December 16, 2013
— Gabriel Malor Happy Monday.
Iowa poll finds Rep. Paul Ryan with the best favorability/unfavorability rating from GOP voters in the early state, 75/10. That's followed by Mike Huckabee (66/17), Rick Santorum (58/21), Rick Perry (55/19), and Chris Christie (51/30).
A new AP/GfK poll finds nearly half of folk with employer-based health insurance coverage believe their plans will change for the worse in the next year, with 4 out of 5 of those citing Obamacare. Also, 69 percent say their premiums will be going up, while 59 percent say annual deductibles or copayments are increasing.
Yesterday, the Yemen parliament banned drone strikes in the country. That'll do the trick.
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And the Denver Post proves him right by deleting the part of the story describing him as a socialist.
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Posted by: Adam at December 16, 2013 03:01 AM (Aif/5)
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Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 16, 2013 03:03 AM (QR7wx)
Posted by: Smokey the Critic at December 16, 2013 03:03 AM (h0T3E)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 03:04 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 03:06 AM (olDqf)
Better stock up on those 40 and 60 watt incandescent bulbs before the end of the year. What an incredibly stupid law.
Posted by: Vic
Thanks W.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 16, 2013 03:06 AM (kdS6q)
If January is colder than December, as it usually is, we will see minus twenty to minus thirty degrees (on the 'F' scale) all of January and perhaps well into February.
The Good News is the Federal reserve might stop printing money in January, just as people lose their jobs, get cut back to half time, and lose their health insurance. At the same time Doctors and Hospitals will be paid less for doing more work.
This is called 'progress'.
Posted by: Following Trends at December 16, 2013 03:09 AM (a5zMv)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 16, 2013 07:06 AM (kdS6q)
W??? That law belonged to Upton. And we couldn't even get rid of it.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 03:09 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 03:10 AM (olDqf)
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Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 03:11 AM (T2V/1)
Yeah, it's early and this means nothing as far as Nov. '16, but Gabe's stats should nuke Iowa off the map as first primary state. What a freakin' bunch of lo-fos.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 16, 2013 03:12 AM (hrIP5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 03:12 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 03:13 AM (olDqf)
Dubya signed the law but it was written by Hoeven, IIRC.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
I recently went back and reviewed W's remarks from the bill signing*. Bush 2.0 not only signed the bill, but was publicly high-fiving himself himself over how wondrous it was -- explicitly including the bulb ban.
So, he owns the deed he done.
*Cause I was royally PO'd at having to try and find bulbs.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 16, 2013 03:16 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 03:16 AM (T2V/1)
wait a minute.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE DONE THAT!!!!!111!!!!!!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:16 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Well, the science is settled.
Posted by: Bruce at December 16, 2013 03:18 AM (f1yG5)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 03:18 AM (T2V/1)
This is cool. A mad Brit created a garden straight out of the Addam's family:
The Poison Garden is part of the larger complex of gardens in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
There are over 100 plants in the garden, some the kind of poisonous that's okay in any garden – foxglove, for example – and some that required a government permit to grow. The garden is home to Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade), Strychnos nux-vomica (strychnine), Conium maculatum (hemlock), and Ricinus communis (ricin). In addition to the obvious and not-so-obviously poisonous, the garden is also home to the infamously narcotic: coca (from which you get cocaine), poppies (heroin), cannabis, and various magic mushrooms.
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Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 16, 2013 03:19 AM (kdS6q)
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Posted by: Vic at December 16, 2013 06:56 AM (T2V/1)
Between that report on Boehner's cabal of lobbyists, fat fuck country clubbers and Rockefeller Repukes, and Erickson and Levin's warning that the weepy drunk is about to give us an amnesty suppository, the GOP is making it clear that they don't give a flying fuck about conservatives. Are they really sure that's the message they want to send? Because McRomney hasn't worked out so fucking well for them.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 03:20 AM (QsP8Y)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 16, 2013 03:20 AM (QR7wx)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 16, 2013 03:23 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: elaine at December 16, 2013 03:25 AM (GNZ0/)
8 balmy degrees of global warming here this morning!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry
That is balmy. It's 2.3 here in No. Ill.
Posted by: Bruce at December 16, 2013 03:25 AM (f1yG5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 03:25 AM (olDqf)
Let's get down to about 35, people. Make fewer Senators. How could that possibly be a bad thing?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 16, 2013 03:25 AM (BeSEI)
Wouldn't the liberals cry a river if they melded all of those small liberal States into one so that they would lose all those liberal Senators.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 03:27 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: elaine at December 16, 2013 03:27 AM (GNZ0/)
Posted by: ontherocks at December 16, 2013 03:28 AM (42o0q)
Is it the air pollution?
Or because they all are f'king Yalies?
Posted by: Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.(Zombie) at December 16, 2013 03:28 AM (LSDdO)
That is balmy. It's 2.3 here in No. Ill.
Posted by: Bruce
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Well.. it feels closer to 2 here.. but I was simply quoting the temp from desktop widget..
Hope my car starts!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 16, 2013 03:28 AM (b/lt+)
Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes. Thanks for the morning briefing, Vic. And prayers for Neets.
I try to stay off the web during the weekend, so I wasnÂ’t ready with a story about the late, great Peter OÂ’Toole (and yes, that really was his name). I do have an OÂ’Toole story that IÂ’ve told before, but perhaps some of you havenÂ’t heard it:
Sometime in the mid ‘60s, O’Toole and Richard Harris were wandering around London, calling in at every pub along their way. Long after midnight, they found themselves in a veddy posh part of the city, and both of them realized they knew a delicious bird who lived somewhere in the area.
Eventually, the two boozehounds found the girlÂ’s flat and began throwing pebbles at her window to wake her. Eventually she did wake up, opened the window and old the two to get lost. Now nothing daunts a romantic Irishman, so both OÂ’Toole and Harris pleaded, wheedled and begged for her to open her door and heart (not to mention other bodily parts) and let them in.
O’Toole finally decided on a more direct route – he shimmied up the drainpipe clamped to the wall of the building, and within minutes was in the arms of his lady-love. Harris decided that if it was good enough for O’Toole, then by God, it was good enough for him. He, too, began climbing up the drainpipe.
But the pipe had seen better days, and as Harris was halfway up, it broke from its clamps and swung out over the road, a cursing Harris clinging on for dear life.
At just that moment, a policeman appeared. “Officer, arrest that drunken Irishman!” O’Toole shouted. “He’s trying to break into our flat!”
And with that, OÂ’Toole slammed the window shut, leaving Harris to cool his heels in a cell until he was bailed out the next morning by a grinning, sexually satisfied OÂ’Toole.
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 03:29 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:29 AM (LSDdO)
Progress
Posted by: Bruce at December 16, 2013 03:29 AM (f1yG5)
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yeah.. but it's fun to bitch about it!
That said.. we've had these patterns here in the midwest many times before.. it will be brutally cold before Christmas, then taper off and the rest of the winter will be mild.. or not!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 16, 2013 03:31 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Vic at December 16, 2013 06:53 AM (T2V/1)
... Iowa. Jeez could we get another state to lead off primaries.
And congrats Vic. Lotta work involved with your status. Not just witty and snarky comments like most of us.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 16, 2013 03:31 AM (gHDMy)
BIL and I replaced the toilets over at MIL's house last year. The new ones work good.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 03:32 AM (T2V/1)
I suppose I should also recommend some O'Toole movies. Besides the required Lawrence of Arabia, there is The Ruling Class, where an insane O'Toole believes he is Jack the Ripper,* and The Stunt Man, where O'Toole plays a sadistic, mind-fucking director. I also have no doubt that TCM will put together a day's or evening's worth of O'Toole movies as a tribute, so keep an eye on their schedule.
*it's a much more complex and satiric movie than it sounds.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 03:32 AM (zF6Iw)
The IRS continues to harass conservative groups while Ok'ing Organizing for America.
Posted by: Vic
You'll be glad to know the Senate Finance Committee on Friday waved Obama's new choice for IRS Commissioner thru on a voice vote. Confirmation vote expected today-ish.
Nominee John Koskinen is a 74-year-old lawyer with virtually no tax experience. So, for the next year the excuse for the IRS abuses continuing will be he's learning the job, then next year the excuse will be -- well, he's retiring so let's leave it for the next guy to deal with.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 16, 2013 03:32 AM (kdS6q)
The gun grabbers say they will spend $35M of left wing millionaire money in the 2014 elections. I guess CO did not teach them any lessons.
Because they won in Rhode Island, IIRC. None of the recalled solons were defeated.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 03:33 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Carol at December 16, 2013 03:34 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 03:34 AM (T2V/1)
I was going to say that I installed a new one with great trepidation having heard all the stories.
I think that the crapper makers (some of them) finally made designs that worked with one flush.
I think also that TP makers making the paper smaller helped. (or didn't you realize that?)
It also requires a good waste line, ventilation and good water pressure. (if you're running a weak well, you may have problems)
As far as the incandescent? >> #%&(((%%$$$$# the ones who voted for that shite.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:35 AM (LSDdO)
W/O actually doing the math it looks like Idaho had the highest R margin and should go first.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 03:38 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Vic
I had replaced mine a few years ago, and they work well. But, when I travel, the hotels will have the ones that just swirl stuff around for 30 seconds. Kinda like a tea cup ride for you stuff.
Posted by: Bruce at December 16, 2013 03:38 AM (f1yG5)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 16, 2013 07:31 AM (gHDMy)
Surely there must be some entrepreneur out there who can create some toilet paper out of the constitution of the state of Tom Harkin.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 03:38 AM (QsP8Y)
Our Government. Doing all it can do to lower our standard of living.
Posted by: Case at December 16, 2013 03:39 AM (o00SF)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 16, 2013 03:41 AM (1H61p)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at December 16, 2013 03:41 AM (1V0nx)
Yeah sure it may mean more democrats get elected but wouldn't it be better to have them totally responsible for the next 2 years of insanity than for them to be able to foist the responsibility off on the GOP?
I'm willing to take that chance.
Because there doesn't seem any way to stop this constant revoting in people who are trying to screw me but who said they wouldn't.
Might as well vote in those I KNOW are going to screw me.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:42 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 16, 2013 03:42 AM (V3kRK)
Posted by: elaine at December 16, 2013 03:42 AM (GNZ0/)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
I want someone to run that during the debates will call out the lies that the other(s) are saying by calling them a lying sack of shit.
They might not win, but the debates would be worth watching.
Posted by: Bruce at December 16, 2013 03:44 AM (ioTB2)
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Posted by: Vic at December 16, 2013 06:51 AM (T2V/1)
Ugly dickhole Mark Kelly was on FNS yesterday (Saint Gabby must have shit herself because she wasn't on as a prop) with a big frowny face because the Manchin/Toomey Constitution shredder went nowhere. To his credit, Chris Wallace asked the idiot some pointed questions about what an abject failure he's been.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 03:44 AM (QsP8Y)
Posted by: Kreplach at December 16, 2013 03:44 AM (ZBjRZ)
http://tinyurl.com/p5lcsk5 Posted by: Vic
Yep.
Posted by: backhoe at December 16, 2013 03:44 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 16, 2013 03:44 AM (nj9sX)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 16, 2013 03:46 AM (nj9sX)
I suppose I should also recommend some O'Toole movies
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Great Catherine [1968]. Virtually unknown in the US, but I gather a perennial on Christmas UK television for some reason.
O'Toole is a tightly-wound British officer sent to the court of Russian empress Catherine the Great, who has to deal with a debauched and ineffectual royal retinue and a naughty Empress who find him -- intriguing.
Zero Mostel steals the movie as a corrupt eye-patch wearing Potemkin, swilling vodka and spouting epigrams.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 16, 2013 03:47 AM (kdS6q)
>>And short flush toilets that require 4 flushes to get a decent BM cleared out.
Progress
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.Not sure what kind of toilet you have there but we replaced both toilets in the house when we bought it six months ago and they will flush practically anything. And they are the newest eco friendly Anderson toilets.
Posted by: Registered Voter at December 16, 2013 03:47 AM (MZGhy)
I'd sure like to know how much real brain function she still has.
Get her in an interview with no handlers maybe?
They'd never let it happen because at this point, I'd bet she's got almost zero sense of what's going on.
And that's why I'm so down on Mr. Kelly. Not because he's a gun grabber or even that he's taking money to be one but that he's letting his wife be the meat puppet for those folks.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:47 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 03:49 AM (u8GsB)
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Posted by: Vic at December 16, 2013 06:53 AM (T2V/1)
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So it's not all right to tell a black child dressed in a Santa hat and beard that Santa is white, but it is all right to send a white child home from dressing up as his hero, Martin Luther King for an oral report?
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 16, 2013 03:49 AM (Zswg6)
Posted by: elaine at December 16, 2013 03:49 AM (GNZ0/)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 16, 2013 03:50 AM (1H61p)
And they barely got that done. And one reason they succeeded is because they could frame the GOP as being obstructionist.
And frankly, I don't care what scary program you want to present, because most likely the GOP that might be in the majority will go along with it on their own.
They've done it so many times before.
The ACA was just the Dems idea of Nationalized Health Care. And it was ripped off from the GOP.
Tell me they wouldn't have voted for something just as bad?
You're living in a dream world, Neo.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:50 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 07:47 AM (LSDdO)
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Yep. They'll make fun of Sarah Palin for years by calling her an idiot, but they then turn around and hang of the words of Giffords-as-told-through-Kelly.
Posted by: @JohnTant at December 16, 2013 03:52 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 03:53 AM (G0RCF)
Posted by: Case at December 16, 2013 03:54 AM (tjj0w)
IYKWIMAITTYD
(I denounce myself.)
(well not really)
(we were all thinking it. Right guys?)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:54 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 03:55 AM (olDqf)
Although Kelly might now have the "perfect" wife.
IYKWIMAITTYD
(I denounce myself.)
(well not really)
(we were all thinking it. Right guys?)
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Not sure.
Does she still have teeth?
(joining you in the denounciation.)
(kinda)
Posted by: @JohnTant at December 16, 2013 03:55 AM (PFy0L)
But I get wet then turn the water off while I wash. Once for the head and hair, and a second time for the rest of me. It's not because I'm eco-nuts it's cuz I'm cheap bastard and hot water costs money.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 16, 2013 03:56 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 03:56 AM (G0RCF)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 16, 2013 03:57 AM (zOTsN)
The contamination by the mercury in cfl isn't really all that bad.
However, as you say, when you have a bunch in one spot, it suddenly becomes a problem.
Trouble with the law they passed is they didn't set any design parameters on what could/would replace them.
So now we have bulbs that are toxic and don't last as long.
On top of not providing enough light.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:57 AM (LSDdO)
Yes, the GOP only wins when it nominates solid, establishment moderates like George HW Bush, Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.
Posted by: Rod from Birdemic: Shock and Horror at December 16, 2013 03:57 AM (azHfB)
Posted by: Carol at December 16, 2013 03:57 AM (z4WKX)
Peter O'Toole, Tom Laughlin and Joan Fontaine.
I didn't hear about Joan Fontaine. Guess Olivia deHavilland gets the last laugh.
I'll watch The Emperor Waltz tonight and have a good cry in her honor.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 03:58 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 07:47 AM (LSDdO)
He and Debbie Washmygash-Shit were both shameless in how they've trotted somebody out, who has had major brain trauma, and used her strictly for political purposes. As down as I get on the Repubs, Judge John Roll's family has been a model of suffering in stoic silence while refusing to make a maudlin spectacle out of their grief.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 03:58 AM (QsP8Y)
>>> Just think, a few years down the road when about a few billion of the these light bulbs are in the landfills and that "trace" of mercury is now much more than a "trace" and seeping into our ground water.
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.Not sure about most States but when we lived in Connecticut recycling of those bulbs was mandatory, along with a laundry list of other stuff. If you got caught throwing one in the trash you could be fined. Never heard of anyone getting a fine, but it is a law on the books if they ever get around to enforcing it.
Here in Kentucky there is no mandatory recycling of anything outside of Louisville and Lexington. I cant break the habit and I still sort our stuff and pile it in the truck and make the drive to a recycle center.
Posted by: Registered Voter at December 16, 2013 03:59 AM (MZGhy)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 03:59 AM (G0RCF)
Well, that but I was thinking more on the lines of
1) totally cooperative
2) no after sex "conversations"
Head aches may still a problem but is she able to complain?
I've got to stop. This is getting creepy. (and disgusting) (and a bit hot)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 03:59 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 16, 2013 03:59 AM (BC6cY)
The ONE major mistake Reagan made.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:00 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 16, 2013 04:01 AM (V3kRK)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 04:01 AM (G0RCF)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 04:02 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Kreplach at December 16, 2013 04:03 AM (kZyv8)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 04:03 AM (zF6Iw)
They may get enough dough to file but they'll be left in the dust.
Too many other "stars" that don't have any baggage. Yet.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:04 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 16, 2013 04:04 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 16, 2013 04:04 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 04:04 AM (QsP8Y)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 04:05 AM (G0RCF)
Some last, some won't. Depends on usage and manufacturer.
or luck of the draw during assembly.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:05 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Azenogoth at December 16, 2013 08:04 AM (LJpVo)
I have avoided those because we get a lot of power surges here from lightning. And those things are expensive.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 04:05 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 16, 2013 04:06 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 16, 2013 08:01 AM (V3kRK)
Exactly; and Loughner's fuckface parents who kept pleading for poor misunderstood Ergie.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 04:06 AM (QsP8Y)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 16, 2013 04:07 AM (2x+V2)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 04:07 AM (G0RCF)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 16, 2013 04:07 AM (1H61p)
I do believe that they should not be open and they should be better spread out.
But then you all know this system is rigged by the party leadership didn't you?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:08 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 04:08 AM (G0RCF)
139: "Our nominee, however, will be James Woods, after a legendary primetime profanity-laced tirade about Obama propels him to the forefront."
I'd vote for that. At this point, I'd just about vote for just about anyone who can sack up and call the liars...well...LIARS.
It would be a bonus if they could intelligently point out exactly how they lied. But baby steps man, baby steps.
Posted by: Azenogoth at December 16, 2013 04:09 AM (LJpVo)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 16, 2013 04:09 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ontherocks at December 16, 2013 04:10 AM (42o0q)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 16, 2013 04:10 AM (P/gm7)
Posted by: Kreplach at December 16, 2013 04:10 AM (WEuad)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 16, 2013 08:07 AM (2x+V2)
Considering the last actor who was nominated, I'm all in on this. Plus Woods has solid conservative cred.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 04:11 AM (QsP8Y)
At 127. posted by Vic.
And when the CFL goes out are you taking it to be recycled, or throwing it in the garbage? Because most all people are going to throw the thing in the garbage. That's just the way it is.
Posted by: Case at December 16, 2013 04:11 AM (tjj0w)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 16, 2013 04:13 AM (V3kRK)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at December 16, 2013 04:13 AM (R8hU8)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 16, 2013 04:13 AM (1H61p)
Let's just say it had something to do with unearned Purple Hearts, friendly and unfriendly fire.
'nuff said.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:13 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 16, 2013 04:14 AM (zOTsN)
Very entertaining.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 16, 2013 04:14 AM (BeSEI)
I have no problem with the quality of the light. The problem is that I have no confidence whatsoever in the estimated lifespan of the devices, so I have no idea whether these will pay back in the near term or be a complete ripoff.
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The CFLs I've kept on have lasted quite a long time.
However, the CLFs I've treated as regular light bulbs (eg turning them on when needed) had a lifespan about the same as regular light bulbs. At several times the cost.
Posted by: @JohnTant at December 16, 2013 04:14 AM (PFy0L)
Peter O'Toole. A has-been actor who gets a chance to do a live tv broadcast
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I'm not an actor - I'm a MOVIE STAR!!!!!
Posted by: Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year at December 16, 2013 04:15 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 16, 2013 04:15 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Case at December 16, 2013 08:11 AM (tjj0w)
I throw it in the trash just like the EPA said to do when they first came out.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 04:15 AM (T2V/1)
http://tinyurl.com/l2nxujl
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 16, 2013 04:16 AM (KL49F)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 04:16 AM (G0RCF)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:16 AM (LSDdO)
I'd vote for that. At this point, I'd just about vote for just about anyone who can sack up and call the liars...well...LIARS.
"Tell me, Mrs. Clinton, which brain injury do you have today and what parts of your foreign policy 'record' is it keeping you from remembering?"
"Tell me, Mr. Biden, if I spot you a "b," a "d," and "e" and an "n" and let you pick a vowel, can you spell your own name?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 04:16 AM (zF6Iw)
Paul Ryan is like a rookie phenom who gets called up to the big leagues after tearing up the minors. When he gets to the majors, he's lining shots all over the ballpark, until some smart pitching coaches notice a hitch in his swing.
From then on, it's curveballs and strikeouts until he's back in the minors. Or Toronto, whichever is worse.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 16, 2013 04:16 AM (BeSEI)
It's amusing, touching really, to observe the faith some commenters here seem to attach to voting.
Counter-economic revolution, comrades!
Posted by: The Palm Beach Agorist at December 16, 2013 04:16 AM (Mft8i)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 16, 2013 04:17 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 16, 2013 04:18 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 16, 2013 04:18 AM (G0RCF)
Get a TVSS installed on your panel. They soak up the small'ish spikes and divert them to ground. When I installed a cheap Intermatic one on my panel, I stopped losing computer hardware during summer storms.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 16, 2013 04:19 AM (CrabR)
Thanks y'all for the LED info.
I put a dimmer switch in my office/gaming/man cave room, and the CFLs are for shit. Looks like I'll bite the bullet and try out the LEDs.
Posted by: Azenogoth at December 16, 2013 04:19 AM (LJpVo)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 16, 2013 04:20 AM (LSJmV)
So they don't fare very well in a protected outdoor environment either.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 16, 2013 04:21 AM (wNF3N)
Mere words cannot convey my astonishment and disgust, and I am unable to think of a suitable punishment (IE, heinous enough to fit the crime) for this...this...
as I said, mere words cannot convey...
red curtain of blood descending...can't see...
fukkit. I'm going to bed and if the world is destroyed by fire before I wake up I won't be able to find it in my heart to blame God a single bit.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 16, 2013 04:21 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 04:21 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 16, 2013 04:21 AM (54dkR)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 16, 2013 04:22 AM (102Hx)
Posted by: ontherocks at December 16, 2013 04:22 AM (42o0q)
Posted by: Joey Biden, MENSA member at December 16, 2013 04:22 AM (G0RCF)
160: "If James Woods runs for preezy, he's gonna need R. Lee Ermey as his spokesman."
Here, take my money, PLEASE!
Posted by: Azenogoth at December 16, 2013 04:22 AM (Kh+vp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 04:23 AM (olDqf)
There's a place for them, especially in hard to reach locations. Do it once, forget it.
Posted by: Regular Moron at December 16, 2013 08:13 AM (1H61p)
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I've lived in my current home for close to 14 years. I have two hall lights that have good old regular bulbs in them. They were there when I moved in and I've never replaced them once. Being hall lights, they are turned on and off all the time. Regular bulbs, probably cost 50 cents each. 14 years.
Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2013 04:23 AM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 16, 2013 04:24 AM (V3kRK)
Posted by: Fox2! at December 16, 2013 04:25 AM (XFTOV)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 08:23 AM (olDqf)
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Are you talking smack about Prince Barin?
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 16, 2013 04:25 AM (Zswg6)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 16, 2013 04:25 AM (P/gm7)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 04:26 AM (olDqf)
Morning morons, another day, another hospital--worked in 3 different ERs in the past 48 hours.
Update on the situation with my niece: Mrs. Crank has a meeting with attorney this afternoon. She will be discussing options regarding going forward with regards to guardianship/custody. There was a recent situation in Cincinnati where an adopted child was so out of control, the parents turned him over to DCS, and were promptly charged with felony abandonment. She definitely does not belong in the custody of any of the other interested parties, but we don't want to set ourselves up for legal headaches down the road. I think Mrs. Crank is now convinced that we will not be letting our niece back in the house.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 16, 2013 04:26 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 16, 2013 04:26 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 16, 2013 04:27 AM (P/gm7)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 08:08 AM (LSDdO)
How else would they keep their perks?
With our underinformed (mostly by choice) populace, there are only a small per cent of elected officials that ever get thrown out of office, so we are just seeing democracy in action (and the beneficial political effects of keeping the FSA gravy train rolling).
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 16, 2013 04:27 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 16, 2013 04:29 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 16, 2013 04:30 AM (LSJmV)
Doubt this is "uninteneded" consequences. This is all part of the wealth redistribution plan. The ACA removed any limits on personal assets from qualifying for Medicaid specifically so that more people would be added the Medicaid. The states are going to be looking for some way to find money to pay for all of these new Medicaid users when the federal subsidies go away in a few years, so they can use the Medicaid Recovery Act to go after peoples estate.
Remember: the Obamacare site *automatically* enrolls people who qualify for Medicaid, whether they want it or not; they are not given the option to purchase a health plan.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 04:30 AM (JRmiD)
Posted by: Oleander Salad at December 16, 2013 04:30 AM (/KeTB)
Posted by: ontherocks at December 16, 2013 04:30 AM (42o0q)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 16, 2013 08:26 AM (b2cFu)
Wow, I hope everything turns out OK for you.
Posted by: @JohnTant at December 16, 2013 04:31 AM (PFy0L)
>>>That POS raped the nun literally in the shadow of a church
Demonic. Like something out of a 70s Omen ripoff.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sammich at December 16, 2013 04:31 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 16, 2013 04:31 AM (SwHqo)
160: "If James Woods runs for preezy, he's gonna need R. Lee Ermey as his spokesman."
Back when Romney had the SCOAMF pinned to the wall during the first debate and failed to move in for the kill, a lot of the Horde blasted Willard's weakness. Ace snarked that some of us wouldn't be happy unless Mitt called Barky a lying cocksucker on live TV.
The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that calling them out as [expletive deleted] liars is the way to go. Who's going to object?
The Dems, crying about the "vulgarization of politics?" Just run ads highlighting every vile thing elected Dems have said about the GOP.
The NR crowd? Fuck them - they'll likely as not vote for the woman with the perfect crease in her cankles.
The "undecideds?" Fuck them - they'll vote for whoever the MFM tells them to vote.
The MFM? Run ads showing Special Ed, Debbie Wasserman-Test or Tingly Chrissy on a tear.
If a conservative candidate stood on stage and said, "Mrs Clinton, you are a thieving, lying piece of shit who should have long since been locked behind bars, and the moment I'm elected, I'm going to have your fat ass put where you can't hear the dogs bark," you don't think that would electrify the base? If that same candidate began a debate by throwing the MFM moderator a pair of kneepads and a napkin, sneering, "here, I know you'll need these when you - *snort* - ask Mrs Clinton a 'tough question,'" you don't think the base will turn out in droves?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 04:32 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 16, 2013 08:26 AM (bS6uW)
When you know your place, whitey!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 04:33 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 08:33 AM (zF6Iw)
And have been kept in it for 300 years or so!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 16, 2013 04:35 AM (o3MSL)
You do know that winning an open primary in South Carolina helped Reagan get back momentum in 1980.
As a point of principle, I agree that primaries should be closed. But open primaries have not been a universally bad thing in the past, either.
Posted by: Demosthenes at December 16, 2013 04:35 AM (c5AtG)
I hear those words come out of a candidates mouth, I'm putting the house up for sale and moving to where ever they need volunteers.
Too bad I don't have TV so I could watch it live.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:35 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 04:35 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 04:35 AM (zF6Iw)
I understand CFL bulbs aren't really designed to be upside-down.
Straighten me out.
Posted by: Jimbo at December 16, 2013 04:36 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 08:23 AM (olDqf)
And Catherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine. Interesting casting but it worked.
Posted by: joncelli at December 16, 2013 04:36 AM (RD7QR)
I'm glad you're so balanced and nuanced.
And that your CONCERN for accuracy causes you to be the smarmy pseudo intellectual that I'm sure you're proud to emulate.
F O A D
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:37 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 04:37 AM (u8GsB)
It sounds like y'all are making the right move. My best friend and his second wife had the wife's 14 year old boy come to live with them; they woke up one night with the boy standing by their bed with a knife in hand.
He went back to daddy within two days. He eventually grew up and joined the Marines. So there is hope.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 16, 2013 04:37 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 16, 2013 04:37 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Carol at December 16, 2013 04:39 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 16, 2013 04:39 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 08:32 AM (zF6Iw)
The only danger of that would be I'd be in my bunk so long I might not come out and vote.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 04:40 AM (QsP8Y)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 04:40 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: Case at December 16, 2013 04:40 AM (o00SF)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:41 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 08:40 AM (u8GsB)
He has a "show" on Fox News Channel.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 16, 2013 04:41 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Case at December 16, 2013 08:40 AM (o00SF)
I must admit, I think it is too bad that the perpetrator couldn't be helped along to that special place!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 16, 2013 04:42 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 04:42 AM (u8GsB)
The SALE hasn't been banned.
Just the manufacture.
Watch them prices rise.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:42 AM (LSDdO)
225: "There is a special place in hell for doing that to a nun."
Even the degenerate convicts still have some standards. I don't expect this guy to make it past six months unless he is kept in solitary.
Posted by: Azenogoth at December 16, 2013 04:43 AM (LJpVo)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 04:43 AM (DSFcs)
Now why the Republicans do not change the law I do not know. The current law was passed when the Democrats controlled the Statehouse. And that hasn't been the case for a long time.
The only thing I can figure is that among all these "converted Democrats" they do not want to change the law.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 04:43 AM (T2V/1)
What scares me if the South loved them some Santorum... he's a nanny-stater who freely spent taxpayer $$ on teapot museums. I hope he only caught on down there because he was "Not-Romney" because otherwise it made no sense. I'm scared the South will latch onto nanny-Huck, too.
Just give me Cruz or Perry (or heck, Rand). No nanny-stater/do-gooder Christians!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 16, 2013 04:44 AM (KL49F)
Christians don't have a monopoly on do gooderism.
That's a brain wash from the MFM.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:45 AM (LSDdO)
http://tinyurl.com/lj5pv96
Posted by: Vic at December 16, 2013 06:52 AM (T2V/1)
Something the MFM will conveniently ignore
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 16, 2013 04:46 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Vic at December 16, 2013 06:53 AM (T2V/1)
The Iowa poll is just favorability, NOT who would you vote for. And it doesn't screen for likely caucus-goers. It's meaningless.
Posted by: Jon (not the troll) at December 16, 2013 04:46 AM (DPMu1)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 04:46 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 16, 2013 04:46 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 04:47 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 04:47 AM (DrWcr)
We seem to manufacture a lot of LIV's.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 04:47 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 04:47 AM (DSFcs)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 16, 2013 08:46 AM (1Jaio)
Latest CO school shooter described as a highly opinionated socialist.
MFM FIFY. You're welcome
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 16, 2013 04:48 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 16, 2013 04:48 AM (659DL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 04:48 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 08:46 AM (fWAjv)
Web sites!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 16, 2013 04:49 AM (o3MSL)
Just give me Cruz or Perry (or heck, Rand). No nanny-stater/do-gooder Christians!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 16, 2013 08:44 AM (KL49F)
He didn't win the SC primary in 2008 or 2012. And Huck has never done that will in SC.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 16, 2013 04:49 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Carol at December 16, 2013 04:49 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Jinglybells O'Lumpacoal, Santa's mindful webworker at December 16, 2013 04:49 AM (+kzsa)
Anyone feel like it's become open season on seniors? Seems the younger generation thinks they're just there for their amusement; disposable, easy victims. Kinda like the coarseness with which so many people talk about babies, with late-term abortions being no big deal and dismissing defective babies. The moral fabric has gotten quite frayed around the edges...
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 04:49 AM (wDwVt)
Gooood morning all! I see I managed to make it into the top 10 commenter standings again this past week. All I can say is that must mean everyone's away on vacation or busy at work, because I could barely even make it to the HQ for much of last week thanks to being a busy little worker bee.
It snowed over the weekend up here and we got a good half a foot or so in my neck of the woods. It should be nice skiing conditions for the upcoming Christmas week, though it'll be coooold.
Also, high school socialist shotgun wielding cowardly asshole? Still dead. Score one for the good guys.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 04:50 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Jinglybells O'Lumpacoal, Santa's mindful webworker at December 16, 2013 04:52 AM (+kzsa)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 16, 2013 04:54 AM (h4eud)
Good luck with your drone-ban.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 16, 2013 04:54 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 04:55 AM (fWAjv)
H/T to Insty:
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., took a more conciliatory tone towards conservative groups who criticized the House budget deal with Democrats during an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
Host Chris Wallace replayed a clip of Republican House Speaker John Boehner's outburst regarding the conservative groups earlier this week and asked Ryan to react.
"Look, I think John got his Irish up there," Ryan said, shrugging off Boehner's comments.
Ryan added that the groups were "part of our conservative family" even though they opposed their budget compromise with Democrats.
"I would prefer to keep these conversations within our family," he said. "John was frustrated because they came out against our agreement before we even reached an agreement. I was frustrated with that as well."
Ryan added that the Tea Party was "indispensable" and "invaluable" to the Republican party and keeping Washington accountable.
Fuck you, weasel. Go back to sucking Establishment dick.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 16, 2013 04:55 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 16, 2013 04:55 AM (6fSty)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 16, 2013 08:47 AM (olDqf)
And crises.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 04:55 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 04:56 AM (u8GsB)
Good luck with your drone-ban.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 16, 2013 08:54 AM (fwARV)
i don't know why yemen still exists
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 08:56 AM (u8GsB)
Because even the Saudis don't want it.
Posted by: joncelli at December 16, 2013 04:57 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 16, 2013 04:57 AM (bS6uW)
Good luck with your drone-ban.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 16, 2013 08:54 AM (fwARV)
My question is, what are they going to do when Obammy ignores their ickle drone ban and drones them anyway? I mean, ululating with psychotic rage is great and all, but it doesn't really get you anything in the grand scheme of things.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 04:57 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 04:58 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 08:56 AM (u8GsB)
Even goat fucking jihadists need somewhere to call home.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 04:58 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 16, 2013 04:58 AM (bS6uW)
Go away. And this appliex 1000x to Kennedys and Clintons.
Agreed. I wonder if the LIVs are sick of egotistical losers in power yet?
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at December 16, 2013 04:59 AM (5ikDv)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 04:59 AM (DSFcs)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at December 16, 2013 04:59 AM (DrWcr)
*waves at MWR*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 08:58 AM (VtjlW)
*waves at AtC!*
I hadn't heard about Joan Fontaine's passing. RIP.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:00 AM (4df7R)
9:45 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
3:15 pm || Meets with Treasury Secretary Lew
He usually has his briefing at 10::0am, so I always wonder why 9:45, especially when there's nothing on the schedule after (at least officially).
I don't think we want Obama to lose that 15 min of sleep to often, totes puts him off his game, you guys. Might not as effectively kill people in Yemen.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 05:00 AM (wDwVt)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 16, 2013 05:01 AM (V3kRK)
I made note yestereve about how you have taken a belt and suspenders approach to barrel incarceration by the end tags in your nic.
Bravo.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 05:02 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 05:02 AM (VtjlW)
It's the Do-Re-Mi. And the higher speaking engagement fees.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 05:04 AM (LSDdO)
Plus, it means she and her sister will never "make up".
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 16, 2013 05:05 AM (KL49F)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 16, 2013 05:05 AM (V3kRK)
I suspect they threw Perry in there for the same reason Tepid Air sometimes (rarely) takes a Real Conservative Position: to generate traffic.
Teh Doughboy will no doubt soon be pushing for his Dream Team of Santorum and TPaw. And whatever Democrat gets the blessing of the Prophets of Choom will win in a breeze.
One thing you can say about Republicans: they never, ever learn.
Posted by: MrScribbler at December 16, 2013 05:06 AM (veRXo)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 05:06 AM (LSDdO)
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Don't forget borderline no-labels, go along to get along amnesty shill Jeb Bush. And throw the brash fat man into the mix. Christie, Bush, Santorum, Huckabee. Good GAWD, might as well throw Huntsman in to make it the complete suck. I'd be happy to never see their faces again. I'd love to see Paul, Cruz, Walker, Jindal. I'd love for Nikki Haley to get into it as well, but there's no sign of that.
And might I add, I don't give a rat's patootie who Iowa likes now. pfffft
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 16, 2013 05:06 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: acat at December 16, 2013 05:07 AM (4UkCP)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 08:56 AM (u8GsB)
Because we lack the will (not just our politicians, but We the People) to fix it hard.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 16, 2013 05:08 AM (fwARV)
I made note yestereve about how you have taken a belt and suspenders approach to barrel incarceration by the end tags in your nic.
Bravo.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 09:02 AM (LSDdO)
*deep bow*
I have been saved from the Barrel many a time thanks to my nic tags. When one has a tendency to skip over the closing bracket when italicizing as often as I do, it's a necessity.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:08 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2013 05:09 AM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: Mainah at December 16, 2013 05:10 AM (659DL)
Posted by: random thought generator at December 16, 2013 05:10 AM (c8kED)
Plus, it means she and her sister will never "make up".
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Rebecca is one of my all time favorite movies. I've always been very fond of Joan Fontaine. She's one of my favorite actresses and it always shocked me to read about the lifelong feud between she and her sister. Two such beautiful, classy women. It just didn't seem to fit somehow. But it had apparently lasted nearly their entire lives. Olivia de Havilland is 97 now. They sure had some longevity in their genes.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 16, 2013 05:11 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 05:11 AM (fWAjv)
>>>Nice to see Iowa fucking up the election again.
I kinda look at Iowa as optional for candidates now. It can be skipped by 'em and they'll just do NH rather than waste cash.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sammich at December 16, 2013 05:11 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 16, 2013 09:11 AM (XB5Ak)
Good God. I sure as hell don't want to live to be 97.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 05:11 AM (DrWcr)
BTW, Nearsider: I think "Dinglefuck" is a wonderfully festive term for the Mocha Messiah, especially at this time of year. That will definitely be my preferred epithet for him through Christmas.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:12 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Azenogoth at December 16, 2013 08:04 AM (LJpVo)
I got 2 Cree brand bulbs for my workdesk area overhead light.
They're dimmable, and come in 3 color choices -- cool, warm, daylight. (I got 'warm', which is close to incandescent).
LED's are current (as opposed to voltage) devices, which means that power 'spikes' are unlikely to take them out (unless lightning gets through). There's an internal circuit that drops "whatever input voltage" is present to charge a capacitor that provides the correct amount of current through the LED.
They were expensive, but so far (2 weeks later), I like the light output a lot better than what I was getting with the incandescents.
I detest CFL bulbs, though. Wavelength almost makes me depressed.
I used to work in the "photonics" (laser) industry. When high powered LED's came out several years ago (they were seriously unaffordable), I ran a spectrum analysis of the output. VERY smooth. No spikes.
Posted by: jwb7605 [/i][/u][/s][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:12 AM (3Tv+N)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 05:12 AM (0IDyD)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 05:13 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 16, 2013 05:13 AM (nFI1a)
And actually, didn't we all know that once we found out that the Saudis got special exit permission on 9/11 AND that almost all the terrorists of 9/11 were Saudi AND that Osama Bin Laden is a Saudi?
It's what made W's and others claims of ROP for Islam a little bit of a "false note" shall we say.
We don't hear that too much lately do we? Wonder Why?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 05:13 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 05:14 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 16, 2013 05:15 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 09:02 AM (VtjlW)
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Are you calling the Establishment GOP types two three-faced?
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 16, 2013 05:16 AM (Zswg6)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 16, 2013 05:17 AM (t3UFN)
There's a site online selling "rough service bulbs" for drop lights/ vibration areas/whatever in any size. Called into Rush one day.
Never saw a showerhead that couldn't be field modified for more flow in a few minutes.
Keeping the old cans for now.
Posted by: bill sometimes bill from canada at December 16, 2013 05:17 AM (f5aUq)
Posted by: --- at December 16, 2013 05:18 AM (MMC8r)
If things are really bad (say like one of the evaps is broke down), it's cold salt water all the way.
You haven't lived until you've taken a cold salt water shower standing in a all metal shower stall with little heat in the shower room.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 05:18 AM (LSDdO)
>>>It's a party of moderate progressives selling themselves to conservatives as the only game in town.
Well, yeah. Historically the GOP was the radical Party with the Dems being the conservatives. I'm somewhat convinced that radical past could be re-conjured up and used effectively but the TP isn't speaking the right language for that. If the tables turned like that, and the public saw it for what it was, there'd be some interesting sequelae.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sammich at December 16, 2013 05:18 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Jinglybells O'Lumpacoal, Santa's mindful webworker at December 16, 2013 05:18 AM (RM1gx)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 09:18 AM (LSDdO)
I did that once. Once. One of life's little lessons.
Posted by: jwb7605 [/i][/u][/s][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:19 AM (3Tv+N)
I kinda look at Iowa as optional for candidates now. It can be skipped by 'em and they'll just do NH rather than waste cash.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sammich at December 16, 2013 09:11 AM (3ZtZW)
The legit candidates need to give the entire state a golden shower. Let them just have the Huckster, Howdy Doody Santorum and Huntsman to deal with. They'll be begging to go last after that turdfest.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 16, 2013 05:19 AM (QsP8Y)
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10,000 fold if that entity happens to be the Federal Government.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 16, 2013 05:19 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 05:20 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 09:20 AM (VtjlW)
That's not silly string...
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 05:21 AM (DrWcr)
It may well be time for plan B Bigby...
if the GOP is determined to be the me too party far better to go raise hell in the winning party than waste effort on idiots and retards who want to be an echo rather than an alternative.
Posted by: sven10077 at December 16, 2013 05:21 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2013 05:22 AM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: Tonestaple at December 16, 2013 05:23 AM (B7YN4)
Posted by: jwest at December 16, 2013 05:23 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Rick Perry's Doctor (D-TX) at December 16, 2013 05:24 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 16, 2013 09:12 AM (4df7R)
I usually precede it with the honorific "HRH" just to really define how he sees himself.
Today (Tea Party Day) of all days, I forgot.
Moar Red Bull.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 16, 2013 05:25 AM (fwARV)
In other words the least smelly turd floats to the top.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at December 16, 2013 05:25 AM (kxSZr)
http://bit.ly/18uSXa2
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 09:13 AM (VtjlW)
*whimper!* I can't get to photobucket here at work. Tis blocked. 
Though I see that it is KARL URBAN, and that makes me haaaapppppy.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:25 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 05:26 AM (rndzn)
Posted by: jwest at December 16, 2013 09:23 AM (u2a4R)
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You will use Skrull light bulbs if you know what is good for you human.
Posted by: Empress S'byll at December 16, 2013 05:28 AM (Zswg6)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 05:28 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Mainah at December 16, 2013 05:29 AM (659DL)
The choir clown yesterday was still singing the modern crap generic hymns, doesn't know There's an advent section in the hymnbook. I used to sing with them, mostly jerks. I have ten times the voice they had, I started in a choir at 16 and as a tenor soloist at 21.
Posted by: bill sometimes bill from canada at December 16, 2013 05:30 AM (f5aUq)
I really have to hunt up that clip of Godzilla and Ghidorah throwing rocks at each other because it encapsulates neatly what the Tea Party and the GOP are doing right now.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 09:02 AM (VtjlW)
I have to say, "Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster" is probably my favorite of the classic Godzilla movies. The bit when Mothra comes along and is telling Godzilla and Rodan to quit kicking the shit out of each other and help him kick the shit out of Ghidorah is comedy gold. Who knew larval Mothra could be so damn CUTE?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:30 AM (4df7R)
Ryan Says GOP to Make Debt Ceiling Demands in 2014.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Yeah the Dems are shaking in their boots over THAT threat.
What a buncha
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 05:31 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 05:31 AM (fWAjv)
Am I supposed to feel sorry for these people who want to keep their nice house and still suck down welfare benefits that my wages are garnished to provide, making it impossible for me to scrape up a down payment for a house of my own?
Because I don't.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ BEAT IOWA at December 16, 2013 05:32 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Empress S'byll at December 16, 2013 09:28 AM (Zswg6)
Heh.
Like GE, Phillips, Westinghouse, etc., Skrull probably buys the LED element from Cree.
That's why Cree is usually about 1/2 the price of the "name brand".
Skrull will bow down to Cree. :-)
Posted by: jwb7605 [/i][/u][/s][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:32 AM (3Tv+N)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ BEAT IOWA at December 16, 2013 05:33 AM (ZKzrr)
I don't remember if sovereign immunity is waived for EFTA violations, though I doubt it is.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 09:28 AM (VtjlW)
Even if it was, do you really think this "administration" would follow the law?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 16, 2013 05:33 AM (4df7R)
>>>Navy Shower is a some fresh water to lather, salt water to spread it and 1st rinse then some fresh water for final rinse.
If things are really bad (say like one of the evaps is broke down), it's cold salt water all the way.
You haven't lived until you've taken a cold salt water shower standing in a all metal shower stall with little heat in the shower room.
.
.
.Got that one beat. Cold salt water shower on the flight deck after Shell Back initiation and then tossing your dungarees overboard because they are so skanky.
Posted by: Registered Voter at December 16, 2013 05:34 AM (MZGhy)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 16, 2013 05:34 AM (VtjlW)
This is by design. The Medicaid Recovery Act has been around since 1993, but it is the ACA that is vastly increasing the medicaid rolls by removing limits on persona; assets when determining eligibility. The Obamacare site is forcing people onto Medicaid if they qualify; they don't have the option of purchasing a plan.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 05:35 AM (wDwVt)
You can buy CFL bulbs in all different "colors" (eg., warm, cool) so unless you buy a color you don't like that characteristic of the bulb shouldn't bother you.
What bothers me with all fluorescent bulbs is they flicker with the wall current -- 60 Hz. Normally that's not noticeable. But when the refresh rate of my monitor is also set to 60 Hz I get a very noticeable flicker from the combo that drives me nuts. So whenever I use a computer under fluorescent lights I have to set the monitor refresh rate to 70 or the strobe effect drives me buggy.
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 16, 2013 05:37 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: jwest at December 16, 2013 05:37 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Votermom at December 16, 2013 05:38 AM (GSIDW)
Pffftt....
Pikers, all
Posted by: Post Blue Nose shower at December 16, 2013 05:39 AM (GztZn)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 16, 2013 05:39 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at December 16, 2013 05:41 AM (1V0nx)
Posted by: jwest at December 16, 2013 05:42 AM (u2a4R)
I want whatever light is going to look/feel brightest (even if the lumens output in the same.)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 16, 2013 09:39 AM (GaqMa)
Then get the highest temp you can find -- usually 6,000 - 6,500K. They're great for hobby work.
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 16, 2013 05:44 AM (tOkJB)
"Daylight" bulbs (5,000K+) are not preferred by most people because they're much blue/whiter than incandescent bulbs. But if I'm modeling or cleaning my firearms or doing anything that requires magnification I prefer the coolest light possible.
The 6,500K bulbs light up your workbench like a surgical suite.
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 16, 2013 05:50 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 06:01 AM (0IDyD)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 16, 2013 06:06 AM (fd0Pp)
Posted by: Jinglybells O'Lumpacoal, Santa's mindful webworker at December 16, 2013 06:11 AM (ETWo2)
Posted by: jwest at December 16, 2013 06:33 AM (u2a4R)
I was pointing out that without the open primaries you don't like, we might never have gotten Reagan. You think the party bosses wanted Reagan instead of Bush? The open primary helped to defeat their wishes that year.
And again, as a matter of principle, I AGREE WITH YOU. But it's worth remembering that things you don't like sometimes lead to results that you love. You could have gotten all of that from what I said if you weren't so busy spewing your bile all over me.
People like you, who respond to every point you don't like with sarcasm and ridicule (in your case, ineptly) instead of a counterpoint, are rapdily driving this comment section from a must-read to the mental equivalent of a toxic waste dump. It's like you read what Ace and Drew write, take away the funny and the nasty, and miss the substance and the thought.
Posted by: Demosthenes at December 16, 2013 06:33 AM (c5AtG)
Funny stuff coming from the same Paul Ryan who promised Irish immigration advocates amnesty for their clients at a recent meeting.
Posted by: Lockheed Martin at December 16, 2013 06:34 AM (XO6WW)
Thanks for the story about O'Toole & Harris. It cracked me up.
Posted by: Carol at December 16, 2013 07:57 AM (z4WKX)
Great story, thanks.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is a genius compared to preznit at December 16, 2013 06:43 AM (baL2B)
What are you running?
A backup center for the NSA?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 06:46 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 16, 2013 06:57 AM (fd0Pp)
In a sick way, it has made Iowa more liberal as every politician has to promise the state government goodies. Now all the farmers are part of the Free Shit Army.
Oh, and it also brings out the freak wing of the GOP, with Republicans making all sorts of absurd policy announcements.
Candidates like Santorum, Huckabee, Michelle Bachman are always to scare the hell out of the rest of the country. I remember Rick Perry started falling behind and had a sudden conversion that he was for outlawing abortion even in cases of rape and also wanted to talk about gays in the military.
It brings out the worst in the Party, I'd be all for a nationwide primary, or large blocks of states at a time.
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