolutely creeped the hell outta me. One of the few horror movies I have a real memory of. Anyway, seeing it as an adult, I understood why. The cocky, handsome, heroic astronaut pushes the limits to be the first man into space and what does he get for his efforts? He gets turned into a shambling, pathetic, booger-headed cripple with one dead eye no longer fit for life on earth and forced to breathe through a lipless gaping hole with the remnants of his upper teeth sticking through. Oh, and he has to drink blood just to breathe and survive. The worst part of all is that he's so damaged he doesn't even realize that he's a monster. He just trying to get back home. Terrifiying stuff. For an 8 or 9 year old.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 04, 2013 05:22 AM (ZR4Xh)

334 alex, yeah , The' I lied to friends because  __!'

so I admit i lie to my friends, but of course i Won't lie to YOU!

yeah.

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:22 AM (nqBYe)

335 As usual can you imagine the reaction if this had happened under Bush?

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 05:24 AM (5H6zj)

336 Your government atwerk. : BackwardsBoy Stereo. Heh. Eminently re-usable.

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 05:24 AM (2o9a+)

337 Written with full respect for the job, the dangers of it nowadays especially, and the people who serve and protect. Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 09:21 AM (2o9a+) I also wonder had the chase not ended around the Capitol, would it have ended with a shooting? I kind of think given the location and the confusion of the situation, the cops were a little more prepared to use deadly force than if they stopped her in some quiet neighborhood in NW.

Posted by: Mainah at October 04, 2013 05:25 AM (659DL)

338 that was just a joke lol. What did Chad say was the joke part?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 05:26 AM (a4Omg)

339 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2013 09:22 AM (IXrOn)

there had been a report initially from Her boss she had taken a long fall down stairs and damaged  her head and mental issues might have come from that?

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:26 AM (nqBYe)

340 I think we have a decent shot at a "modest" compromise. Democrats seem to be buckling faster than Republicans.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at October 04, 2013 05:26 AM (E8IHS)

341 BTW it snowed last night. So much for my tomato plants!

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 05:26 AM (5H6zj)

342 319 Walker told Obama to shove it up his well used ass hole. He probably used some more politically correct legalese that that. ---- I might have embellished that last part.

Posted by: UWP at October 04, 2013 05:27 AM (vj51i)

343 I wonder how much media messaging also played into yesterday's shooting? People of color are constantly told you can't trust the police due to racial profiling, etc. Police over react to a person of color because of racial profiling. Whatever the reasons, there is still a child without a parent and another young life cut tragically short. With that said, whatever happened to the reasoning that when the police pull you over just stop. Color or no color they have the power to ruin your day. Guess I'm just a sheeple.

Posted by: LurkeyLooToo at October 04, 2013 05:27 AM (obeBY)

344

Look, if you have Sandra Bullock in a zero gravity environment, you don't put her in a six inch thick space suit. The entire movie's a missed opportunity in my view.

 

Posted by: MLCross at October 04, 2013 05:28 AM (taib7)

345 Fenelon, that he was  paid  to print Progressive Propaganda from OFA on his facebook page

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:28 AM (nqBYe)

346 I might have embellished that last part. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 04, 2013 05:28 AM (a4Omg)

347 Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 09:26 AM (5H6zj)

We had a burst of warm weather, so I am hoping that a local farm has a few more of their tomatoes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2013 05:28 AM (/kU/5)

348 Drudgereport has a heading line "CRAZY: OBAMA'S STALKING ME"

The crazy part is that it was probably true

Posted by: YardArms Morgan at October 04, 2013 05:29 AM (e8kgV)

349 Said a senior administration official: "We are winning...It doesn't really matter to us" how long the shutdown lasts "because what matters is the end result." Oh, fuuuuuuck you, but first....

Posted by: Mainah at October 04, 2013 05:29 AM (659DL)

350 I also got a Pigford loan.  

Posted by: Chad Henderson at October 04, 2013 05:29 AM (sOtz/)

351 stereo? I fixed that - twice! danggg autoincorrect! Atwerk - added to dictionary.

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 05:30 AM (2o9a+)

352 My God - It's full of comments.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet is Overstocked on Petty Vindictiveness!!! Sale Now Thru Sunday! at October 04, 2013 05:30 AM (hLRSq)

353 you know what one of the unfortunate side effects from Media malfeasance to protect the Party is?
that even in this Miriam case with immediate attempts by Media to slander  tea party or blame this on Republicans shut downs. That we will unlikely really know the real story.

it will have to fit a story benifical to the meme.

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:31 AM (nqBYe)

354 Though I have the utmost sympathy for that womans daughter and other family members SHE was in total control of her situation and is THE cause of her own death. The authorities had no idea what she was up to - only that she was completely irrational and a threat to everyone on the street and I think acted appropriately.

Posted by: Talibill at October 04, 2013 05:31 AM (Q6uDO)

355 344 BTW it snowed last night. So much for my tomato plants! Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2013 09:26 AM (5H6zj) i thought the earth was warming?

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 04, 2013 05:33 AM (8JJ6O)

356

@357  "the magnum of posts"

 

It remains to be seen because the facts usually filter out for weeks and months.   But if they shot her when she got out of the car I don't see how that was not excessive force and manslaughter. 

 

 

Imagine a non-cop did that. 

 

 

Easy now, isn't it?

Posted by: Chad Henderson at October 04, 2013 05:34 AM (sOtz/)

357 357 Though I have the utmost sympathy for that womans daughter and other family members SHE was in total control of her situation and is THE cause of her own death. The authorities had no idea what she was up to -only that she was completely irrational and a threat to everyone on the street and I think acted appropriately. Posted by: Talibill at October 04, 2013 09:31 AM (Q6uDO) I would have enjoyed a nice Taser video in the midst of SHUTDOWN

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 05:34 AM (/OUqZ)

358 Explain this to me.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2013 06:54 AM (4+AaH)

 

 

My guess is no one expected the Democrats to go hating on sick kids and old vets and that all of the "mean, cruel, heartless" articles would be against Republicans.  And then wonder of wonders Harry Reid went and did the best Scrooge impression anyone has seen this side of Christmas.

 

Kind of baffling, really.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet is Overstocked on Petty Vindictiveness!!! Sale Now Thru Sunday! at October 04, 2013 05:34 AM (hLRSq)

359 Morning PG!

http://www.ufunk.net/japon/studio-ghibli-art-nouveau/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2013 05:34 AM (HEMX5)

360 " SHE was in total control of her situation " Funny thing about the definition of psychotic...

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 05:34 AM (2o9a+)

361 i thought the earth was warming? Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 04, 2013 09:33 AM (8JJ6O) Apparently nature doesn't listen to junk science, just sayin'

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 05:34 AM (/OUqZ)

362 Tailbill, yes the police didn't know of her personal crisis  .

the hypocrisy is that several dozens Police are placed to protect the powerful.
And yes i know it's necessary.
while shmoes like us are told we shouldn't have the Option to protect ourselves in a violent manner, we are told to pee on the perp.

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:34 AM (nqBYe)

363 We had a burst of warm weather, so I am hoping that a local farm has a few more of their tomatoes. We had a burst of warm weather. Started back in March & hasn't stopped.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2013 05:34 AM (xorT2)

364

Atwerk - added to dictionary.

 

With my blessing.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 05:35 AM (0HooB)

365 Where's the justice when Obama's jackbooted thugs gun down an unarmed special needs mother-of-color in the street? 

I'd bet this woman was only traveling to the White House to get her free medical assistance and was struggling to find access to free parking.

Posted by: Fritz at October 04, 2013 05:35 AM (UzPAd)

366 Hm

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Day 4 of shutdown: Vets are going to need wire cutters to visit WWII memorial.


Posted by: RiverC at October 04, 2013 05:35 AM (9hUiB)

367 Still haven't seen any of the movie Hero to this day.

I loved that movie.  Hoffman was great as Bernie LaPlant.  I like the line when asked "But, you won't get the credit?"  Hoffman/Bernie "I'm not into credit...I'm more of a cash kind of guy."

Posted by: Paladin at October 04, 2013 05:35 AM (DPvCq)

368 @McCormackJohn  The fences/barricades were not wired shut when I was here on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/mMV6TsqGt7

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at October 04, 2013 05:36 AM (YjDyJ)

369 and we also know this Administration and their media lackey's are totally willing to slander Anyone to fit their meme.
from the beginning

see Walpin.

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:36 AM (nqBYe)

370 So will the WH be releasing a photo op of Barry scrunched down in his chair surrounded by his security team, the generals and Hillary of him watching the chase live on TV (only in reality, they are staring at a blank screen). Will B.O. Take credit for giving the kill order to take out Miriam Carey?

Posted by: runningrn at October 04, 2013 05:36 AM (PLOz8)

371 His lead fell from 30+ points to 6 after it came out that everything about his life story, including all the parts where he claims to have interacted with actual black Americans, is made up. The RNC and RNSC still aren't supporting his opponent even after that, though. The Stupid Party strikes again.

----

And where's everybody's favorite RINO, Christie, on this? He himself has a 30+ point polling lead on his opponent, yet I see commercials for him all the time. I haven't heard if he's supporting Lonegan or not. He'll probably embrace Booker on a beach just to show "bipartisanship".

I'm disliking the Big Man more and more.

Posted by: Roger Daltrey at October 04, 2013 05:37 AM (YmPwQ)

372 My guess is no one expected the Democrats to go hating on sick kids and old vets and that all of the "mean, cruel, heartless" articles would be against Republicans. And then wonder of wonders Harry Reid went and did the best Scrooge impression anyone has seen this side of Christmas. Kind of baffling, really. Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet is Overstocked on Petty Vindictiveness!!! Sale Now Thru Sunday! at October 04, 2013 09:34 AM (hLRSq) exactly, no one ever expects t̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶p̶a̶n̶i̶s̶h̶ ̶I̶n̶q̶u̶i̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶P̶r̶a̶v̶d̶a̶ the MFM to go rogue...

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 05:37 AM (/OUqZ)

373 Joe the Plumber. yea party, republicans, DHS lists  with veterans and bible thumpers , for life er-s

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:37 AM (nqBYe)

374 Re Kirk. When you save the planet and the human race from destruction, you're going to get some reward. Command at an early age would be the least of it.

Posted by: toby928© at October 04, 2013 05:37 AM (QupBk)

375 Willow,   dumpup.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at October 04, 2013 05:37 AM (0HooB)

376 Atwerk - added to dictionary. With my blessing. Atwerk or A twerk?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2013 05:37 AM (xorT2)

377 With this lawless govt we believe nothing they or their paid off media sycophants say. This woman's mom could have already had her silence or false narrative purchased by the Chicago RICO racket govt we suffer under. This woman has a connection to someone at thE WH. The lies continue.

Posted by: pc at October 04, 2013 05:38 AM (etbae)

378 Backwards boy, thank you Again!

Posted by: willow at October 04, 2013 05:38 AM (nqBYe)

379 306. She certainly did need help. I agree. My generation isn't the only one that was taught to find someone in uniform when lost, to ask for help. And look what she got for approaching police when lost. Threatened by multiple and conflicting commands at gun point, freaking anyone out regardless of mental stability. (Remember the sorority girls who bought cookie dough and bottled water, threatened at gunpoint by an unknown law enforcement agency, speeding away and calling 911 for help.) At no point did any officer answer her question, or even take a second to look and assess her status, to NOTICE she had a baby with her. Her baby is lucky not to have been murdered as well during the police gunned show down on the unarmed woman who accidentally bumped something while under extreme duress. Yesterday was shock and awe. And we're still being told fabrications without documentation, to normalize what was an initial shock into what is a usual suspect scenario. Imo, the story belongs to media propaganda manufacturers, the MSM hardly being reliable sources to date as a general rule. The media's first tale had no source, and still no M.D. of the victim, as to her supposedly suffering mental illness regularly -- quoted no record -- until what the mother is quoted as having alluded to this morning. This woman was murdered. The federal authorities would want/need/fabricate a CYA story to excuse what happened to her at their hands. The first thing reported was a give away. The woman's mother would have been approached FIRST thing after the FUBAR, told by the authoritarians what they wanted her to hear, and what they want the mother to say (to not contest) for the media to report. /An offer she couldn't refuse. The media won't even call the victim's baby "the mother's child". This whole thing stinks to high heaven. It doesn't matter WHY she was there. She had the right to be wherever in public. And there is no telling what happened according to official reports designed to sell no wrong doing on the part of the murderers; as if official authoritarianism is good and necessary, murder by cop the norm which we must all embrace. Obama's administration, with the aid of duplicitous politicians and a deceitful media, would make every American citizen a terrorist requiring take down, one way or another. Ratings!

Posted by: panzernashorn at October 04, 2013 05:39 AM (MhA4j)

380 Everything we know about everything comes to us from the news media, everything they know comes to them from their sources.

Do you trust your government?

Health care is now completely controlled by your government. The government will decide how much money they will take from you for 'health insurance'. The government will decide how much they will pay medical professionals to provide healthcare, what healthcare will be provided, and who gets it.

Most importantly, once the government has taken what money it wants from those who have more than they need, the government can then spend that money however it chooses.

From each according to ability to pay, to each according to need.

Poor people don't get money, they get government services; health care, housing, food.

Welcome to your future.

Posted by: Not buyin' it at October 04, 2013 05:39 AM (/7zt4)

381 morning (((Anna!!!!)))

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 04, 2013 05:39 AM (8JJ6O)

382 Based on the trailer I saw, Gravity looks pretty terrible. Compare the super-slow movements of anyone on an actual spacewalk with the hyperkinetic Hollywood-physics idiocy portrayed in the trailer, and I know I won't be able to suspend disbelief.

Too bad, more space movies would be cool.

Posted by: Waterhouse at October 04, 2013 05:41 AM (YVx8A)

383 I would have enjoyed a nice Taser video in the midst of SHUTDOWN Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 04, 2013 09:34 AM (/OUqZ) Sadly, Tasers were not available to deal with this woman in a non-lethal manner because of the Republican War on Women of Color and Republican Tea Party Shut Down! But mostly Tea Party Shut Down!

Posted by: MFM at October 04, 2013 05:41 AM (PLOz8)

384 Avoid Willow Widowing. Proceed immediately to the new thread. Do not finish your current conversation. Take only what you can carry.

Posted by: mindful webworker - choose at October 04, 2013 05:42 AM (2o9a+)

385 Cmon...if your going to shut down the WW2 memorial, at least put some razor wire along the top.

Posted by: Red Shirt at October 04, 2013 05:45 AM (FIDMq)

386

"murdered"

Not even second degree.

 

But it could be a case of praetorian guard behavior all out of proportion to any real threat based in part on the Democrats language of  oppression, war, terrorism, and genocide they apply to  domestic politics. 

 

All we ask is to be treated with the same respect they give the Taliban.  And quite militarizing national monuments.  

Posted by: Beagle at October 04, 2013 05:51 AM (sOtz/)

387 @302 You do know that he is steeped in the teachings of saul alinsky and bill ayers? He is steeped in the american hatred of jerimiah wright. Father felger. Everything he does is with a purpose and plan to destroy the america we know and replace it with marxist utopianism.

Posted by: kreplach at October 04, 2013 06:54 AM (ZSnCv)

388
I plan on watching Space.
If only to be reminded of what America used to be able to do.

Posted by: RayJ at October 04, 2013 07:06 AM (pI/IV)

389 "A modest bargain makes more sense than a grand one." Aren't "modest" bargains what the Republicans have been doing up until now?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 04, 2013 06:12 PM (/IXKu)

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