December 04, 2013

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Wednesday.

With the Obamacare website's "backend" yet to be completed, the Obama administration has decided that it will make subsidy payments to insurers based on insurers' estimates of what they're owed. What could go wrong? Also, I seem to have misplaced my section of the ACA that authorizes this.

CNN covered three big questions the Obama administration isn't answering about Obamacare.

The Democrats are having a tough time deciding whether to call it "Obamacare" or not. While they worry their dumb little noggins about what to call it, the families of cancer patients are losing their insurance because of it.

Today the French National Assembly will vote on whether to make prostitution illegal.

Update: Commenter J.J. Sefton reminded me. Today, there will be four House committee hearings on Obamacare. They are:

House Oversight Committee with a panel on "The Roll Out of HealthCare.gov: The Limitations of Big Government."

House Energy and Commerce Committee looking at Obamacare changes to Medicare Advantage program.

House Ways and Means Committee has a panel titled "Challenges of the Affordable Care Act."

House Small Business Committee is looking into "business aggregation rules" and how they impact small employers when it comes to health care.

The RNC is still passing around its "Deadline Missed" video and Chairman Priebus was on CNN last night kicking Debbie Wasserman-Shultz's butt up one side of the studio and down the other over her claim that Democrats will be eager to run in 2014 on Obamacare.

Meanwhile, Speaker Boehner's office was pointing out to reporters yesterday that on the very day the Obama administration began its "offensive" on Obamacare, not a single Democrat scheduled a healthcare related event. This was followed by statements to reporters from Boehner, Cantor, and McCarthy on Obamacare (see the video).

The Senate GOP has been a little quiet on Obamacare lately, so I can't point to anything they're specifically doing on it. That's a weak point. Fortunately, GOP hopes to retake the Senate are approaching "This Might Even Happen" levels of optimism thanks to Obamacare.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:51 AM | Comments (296)
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1 In before the Vic!

Posted by: RushBabe at December 04, 2013 02:53 AM (hrIP5)

2 Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 04, 2013 02:53 AM (UAMVq)

3 Third...which according to the new way of things is really the new first!!!!

Posted by: southdakotaboy at December 04, 2013 02:54 AM (Baypg)

4

If you don't have The Blaze TV, watch this interview with Horowitz.  This guy is being severely underutilized in our current crisis of the Comrade Preezy.

 

 

http://bit.ly/1dPqT3f

Posted by: RushBabe at December 04, 2013 02:55 AM (hrIP5)

5 DAY 395 1,066 to go (1,137 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 04, 2013 02:56 AM (olDqf)

6 So the GOP tried to destroy Ted Cruz and Mike Lee for the shutdown because it distracted from Obamacare. Well, now the GOP doesn't want to talk about Obamacare but wants to pass Amnesty. That party is utterly dead to me, and worse; they are collaborating with the Democrats. Take it back or take it down. Either or. NOW.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 02:58 AM (olDqf)

7 Vive le prostitution!

Release the Vic!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 04, 2013 02:59 AM (b/lt+)

8 No one is more upset about all this than The Preezy. Just ask him ... as long as you've got about 20 minutes to hear the reply.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 04, 2013 02:59 AM (6/+vz)

9 Saw a bumper stcker yesterday......"All This Change Is Killing My Hope"

Posted by: BignJames at December 04, 2013 02:59 AM (ZNQKl)

10 I am running late this morning but let's go.


Good Morning Morons.  Today is Wednesday, December 04, 2013.  On this day in 2012 we were raging about the BS UN internet treaty that Russia and China sponsored to silence the internet.  We were all snug and warm in our beds because the US was firmly against it.   Obama signed it on Jan 26 and has been enforcing it ever since despite the fact that the Senate has NEVER passed it.  Obama called it an "executive agreement" not subject to Congressional approval.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:00 AM (YowqD)

11 Some assholes have nothing better to do.


http://tinyurl.com/q3p8v4j

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:01 AM (YowqD)

12 Anyone catch this little nugget on Drudge: "Health Expert: Obama 'Ignoring Laws' Could Lead to Overthrow of Gov'tÂ… Upper right sidebar.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:01 AM (olDqf)

13 Obama's illegal migrant Uncle is granted asylum in the US by a liberal judge despite a deportation order.  This is the same asshole judge who gave Obama's aunt asylum based on lies.  I could not find who appointed this asshole but the news records show that he is an easy mark for illegals seeking asylum.  Asylum lawyers know who to look for in these cases.


http://tinyurl.com/kyvf9hn

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:01 AM (YowqD)

14 13 Health Expert: Obama 'Ignoring Laws' Could Lead to Overthrow of Gov'tÂ… Upper LEFT sidebar on Drudge

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:02 AM (olDqf)

15 Obama refuses to tell congress what security issues there are with Obamacide.  The reason?  He probably does not know.


http://tinyurl.com/qfxh8xz

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:02 AM (YowqD)

16 I have long railed against the abuses in the disability act which is the real reason SS is going bankrupt.  We now know that there are more people living on disability in the US than the entire population of Greece.


http://tinyurl.com/qcz3u4n

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:02 AM (YowqD)

17 Boner hires an amnesty advocate to help him shit on us.


http://tinyurl.com/khe23yr

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:03 AM (YowqD)

18 14 Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 07:01 AM (YowqD) Considering the actions of "originalists" like David Souter and John Roberts, what does it matter????

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:03 AM (olDqf)

19 Obama's illegal migrant Uncle is granted asylum in the US by a liberal judge despite a deportation order.

Plane tix from Boston to Nairobi are under $1500.  We could have crowd-sourced the deportation pretty easy.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 04, 2013 03:03 AM (hO8IJ)

20 The Obamacide Act is switching people to more expensive plans without their knowledge or approval.  It's a tax says Roberts.  Elections have consequences despite their being unconstitutional says Roberts.  We are unnecessarily says Roberts.


http://tinyurl.com/p5xzqgq

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:04 AM (YowqD)

21 What do you call legislators banning prostitution? Irony.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2013 03:04 AM (MMC8r)

22 We have long heard from the MFM that the cost of the Obamacide web site is $600B wasted dollars.  Try > $1B wasted dollars.   Where is sequester?  Oh, it is shutting down those "costly" military commissaries.


http://tinyurl.com/pba8xty

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:04 AM (YowqD)

23 The first question doesn't matter, if one can't enroll, doesn't matter how many are browsing, the back end is kind of important like say those pieces left out after fixing the watch, the security is too, but this is a Kevin Trudeau project gone bad,

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at December 04, 2013 03:07 AM (Jsiw/)

24 Kindle Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/q8la685


That's it for today.

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:07 AM (YowqD)

25 Well, now the GOP doesn't want to talk about Obamacare but wants to pass Amnesty.

That party is utterly dead to me, and worse; they are collaborating with the Democrats.

Take it back or take it down. Either or. NOW.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 06:58 AM (olDqf)

 

I see someone else listened to Levin last night.  The convention of the states is this Saturday.  It's a start. 

 

I hope all the conservative bloggers pummel Boehner and the GOP over this amnesty garbage.  Balls to the wall.  Nothing terrifies them more than losing their re-elections.  Legalizing 40 million Messicans for cheap labor will do it.

 

Off to the gym.  BBL

Posted by: RushBabe at December 04, 2013 03:09 AM (hrIP5)

26 Speaking of Obamacide, Indiana got a waiver on the Medicaid expansion, and now Hoosier Dems and free shitters (BIRM) are hating on the governor.

1) Obama signed the law that provided for the waivers. His admin signed Indiana's application.  You want to blame someone, start there.

2) People who don't get expanded Medicaid are directed to the federal exchanges, which according to the TV ads promise "low-cost quality health insurance from name-brand providers."  They were also created by the law that Obama signed.  Dems bitching about how horrible it is people are expected to partake of Ear Leader's glorious signature achievement would be schadenfreuderiffic if it wasn't so fucking stupid.

3) I've never lived in a state where the self-proclaimed proggs cite Kentucky as a model to aspire to instead of using the word as an epithet. 

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 04, 2013 03:10 AM (hO8IJ)

27

The Democrats are having a tough time deciding whether to call it "Obamacare" or not.

 

It's "Obamacare," you worthless shits:

 

It isn't Affordable,

It doesn't give people better Care

And an Act should be passed by both houses of Congress, not one desperate collection of dishonest shills.

 

Always call it "Obamacare" whenever the subject comes up.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 03:11 AM (zF6Iw)

28 Secede. F'k this shit. Republic of Texas.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 04, 2013 03:12 AM (F1Unt)

29 speaking of IN... did Mitch Daniels fall off the Earth?

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 03:12 AM (yxZ54)

30 Boner hires an amnesty advocate to help him shit on us.


http://tinyurl.com/khe23yr

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 07:03 AM (YowqD)



I've never seen a party that shits on its base as much as these drunk cocksuckers do.  They've been handed a key to the future and can't wait to squander it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 03:12 AM (JOgg0)

31 26 Posted by: RushBabe at December 04, 2013 07:09 AM (hrIP5) Babe: I've been shouting this out for probably a year now. I remember the first time that I wrote that the GOP is now a wing of the Democrats, I got flamed. Well, can anyone honestly say that the GOP establishment is a real opposition party? If they were, they would be obstructing, opposing and doing everything within their power to not only stop this insanity BUT to promote constitutional conservatism to the public. They have not, will not and will work to destroy anyone who tries to. Just look at the actions and words of McConnell, Boehner, Krispy Creosote and the pundits like Rove et al. And yes, I do listen to Levin as well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:14 AM (olDqf)

32 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 07:11 AM (zF6Iw) Best explanation I've seen...for anything....in a while.

Posted by: BignJames at December 04, 2013 03:14 AM (ZNQKl)

33

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  And thanks for the morning updates, Vic. 

 

That judge who allowed ObamaÂ’s drunkle to stay in the country proclaimed him ‘a man of good moral character.Â’ 

 

**snort** as if any judge would have the stones to ship the bastard back to Kenya.  If the GOP were smart (yeah, I know), they could seize on this as another issue in which the dog-eating crackhead has perverted the rule of law – with all the convenient audits and rulings coming from this corrupt administration, how could anyone believe that this particular judge hasnÂ’t been bought off or threatened?  “Good moral character,” my hairy yellow butt.

 

 

Well, anyway – a couple of weeks back, we were talking about Marilyn Monroe and her intake of mood-altering drugs.  I promised a list, and here it is, from Ted SchwarzÂ’s 2009 book Marilyn Revealed: The Ambitious Life of an American Icon:

 

 

“Truth?  LetÂ’s start with the drugs that Marilyn Monroe is regularly using as she prepares to star in The Misfits.  In alphabetical order they are known to consist of at least (there may be others that have not been documented; certainly she liked to raid friendsÂ’ medicine cabinets when visiting, taking a little of this or that if she thought it would help her sleep, or be better on the set, or feel good or whatever was going through her mind at the time):  Amytal, antihistamines, Benzedrine, champagne, chloral hydrate, codeine, Demerol, Dexamyl, Dexedrine, gin (40 percent alcohol – 80 proof), Librium, methamphetamines, morphine, Nembutal, Percodan, Phenobarbitol, Seconal, sherry, sodium pentathol, sulfathalidine, vermouth and 100 proof (50 percent alcohol) vodka.  If all was going well, Marilyn would take a nighttime cocktail consisting of a half tumbler of champagne, a Nembutal capsule opened so the drug would enter her system faster, and a chloral hydrate tablet.  When working on her last movie she would sometimes have a dinner that consisted of three ounces of steak, one Librium, one chloral hydrate, one Nembutal, and two glasses of Dom Perignon.  In addition, there were methamphetamine shots she received at Twentieth Century-Fox.”  (pp. 552-53)

 

 

Here she is in 1950s Love Happy, a Marx Brothers film.  In his later reminiscences (transcribed in Richard AnobileÂ’s The Marx Brothers Scrapbook), Groucho recalled it as a lousy movie with only Monroe as its sparkle.  “Man, I wanted to fuck her.  She had the greatest tits.”

 

 

http://tinyurl.com/at9za

 

 

YouÂ’ve noticed, no doubt, that I generally prefer to tell stories and show pictures of silent movies.  Not that I consider them better than talkies (trust me, until youÂ’ve seen Haldane of the Secret Service, you donÂ’t know what bad is), but because I prefer the women of the silent age.  The critic Jeanine Basinger – whose writing I highly recommend – called them, not unkindly, ‘pudding facesÂ’ in her book Silent Stars.  Which is to say that IÂ’ll take a dozen Pola Negris over any Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz or Nicole Kidman.

 

 

I know I’ve posted this picture of the Ziegfeld Follies star Anna Held before, but I post it again as an example – in both physical form and costume – of what I consider a perfect woman:

 

 

http://tinyurl.com/mwfkk52

 

 

Of course, as  IÂ’ve said before, when youÂ’re a precocious child whoÂ’s read Venus in Furs just when you hit puberty, itÂ’s no surprise if youÂ’re screwed up for the rest of your life.

 

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 03:14 AM (zF6Iw)

34 did Mitch Daniels fall off the Earth?



Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 07:12 AM (yxZ54)



He heads up Purdue University, no?

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 03:14 AM (JOgg0)

35 Yes, and they are deluded they will get the lion's share of that vote,

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at December 04, 2013 03:14 AM (Jsiw/)

36 did Mitch Daniels fall off the Earth?

He's the President of Purdue University.  He recently got pilloried for speaking at a non-proggressive fundraiser.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 04, 2013 03:16 AM (hO8IJ)

37 Does he, capn? I did not know that.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 03:16 AM (yxZ54)

38 29 Secede. F'k this shit. Republic of Texas. Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 04, 2013 07:12 AM (F1Unt) I don't want to leave the country. I want to kick these fucking bastards out of MY country. I'm referring to the Leftists who are hijacking the nation. Let them secede their asses to North Korea.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:16 AM (olDqf)

39 ObamaCare = Obamacide

I like both names.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2013 03:17 AM (ekrUY)

40 34 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 07:14 AM (zF6Iw) Hey MP4! "Haldane of the Secret Service." Isn't Haldane a mood-altering chemical? ; - )

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:19 AM (olDqf)

41 When working on her last movie she would sometimes have a dinner that consisted of three ounces of steak, one Librium, one chloral hydrate, one Nembutal, and two glasses of Dom Perignon.

BRB, grocery shopping.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 04, 2013 03:19 AM (hO8IJ)

42 Greetings and salutations, language people. Any name that derides, criticizes or demeans BenghaziCare is just fine with me. I'm not picky. SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/o][/s] at December 04, 2013 03:20 AM (0HooB)

43 In a fit of corruption the Obamanites have granted JP Morgan $13B in sub-prime federal loans.


http://tinyurl.com/q5um8af

Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 03:20 AM (YowqD)

44 He recently got pilloried for speaking at a non-proggressive fundraiser. I wish our side had 1/10th the moxie the Left has, sometimes. They never let up, never take a day off. I guess it's easier to be a perpetual pain in the ass when you're being subsidized by your govt rulers.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 03:21 AM (yxZ54)

45 HeatherRadish - Mike Pence did the right thing by refusing Medicaid expansion.. something his fellow GOP gov's didn't have the balls to do.  It only makes a permanent class of dependents. 

The people bitching were never gonna vote GOP anyway.. eff em!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 04, 2013 03:22 AM (b/lt+)

46 Hey Gabe: What will be the result of those committee meanings? I mean, really. If Issa and Boehner refused to appoint a special prosecutor for the IRS and Benghazi, then these sessions are just another episode of Kabuki Theatre.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:22 AM (olDqf)

47 Mitch Daniels would have been a pretty decent candidate. His personal life would have been dragged through a cesspool had he chosen to run last time. Too bad.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:23 AM (olDqf)

48 how bout Dick Lugar? Is he dead yet, or is Dick and his lush wife making big scratch with lobbying/consulting/selling out America?

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 03:24 AM (yxZ54)

49 32 -

I suspect they are being told by the election "experts" to keep their mouths shut about Obamacare, go about the business of doing what Republicans do, which is piddle around the edges of the issues they think they can triangulate.  Like amnesty and gun control. 

Keep the rubes (that would be some of us) happy, while bringing in as much of the squishy middle as they can, since they  believe the Dems are self-imploding. 

As an election strategy, will it work?  I don't know.

As a governing philosophy though, it is worse that the Dems, who actually believe in  the stuff they do, however misguided.  These people, the Republicans, are rotten to the core, and the party needs to die. 

Posted by: BurtTC at December 04, 2013 03:24 AM (BeSEI)

50 JJ, that Cato guy's testimony was stupendous. He pretty much warned of bad things when the government and the Preezy start ignoring their own laws. I was rather taken aback. Not in a bad way, just surprised that he didn't pull any punches.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/o][/s] at December 04, 2013 03:25 AM (0HooB)

51 On Drudge they want to shut down the NSA facility in Utah by shutting down the water supply used by the cooling system ... I'd say a couple of delta smelt dropped in the local river otta to the trick ...

Posted by: ET at December 04, 2013 03:25 AM (uGlk8)

52 Some assholes have nothing better to do. http://tinyurl.com/q3p8v4j Posted by: Vic Made me look! I fondly remember Dad coming in to relay to my brother and me what progress NORAD reported, as we tried to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. Really fun. (I miss my Dad, 45 years gone.) "We wanted to let folks know that, hey, this is a NORAD video, and we're the military and this is our mission," Navy Captain Jeff Davis said. See, that's the problem right there. Mil = bad. Period. As the CiC would say. (God help us!) Anyway, that's all for show. Besides the anti-missile antler guns Santa's sleigh has its own copious defenses and weaponry. You do know it's a modified TARDIS, right? Coffee's ready. Yay. Now if I can just shake the horizon a little harder, I'm sure I can get the sun to show up... Did I say hello? Hello.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the chip in my head is chocolate at December 04, 2013 03:26 AM (nETWY)

53 Today's celebrity birthdays: Alfred Hershey (DNA rules, bitches!) Col. Pappy Boyington (baa baa) Charles Keating (90 today - McCain's old buddy) Ned Romero (illegal flintlocks) Victor French (Team Edwards) Katherine Woodville (zapped by the Oracle) Dennis Wilson (RIP) Jeff Bridges (hold that tiger!) Tony Todd (a son of Mogh) Mark Robert Brown (space-age fist pumper) Marisa Tomei (where?) Shawn Corey Carter (a.k.a. Jay-Z) Tyra Banks (40 today)

Posted by: Gran at December 04, 2013 03:27 AM (mw0FO)

54 btw, Ace's post title was great but it should've been: obama: Hey, America, Fuck Y'all And Suck My Big Black Dick

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 03:27 AM (yxZ54)

55 Anybody else bone deep weary of the deification of celebrities who are now dead because of poor life choices?  I am talking about Paul Walker and the Glee guy--Corey something.   Have Americans become so enmeshed with the folks producing entertainment product that they consider these people some sort of faux family members?  These people had it all and like I said, poor choices left them dead.

Off my tiny widdle soapbox now...

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes at December 04, 2013 03:27 AM (kXoT0)

56 With the Obamacare website's "backend" yet to be completed...
-----------------
Oh, I'll complete it.

I'll complete it good and hard.

Posted by: Math at December 04, 2013 03:29 AM (E3WGn)

57 Mitch Daniels would have been a pretty decent candidate. His personal life would have been dragged through a cesspool had he chosen to run last time.

Too bad.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 07:23 AM (olDqf)



Yeah his runaway bride would've been attacked 24/7 by the same types of lowlifes that ridiculed Ann Romney, for which her dickhole husband responded like the twat he is by not doing a fucking thing.  Keep playing by the the Amy Vanderbilt and Emily Post playbooks, Repukes; it's really working great.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 03:30 AM (JOgg0)

58

@39-"I don't want to leave the country."

 

Don't worry JJ, you won't have to.  There will be a nice camp you will be sent to.  They will show films, let you work, and feed you once a day.

Posted by: Case at December 04, 2013 03:30 AM (9mWut)

59 Thanks for the news, Vic. 

And MP4 - another great story.. and yes, Anna Held was a dish, but I prefer Marylin.  One thing about the silent star dames that turns me off is the way they used lipstick to make their lips look smaller and pouty.. there's just something weird about the makeup.  Oh well..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 04, 2013 03:30 AM (b/lt+)

60 51 JJ, that Cato guy's testimony was stupendous. He pretty much warned of bad things when the government and the Preezy start ignoring their own laws. I was rather taken aback. Not in a bad way, just surprised that he didn't pull any punches. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/o] at December 04, 2013 07:25 AM (0HooB) Yeah, it was kind of a jolt to see things that we say all the time out there and in a Congressional hearing no less. But of course, he'll be banned from Hot Air for saying the political equivalent of "doody."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:31 AM (olDqf)

61 Anybody else bone deep weary of the deification of celebrities who are now dead because of poor life choices? I probably would be if I had any idea who they were. About 90% of the time, my reaction is, "Who?" Curmudgeonism is bliss. And that's my lawn you're standing on, too.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/o][/s] at December 04, 2013 03:31 AM (0HooB)

62 59 @39-"I don't want to leave the country." Don't worry JJ, you won't have to. There will be a nice camp you will be sent to. They will show films, let you work, and feed you once a day. Posted by: Case at December 04, 2013 07:30 AM (9mWut) As long as I'm in Barracks 4Â… At ease!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:31 AM (olDqf)

63 how about Larry Bird, he still living in French Lick?

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 03:32 AM (yxZ54)

64 64 how about Larry Bird, he still living in French Lick? Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 07:32 AM (yxZ54) Can I fly to French Lick on Are-Lingus?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:34 AM (olDqf)

65 OK pixel people, I gotta go get ready for work. Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/o][/s] at December 04, 2013 03:34 AM (0HooB)

66 Don't worry, Sefton.  In new socialist camp there won't be any foot lockers full of goodies.  In new socialist America, everything belongs to the collective, comrade!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 04, 2013 03:34 AM (b/lt+)

67 Some assholes have nothing better to do. http://tinyurl.com/q3p8v4j Posted by: Vic With all the turdhead countries pretending to flex their muscles lately, Santa would probably love a fighter escort rather than be shot down because Shitholeistan wanted to make a political statement.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 04, 2013 03:36 AM (nj9sX)

68 67 Don't worry, Sefton. In new socialist camp there won't be any foot lockers full of goodies. In new socialist America, everything belongs to the collective, comrade! Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 04, 2013 07:34 AM (b/lt+) "A jelly donut???!!!!" Wait, wrong foot lockerÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 03:37 AM (olDqf)

69 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 07:22 AM (olDqf)

My initial thought exactly.

Sadly, an appearance on The View would get better mileage.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 04, 2013 03:39 AM (gHDMy)

70 The senate GOP shouldn't get too excited about regaining control. They suck nearly as bad as the demonrats and many reliable GOP voters will be staying home. Let it burn. The same goes for the house if they continue down the amnesty road.

Posted by: TC at December 04, 2013 03:41 AM (vYB+W)

71 Random thought of the moment based on a comment by Insty asking who has more influence with the GOP, the base or fatcat donors.   To ask that question is to answer it, methinks.


Here's my random thought:   Is there a solid GOP base any longer?  Seriously, is there?   I should start by noting that I am defining GOP base as those voters who can be relied upon to volunteer time, donate treasure and turn out to vote without the GOP needing to be concerned that those voters will do so.  


Does that still exist?  If so, to what extent?   I know this is a self-selected group and thus sampling from the Horde is biased but look at how many here, including me, have said that we're done with the GOP as currently constituted and everything is now candidate based only.   How far out does that extend?   Is it significant enough to matter?   If not, what is the tipping point?


Note that I don't have answers to those, I'm just pondering that at the moment. 

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 04, 2013 03:41 AM (Gk3SS)

72 The Senate GOP has been a little quiet on Obamacare lately, so I can't point to anything they're specifically doing on it....

Gabe, Gabe, Gabe, Gabe...can't you finally admit that the Republicans, from Prince Reebus to Bitch McConnell to the lowliest mouthpiece among the so-called "conservative" bloggers, have totally dropped the ball on ChoomCare and every other damned policy advocated and/or put into effect by President Historic First©? They haven't done anything "lately," if you include 2009 as a "lately" year.

The first "conservative" who stands up and shows even faint signs of fealty to the Constitution and the citizens will get my attention. Until then, I will try to pay less attention to the worthless parasites.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2013 03:41 AM (csjXD)

73 "...the Left... never let up, never take a day off. -soothsayer In the struggle between the religion of get off my back vs the cult of all up in your business, there are too many agnostics.

Posted by: mindful webworker - theology lessons, cheap at December 04, 2013 03:43 AM (F1lOF)

74 13 Anyone catch this little nugget on Drudge: "Health Expert: Obama 'Ignoring Laws' Could Lead to Overthrow of Gov'tÂ… Upper right sidebar. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 07:01 AM (olDqf) I read that yesterday. Hmmmm.... Wake up one morning to find that "Seven Days in May" happened? Part of me would want to jump for absolute, unbridled joy. Part of me would be scared shitless. I need to go downstairs and do inventory.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 04, 2013 03:43 AM (l0ctZ)

75 I guess I don't pay enough attention, but, I didn't realize that hooking was legal in Frogland....? Next thing you know you'll be telling me that weed is legal in some place like, I dunno, Holland or some damn place like that. What'll they think of next?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 04, 2013 03:44 AM (U3/hS)

76 Ugh...imagine being tied down and shown endless speaches by Dear Leader.  At the point of becoming insane you realize you have become one of 'them'.

Posted by: Case at December 04, 2013 03:46 AM (9mWut)

77

obama: Hey, America, Fuck Y'all And Suck My Big Black Dick

 

Objection.  Assumes facts not in evidence.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 03:47 AM (zF6Iw)

78 Yes Virginialex, there is a solid GOP base. And 2014 will be the first time in history that a party's base will sit out an election.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 03:48 AM (yxZ54)

79 Gawd, I "hope" you are luvvin' all that "change" you voted for- twice.... Ø-Merica.

Idiots. Seriously. Obozo is stupid and lazy. Ø-Merica is not much better.

Posted by: backhoe at December 04, 2013 03:48 AM (ULH4o)

80 I need to go downstairs and do inventory. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 04, 2013 07:43 AM

One thing about the "Seven Days in May" scenario: it was, IIRC, meant to be bloodless, a "simple" takeover based on troop- strength and controlling key sites.

The Real Thing is unlikely to be bloodless.

In fact you could argue that the Prophets of Choom used SDiM as their guidebook, putting an obscure, unknown and untested nobody from Chicago into the role of a well-known general. The rest of it they got down pretty well.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 04, 2013 03:50 AM (csjXD)

81 Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 04, 2013 07:41 AM (Gk3SS)

That's the question many of us ask.....

My guess? The base on both sides has shrunk, but it's easier to buy votes from the squishy middle than convince them of the advantages of limited government and liberty from the tyranny of government control.

See who wins?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 04, 2013 03:51 AM (oJ5Fd)

82

One thing about the silent star dames that turns me off is the way they used lipstick to make their lips look smaller and pouty.. there's just something weird about the makeup.

 

Well, to each his own, of course.  Are you talking about the "cupid's bow" look, like this -

 

http://www.hpvf.com/servlet/Detail?no=5687

 

That didn't really come in until the 1920s, but I do know the look you're talking about.  And since you were so nice, here's another Marilyn for you - with Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:

 

http://tinyurl.com/pqjhk9w


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 03:53 AM (zF6Iw)

83 Good morning, good people. I'd prefer to stay un-pissed off today, which means I should probably avoid the internet. But answering these moronic customer complaints pisses me off too. What to do...

Posted by: DangerGirl at December 04, 2013 03:54 AM (B2fm1)

84 Yeah, it was kind of a jolt to see things that we say all the time out there and in a Congressional hearing no less. The logic underlying the testimony is no less concrete than what people call "math" around here. There are die hard believers who think that merely uttering the curse, LiB, will somehow hasten or contribute to the burning that is coming. There are also die hard believers who think that the rampant leftist lawlessness can be accommodated and absorbed without toppling civilization so long as nobody calls it out. Magical thinking.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 04, 2013 03:55 AM (V3kRK)

85 Wow, Jim Treacher got jacked up by some guy in DC. Looks like he took a few shots to the face, maybe some concrete to the head.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 04, 2013 03:57 AM (ZshNr)

86 81 I need to go downstairs and do inventory. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 04, 2013 07:43 AM One thing about the "Seven Days in May" scenario: it was, IIRC, meant to be bloodless, a "simple" takeover based on troop- strength and controlling key sites. The Real Thing is unlikely to be bloodless. Agreed, without reservation. What I wonder is just how ridiculous would the cities get. Also, General Scott had planned a complete media takeover (well, as it existed at the time). Won't happen, now.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 04, 2013 03:58 AM (l0ctZ)

87 Lipstick - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helen_kane.JPG

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 04:00 AM (aDwsi)

88 That pic of Anna Held... That outfit looks like she jumped out of a cake but dragged all the icing with her. hm.. I'm sorta reminded of some AoS comments meme a while back, about some ette and the candy flowers on cakes. Anyone? anyone?

Posted by: mindful webworker - silent blog star at December 04, 2013 04:01 AM (aPEuQ)

89 78 obama: Hey, America, Fuck Y'all And Suck My Big Black Dick Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 07:47 AM (zF6Iw) More like the pint-sized can of Spotted DickÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:01 AM (olDqf)

90

Here's my random thought: Is there a solid GOP base any longer? Seriously, is there? I should start by noting that I am defining GOP base as those voters who can be relied upon to volunteer time, donate treasure and turn out to vote without the GOP needing to be concerned that those voters will do so.

 

I have done so in the past.  My three most recent nationals were money and time for Teh Fred!.  I worked for McStain because of Palin.  I contributed money to Romney.  But I am done.  Perhaps (R) at the local level, but never again nationally unless it's a conservative candidate.  And even then, I'm not GOP.  No longer.

Now for you, Imperial One - Betty Blythe in 1921s The Queen of Sheba (possibly NSFW, depending on your office):

 

http://tinyurl.com/nz3ac4e


 

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 04:01 AM (zF6Iw)

91 speaking of the GOP base... their song is on the radio right now: "Can't Find My Way Home" (we are a base without a party)

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 04:02 AM (yxZ54)

92 86 Wow, Jim Treacher got jacked up by some guy in DC. Looks like he took a few shots to the face, maybe some concrete to the head. Posted by: Lincolntf at December 04, 2013 07:57 AM (ZshNr) Was he dressed like a Hassidic rabbi? If so, nothing to see. Move alongÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:02 AM (olDqf)

93 "I often wonder what toll booth lady is doing now." Enjoying her pension at your expense...? Or maybe she's just enjoying her long-term unemployment and/or disability, thanks to you. Either way, you're probably paying for her funemployment/retirement.

Posted by: elaine at December 04, 2013 04:02 AM (GNZ0/)

94 I often wonder what toll booth lady is doing now. *** Life coach

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 04, 2013 04:02 AM (N/Sup)

95 quick, who sings Can't Find My Home?

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 04:03 AM (yxZ54)

96 "refuses to tell congress what security issues there are with Obamacide. The reason? He probably does not know." Anyone have the Rumsfield wisdom handy?

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2013 04:05 AM (3hIs0)

97 SCOAMF administration thinking of just minting a trillion dollar platinum coin and depositing in the Treasury, so they don't have to worry about raising the debt ceiling. As if Mitch McConnell would fight to stop raising it. Wow.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:05 AM (olDqf)

98 98 quick, who sings Can't Find My Home? Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 08:03 AM (yxZ54) Blind Faith.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:05 AM (olDqf)

99 What do you call legislators banning prostitution?

Irony.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2013 07:04 AM (MMC8r)

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

 

Legislator's don't like the competition.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 04, 2013 04:06 AM (KlVdw)

100 98 quick, who sings Can't Find My Home? Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 08:03 AM (yxZ54) Specifically, Steve Winwood.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:06 AM (olDqf)

101 Oh wait. Mulligan. It's Traffic, with Steve Winwood. Whew!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:06 AM (olDqf)

102 is it Blind Faith, I dunno? yep it is

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 04:07 AM (yxZ54)

103 I often wonder what toll booth lady is doing now. *** Writing code at healthcare.gov?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 04, 2013 04:07 AM (N/Sup)

104 By the way, is it me or does McConnell resemble Cecil Turtle from the Bugs Bunny cartoons?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:08 AM (olDqf)

105 That pic of Anna Held... That outfit looks like she jumped out of a cake but dragged all the icing with her.

--

I thought it was tremendous, in a good way.  But then again, I've always been drawn to that time period.  The fashion and style is fascinating.

That.....or a foam finger with a teddy bear, barely there "costume?" 

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 04, 2013 04:08 AM (XB5Ak)

106 Aw nuts! I call Mulligan on my initial Mulligan! Rats-a-fratz!!!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:08 AM (olDqf)

107 damn I was just gonna who wrote it! yep, Steve Winwood in 1969??

Posted by: soothsayer at December 04, 2013 04:09 AM (yxZ54)

108 Do these doofuses really think that people will cough up back payments for premiums they were not billed for? Money has a way of burning a hole in one's pocket.

Posted by: Penis Loves Vagina at December 04, 2013 04:10 AM (kkbgQ)

109 I often wonder what toll booth lady is doing now. *** Didn't Chris Farley do a bit as Toll Booth Lady?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 04, 2013 04:11 AM (N/Sup)

110 I have finally found the way to live In the comfort of the Lord ♪ stands the test of time pretty well, or else I just still like it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - one eye open faith at December 04, 2013 04:13 AM (eb70/)

111 MP4 & Mike Hammer - yeah, that's the look...  Didn't know they had a term for it!
..............

That didn't really come in until the 1920s, but I do know the look you're talking about. And since you were so nice, here's another Marilyn for you - with Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:
..........
Niiice.. two of the most famous racks in film history...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 04, 2013 04:13 AM (b/lt+)

112

bbl, 'rons.  Got some meeting material to collect.

 

I thought it was tremendous, in a good way. But then again, I've always been drawn to that time period. The fashion and style is fascinating.

 

When I get back, Lady, I'll post some other pix.  But until then, google the name "Alfred Cheney Johnston."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 04:14 AM (zF6Iw)

113

The Weather Channel keeps telling us global warming is melting the ice cap at the north pole.  Yet, Denver is getting an "arctic blast" that is dumping snow all over the city.  That don't make sense.

 

Good Morning, Xenia, Ohio!

Posted by: Case at December 04, 2013 04:14 AM (9mWut)

114 112 Posted by: Penis Loves Vagina at December 04, 2013 08:10 AM (kkbgQ) Like Ike loves TinaÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:15 AM (olDqf)

115 6 Come on you guys! Chris Rock's daddy is working tirelessly! He doesn't write code, but he's working tirelessly! All the time! Tirelessly working on it! So let him be clear on it and pivot to working tirelessly! Focusing like a laser beam! Middle class! Posted by: UWP at December 04, 2013 06:57 AM (fdXMW) Tirelessly from 1-3 pm Mon thru Wed.

Posted by: Penis Loves Vagina at December 04, 2013 04:16 AM (kkbgQ)

116 117 The Weather Channel keeps telling us global warming is melting the ice cap at the north pole. Yet, Denver is getting an "arctic blast" that is dumping snow all over the city. That don't make sense. Good Morning, Xenia, Ohio! Posted by: Case at December 04, 2013 08:14 AM (9mWut) Read somewhere, maybe in the sidebar here or like PJ Media that the icecap at the North Pole is at its furthest extent in decades. The predictions of its complete disappearance were not just wrong, but outright lies. But then again, you probably knew that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:18 AM (olDqf)

117 ...   so did Litigating Prostitutes open for Congress?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:19 AM (66xMn)

118 I read H-Net, particularly the H-HUAC forums. It's mostly book authors and professors. They are still arguing the guilt of every cold war commie spy. No matter how much evidence against them, they continue to argue. And even those that admit their guilt try to downplay and excuse what they did. They live in a fucking alternative world where the truth is a lie/right is wrong. Frankly, progressivism is a form of mental illness, a way of saying fuck you to everyone.

Posted by: Penis Loves Vagina at December 04, 2013 04:23 AM (kkbgQ)

119 When Republicans get in trouble, demorats pee on them, bitch slap them, and backhand them.  When demorats get in trouble Republicans are divided, either come to the demorats assistance or maintain a respectful, passive, non-threatening silence.  I recognize the evil wicked as well as the stupid and duplicitious....do you ?
  Ever wonder how we got into this mess ?

Posted by: ron n. at December 04, 2013 04:24 AM (c7HxG)

120 I see on Drudge that the slimy bastard Reid is exempting his staff from the "Law of the Land." 

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 04, 2013 04:25 AM (XB5Ak)

121 Univ. of Virginia Assoc. Dean in the graduate commerce school has plead not-guilty on charges of distributing child-porn.

http://tinyurl.com/k2pfxmw

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:25 AM (66xMn)

122 12 Some assholes have nothing better to do. http://tinyurl.com/q3p8v4j Posted by: Vic at December 04, 2013 07:01 AM (YowqD) What kind of kid wants to see Santa flanked by a fighter escort? I mean, besides pretty much every damn kid I ever knew.

Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 04:25 AM (fWAjv)

123 This, after getting a brand new ez-pass from the government. Why can't the government get shit that actually works? It's working as designed. JEF as POTUS encourages those so inclined to let their tinpot petty tyrant flags freely fly. Snooping is a tyrannical trait.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 04, 2013 04:26 AM (V3kRK)

124 Obammycare has down more to harm than help people. Even if it was working it still harms significantly more people than helps. This whole idea that most people had to lose their own healthcare and pay thousands of dollars more a year to aid approx. 15 million people without insurance is absurd.

Posted by: Penis Loves Vagina at December 04, 2013 04:26 AM (kkbgQ)

125

117 Case

 

Amazing isn't it? Read Watts Up With That for some great info on ice in the Arctic and the ice in the Antarctic - blows away the climate industry's scaremongering (sorry my linking skills with tinyurl are pretty bad)

 

Warm night here in Sydney - it's summertime !!  

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 04:26 AM (uTxTC)

126 All Part of the Plan Global warmies fret as if The ice will soon all melt Greenies close down farms because They think it hurts some smelt We can't wear fur, burn coal, eat fat, Nor arm ourselves with lead. Now slightly cooler climate Should leave everybody dead.

Posted by: mindful webworker - meanwhile, in the other browser tab... at December 04, 2013 04:30 AM (f4Je0)

127 Here is Twitchy on Treacher getting thrashed.
http://tinyurl.com/m64qshd

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:31 AM (66xMn)

128 Who were those props standing behind TFG that were helped by Obamacare? The only identified already had insurance through her employer so she wasn't effected (yet.) The names of the other 18 are held tight like someone's college transcripts. http://tinyurl.com/lwczcd8

Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 04:31 AM (fWAjv)

129 It's all fine and good Reince is on CNN taking about Obamacare. But what is he doing behind closed doors? Building up support for amnesty. So yeah, fuck him.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 04:33 AM (P24qO)

130 HeatherRadish - Mike Pence did the right thing by refusing Medicaid expansion..

Oh, totally.  The "Mike Pence hates Hoosiers!" crowd always tacks on "it would have saved the state money because the feds would pay for it!" which indicates they're just regurgitating talking points and haven't actually read the part where the feds stop paying, nevermind the part where Hoosier taxpayers also pay federal taxpayers.

I've just had it with people blaming Pence for SCOAMF's law and execution therein, and amused that they hate the federal exchanges.



Dick Lugar, aka Obama's Favorite Republican Senator, got a medal from the SCOAMF at the same ceremony as Oprah and Gloria Steinham.   Everyone can STFU already about him losing his primary last year.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 04, 2013 04:35 AM (/kI1Q)

131 Meanwhile near Mexico City, a truck transporting Cobalt-60 for disposal has been stolen.
http://tinyurl.com/mmc8wf5

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:36 AM (66xMn)

132 Reince Priebus = Rancid Pubis

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:36 AM (olDqf)

133 What kind of kid wants to see Santa flanked by a fighter escort? I mean, besides pretty much every damn kid I ever knew. -RWC First, I thought, yeah! On second thought, alas: the kind you (and I) don't know, nor want to know, like the ones trained to report a classmate for pointing a finger and saying bang. War in America. It's not even that Cold.

Posted by: mindful webworker - schools as indoctrination centers at December 04, 2013 04:36 AM (nETWY)

134 Anybody else bone deep weary of the deification of celebrities who are now dead because of poor life choices - Yeah, the incontrovertible evidence is that they are stupid and evil and that their lifestyle is suicidal and yet the exact opposite is promoted: they were cool, their lifestyle is cool, and the world just wasn't cool enough for them.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 04, 2013 04:38 AM (PjgvN)

135 Here's my random thought: Is there a solid GOP base any longer? Seriously, is there? I should start by noting that I am defining GOP base as those voters who can be relied upon to volunteer time, donate treasure and turn out to vote without the GOP needing to be concerned that those voters will do so. __________________ Interesting question. I don't think there is a base anymore using your definition. I still think there is a base of voters that will vote R no matter what though. Probably 35% of the voting public. Another 10% will vote R **if** they bother voting.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 04:38 AM (P24qO)

136 http://themetapicture.com/should-you-eat-that-bacon/

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2013 04:39 AM (MMC8r)

137 Now for you, Imperial One - Betty Blythe in 1921s The Queen of Sheba (possibly NSFW, depending on your office): http://tinyurl.com/nz3ac4e Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 08:01 AM (zF6Iw) Ohhhh. Me likey. Everyone who is shocked that I always wanted to be a flapper, raise your hands.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 04:39 AM (VtjlW)

138

129.

aussie, yeah, every thinking person knows it's all a scam.

I'm with Vic on this, all these people who scam taxpayers out of money for this fake global warming crap should be sued and thrown in jail.

Posted by: Case at December 04, 2013 04:39 AM (9mWut)

139 Meanwhile near Mexico City, a truck transporting Cobalt-60 for disposal has been stolen. http://tinyurl.com/mmc8wf5 -Anna Puma (+SmuD) Not to worry. I'm sure the C-60 will show up again. :-/

Posted by: mindful webworker - schools as indoctrination centers at December 04, 2013 04:40 AM (nETWY)

140 A flapper with stompy boots no less. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:40 AM (66xMn)

141 Speaking of headlines... I pick up a copy of USA Today outside my hotel room door. Splashed across the front page is stuff about Newton and how it's time for congress to act on guns. Get ready for another 10 days of this as the anniversary approaches.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 04:41 AM (P24qO)

142 "Who were those props standing behind TFG that were helped by Obamacare? The only identified already had insurance through her employer so she wasn't effected (yet.) "The names of the other 18 are held tight like someone's college transcripts." They were just human props. It's not as if they mattered or anything. But it's kinda funny that Teh Won said this to Republicans: "I would advise them to check with the people who are here today and the people that they represent all across the country whose lives have been changed for the better by the Affordable Care Act." How exactly do you do that when the administration refuses to tell anyone who they are? Also, while obama spent time touting all the 26-year-olds still covered by their parents' plans, he kinda overlooked the two-year-olds who require a separate policy because they aren't included in the family plan. Huh... wonder why the dems would make it so adult children are still on the family plan, but little babies aren't? Could it be that little babies don't vote?

Posted by: elaine at December 04, 2013 04:42 AM (GNZ0/)

143 The DC GOP establishment is convinced that the only way they'll ever win again is by helping the donks pass amnesty. I thought we only had to run out the clock on this year to dodge that bullet, but it seems the party leadership is really certain this must be done asap. So I figure 2014 will be the year in which the vast majority of the public (including hispanics) turn on Obama and his agenda, only to find the so-called 'opposition' dutifully self-immolating in order to save our first historically black precedent. Hope I'm wrong, but I see no reason to believe I am.

Posted by: mugiwara at December 04, 2013 04:42 AM (W7ffl)

144 Ohhhh. Me likey... Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Me likey too. Of course, she would be considered morbidly obese by today's standards.

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

145 So I finally looked at my brand spanking new Silver Plan through BCBS. I'm so happy to find out that I now have pediatric dental and vision. Of course I'm childless, hit menopause 13 years ago and have had a tubal ligation. Wonder if I can ask BCBS for a line item breakdown and their costs. Really want to know how much I'm paying for that little gem.
And as I've mentioned before my premium went up 86%. I can afford it but others may not be a s lucky as I am.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at December 04, 2013 04:42 AM (Qp3K5)

146 120 117 The Weather Channel keeps telling us global warming is melting the ice cap at the north pole. Yet, Denver is getting an "arctic blast" that is dumping snow all over the city. That don't make sense. Posted by: Case at December 04, 2013 08:14 AM (9mWut) ____________ Stupid wingnut!! Don't you know global warming causes both cold and hot temps, both more and fewer hurricanes, both less and more rain? What a rube you are.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 04:43 AM (P24qO)

147 @111 - I suspect that they photograph all plates just in case someone disputes the ez-pass charge.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at December 04, 2013 04:43 AM (eFYNk)

148 A flapper with stompy boots no less. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 08:40 AM (66xMn) I like to mix it up. Why oh why oh why am I not allowed to punch people in the face? There are so many of our cases that could be resolved much more quickly if I could just punch someone in the face.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 04:43 AM (VtjlW)

149 Heh. This is old and probably already been posted, but Batkid snubbed TFG for a meeting with Stephanopoulos. President Obama is visiting San Francisco this week on a fundraising mission to meet with his historically lucrative donor base in the Bay Area. After Team Obama crafted a special message to Batkid on his big day earlier this month, the White House reached out to the young celebrity and cancer patient for a one-on-one meeting on Miles “Batkid” Scott’s home turf. Unfortunately for the President, Miles was already booked today on Good Morning America where the young hero got to meet lower-ranking Democrat George Stephanopoulos instead. All about you Barky.. all about you.

Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 04:44 AM (fWAjv)

150 I didn't see that piece on on Drudge - anyone got linky?

Posted by: JQP at December 04, 2013 04:45 AM (U4GjV)

151 WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to regroup from his health care law's disastrous rollout, President Barack Obama on Tuesday insisted that the sweeping overhaul is working and warned Republican critics that he would fight any efforts to strip away its protections.

"We're not repealing it as long as I'm president," Obama said during a health care event at the White House. "If I have to fight another three years to make sure this law works, then that's what I'll do."





This should be Barry and the Dem's political Stalingrad if only there were an opposition party to take advantage of it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 04, 2013 04:45 AM (1Jaio)

152 AlextheChick. 

Mix it up.  Roll a D6 every time the punch urge comes up. 
1-2 : Face
3-4 : Throat
5-6 : The jewels.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:46 AM (66xMn)

153 Huh... wonder why the dems would make it so adult children are still on the family plan, but little babies aren't? Could it be that little babies don't vote?

Worse.  The people who wrote the law 1) don't think babies are human beings and 2) believe the government should be able to control family size.

Zombie who comments here has a blog with a lot of original research on the writings of Obama advisors where these things are discussed (I can't look up specific links because IT has blocked it here).

http://zombietime.com/

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 04, 2013 04:46 AM (/kI1Q)

154 WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid public doubts over his stewardship of the economy, President Barack Obama is putting a renewed focus on the income gap between rich and poor as he pushes for short-term congressional action and begins setting the domestic agenda for the remainder of his presidency.

Obama is not expected to propose any new policy initiatives. But the White House says he will reiterate his call for an increase in the minimum wage and promote possible economic benefits of the troubled health care law. Obama also is expected to call on Congress to make a deal on 2014 spending, pass a farm bill with enough money for food stamps and extend unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed before the end of the year.





Brilliant Barry. Because more taxes, more regulation, more welfare and more of BarryCare is just what the economy needs

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 04, 2013 04:47 AM (1Jaio)

155

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 08:39 AM (VtjlW)

 

My pleasure, Your Malevolence.  Blythe once said, "A director is the only man other than your husband who can tell you how many clothes to take off."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 04:47 AM (zF6Iw)

156 "We're not repealing it as long as I'm president," Obama said during a health care event at the White House. Huh... I wonder if there's anything we can do to help him out with that?

Posted by: elaine at December 04, 2013 04:47 AM (GNZ0/)

157 Stupid wingnut!! Don't you know global warming causes both cold and hot temps, both more and fewer hurricanes, both less and more rain? - Global warming is like the Joooooooooooooooooos!

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 04, 2013 04:48 AM (PjgvN)

158 152 A flapper with stompy boots no less.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 08:40 AM (66xMn)


I like to mix it up.

Why oh why oh why am I not allowed to punch people in the face? There are so many of our cases that could be resolved much more quickly if I could just punch someone in the face. Posted by: alexthechick

I'd like to see dueling legalized. Yes, I mean it.

Posted by: backhoe at December 04, 2013 04:48 AM (ULH4o)

159

Question about Obamacare - what happens when insurance policies are cancelled but people have not been able to get an Obamacare policy and they need to see a doctor or go to a hospital in the meantime?

 

Will people be turned away?

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 04:50 AM (uTxTC)

160 I'd like to see dueling legalized. Yes, I mean it.

I was going to type "That would clear out the young men in certain ZIP codes right quick" but I think that's kind of the status quo already.  Despite guns being banned in those areas.  *srednop*

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 04, 2013 04:51 AM (/kI1Q)

161 154 I didn't see that piece on on Drudge - anyone got linky? Posted by: JQP at December 04, 2013 08:45 AM (U4GjV) I assume you mean this one? Drudge must've refreshed his page. Remove the extra spaces. http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ expert-testifies-to-congress-that-obamas-ignoring- laws-could-lead-to-overthrow-of-government/

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:52 AM (olDqf)

162 I'd like to see dueling legalized. Yes, I mean it. There is logic to the duel. A high school friend who did a career as a cop in a sleepy Atlanta exurb told me that most fights are over stupid shit and could easily have been avoided had slightly lower BACs or slightly higher IQs been involved. But there is a non trivial percentage of fights that really could not have ended any other way.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 04, 2013 04:52 AM (V3kRK)

163 My pleasure, Your Malevolence. Blythe once said, "A director is the only man other than your husband who can tell you how many clothes to take off." Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 08:47 AM (zF6Iw) Awhile back I went to a showing of some pre-code b&w movies. There was a huge sign up outside the auditorium that it was for adults only and some of these were explicit. Oh the hilarity watching people who know nothing of film history watching stuff that was riiiiiight on the line of being actual porn. Get this, people in the teens and 20's liked them some sex too. Who knew?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 04:52 AM (VtjlW)

164 Univ. of Virginia Assoc. Dean in the graduate commerce school has plead not-guilty on charges of distributing child-porn.

http://tinyurl.com/k2pfxmw

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 08:25 AM (66xMn)



Wow, that looks like some nasty shit.  If he was part of a "peer to peer" network, that means he was probably filming himself with children and sharing it with other sick fucks.  I hate to jump to conclusions on a sex related crime because an innocent person could have his life destroyed with a false charge but I'd have to believe they had tons of irrefutable evidence before the grand jury.



Speaking of pervs, does anybody know if there's an ongoing investigation into what the Second Mile was doing beyond just Sandusky's involvement?  I read some highly disturbing things about how it was a wide flung network that went well beyond just Happy Valley, Pennsylvania.  Also keep in mind that the original investigator of this, way before when the shit hit the fan regarding Sandusky and Paterno, just disappeared one day and they only found his pc with the hard drive removed.  I know there's tons of delusional garbage on the internet and maybe Sandusky was just an individual perv who took advantage of things strictly for his own sick ends.  It's just that things don't make sense to me on a few things and I hate having the feeling that the real story is being obscured.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 04:52 AM (JOgg0)

165 HeatherRadish the dueling would rapidly clear out the upper ranks of the posh liberals who think the underclass just needs to be coddled.

By the families of those the underclass murdered.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:53 AM (66xMn)

166 Washington (CNN) -- Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare's architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law's new exchanges.







The dirtbag gets even dirtier

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

167 The guy from the Cato Institute is my new hero. Things are starting to be said to the ruling class that need to be heard by the ruling class. It will be ignored, of course, by the king and his court. That's OK though.

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 04, 2013 04:54 AM (XvrTA)

168 Pre-code films can be a real hoot or leave your jaw hanging on the floor while your brain is going 'they showed that?' 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:55 AM (66xMn)

169 High of 79 today and 36 on Saturday. Okay. Now that's climate change.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 04, 2013 04:57 AM (SUKHu)

170 164 Question about Obamacare - what happens when insurance policies are cancelled but people have not been able to get an Obamacare policy and they need to see a doctor or go to a hospital in the meantime? Will people be turned away? Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 08:50 AM Currently, anyone can seek medical attention, whether they can afford it or not and cannot be turned away. This was thanks to one of those "hateful, evil, uncaring" republicans (Reagan, to be exact). I haven't seen any reports for what happens after Jan 1 if you don't have insurance and need medical treatment. I'm guessing you're shit outta luck, much like if you try to drive without having proof of auto insurance.

Posted by: elaine at December 04, 2013 04:57 AM (GNZ0/)

171 Captain Hate look where the guy worked before.  In the USAF.  I bet he 'retired' because AFOSI was about to toss him into jail for finding such stuff on his military computer.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 04:58 AM (66xMn)

172 Thanks JJ!

Posted by: JQP at December 04, 2013 04:59 AM (U4GjV)

173 164 Question about Obamacare - what happens when insurance policies are cancelled but people have not been able to get an Obamacare policy and they need to see a doctor or go to a hospital in the meantime? Will people be turned away? Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 08:50 AM (uTxTC) ___________ 1. You don't have to buy insurance through Obamacare. Every insurance policy sold on Ocare is also availabel directly from the insurance company. Or from ehealthinsurance.com 2. Stop talking like a Dem. Not having insurance does not mean you can't go to the doctor and pay $75 cash to get treated.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 04:59 AM (P24qO)

174 Teh Jooz invented the Global Warming. All that gentile and Muslim blood in the matzohs is what did it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 04:59 AM (olDqf)

175 178 Thanks JJ! Posted by: JQP at December 04, 2013 08:59 AM (U4GjV) Pas de quoi. And I'm sure Gabe will update the post to show it any time now. Any time. Any timeÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 05:00 AM (olDqf)

176 180 Teh Jooz invented the Global Warming. All that gentile and Muslim blood in the matzohs is what did it. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 08:59 AM (olDqf) __________ I thought the warmed air tasted a little like bagels. Now it all makes sense.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 05:01 AM (P24qO)

177 Aussie, generally people will not be turned away but they may be asked to pay when service is rendered. Confirming coverage is going to be a lot more important to doctors' offices come 1 January. Thanks a ton, Barky.

Posted by: Retread at December 04, 2013 05:01 AM (qNzkX)

178 Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 08:52 AM (JOgg0) The FBI downloaded 17 videos off of his computer.

Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 05:01 AM (fWAjv)

179 Hey, it seems like it was only 2013 when health insurance companies could not be trusted to DO THE RIGHT THINGTM. Wait...

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 04, 2013 05:01 AM (659DL)

180 2. Stop talking like a Dem. Not having insurance does not mean you can't go to the doctor and pay $75 cash to get treated.

--

You don't have to be a jerk.  Aussie doesn't live in the states, so they obviously don't know first hand what would happen. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 04, 2013 05:01 AM (XB5Ak)

181 176 Captain Hate look where the guy worked before. In the USAF. I bet he 'retired' because AFOSI was about to toss him into jail for finding such stuff on his military computer. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 08:58 AM (66xMn) anyone in the military that knew about his proclivities should be hanged next to him

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 04, 2013 05:01 AM (8JJ6O)

182 182 I thought the warmed air tasted a little like bagels. Now it all makes sense. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 09:01 AM (P24qO) I actually love blood sausage.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 05:02 AM (olDqf)

183 I love that slogan: "Take it back or take it down-either or!"

Posted by: AnnaS at December 04, 2013 05:03 AM (UN0/t)

184

175 elaine

 

Thanks - your health care/insurance system is so very different from ours!

 

 

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 05:03 AM (uTxTC)

185 If it goes on long enough, hospitals will have no choice but to turn patients away. Medical equipment and supplies have to be bought and maintained. If nobody's paying the hospital, the hospital doesn't pay it's bills, the tongue depressers stop arriving.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 04, 2013 05:04 AM (ZshNr)

186 Anyone know of a doctor that charges just $75? Anyone? Yeah, our concern troll is an out of touch imbecile.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 04, 2013 05:04 AM (659DL)

187

179 Mr Moo Moo

 

Me talk like a Dem??? I'm in bloody Australia sweetie

 

Plus the Dems equivalent were voted out of office very decisively 3 months ago by people like me!

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 05:05 AM (uTxTC)

188 >>J.J. Sefton at December 04, 2013 08:52 AM (olDqf) I actually watched the House Judiciary hearings yesterday. It was eye popping. Every constitutional scholar the committee interviewed saved for one far left guy who is also a HuffPo blogger, said the president was perilously close if not over the line of executive abuse and impeachment should not be off the table if a pattern of behavior could be detected. Even Jonathan Turley, who is left of center at best, said that what Obama is doing is destabilizing the country and threatens to wreck the balance of power.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2013 05:06 AM (g1DWB)

189 My crappy old fart doctor charges $50.  But then he also accepts Medicaid, etc. 

Oh, and be prepared to wait over two hours.


Posted by: Jimbo at December 04, 2013 05:06 AM (V70Uh)

190 With the Obamacare website's "backend" yet to be completed, the Obama administration has decided that it will make subsidy payments to insurers based on insurers' estimates of what they're owed. It's a TRAP!

Posted by: Adm. caret Ackbar at December 04, 2013 05:06 AM (UZQM8)

191 Now who is the ugly American insulting our allies?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 05:07 AM (66xMn)

192

Currently, anyone can seek medical attention, whether they can afford it or not and cannot be turned away. This was thanks to one of those "hateful, evil, uncaring" republicans (Reagan, to be exact).

 

***

 

Not exactly true, unless by "seek medical attention" you mean "be seen in the Emergency Room".  EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) is still in full force.  Private physician's offices do not have the same obligation to evaluate and stabilize as hospital ER's do.

 

What I suspect will happen, is that due to constriction of many health networks and lessened availability of primary care docs, ER's will see a BIG increase in business.  Patients in the U.S. are used to the notion of being seen quickly, and if they are told there is a waiting time of 6 weeks to be seen in the office, will soon be filling ER's, regardless of ability to pay.

 

Central planning at its *finest*

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightful folksy wise-ass at December 04, 2013 05:09 AM (N/Sup)

193 Even Jonathan Turley, who is left of center at best, said that what Obama is doing is destabilizing the country and threatens to wreck the balance of power. Threatens to wreck? It's wrecked already. Wile E. Coyote is standing in thin air off the edge of the cliff. All that's left is for him to look down.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 04, 2013 05:09 AM (V3kRK)

194 HealthCare.gov reflects rise of new database technology. HealthCare.gov is counting on NoSQL technology to help validate customer data and integrate the multiple forms of data that participating insurers feed into the system. If there is one drawback to NoSQL, it is that the relatively new technology suffers from a dearth of qualified talent. Fucking eh....

Posted by: cajun caret at December 04, 2013 05:09 AM (UZQM8)

195 Today, there will be four House committee hearings on Obamacare. Oh goodie. The equivalent of four strongly-worded letters.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 04, 2013 05:09 AM (7ObY1)

196

183 Retread

 

Thanks -what a mess your delightful President has created for you all

 

I can't imagine this shemozzle will be solved anytime soon

 

 

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 05:09 AM (uTxTC)

197 If it goes on long enough, hospitals will have no choice but to turn patients away. Medical equipment and supplies have to be bought and maintained. If nobody's paying the hospital, the hospital doesn't pay it's bills, the tongue depressers stop arriving. Posted by: Lincolntf at December 04, 2013 09:04 AM (ZshNr) There's one way sure way around EMTALA. Close the emergency room. Hospitals have been doing that since EMTALA passed because once the ER is closed, then you can turn away. Of course, the next call will be to expand EMTALA to all medical care and then that whole pesky enforced labor argument can be had. Good times, good times.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 05:09 AM (VtjlW)

198

Check out the pre-Code version of Baby Face.  They don't show skin, but it's made very obvious that Barbara Stanwyck is sleeping her way to the top.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 05:09 AM (zF6Iw)

199 Captain Hate look where the guy worked before. In the USAF. I bet he 'retired' because AFOSI was about to toss him into jail for finding such stuff on his military computer.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 08:58 AM (66xMn)



Yeah I don't feel good about giving the benefit of the doubt to somebody who these weird coincidences keep happening to.  I'm also not very pleased with a "he retired so he's not our problem now" attitude on something like this.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 05:10 AM (JOgg0)

200 Anyone know of a doctor that charges just $75?

My vet charges $48/cat, plus lab/vaccines.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 04, 2013 05:10 AM (/kI1Q)

201 When will the House take up the illegality of Obama's changes to Obamacare at will?  Why doesn't the repeated violation of the separation of powers warrant investigation?  Sorry if this is old.  I usually don't get to comment but I'm home babysitting sick kids.

Posted by: OldSchoolLady at December 04, 2013 05:11 AM (NpsJA)

202

My crappy old fart doctor...

 

 

***

 

 

Why do you need a doctor for that?  Just take Gas-X.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightful folksy wise-ass at December 04, 2013 05:11 AM (N/Sup)

203 Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 08:52 AM (JOgg0)

The DA you're referencing (Gricar) was heavily involved in aggressively prosecuting mafia cases.  That's the more likely explanation for his disappearance. 

As to Second Mile, Sandusky was investigated in 1998 by the State Police and Pennsylvania Child Youth Services.  He was cleared, even after a trooper stood in a closet and listened to Sandusky apologize to a boy and his mother for 'hurting' him.  Soon after that, Paterno told Sandusky he'd never be the head coach and Penn State and Sandusky resigned. 

He kept his access as a member of Second Mile and the kids there got to use Penn State football facilities. 

Now, Spanier, Curley and Schultz (former PSU president, athletic director, vice president and commissioner of the police department) are all preparing to go to trial for various levels of covering up the abuse.  It's particularly sickening when you know that President Spanier was a child therapist specializing in abuse victims. 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 04, 2013 05:11 AM (fwARV)

204 Me talk like a Dem??? I'm in bloody Australia sweetie Plus the Dems equivalent were voted out of office very decisively 3 months ago by people like me! Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 09:05 AM (uTxTC) Good on ya' mate! FYI - Eric Bana as Chopper is as good of an acting performance as I've seen in the last 25 yrs.

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 04, 2013 05:11 AM (XvrTA)

205 192 Anyone know of a doctor that charges just $75? Anyone? Yeah, our concern troll is an out of touch imbecile. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 04, 2013 09:04 AM (659DL) ______________ If you pay cash, $75 is about right for a general physician. That's what I pay. If I go to the urgent care clinic, it's $100. Again cash price. Same visit billed through insurance is $259. PS: Go fuck yourself.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 05:12 AM (P24qO)

206 House Judiciary hearings and four more hearings on Bammycare today.  It's the Cloward and Pivening of Congress.  Create so much chaos that nobody ever gets to the bottom of anything. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 04, 2013 05:12 AM (XB5Ak)

207 >>When will the House take up the illegality of Obama's changes to Obamacare at will? Why doesn't the repeated violation of the separation of powers warrant investigation? Sorry if this is old. I usually don't get to comment but I'm home babysitting sick kids. That was the core of the House Judiciary hearings yesterday. Again, all the constitutional scholars save the lefty said what Obama is doing is not legal.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2013 05:13 AM (g1DWB)

208 I can't imagine this shemozzle will be solved anytime soon Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 09:09 AM (uTxTC) We have to grant amnesty to millions of illegals first. Then we'll get around to repealing it. Maybe. If there isn't a good cocktail party in the coming future.

Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 05:13 AM (fWAjv)

209 No coverage on January 1? That's the beauty of American *healthcare*, which is far different than American *health insurance*. You go to the ER, just like the uninsured (who all have universal healthcare) do today. Next problem?

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 04, 2013 05:13 AM (99dlI)

210 My crappy old fart doctor charges $50. But then he also accepts Medicaid, etc. Oh, and be prepared to wait over two hours. Posted by: Jimbo --------------------- Random Canadians interviewed on O'Reilly the other night, cited 4-6 hr. waits.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 05:13 AM (aDwsi)

211 I saw Random Canadians open for Saga, at Lee's Palace, Toronto, 1981.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 04, 2013 05:14 AM (7ObY1)

212 If I had a son, he'd look like the dean. 169 Univ. of Virginia Assoc. Dean in the graduate commerce school has plead not-guilty on charges of distributing child-porn. http://tinyurl.com/k2pfxmw

Posted by: Harry Reid, Pedarist at December 04, 2013 05:14 AM (0FSuD)

213 Pay cash and health care isn't expensive. I got 25% off the hospital stay when my wife gave birth on the portion we owed outside insurance. Pre-paid it, got the discount. Most hospitals will do that type of deal as will labs, clinics, etc.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 05:14 AM (P24qO)

214 Even Jonathan Turley, who is left of center at best, said that what Obama is doing is destabilizing the country and threatens to wreck the balance of power.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2013 09:06 AM (g1DWB)



I first noticed Turley on the gab shows during Slick's Monica problems.  At first he seemed like a pretty straight shooter before people started reminding him that his party invites might start drying up if he didn't get back in line.  That he's starting to comment on what has been obvious to us morons is a pretty good sign imo.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 05:15 AM (JOgg0)

215 After seeing his re-election chances fall because of FUBARcare and other Obama idiocy, Mark Pryor has now found God.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 04, 2013 05:15 AM (PjgvN)

216 You don't have to be a jerk. Yes, yes, he does.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2013 05:15 AM (MMC8r)

217

211 ghostofhallelujah 

Hi there from a very warm Sydney summer night

 

Chopper Read died a couple of months ago - how many people he murdered is still a big unknown - I agree, Eric Bana really  was spot on with that performance

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 05:16 AM (uTxTC)

218

Joda Boehner, Cantor, y McCarthy. Ellos merecen ser atornillados mil veces por el Satán de púas amartillan.

 

That is all.

Posted by: joanne at December 04, 2013 05:16 AM (s/quq)

219 High of 79 today and 36 on Saturday. Okay. Now that's climate change. Posted by: Mama AJ Cooling down from yesterday to 52°F the high today, supposedly. 19° by tomorrow night. With ice. "Winter Storm Warning for a combination of snow... sleet... and freezing rain..." Then it gets cold. We might even have a couple weeks of hard winter. Before the mid-continent wind turns again. Oklahoma - famous for our climate chaos. Also, resisting BenghaziCare.

Posted by: mindful webworker♪ where the naders come right behind the floods... at December 04, 2013 05:16 AM (nETWY)

220 Obama is succeeding in turning people into an all for themselves mentality and dividing people that normally stick together. My husband who is retired AF has been working for a defense contractor doing joint training for about 10 years. When Obama took office the war on contractors began while protecting government workers. Many of the government workers (mostly officers) who are prior military and many of the active duty folks (mostly officers) started turning on the contractors. It is now an us against them mentality with these folks. In addition the contractors (all prior service mostly enlisted) who did go to the dark side (govt positions) have adopted that mentality. I am also retired AF and very disheartened to see fellow vets stab others in the back. Is anyone else seeing this or is this just happening in Virginia? That's my vent for the day.

Posted by: palolojo at December 04, 2013 05:17 AM (hw+mQ)

221 >>I first noticed Turley on the gab shows during Slick's Monica problems. At first he seemed like a pretty straight shooter before people started reminding him that his party invites might start drying up if he didn't get back in line. That he's starting to comment on what has been obvious to us morons is a pretty good sign imo. It was pretty shocking. He was possibly the most strident in his warning that if Obama isn't stopped we are likely to see the rise of an "Uber President" (his term) and tyranny. Thats pretty tough stuff for a lefty to say about a lefty.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2013 05:17 AM (g1DWB)

222 Am I the only one who watched the BBC series "Doc Martin" with one eye towards "It's a comedy" and the other eye towards "It's a documentary about Government Healthcare"?


Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2013 05:17 AM (sLOWG)

223 209 My crappy old fart doctor... *** Why do you need a doctor for that? Just take Gas-X. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightful folksy wise-ass at December 04, 2013 09:11 AM (N/Sup) The chili can said farts lasting over four hours call your doctor.

Posted by: LIV Male at December 04, 2013 05:18 AM (0FSuD)

224 WTF...saying someone is talking like a Dem is being a jerk? Jezuz, some of you need some thicker skins.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 05:18 AM (P24qO)

225 Captain Hate, I have seen it in one unit in the Guard.

One LTC had as a day job being a city judge.  They busted him for going lenient with female offenders if they did him certain favors.  State HQ told him to get lost from the Guard.  So he moved to another unit and retired years later.

Another LTC divorced his wife when he was a Major.  He married a female NCO under his command.  He was promoted to LTC. She quit the Guard so he would not get in trouble.

Then another LTC on an AT for reasons only known to him decided to bang a female Amn.  She told coworkers next day how great he was.  He was her OIC.  But because the guy was a serious a**hole, the hammer did fall on him.  Sic transit a 19 year military career and his 19 year marriage.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 05:18 AM (66xMn)

226 The DA you're referencing (Gricar) was heavily involved in aggressively prosecuting mafia cases. That's the more likely explanation for his disappearance. At the time he disappeared, it was assumed that one of the drug rings he was going after offed him. I remember that whole situation very well because it was so bizarre. Hell, there is the possibility that he went for a walk in the woods and fell or otherwise got injured and couldn't make his way back and died. That area isn't quite a forest but it's not quite not one either. It would be very easy for the body not to be found, even with people searching. People forget just how dangerous Outside is and just how quickly you can be back in the wild where you are not the top of the food chain. Fall and break your leg and can't make it back? You will die of hypothermia and then get eaten and hopefully in that order. Personally? I think he "went for a walk in the woods" and the body got weighed down and then tossed in the river. My bet is on the druggies though there's somewhat of a drug lord/mafioso overlap on the Venns.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 05:18 AM (VtjlW)

227 The only good Canadian is a random Canadian.

Posted by: eleven at December 04, 2013 05:18 AM (KXm42)

228 Obama is succeeding in turning people into an all for themselves mentality and dividing people that normally stick together.

Totalitarianism can't work otherwise.  Did you see the piece in the ONT about Cuba?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 04, 2013 05:19 AM (/kI1Q)

229 It's particularly sickening when you know that President Spanier was a child therapist specializing in abuse victims.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 04, 2013 09:11 AM (fwARV)



Not to tar people with an overly large brush but some shrinks I've known socially have been the weirdest fucks this side of an asylum.  Nice people, just very very strange.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 05:19 AM (JOgg0)

230 mr moo moo what minimal amount of treatment are you receiving at the urgent care or doctor's office that you are only being charged $75 or $100

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 04, 2013 05:19 AM (8JJ6O)

231 Village - I have only caught a couple of segments, but, yes..., I viewed it with the same eye.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 05:20 AM (aDwsi)

232

215 RWC

 

Priorities, priorities...

 

Amnesty obviously must come first/sarc

 

 

 

 

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 05:20 AM (uTxTC)

233 So they voted to extend the ban on the Glock 7 and other variants. Glock 7 is a porcelain pistol made in Germany that doesn't show up on airport x-ray machines and it costs more than you make in a month.

Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 05:20 AM (fWAjv)

234 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 09:18 AM (VtjlW)

Yeah, I agree.  I'm just arguing that his disappearance had nothing to do with Sandusky raping kids.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 04, 2013 05:20 AM (fwARV)

235 235 Obama is succeeding in turning people into an all for themselves mentality and dividing people that normally stick together. ______________ Ins't that a good thing? I thought individualism was better than collectivism.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 05:21 AM (P24qO)

236 "...saying someone is talking like a Dem is being a jerk?"

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 04, 2013 09:18 AM (P24qO)

He asked a question. You answered like an asshole.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 04, 2013 05:21 AM (oJ5Fd)

237 Woman in projects gets killed. 19, pregnant, and had FOUR other children in the house. http://tinyurl.com/m9j8zgo

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2013 05:22 AM (0FSuD)

238 Nice people, just very very strange.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 09:19 AM (JOgg0)

My experience has been similar.  I guess you have to be able to compartmentalize like a champ if you sit and listen to the depressed, angry, weird, et al. all day.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 04, 2013 05:22 AM (fwARV)

239 Hey, if they don't want to call it Obamacare, I understand. Let's call it DemocratCare instead.

Posted by: Con Reeder at December 04, 2013 05:23 AM (n5PpX)

240

231 Mr Moo Moo

 

I'm an AUSSIE living in Sydney Australia so please do NOT insult me just because I'm asking questions - I am still allowed to do that?

 

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 05:23 AM (uTxTC)

241 I've always kinda thought the #1 reason people get into psychology and psychiatry is a futile attempt at self-diagnosis. I've only had a couple PhD psychologists confess such to me.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 04, 2013 05:23 AM (99dlI)

242 Crikies the non sacred bovine is such a POM.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 05:24 AM (66xMn)

243 He asked a question. You answered like an asshole.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 04, 2013 09:21 AM (oJ5Fd)




He does that all the time. It's part of his lack of charm

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 04, 2013 05:25 AM (1Jaio)

244 This will warm your heart. NYC new first lady, Black Bi Sexual, to take a "out sided role" http://tinyurl.com/llehbyv

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 04, 2013 05:25 AM (0FSuD)

245 "Fortunately, GOP hopes to retake the Senate are approaching "This Might Even Happen" levels of optimism thanks to Obamacare." Any chance of that working out at the State/Commowealth level?

Posted by: Ken Cuccinelli at December 04, 2013 05:26 AM (gXRIG)

246 Why oh why oh why am I not allowed to punch people in the face? There are so many of our cases that could be resolved much more quickly if I could just punch someone in the face.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 08:43 AM (VtjlW)

 

 

 

 

  Imperious  Leader,  because  those  of  average  height  refuse  to  bend  down  for  their  well-deserved  punch  in  the  face.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 04, 2013 05:26 AM (rXcBX)

247 Not to tar people with an overly large brush but some shrinks I've known socially have been the weirdest fucks this side of an asylum. Nice people, just very very strange.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 09:19 AM (JOgg0)

 

***

 

I've often said that a substantial number of psychiatrists enter the profession in search of a diagnosis and/or cure.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightful folksy wise-ass at December 04, 2013 05:26 AM (N/Sup)

248 I remember that whole situation very well because it was so bizarre. Hell, there is the possibility that he went for a walk in the woods and fell or otherwise got injured and couldn't make his way back and died. That area isn't quite a forest but it's not quite not one either. It would be very easy for the body not to be found, even with people searching. People forget just how dangerous Outside is and just how quickly you can be back in the wild where you are not the top of the food chain. Fall and break your leg and can't make it back? You will die of hypothermia and then get eaten and hopefully in that order.



Driving on Route 80 across Pennsyltucky gives you a good feeling with just how big and unpopulated parts of the country remain.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 05:26 AM (JOgg0)

249 He does that all the time. It's part of his lack of charm Birds gotta swim, fish gotta fly.

Posted by: --- at December 04, 2013 05:26 AM (MMC8r)

250 Yeah, I agree. I'm just arguing that his disappearance had nothing to do with Sandusky raping kids. Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 04, 2013 09:20 AM (fwARV) Oh I know, I was just blathering away in addition to your point. It was pretty shocking. He was possibly the most strident in his warning that if Obama isn't stopped we are likely to see the rise of an "Uber President" (his term) and tyranny. Thats pretty tough stuff for a lefty to say about a lefty. Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2013 09:17 AM (g1DWB) There is a portion of the Left, though it is quite small, that is as horrified by what Obama is doing as those on the Right. Some of their concern stems from the realization that if Dem President can do this, so can a Republican one and oh noes abortion will be outlawed and womyn shackled down to breed! Then there are those who have more than a passing familiarity with history and who know how this story ends. I have a friend on the pretty far Left who has been screaming about the Imperial Presidency since Clinton and she has been completely consistent in her objections. It's remarkable. Too bad she's batshit insane about wanting a pure democracy but credit where credit is due.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 05:27 AM (VtjlW)

251 Me talk like a Dem??? I'm in bloody Australia sweetie Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 09:05 AM (uTxTC) Which part? I used to have a schtick were I pretended to be an Aussie and told them I was from Perth. (I had a friend who went on a port call there.) You would not believe how many drinks people would buy me because they liked Australians. Me and another fellow would always get up and sing "Tie me Kangaroo down." It was a hoot.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 04, 2013 05:27 AM (bb5+k)

252

@248 akula 51-

 

 

Great minds think alike etc.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightful folksy wise-ass at December 04, 2013 05:28 AM (N/Sup)

253 I actually paid a pediatrician for a visit once with a quart of borscht. Brought it as a joke/gift, but she wouldn't take a dime, or the BCBS card, after the offering. Then again, her dad had been a village doctor on the Scandi end of Poland who was happy to get piglets or chickens, so some cultural crosstalk was involved. She was a looker, too. We could do worse than to base a national system of health care delivery on her and her dad's value system, and my Imperial borscht.

NORAD is not to blame for the crass commercialization of national defense and Santa Claus. Doesn't everyone remember that Sears had a misprint in a newspaper ad, and people started calling a NORAD desk to talk to Santa? That's how it all got started.

When I was little, the reports came on AM radio, and the idea that grim Cold Warriors in the bunker just might be looking out for the Kindly Old Gent made a kid so happy you'd want to cry. I already "didn't believe" but I believed in the United States Air Force, and have ever since goddammit sir.

On the one side you've got Fail Safe/Strangelove, on the other, NORAD tracking Santa Claus. (1)Greatest improvised PR move ever, and (b)I ask you, which is more psychedelically fanciful?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 04, 2013 05:28 AM (xq1UY)

254 WTF...saying someone is talking like a Dem is being a jerk? Jezuz, some of you need some thicker skins.

--

No, you were purposefully being a sarcastic smart ass with an insulting "stop talking like a Dem."  Without caring or knowing he doesn't live in America.  In my book, that makes you a jerk, or a clueless jerk.  Take your pick. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 04, 2013 05:28 AM (XB5Ak)

255 I'm an AUSSIE living in Sydney Australia so please do NOT insult me just because I'm asking questions - I am still allowed to do that? - It depends on whether a Republican or Democrat is in the White House.

Posted by: Hillary! at December 04, 2013 05:29 AM (PjgvN)

256

morning all. hungover but made it to class.

 

oh, and don't stick your dick in crazy. I'm so screwed.

 

You're welcome.

 

Gabe-

 

there is a bailout provision in the ACA that is overly broad to cover the "estimate". we had to pass it to find out what was in it.

Posted by: rich@gmu at December 04, 2013 05:29 AM (CmTjp)

257 Too bad she's batshit insane about wanting a pure democracy but credit where credit is due.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 09:27 AM (VtjlW)

Pure democracy is impossible in a country as large and diverse as ours.  Of course, our representative democracy needs some adjusting as well. 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 04, 2013 05:29 AM (fwARV)

258 254 Not to tar people with an overly large brush but some shrinks I've known socially have been the weirdest fucks this side of an asylum. Nice people, just very very strange. Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 09:19 AM (JOgg0) More than strange. They use their profession to manipulate people. they can't seem to keep out of their patients pants, and because they have power over people they are often dangerous. Obviously, there are many that help people but their are many that destroy people's lives, too. I know a few psychologists/psychiatrists very well and yes, they have their own mental issues.

Posted by: Penis Loves Vagina at December 04, 2013 05:29 AM (kkbgQ)

259 Most of NY state is wilderness.

I remember reading that the largest unexplored region in the US is in New Jersey of all places.

Posted by: eleven at December 04, 2013 05:30 AM (KXm42)

260 Chopper Read died a couple of months ago - how many people he murdered is still a big unknown - I agree, Eric Bana really was spot on with that performance Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 09:16 AM (uTxTC) The US version on DVD (seen probably 8-10 yrs ago) had some extra video of Bana meeting the real Chopper - funny stuff. Unfortunately the disc didn't have subtitles, hard for a Yank to pick up all the dialogue.

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 04, 2013 05:30 AM (XvrTA)

261 I'm an AUSSIE living in Sydney Australia so please do NOT insult me just because I'm asking questions - I am still allowed to do that? Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 09:23 AM (uTxTC) Don't take too much offense. Mr. Moo Moo can be a bit of a dick sometimes. Some people just tend to be a bit more abrasive than others. Me? I happen to like assholes. Many of my friends are complete assholes.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 04, 2013 05:30 AM (bb5+k)

262 Imperious Leader, because those of average height refuse to bend down for their well-deserved punch in the face. I support substituting appropriate targets of opportunity in that case. Or inappropriate ones, as the opportunity presents. Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 04, 2013 05:31 AM (naUcP)

263 I remember reading that the largest unexplored region in the US is in New Jersey of all places.

Posted by: eleven at December 04, 2013 09:30 AM (KXm42)

I believe that.  The Pine Barrens are craaaazy

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 04, 2013 05:31 AM (fwARV)

264 The Pine Barrens of NJ where bodies, once dumped, stay lost.  Unless you are an inept thug who dumps near the roads.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 04, 2013 05:31 AM (66xMn)

265 >>there is a bailout provision in the ACA that is overly broad to cover the "estimate". we had to pass it to find out what was in it. Which would seem to refute the claim by some that the screwed up rollout of Obamacare is really a diabolical plan by the left to force us into single payer. You don't build a bailout into the bill if you want the insurance companies to fail. Occam strikes again.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 04, 2013 05:32 AM (g1DWB)

266 Dump's up.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 04, 2013 05:32 AM (99dlI)

267

258 D-Lamp

 

I'm in Sydney - in a small suburb about 25kms from the CBD

 

No kangaroos on the street but we do have a resident blue tongue goanna down the back and one of my kitties survived a snake bite 2 years ago

 

 

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 05:32 AM (uTxTC)

268 >>"Winter Storm Warning for a combination of snow... sleet... and freezing rain..." We're getting that, but without the actual snow. Can't have nice things, can't have pretty snow...

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 04, 2013 05:32 AM (SUKHu)

269 "I'm an AUSSIE living in Sydney Australia so please do NOT insult me just because I'm asking questions - I am still allowed to do that?"

Of course you are.

One of the benefits of not having registration here is that it allows a rich and diverse community to develop and comment.
Different viewpoints.
Different life experiences shaping the paradigm through which each of us views life.

Different personalities
Different ways of expressing our views on things.

Of course, one could argue that not having registration allows certain assholes to just shit on people who are not necessarily familiar with our predominantly Ameri-centric understanding of how things work.


That is more of a sad commentary on their existence, then your attempt to better understand our healthcare complexities.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2013 05:32 AM (sLOWG)

270 Driving on Route 80 across Pennsyltucky gives you a good feeling with just how big and unpopulated parts of the country remain. Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 09:26 AM (JOgg0) I used to drive 80 allllll the way across Pennsylvania and it was not unusual for there to be 30-40 minutes stretches where I was the only car around. That was in the middle of the day too. Add in sketchy cell coverage due to terrain and if I ever broke down, well, om nom nom bear treat time.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 05:33 AM (VtjlW)

271 He killed twenty Czechoslovakians!

Posted by: Christopher at December 04, 2013 05:33 AM (ZshNr)

272 morning all. hungover but made it to class. oh, and don't stick your dick in crazy. I'm so screwed. You're welcome. Posted by: rich@gmu at December 04, 2013 09:29 AM (CmTjp) I'm thinking that your suggestion is impossible unless one intends to remain celibate.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 04, 2013 05:34 AM (bb5+k)

273

Now I know of two irritating internet problems with Hawaiian ties.

 


Spam...and...muumuu's!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon- insightful folksy wise-ass at December 04, 2013 05:35 AM (N/Sup)

274 oh, and don't stick your dick in crazy. I'm so screwed.

Posted by: rich@gmu at December 04, 2013 09:29 AM (CmTjp)

If  'crazy' means 'a toaster,' we've already covered that. 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 04, 2013 05:36 AM (fwARV)

275 I am also retired AF and very disheartened to see fellow vets stab others in the back. Is anyone else seeing this or is this just happening in Virginia? It was this way as far back as 1990 when I was working as a contractor in an Army agency in NoVa. IMO, the major factors are: 1. Managerial and contracting incompetence on both sides (not significantly less nor more than anywhere else) 2. The out-of-whack pay, benefits, and security on the government side 2a. Made worse by the inflated grades in the DC Metro area 2b. Made worse by defense contractors' picking up retirees at a hefty discount since recruitment sharks can trick retirees into including retirement pay and benefits when figuring their compensation 2c. Made worse by the fact that best way to get rid of problem civil service employees is to help them apply for promotions out of your activity 3. Entrenched empires and de facto cults of personality (significantly more than anywhere else) As dog-eat-dog as things are, the universal rule of rising above the fray always holds: Job number one is to make your boss look good. Everything else follows.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 04, 2013 05:36 AM (V3kRK)

276 Obviously, there are many that help people but their are many that destroy people's lives, too. Posted by: Penis Loves Vagina at December 04, 2013 09:29 AM (kkbgQ) It has been a tenant of my existence that Psychiatrists never help anyone. Do you know of anyone who was actually cured by Psychiatric help? It's like treating amputation with acupuncture. It isn't going to work.

Posted by: D-Lamp at December 04, 2013 05:36 AM (bb5+k)

277 I used to drive 80 allllll the way across Pennsylvania and it was not unusual for there to be 30-40 minutes stretches where I was the only car around. That was in the middle of the day too. Add in sketchy cell coverage due to terrain and if I ever broke down, well, om nom nom bear treat time.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 09:33 AM (VtjlW)



Even some of the exits there aren't even glorified crossroads.  It was like the designers of it said "Welp, there's over 50 miles since the last turn-off; we gotta put SOMETHING here".

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 04, 2013 05:38 AM (JOgg0)

278 "Why oh why oh why am I not allowed to punch people in the face?"


Amazingly, Empress, society still frowns on that.  I know...I don't get it either....

"There are so many of our cases that could be resolved much more quickly if I could just punch someone in the face. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 08:43 AM"


That's pretty much what I used to think every day at my old office.  Sadly, those most in need of a throatpunch were usually my clients...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 04, 2013 05:39 AM (knoK7)

279

276 VIA

 

Thanks - it's after 1.30am here and I just am a bit irritable! 

 

 

Posted by: aussie at December 04, 2013 05:39 AM (uTxTC)

280 "Thanks - it's after 1.30am here and I just am a bit irritable!"

No problem.

Spent about 4 days in your lovely country around four years ago.
Little place called Townsville.

Would love to take Mrs VIA there if the opportunity arises.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2013 05:46 AM (sLOWG)

281 I don't care for the child pervs, wish they got locked up for life, but I'm only *slightly* less lenient to people who hack other peoples computers. So I tend to view all those types of stories where 'files were found' with a bit of a jaundiced eye.

 

Posted by: Ugg Boots at December 04, 2013 09:09 AM (OPROh)

 

Which is why I suggested paying off an amoral hacker to put kid perv stuff on Harry Reid's computers.  He'd never be able to escape the suspicion.  Want to say I'm holding a gun to the heads of the American people, Searchlight?  Get ready for the twice-as-hard punch back.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 05:48 AM (zF6Iw)

282 That's pretty much what I used to think every day at my old office. Sadly, those most in need of a throatpunch were usually my clients... Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 04, 2013 09:39 AM (knoK7) Yeah, it is possible I meant our client in this situation. Hey, you want to spend 10x the amount at issue on attorney fees? We'll cash that check but omfg arrrrgggghhhh.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 05:50 AM (VtjlW)

283 "I'd like to see dueling legalized. Yes, I mean it.

Posted by: backhoe at December 04, 2013 08:48 AM (ULH4o)"



When dueling was popular it was never really legal in the United States.  What would usually happen was that either the authorities would choose to not prosecute or the jury would nullify and find not guilty.



Dueling fell out of favor in the early 19th century in the northern states largely as the result of a Christian religious revival which convinced most men that it was better to endure humiliation than to kill another person.  The death of Alexander Hamilton also gave dueling a bad name.


Dueling persisted much longer in the south and legislatures tried a number of means to end the practice.  The most effective was to require everyone to swear an oath that they had not fought a duel since the law was passed.  Since that did not end the social emphasis on honor in antebellum southern society, the response was that rather than arranging a duel, southern gentlemen would carry knives and pistols and respond to perceived slights with immediate violence and then claim in court that it had been a crime of passion in the heat of the moment.  Since most juries shared the social values of the defendants, they usually walked free.  The response of the legislatures were some of the first anti gun laws in the United States. 

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at December 04, 2013 05:51 AM (BcCwi)

284 Somebody just shot an 800lb black bear in Pennsltucky.  That's a big bear.

Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2013 05:51 AM (cLM8I)

285 Wow. Zombie's home page is more confusing than mine! What did I go there for...?

Posted by: mindful webworker - tangled in the web, again at December 04, 2013 05:51 AM (nETWY)

286

When I was little, the reports came on AM radio, and the idea that grim Cold Warriors in the bunker just might be looking out for the Kindly Old Gent made a kid so happy you'd want to cry. I already "didn't believe" but I believed in the United States Air Force, and have ever since goddammit sir.

 

I always liked that too.  I sometimes wondered if they asked the President to be in on the act and officially welcome Santa to US air space.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 05:53 AM (zF6Iw)

287 "Wow. Zombie's home page is more confusing than mine! What did I go there for...?"

So...did you find the pics of "Inflated Scrotum Man" yet?


Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2013 05:54 AM (sLOWG)

288

oh, and don't stick your dick in crazy. I'm so screwed.

 

I want to hear this story.  I like stories.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 05:55 AM (zF6Iw)

289 It has been a tenant of my existence that Psychiatrists never help anyone. Do you know of anyone who was actually cured by Psychiatric help? Yes, I've been helped by several who worked out what medicine I should take and at what dosage to alleviate my depression. However, the best one was a psychiatrist who not only was good with medication but was very affirming when after asking me "What helped with my depression?" when I answered my faith commented that he had gone to RC school all the way college and thought it was great that my faith helped me. Often psychiatrists are sneering about Christianity. He wasn't.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2013 06:02 AM (BC6cY)

290 294 So...did you find the pics of "Inflated Scrotum Man" yet When they drained my hydrocele, I lost 0.5gal of water weight. It was a dark, dark time.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 04, 2013 06:03 AM (99dlI)

291 I don't really know that people are every "Cured" of depression except they say some magnenetic laser thing does the trick. I couldn't afford that so depression seems to come and go, but it's not been the beast it was of years ago.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 04, 2013 06:05 AM (BC6cY)

292 " Hey, you want to spend 10x the amount at issue on attorney fees? We'll cash that check but omfg arrrrgggghhhh.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 04, 2013 09:50 AM"


*lawyerly fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 04, 2013 06:08 AM (knoK7)

293 "When they drained my hydrocele"

I just had to google that word, didn't I?

Sheesh, sucked being you.
Glad it worked out though.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 04, 2013 06:09 AM (sLOWG)

294 I like stories.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 04, 2013 09:55 AM (zF6Iw)

 

//////

 

later, tomorrow morning thread maybe when I'm not so hung over and pukey.

Posted by: rich@gmu at December 04, 2013 06:23 AM (CmTjp)

295 300 Glad it worked out though. My urologist assured me he would stitch it up so it wouldn't ever happen again. I probably should have paid that bill I guess, because I think it's starting to fill up again...lol

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 04, 2013 06:53 AM (99dlI)

296 If there's any member of Moron Nation who would know all the ins and outs of back-end testing, it's Gabe.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at December 04, 2013 08:03 AM (xN1DB)

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