December 23, 2013
— Gabriel Malor Happy Festivus. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you're gonna hear about it!
There's no shortage of Obamacare news on Deadline Day. Support for Obamacare has hit an all-time low in CNN's poll.
The AP realized yesterday that people might not be taking into account the full cost of Obamacare plans when they purchase them, suggesting that "buyers will be in for a shock when they get medical care next year and discover they're on the hook for most of the initial cost." While AP was catching up with this idea yesterday, the rest of us have been pointing out the concept of "sticker shock" for quite some time now.
Reuters, meanwhile, catches something I missed: the Obama admin suggested, vaguely, that there will be a "good faith exemption" from the individual mandate next year with a "special enrollment period."
The academic group that called for a boycott of Israel is getting more scrutiny than it bargained for. As many schools condemn the organization, it turns out that the organization was falsely listing member schools.
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Posted by: Hawkette at December 23, 2013 02:53 AM (i7KmQ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 23, 2013 02:54 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 02:56 AM (b/lt+)
Merry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at December 23, 2013 02:59 AM (QPSJl)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 23, 2013 03:00 AM (0HooB)
Morning,’rons and ‘ronettes. Am I in before Teh Vic? This will be my only story this week; I’d like to take a Christmas break and recharge. I hope you enjoy it.
Some of the best acting in Hollywood took place off the screen. HereÂ’s an example:
Cinematographer Leon Shamroy (Cleopatra, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes) was a great artist, but director Andrew Stone (Julie, A Blueprint for Murder)* thought he was just as great an actor. During the filming of 1943s Stormy Weather, Shamroy insisted that he needed an entire day to light one set, a request that drove Stone to fits of anger, especially when he saw how Shamroy did it.
He would sit in a chair, reading a paper, until a gaffer came on to the set. Shamroy would get up, strut onto the stage and point to different lights – all without saying a word. The gaffer would nod – in silence – and then Shamroy would go back to his paper. Half an hour later, the two would go through the same pantomime again, over and over until the set was properly lit.
“All done in silence, for dramatic effect,” Stone later fumed. “Just an absolute act.” And while he agreed that Shamroy got fabulous results, the director was certain it was all a trick to lengthen the time needed on set and to justify the cinematographer’s huge salary.
When, after principal shooting on the film was complete, Stone and Shamroy were called back for additional footage. Stone was working on another movie at this time, so he could only spare one Saturday to collaborate with Shamroy. Shamroy, for his part, was furious – he was supposed to catch a private plane to the Stanford game, and with his way of lighting a set, he would never make it.
Stone pulled the fuming cameraman aside. “Look, Shamy,” he told him, “you’re not fooling me. I’m on to you. Nobody is here. It’s Saturday. I’m not going to tell anybody. So why don’t you just light the set in ten minutes and get your plane?”
Fifteen minutes later, the set was lit, the scene shot and Shamroy caught his plane.
Hope you all have a wonderful day and a merry Christmas.
*Stone also directed 1943s Hi Diddle Diddle, silent star Pola NegriÂ’s penultimate film role until 1964s The Moon-Spinners. HereÂ’s a publicity still of the seductive actress, born Barbara Apollonia Chalupiec:
http://tinyurl.com/k65pyo3
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 03:01 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 03:02 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:04 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Retread at December 23, 2013 03:05 AM (cHwk5)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 23, 2013 03:05 AM (bCEmE)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:06 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 23, 2013 03:06 AM (bCEmE)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 23, 2013 03:07 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 23, 2013 03:07 AM (70Unk)
Enjoy the simple things and have a Merry Christmas all.
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2013 03:08 AM (v+HXt)
..........
I do believe you are correct.
I'm betting he would rather be here!
But then again, the procedure is a breeze compared to the prep.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 03:08 AM (b/lt+)
A Christmas music suggestion: Fantasia on Christmas Carols by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. This performance is by The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Richard Hickox:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8LUJkMEjU
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 03:10 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 23, 2013 03:11 AM (bCEmE)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:11 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:11 AM (LSDdO)
Hi Nam Grunt.
Long time, no see.
Hope all is well.
Someone bought me a home beer brewing kit for Christmas.
Never tried it before.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2013 03:12 AM (teMpq)
It's twitter....
Posted by: Tami at December 23, 2013 07:05 AM (bCEmE)
That's perfect. I saw a variation a day or so back. Remember that picture of Choom-Boy next to Bibi from his days in the IDF? Some one had substituted Pajama Boy for Barky and asked who you'd rather have protecting your back...a little double entendre to good effect.
See y'all. Gotta go to work. Someone's gotta pay for the FSA's stuff.
Posted by: Retread at December 23, 2013 03:13 AM (cHwk5)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 23, 2013 03:14 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:15 AM (olDqf)
? for you.
what could cause a dns server to be slow all of a sudden.
My home page is loading slowly not like usual but if I use a more popular site as homepage there's no problem and then I can access the lesser used page that was my home page with no delay.
I may not be explaining that well.
I'm pretty sure it has something to do with a delay from the dns server of my isp when my browser starts up but using a different site will make it load faster.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:16 AM (LSDdO)
What do you mean I owe $5500 for breast enhancement? President Obama said it was free. You must be mistaken.
Posted by: Pajama Boy at December 23, 2013 03:17 AM (pJF+c)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:17 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 23, 2013 03:18 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 07:06 AM (olDqf)
I thought pajama boy looked familiar.
Posted by: Killerdog at December 23, 2013 03:18 AM (Oi60j)
Wait'll the bill comes for the plastic pussy you got along with them.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:19 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:19 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:20 AM (olDqf)
I read somewhere on the Interwebs that Pajama Boy was the love child of Buddy Holly and Rachel Maddow.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at December 23, 2013 03:21 AM (pJF+c)
And in Kcuf the Media news, George Zimmerman sold his painting for 100k and got all his guns back.
Suck it all you white-hispanic h8rs.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:22 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
The other thing they do while they're in there is twist your colon into balloon animals.
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2013 03:22 AM (v+HXt)
Posted by: Doctor Fish at December 23, 2013 07:21 AM (pJF+c)
The citizens of Lubbock, Texas would like to have a word with you. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 03:23 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2013 03:23 AM (60Vyp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:23 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at December 23, 2013 03:23 AM (syHao)
“We were flat out wrong."
ThatÂ’s the message Cracker Barrel is sending to enraged customers after the restaurant chain removed Duck Dynasty items from its stores over fears it might offend people.
http://tinyurl.com/lwvavnx (Fox News)
All DD stuff is back on the shelves and they wish for everyone to forget this minor fuckup. Please. With sugar on top.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 23, 2013 03:24 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:25 AM (olDqf)
We don't got them there huntin' license, but our biscuits and gravy be bad to the bone. Come on in and sit a while you hear.
Posted by: Cracker Barrel at December 23, 2013 03:26 AM (pJF+c)
Let's give this whole Obamacare mess a name. I like Obamacide. Sure wish there was a way for this to gain legs and go viral and stay that way. Obamacide.
Posted by: the littl shyning man
I think they gave the storms names so that the Weather Channel can have cool graphics on the screen, like when HURICANESSSSS are coming, while they have some "reporter" standing somewhere with snow coming down getting all doom and gloomy on the "storm". That way they can waste each half hour telling us nothing except what the current temp is, instead of telling us what the forecast is.
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2013 03:27 AM (v+HXt)
Posted by: Pajama boy at December 23, 2013 03:28 AM (60Vyp)
If you've ever been in a hospital, if you pay attention you will find them sticking all kinds of stuff on your bill that are barely justified.
I got billed once for a session where I was supposed to have been taught how to use a wheelchair (which I never needed or used).
I had all kinds of stuff and doctors tacked on to that bill that made no sense at all considering what I was there for.
Called up these places and got either reduced (and I mean really reduced to like 10%) or removed from the billing AFTER i complained and wrote them letters. Funny thing that. Think they would've bothered if I'd had insurance or paid it without complaint?
It's the only service industry where you can't find out what it will cost until after you agree to have anything done. No others do that sort of thing only the medical industry. (that I know of. Now some moron out there will tell me I'm wrong and show me up so go ahead.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:28 AM (LSDdO)
It may be doing more than just DNS things, and/or it may be under attack, or a drive could be failing and its doing a lot of recalibrate re-tries. There's a zillion reasons why some machine might be slower than normal.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 23, 2013 03:29 AM (70Unk)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:29 AM (olDqf)
National Security Advisor Susan Rice appeared on Sunday night’s 60 Minutes with Lesley Stahl, and one of the issues she addressed was the continued fallout from the Edward Snowden NSA leaks. Rice argued that NSA officials didn’t lie about intel dragnets, they just “inadvertently made false representations.”
http://tinyurl.com/koxpkbg (Mediaite)
Which of course is a phrase just begging for 'that thing I did in your mouth' treatment. It's lies, all the way down.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 23, 2013 03:30 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
So you just described Obamacare.
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2013 03:30 AM (v+HXt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2013 03:31 AM (BC6cY)
Feathers
Rails
Some ass'y required....
Duh!1 is Dunce....
At best,
Clowns
Maroons
Idiots
"Led" by Duh!1....
ThankX, Orca, for helping sell America on this Epic Failure....
Posted by: backhoe at December 23, 2013 03:31 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:31 AM (olDqf)
http://tinyurl.com/mphe6jd
Posted by: UWP at December 23, 2013 03:32 AM (2hQRj)
Posted by: Gran at December 23, 2013 03:32 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 23, 2013 03:32 AM (yz6yg)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
............
It's not the doctors so much as hospital administrators.. the bean counters love to stick it to you more than the docs do!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 03:33 AM (b/lt+)
I can see what you mean but once the browser's up and running with the faster website, I have no problem afterwards going to any other site.
It's only slow on the first access when the browser's starting up. and only for a particular site. I don't think it 's the site that's the problem as it will load okay later.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:33 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:33 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2013 03:35 AM (BC6cY)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2013 03:35 AM (60Vyp)
I'll grant that. However I had a cardiologist stick me with 9k worth of scans because my heart wasn't acting correctly but that was because my illness was such that I hadn't taken my BP meds for days and they couldn't give me my BP meds right away till they solved the infection that put me into the hospital.
He took back his fee but I still had to pay for the tests.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:35 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2013 03:36 AM (BC6cY)
Are you clearing browser cache on browser exit? That'll cause a complete reload of all the page's gorp'n stuff on a browser restart. A lighter weight initial page would load faster.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 23, 2013 03:37 AM (70Unk)
In the first three years, she learned and remembered 1,022 proper nouns.
The objects included more than 800 cloth animals, 116 balls, and 100 plastic toys.
http://tinyurl.com/povtao5 (Daily Mail)
She also knows that there are just 50 states and can operate an umbrella.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 23, 2013 03:37 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
But you will find out what's in the bill after you get it.
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2013 03:37 AM (v+HXt)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2013 03:38 AM (60Vyp)
In case anybody missed this - feckless NR editor throws Mark Steyn under the bus, Steyn fires back:
http://tinyurl.com/lt4kjda
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 03:38 AM (zF6Iw)
I've heard about that before. Something to look into.
Plus I've wondered a few times lately if Verizon isn't delaying stuff for me because I'm a dsl only subscriber and they've been trying to marginalize that service for a couple years now. I understand I use the same pipe that their higher priced services do and cost the same for them to maintain but they only get a third of the money.
But then maybe my tinfoil hat is too tight.
however after the snowden files, who knows what anyone is doing.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:38 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 03:39 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2013 03:40 AM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Gran at December 23, 2013 03:41 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 23, 2013 03:41 AM (bCEmE)
Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 23, 2013 03:42 AM (Qev5V)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 23, 2013 03:43 AM (RqHWH)
That hospital in OK that posts their prices online for various surgery procedures shows that there is a better way.
http://kfor.com/2013/07/08/okc-hospital-posting-surgery-prices-online/
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 23, 2013 03:43 AM (wNF3N)
VZ offers only DSL in my location and its been pretty good service over all. I probably should tinker with the DNS settings but haven't been irritated enough to do it yet. Run a speedtest first thing (testmy.net) as a check.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 23, 2013 03:44 AM (o3MSL)
>>If you've ever been in a hospital, if you pay attention you will find them sticking all kinds of stuff on your bill that are barely justified.
I got billed once for a session where I was supposed to have been taught how to use a wheelchair (which I never needed or used).
I had all kinds of stuff and doctors tacked on to that bill that made no sense at all considering what I was there for.
.
.
.They charged me $85 for a "garment bag" where they put my clothes while I was in for knee surgery. It was a large zip lock plastic bag. I tried and tried to get them to remove it but they said it already had my ID sticker placed on it and they could not remove it or reuse it so Tricare had to pay.
Posted by: Registered Voter at December 23, 2013 03:44 AM (MZGhy)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2013 03:45 AM (60Vyp)
We will see.
Something happened to my cache manager settings. Must explore.
Thank you for your help.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:47 AM (LSDdO)
http://tinyurl.com/mp4jlpw
Vince Vance & the Valiants - All I Want For Christmas Is You
That's not the Mariah Carey ripoff with the same title..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 03:50 AM (b/lt+)
Don't forget, Medicaid, Medicare and mandatory treatment protocols have been screwing with the mechanics of free market principles for the medical industry.
Top that off with every hospital using different proprietary software to do their billing. (the hospital where I went would bill me differently than their financial accounting office and payments would get all screwed up.)
Also there is the factor of guilds (nurses, doctors, techs) all being separate from the hospital billing system.
Who here hasn't got a shock when you get a hospital bill and then five different bills from the radiologist, the gas passer, the surgeon, etc.)
But most of that is because people have been insulated from the actual payment for services for so long it's distorted the market and the billing procedures.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:52 AM (LSDdO)
Nat King Cole's version of "The Christmas Song"..
We had fun doing all these pop Christmas songs at Karaoke night last Saturday..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 03:54 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 23, 2013 03:55 AM (1xUj/)
There is a tendency to take advantage of that.
But I'm pretty sure that if the Gov't hadn't started screwing around with the market place that all that could've gotten sorted out.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:56 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Baldy at December 23, 2013 03:56 AM (2bql3)
Posted by: --- at December 23, 2013 03:56 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 03:56 AM (LSDdO)
Eartha Kitt and "Santa Baby"
I remember having this discussion last Christmas with Vic. I said that I don't like the Kitt version simply because her voice gives off an aura of "give me presents and go away, you cringing toad."
I prefer the Kellie Pickler version, because her voice sounds, to me, more "give me presents and we're going to have lots of fun, IYKWIM." Here she is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LVffa5UDSQ
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 03:57 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 23, 2013 03:59 AM (bCEmE)
Not as an organized thing or protest (well maybe some) but because they just don't want the hassle and will wait to see what happens.
Never underestimate inertia.
Things at rest tend to stay at rest. (or something like that)
And since Obama himself seems to be thrashing around; who cares? Who knows what's going to happen now? Better to wait and see. Especially if you don't have any pressing need.
It's really only the desperate and the foolish who are signing up.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 04:00 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2013 04:00 AM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 23, 2013 04:01 AM (Qev5V)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2013 04:02 AM (60Vyp)
Posted by: Perpetuity Claus, Santa's mindful webworker at December 23, 2013 04:06 AM (rf20m)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 23, 2013 04:08 AM (659DL)
Slow morning today.
In my new Theda Bara novel, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, one of her antagonists is the actress Valeska Suratt, who had been a big Broadway star before signing with Fox Film Corporation.* Here's a picture of Suratt:
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullimage.asp?id=69378
*all of her films are lost.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:10 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Big Anus at December 23, 2013 04:11 AM (AWmfW)
Posted by: Perpetuity Claus, Santa's mindful webworker at December 23, 2013 04:11 AM (9Zci/)
Oppose tyranny! Wish folks a Merry Christmas!
..........
We were out to dinner yesterday and when we were leaving, one of the servers that my wife knows from being a regular there stopped by and my wife wished him a Merry Christmas.
His reaction was interesting.. he said "Oh we're friends.. I can say Merry Christmas". And I thought.. well, the management must have told them only to say Happy Holidays or some such bullshit so as not to offend anyone.. sad.. really sad..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 04:12 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:13 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 04:13 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:15 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Carol at December 23, 2013 04:15 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Perpetuity Claus, Santa's mindful webworker at December 23, 2013 04:15 AM (9Zci/)
1) You are in severe pain, distress, bleeding. You just want it fixed fast.
2) You have insurance that is going to pay to get it fixed.
That is a recipe for price gouging.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 23, 2013 04:15 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2013 04:16 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at December 23, 2013 04:16 AM (R8hU8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:17 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Carol at December 23, 2013 04:17 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:17 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:19 AM (olDqf)
115
This is what comes of being balkanized. You didn't have these problems when there was one nationality here; American.
The terrorists didn't win, the game was thrown because our team was infiltrated by the opposing team.
The only cure is to throw the refs out, tear the goal posts down and start over.
You're either in or out. Don't want to assimilate? Fine. There's the door, I'm sure your country will let you back in.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 04:19 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 23, 2013 04:19 AM (xorT2)
Posted by: Fritz at December 23, 2013 04:21 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2013 04:21 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 23, 2013 04:21 AM (6Nqkf)
She's a bit zaftig but well within limits.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 08:12 AM (LSDdO)
Here are two other pics:
Theda Bara's shtick were her huge, kohl-rimmed eyes. Suratt (who insisted on only the finest fabrics in her Broadway shows) was known for outre self-designed hats. Here's a silly one from 1916:
http://tinyurl.com/onyxonl
Here she is in a chic pose from a layout in the November 1919 issue of Shadowland:
http://tinyurl.com/o5gyhyk
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:21 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:22 AM (olDqf)
Does the website and backend (not you pajamaboy!) actually work now?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 23, 2013 04:22 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2013 04:22 AM (t3UFN)
But of course the Democrats shot them down every time they came up. Funny that.
Just like they shoot down merit pay for teachers, vouchers for kids.
See a pattern here?
The only thing Democrats want you to have a choice in is . . well I can't think of anything they want anyone to have a choice in.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 04:23 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Kreplach at December 23, 2013 04:23 AM (DVPta)
MPPPP, have you heard Gomez bash MA conservatives?
No, I haven't. Link?
That man should register as a dem!
Posted by: Carol at December 23, 2013 08:15 AM (z4WKX)
The stupid nickelfucker was an Obama bundler. How many votes did he think he was going to get from conservatives, even Massholes?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:24 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:25 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2013 04:25 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 08:23 AM (LSDdO)
Murder your baby.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:25 AM (zF6Iw)
Hear hear.
To think I had to vote for that pos in '12.
Never again GOP, NEVER AGAIN.
You'll have to pry my vote from my cold dead fingers before I vote for any Republicans ever again.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 04:26 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Carol at December 23, 2013 04:26 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:27 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: sven10077 at December 23, 2013 04:27 AM (qKV4I)
I thought that but they really don't want anyone to have a choice in that either.
They'd much rather every pregnant woman got an abortion because MEN!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 04:28 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 23, 2013 04:28 AM (6Nqkf)
Posted by: sven10077 at December 23, 2013 04:30 AM (qKV4I)
When will the truth squad announce that Bronco Bama and his family have registered for O'ScammerCare and are very pleased with their choice?
Memo to Bronco: Today's the last day sport, so for once, stand for something and register your family just as the administration has cajoled the rest of America.
PS Fuck you Bronco!
Posted by: Doctor Fish at December 23, 2013 04:31 AM (pJF+c)
Posted by: sven10077 at December 23, 2013 04:31 AM (qKV4I)
Posted by: DrC at December 23, 2013 04:32 AM (4gk4Q)
Posted by: Perpetuity Claus, Santa's mindful webworker at December 23, 2013 04:32 AM (Jh9QN)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2013 04:32 AM (g1DWB)
Eating nuts is the new thing now.
Ever notice how once a month or so some study comes out and says that eating this or eating that will let you live to a thousand or get instant boners or make you lose weight?
I think they're trolling us.
I'm going to go get some filberts. BRB.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 04:33 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Kreplach at December 23, 2013 04:33 AM (4rxW7)
Posted by: Perpetuity Claus, Santa's mindful webworker at December 23, 2013 04:35 AM (Jh9QN)
Posted by: Votermom at December 23, 2013 04:35 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: sven10077 at December 23, 2013 04:35 AM (qKV4I)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at December 23, 2013 04:35 AM (2rgH6)
....or get instant boners
osted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 23, 2013 08:33 AM (LSDdO)
Clinger, I'm sticking with a little known drug called Kateupton~
Posted by: Doctor Fish at December 23, 2013 04:36 AM (pJF+c)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 23, 2013 04:36 AM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 23, 2013 04:36 AM (Qev5V)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at December 23, 2013 04:38 AM (2rgH6)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 23, 2013 04:38 AM (6Nqkf)
Posted by: Carol at December 23, 2013 08:26 AM (z4WKX)
The site freezes my computer. If anybody can find out what Gomez McCain is blathering, let us know.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:38 AM (zF6Iw)
Pajama Boy wasn't sired by me or my relatives, but my fag drummer was dating a floozy named Sandra something or other, and it's my opinion they produced that mass of gelatinous smegma.
Posted by: Buddy Holly at December 23, 2013 04:39 AM (pJF+c)
Posted by: sven10077 at December 23, 2013 04:40 AM (qKV4I)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:40 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: DrC at December 23, 2013 04:40 AM (4gk4Q)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 23, 2013 04:41 AM (xSegX)
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2013 04:42 AM (v+HXt)
Posted by: sven10077 at December 23, 2013 04:42 AM (qKV4I)
And wasn't Pia Zadora the greatest actress of all time? She really got screwed out of the Oscar that year.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 23, 2013 04:43 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at December 23, 2013 04:43 AM (09o/X)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2013 04:44 AM (BAS5M)
I like Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas because it is bittersweet and reminds us of those away fighting the war.
The original Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine lyric was:
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
This may be our last;
Next year we will all be living in the past.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Pop that champagne cork;
Next year we may all be living in New York.
"God, that's so sad," Judy Garland told Blaine. "Can't you make a more positive, happy lyric? I can be sad, but if I'm sad and the lyrics are sad, it's too sad. It's too much of one thing."
Blaine understood and came up with the version we still sing every December.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:44 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 23, 2013 04:45 AM (6Nqkf)
Posted by: Baldy at December 23, 2013 04:46 AM (2bql3)
I look at my bills in detail, and I fully agree with your assessment. The docs get peanuts in comparison with the facility fees.
But.. here's the thing.. in many places, doctors ARE the facility owner/managers.
So many hospitals and surgical centers are now owned by consortia of doctors that it is hard to tell who runs what.
I don't really know the answer to these costs problems, but I believe having a multi-tiered pricing system is probably one of the base causes.
Personally, I have always been a proponent of a universal catastrophic safety net administered through private insurers. You, as a patient, may or may not decide to purchase gap/supplemental coverage through those private insurers.
But with everyone's catastrophic illnesses covered, I do believe those wildy expensive prices that almost no one pays would go away.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 04:46 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 23, 2013 04:47 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 04:47 AM (olDqf)
Still confused over Cracker Barrel.
How's that? They went in one direction, discovered it was a very unpopular position among their clientele, and reversed.
Sort of 'New Coke' level of comprehension.
Posted by: Regular Moron at December 23, 2013 08:45 AM (6Nqkf)
They have their finger on the pulse of their customers. They know their customers inside and out. Top. Men.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2013 04:48 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: DrC at December 23, 2013 04:48 AM (4gk4Q)
Posted by: DrC at December 23, 2013 04:49 AM (4gk4Q)
Posted by: Carol at December 23, 2013 04:49 AM (z4WKX)
Not as an organized thing or protest (well maybe some) but because they just don't want the hassle and will wait to see what happens.
Never underestimate inertia.
Things at rest tend to stay at rest. (or something like that)
And since Obama himself seems to be thrashing around; who cares? Who knows what's going to happen now? Better to wait and see. Especially if you don't have any pressing need.
It's really only the desperate and the foolish who are signing up.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That
This^^^
I will join the damn-ed thing when a gun is put to my head.
Possibly not even then. I want nothing to do with Duh!1's cluster-eff. It is idiocy, for idiots. Designed by braying jackasses.
Posted by: backhoe at December 23, 2013 04:49 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: --- at December 23, 2013 04:51 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at December 23, 2013 04:52 AM (e4HSc)
I spent the better part of yesterday evening performing PM on the sleigh. Needed a little touch-up paint, and I cleaned the underside that was coated with reindeer poop.
The reindeer have been on a high protein diet for the past month because of the rigorous routine demanded on Christmas Eve. Unlike Obama and his minions, we're ready to meet the demands of children worldwide, and we will perform as we have for decades.
Ms. Claus has been rather cranky since yesterday, and I believe she has probably begun her monthly period. This is most unfortunate because I would have liked farewell sex prior to beginning the adventure. Oh well, all is not lost, and in the proud tradition of my favorite military blog, Ace of Spades HQ, Ms. Claus will be called upon to blow me as a send off gift. Yeah, that's it, a good old fashioned blowjob to celebrate the birth of Christ.
Merry Christmas all!
Posted by: Santa Claus at December 23, 2013 04:53 AM (pJF+c)
Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 23, 2013 04:53 AM (6Nqkf)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 23, 2013 04:53 AM (ZshNr)
She was Meshulam Riklis' "spinner." I'd hit it. Back in the 80's, not today.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 08:47 AM (olDqf)
I'd hit both of them with a baseball bat for tearing down Pickfair.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:54 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Mainah at December 23, 2013 04:54 AM (659DL)
DrC, I don't think that is what they were arguing at all. But there are some doctor fee charging abuses and I bet even you agree with that.
I'll give an example. During my pre op day a 15 minute meeting with the anesthesiologist was held, for which I was charged $675 5 years ago. The actual gas passing was done by my friend, a CRNA, for which I was charged ANOTHER $600+. The gas doc was never in the operating room. He was not there post op. My friend was.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 23, 2013 04:54 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Carol at December 23, 2013 04:54 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at December 23, 2013 04:55 AM (7kSzs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 23, 2013 04:57 AM (aDwsi)
Crap, didn't even succeed at that. I fail at moron.
Is that possible? Isn't the very act of moronness itself an admission of failure?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 04:57 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at December 23, 2013 08:55 AM (7kSzs)
The act of failure at navigating Minx Alpha 0.7 is a badge of honor in the Moron world.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 23, 2013 04:58 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Dave in Fla
............
I think that really means success in a moron sorta way...
Merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate anyway!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 04:58 AM (b/lt+)
Have a good one, y'all!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 23, 2013 05:00 AM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2013 05:02 AM (BAS5M)
They had this weird statement about it only being Duck Dynasty merchandise, not Duck Commander. But maybe their DC stuff didn't have Phil on it.
Anyway, they got a shit storm as a result. Cracker Barrel is one of the few places you can go and find outright Christian gifts for sale. Members of GLAAD aren't their target clientele.
Hell, I don't watch DD, didn't know who Phil Robertson was when this started, and have a gay daughter, and even I was going to stop going to Cracker Barrel (and it is a favorite local spot for me).
I think a lot of the push back right now is over the blatant bullying tactics of GLAAD. They want to think is is homophobia, but they are reading it wrong.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at December 23, 2013 05:04 AM (7kSzs)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 05:04 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 23, 2013 05:05 AM (6fSty)
"As always, President's vacation is a working vacation."
"Today is your last day to sign up for an affordable healthcare plan on healthcare.gov"
And Paul McCartney, who needs to fire his plastic surgeon.
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 23, 2013 05:05 AM (xW2bf)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 23, 2013 05:06 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 05:07 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at December 23, 2013 05:07 AM (2rgH6)
"As always, President's vacation is a working vacation."
"Today is your last day to sign up for an affordable healthcare plan on healthcare.gov"
And Paul McCartney, who needs to fire his plastic surgeon.
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 23, 2013 09:05 AM (xW2bf)
That's the crappy thing about other peoples' TVs -- you can't turn them off when they're stupid. Oh, and Merry Christmas, Heather.
Posted by: joncelli at December 23, 2013 05:08 AM (RD7QR)
Goooood morning all! The weather here in NH is miserable, gray, and raining. The entire commute to work was a sheet of black ice. Ah, winter.
I come bearing Eddie Izzard, it being almost Christmas and all!
"That “Partridge in a Pear Tree” song, the only bit we like of it is that, (*singing*) "Five gold rings!" People go berserk at that point! People come running in from other rooms, (*singing*) Five gold rings!" The rest of it, we don't know; above that, it's just, (*singing, but uncertain*)
'TwelveÂ…monkeys mating,
ElevenÂ… donkeys... dancing,
Ten pigmies... farming,
NineÂ… socksÂ… a swimmingÂ…
Five gold rings!'"
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 23, 2013 05:08 AM (4df7R)
Gomez wrote a blistering attack on Rob Eno of the influential blog RedMassGroup and Worcester GOP official Chris Pinto.
Gomez alludes that they are involved with the Klu Klux Klan and "are an embarrassment to our civil society:"
"I thank God every day for people like Chris Pinto and Rob Eno because they serve as perfect examples to my kids of who and what not to be when they grow up. . .the level of ignorance and intolerance exhibited by them and their small "Klan" are an embarrassment to our civil society. Merry Christmas."
Just a few months later, when Gomez was a candidate for U.S. Senate against ultimate winner Ed Markey, Gomez actively sought the support of the Worcester GOP and RedMassGroup.
In response to Gomez's charges, Chris Pinto issued the following statement:
As some of you may know the former candidate for US Senate in Massachusetts recently made vile and defamatory statements against myself and Mr. Rob Eno, who runs the conservative website Red Mass Group. I had considered not saying anything about this publicly but now that the horse is out of the barn I find it necessary to defend my reputation especially when it comes to the "Klan" comment that he made about me.
My feeling on gun control and the Klan are well documented.
GoLocalWorcester's effort to reach Gomez were unsuccessful. It should be noted that Gomez changed his position on gun control during the course of the U.S. Senate campaign which raised concerns about Gomez's GOP credentials with many conservatives.
It's also noted that the post was deleted, but sadly for the winner of the "John McStain Dishonoring Your Uniform Award," screencaps are forever.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 05:08 AM (zF6Iw)
Happy Longest Night for the pagans.
I won't bother with Hanukkah, that ended weeks ago.
Kwanzaa? Nope, when your holiday is more than 50 years old, I'll think about it.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at December 23, 2013 05:08 AM (7kSzs)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 05:08 AM (olDqf)
There was an article in the local fishwrap this morning about how "guidance counselors are more necessary now than ever." I'm guessing the decline of the family means a lot more fucked-up kids than before, but apparently these crucial programs that need funding include a year-long program for 8th graders so they don't feel scared when they move into 9th grade. O_o
I know I'm not fully human, but that just seems like make-work/revenue stream for adults.
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 23, 2013 05:09 AM (xW2bf)
Posted by: Mainah at December 23, 2013 08:54 AM (659DL)
Movie trivia: at the end of Apollo 13, when Tom Hanks shakes hands with the commander of the carrier that picks him up, the commander is played by the real Jim Lovell.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 05:10 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 23, 2013 05:10 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 23, 2013 05:10 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 23, 2013 05:11 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 23, 2013 05:11 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 23, 2013 05:13 AM (SUKHu)
Nobody making that little has any business counseling anyone about career choices.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 23, 2013 05:13 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 23, 2013 05:14 AM (XIxXP)
That's my father-in-law, whom I never got to meet, since his daughter & I met in '73. But I've always thought he seemed like a great guy.
Journey to Bethlehem
Day 2, The Canny Innkeeper
http://mindfulwebworks.com/doodles/the-canny-innkeeper
Yesterday's:
http://mindfulwebworks.com/doodles/packing-for-three-actually
While the 'acting' and dialog are modernish, it's supposed to be period. I spent as little time as possible in period clothing, customs, etc. research, though, as is my way. Just a hastily-made doodle. Posted by: mindful webworker at December 23, 2013 05:14 AM (YLiN/)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at December 23, 2013 05:16 AM (2rgH6)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 23, 2013 05:16 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: DrC at December 23, 2013 05:17 AM (4gk4Q)
And Feliz Noche de Rábanos. My mother thinks I'm making that up, but she's just jealous there's no Third-World village holidays devoted to her. O_o
We might be popping up here today.
http://www.pwcamp.algona.org/nativity.html
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 23, 2013 05:18 AM (xW2bf)
Posted by: Fox2! at December 23, 2013 05:18 AM (XFTOV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 23, 2013 05:19 AM (XIxXP)
Great book.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 23, 2013 05:20 AM (V70Uh)
The biggest scam on earth is to be a "grief counselor" at school.
You want to know why we have a nation of PJ Boys? Grief counselors.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 23, 2013 05:20 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at December 23, 2013 05:23 AM (2rgH6)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at December 23, 2013 05:24 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 23, 2013 05:25 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 23, 2013 05:25 AM (659DL)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 23, 2013 05:26 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Bean Pies! at December 23, 2013 05:26 AM (Qev5V)
Posted by: Nip Sip
That's why this time of the year, my secret ingredient in everything I make is Tums.
Gives the mashed potatoes a minty holiday flavor
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2013 05:26 AM (v+HXt)
You know he started writing the book to prove there was no God, and ended up more convinced than the believer he was intending to persuade otherwise.
Kind of blows my mind.
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 23, 2013 05:29 AM (xW2bf)
Posted by: Mainah at December 23, 2013 05:32 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 23, 2013 09:29 AM (xW2bf)
Interesting man. Attempted to fight in the Spanish-American war at the age of 71, going so far as to enlist as a private.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 23, 2013 06:28 AM (ioT3q)
Posted by: perturbed at December 23, 2013 07:33 AM (TXq4O)
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Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 23, 2013 02:52 AM (0HooB)