December 17, 2013

Top Headline Comments 12-17-13
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Tuesday.

You might recall the dustup last year when Komen for a Cure announced that it would stop funding Planned Parenthood. Komen eventually reversed course and sacked its founder and CEO, but not before Planned Parenthood had raised $3 million with the promise to expand breast cancer screenings. Surprise! Planned Parenthood offered 90,000 fewer exams than the previous year.

Poll: Obama ends the year with approval ratings lower than all other modern two-term presidents. In fact, you gotta go back to Richard Nixon to find worse numbers. Click that link, there's a ton of other info in that poll.

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1 !

Posted by: Smokey the First at December 17, 2013 02:52 AM (h0T3E)

2 First

Posted by: Boone at December 17, 2013 02:52 AM (tIyK2)

3 Or top 2, whatevah

Posted by: Boone at December 17, 2013 02:53 AM (tIyK2)

4 Have been out of the country for 12 days. What did I miss?
404care is probably fixed!

Posted by: never enough caffeine at December 17, 2013 02:53 AM (Qp3K5)

5 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Tuesday, December 17, 2013.  On this day in 1835 the Great Fire of New York burned almost all of lower Manhattan, including the insurance offices.  They subsequently moved to Hartford, CT.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

6 The US Government is stealing patents and intellectual property with impunity say inventors.  I don't put it past this crooked administration.


http://tinyurl.com/ppobjok

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

7 Leftist academic group is boycotting Israel to support terrorists.


http://tinyurl.com/kt96zgz

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

8 Jeff Sessions tries to restore veterans benefits in the balancing the budget bill by deleting it and closing a portion that allows illegals to take child tax credits instead.  This will not fly in then Senate and with Boner in the House I have my doubts there as well.


http://tinyurl.com/qcbuwkh

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

9 Why are taxpayers on the hook for Obama's multi-million dollar vacation?  Other than security he should pay for every bit of this shit himself.


http://tinyurl.com/qft6uax

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

10 Baby killer Gosnell gets 30 years for selling drugs.  What a waste of taxpayer money.  He is already serving life w/o parole.


http://tinyurl.com/o2o39uo

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

11 The House Committee on Ethics voted unanimously Monday to formally investigate Florida GOP Rep. Trey RadelÂ’s cocaine conviction.


Why do the Democrats never do this kind of shit to their own?  Oh well, 9 times out of 10 these ethics investigations are nothing but whitewash anyway.


http://tinyurl.com/nz7ka42

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

12 DAY 408 1,053 to go (1,124 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 02:56 AM (olDqf)

13 Planned Parenthood, like Head Start, will never go away.
 
And neither will their gubmint subsidies.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 02:56 AM (wNF3N)

14 We were looking for the "third death" yesterday, well here it is. RIP Ray Price at 87.


http://tinyurl.com/kesnc8b

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

15 Researchers say multi-vitamins have no health benefit at all.


http://tinyurl.com/k58qgkl

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

16 Posted by: never enough caffeine at December 17, 2013 06:53 AM (Qp3K5) Other than Ryan is setting himself up to be the spiritual heir of John McCain, not much.

Posted by: Boone at December 17, 2013 02:56 AM (tIyK2)

17 Obama wants to side with the Islamic terrorists in Syria.  Well, we already knew that.


http://tinyurl.com/oo9hqxg

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

18 Democrats will stop at nothing.  They have no shame.  They sent opposition research trackers to a funeral to monitor Kelly Ayote.  If that had been one of my relative's funeral I would have kicked their slimy ass.


http://tinyurl.com/lbuvtec

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

19 The Senate Conservative Fund strikes back at Boner and McConnell


http://tinyurl.com/lzm5936

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

20 10 Baby killer Gosnell gets 30 years for selling drugs. What a waste of taxpayer money. He is already serving life w/o parole. http://tinyurl.com/o2o39uo Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 06:56 AM (T2V/1) Force him to tongue kiss Mumia and then put one in the back of his head. Lead shortage from the EPA.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 02:57 AM (olDqf)

21 More on the shitty Ryan sell-out.


http://tinyurl.com/kkp95en

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

22 You might recall the dustup last year when Komen for a Cure announced that it would stop funding Planned Parenthood. Komen eventually reversed course and sacked its founder and CEO, but not before Planned Parenthood had raised $3 million with the promise to expand breast cancer screenings. Surprise! Planned Parenthood offered 90,000 fewer exams than the previous year.


But how many more abortions did they offer?

Because, profit.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 02:58 AM (d4ZzM)

23 Democrats are saying that extending expiring tax subsidies for renewable energy production is good for job creation and economic growth.



So where is all that economic benefit and job creation now?  Obama has been funneling billions to these "green" cronies since he got into office and so far we got nothing but more debt.  All this green shit is nothing more than another opportunity for crony corruption and we need to kill it dead.


http://tinyurl.com/k6gco9t

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

24 This is who Obama wants to support with our tax dollars.


http://tinyurl.com/l59kuvw

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

25 The Democrats want to end the federal death penalty.  I have an idea, lets make it treason to be a Democrat.


http://tinyurl.com/llfp9j6

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

26 Bull Shit ruling of the month from stupid federal judge.  He rules occupy protestors who were arrested after refusing to leave Statehouse grounds in SC can sue Nikki Haley and State officials.  I would like to see Haley tell him to stick his ruling up his ass and ignore it.


http://tinyurl.com/kxyahoc

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

27 The Senate has confirmed a black lawyer as head of DHS despite zero experience in security.  So what are his qualifications?  He's black of course, which is all Obama needs.  And a bunch of Republicans voted to confirm.   Oh well, Janet Fuglitano had no experience either, other than playing softball.


http://tinyurl.com/keba6vo

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

28 Ryan's budget compromise.


http://tinyurl.com/m9yllll

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

29 16. Ryan, what a disappointment.
Also, spent the 12 days with BIL who thinks the Tea Party, Ted Cruz and anyone not towing the RINO line are idiots.
Of course he voted for The One in 2008. Wanted that affordable health care.
Regretted that mistake and voted R in 2012. TOO DAMN LATE!!!!

Posted by: never enough caffeine at December 17, 2013 02:59 AM (Qp3K5)

30 Kindle Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/n3ln3rg


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

31 11 Yet Dear Reader is an admitted cocaine user and possessor by his own words; strangely, no one is investigating him.
 
Marion Barry and Lee Iacocca grumble a bit.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 03:01 AM (wNF3N)

32 I'm amazed the WaPo didn't have this as the first paragraph of the story.  "Five years after Bush left office, half of all Americans say they blame him for the economyÂ’s current problems compared with almost four in 10 who blame Obama. Those perceptions have changed little in the past year."

Posted by: Jocon307 at December 17, 2013 03:06 AM (KW5Q7)

33 /Oh well, Janet Fuglitano had no experience either, other than playing softball./ In fairness, that would qualify among the top 3 most experienced cabinet officials in the administration.

Posted by: Boone at December 17, 2013 03:06 AM (tIyK2)

34 a portion that allows illegals to take child tax credits. Allows illegals.....illegals. Hey, just start fucking throwing money out in the street, what's the goddamned difference? The fuck.......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 17, 2013 03:07 AM (XZtJK)

35 29 16. Ryan, what a disappointment. He's in leadership and he was Romney's choice for running mate. With those two things, you just had to sit back and wait for the mask to fall.

Posted by: Boone at December 17, 2013 03:09 AM (tIyK2)

36 Hot Air is dead to me now. Each morning I visit a number of websites for a general overview of what is going on in the world. From Drudge and Newsbusters to Huffington Post and Gawker. One of the stops has always been Hot Air, but that is going to change. I don't have the time to read 3 page articles on every subject. Hot Air, instead of giving me a couple well written paragraphs to summarize what the author is saying gives me a one-sentence teaser then essentially says "you're on your own, sucker". Well, I'm sorry, but I just don't have the time for that anymore. If you want good writing, drop Hot Air and put Just One Minute and Protein Wisdom on your lists. And let's get Ace to clean up his link list. Some of those websites haven't worked since disco was king.

Posted by: jwest at December 17, 2013 03:10 AM (u2a4R)

37 Good morning, all. Planned Abortionhood: meanwhile, they take in $1.5 M in taxpayer money. Daily. Sickening.

Posted by: shredded chi at December 17, 2013 03:10 AM (C2ugk)

38 1. Morning post, coffee, and I arrive together... harbinger of a good day. 2. I know I'm the only one who took the "let's all have Elfin nics til Christmas" thing this far, but mine seems to be mutating badly... may not make it to the big day. Good morning, folks. Did I mention I gained a daughter-in-law on Sunday? I did. And they're still married!

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 03:10 AM (kUq7A)

39 32 I'm amazed the WaPo didn't have this as the first paragraph of the story. "Five years after Bush left office, half of all Americans say they blame him for the economyÂ’s current problems compared with almost four in 10 who blame Obama. Those perceptions have changed little in the past year." Posted by: Jocon307 at December 17, 2013 07:06 AM (KW5Q7) Well, at least a few of the 47% figured it out...

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 17, 2013 03:11 AM (XZtJK)

40 re: poll numbers.

Can we hope Tears for Tuesday is opening at the White House?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 03:14 AM (PWHzv)

41 Baby killer Gosnell gets 30 years for selling drugs. What a waste of taxpayer money. He is already serving life w/o parole. Wouldn't put it past Obama to pardon him on the abortion charges. Choice! Doing the same on the drug charges may be less politically palatable. Just speculating. --Andrew, @LawSelfDefense

Posted by: Law of Self Defense at December 17, 2013 03:21 AM (8gaTv)

42 To go with last night's video of a cat going all flying attack of doom against a woman, scientists have possibly found earliest evidence of when cats started to be domesticated.

http://tinyurl.com/mje65sm

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 03:21 AM (PWHzv)

43 41  Wouldn't put it past Obama to pardon him on the abortion charges. Choice!

Doing the same on the drug charges may be less politically palatable.

Just speculating.

--Andrew, @LawSelfDefense

Posted by: Law of Self Defense at December 17, 2013 07:21 AM (8gaTv)



I don't think Obama can pardon State murder charges. That is a question that has never been settled.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 03:23 AM (T2V/1)

44 I remember when I trusted Chet and David and Walter and their ilk to relay the news. When I was a young, naive fool. As an old, jaded fool, I prefer Vic's delivery. Thanks, Vic.

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 03:23 AM (Vs6FA)

45 In July hackers breached the Dept. of Energy's networks and stole 104,000 employees' personal information.  What else did they steal?

http://tinyurl.com/lmswfo6

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 03:27 AM (PWHzv)

46

Anyone know which veteran's benefits specifically were supposed to be cut, and are supposed to be saved by Session's proposal?

 

My Google-Fu is weak today.

Posted by: Azenogoth at December 17, 2013 03:30 AM (OJn3e)

47 I don't think Obama can pardon State murder charges. That is a question that has never been settled.
Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 07:23 AM

Choom Boy will do what he wants, Vic. Who's gonna stop him?

Nobody.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 17, 2013 03:32 AM (veRXo)

48 47 Anyone know which veteran's benefits specifically were supposed to be cut, and are supposed to be saved by Session's proposal?

My Google-Fu is weak today.

Posted by: Azenogoth at December 17, 2013 07:30 AM (OJn3e)


They were going to cut the cost of living increases is what I understood.  If they cut them any at all there would be nothing left.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 03:33 AM (T2V/1)

49 Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

What have you got against misanthropes!?

Posted by: Oleander Salad at December 17, 2013 03:33 AM (/KeTB)

50 I don't think Obama can pardon State murder charges. That is a question that has never been settled.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 07:23 AM (T2V/1)



Settled by whom?  I think it's a fact that he can't.  That won't stop the Constitutional law expert from trying to do so, aided and abetted by that chinless shitstain who continually violates the law on behalf of his people.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 03:33 AM (6fGYH)

51 From an earlier BB article:


Under the Ryan-Murray deal, active-duty personnel and retired veterans younger than 62 would be forced into a new pension plan. Traditional veterans received a yearly cost-of-living adjustment on their pension equal to inflation. Under Ryan-Murray, however, veterans will now receive inflation, minus 1%. In other words, their yearly pension payment will be below the increase in the cost of living. When a veteran reaches the age of 62, the cost-of-living adjustment would again be equal to inflation.



I got an increase on my SS yesterday.  A whopping 1.5%.  If they cut it by 1% they may as well save another 45 cents and not even mail out a notice.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 03:38 AM (T2V/1)

52

49: "They were going to cut the cost of living increases is what I understood. If they cut them any at all there would be nothing left."

 

Thanks. So I guess we are going back to the old pre-W pay gap.

 

Same old same old.

 

I need to get on the ball and buy more rental property. Inflation is going to be a real bitch.

Posted by: Azenogoth at December 17, 2013 03:38 AM (LJpVo)

53 They were going to cut the cost of living increases is what I understood. If they cut them any at all there would be nothing left. Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 07:33 AM (T2V/1) Yeah, I don't think there has been one over 1% since Fuckinham McMomjeans parked his junta at 1600 Penn.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 17, 2013 03:39 AM (XZtJK)

54 Did y'all see the latest despicable thing PETA did? PETA Writes Letter To Girl Mauled By Bear Urging Her To Reflect On “Horror of An Attack” Before Hunting Again... http://tinyurl.com/qan3nzd

Posted by: shredded chi at December 17, 2013 03:39 AM (C2ugk)

55 47 Azengoth, the Ryan-Murray deal supposedly cuts the COLA increases to retired military personnel under age 65 by 1% per year.
 
I called up my buddy to thank him for his contribution to our budget yesterday. He was not impressed, even though I stressed to him that this was not a tax increase. No R would agree to a tax increase, I explained, so they had to find a new name for it.
 
And you're 'it'.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 03:39 AM (wNF3N)

56 Grace and peace be with you! Great Advent Hymns- "Lo, he comes with clouds descending" A majestic hymn with words originally by John Cennick and reworked by the great English Hymn writer, Charles Wesley. Advent has a dual emphasis. Not only do Christians look forward to the celebration of the birthday of the Lord Jesus Christ and prepare to make room in their hearts for him again,. They also look forward to his coming again in glory. The scripture readings for the season not only use the prophets in speaking of the coming of the Messiah, but they also use readings that emphasize being prepared for Christ's return. The History: http://www.oystermouthparish.com/lo-he-comes-with-clouds-descending. The music (with slightly different lyrics) from a lovely British Advent/Christmas music service This arrangement is probably by the contemporary English hymn writer and composer John Rutter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzmwmqxuhV0 In each heart lies a Bethlehem, an inn where we must ultimately answer whether there is room or not. When we are Bethlehem-bound we experience our own advent in his. When we are Bethlehem bound we can no longer look the other way conveniently not seeing stars not hearing voices. We can no longer excuse ourselves by busily tending our sheep or our kingdoms.... Ann Weems-"Kneeling In Bethehem"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 03:39 AM (BC6cY)

57 51  Settled by whom? I think it's a fact that he can't. That won't stop the Constitutional law expert from trying to do so, aided and abetted by that chinless shitstain who continually violates the law on behalf of his people.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 07:33 AM (6fGYH)



The Constitution does specify crimes against the United States but I don't think anyone has ever challenged it.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 03:40 AM (T2V/1)

58 50 What have you got against misanthropes!? Posted by: Oleander Salad at December 17, 2013 07:33 AM (/KeTB) Go look up Robert Moses.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 03:40 AM (olDqf)

59 Poppins, that was a full cuppa coffee comment there. Never knew why Hughes went reclusive. I thought he was all germaphobe and agoraphobe or something. Wondering about this horrible disfiguring accident. I presume it wasn't really that bad, just amplified in his strange and Hollyweirded mind. I've always been kind-of man-proud of my facial scars. Was just a car wreck but looks like street fight.

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 03:40 AM (ma3QC)

60 50 What have you got against misanthropes!? Posted by: Oleander Salad at December 17, 2013 07:33 AM (/KeTB) Oh, wait. You want me to ADD "misanthropes?" Ach, so!!!!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 03:41 AM (olDqf)

61 Baby killer Gosnell gets 30 years for selling drugs. What a waste of taxpayer money. He is already serving life w/o parole. http://tinyurl.com/o2o39uo Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 06:56 AM (T2V/1) Actually, it is important. If his original conviction was to be overturned for any reason, he would still be in the hoosegow.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 17, 2013 03:41 AM (nj9sX)

62 The Feds still maintain this lie that inflation is only in the 2 to 3 percent range when it actually is running > 20%.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 03:41 AM (T2V/1)

63 Good Morning Morons. Today is Tuesday, December 17, 2013. On this day in 1835 the Great Fire of New York burned almost all of lower Manhattan, including the insurance offices. They subsequently moved to Hartford, CT.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 06:54 AM (T2V/1)


You know, I'd forgotten that was why Hartford became the insurance capital of America. 


I've often wondered, fairly morbidly, I admit, where the country music industry will end up when the New Madrid fault line goes off and Nashville is flattened.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 17, 2013 03:41 AM (Gk3SS)

64 64 >> I've often wondered, fairly morbidly, I admit, where the country music industry will end up when the New Madrid fault line goes off and Nashville is flattened.
 
That's going to be real hard on the used pickup truck and trailer home market.
 
And oh you bet, I denounce myself.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 03:45 AM (wNF3N)

65 Komen sucks and even though I have cancer they will never get a dime from me. Ever.

Posted by: NCKate at December 17, 2013 03:45 AM (R2eVV)

66 Don't dis PETA around here, sir. After the full retard that was going on last night about the poor witty kitty what got its fur slightly dampened by that mean, snow-shuffling human and tried to take her eyes out for it, lotsa folks in these parts are all PETA, all the time.

Posted by: Gem at December 17, 2013 03:45 AM (zw+pb)

67 64 On this day in 1835 the Great Fire of New York burned almost all of lower Manhattan, including the insurance offices. They subsequently moved to Hartford, CT. May the same fate befall most of the offices in DC, and they can all move to Novosibirsk.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 03:46 AM (olDqf)

68 64  I've often wondered, fairly morbidly, I admit, where the country music industry will end up when the New Madrid fault line goes off and Nashville is flattened.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 17, 2013 07:41 AM (Gk3SS)



Country music has already been leaving Nashville and heading to Bransen, MO

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 03:46 AM (T2V/1)

69 Oh, wait. You want me to ADD "misanthropes?" Ach, so!!!!!!!! Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Isn't adding misanthropes like dividing by zero?

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 03:46 AM (v+HXt)

70

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 07:40 AM (ma3QC)

 

Admittedly, I don't know a great deal about Hughes, but he always was a bit of a loner.  I think the crash shook him very deeply and amplified his desire to do what he wanted without anyone telling him differently.  And if you have his money, you can move around at 1 in the morning or call people up at midnight - you can go months without having to see anyone except for your immediate aides, and even then, you don't have to see them.  Remember that it took Hughes months to respond to his aides' insistence that he come out and deny the phony autobiography.

 

I think, as well, that having that sort of money would amplify your own feelings of worthlessness, if you have them.  "I'm ugly."

 

"No, you're not."

 

**thinks** "you just want my money.  Of course you'd say that."

 

Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you it's a vicious cycle.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 03:46 AM (zF6Iw)

71 70 Oh, wait. You want me to ADD "misanthropes?" Ach, so!!!!!!!! Posted by: J.J. Sefton Isn't adding misanthropes like dividing by zero? Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 07:46 AM (v+HXt) I'm not a misanthrope; I just hate leftists.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 03:47 AM (olDqf)

72 "I've often wondered, fairly morbidly, I admit, where the country music industry will end up when the New Madrid fault line goes off and Nashville is flattened."

New Madrid, San Andreas, Yellowstone Caldera...

Promises, promises.


Posted by: Legolas at December 17, 2013 03:47 AM (V70Uh)

73 I've often wondered, fairly morbidly, I admit, where the country music industry will end up when the New Madrid fault line goes off and Nashville is flattened.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 17, 2013 07:41 AM (Gk3SS)



The unpeople of Jesusland will just pitch in and rebuild it; just like they did when it was flooded out and nobody behaved like a bunch of helpless loads post Katrina and weren't even mentioned by the JEF.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 03:48 AM (6fGYH)

74 Today is my birthday. I arrived slightly after the great fire of New York So, it's cupcakes for everybody. :^) http://tinyurl.com/ovt2v7o Have a great day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 03:48 AM (BC6cY)

75

56: "And you're 'it'."

 

We've been 'it' for quite some time. The cycle will continue.

 

I'm curious what the next fix will be when the NCO corps empties out again like it did in the early 90's?

Posted by: Azenogoth at December 17, 2013 03:48 AM (f6ZLT)

76 Washington D.C.- A magical place where noone can be fired for doing a lousy job, where noone goes to jail for crimes, where money just falls off the trees to spend on vote buying, and where being a hard working American who pays taxes is considered being a loser grade A chump.

Posted by: Case at December 17, 2013 03:50 AM (9mWut)

77 This is some grim shit as journey into the land of nod. Fuck

Posted by: fastfreefall at December 17, 2013 03:51 AM (dS5nN)

78 Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 06:55 AM (T2V/1)

You didn't build that!

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 17, 2013 03:51 AM (o3MSL)

79 Hey isn't today the five year anniversary of when AlGore said the North Pole would be ice free and Santa reduced to having a workshop on a pontoon boat?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 03:51 AM (PWHzv)

80 Louis Farrakhan is still breathing???? He tells Kanye West not to bow to Jewish pressure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 03:51 AM (olDqf)

81 So, it's cupcakes for everybody. :^)

http://tinyurl.com/ovt2v7o

Have a great day! Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Have a happy day.
Those cupcakes look too good to eat.

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 03:52 AM (v+HXt)

82 Thanks for the Fontaine and De Havilland stories, MPPPP. I always enjoyed Fontaine's performance in "Rebecca" among other movies and she did a fine job in "Jane Eyre", but it drives me crazy how they left put the part of the book related to Rev St John Rivers and his sisters. That is a crucial part of the story, I guess there is only so much they can put in a 2 hour film.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 03:52 AM (BC6cY)

83

Don't dis PETA around here, sir. After the full retard that was going on last night about the poor witty kitty what got its fur slightly dampened by that mean, snow-shuffling human and tried to take her eyes out for it, lotsa folks in these parts are all PETA, all the time.

 

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

 

I don't know about that - you don't have to be a PETA drone to be critical of gratuitous cruelty toward animals.

 

I think the best part about a pig is what you do with it after you kill it, but that doesn't mean I'm OK with some doofus kid throwing rocks into the pigpen.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 17, 2013 03:53 AM (PFy0L)

84

Thanks for the Fontaine and De Havilland stories, MPPPP.

 

You're welcome, FS, and happy birthday.  And thank you for your hymns each morning.  There are days when I really need to ponder on the Word, or else. . . well, one can imagine.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 03:54 AM (zF6Iw)

85 If the New Madrid fault becomes active, the country music industry will just have to either hold up in their mansion in Beverly Hills or their 10 million dollar beach house in Malibu.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 03:56 AM (h4eud)

86 Country music has already been leaving Nashville and heading to Bransen, MO Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 07:46 AM (T2V/1) What's that going to help? It's just the opposite of New Madrid.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 17, 2013 03:56 AM (QR7wx)

87 -19 here right now, (TWC says "feels like -32") Â…Â…like they friggin' know You can hear trees cracking

Posted by: ontherocks at December 17, 2013 03:56 AM (42o0q)

88 80 >> Hey isn't today the five year anniversary of when AlGore said the North Pole would be ice free and Santa reduced to having a workshop on a pontoon boat?
 
Well in Al's defense Anna, the Earth's internal temperature of  'millions of degrees' has cooled off quite a bit, down to thousands of degrees, so his prediction is off by a bit.
 
But he meant well.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 03:57 AM (wNF3N)

89 67 Don't dis PETA around here, sir. After the full retard that was going on last night about the poor witty kitty... I didn't see any of that. Came in after #600 on the ONT.I find it hard to believe anybody around here is a PeTArd.

Posted by: shredded chi at December 17, 2013 03:57 AM (C2ugk)

90 A classic MPPP post. Loved those stories and especially loved the Fontaine come hither pic. What a babe.

Posted by: MTF at December 17, 2013 03:58 AM (qCtp4)

91 Jane Eyre is too big to squeeze into a 2 hour film.  The 2011 one with Mia Wasikowska is excellent.  The skipped the Rivers/Eyer cousin relationship.

Both Jane and Rochester are supposed to be plain / unattractive.  I don't recall ever seeing the Joan Fontaine version.  The Virginia Bruce version is horrible.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 17, 2013 03:59 AM (V70Uh)

92 Austin is far enough away from New Madrid.  Outlaw country has been there since the 1970's.

Posted by: Case at December 17, 2013 04:00 AM (9mWut)

93 So, it's cupcakes for everybody. :^) http://tinyurl.com/ovt2v7o Have a great day! Posted by: FenelonSpoke HBD, Spoke! Eternal happy returns of the day. Imagine I looked up a nice HBD graphic and short-linked it here.

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 04:02 AM (5SlKF)

94 Self contradictions, "Don't Be Evil" motto applies not to Google, or any US Military contractor like Boston Dynamics, but to all the little guys, customers, the best/rest of us. Rules are made for others, not for Big Dogs. Marc Raibert, Founder, Boston Dynamics, has insisted his company does not exist to be a military contractor and is motivated by advancing robotics. http://tinyurl.com/ntvrxas 70s bullshit: you can say anything as long as you're sincere. Who is the #1 customer in purchasing robotics, and you see how far "we don't exist to be a military contractor" goes. What, they plan to BE the Military? Tin foil is all such would leave us for self defense, were it possible. Neat packaging for Big Dog. Big Dog designed to rescue nuclear plant melt downs? Nothing to fear but fear itself? Instead, repair and update the plants PRIOR to "accidental" disasters, instead of waiting for the next testing ground for robotics to save mankind. No, I'm not saying that robotics are "evil". But people with the power/intent to create tyranny are. The machine simply does as it is constructed and programmed to do.* That's what such authoritarians would have us all be, use us all as. Promises. Rules. Only trust as far as you can consistently throw/deflect. Better yet, no contact whatsoever. */which proves the point, Affordable Health Care was NEVER intended to be anything but the utter corruption that it is. And any who would "save" it or "fix" it are of it. Kevin: "Mom! Dad! It's evil! Don't touch it!" http://tinyurl.com/ndr3fdm Time Bandits, Fine

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 17, 2013 04:02 AM (MhA4j)

95

interesting article on how the Kentucky Obamacare program isn't all you hear from the MSM:

http ://www.nationalreview.com /article/366503/ kentucky-hokum- andrew-stiles

Posted by: mallfly at December 17, 2013 04:03 AM (zjcTL)

96 Those Planned Parenthood bastards can all burn in hell. Killing babies may be a legal industry but you can only run away from justice for so long.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:03 AM (K+5JO)

97 I just hate leftists.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 07:47 AM (olDqf)

And living in the belly of the beast!

Apropos of nothing...why the fuck does NYC tolerate the traffic mess in midtown. Every crosstown street has construction that narrows it to barely one lane.

Bloomberg really, really hates poor people.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 04:03 AM (QFxY5)

98 Austin TX is a petri dish of liberalism.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:03 AM (PWHzv)

99 Did everyone see that Roger Waters has gone completely nuts, describing the Israelis as modern-day Nazis for their proposed Palestinian Final Solution. Oh wait, no forget it-- he dreamed that part up so he could call them foul names. I guess Israel will join me in boycotting Pink Floyd now.

Posted by: MTF at December 17, 2013 04:04 AM (qCtp4)

100 60 -

There was a wonderful little tv show that arrived somewhere around the same time as X-Files, and covered much of the same topic.  It was called Dark Skies, and the concept was a  young couple  in the early 60s  who go to Washington with the Kennedy wave of do-gooders.  He is recruited into a secret organization  that is involved with aliens.

They do a lot of historical referencing, including the Kennedy assassination, but there was an episode with Howard Hughes, where he's notorious germaphobia is  explained.  Needless to say it has a supernatural origin.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2013 04:06 AM (BeSEI)

101 Posted by: MTF at December 17, 2013 08:04 AM (qCtp4)

I think Vic linked to the American Studies Association vote to boycott Israel.

The president was asked whether Israel really is the worst in the region. He admitted that it wasn't, but he said, "You have to start somewhere."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 04:06 AM (QFxY5)

102 I'm pro attack kitty.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 04:07 AM (h4eud)

103 A classic MPPP post. Loved those stories and especially loved the Fontaine come hither pic. What a babe.

 

Posted by: MTF at December 17, 2013 07:58 AM (qCtp4)

 

My pleasure.  Now here's a picture (I believe it's a publicity still for I Married A Witch) of Veronica Lake with a "we are going to have lots of fun, lover" look:

 

http://tinyurl.com/mkvwua7


 

Remembering, of course, that Lake was one of the inspirations for Jessica Rabbit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:07 AM (zF6Iw)

104 GnuBreed -

But he meant well for his pocketbook.

Fixed it. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:07 AM (PWHzv)

105

>>>Anyone know which veteran's benefits specifically were supposed to be cut, and are supposed to be saved by Session's proposal?

My Google-Fu is weak today.

.

.

.No Veterans benefits were going to be cut, they were reducing the COLA for current Military retirees (like me) who are under 62.

 

Most of us Retirees have know this was coming for quite awhile.  We are easy targets.  I don't mind taking a hit if, and that is a big IF, everyone else getting a government check gets dinged also.

Posted by: Registered Voter at December 17, 2013 04:08 AM (BGFPo)

106 Recall how Obama was going to support Nuclear Power?  Well I recieved some inside info a recently that his new and improved NRC headed up by the rabid anti-Nuke from Hairy Reid's office has embarked on a program requiring modifications at all the plants to combat a Fukashima type accident.  These are being required at plants 100's of miles from the ocean and the cost is ranging into the 100's of millions of dollars.  This will cause the older plants to shutdown.


In short, Obama is still a colossal liar. So when all the coal plants are gone and all the Nukes are gone what is next?   On that score he is doing everything he can do to eliminate natural gas which has made the gas fired plants somewhat cheaper to operate.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 04:08 AM (T2V/1)

107 "Poll: Obama ends the year with approval ratings lower than all other modern two-term presidents. " _______________ And if there were an actual opposition party in DC, this would matter

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 17, 2013 04:08 AM (JtqMs)

108 Best thing in that poll ? The full on retard of the 23% that said Healthcare.gov is "working as it should". Really ?! Are these people just that clueless or are they the hardest of hardcore liberals blinded to even the obvious truth, or a combination of the two ?

Posted by: deadrody at December 17, 2013 04:09 AM (aT8Zk)

109

Most of us Retirees have know this was coming for quite awhile. We are easy targets. I don't mind taking a hit if, and that is a big IF, everyone else getting a government check gets dinged also.

 

To misquote Wrath of Khan - the FSA is laughing at the superior intellect.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:09 AM (zF6Iw)

110 Veronica Lake was a smoking hot small package of wow.  And she was having such fun in that movie.

"Jennifer all men marry the wrong woman."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:10 AM (PWHzv)

111 Also, I'm sad to report the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has decided to admit Yusef Islam, promoter of hate and murder, because he once recoded a song called Peace Train as "Cat Stevens". That was before he publicly threatened to personally kill Salman Rushdie if given the opportunity for the crime of "insulting Islam".

Posted by: MTF at December 17, 2013 04:10 AM (qCtp4)

112 Country music has already been leaving Nashville and heading to Bransen, MO

Posted by: Vic


Whenever the New Madrid Fault goes, Bransen will be flattened too.

Posted by: puddleglum at December 17, 2013 04:11 AM (hoZXK)

113 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 17, 2013 08:08 AM (JtqMs)

*golf-clap*

Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 17, 2013 04:11 AM (gHDMy)

114 106 -

As I'm sure you know, federal employees have had their pay "frozen"  at levels from 2009, or thereabouts.  At least that's what they say.

The dirty little secret of course, is that federal employees  who are in the GS system get step increases every year for several years, then every other year, I think.  And the "locality  pay" gets factored in too, so if anybody says federal workers are not getting raises, it's not really true.  The pay grid may not change, but individuals get more cash, at least every other year. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2013 04:12 AM (BeSEI)

115 113  Whenever the New Madrid Fault goes, Bransen will be flattened too.

Posted by: puddleglum at December 17, 2013 08:11 AM (hoZXK)



I would not miss today's excuse for country music anyway.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 04:12 AM (T2V/1)

116 Posted by: deadrody at December 17, 2013 08:09 AM (aT8Zk)

The 23% on Medicaid.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 17, 2013 04:12 AM (gHDMy)

117 116 -

I was gonna say, country music had  pretty much left country  quite a while ago.

The old saying holds true for  today's dingleberries doing their  twangy pop:  all hat and no cattle. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2013 04:14 AM (BeSEI)

118 >>"Poll: Obama ends the year with approval ratings lower than all other modern two-term presidents. " And that's with an MFM Propaganda Machine that would gag Goebbels, Â…...AND the largest percentage (majority?) Americans citizens ever on some variation of the Dole.

Posted by: ontherocks at December 17, 2013 04:15 AM (42o0q)

119 Country music has already been leaving Nashville and heading to Bransen, MO -Vic Whenever the New Madrid Fault goes, Bransen will be flattened too. -puddleglum Just FTR, it's Branson with an o. -mindful, in the state next door

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 04:15 AM (yFFC0)

120 Poll: Obama ends the year with approval ratings lower than all other modern two-term presidents. In fact, you gotta go back to Richard Nixon to find worse numbers. The classic rock station I listen to on my commute has been mercilessly mocking The Won, daily now. That's new. Like most of the MFM, they've been mostly hands off Obama till now. It's amazing how fast the Obama-as-failure meme has spread through the zeitgeist. And after all the shit he's done, it was ObamaCare that did him in. (venison sausage and eggs with whole-wheat toast, and coffee. Best breakfast I've had in weeks.)

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 17, 2013 04:15 AM (7ObY1)

121 I can see 25% liking Obamacare. That's the 25% that will benefit from it at the expense of the other 75% who will suffer.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 17, 2013 04:16 AM (JtqMs)

122 Great morning thread! Vic, FS brought cupcakes (happy B'day!), and hot movie chicks all over. Quality blog here. At least a number 8.

Posted by: MTF at December 17, 2013 04:16 AM (qCtp4)

123 Many happy returns, Fenelon.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at December 17, 2013 04:18 AM (eFYNk)

124 To go with the cupcakes
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Best-of-Photography-2013-UFUNK-25.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:18 AM (PWHzv)

125 Meanwhile Tehran says "What deal?"
http://nypost.com/2013/12/16/iran-nuke-deal-quietly-collapses/

Your move Jon Cary.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:20 AM (PWHzv)

126 I would not miss today's excuse for country music anyway.

 

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 08:12 AM (T2V/1)

 

Ditto that.  Look, if you want to play rock, then play rock.  Don't slap on a cowboy hat and electric guitar and talk about down-home cooking.

 

A young girl - about 26 - I know was playing some modern country and I told her I only liked old school - Faron Young, Dick Curless, Porter Wagoner, Marty Robbins, Pasty Cline and so on - and she'd never heard of any of them.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:20 AM (zF6Iw)

127 Also, I'm sad to report the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has decided to admit Yusef Islam, promoter of hate and murder, because he once recoded a song called Peace Train as "Cat Stevens". That was before he publicly threatened to personally kill Salman Rushdie if given the opportunity for the crime of "insulting Islam".

Posted by: MTF at December 17, 2013 08:10 AM (qCtp4)



Maybe he'll blow up that giant repository for white trash on Lake Erie designed by that dipshit IM Pei with his stupid fucking pyramids that the French witlessly let him mar the Louvre with.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 04:20 AM (6fGYH)

128

No love for Billy Jack? I was dating a lefty back in high school (green eyes and dimples!) and she dragged me to it after she saw it twice and declared it the best movie EVER!

This was twenty years before MST3K but it was a stupid movie so unbelievably serious about itself that I started talking back and riffing on it which started others laughing and doing the same thing.

Never saw to much of her afterword. Shame.

Posted by: Smokey the Critic at December 17, 2013 04:20 AM (h0T3E)

129 I would not miss today's excuse for country music anyway.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 08:12 AM (T2V/1)

It's just pop with a twang.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 04:21 AM (QFxY5)

130 Linda Ronstadt, Bruuuuuce and Cat Stevens. Two Lefties and a Muzzie.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 17, 2013 04:22 AM (7ObY1)

131 American Idol might be good this year.  No Nikki Minaj ("honeychile"),

Keith Urban, J-Lo, and Harry Connick Jr.


Posted by: Jimbo at December 17, 2013 04:23 AM (V70Uh)

132

For the Viva Las Vegas fans, Ann-Margret:

 

http://tinyurl.com/l9jrsby


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:24 AM (zF6Iw)

133 Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, and Cat Stevens walk into a bar.  Linda and Cat start arguing.

Bartender looks at Bruce and asks, "are you going to break it up?"

Bruce says, "Are you kidding I saw the cat vs woman video."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:24 AM (PWHzv)

134 Uh, that belt is on backwards.


Posted by: Jimbo at December 17, 2013 04:24 AM (V70Uh)

135 Cat Stevens is in the R&R HOF. Kiss is not. Idiots.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 17, 2013 04:25 AM (659DL)

136

And let's not forget Angela Lansbury in The Harvey Girls:

 

http://tinyurl.com/mv8y34f


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:26 AM (zF6Iw)

137 Obama ends the year with approval ratings lower than all other modern two-term presidents. In fact, you gotta go back to Richard Nixon...

Yeah, but the booming economy will lift him right out of there. The Boston Globe said so and Rachel Maddow agrees.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 04:26 AM (QXlbZ)

138 Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 17, 2013 06:58 AM (d4ZzM) PP is not interested in woman's health, it's interested in sexual hedonism. Which probably explains conflation of breast cancer and pap smear exams noted in the article in question. Both are cancer, but one is highly connected (not entirely but almost entirely) to STDs, the other not so much. So PP took that money and focused on the STD related one.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 04:27 AM (GaqMa)

139 Back at #42, "earliest evidence of when cats started to be domesticated. http://tinyurl.com/mje65sm" - Anna Puma Cats eat rodents and bury their poop. Other than primitive dim-wittedness (nowadays known as 'progressivism') that would eat cats instead of use them, I can see cats domesticating people from the earliest ages. God gave us cats because someday the Intrewebz would need content.

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 04:27 AM (ktPHV)

140

And let's not forget Angela Lansbury in The Harvey Girls:

 

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

 

Mrs. Potts was quite the looker back in the day.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 17, 2013 04:27 AM (PFy0L)

141

Uh, that belt is on backwards.

 

Your man card.  Return it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:28 AM (zF6Iw)

142 Yeah, but the booming economy will lift him right out of there. The Boston Globe said so and Rachel Maddow agrees. Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 08:26 AM (QXlbZ) ___________ The economy is booming for some. Personally speaking, the economy's been fantastic for me this year. I realize this isn't the case for everyone. But at the same time don't assume everyone's starving either.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 17, 2013 04:29 AM (JtqMs)

143 Wow, there is an unclaimed $130 million Powerball jackpot out there.
http://nypost.com/2013/12/16/lottery-searching-for-mia-millionaires/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:29 AM (HIbcx)

144 I always found Angela Lansbury to be "icky."

Posted by: Jimbo at December 17, 2013 04:29 AM (V70Uh)

145 Morning all. Shitty weather here in NJ, so my day will probably be shot

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 04:31 AM (t3UFN)

146 Yeah, I remember Komen and Planned Parenthood; was it really only a year ago? It's changed my life a bit: I no longer will pay one red cent for ANY pink-colored crap sold to raise funds for breast cancer awareness. And I now wait a few days before praising any person or organization for their courage in defying the murderous leftist juggernaut, just to see if they'll cave. Eighty percent of the time, they do.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at December 17, 2013 04:31 AM (FkH4y)

147 Happy Happy, FenelonSpoke. May the peace of the Lord be with you today and through the year. As I blather on and on and on and on about, I am fascinated by the myriad ways that Blessed Mother Gaia will wipe puny hoomans off the map. The New Madrid holds a special place in my heart, though, because hey, let's put a fault line through the middle of these plates here Because Reasons. Part of it is also that I've been to Reelfoot Lake and it's freaky to realize that it is in existence because bam lake. IIRC, new construction in Memphis and Nashville and wherehaveyou must be built to the same earthquake standards as California construction. That won't do a lick of good for all those gorgeous old brick homes that are going down like Gojira just emtompened them. For our next pondering, let us move on to the Cascadia subduction zone. Bye bye Pacific Northwest!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 04:33 AM (VtjlW)

148 Morning horde. Missed last nites ONT. Shit that pain med I am on really knocks a person down.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 17, 2013 04:33 AM (HVff2)

149 I would not miss today's excuse for country music anyway. Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 08:12 AM (T2V/1) To quote Merle Haggard: "There's too much boogie woogie and not enough Ernest Tubb."

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 17, 2013 04:33 AM (nj9sX)

150 127  A young girl - about 26 - I know was playing some modern country and I told her I only liked old school - Faron Young, Dick Curless, Porter Wagoner, Marty Robbins, Pasty Cline and so on - and she'd never heard of any of them.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 08:20 AM (zF6Iw)



And heaven forbid young country singers should listen to any of that old stuff to see where they come from.

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 04:33 AM (T2V/1)

151 Just as a reminder... There was at least four hours a day of "Dick is a crook and a dick" infomercial every week day in 1973

Posted by: Mr. Wizard at December 17, 2013 04:34 AM (S5LPT)

152 AlextheChick, all Sea-Tac needs is for Mt. Rainier to start bubbling.  And pretty sure a muddy Hedora would then rise and coat everything.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:34 AM (HIbcx)

153 Maybe he'll blow up that giant repository for white trash on Lake Erie designed by that dipshit IM Pei with his stupid fucking pyramids that the French witlessly let him mar the Louvre with.
Posted by: Captain Hate

I had planned on making that a stop on one of my trips. You're saying it's not worth it?

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 04:36 AM (v+HXt)

154 Yeah, I remember Komen and Planned Parenthood; was it really only a year ago?

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at December 17, 2013 08:31 AM (FkH4y)



The donks really fell into line quickly on that one, although in Cleveland they dispatched local council embarrassment Zack "DUI" Reed to incoherently badmouth Komen on a local morning show.  Zack made no fucking sense, which was nothing new, but the PP stormtroopers were mobilized quickly and the inevitable Komen Kave-in followed shortly.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 04:36 AM (6fGYH)

155 I was showing a young girl how to sort vintage vinyl albums in a random box, and we came upon 2 "Luciano Pavarotti sings Favourite Christmas Carols" albums. "Those are classical, they go at the back," I immediately said. "Now, how did you know that those were classical?" she asked. Like Chesterton once said, sometimes you're lost for words just because of the giant obviousness of a thing. "He's...Pavarotti. Famous opera singer...?" I stammered. She'd never heard of him.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at December 17, 2013 04:36 AM (FkH4y)

156 29 16. Ryan, what a disappointment. Also, spent the 12 days with BIL who thinks the Tea Party, Ted Cruz and anyone not towing the RINO line are idiots. Of course he voted for The One in 2008. Wanted that affordable health care. Regretted that mistake and voted R in 2012. TOO DAMN LATE!!!! Posted by: never enough caffeine at December 17, 2013 06:59 AM (Qp3K5) Did we throw BIL overboard to become part of the sea?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 17, 2013 04:37 AM (HVff2)

157 I always found Angela Lansbury to be "icky."

Posted by: Jimbo at December 17, 2013 08:29 AM (V70Uh)

 

All right - how about Vivien Leigh in That Hamilton Woman?

 

(why yes, I am trying to avoid working, now that you ask)

http://tinyurl.com/mkgdr6c


 

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:37 AM (zF6Iw)

158

>>"Obama ends the year with approval ratings lower than all other modern two-term presidents."

 

 

As I keep saying, I'm not sure he cares or it matters. This may even fortify him. We're dealing with a species of power here never before seen in America. He doesn't operate according to the basic moral polarity we all take for granted. Comparisons with past presidents is meaningless.

Posted by: rrpjr at December 17, 2013 04:39 AM (s/yC1)

159 A young girl - about 26 - I know was playing some modern country and I told her I only liked old school - Faron Young, Dick Curless, Porter Wagoner, Marty Robbins, Pasty Cline and so on - and she'd never heard of any of them. The Carter Family, Hank Sr., Ernest Tubb, Ferlin Husky, Flatt & Skruggs, Jim Reeves, Kitty Wells, etc.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 04:39 AM (GjYxB)

160 For you country music enthusiasts, RIP Ray Price.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 04:40 AM (olDqf)

161

@118......all hat, no cattle.

 

Well, it's like Red Green said,  "Don't like the new music?  Then there is some good news for a change.  Your old music can still be found in a bargain barrel at the hardware store.  Four cassette tapes for a dollar!"

Posted by: Case at December 17, 2013 04:40 AM (wf3Kt)

162 Angela Lansbury was very sexy in her youth. And she was great on stage well into her old age.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 04:40 AM (h4eud)

163 The last Cat Stevens album I got was Buddha and the Chocolate Box, an interesting endpiece to his heyday. Like poor old John Lennon, Cat was searching, so hard, but not finding truth. John found domestic bliss. Regardless of what we think of Yoko, aspiring to just be a better husband and father was something I was glad for John that he found, after his lost years. And he was right to not record for years. While disappointed in Cat Stevens' choice, I'd hoped he found peace, and was glad that when he thought he had, he quit music. Because... It is seeking and struggle which make for good rock (and other stories); rockers adapt poorly to hymns of joy and salvation. Would that some other 'enlightened' musicians had not tried to share. *cough* Starship *cough*

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 04:40 AM (Vs6FA)

164 That's much better. MPPPP.

Did you see TCM has O. Henry's "Full House" last night?  Jeanne Crain was totally scrumptious.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 17, 2013 04:40 AM (V70Uh)

165 He doesn't operate according to the basic moral polarity we all take for granted. Comparisons with past presidents is meaningless.

 

Posted by: rrpjr at December 17, 2013 08:39 AM (s/yC1)

 

Agreed.  So long as he operates under the entirely justified assumption that no one will stop any order he gives, he is a very dangerous man.  The GOP has no idea they're handing gasoline to a firebug.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:40 AM (zF6Iw)

166 Well, it's like Red Green said, "Don't like the new music? Then there is some good news for a change. Your old music can still be found in a bargain barrel at the hardware store. Four cassette tapes for a dollar!" 8 Tracks & Get Off My Lawn!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 04:41 AM (GjYxB)

167 I had planned on making that a stop on one of my trips. You're saying it's not worth it?

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 08:36 AM (v+HXt)



Obviously I'm extremely biased against it for a number of reasons but mainly because I think a "Hall of Fame" is antithetical to what the genre is all about.  Mrs H has dragged me there before and I thought everything there was crap but maybe that's just me.  Even if you like it I think it's extremely overpriced.  Also I think it's funny that NYC has most of the induction ceremonies and Cleveland is left with having some dipshit building and saying "Aren't we great" like a bunch of fucking rubes. And don't get me started on the politicians that were behind this.


So no, I'm not exactly the Welcome Wagon for it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 04:41 AM (6fGYH)

168 Good. GASTON COUNTY, NC (WBTV) - David Hendrix was outraged to learn that his son, 5, was issued a suspension from school for making a gun gesture with his hand. "He was playing army on the playground," Hendrix told WBTV. "I just felt like the punishment was way too severe." Hendrix's son is in kindergarten at Pinewood Elementary School in Gaston County. The boy was issued a one day in-school suspension, according to Hendrix. Looking to resolve the issue, Hendrix told WBTV that he met with the school principal to plead his case. At first, the school didn't budge, according to Hendrix. But Hendrix wasn't giving up. "I requested an immediate meeting that night with him myself and the school board, at their pleasure, anytime that night. And at that point they decided it was not worth the effort, not worth the headache and dropped everything right then and there," Hendrix said. Give these assholes migraines for their stupid ass policies.

Posted by: RWC at December 17, 2013 04:41 AM (fWAjv)

169 AlextheChick, all Sea-Tac needs is for Mt. Rainier to start bubbling. And pretty sure a muddy Hedora would then rise and coat everything. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 08:34 AM (HIbcx) Promises, promises. My sister in law does all kinds of stuff for Komen and in the interests of family comity I keep my mouth shut. Of course, I also only provide the bare minimum necessary donation and even then I usually give the money to some other organization. Actually, she's very good about telling us what she's doing but not asking for money from us so I'm being a little unfair to her but still. There are times I've had to develop sudden stomach issues in order to go hide in the bathroom to keep from yelling.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 04:41 AM (VtjlW)

170 Somebody else at MSDNC's got the tingle: MSDNC's Frank Schaeffer:“I’ve changed because if this country will lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate, black intellectual we’re lucky enough to have in the White House, we’ll lynch anyone.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 17, 2013 04:41 AM (7ObY1)

171 Allows illegals.....illegals. Hey, just start fucking throwing money out in the street, what's the goddamned difference?

The fuck.......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 17, 2013 07:07 AM (XZtJK)



No shit. Hey, I have an idea...how about we allow illegals to take...the next fucking bus back to whereverthefuck they are from? Does that make me a raaaaacist H8Y H8R?



And Happy 25th Anniversary to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory. Apparently the chattering class here is up in a snit because he's left the state instead of spending his anniversary somewhere local. Fuck them, if I was him I'd be in the Bahamas or something...that something being wherever the Missus wanted to spend her 25th anniversary. At any rate, even if I was in state I'd be out of state IYKWIM(AITYD).



And now it's off to bed for me. Later roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 17, 2013 04:42 AM (yh0zB)

172

Did you see TCM has O. Henry's "Full House" last night? Jeanne Crain was totally scrumptious.

 

Taped it for later viewing.

 

Not as as scrumptious as some photos I've seen, but here's some Crain cheesecake:

 

http://tinyurl.com/q8rdlab



 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:44 AM (zF6Iw)

173
A children's advocacy group says an animated video on the NORAD Tracks Santa website injects militarism into Christmas by showing fighter jets escorting Santa's sleigh. The critism from the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood is a rare swipe at the popular program, which last year attracted a record 22.3 million unique visitors from around the world to its website.

http://tinyurl.com/maxy928



Ho ho ho.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 17, 2013 04:44 AM (kdS6q)

174 Bruce, the R & R HoF is a big waste of time, in my opinion. That was one weekend I wish I had back.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 17, 2013 04:44 AM (7ObY1)

175 Billy Gibbons puts flowers on Howard Hughes's grave every year on Hughes's birthday. He admires his business sense and there is a family connection. I know the Top boys from back in the bar band days when you could hire them for $300.00

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 17, 2013 04:44 AM (z/WO2)

176 As far as people not claiming their lottery winnings, I know there's a time frame in which you need to do it (a year?) but some of the advice on the internet suggests you wait as long as possible to claim your prize. That way the hoopla dies down and you hopefully don't have everyone coming out of the woodwork to solicit you for money, and you have lined some some professional advice (financial advisors. lawyers, etc) to help conserve it and spend it wisely. I'm actually a mega billionaire. I just haven't let anyone know that yet. ;^) And no, none of you are my long lost relatives. I keed! I keed!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 04:45 AM (BC6cY)

177 A young girl - about 26 - I know was playing some modern country and I told her I only liked old school - Faron Young, Dick Curless, Porter Wagoner, Marty Robbins, Pasty Cline and so on - and she'd never heard of any of them.


The Carter Family, Hank Sr., Ernest Tubb, Ferlin Husky, Flatt & Skruggs, Jim Reeves, Kitty Wells, etc.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 08:39 AM (GjYxB)


======================


Ferlin Husky and Patsy Cline sing "Let it Snow", from The Ozark Jubilee, circa 1960


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfM_NWr3EM8


Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 04:45 AM (P6QsQ)

178 I think AlextheChick needs to win the Mega Millions today.  There is an island in Brazil that is 2,700 acres.  All for about $1 million US.  Great place to raise Raptors.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:45 AM (HIbcx)

179 Dec. 17 last days of advent, enjoy the anticipation, awaiting "Emmanuel, God With Us" (5:00) Hodie, Ralph Vaughn Williams http://tinyurl.com/mgcw3yu "Â…peace is the fruit of the victory of GodÂ’s love over evil; it is the fruit of forgiveness. And it really is like this: true peace, that profound peace, comes from experiencing GodÂ’s mercy." The Simple Wisdom of Pope Francis Luke 7 http://tinyurl.com/kybwu6g Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, And not in thee, thy soul is all forlorn. Angelus Silesius, 17th Century In the bleak midwinter, by Holst inner city American children school chorus parents applaud, not sue http://tinyurl.com/lglcnnx

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 17, 2013 04:45 AM (MhA4j)

180 So no, I'm not exactly the Welcome Wagon for it.
Posted by: Captain Hate

I had looked into going there as a stop just because it was along the way. Was kind of turned off by Cleveland's  "Hey, were beautiful Cleveland, you gotta pay a nice big tax on your motel room because...ummm...ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME BABY!!!"

I didn't really have another reason to stop there.

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 04:46 AM (v+HXt)

181

MSDNC's Frank Schaeffer:“I’ve changed because if this country will lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate, black intellectual we’re lucky enough to have in the White House, we’ll lynch anyone."

 

Justice Clarence Thomas was unavailable for comment.


Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:46 AM (zF6Iw)

182

@168. 8 tracks.

I think Vic goes back to those wax cylinder things.

Posted by: Case at December 17, 2013 04:46 AM (wf3Kt)

183 Don't those goofs know what NORAD is?

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 04:47 AM (h4eud)

184 Ferlin Husky and Patsy Cline sing "Let it Snow", from The Ozark Jubilee, circa 1960 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfM_NWr3EM8 Posted by: grammie winger Very nice!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 04:47 AM (GjYxB)

185 Don't those goofs know what NORAD is? Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 08:47 AM (h4eud) A. No. II. I bet they have no idea why it is that NORAD does the tracking in the first place.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 04:48 AM (VtjlW)

186 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 08:41 AM (VtjlW) Big discussion in Catholic Healthcare a while back over whether working with and taking grants from Komen was "cooperation with evil." I told the big wigs at the conference "sometimes you're cooperation rubric doesn't work, sometimes, you just have to say 'no, for the sake of principle, we're taking the hard line on this one.'" They said (as is typical) "you're crazy." Which, IMHO really mean "we can't give up their sweet sweet grant money." As Komen goes deeper down this rabbit hole, I can't help but think "I was right you fuckers." By, the by, there were pro-life protesters outside the Catholic hospital near my house a month or so back, protesting that hospital's acceptance of a Komen grant. If I got a dime every time I was right, I'd have enough to buy one of the smaller systems.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 04:49 AM (GaqMa)

187 That was one weekend I wish I had back.
 Posted by: BlueStateRebel

Thanks!

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 04:50 AM (v+HXt)

188 MSDNC's Frank Schaeffer:“I’ve changed because if this country will lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate, black intellectual we’re lucky enough to have in the White House, we’ll lynch anyone."

Leni Riefenstahl just called to say you guys are overdoing it.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 04:50 AM (QXlbZ)

189 Angela Lansbury always puts me in mind of Myrna Loy, who was so great in The Thin Man Series and many other flics.

Posted by: ontherocks at December 17, 2013 04:50 AM (42o0q)

190 THIS is an intellectual, a brown one: http://goo.gl/qqzw0C

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 04:51 AM (h4eud)

191 Gabe!  Of all people, I would have not thought that YOU would fall into the trap of mentioning social issues in public!

Posted by: J. Random FisCon at December 17, 2013 04:52 AM (YYJjz)

192 Gregory, it does seem that MSNBC is earnestly trying to go 24/7 on Overtriumph of the Will.

But Gaylord Focker running up those steps to light the Olympic torch is a bit much.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 04:52 AM (HIbcx)

193 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 08:33 AM (VtjlW) So when the New Madrid goes, assuming I make it out alive (heh)... Which one of the horde will be taking me in? Since everything my meatspace friends and family own will be destroyed, I'll have to turn to my digital friends and family . Y'all talk pretty flippantly around it, the guy who has driven through New Madrid several times in the last few years notes that it's a low-level worry of his.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 04:52 AM (GaqMa)

194

Good morning, all!

 

It was -4 degrees when I left theh ouse this morning, and this afternoon we're going to get 2-5" of snow, JUST in time for the evening commute.     And what do I see when I walk into my office this morning?  A big ass freaking spider crawling up my wall.   When I left to find someone to rescue me, it disappeared.  

 

FML.

 

 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:52 AM (4df7R)

195 I like "In The Bleak Midwinter", panzer. Thanks. It is one of my favorite lesser known Christmas carols.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 04:53 AM (BC6cY)

196 184 @168. 8 tracks.
I think Vic goes back to those wax cylinder things.

Posted by: Case at December 17, 2013 08:46 AM (wf3Kt)


I do remember wire recorders but they were not used for music.  I had a real-to-real for decades though.  And I had 8 tracks out the gazoo until I gave them all away to a guy at work.



What is funny is that pre-recorded cassettes never did get to the level of pre-recorded 8-tracks. 

Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 04:53 AM (T2V/1)

197 A big ass freaking spider crawling up my wall. When I left to find someone to rescue me, it disappeared.

FML.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit

It's under your desk...just waiting.

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 04:53 AM (v+HXt)

198

Now, for my own viewing pleasure - the lovely silent star Dolores Costello:

 

http://tinyurl.com/l6ton58


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:53 AM (zF6Iw)

199

MSDNC's Frank Schaeffer:“I’ve changed because if this country will
lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate,
articulate, black intellectual weÂ’re lucky enough to have in the White
House, weÂ’ll lynch anyone."

 

 

Good grief.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:53 AM (4df7R)

200 I just watched the cat video in the side bar. Had that been me, there would have been one less cat in the world in short order.

Posted by: maddogg at December 17, 2013 04:54 AM (xWW96)

201 As the father of 3 at least I don't have to worry about screening most of their music or wondering if it is age appropriate. I realize there are probably not a lot of fans of Taylor Swift here, but at least I could relax when my teenage daughters bought her CD. It may not be your cup of tea (it isn't mine) but, then again, I suspect the folks here are not Ms. Swift's target market. But it was clean, appropriate and much more parentally approved than say rap.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 17, 2013 08:39 AM (OWjjx)



I realize that it's de rigueur to badmouth Taylor Swift but every time I've inadvertently heard her, what she does sounds fine to me.  Also I'm no fan of modern country but that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of performers out there in the country genre that are doing good stuff if people bother to seek them out.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 04:54 AM (6fGYH)

202 I just watched the cat video in the side bar. Had that been me, there would have been one less cat in the world in short order.

There should have been one less animal-abusing scrunt in the world.  Guess we'll make it two.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 17, 2013 04:54 AM (ZKzrr)

203

Surprise! Planned Parenthood offered 90,000 fewer exams than the previous year.

 

Well DUH.      You expect them to   waste all that money on breast exams when there are perfectly good babies    clumps of tissue to abort?    Pfft!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:54 AM (4df7R)

204 MSDNC's Frank Schaeffer:“I’ve changed because if this country will lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate, black intellectual we’re lucky enough to have in the White House, we’ll lynch anyone."

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





Francis and Edith weep.



Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 04:55 AM (P6QsQ)

205 Posted by: Vic at December 17, 2013 08:53 AM (T2V/1)

Reel-to-reel quality is fantastic. Probably better than CD because it produces a warmer sound.

Not very portable though....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 04:55 AM (QFxY5)

206 Slides big ass can of spider spray over to MWR

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 17, 2013 04:55 AM (HVff2)

207 “I’ve changed because if this country will lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate, black intellectual we’re lucky enough to have in the White House, we’ll lynch anyone."

Meth is a hell of a drug.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 04:55 AM (QXlbZ)

208 "...Poll: Obama ends the year with approval ratings lower than all other modern two-term presidents...."

Calling Duh1! a Maroon does a dis-service to Morons.....

Posted by: backhoe at December 17, 2013 04:55 AM (ULH4o)

209 Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 08:39 AM (GjYxB) Though all have talent, Jim Reeves and all others as well were NOTHING compared to the greatest Western Balladeer with the best ever male ensemble of vocals and instrumentals. Thank god for recordings. Marty Robbins was the Caruso of Western Music, folk hero of legend.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 17, 2013 04:56 AM (MhA4j)

210 I realize that it's de rigueur to badmouth Taylor Swift but every time I've inadvertently heard her, what she does sounds fine to me. Also I'm no fan of modern country but that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of performers out there in the country genre that are doing good stuff if people bother to seek them out. Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 08:54 AM (6fGYH) I stopped listening to music about the time of the Grateful Dead and Crosby Stills and Nash, but my wife and kids ( 24/26) all seem to like Swift

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 04:56 AM (t3UFN)

211

A big ass freaking spider crawling up my wall. When I left to find someone to rescue me, it disappeared.

 

You're welcome.

Posted by: Face-Sized Spider, holstering his gun at December 17, 2013 04:56 AM (zF6Iw)

212 There should have been one less animal-abusing scrunt in the world. Guess we'll make it two.

Word.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 04:56 AM (QXlbZ)

213 Yeah, ,because KIDS watching NORAD tracking of Santa are just thinking ,"I hope the fighter jets just bomb the hell out of the bad boys and girls." What loons these people are. One of my favorite secular Christmas memories is the boy watching Santa being tracked by NORAD. What loons these people are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 04:57 AM (BC6cY)

214 It's under your desk...just waiting.

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 08:53 AM (v+HXt)

 

I fucking   KNOW.   I am not a happy camper.  It's eitehr going to end up crawling across my hand during the day, or it's going to lower itself down from    the ceiling and hover in front of me as I type.   If    one of my comments devolves into indecipherable letters, it'll be because I'm screaming.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:57 AM (4df7R)

215 There should have been one less animal-abusing scrunt in the world. Guess we'll make it two.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 17, 2013 08:54 AM (ZKzrr)

 

I would say something vicious and nasty back but I'm not really in the mood.

Posted by: maddogg at December 17, 2013 04:57 AM (xWW96)

216 if this country will
lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate,
articulate, black intellectual

We did.  Summer of 1991.  It was televised.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 17, 2013 04:57 AM (ZKzrr)

217 Y'all talk pretty flippantly around it, the guy who has driven through New Madrid several times in the last few years notes that it's a low-level worry of his.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 08:52 AM (GaqMa)


-----------



I went to college at Southeast Missouri State.  My dorm was on the fault line.  I'm still here lo these decades later.  You'll be fine.



Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 04:57 AM (P6QsQ)

218 So when the New Madrid goes, assuming I make it out alive (heh)... Which one of the horde will be taking me in? Since everything my meatspace friends and family own will be destroyed, I'll have to turn to my digital friends and family. Come to Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 04:57 AM (GjYxB)

219 *flings self in front of MWR* *brandishes flamethrower at spider* YOU SHALL NOT PASS! Y'all talk pretty flippantly around it, the guy who has driven through New Madrid several times in the last few years notes that it's a low-level worry of his. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 08:52 AM (GaqMa) I attended college in an area that would have been affected by New Madrid going off and, in fact, we had classes cancelled for a day because of an uptick in seismic activity so I do understand the worry. I know that the Horde will be very happy to take in your hot wife. Oh. You can come too. *heaves out long suffering sigh* I guess.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 04:57 AM (VtjlW)

220

One more, then I must get some tea and work my way through the pile of paper on my desk.

 

Ziegfeld Girl Wilda Bennett.  Just look at those shoes. . .

http://tinyurl.com/pzxku3k


 

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 04:58 AM (zF6Iw)

221 Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 08:54 AM (6fGYH)

Eh.

I think her music is boring, but she doesn't dress, talk and act like a whore, so I am predisposed to liking her.

And she has nice legs.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 04:58 AM (QFxY5)

222 17 degrees here in the greater Buffalo area, with about 6 inches of Global Warmening haven fallen during rush hour, and more forecasted for later today. Decent ride in, I only spun out once (no human or vehicular casualties.) This has been a lot of snow for December, even for here.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 17, 2013 04:58 AM (7ObY1)

223 Meth is a hell of a drug.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 08:55 AM (QXlbZ)


--------



So is apostasy due to daddy issues.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 04:58 AM (P6QsQ)

224 Dec 17. Just realized, it's Dad's birthday! To some in my family he was a horrible husband, a brute, alkie, philanderer, deserving of the harsh divorce. To some folks, he was a great man who helped turn politics around in our then-heavily Democratic state. He died at age 50, when I was 15. I'm more than a decade older than he ever got to be. Gives me a certain perspective. He was my dad and I've missed him for getting close to half a century. HBD, JWT.

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 04:59 AM (Vs6FA)

225 Now, for my own viewing pleasure - the lovely silent star Dolores Costello Pump up the volume! Pump up the volume!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 04:59 AM (GjYxB)

226 We did. Summer of 1991. It was televised. Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 17, 2013 08:57 AM (ZKzrr) Excellent

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 17, 2013 04:59 AM (7ObY1)

227 201 MSDNC's Frank Schaeffer:“I’ve changed because if this country will lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate, black intellectual we’re lucky enough to have in the White House, we’ll lynch anyone."


Good grief. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit

Teh stupid really does burn. A lot. Retarded? Or on drugs?

Posted by: backhoe at December 17, 2013 04:59 AM (ULH4o)

228 Oh. You can come too. *heaves out long suffering sigh* I guess.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 08:57 AM (VtjlW)

And they say you are heartless?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 05:00 AM (QFxY5)

229
Re: Frank Schaeffer

"One famous liberal commentator wrote a book on how Ronald Reagan and Tip OÂ’Neil [sic] could disagree and still be friends. Why, he asked on many a TV show promoting his book, couldnÂ’t President Obama be like that?

Because, I yelled at the screen, those two men were white Irish Americans and part of a ruling white oligarchy.

Because, I yelled, you might as well ask why Nelson Mandela didnÂ’t talk his jailers in South Africa into seeing reason."

And so on, until the men with the butterfly nets took him away.....

http://tinyurl.com/kblzmea

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 17, 2013 05:00 AM (kdS6q)

230 The lynching that Schaeffer refers to is just like the racism that we haven't been seeing. Nonexistent Â…Â…and there's no one currently in the WH that remotely resembles that description. He's talking Fairy Tales IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: ontherocks at December 17, 2013 05:00 AM (42o0q)

231 I like "In The Bleak Midwinter", panzer. Thanks. It is one of my favorite lesser known Christmas carols.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 08:53 AM (BC6cY)

 

 

I love that   song.   One of my favorites.     It contains one of my favorite verses    of any Christmas carol:

 

"But     his mother only,

In her maiden bliss,

Worshipped    the    beloved

With a kiss..."

 

Such a sweet, tender moment.    It     never fails to bring happy tears to my eyes.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 05:00 AM (4df7R)

232 Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 08:57 AM (P6QsQ) Interestingly the more recent quake in '08 was in a different fault line. Go figure. I know that the Horde will be very happy to take in your hot wife. Oh. You can come too. *heaves out long suffering sigh* I guess. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 08:57 AM (VtjlW) Firstly: I don't recall posting pics of my wife here...I mean she is hot. No "former cheerleader Ms. Cochran" but I do my best. Secondly, don't sigh to hard, I brew beer as a hobby.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 05:00 AM (GaqMa)

233 Big Ass Spider was last seen toting a stick of butter. Run!,

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 17, 2013 05:00 AM (z/WO2)

234 re-post from last night.  10 stupid reasons to get fired.
Police chief stealing the fire fighters' beer.  Or the entire TV staff because a cockroach ran around the news desk live.

http://youtu.be/ZXL06mymzto

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 05:01 AM (HIbcx)

235 126 Meanwhile Tehran says "What deal?"
http://nypost.com/2013/12/16/iran-nuke-deal-quietly-collapses/

Your move Jon Cary.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 08:20 AM (PWHzv)


BWAhahahaha! Yet another diplomatic triumph for one of the Democratic party's key foreign policy experts!

Posted by: joncelli at December 17, 2013 05:01 AM (RD7QR)

236

MSDNC's Frank Schaeffer:“I’ve changed because if this country will lynch a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate, black intellectual we’re lucky enough to have in the White House, we’ll lynch anyone.

 

-----------

 

Hell, a  year ago  the Dems  lynched a brilliant, civil, kind, humble, compassionate, moderate, articulate (OK, I'm reaching on that one) intellectual who wasn't black.

 

So yeah, having a hard time taking this guy seriously.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 17, 2013 05:01 AM (PFy0L)

237 So when the New Madrid goes, assuming I make it out alive (heh)... Which one of the horde will be taking me in? Since everything my meatspace friends and family own will be destroyed, I'll have to turn to my digital friends and family. Come to Texas. Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 08:57 AM (GjYxB) Come to Jersey if you dare

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:02 AM (t3UFN)

238 I guess Frank Schaeffer is the MSDNC religion expert because their religion is Obama-worship.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 05:02 AM (QXlbZ)

239 Teh stupid really does burn. A lot. Retarded? Or on drugs?

Posted by: backhoe at December 17, 2013 08:59 AM (ULH4o)


=================



Frank Schaeffer is far from retarded.  His parents were Francis and Edith Schaeffer.  Francis was a noted theologian and he and his wife founded the L'Abri, sortof an evangelical think-tank type community in Switzerland.  The Schaeffers were very prominent in the Christian world.  Little Frank had a real problem with mumsy and dadsy, and has inflicted his issues on the world in retaliation.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 05:02 AM (P6QsQ)

240 In the Miley vs. Taylor fan fights, the Mileyists, at least before her meltdown, would argue that she had only been with two men while Taylor Swift switched boyfriends every couple of months and always left on bad terms.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 05:03 AM (h4eud)

241 I had looked into going there as a stop just because it was along the way. Was kind of turned off by Cleveland's "Hey, were beautiful Cleveland, you gotta pay a nice big tax on your motel room because...ummm...ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME BABY!!!"

I didn't really have another reason to stop there.

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 08:46 AM (v+HXt)



Well, if it's a waystop along the way and you can get a decent price on a motel it might be ok but I don't want you to feel like you got ripped off.  If you have any children the Science Museum, adjacent to the R&R HOF is a better place to go imo.  Don't go to the aquarium down in the Flats because it's overpriced and submediocre compared to really good ones.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 05:03 AM (6fGYH)

242 He's talking Fairy Tales Posted by: ontherocks JEF's ass? (Fairy tails)

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2013 05:03 AM (GjYxB)

243

*flings self in front of MWR*

 

*brandishes flamethrower at spider*


YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

 

 

 

*CLINGS TO AtC*   

 

 

I would actually   probably be less creeped out by the Balrog, if only because you can HEAR that coming.  Spiders are   quiet little fuckers.   Except the ones with hard carapaces who click when they walk.  *SHUDDER*

 

 

You're welcome.

 

Posted by: Face-Sized Spider, holstering his gun at December 17, 2013 08:56 AM (zF6Iw)

 

 

My hero!  My sizeable, furry, creepy hero.      But still, my hero!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 05:03 AM (4df7R)

244 202 I just watched the cat video in the side bar. Had that been me, there would have been one less cat in the world in short order. Posted by: maddogg at December 17, 2013 08:54 AM (xWW96) Why is it the cat's fault?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 17, 2013 05:04 AM (bCEmE)

245

In the Miley vs. Taylor fan fights, the Mileyists, at least before her meltdown, would argue that she had only been with two men while Taylor Swift switched boyfriends every couple of months and always left on bad terms.

 

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That was just because she needed new song material.

Posted by: @JohnTant at December 17, 2013 05:04 AM (PFy0L)

246 224 17 degrees here in the greater Buffalo area, with about 6 inches of Global Warmening haven fallen during rush hour, and more forecasted for later today. Decent ride in, I only spun out once (no human or vehicular casualties.) This has been a lot of snow for December, even for here. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 17, 2013 08:58 AM (7ObY1) ____________ Stupid Reich Winger!! Don't you know global warming causes more AND less snow, hotter AND colder temps?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 17, 2013 05:04 AM (JtqMs)

247 The Democrats want to end the federal death penalty I have come to oppose the death penalty. As a Catholic, I believe in the sanctity of life and would therefore refrain from carrying out a death sentence the same as I would an abortion. Moreover, while I used to support the death penalty as a younger man, long-term observation has led me to believe it is inequitably applied. In particular, it looks to me that after actual guilt and innocence, the biggest factor in how someone will fare in the criminal justice system is how much money they have.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 17, 2013 05:05 AM (bS6uW)

248 And they say you are heartless? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 09:00 AM (QFxY5) I know right! Firstly: I don't recall posting pics of my wife here...I mean she is hot. No "former cheerleader Ms. Cochran" but I do my best. Secondly, don't sigh to hard, I brew beer as a hobby. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 09:00 AM (GaqMa) All 'rons are presumed to have married far above their station. *sighs moar* Fine. You can have that tiny corner over there. I like Taylor Swift. I don't even mind the whole girl who is in love with being in love thing because we all know that girl.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 05:05 AM (VtjlW)

249 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 08:58 AM (QFxY5) I find the constantly surprised bit she does so annoying. "I'm so surprised to be winning the pinnacle award!" Really? It was announced 3 weeks ago, and you practiced for the medley. She reminds me of a one off character in Boy Meets World. The girl couldn't right songs unless Corey's brother repeatedly broke up with her. It's like they stole ace's time machine, came back and made a future parody of a real thing.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 05:05 AM (GaqMa)

250 What loons these people are. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 08:57 AM (BC6cY) Is it really loony to give out 'TOADY' awards to children's toys? Well, yes, I guess you're right. And that is 'Toys Oppressive and Destructive to Young Children.' They really seem to be gunning for any tablets with baby/child apps. My niece loves playing with some of them on the iPad just for the shapes, colors and sounds. I guess I am an oppressor.

Posted by: RWC at December 17, 2013 05:05 AM (fWAjv)

251 I had planned on making that a stop on one of my trips. You're saying it's not worth it? Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 08:36 AM (v+HXt) ================================= Well, only go in the summer but I would go. The Hendrix movie was worth the price of admission all by itself I thought. It is odd to celebrate the genre in a HOF sort of setting. I think smaller memorials focused on one artist make lots more sense. Graceland, for example, I thought was tremendous to visit and Elvis was before my time.

Posted by: MTF at December 17, 2013 05:05 AM (B5y+v)

252 By the way this "Budget" deal sucks and is overtly unfair to our Military ( just for info purposes, I will never be able to put in 20 so it does not apply to me) and of course that rat bastard senile bastard from AZ is on board. Fuck him

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:06 AM (t3UFN)

253

Meanwhile Tehran says "What deal?"
http://nypost.com/2013/12/16/iran-nuke-deal-quietly-collapses/

 

BWAHAHAHAAAHA!

 

Okay, I shouldn't laugh, but    I do it nonetheless.     This    "administration" is    comprised of idiots, fools, liars and children    from top to bottom.   

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 05:06 AM (4df7R)

254 Meanwhile Tehran says "What deal?"http://nypost.com/2013/12/16/iran-nuke-deal-quietly-collapses/ BWAHAHAHAAAHA! Okay, I shouldn't laugh, but I do it nonetheless. This "administration" is comprised of idiots, fools, liars and children from top to bottom. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 17, 2013 09:06 AM (4df7R) And Russia is now supplying Arms to Egypt. The MIddle East has turned upside down and we are now on the wrong side. Good luck Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:07 AM (t3UFN)

255 *CLINGS TO AtC* I would actually probably be less creeped out by the Balrog, if only because you can HEAR that coming. Spiders are quiet little fuckers. Except the ones with hard carapaces who click when they walk. *SHUDDER* *pats shoulder* There, there. Everything is going to be fine. alex is here.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 05:08 AM (VtjlW)

256 the biggest factor in how someone will fare in the criminal justice system is how much money they have.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 17, 2013 09:05 AM (bS6uW)


And so it ever was!

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 17, 2013 05:08 AM (o3MSL)

257 joncelli and MWR, it seems Jon Cary has failed his International Test oui?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 05:09 AM (HIbcx)

258 Posted by: Blacksheep at December 17, 2013 09:05 AM (bS6uW) Catholic tradition actually allows for a death penalty under various conditions. Although many believe modern society with it's ability to build prisons and at least nominally care for prisoners does not fit those conditions. I'm still mostly ambivalent about the death penalty. I actually find the most persuasive argument to be the economic one: over time, accounting for the increased cost of appeals, it costs more to kill someone than to keep them alive for life sans parole. At the same time, some people (like Ariel Castro) just need to be wiped off the earth as a matter of vengeance if not justice.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 17, 2013 05:09 AM (GaqMa)

259 Frank Schaeffer is creepy.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 05:09 AM (h4eud)

260 Re Cat Vid: Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-hahahahaaaa!

Posted by: Your Femynyst IT Person at December 17, 2013 05:10 AM (MMC8r)

261 Frank Schaeffer is far from retarded. His parents were Francis and Edith Schaeffer. Francis was a noted theologian and he and his wife founded the L'Abri, sortof an evangelical think-tank type community in Switzerland. The Schaeffers were very prominent in the Christian world. Little Frank had a real problem with mumsy and dadsy, and has inflicted his issues on the world in retaliation.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 09:02 AM (P6QsQ)

 

 

Ah, but you see, I would count that as a clear sign of retardation;   namely maturity retardation.   He can't    grow up and    get past his mommy and    daddy issues, so he inflicts his special brand of   infantilism     on the rest of us.   He's just like Obammy in that respect.  They're made for each other.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 05:10 AM (4df7R)

262 Six Americans have been killed in a plane crash in southern Afghanistan, Fox News confirms. The service members were part of the International Security Assistance Force. NATO says there is no fighting in the area. An investigation is under way. BRING THEM HOME NOW

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:11 AM (t3UFN)

263 And Russia is now supplying Arms to Egypt. The MIddle East has turned upside down and we are now on the wrong side. Good luck Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 09:07 AM (t3UFN)



Our foreign policy is in complete shambles under the JEF and his two dunces of SoS, Lurch and Cankles.  If we had a real "opposition party" the HMS Pantsuit would already be blown out of the water by them torpedoing her with facts about her sheer ineptitude in fucking up our relations with every country she interacted with.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 17, 2013 05:12 AM (6fGYH)

264 So Schaeffer is just like James Carroll who has Mommy issues out the wazoo.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 05:12 AM (HIbcx)

265 *pats shoulder* There, there. Everything is going to be fine. alex is here.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 17, 2013 09:08 AM (VtjlW)

 

*sniffle*  Thank youuuuu.

 

*stuffs eclairs through USB port*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 05:12 AM (4df7R)

266 Posted by: Blacksheep at December 17, 2013 09:05 AM (bS6uW)

Abortion is not the same as the death penalty: that is a false equivalence.

Babies are innocent of wrongdoing, whereas a convicted murderer clearly is guilty of something terrible, for which society has decided the penalty to be death.

But I agree that it is inequitably applied.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 05:12 AM (QFxY5)

267 Frank Schaeffer is far from retarded.

He thinks SCOAMF is brilliant and kind.  His parents may be smart, but it doesn't seem to have trickled down.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 17, 2013 05:12 AM (ZKzrr)

268 The prospect that the budget would clear the cloture hurdle brightened Monday, when three GOP senators -- Orrin Hatch of Utah, Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia -- announced that they would vote yes. A fourth, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, expressed his support on Sunday. Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona also said they would vote in favor of cloture last week. Remember those names

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:12 AM (t3UFN)

269 BRING THEM HOME NOW

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 09:11 AM (t3UFN)


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Amen.  There is no reason for us to be there.  We don't intend to win anything or accomplish anything.  Bring them home.  They are not poker chips in your political game, Barry.  These are somebody's sons and husbands and fathers.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 05:13 AM (P6QsQ)

270 Had a better time partying in The Flats than I did at the RnR HoF. Best HoF I've ever visited was the Hockey HoF. Nothing against Cooperstown, which is terrific, and everyone should go there at least once, but the Hockey HoF just plain rocks. Never been to the Football HoF.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 17, 2013 05:13 AM (7ObY1)

271 237. And on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Clearly, the voters are racist. No rap nominee won (NWA and LL Cool J) so look for that bitching to start soon. It's the fucking rock & roll hall of fame. Not the worthless rap shit ghetto hall of fame

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 17, 2013 05:13 AM (HVff2)

272 joncelli and MWR, it seems Jon Cary has failed his International Test oui?

 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 09:09 AM (HIbcx)

 

 

 

It would seem that   Horseface,   Cankles,   the Mocha Messiah AND the Iranian Rat all failed their    international tests      in    stupendous fashion.

 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 05:14 AM (4df7R)

273 BRING THEM HOME NOW

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 09:11 AM (t3UFN)

And send the B-52s in their place.

Al Queda rears its head? Bomb them farther into the stone age.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 05:14 AM (QFxY5)

274
So Schaeffer is just like James Carroll who has Mommy issues out the wazoo.
Posted by: Anna Puma




"Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 17, 2013 05:14 AM (kdS6q)

275 NCKate, What type of cancer do you have?

Posted by: Carol at December 17, 2013 05:15 AM (z4WKX)

276 From Wiki:

In 2007 Schaeffer published his autobiography, "Crazy for God: How I Grew Up As One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back", in which he goes into much more detail regarding what it was like to grow up in the Schaeffer family and around L'Abri.


In 2011, he published another memoir, called "Sex, Mom, and God", in which he discusses growing up with his parents and their role in the rise of the American religious right and argues that the root of the "insanity and corruption" of this force in U.S. politics, and specifically of the religious right's position on abortion, is a fear of female sexuality.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 05:15 AM (P6QsQ)

277 Looks like Frank Schaeffer has completely lost his shit. He's a disgrace to the family name, much like Ron Reagan.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 05:16 AM (UAMVq)

278 Fat woman kicking snow at cat = GOP Establishment The Cat = Us

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 05:16 AM (olDqf)

279 I think if the Madrid or Caldera asplodes imma leave New York to go hang around in all the wreckage, with like a video camera and stuff. Because not much different.

Posted by: Bigby's Semaphore Hands at December 17, 2013 05:16 AM (3ZtZW)

280 And send the B-52s in their place. Al Queda rears its head? Bomb them farther into the stone age. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 09:14 AM (QFxY5) I got no problem with that. And my second cancellation of the day just called. Good thing I stopped and picked up my favorite bagels on the way to work

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:17 AM (t3UFN)

281 "Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 17, 2013 09:14 AM (kdS6q)

 

 

You   know,    if Obammy wasn't such a self-absorbed dinglefuck, I'm pretty sure he'd hire Dr. Evil as   his speechwriter.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 05:17 AM (4df7R)

282 the root of the "insanity and corruption" of this force in U.S. politics, and specifically of the religious right's position on abortion, is a fear of female sexuality.

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Yeah, that's it.  I'm against abortion because I'm a-feared of the sexy.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 05:18 AM (P6QsQ)

283 "...my favorite bagels..."

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 09:17 AM (t3UFN)

Where do you go?

I like Eli's on 17 South.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 05:18 AM (QFxY5)

284 283 And my second cancellation of the day just called. Good thing I stopped and picked up my favorite bagels on the way to work Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 09:17 AM (t3UFN) I'll jump on the train now and you can give me some Nitrous mit a schmear!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 05:18 AM (olDqf)

285
Remember those names
Posted by: Nevergiveup




But Utah is a Blue state, and Hatch is the most electable moderate....

Err -- sorry, wrong page of my GOP briefing book.

But Utah is a Red state, and Hatch is a safe seat we have to bank so we can focus on....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 17, 2013 05:19 AM (kdS6q)

286 He's a disgrace to the family name, much like Ron Reagan.

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That's a great comparison.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 05:19 AM (P6QsQ)

287 A venerable American academic group's planned boycott of Israeli educational and cultural institutions over that nation's conflict with Palestinians has prompted a backlash from Jewish groups and at least one critic who plans to challenge the organization's tax exempt status. The 5,000-member American Studies Association, which bills itself as the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to American culture and history, voted Sunday to boycott Israeli academic institutions. More than 1,200 members voted and 66 percent endorsed the resolution, which was unanimously supported earlier this month by the group's national council. At least one critic told FoxNews.com he’ll be taking his issues with Monday’s announcement to federal officials at the Internal Revenue Service. William Jacobson, a professor of law at Cornell Law School who runs LegalInsurrection.com, said he believes the boycott violates the group’s 501(c)(3) tax exemption status pertaining to its educational classification. “They can hold any view they want on the Middle East, but now that, as an organization, they have joined a boycott of Israel, they’re now a boycott organization and no longer a charitable one,” Jacobson said. “Our intention is to file a whistleblower claim with the IRS, asking the IRS to look into whether this conduct negates their 501(c)(3) status. I expect that to be done by year-end, if not sooner.” Nice idea, but with this Justice Department, don't hold your breath or bet heavy on the outcome

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:19 AM (t3UFN)

288 Ess a Bagel on 2nd Avenue is the best in Manhattan. I used to work at Junction Bagels in Brooklyn back when I was a teenager in the Pleistocene Era.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 05:19 AM (olDqf)

289 I don't think we domesticated cats, they trained us.

Posted by: Jean at December 17, 2013 05:20 AM (4JkHl)

290 Where do you go? I like Eli's on 17 South. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 09:18 AM (QFxY5) Some joint in teaneck off RT 4

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:20 AM (t3UFN)

291 dump

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 05:20 AM (P6QsQ)

292 "specifically of the religious right's position on abortion, is a fear of female sexuality." Ummm....what? Anyone speak idiotese?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 17, 2013 05:20 AM (bCEmE)

293 291 Ess a Bagel on 2nd Avenue is the best in Manhattan. I used to work at Junction Bagels in Brooklyn back when I was a teenager in the Pleistocene Era. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 09:19 AM (olDqf) Kinda a long drive for me, especially at rush hour

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:21 AM (t3UFN)

294

In 2011, he published another memoir, called "Sex, Mom, and God", in which he discusses growing up with his parents and their role in the rise of the American religious right and argues that the root of the "insanity and corruption" of this force in U.S. politics, and specifically of the religious right's position on abortion, is a fear of female sexuality.

 

Bull.  Shit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 17, 2013 05:21 AM (zF6Iw)

295 Dr. Evil, "I know!  Focus like a LASER beam! on the economy."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 17, 2013 05:21 AM (HIbcx)

296 Graceland, for example, I thought was tremendous to visit and Elvis was before my time. Posted by: MTF

Graceland was great. Very interesting how they kept the decor the same.  And his top of the line entertainment room! 4 tvs in the wall so he could watch all of the channels at the same time.
HA!

Posted by: Bruce at December 17, 2013 05:21 AM (v+HXt)

297 Bagel with cream cheese and bacon droool

Posted by: RWC at December 17, 2013 05:21 AM (fWAjv)

298 I hate Helen Prejean. She's a liar. She use to publish her schedule going back years on line. I think she visited a prison for may 2-4 days a year. So much for prison ministry. What she did was travel around, go on expensive retreats, give speeches where she collected a healthy salary, and shill for obama. She has told blatant lies about the guilt of murderers in her books. At an execution where everyone was ordered that they must be quiet and not talk, she started wailing forgive them lord they know not what they do. I'm amazed that the father of the victim who was raped and tortured didn't turn around and cold cock the bitch. She's an awlful woman who lies and feels justified for it. Fuck her.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 05:22 AM (h4eud)

299 specifically of the religious right's position on abortion, is a fear of female sexuality.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2013 09:15 AM (P6QsQ)

 

 

*rolling eyes*    The left really    DOES believe that everything is a kneejerk reaction against sex, doesn't it?   How incredibly boring.    For a religio-sociofascistic ideology   that     depends on nuance to explain away    its   many    faux pas,     they really don't know how to use nuance at all. 

 

I note that no one    on our side    ever    blames     the left's positions     on a fear of MALE sexuality, despite the fact that that's clearly    the basis for everything they hate.    Maybe we should start doing that.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 17, 2013 05:23 AM (4df7R)

300 If you were 18 in 1969 you're now 62. So it looks like Obama is counting on Vietnam veterans not caring about the fucking he's about to give their younger brothers in arms.

Posted by: Ed Anger at December 17, 2013 05:23 AM (tOkJB)

301 A 13-year-old Northern California girl will be taken off life support Tuesday after she was declared brain dead following complications from surgery to remove her tonsils. KTVU-TV reported Monday that the head of the pediatrics department at Children's Hospital Oakland had told the family of Jahi McMath that the girl would be pulled from life support because she had been declared dead under California law. "We didn't want her to be removed from life support, but the decision is out of our hands, because it's been declared a legal death," Omari Sealey, McMathÂ’s uncle, told the station. Under California law, legal brain death must be declared by two separate doctors performing two separate sets of tests at least 3 hours apart. McMath had gone to Children's Hospital Oakland on December 9 to have her tonsils removed to cure a sleep apnea problem. Sealey told KTVU that McMath had trouble breathing and suffered "an enormous amount of bleeding" after the procedure. Then, on Thursday, McMath went into cardiac arrest, and was declared brain dead. I'd be curious to know what kind of insurance she had? Anyone know?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:26 AM (t3UFN)

302 300 Bagel with cream cheese and bacon droool Posted by: RWC at December 17, 2013 09:21 AM (fWAjv) In the words of Sammy Davis Jr. "it be a shonda!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 05:26 AM (olDqf)

303 So it looks like Obama is counting on Vietnam veterans not caring about the fucking he's about to give their younger brothers in arms. Posted by: Ed Anger at December 17, 2013 09:23 AM (tOkJB) Well one certainly doesn't give a rat's ass: that senile old bastard from AZ ( I no longer say or type his senile bastard name)

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 05:27 AM (t3UFN)

304 197. FenelonSpoke Holst is really something, as is his musical ouevre. Interesting Swedish musical family history, employed by the Russian Czar before exile to Germany, and on to England where Gustav was born. From the online Mark Levin Show, our taxes are spent in public service announcements repeatedly propagating to so-called anti-bully boo hoo hoo campaign: "the only thing I didn't learn in school today was why no one cares." Remind ourselves what we can yet create out of personal adversity, calling upon our own inner strength rather than self victimization or self destructive determination in life, waiting for someone else to "care". There is the spirit within which is the life and light and love emanating from The Ultimate. http://tinyurl.com/lstemmc "Gustav was an oversensitive and somewhat miserable child. His eyes were weak, but no one realized that he had to wear spectacles. His chest was also weak, and again no one bothered much with his asthma. He had to rest while climbing stairs. His father was determined to make young Gustav a good pianist, but even in his youth Holst was troubled with neuritis in his hands. That made his long hours of practice a severe strain. As he grew older, Gustav tried his hand at composition, but failed to gain scholarships to the Royal College of Music and various other colleges in London." Yet from Holst, we enjoy the purest, gentlest of lyrical carols, In The Bleak MidWinter, and the epic culmination of Lisztian transcendental programme music inspiring those who hear and reflect upon "The Planets" symphonic poems. http://tinyurl.com/k3kk975 Even as the world darkens, all the more strength comes from within letting shine upon the razor's edge.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 17, 2013 05:28 AM (MhA4j)

305 Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 09:26 AM (t3UFN)

Kaiser Permanente is the big HMO, but I don't think that Children's Hosp. is a Kaiser facility.

By the way, if you need hospitalization in CA, DON'T go to a Kaiser hospital.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 05:28 AM (QFxY5)

306 Fat woman kicking snow at cat = GOP Establishment

The Cat = Us

Yup.


Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 05:29 AM (QXlbZ)

307 Posted by: Ed Anger at December 17, 2013 09:23 AM (tOkJB)

I have been trying, really trying, but I have been unable to find one thing that is not despicable about the Obama administration!


Posted by: Hrothgar at December 17, 2013 05:29 AM (o3MSL)

308 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 09:26 AM (olDqf)

But good.

Treif usually is!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 05:29 AM (QFxY5)

309 309 Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at December 17, 2013 09:29 AM (QXlbZ) Cat after woman retreats = Nelson Muntz "Ha-Ha!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 05:30 AM (olDqf)

310 McMath had gone to Children's Hospital Oakland on December 9 to have her tonsils removed to cure a sleep apnea problem. Sealey told KTVU that McMath had trouble breathing and suffered "an enormous amount of bleeding" after the procedure. Then, on Thursday, McMath went into cardiac arrest, and was declared brain dead. I'd be curious to know what kind of insurance she had? Anyone know? Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2013 09:26 AM (t3UFN) I had a great cousin or something who died from hemorrhage when her tonsils were removed. But, it happened in the 20s or 30s.

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 05:31 AM (h4eud)

311 311 Treif usually is! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2013 09:29 AM (QFxY5) Didn't Diane Keaton order a pastrami on white bread with mayo in "Annie Hall?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 05:31 AM (olDqf)

312 By the way, if you need hospitalization in CA, DON'T go to a Kaiser hospital. Really? Why's that? Just curious, not planning on being hospitalized in California anytime soon...

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 05:34 AM (UAMVq)

313 >>I used to work at Junction Bagels in Brooklyn back when I was a teenager in the Pleistocene Era. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 09:19 AM (olDqf) I saw The Pleistocene Bagels at The Coliseum Â….back in 24 BC

Posted by: ontherocks at December 17, 2013 05:35 AM (42o0q)

314 316 I saw The Pleistocene Bagels at The Coliseum Â….back in 24 BC Posted by: ontherocks at December 17, 2013 09:35 AM (42o0q) Jet Screamer went back in time and heard them do "Eep-Op-Ork" with Whitefish Salad as the backup band.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2013 05:38 AM (olDqf)

315 Schaeffer's creepy post is on Pathos. Why do they publish that crap?

Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 17, 2013 05:41 AM (h4eud)

316 29 16. ...Also, spent the 12 days with BIL who thinks the Tea Party, Ted Cruz and anyone not towing the RINO line are idiots.

You've met Adjoran over at The Other McCain?

Posted by: Lockheed Martin at December 17, 2013 05:43 AM (XO6WW)

317 Kaiser Permanente was a big pimp for OCare before its passage.

Now they won't honor it.

Posted by: Lockheed Martin at December 17, 2013 05:45 AM (XO6WW)

318 "I have come to oppose the death penalty. As a Catholic, I believe in the sanctity of life and would therefore refrain from carrying out a death sentence the same as I would an abortion." While in some regards, I respect this as an attempt at moral logical consistency, the failure of the parallel is this: no unborn has ever proved to be an irredeemable sociopath too dangerous to be allowed to live, as far as I know. We need to improve our standards of justice, but I don't think mortal society is wrong to send certain cases to the higher courts where true justice prevails. But I'm not a Catholic nor a Fundamentalist, and while the climate of the times means I don't talk about it much, I also believe there are instances when the grievous choice of abortion may be the wisest course (and I mean 'dire threat to the mother and liitle chance if mother or baby surviving very earlist stages' type of hard material-life realities, not the wanton, egregious slaughter of healthy babies for 'birth control'), but I add that only to emphasize there are utterly different processes of reasoning involved in these different, unrelated instances of killing. Would you end the life of your fellow on the battlefield, obviously mortally wounded, screaming in anguish, begging for death? Talk about tough choices! Would you keep alive great gramma's body when she psychically flatlined long ago and her soul is already up there saying, gross, pull the plug, already? Yeah, I know that's tough, too, because we can only infer from brain activity, but the body is not the person. Would you respect the 'sanctity' of the life of some armed thug about to maliciously murder you, if you were cornered? Or if you'll turn the other cheek to that, how about if the thug is threatening your family or other innocents? My understanding is if its in your power, you don't shoot to disarm or disable a severe threat; you make sure the thug gets no second chance at you. These are the toughest choices; there is no one easy doctrine that covers every case. Life is precious, but not divine, or my miscarried grandchild would be school age today. Sometimes dealing with life means dealing death, by God. May mercy always guide us. ____ Woo. My tl;dr du jour. New one surely up. Siiigh

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 05:58 AM (Bfbpz)

319 Abortion is not the same as the death penalty: that is a false equivalence. : CharlieBrown'sDildo When will I learn? Someone else will say what I'm trying to say, better, and more concisely, before I can finish my longwinded blather!

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 06:05 AM (Bfbpz)

320 When will I learn? Someone else will say what I'm trying to say, better, and more concisely, before I can finish my longwinded blather!

Posted by: Nummy Gingerbreadhighrises, the mindful webworker at December 17, 2013 10:05 AM (Bfbpz) 


But then we would not have the pleasure of reading your comment, which, btw is a great comment.

Posted by: KG at December 17, 2013 06:48 AM (p7BzH)

321 The Bitcoin/DPR article is old and somewhat debunked:

http://tinyurl.com/ptnzyg4

Posted by: YourPoopyPants at December 17, 2013 07:03 AM (Y/HG5)

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