1 Good mornin Gabe. You forgot to mention it's still dark out.

2 Sitting here reading and nodded off

Good Morning Morons.  Today is Monday, March 11, 2013.  On this day in 1888 the Great Blizzard of Â’88 struck the NE dumping up to 50” of snow on NY, NJ, CT, and MA. 400 people died in this storm.  It blocked rail lines and isolated communities all over the NE.  And was there a fat man screaming for federal relief?  Not a chance.  Oh how things have changed.

3 Headline/Link at Fox:  Can Republican Leaders Trust Obama's Charm Offensive?

Answer:  You can trust him to cheat, to lie, and to stab you.

After a week of President Obama extending lunch and dinner invites to congressional Republicans, ahead of the next budget battle, party leaders are expressing cautious optimism about the president being sincere – not just leading a so-called charm offensive.

I hope that is Fox hype and the GOP is not that stupid.

http://is.gd/ALryxj

4 A study of 137 mummies from thousands of years ago reveals that heart disease was prevalent then even without all the “bad life style” choices of today.  This kinda confirms what I have noticed from all my research of the various modern studies.  The single biggest factor influencing heart disease is heredity.  The life style choices like smoking and diet simply amplify the problem.   So if you have a family history of heart disease avoid smoking and keep your weight down via sensible eating and exercise.  You canÂ’t do anything about your family history but you can the other things.  And donÂ’t worry too much about salt.

http://is.gd/AAOnKI

5 I can not believe we have a HS coach in this day and age this stupid. GirlÂ’s softball coach sends his girls out on a “cute girl scavenger hunt” to find him a date.  And why do we have a guy coaching girlÂ’s softball to begin with?  That is a recipe for trouble from the start.  He is on unpaid leave now while the school investigates. I suppose the taxpayers in Seattle will be held accountable.

http://is.gd/fUk04r

6 FL scientists are warning of another huge mosquito invasion coming so FL Morons be prepared.

http://is.gd/7kVd3V

7 Jeb Bush says he is “In Sync” with Senate Republicans on amnesty.  So get ready for another sellout.

http://is.gd/Lk33ae

8 I hope that is Fox hype and the GOP is not that stupid. Not all, just the leadership, and half the rest.

9 CDC warns of a new SARS like virus coming from the Middle East.  So why donÂ’t we quarantine the ME then?

http://is.gd/tuNyw9

10 Karzai accuses the US of collaborating with the Taliban.  Knowing Obama it would not come as a surprise.  But it leads to the bigger question; WTF are we still doing in that shit hole with no strategy and no goals? GTFO now.

http://is.gd/qMxL8J

11 Greece says no more austerity.  Once you start the socialist spigots flowing it is virtually impossible to stop them without collapse of civil order.  But in the end, what can not continue will not continue. It will stop one way or another.  So watch Greece and look forward to seeing the same shit here, except I suppose the Greek FSA will probably be more “well behaved” than our FSA in the inner cities.

http://is.gd/Rmbx0X

12 Suburbs around Atlanta are forming their own incorporated cities in order to separate from Atlanta and avoid the Detroit of the South.  Yes all those people who left the shit hole known as Detroit moved to Atlanta and guess what; the locust effect was in play.  I am sure all the corrupt officials in Atlanta will start looking for ways to tax these suburbs.   Also look for cries of RACISM!!!!

http://is.gd/tblJC5

13 Congressman from OK says Helicopter Ben is not going to the grocery store (when he says inflation is less than 2%).  Why donÂ’t you call it like it is, they are lying out their ass.

http://is.gd/oYFcbP

14 The household expenses in the WH have now reached $1.4B annually and no “sequester” in site.  King Louis Obama and his wife Moochria Antoinette could not be reached for comment.

http://is.gd/nDM6nL

15 The latest Krugman stupidity; he doesnÂ’t know the difference between pouring water on someoneÂ’s face and blowing their ass into microbes with a missile.

http://is.gd/dW5eOI

16 This kind of shit reinforces why all senior military ranks are more political than they are military, especially when we have a communist in charge of government. Forget China, the Norks, or anyone else in the Pacific theater; our greatest threat is Globull Warming.  If I was CIC he would be relieved for cause on the spot.  Of course if I were CIC he would have never made this stupid statement to begin with.

http://is.gd/gAAUDU

17 For those that think Boner and the House leadership are not selling out conservatives:


House GOP Leaders: We Can Pass Gun Control, Immigration, Without Republican Support


They are willing to cross the aisle and craft legislation pleasing to Democrats in order to thwart House conservatives.  I ask again, what good is the Republican Party when we have leadership like this?   They are doing everything they can do to lose the House in 2014 when every conservative in the country sits at home.

http://is.gd/GSLuvd

18 Well the first election in SC requiring photo ID is coming up.  The Dem PR rag seems surprised that few people have been down to request a photo ID.  I guess they believed their own propaganda.  And get a load of this:

One state estimate, based on voter and DMV records, put the number at more than 200,000.

So they thought this district had 200,000 people with no ID????  Someone needs a new occupation not involving “estimates”.  This primary will be Mar 19 so we will have to watch for it to see if Sanford gets the Republican nod.  Since there are 16 candidates you can look for there being a run-off.  (with 16 there probably should be more than 1 run-off)

http://is.gd/2VfdbB

19 WaPo shows us what the next scam will be in the budget debate and entitlements.  It seems there is a difference in the life expectancy between rich communities and poor communities and they want to look at how that effect SS.  They are using the same bogus methodology as they always have. “Life Expectancy” as it is currently calculated has no bearing on SS which is not paid until the 60s.  As currently calculated, life expectancy is calculated using the averages beginning from birth to death.  Of course these “poor” communities have a lower life expectancy.  That is because a great many more of them die in those critical years between 0 and 30 from a variety of problems.  But if you go and look at the average age reached before death after they reach the age of 60 I would suspect there is very little difference.  But you can expect to see this “age gap” touted as problem requiring more for the FSA.

http://is.gd/izWodN

20 WaTi illustrates why it is dangerous for China to hold so much US debt even if they are getting rid of a lot of it.   Basically they own us.

http://is.gd/6uQyXP

21 John Fund looks at Rand Paul in 2016.

http://is.gd/RmdhFf

22 Kindle  Daily Deals

http://is.gd/Op89me

23 TodayÂ’s car

The 1969 Z-28 was a breath of fresh air for styling and a change from the prevalent straight-line ¼ mile emphasis. It was a car designed to be driven on twisty curvy roads and pushed.  And it had the horses to do it.  ItÂ’s small block 302 was rated at an anemic 290HP but nobody, including the insurance companies, believed that.  Even then it tested out at close to 400HP.  Stock Z28Â’s ran in the mid to high 14s in the ¼ mile, but as I said, this care wasnÂ’t designed for the ¼. In 1969 the base price ran around $3200 which wasnÂ’t too bad for this car.   Today it will set you back between $40,000 and $70,000 which still isnÂ’t too bad.  

http://is.gd/2VQXtD

Tomorrow we will look at FordÂ’s answer to this one.


And thatÂ’s it for Monday, March 11, 2013.  Lot of stuff for a Monday.   I also note that I made #1 commenter last week.  That is surprising.

24 The bill also includes a mandatory counseling provision for administrators who can't tell the difference between a gun and a thing that sort-of resembles a gun, like a pop-tart or a finger.


Better to require mandatory firing because of too stupid to breath.

25

Good morning, fellow Morons.  Hope you all had a great weekend.  Thanks for the morning briefing, Gabe and Vic.

 

 

Here's a Marlon Brando story:

 

 
In 1989, Brando co-starred with Matthew Broderick in The Freshman, playing a mobster named Carmine Sabatini, who happens to look and dress like Vito Corleone.  One evening, after filming a scene in New York's Little Italy, Brando was dining with a few of the cast when word filtered in that John Gotti, head of the Gambino crime family, had just walked into his headquarters, the Ravenite Social Club, right across the street.

 

 
What happened next depends on who's telling the story - Brando, Gotti's daughter Victoria, or Rocco Musacchia, a technical adviser on The Freshman who'd grown up in Little Italy and still had Mob contacts.  According to Brando, Gotti sent over an invitation.  "I was curious," Brando recalled, "and with four or five other people from the picture, I went across the street."  According to Musacchia, who knew Gotti, he offered to introduce the actor to the Dapper Don.  "His eyes lit up.  Nothing else ever impressed him.  He was the biggest movie star in the world, and here he was, literally star-struck."

 

 
So Brando, Musacchia, Broderick and the actor Bruno Kirby walked over to Gotti's hangout.  Victoria Gotti later told the world that the visit had gone off without a hitch: "Brando was telling jokes all night and doing magic tricks.  Dad was doing what he does best, telling stories.  And they just enjoyed each other's company."

 

 
Brando, in his memoirs, painted a rather different picture.  When he shook hands with Gotti, one of the mob boss' associates joked, "Will the real Godfather please stand up?"  That got a laugh, but when Brando tried to follow up by joking that nobody had made any money betting on that night's Leonard - Hearns fight, everyone went silent.  Gotti pointed to a sign on the wall:  'THIS PLACE IS BUGGED.  WHATEVER YOU SAY WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU.'

 

 
A nervous silence came over the Club.  As it happened, Brando liked to perform magic tricks and often carried a deck of cards around as an icebreaker.  This was as icy a scene as he'd ever been in, so he pulled out his cards.  Gotti, thinking the actor wanted to play, snapped, "If you wanna play in here, you don't deal."

 

 
"Take a card," Brando told the Don.  Gotti did, then Brando asked him to put it back in the deck and shuffle the cards.  Then the actor covered the deck with a handkerchief and told Gotti to pull it away.  Gotti did - to find that the deck was gone and the only card Brando had in his hand was the one the Dapper Don had picked.

 

 
Everyone was appreciative, applauding the trick, and Brando joked to Gotti, "You know, you could make a living this way."

 

 
Bad move. 

 

 
"I didn't say anything more," Brando recalled, "because suddenly the whole room became quiet as a tomb at midnight.  Suddenly I realized what everyone was thinking: had I tried to make a fool out of the boss in front of his crew?"  Gotti stared at Brando in silence; the Godfather, deciding that one brush with death was enough and that discretion was the better part of valor, quickly made his good-nights and got out of the Ravenite Social Club as fast as he could.

 

 

And thatÂ’s it for me.  Hope you all have a wonderful day.

 

26 DAY 17 1,333 to go (1,408 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

27 And why do we have a guy coaching girlÂ’s softball to begin with?

Why should a man who knows how to play sports be forbidden from teaching girls how to play sports?  Have we agreed with the proggs that all men are child sex predators?

(Vic, in softball, a female coach is just as if not more likely to be "ogling cute girls" IYKWIMAITYD, but at least the male coach can't hang out in the showers with them.)

28 17 Posted by: Vic at March 11, 2013 07:01 AM (53z96) I've said it before and I'll say it again (a reaming from Pep notwithstanding): The GOP establishment is at best incompetent/out of touch and at worst in actual collusion with the Dems. The system is broken; the Progressives are in charge in both parties, and we are ruled by a Leviathan bureaucracy that now demands total submission. Anyone who believes otherwise is deluding themselves. Pep?

29 Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at March 11, 2013 07:14 AM (hO8IJ)



Putting a young man like this guy in with a bunch of even younger girls is likely to result in more than just "ogling".  As I said, it is a recipe for trouble.

30 Good Morning...Obama sucks - that is all

31 President Obama's favorability numbers dropped precipitously last month from 66/32 approve/disapprove to 56/41 . . . in New York. I have no idea the reason or significance. Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 06:50 AM I have a VERY loud voice...

32 Karzai accuses the US of collaborating with the Taliban. I think he woke up, rubbed his eyes, and suddenly realized the Taliban is going to own about 3/4 of the country again, once American troops leave. So he's getting his excuse in early and often. Countdown to Russia invading Afghanistan again begins in about six months.

33 also Obama sucks

34 I hate daylight savings. All of my softball coaches were men and there was never a problem with any of them. However a few of the female coaches in the area were known for either ogling or hitting on their players.

35 "Harvard searched the email accounts of several staff members last year after word of a major cheating scandal made the papers. School administrators were looking for the source of the leak." I have a close friend whose kids re in Columbia and Harvard. Say what you will about the ideological brainwashing in academia, but as far as preparing you for life in the real world, Columbia kicks your ass from day one (assuming you are studying real courses like hard sciences and business). They hardest thing about Harvard is getting in. If you achieve that, you essentially coast. But once you are out in the real world, you are unprepared for dealing with real life situations vis a vis taking control of situations and applying yourself. Then again, Harvard is all about school ties and the old boy network, so there is that. Meh. Learn a trade at Apex Tech. Save the money and the aggro.

36 Vic, I bought a 78 Z-28 new.  Loved that car, wish I still had it.

37 They are willing to cross the aisle and craft legislation pleasing to Democrats in order to thwart House conservatives. I ask again, what good is the Republican Party when we have leadership like this? They are doing everything they can do to lose the House in 2014 when every conservative in the country sits at home.

The GOP leadership would be gone in a NY minute if they were stupid enough to side with the Dems on immigration or gun control.  The electorate does not want either one, so why would they do it?  To be as craven as Dems?  If that were the case, why not just become Dems? 

Boehner is on very thin ice, and he knows it.  His speakership hangs by a thread.  That's why he didn't compromise on sequester.  There is also a changing of the guard in the Senate, which explains why McCain is in such a snit.  Rand Paul clearly "outranks" him now as an opinion leader.  McCain is a time server. 

38 If you move promptly, the 20th anniversary edition of Dr. Ben Carson's book Gifted Hands is available on Kindle for $1.99.

http://tinyurl.com/abm9uyk

39 I'm sorry, but by the mid to late 70's all American cars were dogs.  The 78 Z-28 didn't hold a candle to the 69.

40 Yep, we're starting a major exercise in Korea this week and all our training and scenarios are designed to prepare us to defend the south from untaxed carbon credits screaming across the DMZ. Vic, the CDRUSPACOM is one of your boys. What have they done to your navy?

41 Good mornin Gabe. You forgot to mention it's still dark out.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamelessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at March 11, 2013 06:56 AM (l86i3)

No shit; in combination with unseasonably warm temperatures last night waking Mrs H and I up in the middle of the night throwing blankets off left and right and running downstairs for ice water, we overslept and subsequently ran around like a couple fucking idiots.  Maybe these congressional dicknoses can mandate more fucking time changes for no good reason so we can do this more often.  Ignorant cocksuckers.

42 And thatÂ’s it for Monday, March 11, 2013. Lot of stuff for a Monday. I also note that I made #1 commenter last week. That is surprising. Posted by: Vic at March 11, 2013 07:03 AM (53z96) That is intresting. Comments seemed down from the week before.

43 @28
I prefer to think of it as a gentle probing, but you posted while I was composing my #37.  I think it addresses your points pretty well.  Self-preservation is a powerful inducement, and reading the link to the end, it's pretty clear that McCarthy realized he'd stepped in it and backtracked.  Sometimes these guys just forget to engage their brains. 

Regardless, if they were to even start down the road McCarthy suggested, they should and would be canned immediately.

44 Vic, the CDRUSPACOM is one of your boys. What have they done to your navy?

Posted by: Icedog at March 11, 2013 07:26 AM (9ScGj)

That guy was still sucking his moma's tit when I was in the Navy.

45 True dat but it was still a very fun car to own and drive.  Black with gold pinstripes. 

46 Off to take the youngen to school, BRB.

47
The trial of a dead Russian lawyer has been delayed, amid criticism from the United States and European Parliament.

Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pre-trial detention in 2009, is accused of helping the investment fund Hermitage Capital evade $17.4m (£11.7m) in taxes. He was arrested after testifying that interior ministry officials had used the UK-based firm to embezzle $230m by filing false corporate tax returns.

It is said to be the first posthumous prosecution in Russian legal history

BBC




If convicted, the penalty is death by irony.

48 I'm sorry, but by the mid to late 70's all American cars were dogs. Once they started installing all the smog pumps on them, reducing the compression ratios, the good old days of muscle cars were over. They still bent the metal to look fast but the h/p dropped like a rock. To me the greatest years were 67, 68, and 69.

49 TodayÂ’s car

The 1969 Z-28 was a breath of fresh air for styling and a change from the prevalent straight-line ¼ mile emphasis. It was a car designed to be driven on twisty curvy roads and pushed. And it had the horses to do it. It’s small block 302 was rated at an anemic 290HP but nobody, including the insurance companies, believed that. Even then it tested out at close to 400HP. Stock Z28’s ran in the mid to high 14s in the ¼ mile, but as I said, this care wasn’t designed for the ¼. In 1969 the base price ran around $3200 which wasn’t too bad for this car. Today it will set you back between $40,000 and $70,000 which still isn’t too bad.

http://is.gd/2VQXtD

Posted by: Vic at March 11, 2013 07:03 AM (53z96)

Wasn't a 302 a 327 block with a 283 crankshaft in it (I'd look it up myself except daylight fucking savings has me so pissed off I'm not doing a damn thing extra today because fuck congress)?  Whatever it was one sweet engine.

50 I love that MD bill.  This is exactly the type of counterattack that the Right needs to make on, well, everything. 

51 Wasn't a 302 a 327 block with a 283 crankshaft in it (I'd look it up myself except daylight fucking savings has me so pissed off I'm not doing a damn thing extra today because fuck congress)? Whatever it was one sweet engine.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 11, 2013 07:31 AM (+PGUg)

I think all of their small blocks were based on the old 283 but I think it had a lot more changes than just that.  I know it had solid lifters and a lot of race engine type features. Friend of mine had one.  You had to tune those babies almost weekly.

52 "If you live in Florida, a large, aggressive mosquito with a painful bite may soon be coming to a place near you. The species is around a half an inch long with a black and white color pattern, the University of Florida News reports." Crap, I'm moving to Florida this summer. Please don't let my wife see this.....

53

That guy was still sucking his moma's tit when I was in the Navy.

 

So what was John Paul Jones really like, Vic?

54 @37

Once you come to terms with the fact that the GOP "leadership" would like nothing more than to be in the minority, all will become crystal clear.

55
So what was John Paul Jones really like, Vic?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 11, 2013 07:36 AM (zF6Iw)

Rip the shirt!  How cliche'!

56 M4P, I knew that was coming... I figured picking on Vic's navy was enough for me for one day.

57 - "President Obama's favorability numbers dropped precipitously last month from 66/32 approve/disapprove to 56/41 . . . in New York. I have no idea the reason or significance." Well, obviously, there's zero "significance." None whatsoever. The reasons are axiomatic, aren't they? No longer is there a reason for the liberal media to skew its polls (which ironically tend to become self-fulfilling prophecies). Strict "gun control" is very popular at cocktail parties on Park Ave., and at weekend retreats in the Hamptons, but not so much in other places. Some of the young imbeciles who voted for Obama last November have clued into the fact they're still unemployed and hopeless. Some of the adult dolts who voted for Obama last November have figured out they're still unemployed and hopeless.

58 Once they started installing all the smog pumps on them, reducing the compression ratios, the good old days of muscle cars were over. They still bent the metal to look fast but the h/p dropped like a rock. To me the greatest years were 67, 68, and 69.

Posted by: Regular Moron at March 11, 2013 07:31 AM (feFL6)

Also dropping the lead out of gas made super high octanes more difficult which is I think part of what was driving the low compressions as well; that and the need to increase mileages as gas prices were going up and the same congressional fuckheads that gave us daylight savings decided to meddle in that too.

59 M4P, I knew that was coming...

I figured picking on Vic's navy was enough for me for one day.

Posted by: Icedog at March 11, 2013 07:39 AM (9ScGj)

 

Oh, I know it's a cliche, but being clever all day is so tiring.  I try to be trite at least once a day.  It's relaxing.

60 Obama's approval numbers will hit the low 30s before he's done, but the 1/3 approving could not be swayed even the JEF nuked a couple US cities.

61 43 Posted by: pep at March 11, 2013 07:28 AM (YXmuI) Agreed. Not sure why we got into such a pissing contest the other day over the Rand Paul/Ted Cruz vs. McCain thing. For me, I just judge by the actions of those in the GOP. The establishment of the party has ties to Progressivism/Statism that go back to Teddy Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover. I don't think they are as much ideologically driven as the Dem-Progs, but it's just that they crave power and influence. And if you want that, you have to go along with the growth of the Leviathan and the undermining of the Constitution. Either that , or the party leadership are completely ignorant of who and what is across the aisle. Cheers.

62 They didn't start removing the lead from gas until the mid 90s. So the detuning of the engines which actually started in the 1969 model year wasn't due to removal of lead.

63 Jamaica lottery scam catching seniors out of a billion dollars... Agents investigating the fraud say criminals pay for access to "lead lists" of potential victims names, addresses and phone numbers. "It's a carpet bombing approach. They hit thousands of people at a time," said Gomez, often using sophisticated 'boiler room' phone bank tactics. The lists are compiled from legitimate telemarketing records that fall into the wrong hands. Outsourcing to Jamaica, what could go wrong? http://tinyurl.com/az787c9

64 bout them pigs - reason why China would do that is FLU

65 The establishment of the party has ties to Progressivism/Statism that go back to Teddy Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover. I don't think they are as much ideologically driven as the Dem-Progs, but it's just that they crave power and influence. And if you want that, you have to go along with the growth of the Leviathan and the undermining of the Constitution

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2013 07:44 AM (XkWWK)

Exactly!

And from a New Yorker no less!

66 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 11, 2013 07:43 AM (zF6Iw)


Did you recognize the quote I responded with?

67 Speaking of predator coaches, I was reading the story this weekend about the two Olympic speed skaters who say their coach (was he a coach, or older male skater, I can't remember now) start having sex with each of them when they were 15. 

The one describes the first encounter as forcible rape, and goes on to talk about the manipulation and the destructive nature of a three year sexual relationship she carried on with him, before she matured enough to understand how much damage it was doing to her.

My  assumption has always been that this happens way more than it gets reported.  I suppose it doesn't matter whether the predator is male or female,  to the individual experiencing the crime, but I have no doubt it is overwhelmingly males who are the perpetrators. 

Let an  adult  male have unfettered access to my  underaged daughter?  No way, I don't care how innocent it seems.  

68 MP4, speaking of the mob and movie stars, have you done any Sinatra stories I may have missed?

69 I try to be trite at least once a day. It's relaxing.

Indeed.  Indubitably.

70 "Rip the shirt! How cliche'!" Vic, made me think of the old joke about the Navy Captain with the red shirt and the brown pants...

71 65 Exactly! And from a New Yorker no less! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2013 07:46 AM (3Mkrp) Seeing the forest for the trees. I will add one thing; the GOP establishment is ideological in the sense that they too believe in a big government. It's just that they see themselves as better able to manage it, make it run more efficiently than the Dems. That is anathema to conservatism, i.e. the people.

72 I must admit MPPP, I figure the stories you tell are often at least a bit embellished by the tellers.  It's the nature of Hollywood to tell stories, after all, but Brando's perspective here has the ring of truth to it.

Two men, connected by one thing, discover that beyond the surface similarity, they have nothing in common.  Brando doesn't make himself out to be clever or funny, just out of place next to the real thing. 

If I was a betting man (which I'm not, Feds reading this), I'd say his version is very accurate indeed. 

73 Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2013 07:47 AM (BeSEI)

Yes. There is nothing prudish or insulting about maintaining boundaries between adults and children.

My bet is that the people who complain don't have daughters.

74

The '69 Z-28 was my dream car.  One of my best friends had one (the son of a doctor) and another had a '69 Judge (the son of a marine electronics distributor). 

 

At that time, I was driving a '57 Dodge pickup with 3 on the tree (dirt poor).

 

 

75 Vic, made me think of the old joke about the Navy Captain with the red shirt and the brown pants...

Posted by: Icedog at March 11, 2013 07:51 AM (9ScGj)

It came from an old Cheech and Chong album skit about a sailor being whipped.  I can't remember the name of it.

76 "My bet is that the people who complain don't have daughters." But liberal society says we should be fine with allowing a homosexual man to take our teenage son camping...

77 My bet is that the people who complain don't have daughters.  Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2013 07:53 AM (3Mkrp)

What?!?!  You're not for pedophile rights?

That's racist!   

....

Or something.


/ sarc

78 Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2013 07:54 AM (u2a4R)

http://tinyurl.com/aghmzd7

79 They didn't start removing the lead from gas until the mid 90s. GM started installing catalytic converters in 1974. Unleaded was available in 1970.

80 I don't think they are as much ideologically driven as the Dem-Progs, but it's just that they crave power and influence. And if you want that, you have to go along with the growth of the Leviathan and the undermining of the Constitution.

Either that , or the party leadership are completely ignorant of who and what is across the aisle.

As a very wise man once said, trust but verify.  (IOW, don't trust at all).  Another very wise man spoke about making the wrong people do the right thing, because the wrong people are far more common than the right people.  I don't view run of the mill politicians as heroes or villains, but as generally rational actors who usually just do things that will keep them in office, but occasionally surprise us by doing the right thing, just because it's the right thing.  We need to get them to do the right things more often, and one way is to reward them when they do, but if that doesn't work, the threat of expulsion from the gravy train also works. 

True leaders are much rarer, and I'm really optimistic that we're starting to see that emerge.

81

@70.  "Rip the shirt! How cliche!"

That's a line from a Cheech&Chong routine.

82 There will be no White House tours again for the little jello eating Missouri Synod Lutheran children...but if you got 500K you may have an audience with His Majesty the King.

83 Buggery on the High Seas, Vic

84 78 Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2013 07:54 AM (u2a4R)


http://tinyurl.com/aghmzd7

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2013 07:56 AM (3Mkrp)

 

Sweet.

85 73 -

And of course we used to have cultural norms that made these boundaries much more difficult to cross, even in those supposedly innocent situations.  It wasn't an accusation  toward the men in question, it was an acknowledgement that evil does exist in this world, and it is often the nature of the predator to  hide his intent  with charm and kindness. 

86 GM started installing catalytic converters in 1974.
Unleaded was available in 1970.

Posted by: cicero skip at March 11, 2013 07:57 AM (3m9Uc)

Unleaded gasoline from Amoco has always been available since I have been alive.

87 TFG's approval ratings going down?  Maybe Mr. Lincoln was right about not being able to fool all of the people all of the time.

88 Obviously taxes are not that much of a hot topic on political blogs, given the demographics of blogs, but another one of those highest taxes-lowest taxes surveys was released in time for today's wire reports; this time relative to cities. Of course it goes without saying where and why the highest taxes were located and vice-versa. Plus the authors of the related article buried in the 7th graf this little gem: "Another interesting trend was that cities with higher tax burdens tended to have higher unemployment, while lower-taxed cities tended to have among the lowest unemployment. While this is often a product of the state economy, in some cases, the city's rate is much higher than the state. Bridgeport, the city with the highest tax burden among the 51 cities studied, also had the highest unemployment rate, at 11.7% in December. The state of Connecticut's rate that month was just 8.6%." In other "news," of course, dog bites man and sun rises in east. But it's surprising they didn't completely censor that information. Then again, it wasn't a mass media article.

89 Posted by: Icedog at March 11, 2013 07:56 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 11, 2013 07:56 AM (sbV1u)

It is insanity. If I had a Scout-aged boy and the Scoutmaster was gay, there just is no way I would let him join.

Of course, I'm trying to figure out how to keep college-age boys away from my college freshman brat.

Bannion is being selfish and not sharing an M1A1 with a full load of Beehives, so it is going to be much more difficult.

90 But liberal society says we should be fine with allowing a homosexual man to take our teenage son camping... That's right! H8R!!!! What?!?! You're not for pedophile rights? That's racist! I think the correct term is either "heteronormative" or "homophobic." I keep trying to find updates but they happen too much to keep track of them.

91 Forgive me if this has been posted, but Joe Kennedy lined his pockets with millions thanks to Chavez *spits* http://tinyurl.com/bu4aml5

92 Unleaded gasoline from Amoco has always been available since I have been alive.

Posted by: Vic at March 11, 2013 08:00 AM (53z96)

For which market? Lead was bad for the environment, but damn! It sure was good for engines.

93 Bannion is being selfish and not sharing an M1A1 with a full load of Beehives, so it is going to be much more difficult. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2013 08:01 AM (3Mkrp)

CBD.....please tell me she doesn't go to NYU.

94 80 True leaders are much rarer, and I'm really optimistic that we're starting to see that emerge. Posted by: pep at March 11, 2013 07:58 AM (YXmuI) From your mouth to G-d's ears. After last November, I'm becoming more pessimistic.

95 Buggery on the High Seas, Vic

Posted by: Case at March 11, 2013 07:59 AM (QwurB)

That's it

96 For which market? Lead was bad for the environment, but damn! It sure was good for engines.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2013 08:02 AM (3Mkrp)

We used to call it "white gas" and they had 100 octane.  Some gasoline engines on lawn mowers recommended that you use that.

97 @ 90 this decline in moral authority starts in the classroom...Your teachers show a film on the mistreatment of women and gays in the Military.. The students are then assigned a task to write an essay about the film...Then the virus exspands with lectures of the advantage to explore your same sex side that you have and need to bring out..

98 CBD.....please tell me she doesn't go to NYU.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 11, 2013 08:03 AM (sbV1u)

Not a chance.

Miami University (Ohio).

And I have to admit that I am impressed by the school. It's more level-headed than I expected, and not progressive or touchy-feely.

Hell, there were tons of Romney stickers in her dorm, and no Obama stickers.

99 McCain is a time server.

Posted by: pep at March 11, 2013 07:24 AM (YXmuI)

A RODy (retired on duty.) Old military term.

100

Vic, you've been hitting on all cylinders with the cars you're mentioning. Car & Driver customized/souped up a late 60's Z-28 and ran a road test. I think it was a 69 model. I don't remember any of the specs, but do recall they had the car painted some type of Sunoco blue as a nod to Sunoco's highest octane fuel.

I still wonder once in a while if that car is still around, someplace. To me, that was truly a dream car.

101 Posted by: Vic at March 11, 2013 08:06 AM (53z96)

Ah, so that's what white gas is.

Thanks.

102 Posted by: Captain Hate at March 11, 2013 08:08 AM (+PGUg)


Except that Amoco kept their unleaded high octane gas using a different type of stuff to raise octane levels.  It was a "marketing ploy" but a lot of people swore by it.  Especially for small engines.

Also from Wiki

While most oil companies were switching to leaded gasolines en masse during the mid-to-late 1920s, American Oil chose to continue marketing its premium-grade "Amoco-Gas" (later Amoco Super-Premium) as a lead-free gasoline by using aromatics rather than tetraethyllead to increase octane levels, decades before the environmental movement of the early 1970s led to more stringent auto emission controls which ultimately mandated the universal phase out of leaded gasoline.

103

No Vic, I don't know the quote.  Go ahead and embarrass me.

 

Icedog, I mentioned Sinatra being considered as Elizabeth Taylor's co-star in The Only Game in Town last week, but no, I haven't done any full stories about him.  I'll see if I can dig something up for tomorrow.

104 99 McCain is a time server. Posted by: pep at March 11, 2013 07:24 AM (YXmuI) A RODy (retired on duty.) Old military term. Posted by: scif at March 11, 2013 08:07 AM (TqLxU) ODB - old dirty bastard.

105 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 11, 2013 08:11 AM (zF6Iw)


Its already posted, Buggery on the high seas.

106 Miami University (Ohio).

And I have to admit that I am impressed by the school. It's more level-headed than I expected, and not progressive or touchy-feely.

Hell, there were tons of Romney stickers in her dorm, and no Obama stickers.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2013 08:07 AM (3Mkrp)

Miami's a very good school plus they market themselves well by conducting math and science workshops over the summer for children that are doing well in those subjects in elementary school.  Even though Hatette the younger attended one and went elsewhere to kollidge, it created a very positive impression.

107 Miami University (Ohio).

You know who else went there?   Paul Ryan.

Jus' sayin'

108 "..this decline in moral authority starts in the classroom." This is what happens when a society selects the lowest of the low to teach its children. "Oh, you spent the last three years of college stoned and on your back...and you're hanging on with a 1.2 GPA? Have you considered majoring in Education?"

109

We used to call it "white gas" and they had 100 octane.

 

Pretty sure I heard a 'boy' in there.

110 Yes it was racist gas.  They called it "white gas" because it was clear instead of the orange color the leaded stuff normally was.

111

Turning your kid over to an openly gay scoutmaster who will take him on overnight camping trips.  What possibly could go wrong?

 

Then again, what about the 40 something year old scoutmaster who is married and has three kids when he all of a sudden discovers he is gay.  I never believe stories like that.  It's like a 40 year old all of a sudden discovering he has dyslexia.

112 >>>I suppose it doesn't matter whether the predator is male or female, to the individual experiencing the crime, but I have no doubt it is overwhelmingly males who are the perpetrators.

I'm sorry but this is foolish. A victim is a victim but the same sex nature of some molestations can only compound the confusion and hurt of a teenager trying to figure out sexuality.

Also female to male exploitation is a different dynamic. Harmful but likely for different reasons.

113

Great story about Brando and Gotti, MPPPP.

 

Brando's version does seem pretty authentic. Very dicey situation. If you're Brando, do you keep it real low key so as to show respect, but run the risk that that Gotti and the crew might think you're a stuck up movie star? Or do you be more outgoing, as he seemed to be, and risk overplaying it? 

 

I think an outsider going into the Ravenite would be kind of like a sightseer going over the railing and entering the lion cage. Fuggeddaboudit.

114

They called it "white gas" because it was clear instead of the orange color the leaded stuff normally was.

 

Then how does one explain the lack of lead in Boehner's dick?

115 Honey Marten don't give a shit

http://is.gd/KRbllp

116 " It's like a 40 year old all of a sudden discovering he has dyslexia." Well, when I turned 45 I was extremely shocked to discover that I was 45.

117 http://is.gd/AAOnKI Posted by: Vic at March 11, 2013 06:58 AM (53z96) Not necessarily true. Egyptian society was already grain-based. Gary Taube's thesis is that grains/sugar are what cause our major maladies today. We need to someone check pre-agricultural societies for heart disease.

118 Then how does one explain the lack of lead in Boehner's dick?

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at March 11, 2013 08:24 AM (NF2Bf)

It all leached out into his ass.

119 Wasn't a 302 a 327 block with a 283 crankshaft in it (I'd look it up myself except daylight fucking savings has me so pissed off I'm not doing a damn thing extra today because fuck congress)? Whatever it was one sweet engine.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 11, 2013 07:31 AM

Indeedomundo, Cap. The "302" was Chevy's answer for a road racing series of the day (the Trans Am) which mandated a maximum engine size of 305 cubic inches (five liters for you young'uns) that was available to the public. Ford had the "Boss 302" ditto.

Essentially, a customer could buy a near-race-ready car straight from the dealer, add a roll bar, yank off mufflers and remove some street trim and hit the track.

It's a long way from that to today's racing, in which no production-car parts are involved. When was the last time you saw a two-door V8 Ford Fusion at the dealer's?

120 "finger" gun ... 2nd Amendment right to point my finger, "bared" arm and all.

So if pointing with the index finger were a punishable offense, we'd be stuck flipping the bird, instead. Nothing offensive there, to be sure.

Btw, "certified" school teachers and administration supposedly gained certification through curriculum based on "age appropriate" development that includes muscular development of hand coordination, and the body in general. Leaving the thumb out of the hand's grip when pointing is less difficult, simply pulling back the last three digits of the hand into the palm, than clenching the thumb around the fingers. Same applies to people with muscular or arthritic "challenges".

Zero tolerance for numbchuck administrators. School board members are elected.

121

It all leached out into his ass.

 

Why is everyone so mean to me?

 

*sobs*

 

*runs into room*

 

*flounces onto bed*

 

*throws pillow*

122 Then how does one explain the lack of lead in Boehner's dick?
--
followed the path of least resistance settling in his brain

123 "President Obama's favorability numbers dropped precipitously last month from 66/32 approve/disapprove to 56/41 . . . in New York. I have no idea the reason or significance."

Well his national approval rating is now averaging 49%. First time since the re-election campaign he's been below 50%. The re-election high is wearing off as on the fence Romney voters who were willing to give him another shot return to the disapproval column. It should be noted that if polling is right, a lot of on the fence Obama voters who consider themselves Independents are also coming into the disapproval column. It seem they are regretting their votes already. I gotta say though, screw them. Indies went to Romney by 5 points so any Indie who voted for Obama twice is already someone who's buyer's remorse I couldn't care for. They were too scared to vote for the "Rich Guy"? Well enjoy 4 more years of the guy who keeps disappointing you assholes. Meanwhile 90% of Democrats continue to support this guy. There is no such thing as a sane Democrat anymore.

124 Well, when I turned 45 I was extremely shocked to discover that I was 45.

Wait until you turn 55, or worse yet, 60.

125

So the NY SAFE Act [the gun control BS] had a provision where you could exempt your private information such as residence being made public because you decided to exercise your Rights under the 2nd Amendment - so "journalists" couldn't publish it. You have to file a form with the State Police to do so.

 

Just downloaded the form. It only applies to select members of the public. You have to be:

- A cop, retired or active

- somebody that has an order of protection

- a witness in a criminal proceeding, or

- a member of a grand jury, past or present.

 

There are then a couple of lines where you can add whatever other argument you want so you can plead with your oppressors, basically. Trying to decide what to put in there and figured the Horde would have some gems.

 

Also: What about everybody sending forms in? Would flooding the zone do anything helpful? I'm up for shenanigans-in-protest.

126 Oh it's my 24th birthday. Don't feel a day older though.

127 Currently watching all the early episodes of 'Top Gear'...possibly the greatest thing the Brits have ever aired (with a hat tip to Mr. Benny Hill)

128 http://is.gd/KRbllp

Posted by: Vic at March 11, 2013 08:24 AM

A "sharp-toothed, weasel-like creature"? Why go to Switzerland when you can see 535 of those critters in D.C.?

129 Mornin Horde. Played sports all the way through college. Been around plenty of teams in high school and college. Fair share of guys coaching girls teams. Guess who was banging the girls? Female coaches. Never a whisper about the guys. I have two girls. How would I feel about a male coach? Not sure honestly. Would prob depend on the guy.

130 ...and the GOP is not that stupid.

GOP Stupid knows no bounds!

131 Hugo Chavez is still dead.

132 Then again, what about the 40 something year old scoutmaster who is married and has three kids when he all of a sudden discovers he is gay. I never believe stories like that. I remember reading in a Psychology manual years back something which made me stop dead. It stated that the majority of people who self-report* as being homosexual spend the majority of their lives in a heterosexual relationship. I've suspected it a bunch of times in my life. * self-report means it could not actually be determined, but the persons word was regarded as accurate. Fancy words which mean people sometimes lie.

133 new one

134 someone break the blog again?

135 ...and the GOP is not that stupid.

Well they did manage to lose seats defending only 10of them in the Senate last year. They did manage to lose to a polarizing incumbent with horrible approval ratings on the economy in an election mainly focused on the economy in the middle of a never-ending recession as well.

136 Never saw or even heard of a female softball coach who wasn't a lesbian...and very few players. In fact we used to use, "She's a softball player" as a euphemisim...

137 Not a chance. Miami University (Ohio). And I have to admit that I am impressed by the school. It's more level-headed than I expected, and not progressive or touchy-feely. Hell, there were tons of Romney stickers in her dorm, and no Obama stickers. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2013 08:07 AM (3Mkrp) I graduated from Miami U in '91. My understanding was that is had become a progressive cesspool since then (though no more so than most other universities or society, in general) good to hear that may not be the case. Mark Twain called Oxford the most beautiful campus in America. Spectacular in the fall, especially "Western Campus" which used to be a separate college (female only).

138 Indeedomundo, Cap. The "302" was Chevy's answer for a road racing series of the day (the Trans Am) which mandated a maximum engine size of 305 cubic inches (five liters for you young'uns) that was available to the public. Ford had the "Boss 302" ditto.

Essentially, a customer could buy a near-race-ready car straight from the dealer, add a roll bar, yank off mufflers and remove some street trim and hit the track.

It's a long way from that to today's racing, in which no production-car parts are involved. When was the last time you saw a two-door V8 Ford Fusion at the dealer's?

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 11, 2013 08:26 AM (4InMH)

Thanks for the insight.  I was strictly a quarter mile fan and participant back then and vaguely knew what you explained and then promptly forgot it.

139 Good morning.  I overslept due to the time change.

140 Bannion is being selfish and not sharing an M1A1 with a full load of Beehives, so it is going to be much more difficult. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2013 08:01 AM (3Mkrp) I would be happy to place two members of the Ravage on standby for your use.

141 Germany held the patent on lead additives that were needed in high compression airplane engines before WW !! Just before the war began they sold the patent to their Swiss subsidiary which meant that the American oil companies could pay royalties for its use throughout the war. Wars will always come and go but Business is Business.

142

Morning, all!

 

So, RE: the pigs rotting in    China.    As I see it, 2800 pigs is a lot of wasted bacon.      So    have parents been lying all these years when they tell their children not to waste their food because there are starving children in China who would love to eat their peas?  

143 The worst case I knew of was an obvious gay man who was married who was actually a school counselor. First time I met him at a social event for the school my gay-dar went off the scale. But he was married so I kinda thought maybe I was imagining things, maybe. Still, it creeped me out that he was alone with young girls and boys. But he was married, right? Years later, through the grapevine, it's revealed he had contracted HIV/AIDS. Apparently having a wife permitted him to keep his job, be in close contact with young boys, while still doing what he wanted to do on the side.

144 I would be happy to place two members of the Ravage on standby for your use. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at March 11, 2013 08:39 AM (VtjlW)

Pay no mind to him, my Queen.

He's only wants to see how beehive leaves shards of meat in its wake.  Purely a prurient interest.

Come to think of it....your solution is the same. 

Release the Ravage!

145 I get so confused. There's three threads up already this morning. Where are the kewl keeds playing? And if I go to the Marine-minting thread, a comment about free bacon-flavored water in China would make no sense, so is that a good enough reason? My new 46-second viddie, The Got No Bacon Song, linked in nic. Warning: silly waste of time.

146 Amoco had even 110 octane available 'at the pump' late 60s early 70s - ran GREAT in my motorcycles back then - could start on a cold morning without the choke and never even a hint of ping

147 Lesbians, bacon and cars....I think we've covered all the important parts.

148 " 13 Congressman from OK says Helicopter Ben is not going to the grocery store ..." Our new boy Bridenstein - God grant he avoids DC-ification.

149 My male softball coach did better than this guy (still does from what I hear). He hunted out the hottest blondes on the team, the ones who were mediocre players, so he could trade a spot on the team for a roll in the sack. Numerous female classmates during my school years lost their virginity to him. Most were under 16. He was around 30 at the time. One of my friends at the time was one of his victims. She was a freshman and desperate to play. He was her first. Girl is still emotionally damaged today. Guy still coaches today and from what I hear, still trades roster spots for sex. Great coach, horrible person. Administrators were aware when I was playing, but turned a blind eye because we were very successful. Can't stand the sight of the man and never fail to make comments when he is within earshot about perverts and underage girls.

150 Posted by: Pforeman at March 11, 2013 09:08 AM (ou0cS)


So people knew he was raping underage girls and did nothing.  That in itself is a felony.

151 You are correct. I told adults at the time, my parents told administrators at the time and they said it was unsubstantiated gossip and refused to investigate.

152 Hard to believe there's not an enterprising prosecutor not willing to snag that low hanging fruit.

153 Small town, guy is reverd for his success as a coach. Our area puts sports ahead of academic achievement. Nothing I would like to see more than this guy getting what he deserves, but it will never happen here.

154 I'm not trying to be an ass, but what's preventing you from going to the police about him right now?

155

Pforeman at March 11, 2013 09:20 AM

 

So winning girls softball is more important than felony rape and pedophilia? Where do you live, on the set of Deliverance?

156 I don't think you are being an ass about it. The direct knowledge I have is from 20 years ago. Talked to a lawyer and he said the statute of limitation has passed. We have only limited state police presence and when I talked to an officer a few years ago he brushed me off as well. The iciest part of it is that a vast majority of he girls parents were aware of it and had no problem with it - because their daughters got to be on the team.

157

And to clarify, it's pedophiles that have sex with children. Homosexuals have sex with their own gender, but not necessarily children of their same gender.

 

158 Some days it feels that way. I live in a rural area where people keep their business to themselves and don't appreciate others asking questions. We had 6th grade pregnancies (sister and brother), a perverted 6th grade teacher who looked down girls shirts, administrators carrying on an affair at school, you name it.

159 I'm not trying to be an ass, but what's preventing you from going to the police about him right now? Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at March 11, 2013 09:22 AM (QupBk) good question

160 Owned a 69 Z-28,blue with white stripes and one of the few with aluminum heads and M22 rock crusher four speed.  Changed rear-end gears to 4.88's and it was unbeatable on the street (except for hemi's)

161 Bacon-flavored water right out of the tap. It's to our shame that China is outpacing us in bacon technology