November 25, 2013
— andy Welcome to the short workweek, or, as the Campaigner-in-Chief calls it, a week.
President Barack Obama sounded a nostalgic personal note Sunday night and offered a rare self-assessment while criticizing congressional Republicans as an "impediment" to governing during the start of a West Coast fundraising tour for the Democratic Party.Obama told donors the sight of Mt. Rainier illuminated by a setting sun was particularly special because it reminded him of his mother, who attended high school in the Seattle area. "I feel the spirit of my mom," he said.
He also attempted to contrast himself with Republicans who control the House of Representatives, saying they are "more focused on positioning themselves for the next election."
"I'm not a particularly ideological person," he said, adding he still is passionate about giving people a fair shake, about the environment, and working for peace and national security. "But I'm pretty pragmatic about how we get there."
Hahahahaha. Whatever, dude.
And ICYMI, Team Juicebox provided some hilarious entertainment over the weekend. Part 1. Part 2.
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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 02:53 AM (olDqf)
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Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 25, 2013 03:00 AM (6ahup)
Good morning everybody!
Posted by: Nighthawk at November 25, 2013 03:00 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 25, 2013 03:04 AM (6ahup)
Posted by: FYNQ at November 25, 2013 03:04 AM (uMmii)
Posted by: wing.....and a prayer at November 25, 2013 03:05 AM (dLNm7)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 03:05 AM (NKBxV)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the Pleistocene webworkers at November 25, 2013 03:06 AM (ktPHV)
I saw a Rock and Roller one time yell from the stage, "Hello Cleveland!"
He really cared about Cleveland, I could tell.
But we were in Irvine, CA so I was confused.
Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2013 03:06 AM (TKFmG)
Posted by: MTF at November 25, 2013 03:07 AM (ic+2p)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 03:08 AM (NKBxV)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead
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lol! I woulda laughed in his face as well.. and gave him a dictionary pointing to the meaning of Libertarian!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 25, 2013 03:08 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 25, 2013 03:08 AM (6ahup)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2013 03:09 AM (KCvsd)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:09 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: TiminAL at November 25, 2013 03:10 AM (A9c4d)
That sounds a lot like one political party in America today, but it sure as heck ain't the Tea Party.
Posted by: Nighthawk at November 25, 2013 03:10 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Andy at November 25, 2013 03:10 AM (0ZQCB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:11 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 25, 2013 03:13 AM (6ahup)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the catvideo webworkers at November 25, 2013 03:13 AM (p74mI)
Raining and cold down here on the lake in southeast Texas. And in case I don't get a chance to say so later, Happy Thanksgiving to all the 'rons and 'ettes...
Posted by: Cave Bear at November 25, 2013 03:15 AM (NKoXJ)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at November 25, 2013 03:15 AM (6ahup)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at November 25, 2013 03:15 AM (xm1Dn)
That sounds a lot like one political party in America today, but it sure as heck ain't the Tea Party.
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The Nazis didn't outlaw firearms.. that is a myth.. gun control laws were already in effect when they took power.
http://tinyurl.com/l9hmhy
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 25, 2013 03:17 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Ellie Light [/i] at November 25, 2013 03:18 AM (UL/Aj)
Posted by: BignJames at November 25, 2013 03:18 AM (ZNQKl)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the catvideo webworkers at November 25, 2013 03:18 AM (WgBz9)
Morning morons. In honor of our ever hard working President, I propose that this week of Thanksgiving be designated "Barack Obama Hard Work Week." All employees will show up at work from 9 am to 3 pm, and are expected to not sleep in the morning briefing and put in at least 30 minutes of actual work during the day Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, everyone must clock in by 9:30 a.m. and work ends at 11:30 a.m. so you can make an important lunch reservation. Thursday is a paid vacation day for everyone, double time for the unemployed. On Black Friday, you will use the credit card of someone richer than you to purchase a bunch of stuff you will never use or otherwise waste, and 18 holes of golf are mandatory.
Seems like a fitting tribute.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 03:19 AM (sQ0LB)
That's about how I read it, at least.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 03:19 AM (BeSEI)
http://tinyurl.com/l9hmhy
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 25, 2013 07:17 AM (b/lt+)
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I didn't know that- thanks for the correction.
But the parallels between the rise of Progressivism in the US and the rise of Nazism in Germany are none the less disturbing.
Posted by: Nighthawk at November 25, 2013 03:20 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:21 AM (olDqf)
18 here, with wind chill it's 7. That's what the weather report says, but the outside thermometer says 12.
Cripes, if it was 23, I'd be in shorts and t-shirt.
Fuckin' Massachusetts....
Posted by: MrScribbler at November 25, 2013 03:22 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: Barky Underpants at November 25, 2013 03:24 AM (6ahup)
When do we incite race riots, shakedown the taxpayers and knock out the Joo?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 07:21 AM (olDqf)
Now you know damn well that race riots are reserved for Reverend Sharpton Day (let's replace MLK Birthday with that), that every day is income redistribution day, and that Obama is much too lazy to ever knock out a Joo himself.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 03:24 AM (sQ0LB)
The takeover of every single facet of our lives by the Obama hoarde is more like communism.. collectivism. But so insidious most people won't even notice until it is too late.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 25, 2013 03:24 AM (b/lt+)
"I'm not a particularly ideological person,..."- Obama
If that guy moved any more left wing he would fall off the west coast. Was he speaking at a roast or something?
Good Morning, Trinidad, Colorado!
Posted by: Case at November 25, 2013 03:25 AM (wf3Kt)
Posted by: LASue at November 25, 2013 03:25 AM (gjIQF)
Posted by: Pttdu Apiptix at November 25, 2013 03:27 AM (SwHqo)
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Posted by: Reyvon at November 25, 2013 03:28 AM (6ahup)
Which is most evidence of pathological disorder? (1) that he said it; (2) that he believes it; (3) that his Cult believes it; (4) that he thinks his Cult believes it. (5) the media.
Posted by: I. Carumba at November 25, 2013 03:29 AM (YBusZ)
Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.
One of these days I’ll have to tell you about the first fan magazines. Originally, publications devoted solely to movies were addressed to businessmen, Motion Picture News being one of the first, along with the Biograph Journal and sundry others. But when it turned out that ordinary viewers wanted news, gossip or just simple reviews of the latest releases, the first “fan” magazines were born – Photoplay, Motion Picture Story Magazine, Filmland and heaven knows how many more.
I have a number of the magazines, and it’s a treat to read the gossip pages. Many of the stories are “blind” items placed to stir up interest – you know, the sort of “who was the lady dancing with Valentino at the Ritz?” sort of thing. Some of them are phony items designed to sell magazines – the famous “feud” between Gloria Swanson and Pola Negri being one of them.*
Some of the most famous tidbits of the silent age come from these magazines, many of them almost certainly fictitious, but they do mirror current attitudes towards the new invention. So if you ever come across one of these stories, be aware that theyÂ’re from the pages of Motion Picture News and were almost certainly the creation of imaginative writers:
- After seeing a film version of one of his performances, an actor told a drama critic, “That was the most extraordinary experience I ever went through – actually to see myself acting!”
The critic nodded. “Now you know what we have to put up with.”
- One day a nickelodeon was showing a film of a French auto race. Suddenly, just as the cars were heading into the last turn, the film broke and the projectionist stopped the film in order to splice it together. ”Oh, hell!” cried a rough-looking lumberjack in the audience. “The race’ll be over before he gits the durn machine fixed!”
- And finally. . .Pat and Mike were walking down Broadway, having indulged in a morning’s morning at the old shebeen, when they made their way into a nickelodeon where the pianist was taking a break. “What are those fellas in t’ picture saying, Moike?” asked Paddy.
“Shure an’ Oi can’t hear a wurrrd,” Mike wheezed. “Let’s get a seat fur’thr up front.”
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
*so far as can be determined, neither Swanson nor Negri much liked each other, but they certainly werenÂ’t embroiled in a feud.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 03:30 AM (zF6Iw)
Hitler wasn't exactly a law-abiding citizen, Jerry. Gun control was done, guns were confiscated, and taken particularly from certain "groups" of people.
It may not be accurate to say Hitler invented gun control, but he sure as heck was very good at implementing it. And he did it for one specific reason.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 03:30 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: Registered Voter at November 25, 2013 03:30 AM (kYfFr)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 25, 2013 03:34 AM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Carol at November 25, 2013 03:34 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 25, 2013 03:37 AM (r+7wo)
Slow moving this morning without Vic. I'll give this day in history a whirl, 1952 edition:
"The Mousetrap," a murder-mystery written by the novelist and playwright Agatha Christie, opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. The crowd-pleasing whodunit would go on to become the longest continuously running play in history, with more than 10 million people to date attending its more than 20,000 performances in London's West End.
When "The Mousetrap" premiered in 1952, Winston Churchill was British prime minister, Joseph Stalin was Soviet ruler, and Dwight D. Eisenhower was president-elect.
I saw "The Mousetrap" at the Ambassadors Theatre in the waning days of December, 2000. I confess I've forgotten many of the details, but I did enjoy the show. I cannot recommend seeing shows in London highly enough, particularly productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, if you have the scratch to do it.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 03:38 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Case at November 25, 2013 03:38 AM (wf3Kt)
Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 25, 2013 03:39 AM (17IiZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 03:39 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: toby928© at November 25, 2013 03:40 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:40 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the catvideo webworkers at November 25, 2013 03:41 AM (WgBz9)
Today's celebrity birthdays:
Carrie Nation (no relation to Raider Nation)
Joe DiMaggio (.325)
Ricardo Montalbán (fine Corinthian leather)
KHAAAAAAAAAAAN!!
(as required by the AoSHQ stylebook)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 03:41 AM (sQ0LB)
I cannot recommend seeing shows in London highly enough, particularly productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, if you have the scratch to do it.
I saw the 2001 revival of My Fair Lady at the Drury Lane Theatre, where it originally premiered in 1958.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 03:42 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Andy at November 25, 2013 03:42 AM (0ZQCB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 03:43 AM (olDqf)
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Posted by: NCKate at November 25, 2013 03:44 AM (vjZKo)
She's hacked off that a shopper shot her son while said son was robbing a Dollar Store at gunpoint. This, according to Mom, was unwarranted meddling in her son's affairs: "“If his (the customer) life was not in danger, if no one had a gun up to him, if no one pointed a gun at him – what gives him the right to think that it's okay to just shoot someone?... You should have just left the store and went wherever you had to go in your car or whatever."
Unless the gun or the nuke is being shoved in YOUR face, it ain't nobody else's business.
BTW, to close the loop on the analogy, at the time of this robbery, the son was out on bail waiting trial on another armed robbery charge.
Posted by: Powderhouse Rules at November 25, 2013 03:45 AM (YBusZ)
Posted by: TiminAL at November 25, 2013 03:45 AM (A9c4d)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 03:46 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 25, 2013 03:46 AM (r+7wo)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the catvideo webworkers at November 25, 2013 03:47 AM (p74mI)
Posted by: BignJames at November 25, 2013 03:47 AM (ZNQKl)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 03:47 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at November 25, 2013 03:49 AM (XIxXP)
I'm an Eagles fan too... but McNabb really was overrated. I labelled him a putz over his recent comments that NASCAR drivers aren't athletes. I'd like to see him drive a car for 600 miles @ 200mph.
Posted by: Barack Milhous Obama at November 25, 2013 03:50 AM (mw0FO)
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Posted by: Carol at November 25, 2013 03:50 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 25, 2013 03:51 AM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Baldy at November 25, 2013 03:54 AM (2bql3)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 25, 2013 03:55 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 25, 2013 03:56 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the catvideo webworkers at November 25, 2013 03:56 AM (uHgI5)
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He was fine, alright. I don't think there's ever been a movie, commercial or still photo of him that I didn't think he was oozing sex appeal. Yes, even as Mr. Roark.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 25, 2013 03:58 AM (XB5Ak)
Even the wording of it was odd... "where she went to high school..."
It's like the man has no core foundation, at least not where family is concerned. He is unanchored by anything normal people need to feel connected to their community, to their country.
He's an itinerant fascist. One would feel sorry for him, if he wasn't in a position to screw with so many people who don't share his warped view of the world.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 03:58 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the catvideo webworkers at November 25, 2013 04:00 AM (uHgI5)
Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 25, 2013 04:00 AM (17IiZ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:01 AM (sQ0LB)
"Given his enormous achievements as Secretary of State . . ."
The resulting stampede of Wild Asparagus over runs our defenses and we fall victim to the pecking of chickens. If only we had butter and spice, and the necessary tools to dissect the premise, if only the great dust bowl had never happened, if only the 52% had voted the other way, if only...
if only....
if only...
This purslane in combination with young dandelion shoots is really good, eh?
Posted by: Given the Juel at November 25, 2013 04:01 AM (I4gbX)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 04:02 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at November 25, 2013 04:03 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Stu-22 at November 25, 2013 04:03 AM (k4bdL)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 04:04 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: LASue at November 25, 2013 04:04 AM (gjIQF)
Posted by: toby928© at November 25, 2013 04:04 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 04:04 AM (olDqf)
"Why are we so fixated on 4 million insured people who may lose their current and mostly sub-standard health insurance policies and ignoring the fact that 48 million people who have never had health insurance will finally be able to buy health insurance?
The 4 million insured have had the ability to purchase insurance all
along. Now, due to circumstances beyond their control, including the
greed of insurance companies, they could potentially lose their current
policy. But they still have the option to get another plan." HT Weaselzippers. What scum these thugs are.
Posted by: Lester at November 25, 2013 04:04 AM (2UPXV)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 04:05 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at November 25, 2013 04:06 AM (XIxXP)
I believe the stylebook calls for Khaaaaannnnn!
Posted by: toby928© at November 25, 2013 08:04 AM (QupBk)
Got it covered at #74 
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:07 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:07 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 04:07 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at November 25, 2013 04:07 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: RightOne40 at November 25, 2013 04:07 AM (/yOZJ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:09 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 25, 2013 04:09 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 04:09 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 04:09 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: jeff at November 25, 2013 04:10 AM (MOSsR)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:10 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Baldy at November 25, 2013 04:14 AM (2bql3)
Who has the cajones to take this on in 2016? It will be the aftermath of the worst national storm we have ever had thrown at us.
A better question would be who has the stones to take this on now? A good argument can be made that 2016 will be too late.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 04:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:15 AM (IXrOn)
That sounds a lot like one political party in America today, but it sure as heck ain't the Tea Party.
Posted by: Nighthawk at November 25, 2013 07:10 AM (OtQXp)"
The Nazis made very effective use of the social networking possibilities at the time. They would hire a hall and a dance band. Tickets were cheap or free. During the band's breaks, they would give speeches where they would urge folks to listen to Hitler on the radio and to vote Nazi in the next election. They would also encourage people to bring their friends to the next dance and to get together with friends and listen to the radio broadcasts as a social event.
The German gun registration laws had been passed by liberals during the Weimar Republic days. After all, what is the harm in registering guns? If you have nothing to hide, what is the problem? When the Nazis came to power, they used the gun registration records to enforce the laws against Jews owning firearms. It wasn't until after the Jews' guns had been removed that the Nazis started rounding up Jews and sending them to camps.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 25, 2013 04:16 AM (BcCwi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 04:17 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: rickl at November 25, 2013 04:18 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:18 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: mindful webworker plays a webworker on the web at November 25, 2013 04:18 AM (1s+pS)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 25, 2013 04:19 AM (r+7wo)
We just had a momentary power outage. It would get pretty cold in here pretty damn quick without electricity!
LOLWUT? Just turn on the windmills and plug in a heater in the power holes in your wall!
Posted by: Envirotard at November 25, 2013 04:21 AM (BrQrN)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 08:17 AM (olDqf)
Consider the alternatives and it doesn't sound quite as bad. Mazel tov.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:21 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: mindful webworker plays a webworker on the web at November 25, 2013 04:23 AM (6B4ha)
shed?
ABED, you stupid, stupid keyboard!
Posted by: mindful webworker plays a webworker on the web at November 25, 2013 08:23 AM (6B4ha)
A good craftsman never blames his tools, as they say. Do you moonlight as the TelePrompTer typist for DWS, by the way?
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:24 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Far Post at November 25, 2013 04:26 AM (HHTXF)
"I'm not a particularly ideological person," he said, adding he still is passionate about giving people a fair shake, about the environment, and working for peace and national security. "But I'm pretty pragmatic about how we get there."
J.H.C. Do people actually believe this shit anymore?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 25, 2013 04:26 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:26 AM (IXrOn)
His detachment from reality is truly frightening. I've rarely seen anyone that compares to him for a total lack of objectivity.
It's more frightening, if possible, to think that he has so many acolytes that believe his flights of fantasy. I'm afraid that he resonates with the like-minded in our country. I'm afraid they are the majority now. I believe we're a lost cause, and our only hope is to separate from those who follow a crazy man.
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 04:27 AM (YEQ2h)
Obama told donors the sight of Mt. Rainier illuminated by a setting sun was particularly special because it reminded him of his mother, who attended high school in the Seattle area. "I feel the spirit of my mom," he said.
Yeah, when I think of Seattle, I'm reminded of commie whores who spread their legs for anything with a dick, too.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 25, 2013 04:27 AM (4df7R)
Matt Yglesias
Given his enormous achievements as Secretary of State, John Kerry has to be considered a leading contender for the 2016 nomination.
I see the bouncing turnip is hard at work beclowning itself again.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 25, 2013 04:28 AM (4df7R)
Yeah, when I think of Seattle, I'm reminded of commie whores who spread their legs for anything with a dick, too.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at November 25, 2013 08:27 AM (4df7R)
Isn't everyone? And don't you have a trampoline to bounce on?
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:29 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 08:29 AM (sQ0LB)
Alas, I have a meeting this morning, so no trampoline bouncing for me till at LEAST this afternoon. 
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 25, 2013 04:30 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 04:30 AM (kkbgQ)
"I'm not a particularly ideological person," he said, adding he still is passionate about giving people a fair shake, about the environment, and working for peace and national security. "But I'm pretty pragmatic about how we get there."
That is so delusional I wonder which of the voices in his head actually said that?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at November 25, 2013 04:31 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:32 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 08:30 AM (kkbgQ)
Gosh I hope so.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 25, 2013 04:33 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: mindful webworker - mother wanted a doctor at November 25, 2013 04:34 AM (WgBz9)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:34 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:35 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:35 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at November 25, 2013 04:35 AM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Roy at November 25, 2013 04:36 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 25, 2013 07:37 AM (r+7wo)
Devil's Advocate: If he's truly delusional, doesn't that mean he's not lying? I mean, if there's no willful intent to deceive, but he truly believes all that shit that spews forth from his maw...
If he really believes it, I think we're way more boned than if he's lying...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at November 25, 2013 04:36 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Carol at November 25, 2013 04:36 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: UWP at November 25, 2013 04:38 AM (fdXMW)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or, I blame Obama at November 25, 2013 04:38 AM (uHgI5)
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Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 25, 2013 08:16 AM (BcCwi)
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They were also very good at organizing "flash mobs" for impromptu "parades".
I'm sure we'll be seeing more of that in this country soon...
Posted by: Nighthawk at November 25, 2013 04:38 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:39 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:39 AM (sQ0LB)
Fortunately it's warmed up...to 27 degrees...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 25, 2013 04:40 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Carol at November 25, 2013 04:40 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 25, 2013 04:40 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 25, 2013 04:41 AM (JlX6q)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:42 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:42 AM (IXrOn)
Try the Mercury browser. Tap for top and bottom of page. Shake to refresh.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at November 25, 2013 04:44 AM (gHDMy)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 08:42 AM (sQ0LB)
My bottom line thanks you. 
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 25, 2013 04:44 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:44 AM (zqvg6)
Oprah is going to have to give all that white money back.
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 25, 2013 04:45 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:45 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: mindful webworker - works for cobwebs at November 25, 2013 04:46 AM (1s+pS)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 04:46 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 25, 2013 08:45 AM (VjL9S)
Fat chance of that. Reparations, dont'cha know.
And now, I've been up all night and I'm all in. Later roonz and roonettez! Fear no evil.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 25, 2013 04:47 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 04:47 AM (kkbgQ)
She was right and won that argument. They're available at Wallyworld for $9.02.
Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2013 04:47 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 04:48 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Carol at November 25, 2013 04:48 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Carol at November 25, 2013 04:48 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Carol at November 25, 2013 04:48 AM (z4WKX)
Lying or complete lack of self awareness?
Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 08:44 AM (zqvg6)
The crux of the matter. We are in the hands of a mentally ill person.Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 04:48 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 08:44 AM (zqvg6)
Not mutually exclusive.
Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 04:49 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 04:49 AM (CMlD4)
Seriously. And the wind tunnel that is the financial district was less than fun this morning.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 25, 2013 04:50 AM (knoK7)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at November 25, 2013 04:50 AM (tmFlQ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 04:51 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 04:52 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 04:56 AM (cB3Ay)
And then riding the city bus (using the "free" tokens he was given) to the local library to use the computer to send emails to the President telling him he was a "Constitutional Lawyer" or some such shit. And he had thought up a way to make a Utopia for some.
If he was not President.
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 04:56 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: UWP at November 25, 2013 04:56 AM (fdXMW)
Posted by: runningrn at November 25, 2013 04:57 AM (PLOz8)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 04:57 AM (kkbgQ)
And then riding the city bus (using the "free" tokens he was given) to the local library to use the computer to send emails to the President telling him he was a "Constitutional Lawyer" or some such shit. And he had thought up a way to make a Utopia for some.
If he was not President.
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 08:56 AM (YEQ2h)
Sounds remarkably like Hitler during his Vienna years as a down-and-out bum, doesn't it?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 04:59 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 04:59 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: steevy at November 25, 2013 04:59 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: UWP at November 25, 2013 05:00 AM (fdXMW)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 05:00 AM (cB3Ay)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:00 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: mindful webworker of the Kryptonian webworkers at November 25, 2013 05:01 AM (7KxSm)
A letter from another obamacare victim. This time a nurse.
Every one of the people writing letters like that should be required to state whether or not they voted for the dog-eating crackhead.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 05:01 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 05:02 AM (olDqf)
--
We live nowhere near family, which sucks during the holidays especially. For years, we've traveled by car north and south on untold Christmas trips. By far, the worst travel days of the year (at least as far as I-95 S is concerned) are the few leading up to Thanksgiving. That 7 1/2 hour trip was 10 1/2 hours and it was a living hell of white knuckle, start/brake/start/brake/start/brake, 30mph driving that I never want to experience again.
Safe travels to all the morons and 'ettes hitting the road. We're going to the Grove Park Inn so somebody else can do the cooking.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 25, 2013 05:03 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:04 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: runningrn at November 25, 2013 05:04 AM (PLOz8)
It's currently 17 degrees here in central NH, with a windchill putting it down around 6. Ah, winter. You won't be here for a few weeks yet, but you sure like to get a jump on things!
And now I'm off to my stupid meeting. I am in such a terrible mood this morning, I don't know how this is going to go. I suspect poorly.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 25, 2013 05:04 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 05:04 AM (cB3Ay)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 05:05 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 09:02 AM (olDqf)
That's hot!
Posted by: Paris Hilton at November 25, 2013 05:05 AM (GgPam)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 05:05 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: Caunotaucarius at November 25, 2013 05:06 AM (Fw/gZ)
It's 37 and raining here in SE Texas. A damp seeping cold. Daughter in Lubbock says it snowed about 1-1/2 inches. Her first snowfall other than a few flakes. And she's driving. yay! WCPGW?
Posted by: Cold Count de Monet at November 25, 2013 05:07 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 05:07 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:07 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: UWP at November 25, 2013 05:08 AM (fdXMW)
Posted by: runningrn at November 25, 2013 05:08 AM (PLOz8)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 05:08 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:08 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: President Branco Bama at November 25, 2013 05:10 AM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 25, 2013 05:10 AM (U82Km)
insanity
prove it, donna
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:10 AM (IXrOn)
*pours hot chocoltae into USB port, hoping it won't be ice cream at the other end*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 25, 2013 05:10 AM (knoK7)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 05:10 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: The Honorable Mayor Gordon Jenkins at November 25, 2013 05:11 AM (KLy64)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:11 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2013 05:12 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: RWC at November 25, 2013 05:13 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 05:14 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 05:14 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 05:14 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Mainah at November 25, 2013 05:14 AM (659DL)
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Watch for it. This is going to be the direction they're going to take. It will be constant drumbeat that the Republicans are at fault for Obamacare's failures. And the country is populated with enough imbeciles, parasites and rank ignoramuses to believe it. It's what Matt Y and assorted journo propagandists were summoned to the WH to foment.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 25, 2013 05:15 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: Justamom at November 25, 2013 05:16 AM (Sptt8)
Posted by: Zombie Sam Kinison at November 25, 2013 05:16 AM (7ObY1)
The group argues the change will “attract the world’s best and the brightest workers.”
... don't ya thing that maybe Mark Zuckerberg has more than a personal stake in immigration reform ... like cheap foreign labor to exploit.
Posted by: Frankie Goes To Bangalore at November 25, 2013 05:17 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Frankie Goes To Bangalore at November 25, 2013 05:18 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Ragamuffin at November 25, 2013 05:18 AM (fzFF6)
Posted by: President Branco Bama at November 25, 2013 05:18 AM (23Kgq)
Gee, is this like "we've been stabbed in the back by the Jooooooooos"?
To quote a loathsome bastard that happened to be right once "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce". In our case, I think the loathsome bastard had the order wrong.
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 05:19 AM (YEQ2h)
"The Biggest Problem With ObamacareÂ’s Rollout Is Being Caused Intentionally by Republicans"
Actually correct. In that universe, the only problem with Obamacare is bad PR being spread by evil republicans. So if the evil republicans would just shut up about it, no one would know just how bad it is.
See?
Posted by: Cloudy with a slight chance of sunshine at November 25, 2013 05:20 AM (hNz8V)
Lol, from Donna Brazille's Twitter:
"The Biggest Problem With ObamacareÂ’s Rollout Is Being Caused Intentionally by Republicans"
Someone that stupid shouldn't be allowed to handle anything sharper than a rubber ball.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 05:21 AM (zF6Iw)
The Brooklyn, N.Y., man accused of assaulting an Orthodox Jew in what appears to be another case of the knockout game is being charged with a hate crime for the alleged attack.
Amrit Marajh, 28, was charged with harassment as a hate crime after he allegedly punched the 24-year-old Orthodox Jewish man Friday morning.
If Barry had a son. I expect Holder will step in to get the charges dropped
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 25, 2013 05:22 AM (1Jaio)
Of course not. It's perfectly normal for your PAC to encourage people to turn holiday meals into a great time to discuss your signature policy. It's not the act of a rabid ideologue.
Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 05:23 AM (HsJeN)
Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 05:24 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 05:24 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: President Branco Bama at November 25, 2013 05:25 AM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Low Information Chad Camelherder at November 25, 2013 05:26 AM (kUq7A)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 05:27 AM (kkbgQ)
Why did CMS lower its estimates of future health spending? It wasnÂ’t because of the ACA. We know this for a fact because CMS has released a memorandum detailing the reasons for changes in their ten-year outlook since April 2010. Here are the factors CMS cited, and the percentage of the improvement each was responsible for:
1) Medicare/Medicaid/other programs “unrelated to the ACA” (50.7% of improvement).
2) Other factors “unrelated to the ACA” (26.1%).
3) Updated data on historical spending growth (21.8%).
4) Updated macroeconomic assumptions (6.1%).
Now, that adds up to 104.7% of the total improvement. The reason these four factors add to more than 100% is that a fifth factor, the “impact of the ACA,” worked against the improvement.
Posted by: Frankie Goes To CMS at November 25, 2013 05:27 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 09:27 AM (kkbgQ)
You mean the Democrats Horst Wessel?
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 05:28 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 05:28 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: The Bourbon in Boehner's Belly at November 25, 2013 05:28 AM (CRY7r)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 05:28 AM (bb5+k)
Obama told donors the sight of Mt. Rainier illuminated by a setting sun was particularly special because it reminded him of his mother, who attended high school in the Seattle area. "I feel the spirit of my mom," he said.
[sniffs the air] Smells like teen spirit.
Posted by: Zombie Kurt Cobain at November 25, 2013 05:29 AM (BAS5M)
She then links to an article at DU which says the problems is the red states that didn't expand their medicaid problems are causing costs to rise. 
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 25, 2013 05:29 AM (bCEmE)
Macklemore and Lewis. I couldn't stand them before the rant.
Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 05:30 AM (HsJeN)
Posted by: Frankie Goes To ObamaDoesn'tCare at November 25, 2013 05:30 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 25, 2013 05:31 AM (U82Km)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 25, 2013 05:31 AM (bCEmE)
Not an ideological speech.
Posted by: The Honorable Mayor Gordon Jenkins at November 25, 2013 05:31 AM (KLy64)
If Republicans were sensible, they would be doing everything possible to throw a wrench into the works.
I'd be hiring overseas hackers to undermine the system.
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 05:32 AM (bb5+k)
"[OFA Loser] –
Ah, the week of Thanksgiving — that beautiful time of year when families gather and uncles everywhere feel the need to spout off about Obamacare.
Chances are, folks at the dinner table probably look to you, mostly as a voice of reason, on the subject.
So, this year, be prepared when health care comes up....."
Anyone who brings up Obamacare where I'm going will be slapped down or frozen out.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 05:33 AM (JRmiD)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:33 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 25, 2013 05:33 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 25, 2013 05:34 AM (bCEmE)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 05:34 AM (bb5+k)
[sniffs the air] Smells like teen spirit.
Posted by: Zombie Kurt Cobain at November 25, 2013 09:29 AM (BAS5M)
Barry: I felt like spreading my legs for every guy I saw, just like she did
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 25, 2013 05:35 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Tami at November 25, 2013 09:34 AM (bCEmE)
If it's a cracka barrel, guess they'll make me join you.
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 05:36 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 25, 2013 05:36 AM (fliCK)
I traveled to FL for every Thanksgiving for 20 years to spend it with my aunt. It was because mom and her sister had been estranged for 7 years and the first family trip to FL for Thanksgiving was a peace and reconciliation gesture. Sadly, she passed away but I will never, ever again board a plane during Thanksgiving week. Too many bad experiences.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 05:36 AM (JRmiD)
Posted by: Lenin. Or Lennon; I'm always getting the two confused at November 25, 2013 05:36 AM (U82Km)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 05:36 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:37 AM (IXrOn)
It's almost finished.
Looks like I got the rest of the dead to cap off NaNoWriMo.
87,035 words.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at November 25, 2013 05:37 AM (QXlbZ)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 25, 2013 05:39 AM (fliCK)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 09:36 AM (zF6Iw)
Yeah me too. Probably the NSA clowns sticking their fingers in the pie.Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 05:39 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: RWC at November 25, 2013 05:40 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 25, 2013 05:40 AM (fliCK)
Posted by: Mama AJ, meddling kid at November 25, 2013 05:41 AM (SUKHu)
Yep, the red state governors who turned down the Medicaid expansion to be specific. 21 states flat out said no, and four others are on the fence. Of course, with McAuliffe in VA, we lose another, so that tips the scales slightly in the Dems' favor. The Republican sellouts were Kasich, Christie, Martinez, Dalrymple, Sandoval, Snyder and Brewer, several of them coincidentally names mentioned for 2016.Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 25, 2013 05:42 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 25, 2013 05:44 AM (Iyi/j)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 25, 2013 05:45 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 05:45 AM (LBXQn)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 05:45 AM (cB3Ay)
Posted by: Mainah at November 25, 2013 05:46 AM (659DL)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 25, 2013 05:49 AM (IXrOn)
Jews attacked in the streets.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 09:45 AM (LBXQn)
The parallels are discussed quite a bit upthread. Right now the Democrats playing the "it's the Republicans fault that the country is falling apart card" seems frighteningly close to the "we were stabbed in the back" obsession of Hitler, and by extension his followers.
The whole matter is really unnerving. Hope he leaves quietly in 2016. Pass the tinfoil? Maybe, maybe not.
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 05:50 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 05:53 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 05:53 AM (bb5+k)
Someone that stupid shouldn't be allowed to handle anything sharper than a rubber ball.
*waves frantically*
*clutches throat*
Posted by: Donna Brazille Choking On A Rubber Ball at November 25, 2013 05:55 AM (BrQrN)
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 05:56 AM (Hx5uv)
Nazi Germany v. Obama's America
Well, Mooch's ass is big enough for her to be Hermann Goering. Is Reggie Ernst Rohm?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 05:56 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at November 25, 2013 05:56 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 25, 2013 05:56 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 25, 2013 05:56 AM (aDwsi)
We had a kid with Epilepsy who wore a helmet in elementry school - after we flowed into middle school, some kids who came in from other schools and some older kids teased and bullied him. We (a bunch of the guys who knew him) beat the crap out them ( - and the teachers let us). Shit ended quickly.
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 05:57 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 05:57 AM (cB3Ay)
An NFL game ending in a tie yesterday?...in American football?! Did we lose a war?! What do I tell my children?! Will we as a nation tolerate this, this, canard of an outcome?!111! WE ARE AMERICANS! We don't have "ties" in our football games or in our wars!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
The NFL has only had overtime in the regular season since 1974, so it's actually an harbinger of our national decline.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2013 05:57 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 25, 2013 05:58 AM (U82Km)
Posted by: Chilling the most at November 25, 2013 05:59 AM (gxtMZ)
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at November 25, 2013 05:59 AM (plI4b)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at November 25, 2013 06:00 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 25, 2013 06:00 AM (U82Km)
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Wow..... Do you really think we're going to make it to 2016????
Posted by: fixerupper at November 25, 2013 06:00 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:00 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 06:01 AM (CMlD4)
A Culture in Ruins
***
The liberal agenda can be best understood in terms of leveling the playing field; that is, eliminating all the advantages that children gain from being reared with conservative virtues and habits.
Had the experience last night of sitting down with my 11 and 7 year old boys to watch the Grinch and Wizard of Oz back to back on TBS.
That experience was made memorable by TBS running ads for shows like Cougar Town and a commercial for a show where two women were shown chest bumping their boobs together while making a "moaning/wheee!" sound.
I'll say that again. This was during the Grinch and Wizard of Oz. (...Sigh...)
I wondered, how are the people who make programming decisions like that raising their own children?
Feral animals, is what I concluded.
A culture that can make a celebrity out of Kanye West, is perfectly poised to make the Emperor's horse a senator.
Posted by: Laiser at November 25, 2013 06:01 AM (Xv7f/)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 06:02 AM (cB3Ay)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 06:02 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 25, 2013 06:03 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: LASue at November 25, 2013 06:03 AM (gjIQF)
That experience was made memorable by TBS running ads for shows like Cougar Town and a commercial for a show where two women were shown chest bumping their boobs together while making a "moaning/wheee!" sound.
Go on. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:03 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: fluffy at November 25, 2013 06:03 AM (Ua6T/)
Anyone who doesn't notice the parallels with Hitler's cult of personality is either blind or ignorant.
Posted by: D-Lamp
That was the first creepy thing I noticed about Duh!1. And his sycophants. It somehow ties in with popular "culture." It reminds me of the bad side of schoolgirls & their "insider-outsider" subculture.
Posted by: backhoe at November 25, 2013 06:04 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 25, 2013 06:04 AM (Iyi/j)
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 06:05 AM (CMlD4)
Back when i was in Junior High, I took a German class. One of the kids made a Nazi joke that caused our teacher to become unstrung. She lectured us about how we shouldn't think that it couldn't happen here.
Posted by: WalrusRex
I had come across the term "arbeit macht frei" while reading, and while I could translate it, it didn't make any sense. So I innocently asked my German teacher* if it was a local German expression or something.
Then an awkward moment ensued.
*pre-internet days
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2013 06:06 AM (kdS6q)
Anyone who doesn't notice the parallels with Hitler's cult of personality is either blind or ignorant.
I don't recall where I first came across it, but there was, in Nazi Germany, a term called "working toward the Fuhrer." In practice, it meant that Hitler didn't have to specifically order something because his subordinates knew what he would want done in a particular situation. So Barky wouldn't have to order the IRS to target the Tea Party; they'd do it on their own, working towards The One.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:07 AM (zF6Iw)
Kinda hard to juxtapose that lifestyle with sending the gheys to camps a few years later.
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 06:07 AM (CMlD4)
Now, imagine GOP candidate Chris Christie's response to the question:
Q: What is your greatest criticism of the last eight years?
A: I think we should be looking forward, not looking back.
There will never be any examination of the rampant lawlessness of Obama and the damage he has done to this country.
The media will never allow it and the GOP establishment is too cowardly to engage in it.
Posted by: Knowlton at November 25, 2013 06:09 AM (Xv7f/)
I'm still stuck on "health is not a private matter."
Lots of source material here.
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 25, 2013 06:09 AM (/kI1Q)
Alas, ASCII text files have been pretty good to me I guess. I really tried to pre-plan my obsolescence and early retirement by becoming a subject matter expert in an 1970s-vintage technology while in my late 20s and early 30s, I'm a little pissed off that it's still so heavily in use. Then they had to go shove HIPAA "Administrative Simplification" down everyone's throats...sigh Posted by: akula51
I've never understood how one half of the system can function on barely legible, scrawled prescriptions floating about on little pieces of paper - but the rest of the system needs an intricately nested hierarchy of encoded, indexed, and sorted data.
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 06:11 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 06:11 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: RWC at November 25, 2013 06:12 AM (fWAjv)
There will never be any examination of the rampant lawlessness of Obama and the damage he has done to this country.
The media will never allow it and the GOP establishment is too cowardly to engage in it.
Roger that. A conservative president's first 100 days should be nothing but a massive wave of arrests and imprisonments.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:13 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 06:14 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: UWP at November 25, 2013 06:15 AM (fdXMW)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 06:17 AM (bb5+k)
The ALA supports the Affordable Care Act, as does the American Cancer Society, but both oppose the tobacco penalty because they believe it makes insurance unaffordable for smokers.
"Charging tobacco users more in health insurance premiums, sometimes thousands of dollars more, studies have shown, will price smokers out of the market," says Singleterry.
Unlike drug addicts, alcoholics, or the obese -- all of whom represent higher-than-average medical costs -- smokers are the only such group with a pre-existing condition that ObamaCare penalizes. It allows insurance companies to charge smokers up to 50 percent more than non-smokers for an identical policy.
I predict the number of American's who smoke will drop rapidly;y, but curiously tobacco sales volume will change little.
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 06:17 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 06:17 AM (t3UFN)
Regarding contrasts with the Weimar Republic and the Second Amendment, the NRA.
Just thirty years ago the notion of gay marriage was literally unthinkable. Just 27 years ago the Supreme Court held that homosexual sodomy enjoyed no constitutional protection. Now, ostensibly conservative Republicans are endorsing both and no one seems much inclined to care. (Portman, for example.)
History turns on a dime. Assume nothing and vigilantly guard your freedoms and your culture. One Supreme Court voted stood between the Second Amendment and gun confiscation.
Posted by: Knowlton at November 25, 2013 06:17 AM (Xv7f/)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 25, 2013 06:18 AM (Iyi/j)
Used to watch "Wipe Out" with my son. Throughout the show ABC aired salacious ads for The Bachelor. Repulsive.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 06:18 AM (JRmiD)
It's quite a different situation with a Free and Armed populace than it was with unarmed Peasantry.
Posted by: D-Lamp
Do you think tweeting them pictures of meathooks would be considered educational or threatening?
Posted by: Jean at November 25, 2013 06:19 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 25, 2013 06:19 AM (U82Km)
I was always told that Hitler lived in poverty in his Vienna years.
In the beginning, he used inheritance money - and later, an orphan's pension - and split expenses with his friend August Kubizek (who wrote a memoir, The Young Hitler I Knew). After his second try to enter the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (when he was not even deemed good enough to sit for the test), he vanished without telling Kubizek where he was. From that point on, he subsisted on what little remained of the pension and from selling small paintings through a shady dealer named Reinhold Hanisch (who, incidentally, was killed during the Night of the Long Knives, I believe).
It was at that point he was living in the Men's Hostel and was dirt poor.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:19 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Fox2! at November 25, 2013 06:19 AM (XFTOV)
JFK said it's not about trust. It's about verify, verify, verify. Like auditing 5 million lines of code for a domestic welfare redistribution website.
Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2013 06:19 AM (UzPAd)
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This is my rifle, this is my gun.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 06:20 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 06:20 AM (bb5+k)
8:50 am || Departs Seattle
10:30 am || Arrives San Francisco
11:35 am || Delivers remarks on immigration reform; Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center
1:10 pm || Delivers remarks at a DNC fundraiser; San Francisco Jazz Center
2:00 pm || Delivers remarks at a DNC fundraiser; private residence; San Francisco
3:30 pm || Departs San Francisco
4:35 pm || Arrives Los Angeles
7:10 pm || Delivers remarks at a fundraiser for House and Senate Democrats; Private Residence, Beverly Hills
He will not rest until something, something, need moar money something.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 06:20 AM (JRmiD)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 06:21 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: RWC at November 25, 2013 06:21 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 06:22 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 06:22 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 06:23 AM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 25, 2013 06:23 AM (bb5+k)
And they'll all still love him, except our Peaches.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 25, 2013 06:25 AM (/kI1Q)
OK -- free markets and property rights.
Nothing is more conducive to eliminating poverty, promoting a rising standard of living across all incomes, clean environments and aversion to war. (Either goods will cross borders, or armies will.)
It is, however, difficult for megalomaniac control freaks get their minds around the concept that they can't use their radiant wonderfulness to force everything and everyone to be instantly fabulous.
It takes a certain amount of humility to accept the idea that there are limits to one's ability to change the world, especially if you are convinced you can do everything better than everyone around you.
Posted by: Phinn at November 25, 2013 06:26 AM (KOGmz)
Posted by: dfg321 at November 25, 2013 06:26 AM (Xv7f/)
Oh wait...nothing but crickets from O and his media.
Posted by: keninnorcal at November 25, 2013 06:27 AM (ng9uL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 06:28 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 06:28 AM (cB3Ay)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at November 25, 2013 06:29 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 06:29 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 10:27 AM (Hx5uv)
Why we fight? AH why do we fight? Can someone remind me please!
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To keep the Tea Party from taking over?
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 06:30 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Baldy at November 25, 2013 06:30 AM (2bql3)
Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 06:30 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Ayatollah Khomeini at November 25, 2013 06:32 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: brenttemp at November 25, 2013 06:33 AM (0AX8H)
It's true. A feral dog will kill anyone's baby, regardless of affiliation.
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 25, 2013 06:35 AM (r0KFD)
#80 She's hacked off that a shopper shot her son while said son was robbing a Dollar Store at gunpoint. This, according to Mom, was unwarranted meddling in her son's affairs: "“If his (the customer) life was not in danger, if no one had a gun up to him, if no one pointed a gun at him – what gives him the right to think that it's okay to just shoot someone?... You should have just left the store and went wherever you had to go in your car or whatever."
Wow.
The mindset on display here denies thousands of years of the evolution of civilization, the layers of rules and laws regarding personal behavior in public and countless cases of carrying, presenting and using a firearm in public, especially in the commission of a crime.
The fact this woman, her son and that mindset exist make revolution inevitable.
Posted by: mike at November 25, 2013 06:35 AM (mt+kp)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 25, 2013 06:35 AM (Iyi/j)
I'm normal the rest of you are insane!
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:35 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 06:36 AM (Hx5uv)
and I think we all might need that Code made, Because i see headlights aimed straight for us.
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:37 AM (nqBYe)
I'm not a particularly ideological person.
You know, if Barky had gotten his ass kicked in school or if someone during his college choom and bull sessions had laughed in his face for his imbecility, he might not have turned into such a loathsome douche.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:39 AM (zF6Iw)
i'm trying to not freak out about Iran or China, or Russia, or our idiocy today.
so i will pull an Obama and just imagine it away.
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:39 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: willow
I'm sure he is only interested in ....
"Truth" "Social Justice" and "The Anti-American Way"
Posted by: Mr. Wizard at November 25, 2013 06:40 AM (S5LPT)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:40 AM (nqBYe)
Old joke to cheer everyone up this morning:
Knock knock!
Who's there?
President of the United States.
President of the United States who?
I'm not a particularly ideological person.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 06:41 AM (TOk1P)
>>Afghanistan 'plans to reintroduce stoning'...<<
But, only for adultery. When they topple a stone wall on top of gay people, it's technically not a true "stoning".
Posted by: Roy at November 25, 2013 06:41 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 25, 2013 06:41 AM (Iyi/j)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:43 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:43 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 06:43 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 10:40 AM (nqBYe)
Maybe just some bleach? You know what it's like in there.
Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 06:44 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 06:44 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 06:44 AM (MMC8r)
Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good,
They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to go home.
Then they'll stone ya when you're there all alone.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Well, they'll stone ya when you're walkin' 'long the street.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to keep your seat.
They'll stone ya when you're walkin' on the floor.
They'll stone ya when you're walkin' to the door.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
They'll stone ya when you're at the breakfast table.
They'll stone ya when you are young and able.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to make a buck.
They'll stone ya and then they'll say, "good luck."
Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:44 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 06:44 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 25, 2013 10:41 AM (32Ze2)
First let me get the matches
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 10:43 AM (t3UFN)
That's hot!
Posted by: Paris Hilton at November 25, 2013 06:44 AM (GgPam)
Or how about Zero Mostel appreciating the finer points of Shirley Temple?
http://tinyurl.com/cvaxxga
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:45 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:45 AM (nqBYe)
In his mind he's just a reasonable guy trying the remake or "fix" all of America's faults. Never mind that others don't see things like capitalism and gun rights as faults.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 06:46 AM (JRmiD)
http://tinyurl.com/cvaxxga
Can't hardly blame him! She grew up healthy.
Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 06:46 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 06:47 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Havedash at November 25, 2013 06:47 AM (BMEZ0)
Posted by: ExSnipe at November 25, 2013 06:50 AM (57ubW)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 06:50 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Freezing In LA at November 25, 2013 06:50 AM (kkbgQ)
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Not a particularly handsome woman though, don't you think? I don't imagine Zero noticed, frankly I would think if you were of a certain age, boinking Shirley Temple would be an awfully dirty thing.
Sorta like the Olsen twins today, I suppose. Somebody's got to do it, but I've seen too many Full House episodes.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 06:51 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 06:51 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 10:50 AM (7ObY1) That's hot!
Posted by: Paris Hilton at November 25, 2013 06:52 AM (GgPam)
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 06:52 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:52 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: --- at November 25, 2013 06:55 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 06:55 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 06:55 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 10:52 AM (nqBYe)
The Saudis provide money and support but don't actually dirty their hands. They prefer others to do the bleeding.
Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 06:55 AM (RD7QR)
Not a particularly handsome woman though, don't you think?
I think it's the hairstyle more than anything. Here's a picture of her from 2011:
http://tinyurl.com/mfvm56f
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:56 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:56 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 10:51 AM (TOk1P)
They need to go on an all-cheeseburger diet for 6 months before they'll be desirable. There is indeed such a thing as being too skinny.
Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 06:57 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 06:58 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 06:58 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 06:59 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 07:00 AM (YEQ2h)
Posted by: dumbartist at November 25, 2013 07:01 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 07:01 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 10:58 AM (zF6Iw)
That's hot!
Posted by: Paris Hilton at November 25, 2013 07:01 AM (GgPam)
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I haven't seen either of them in some time, but I thought it was just the one who was wafer thin.
I guess you could substitute any child star of a certain era. It's always creepy to see them as adults, and all the guys who were old enough to have been adults, remembering them as children, slobbering over them...
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 07:01 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 25, 2013 07:01 AM (sQ0LB)
I thought Clinton was the most psychologically fucked up president possible. But Obama sets a new standard.
As a malignant narcissist, he literally has no capacity for self-reflection. He's like a psychological vampire -- there's NOTHING THERE. He's a pastiche--a personality sewn together from various bits and pieces he was exposed to.
He had a shit childhood. His father abandoned him. I'd give it a 50-50 shot he's Frank Marshall Davis's biological son (and Granddaddy Communist Dunham took the young Barry over to Uncle Frank's house for a visit every now and then so Father & Son could get to know each other).
Who fucking does that??? Takes your adolescent child over to FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS'S FUCKING HOUSE???? Eve if he's not the father, what the actual fuck?
He was raised by Commies. Actual hard-core fire-breathing Commies. He may not even know he was bred to the Democrat royalty. He may just think he's great, and finds all of this opposition and resistance to him to be rather surprising and inexplicable (except as racism, of course).
He's like Truman in a real-life version of the Truman Show, only with fucking socialists instead of TV.
You don't emerge from that kind of upbringing unscathed. It's just not possible, and the damage is virtually irreversible.
I bet they were breeding a couple of dozen candidates just like him (and still are), and Obama was just the one that hit the big time.
Posted by: Phinn at November 25, 2013 07:02 AM (KOGmz)
Posted by: tubal at November 25, 2013 07:03 AM (YEQ2h)
Conservative Crank, uh hmm, makes one wonder who is involved in what , because nothing seems true on its face. and a lot of power and oil /gas money land is at stake along with hormuz etc..
Posted by: willow at November 25, 2013 07:05 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2013 07:06 AM (cB3Ay)
Where are the car poopers of yesteryear?
Long time passing
Where are the car poopers of yesteryear?
Long time ago
Where are the car poopers of yesteryear?
Found an outhouse every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ev-errrr learn?
Posted by: Anachronda at November 25, 2013 07:06 AM (U82Km)
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I think you're right, about the commies grooming whole bunches of these guys, with the hopes that one of them makes it through. Barack won the lottery.
As for Frank M. Davis, he's not the dad. There's a photo of the two Baracks together, and the resmeblance is unmistakable.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2013 07:09 AM (TOk1P)
I guess you could substitute any child star of a certain era. It's always creepy to see them as adults, and all the guys who were old enough to have been adults, rememberingthem as children, slobbering over them...
Tell me about it.
Posted by: Traci Lords at November 25, 2013 07:10 AM (zF6Iw)
This?
....History turns on a dime. Assume nothing and vigilantly guard your freedoms and your culture. One Supreme Court voted stood between the Second Amendment and gun confiscation.
Posted by: Knowlton
Yeah. That is what's so scary. So spooky. Like a flock of birds suddenly changing direction....
Posted by: backhoe at November 25, 2013 07:10 AM (ULH4o)
He feels the "spirit" of his mom? Mommy---Mommy---!!!
What the little sucker should have felt was a hairbrush liberally applied to his backside.
Posted by: Comanche Voter at November 25, 2013 07:10 AM (dtuXM)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at November 25, 2013 07:12 AM (rzCqV)
In the words of that congressman- You lying motherfucker
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 25, 2013 07:18 AM (FMbng)
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Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 25, 2013 07:26 AM (t3UFN)
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