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May 02, 2013

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Thursday.

Sorry guys, almost no links from me again this morning; I've been swamped at work. Howie Kurtz did provide some amusement on Twitter last night, and that's all I've got.

Oh, and I just saw on Twitter, another electric car maker filed for bankruptcy.

Oh, and what the hell. Here's NYTimes' frontpage plug for a story on Medicaid:

There's an editorial decision here to trumpet the findings "reduced depression!" and "financially secure!" and to contrast that with "Florida's time runs out!" Not to mention the snore-inducing headline, properly translated: "taxpayer-funded healthcare increases use of healthcare." But if you go into the story, you'll find this thing that's kinduva bombshell:

It found that those who gained Medicaid coverage spent more on health care, making more visits to doctors and trips to the hospital. But the study suggests that Medicaid coverage did not make those adults much healthier, at least within the two-year time frame of the research, judging by their blood pressure, blood sugar and other measures. It did, however, substantially reduce the incidence of depression, and it made them vastly more financially secure.

Making and keeping people healthier is the reason for the program. But, hey, did you know that people are more financially secure when somebody else pays their medical bills? NYTimes really wants you to know that.

And note also the weasel words, the contrast between the almost casual "did not make those adults much healthier" and the strident "substantially reduce" and "vastly more financially secure."

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:28 AM | Comments (848)
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1 Good morning.

Posted by: jaimo at May 02, 2013 02:31 AM (ElFVn)

2 People feel better when other people pay their medical bills for them??

Nah...that's just plain crazy talk right there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 02, 2013 02:33 AM (ZQNhv)

3 Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday, May 02, 2013. On this day in 1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. She was executed 4 days later. Her crime was failure to produce a male heir for the corrupt Henry VIII. Look at this way folks, as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:33 AM (53z96)

4 Oil companies say the oil and gas fields in the Dakotas are much bigger than originally believed. Obama will find some way to screw it up.

http://is.gd/EvcKsk

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:33 AM (53z96)

5 Electric cars. Pfffttttt.

Only electricity necessary in my car is to get the internal combustion going. Yea baby.

Oh, and good morning all, and thanks for the post Gabe.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 02:34 AM (4Mv1T)

6 FL Governor Scott vetoes a bill that would have ended permanent alimony in FL. Personally I think alimony is BS and should be eliminated all together, much less be a lifetime payment. This is his second major screw up in my book. (Note that does not include eliminating child support)

http://is.gd/nTzWce

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:34 AM (53z96)

7 The Norks give American 15 years of hard labor for Â“crimes against the StateÂ”. Personally I think they are looking for another bribe.

http://is.gd/B1c6n3

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:34 AM (53z96)

8 The National Park service continues to spend millions on new landmarks even as it cuts park budgets and shut down a flood warning system. Hmmm, does everyone smell a rat here. A large rabid Obama rat.

http://is.gd/9iMjba

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:34 AM (53z96)

9 The DOJ will appeal the judgeÂ’s BS ruling on Plan B for 15 year olds.

http://is.gd/Nf13zP

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:35 AM (53z96)

10 Looks like OWS commies turned out for a violent rally in Seattle. Until the Mayors of large cities crack down on these SOBs they will continue to do this shit. Of course I suspect the Mayors of these large cities are in bed with them to begin with.

http://is.gd/4ZdD9h

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:35 AM (53z96)

11 CA will now begin massive seizures of guns that people supposedly are not supposed to have.

http://is.gd/WyTAEy

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:35 AM (53z96)

12 The Fed continues monetizing the debt as Obama and congress continue the $4T budgets with $1T deficits despite sequester, which overall cut only the rate of increase in spending.

http://is.gd/WwZ1GA

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:36 AM (53z96)

13 And what is Harry the pederastÂ’s response to all that spending? Why more spending of course. He says they need more money for Obamacare. I say it needs to be killed and a stake driven through it.

http://is.gd/7NUO8n

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:36 AM (53z96)

14 Another electric car supplier goes under, proving once again the only industry here was a government subsidy milking scam for cronies.

http://is.gd/jkaVvh

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:36 AM (53z96)

15 Paul Ryan shows why he is just as big a RINO as any of them.

http://is.gd/O59bjo

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:36 AM (53z96)

16 Republicans in congress are not going to let the choom king skate on Benghazi. I want to see some perjury charges or they are just blowing political smoke again.

http://is.gd/josrWS

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:37 AM (53z96)

17 What sequester? USDA spending $4M to hawk food stamps at FarmerÂ’s Markets.

http://is.gd/lTaUwk

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:37 AM (53z96)

18 Gosnell is in solitary confinement because prison officials do not think he will last long in the general population. We should be hearing a verdict soon, it has already taken too long and I am beginning to fear another OJ nullification.

http://is.gd/mnDnnP

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:37 AM (53z96)

19 Imagine how this would have gone over 100 years ago in 1913.

http://is.gd/gxfhQP

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:38 AM (53z96)

20 Here is how it normally works with local tax increases. SC is eyeing a gas tax increase to upgrade supposedly crumbling infrastructure. So what happened to the existing taxes? Well they usually get diverted to other Â“roadÂ” projects like inner city buses, roadside parks in some politicianÂ’s area, and other worthless shit. Then they scream for yet another tax increase. And note how itÂ’s Â“bipartisanÂ”.

http://is.gd/ywa9PA

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:38 AM (53z96)

21 Study finds that, as we all knew, reporters have been blowing Obama since he has been in office.

http://is.gd/6j4d8n

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:38 AM (53z96)

22 I have been calling for eliminating asylum as it currently exists for a long time. The POS Gang of 8 idiots bill actually increases it.

http://is.gd/MBYUmG

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:39 AM (53z96)

23 Chutzpah? Holder blames Congress for him Mirandizing the Boston Bomber. Nobody in this administration is EVER responsible for anything unless they think it is good politics.

http://is.gd/06eGqs

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:39 AM (53z96)

24 Kindle Daily Deals

http://is.gd/WsqtZF

And thatÂ’s it for today.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:39 AM (53z96)

25 Man Vic. You are ON today. And thanks.

>>>Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.

So she was a Moronette, before our time? Who knew?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 02:40 AM (4Mv1T)

26 Wait a agreed left wing defense lawyer is blaming Congress for Miranda? Even Old Tip did not try and pass that crap, it was pure judicial fiat

Posted by: Jean at May 02, 2013 02:42 AM (uRbX6)

27 Agreed in th e above started as career, more coffee needed

Posted by: Jean at May 02, 2013 02:44 AM (uRbX6)

28 Another electric car company going bankrupt in Biden's home state? The deuce you say.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 02:44 AM (ULEme)

29 So she was a Moronette, before our time? Who knew?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 06:40 AM (4Mv1T)

Well I did say that she was not guilty of any of that.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:45 AM (53z96)

30 Re: SC gas taxes. I am always pleasantly surprised when I cross over into SC to fill up on the way to mom's in Mt Pleasant. At least our insurance is cheap here in NC. Or used to be. My home insurance has nearly tripled since I bought this house seven years ago. No claims, not in a flood zone, and not on the coast.

?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 02:46 AM (4Mv1T)

31 Thanks for all the input on my son's diversity interview yesterday. Had to get to work so I couldn't respond much but I did read the Horde's take on it.

Still formulating the response.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 02, 2013 02:46 AM (WVMUQ)

32 >>>Well I did say that she was not guilty of any of that.
Posted by: Vic

Like us, of course.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 02:47 AM (4Mv1T)

33 Do those green companies have to clean up,all the nasty shit they leave behind from battery making when they go tits up, or are we on the hook? (I really don't want to know the answer before breakfast.)

Posted by: Jean at May 02, 2013 02:47 AM (uRbX6)

34 0bama presidency ends in 1359 days

Posted by: BlearyTruth at May 02, 2013 02:47 AM (sYLzD)

35 Poor Anne, the witchcraft charges stemmed from her having a third teat - Devil's mark - and a sixth finger.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 02:48 AM (ULEme)

36 Thanks, Vic ,for that Tudor history. "Anne of a Thousand Days" is a fine film as was the series "The Six Wives of Henry Eighth" produced by the BBC around 1971 . "The Other Boleyn Girl" was , IMO, a dreadful film from a historical novel filled with inaccuracies. A good site for people interested in Anne Boleyn and other Tudor figures is this: http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 02:48 AM (INYkK)

37 Car insurance in SC is about double what it is in NC. At least in my area. Car property taxes in my area are also higher. SC is actually in the upper 50% of the country for taxes, and car property taxes used to be the highest in the country. They passed a 2 cent sales tax to lower them but my county just tacked on a fee to make up the difference. So I got a 2 cent sales tax increase and continued high property tax.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:49 AM (53z96)

38 I thought the PRC had bought A-1 who makes all those nifty batteries

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 02:49 AM (ULEme)

39 Alternate headline : Anne Boleyn gave head.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 02, 2013 02:50 AM (vn28+)

40 DAY 179 1,281 to go (1,356 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.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 02, 2013 02:50 AM (tqLft)

41 Man who tried to assassinate President Obama by shooting White House 'practiced for six months and and was angry about marijuana policy http://bit.ly/ZArRrt via @MailOnline typical tea bagger...

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 02:50 AM (6xG9/)

42 "She walks the Bloody Tow'r,
At the midnight hour,
With her head tucked underneath her arm."

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 02:51 AM (GoIUi)

43 Typo, I've backed down my local Catholic school by going to the Director of Religious Ed at the diocese. Start with the school, put the issue in writing, and regardless of what the school does, tell them you will follow up at the diocese. Remember, the Catholic Church invented the bureaucracy about 1500 years ago - use it like a hammer.

Posted by: Jean at May 02, 2013 02:51 AM (DcbLC)

44 DAY 179 1,281 to go (1,356 to Inauguration Day 2017) ... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 02, 2013 06:50 AM (tqLft) ---- Dude you need to check your maths.

Posted by: BlearyTruth at May 02, 2013 02:51 AM (sYLzD)

45 About the sixth finger-Nope. Much of what is written about Anne is based on historians who had an axe to grind because they were upset about Henry's break with the Catholic Church: http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/q-a/did-anne-boleyn-really-have-six-fingers/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 02:51 AM (INYkK)

46 39 Alternate headline : Anne Boleyn gave head. Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 02, 2013 06:50 AM (vn28+) Alternate to the alternate: Henry VIII took head. (More better accuracy)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 02, 2013 02:52 AM (tqLft)

47 Poor Anne, the witchcraft charges stemmed from her having a third teat - Devil's mark - and a sixth finger.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 06:48 AM (ULEme)

That is a myth that nearly every historian says is not true.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:52 AM (53z96)

48 I also feel better when other people buy me beer, chocolate, and electronics.

But mostly I just want a free hot breakfast every morning. You're taking two days a week from me to buy free shit for everyone else, you could at least feed me.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 02:52 AM (hO8IJ)

49 44 Dude you need to check your maths. Posted by: BlearyTruth at May 02, 2013 06:51 AM (sYLzD) My count was from Election Day. Will recheck and recalibrate as is my wont to do, de temps en temps.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 02, 2013 02:53 AM (tqLft)

50 Henry VIII was a ginger. So there you go.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 02:53 AM (GoIUi)

51 "vastly more financially secure" Just like winning the lottery, I tells ya.

Posted by: BignJames at May 02, 2013 02:54 AM (H9MGI)

52 So the Kurtz thing is really that he had the temerity to note that the media orgasm about Jason Collins omitted the whole engaged to a woman for 8 years thing. And Kurtz pointing that out is somehow considered offensive by liberals/Gabe. Got it.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 02:54 AM (OevbG)

53 Vic, after Michael Mann and 'consensus' any quote of 'nearly every' causes me to kindly ask for sources.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 02:54 AM (ULEme)

54 And what is Harry the pederastÂ’s response to all that spending? Why more spending of course. He says they need more money for Obamacare. I say it needs to be killed and a stake driven through it. OCare or Harry Reid?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2013 02:55 AM (d0Dmj)

55 That is a myth that nearly every historian says is not true. Of course, they were also claiming Richard III wasn't a hunchback until his body was found.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 02, 2013 02:55 AM (gznAu)

56 It is in fact day 178. Feh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 02, 2013 02:55 AM (tqLft)

57 J.J. Sefton: http://www.daysuntil.com/Inauguration-President-US/index.html $ now=$(date '+%s') $ then=$(date --date "21 Jan 2017" '+%s') $ echo "" | awk '{ printf "%s %d days\n", str, (t - n) / 86400 }' str="${thing[${i}]}" t=$then n=$now 1359 days

Posted by: BlearyTruth at May 02, 2013 02:55 AM (sYLzD)

58 I find those conclusions dubious, at best. How did people get financially more secure if they didn't also get healthier ? That implies people would otherwise have paid out of pocket for major healthcare procedures that wouldn't make them healthier. Bullshit. People go bankrupt paying their healthcare bills when they get into an accident or have some major health crisis like a heart attack, stroke, cancer, etc. They don't go bankrupt paying for a $10K knee replacement. Your knee may hurt like a motherfucker, but its better than being out on your ass because you can't pay your mortgage.

Posted by: deadrody at May 02, 2013 02:56 AM (aT8Zk)

59 The DOJ will appeal the judgeÂ’s BS ruling on Plan B for 15 year olds. 15 year old girls having sex. The new 'normal' age. So it's no longer the case that girls will wait to 'lose it' after the Senior Prom. Or even the Junior Prom. Now they'll be expected to begin to make adult decisions having life-long consequences after the 'sock hop'. But they're not adults yet when it comes to ObamaCare coverage. Not till they're 26 years old.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 02:56 AM (U2UQk)

60 It's too early for math!

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 02:56 AM (6xG9/)

61 *Gives Heather a muffin with complimentary bootie squeeze*

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 02, 2013 02:56 AM (vn28+)

62 I see that even though I go on Medicare this year, I will have to fork over $95 to the IRS because I will not have had insurance for the first 8 months of the year.

Nevermind that the reason I couldn't get insurance was because insurance companies until NEXT year have been able to deny people who have had pre-existing conditions, like high blood pressure (me). And they have done that because next year they will have to take everyone, due to Obamacare.

Bah.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 02:57 AM (GoIUi)

63 Jessica Nigri thinks she needs more weapons.
http://tinyurl.com/d7az9lh

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 02:57 AM (ULEme)

64 >>>I say it needs to be killed and a stake driven through it.

OCare or Harry Reid? Posted by: rickb22

Yes.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 02:57 AM (4Mv1T)

65 and it made them vastly more financially secure.
--
So all that's needed for vast financial security is Medicaid?

Say, does this Medicaid make my financial security look fat?

Posted by: Retread at May 02, 2013 02:58 AM (zxitI)

66 From the "Telegraph" (and English paper) The skeleton was an adult male, who appeared fit and strong, but with spinal abnormalities that pointed to the fact that he had severe scoliosis, a form of spinal curvature.This would have made his right shoulder appear higher than his left, and in less enlightened times would almost certainly have been cause for him being nicknamed a "hunchback". If he has really been a hunchback he would not have been able to fight in battle as well as he did

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 02:58 AM (INYkK)

67 I'm waiting for the Jason Collins thing to come full circle, when he comes out as not gay, and says the whole thing was a publicity stunt by his agent to get people to notice he was in the NBA. Around here (NOVA) it's fun to ask people what team he played for - no one knows, it's the Wizards.

Posted by: Jean at May 02, 2013 02:58 AM (2aO3a)

68 ...as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey.
--

In SCOAMF's case, more's the pity.

Posted by: Retread at May 02, 2013 02:59 AM (zxitI)

69 3 Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday, May 02, 2013. On this day in 1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. She was executed 4 days later. Her crime was failure to produce a male heir for the corrupt Henry VIII. Look at this way folks, as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, if the US had existed in 1536, I'm not so confident we would have any better off than England. Part of the reason the US exists in its current form is as a reaction to the British Monarchy.

Posted by: deadrody at May 02, 2013 02:59 AM (aT8Zk)

70 How did people get financially more secure if they didn't also get healthier ?

1) Visit doctor, get prescription (little to no cost to you)
2) Get prescription filled (little to no cost to you)
3) Sell pills on the street

I've got a friend with an ex serving prison time for that.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 02:59 AM (hO8IJ)

71 Vic, after Michael Mann and 'consensus' any quote of 'nearly every' causes me to kindly ask for sources.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (ULEme)

How about this one

http://www.tudorhistory.org/boleyn/

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 02:59 AM (53z96)

72 its better than being out on your ass because you can't pay your mortgage Speaking of, local radio stations had advertisement running from scumbag lawyers (redundant) advising people that if they had their mortgage foreclosed that due to some settlement they might get their home back -- mortgage 'satisfied'. Just call their number for information. WTF?

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 03:00 AM (U2UQk)

73 @67: Obama would drone strike him. Guaranteed.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 03:00 AM (OevbG)

74 Well, the NYT is so idiotically liberal (BIRM) it's no more than a parody of itself. Fortunately nobody out on Main St. reads it. Nearly nobody, that is. Concerning another electric car maker going BK that's about as "surprising" as bad schools and high crime rates in big liberal Democrat cities. There never will be a mass market for electric cars. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not next year. Not 10 years from now. Not 50 years from now. Doesn't matter how many taxpayer dollars we piss away on those house of cards companies. Leftism is a mental disorder, not a legitimate slate of fiscal and economic policies. What we really should be doing is producing even more and more oil, refining a lot more gasoline, and simultaneously moving over the next few decades to building scores of LNG terminals and pipelines, fracking for a lot more natural gas, and to powering a lot more vehicles with natural gas. Natural gas is abundant, cheap and clean. But politics and specifically elections have severe consequences out in the real world, so don't hold your breath.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at May 02, 2013 03:03 AM (r2PLg)

75 Alternate headline : Anne Boleyn gave head. ISWYDT. Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2013 03:03 AM (d0Dmj)

76 Those evil Tea Party people are at it AGAIN!!

http://tinyurl.com/bnh2bwv

Morn' ya'll

Posted by: dananjcon at May 02, 2013 03:03 AM (jvd3N)

77 Pope just jumped the shark.
https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/329913658857639937

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 03:04 AM (hO8IJ)

78 I found it interesting that even though Richard III was such a monster, the people of York wanted him buried in their cathedral. He was of the House of York (white rose in the War of the Roses).

He actually was a good king. The House of Lancaster won, however, bringing to the throne the Tudors, who of course wrote all of the history.

FenlonSpoke, if you ask me the Anne Boleyn's legendary physical disfigurements were more likely put about by Henry VIII's supporters in order to justify his execution of her. I am not very sympathetic to Henry VIII.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:05 AM (GoIUi)

79 People feel better when other people throw a birthday party for them and inundate them with gifts, too. What's the connection? Free stuff! Free stuff! Free stuff! Freeeeeeeeeeee stuff! (And it's all freeeeeeeeeeee!)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 02, 2013 03:06 AM (CYKf3)

80 The almost lost fighting style of Sherlock Holmes - Bartitsu
http://tinyurl.com/d87b7ls

Also paging John Steed and Emma Peel.
http://youtu.be/OSTCTai7Ies

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:06 AM (ULEme)

81 @72: I wonder if ads like that and the ubiquitous "Obama makes college affordable" and "Obama makes college more affordable for single moms" Internet ads over the last several years aren't the real secret of his popularity with LIVs. I used to think the ads are run by people wanting to leech off TFG's popularity, but maybe they're actually intended to boost it.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 03:07 AM (OevbG)

82 Pope just jumped the shark.
https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/329913658857639937

Oy...why is it that seemingly intelligent people cannot grasp the most basic laws of economics?

Posted by: dananjcon at May 02, 2013 03:08 AM (jvd3N)

83 Jean- It is not a Diocesan school. Which is good in general.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 02, 2013 03:08 AM (WVMUQ)

84 Yes. Miss Marple-That too, but some of the people who wrote about Anne were either Catholic historians or from countries aligned against England. Don't get me wrong; I think Henry became a narcissistic monster and Catherine of Aragon (whom I quite like and respect) had the best of him as a husband. And yes, the people of York loved Richard.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 03:09 AM (INYkK)

85 #77 Well, Pope Francis gets this response from me. "Thank you for your thoughts."

The self-centered mind set that is causing our financial problems is located in the White House.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:10 AM (GoIUi)

86 Why 140 characters is not the best way to get your message out.

And some of the replies, oh dear.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:10 AM (ULEme)

87 But the study suggests that Medicaid coverage did not make those adults much healthier, IOW, this 'preventative care' notion that drives the 'universal coverage' machine is so much BS. As we pretty much knew.

Posted by: zsasz at May 02, 2013 03:10 AM (MMC8r)

88 A little research... some snips Floridians get average $75,949 in relief from national mortgage settlement Still, most Floridians have gotten help from the program via second mortgages being completely forgiven, the mortgage settlement office reported. Some 36,494 Floridians have had an average of $67,448 erased from what they owe, the office said, citing the lenders' statistics. Only 7,221 homeowners got their first mortgages written off for $935 million in relief, the report said. That amounted to an average $129,522 in mortgage forgiveness. (It also says the program expired -- but I doubt lawyers would still be trolling for peeps if that was true. Sounds like another Pigford.) http://tinyurl.com/czdwb9w

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 03:11 AM (U2UQk)

89 On the positive side the Pope is canonizing a few hundred who were killed in the 1500s after refusing to convert to Islam. Apparently that was previously considered too touchy.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 03:11 AM (OevbG)

90 Ans people who said Anne didn't have these horrible disfigurements were people who either knew her and admired her or people who knew people who did.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 03:12 AM (INYkK)

91 re: Anne. Looks like I accidentally opened up a can of worms.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:12 AM (ULEme)

92 Stephen Colbert takes on Iowa hospital
'A hospital is no place to be sick - especially if you're an undocumented worker in Iowa.'
http://is.gd/NugQq9

Did he ever say anything about Mooch getting paid more than a quarter-million a year to throw American citizens out of a hospital in Chicago?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 03:13 AM (hO8IJ)

93 Socialism peddles selfishness because it makes people angry. And angry people are easy to dupe. Just look at the tools last night in Seattle.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:14 AM (ULEme)

94 re: Anne. Looks like I accidentally opened up a can of worms.

LONGBOWS!

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 03:14 AM (hO8IJ)

95 The former vice president said our grandchildren would be justified in asking us, "What in the hell were you thinking? "

... hard to argue with that

Posted by: Ghost of Dorner at May 02, 2013 03:14 AM (e8kgV)

96 #89 Yes, and that is going to cause a big furor in Muslim countries.

The Church has always had a problem with capitalism, principally because most priests are not educated in economics or business.

I do not ascribe sainthood to business owners, but the unemployment is due to more than people being selfish (unless we are talking about Obama, which I don't think he was).

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:14 AM (GoIUi)

97 RIP to Kris (or was it Kross). 34 years old. "Jump, Jump" (wears backwards clothing).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 02, 2013 03:15 AM (tqLft)

98 Holy crap! Gabe putting the boots to the competition.

Posted by: Fritz at May 02, 2013 03:15 AM (G9Mmf)

99 Over on WZ I see that Gosnell is being kept in solitary because the prison general population has a problem with delivering and then killing babies. How un-progressive of them.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 03:16 AM (OevbG)

100 Did he ever say anything about Mooch getting paid more than a quarter-million a year to throw American citizens out of a hospital in Chicago? Standing in the ~~Schoolhouse~~ Medical Center Door

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 02, 2013 03:16 AM (V3kRK)

101 Silly rabbits, healthcare reform isn't about health. It's about the same thing everything they do is about: redistribution of wealth.

So it's not even about the recipients of their reform. It's about YOU. They're reforming you.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2013 03:16 AM (BeSEI)

102 According to the filing, Intel maintained that Lehman was to deliver "$1 billion in Intel common stock," but Lehman argued that the agreement was to deliver 50.5 million of Intel shares irrespective of the dollar value.

Posted by: King Nebuchadnezzar at May 02, 2013 03:18 AM (e8kgV)

103 6 FL Governor Scott vetoes a bill that would have ended permanent alimony in FL. Personally I think alimony is BS and should be eliminated all together, much less be a lifetime payment. This is his second major screw up in my book. (Note that does not include eliminating child support) Anyone paying child support should have a detailed expense report stating where their support was spent.

Posted by: Anthony L. at May 02, 2013 03:19 AM (bl6Iq)

104 101 Silly rabbits, healthcare reform isn't about health. It's about the same thing everything they do is about: redistribution of wealth. So it's not even about the recipients of their reform. It's about YOU. They're reforming you. Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2013 07:16 AM (BeSEI) More precisely, it's about CONTROL. That is putting us all through the exact same size meat grinder until we come out uniform in texture and consistency. Or another musical reference, BEND ME, SHAPE ME, ANY WAY YOU WANT ME.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 02, 2013 03:19 AM (tqLft)

105 Universal coverage engenders a false belief the state will take care of all medical problems. So they engage in dangerous health affecting practices. And when they suffer the consequences discover the bitter lethal truth, the health care is not universal.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:20 AM (ULEme)

106 The Pope: My thoughts turn to all who are unemployed, often as a result of a self-centred mindset bent on profit at any cost. I disagree in most cases but when some CEO's are paying themselves 1000 times the pay of their average employee, I gotta say, 'WTF'. Yesterday I heard of a local operation with average pay for employees of 29k per year. CEO paid himself almost 30 million last year. It's shitheads like that that do capitalism no favors and stir up class envy and resentment and fire up the Free Shit Army.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 03:20 AM (U2UQk)

107 Stephen Colbert takes on Iowa hospital
'A hospital is no place to be sick - especially if you're an undocumented worker in Iowa.'
http://is.gd/NugQq9

Did he ever say anything about Mooch getting paid more than a quarter-million a year to throw American citizens out of a hospital in Chicago?

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 07:13 AM (hO8IJ)

Is there anybody who isn't a complete retard who doesn't want to throw Colbert in a wood chipper?

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 03:21 AM (ESH7p)

108 re: Anne. Looks like I accidentally opened up a can of worms. LONGBOWS! Crossbows!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2013 03:22 AM (d0Dmj)

109 So the Kurtz thing is really that he had the temerity to note that the media orgasm about Jason Collins omitted the whole engaged to a woman for 8 years thing. And Kurtz pointing that out is somehow considered offensive by liberals/Gabe. Got it. You have Howie Kurtz-level reading comprehension. Neither Collins nor the media omitted his engagement to a woman. It's right there in the original SI piece and in fact discussed why he did it and what it meant to him, something that Kurtz apparently missed because he didn't read past the seventh paragraph. For someone who spends all his time sneering at other writers, Kurtz is getting the lumps he deserves.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at May 02, 2013 03:22 AM (WJDoR)

110 #106 True, and those are the people who make the headlines. The Pope's statement is overly simplistic, however, and reflects his being raised in Argentina, which has a huge number of very poor.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:22 AM (GoIUi)

111 Miss Marple, the greed as exhibited by the likes of Jamie Gorlick springs to mind. After driving Freddie into ruin to get such a bonus. Now there is someone the OWS should be screaming at for social justice.

Heather, longbows? Piffle that, blow-guns!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:22 AM (ULEme)

112 Captain Hate, the jury is out on that. Alive or dead. That is.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:23 AM (ULEme)

113

Morning, Â‘rons and Â‘ronettes. Thanks for the news, Vic.

As you might have heard, the lovely Deanna Durbin has died at the age of 91. There really arenÂ’t any Â“stories,Â” as such, about her, and her career can be summed up fairly quickly Â– she and Judy Garland began at MGM, but Louis B. Mayer thought Garland had more star appeal. So Durbin went over to the nearly-bankrupt Universal and brought them back into the black with the musical comedy Three Smart Girls. She made many films for Universal, then, tiring of studio life, retired to a small village in France, refusing to give interviews, photographs or autographs, but by all accounts, leading a very happy, content life.

HereÂ’s a luscious picture of her: http://tinyurl.com/cxdjads

But itÂ’s not just outside Hollywood that you can be anonymous; you can be an unknown in Hollywood, as well. Take the case of the great cinematographer James Wong Howe, who, during the 1930s and Â‘40s, was one of the most in-demand cameramen in Tinseltown.* Like many in the profession, he opened a restaurant on the side, and the local press sent a photographer to record the event. The surly newsie didnÂ’t know anything about Howe Â– to him, this was just another assignment. So he pulled Howe and his staff out to the front of the restaurant for the typical Â“new chophouseÂ” photo. As it turned out, he couldnÂ’t fit everyone into the picture, so he backed into the street, with cars zooming past on either side.

Howe didnÂ’t want to see the man hit by a passing car, so he called out, Â“You should use a wide-angle lens.Â”

Â“Stick to your chop suey, pal,Â” the photographer shot back, Â“and let me take the pictures.Â”

HereÂ’s a picture of Lionel and Ethel Barrymore during the shooting of 1953s Main Street to Broadway. Howe, in a suit jacket, is behind them, placing lights: http://tinyurl.com/cv8ur2h

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

*A few of his credits: KingÂ’s Row, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Sweet Smell of Success, The Molly Maguires.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 03:23 AM (zF6Iw)

114 Speaking of evil capitalists, has Corzine ever had to answer for disappearing all of those peoples' money?

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:24 AM (GoIUi)

115

'Sorry guys, almost no links from me again this morning; I've been swamped at work. '

If I can blow off work to read your crap, you can blow off work to create your crap.

Posted by: Vizzy at May 02, 2013 03:25 AM (H0lcY)

116 LOL, I just downloaded a book for the Kindle that we already had in paperback. I remarked to wifey that they should give it to us free, or at least half price if we have already bought it once.

As for the Pope and his tendancy towards socialism remember that he came from South America where the Catholic Church is much in bed with the Socialists.

Also the US upper church hierarchy is the same way.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 03:26 AM (53z96)

117 "...some CEO's are paying themselves 1000 times the pay of their average employee..."

Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 07:20 AM (U2UQk)

CEO compensation is set by the board of directors, not the CEO. If you don't like the way the board operates, then vote your shares and get new directors, or just sell your shares and be done with it. You can even boycott the company's products!

But....this is called capitalism. If you don't like it, you can always move to Cuba or Venezuela.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 03:26 AM (/WLC3)

118 MPPPP... that photographer in the street... a silent film that should have been made - Chop Suey Chase with Buster Keaton.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:26 AM (ULEme)

119 Carney Dismissing Benghazi As Happening A Â“Long Time AgoÂ”

News for the White House ... Killing UBL was even longer.

Posted by: Judge Crater at May 02, 2013 03:27 AM (e8kgV)

120 Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 07:26 AM (53z96)

Excellent point. You already own the intellectual property, why do you have to pay for another way to read it?

Eventually there will be good enough software that you can just scan the book and transfer it to your e-reader, although that would be a pain in the ass.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 03:28 AM (/WLC3)

121 @106, I have agreed to my pay rate for every job I have worked. What others make is none of my business.

Posted by: Anthony L. at May 02, 2013 03:29 AM (bl6Iq)

122 But....this is called capitalism. If you don't like it, you can always move to Cuba or Venezuela. There is no bigger proponent of capitalism then me, dildo. But I also have the right, enshrined somewhere in some old piece of paper to speak up when I see someone abusing their position of power.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 03:30 AM (U2UQk)

123 No. Not a word today from Think Progress about their 2012 blog honoree Meg Lanker-Simons

Posted by: Oona Kivela at May 02, 2013 03:30 AM (e8kgV)

124 US missiles given to Libyan rebels show up in Israel's backyard

http://tinyurl.com/d7cgzwt

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:31 AM (GoIUi)

125 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 07:23 AM (zF6Iw)

Stick to your chop suey, pal!

Love it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 03:32 AM (/WLC3)

126 Natalie Dormer was Boleyn in the Tudors no, or was I wrong?

Posted by: cornelius at May 02, 2013 03:33 AM (Jsiw/)

127 Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 06:57 AM (GoIUi)

If you are filing for Medicare as soon as you qualify, there shouldn't be any Medicare penalty, but who knows what wonders lurk in the thousands of pages of Ocare related regulations.

Don't pay until you have exhausted every appeal possible. (IANAL)

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 02, 2013 03:33 AM (Cnqmv)

128 But....this is called capitalism. If you don't like it, you can always move to Cuba or Venezuela.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 07:26 AM (/WLC3)

I just voted my shares in Duke Energy. I voted against the CEO and every proposed officer. I hope a lot of others did as well but I know individual votes in stock are virtually worthless because the institutional owners are the ones that control the elections.

I didn't buy this Duke stock. The bought the company I had stock in and all of a sudden I ave their shit instead of my own. My old company would have never financed the damn Democommie convention.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 03:34 AM (53z96)

129 Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 07:31 AM (GoIUi)

Keep quiet Jooo lover, or you'll end up on line for the showers.

Posted by: Barack's Chicago friends at May 02, 2013 03:34 AM (/WLC3)

130 Morning all. I got nothing

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 03:34 AM (9Bj8R)

131 Miss Marple what Ambassador Oren is talking about is the Libyan stockpile of SA-7 and SA-14 missiles. The US had a program to try and buy the missiles up. But this was when the rebels were still fighting Qaddafi so none of the more capable SA-14s ever got bought though the US did spend $3 million on buying up a few of the older SA-7 MANPADS.

And people still complain about the US not having enough boots on the ground in Iraq... in Libya there were zero boots on the ground and many weapons vanished from the stockpiles.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:34 AM (ULEme)

132 Yes, I was right;

http://tiny.cc/rsfgww

Posted by: cornelius at May 02, 2013 03:35 AM (Jsiw/)

133 I have agreed to my pay rate for every job I have worked. What others make is none of my business.

Someone was nattering on the other day about the CEO of JCP making too much more than cashiers there.

While fully acknowledging that particular CEO has been doing a suck-ass job and it would be better for the company to tie exec pay to performance metrics than to just shovel money at them, why on Earth would you pay someone performing a rote task (and more often than not snarling at the customer for interrupting their gossip session, I hate shopping) the same as someone tasked with making major decisions?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 03:37 AM (hO8IJ)

134 #127 No, this is the penalty on your income tax for not having health insurance. It's part of the Obamacare rules for which they hired all of those IRS agents.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:37 AM (GoIUi)

135 Is there anybody who isn't a complete retard who doesn't want to throw Colbert in a wood chipper?

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 07:21 AM (ESH7p)
========

No.

And I imagine there are also a few complete retards who would want to do it as well.

Posted by: Nighthawk at May 02, 2013 03:38 AM (OtQXp)

136 Conservative Monster posted this yesterday. Would the head Ewok like this as the time machine?
http://tinyurl.com/ccbrjew

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:38 AM (ULEme)

137 many weapons vanished from the stockpiles. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 07:34 AM (ULEme) To reappear being sold to every radical islamist terror group in the Middle East.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 03:39 AM (9Bj8R)

138 I also think that CEO compensation should be a lot less dependent on stock options as pay. Someone said this is kind of like allowing NFL coaches to bet on games. Makes sense to me.

Posted by: Anthony L. at May 02, 2013 03:39 AM (bl6Iq)

139 Yep NEvergiveup, Libya became an arms bazaar.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:40 AM (ULEme)

140 RE weapons; Obama has been giving weapons and money to the Syrian rebels now for about a year. Those rebels include Al Queda.

If a Republican did this they would be screaming for impeachment because it is against the LAW.

And sooner or later those weapons will be pointed at us.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 03:41 AM (53z96)

141 CEO compensation is set by the board of directors, not the CEO. If you don't like the way the board operates, then vote your shares and get new directors, or just sell your shares and be done with it. You can even boycott the company's products!

But....this is called capitalism. If you don't like it, you can always move to Cuba or Venezuela.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 07:26 AM (/WLC3)

This^^ I think ball players make obscene amounts of money but I don't begrudge them of it, would you refuse a 20mil/yr contact? I simply stopped going to games, insignificant little protest on my part...yes but I refuse to pay 30.00 to park, 10.00 a beer and 6.00 for a hot dog.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 02, 2013 03:41 AM (jvd3N)

142 You already own the intellectual property, Umm, no. By purchasing the book you have exhausted the rights of the copyright owner in that physical version of the book, not writ large. Thus you can sell the book to Half-Price Books after you read it and the copyright owner gets nothing. If you buy another physical version of the book at the mall, you will again pay full price. The relevant concept is exhaustion, not assignment.

Posted by: Blacksheep at May 02, 2013 03:41 AM (bS6uW)

143

"There is no bigger proponent of capitalism then me, dildo. But I also have the right, enshrined somewhere in some old piece of paper to speak up when I see someone abusing their position of power."

Hopefully, everyone on this website would agree that whatever someone makes is their own business. However, CEO's who give ammunition to the socialists are just stupid.

Compensation can take thousands of hard-to-nail-down forms. U.S. executives should look to Sweden to find out how to rape companies, live like kings, ass fuck stockholders and still look to the dimwitted public like responsible businessmen taking reasonable salaries.

It doesn't matter what you do, but it does matter how it looks.

Posted by: jwest at May 02, 2013 03:42 AM (u2a4R)

144 why on Earth would you pay someone performing a rote task (and more often than not snarling at the customer for interrupting their gossip session, I hate shopping) the same as someone tasked with making major decisions? I have no doubt the person making maybe 29k per year is worth what they're being paid -- and no one here is saying the CEO should be paid the same. But there's 28,980,000 dollars in difference between their pay. If you believe the CEO is worth that kind of money, then please continue to shop there.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 03:42 AM (U2UQk)

145 When health care becomes free you can bet your tax dollars I'll be going for the world record in medial expenses. You might say I will have found a new hobby, making them live up to the dream.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 03:43 AM (FmFB3)

146 My local rag, the Lincoln Journal Star, forgets to mention that there is 3 inches of snow on the ground. IN GOD DAMN MAY. I AM PISSED my local rag would put politics above records (last time this happened was in 1968.

Posted by: THC Alex at May 02, 2013 03:43 AM (wpE68)

147 The NYT took the lead in creating a positive headline on that Medicaid story. And the left wing blogs followed suit.

Posted by: Jay in PA at May 02, 2013 03:43 AM (WSgyE)

148 Vic can I steal some of your thermal energy. there is a possibility of 3 to 6 inches of yet more snow. IN FREAKING MAY. school gets out in 4 weeks and there is snow on the ground. THANK YOU GLOBAL WARMING.

Posted by: THC Alex at May 02, 2013 03:44 AM (wpE68)

149 When health care becomes free you can bet your tax dollars I'll be going for the world record in medial expenses. You might say I will have found a new hobby, making them live up to the dream. Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 07:43 AM (FmFB3) Well good luck with that? A) first you'll have to get an appointment in this century B) bring a good book while you wait in line- no bring 2 books and some food C) Buy a burial plot first Have a nice day

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 03:45 AM (9Bj8R)

150 I recall in economics class, they had a formuls regarding the pricing of textbooks.

Posted by: cornelius at May 02, 2013 03:45 AM (Jsiw/)

151 I also think that CEO compensation should be a lot less dependent on stock options as pay.

Stock options were the result of unconstitutional congressional meddling in pay caps. I know the board of directors are the ones that set the pay scales but that is really a big smokescreen.

All of these CEOs site on the boards of other companies and they vote each other these huge salaries.

When I retired the asshole that ran my comapany had just been paid $10M as a bonus above his normal salary. He actually LOST money for the company and the stock took a huge dive.

They wanted to know what I would take to stay on. I told them I would take $10M to work for another two years. They didn't appreciate that.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 03:45 AM (53z96)

152 149: sounds like a story in schlock mercenary.

Posted by: THC Alex at May 02, 2013 03:46 AM (wpE68)

153 *alarm rings* *yawn* *mumbles* *gets out of bed* *pees* *dances around pantless to "Takin' Care of Business* *starts coffee*

Posted by: Staff at May 02, 2013 03:46 AM (G9qZk)

154 18 Gosnell is in solitary confinement because prison officials do not think he will last long in the general population. We should be hearing a verdict soon, it has already taken too long and I am beginning to fear another OJ nullification.l Hung jury is my bet.

Posted by: Kermit Gosnell's Peers at May 02, 2013 03:47 AM (df8Sh)

155 Regarding CEO compensation, it is quite true this is set by boards of directors.

However, members of boards of directors often are CEO's in other companies, or political retirees who have a skewed view of compensation (see federal salaries and pensions). So they all reinforce the compensation from company to company.

On the other hand, the fact is that if you halved CEO salaries, that money would not be distributed to workers, anyway.

I never really thought much about CEO compensation until Dear Leader started going on and on about greedy doctors and business owners, while shoveling tax money to every two-bit crony who gave him a donation. But when I started looking around, I saw a huge number of democrats who are getting money for doing nothing, or actively destroying their companies.

So, when all is said and done, I believe it is the responsibility of the CEO to use wisely the financial blessings he receives , and to treat the workers fairly.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:47 AM (GoIUi)

156 150: A+M=Sd. Actual price plus monopoly equals student debt

Posted by: THC Alex at May 02, 2013 03:47 AM (wpE68)

157 149 - I have some ideas in mind. Being life flighted out of the Grand Canyon multiple times with breathing difficulty (needing a tissue). I figure the emergency services will be the most fruitfull in setting the world record.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 03:48 AM (FmFB3)

158 Gosnell is in solitary confinement because prison officials do not think he will last long in the general population. We should be hearing a verdict soon, it has already taken too long and I am beginning to fear another OJ nullification.l Hung jury is my bet. Posted by: Kermit Gosnell's Peers at May 02, 2013 07:47 AM (df8Sh) Well the OJ jury came back in like 35 minutes, those scrunts. What you might be seeing here is a hung jury. Or they might just be dotting the i's and crossing the t's

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 03:48 AM (9Bj8R)

159 153: staff ISWYDT

Posted by: THC Alex at May 02, 2013 03:49 AM (wpE68)

160 @143...It doesn't matter what you do, but it does matter how it looks. @151...Stock options were the result of unconstitutional congressional meddling in pay caps. Lot of good appearances are...

Posted by: Anthony L. at May 02, 2013 03:49 AM (bl6Iq)

161 Hung jury or hung Gosnell?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:49 AM (ULEme)

162 Why is there snow on the ground in may?!

Posted by: Depressed Alex at May 02, 2013 03:49 AM (wpE68)

163 161: hopefully the latter

Posted by: Depressed Alex at May 02, 2013 03:50 AM (wpE68)

164 117 -

While it's true that boards have a right to set CEO pay however they like, it doesn't mean they SHOULD be paying the way they do. Greed can be, and often is, sinful.

Second, many companies that trade publicly manage to operate essentially without shareholder oversight precisely because so many shares are held by mutual funds, and other sources that don't have "active" participation by shareholders.

Fund managers don't necessarily care how a company operates, just whether its stock goes up. So the system is far from perfect.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2013 03:50 AM (BeSEI)

165 Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 07:30 AM (U2UQk)

Abuse of power? If no laws are broken, then that is the extent of any corporation's responsibility to society.

Posted by: Barack's Chicago friends at May 02, 2013 03:50 AM (/WLC3)

166 Snow in May?

*puts on tin-foil hat*
Darth Cheney has found the controls for his weather machine.
*takes off tin-foil hat*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:50 AM (ULEme)

167 So, when all is said and done, I believe it is the responsibility of the CEO to use wisely the financial blessings he receives , and to treat the workers fairly. I believe it is the responsibility of the board of directors to be aware of something called the 'business cycle' and the 'political climate' and retain earnings to ensure the long-term survival of the company. Tossing raw meat at the socialists does capitalism -- nor that business entity itself any favors.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 03:51 AM (U2UQk)

168 And sooner or later those weapons will be pointed at us.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 07:41 AM (53z96)

Sooner or later those weapons will be coming across our southern border.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at May 02, 2013 03:51 AM (ial2b)

169 166: but but, he was born in this city (lincoln), why would he be destroying it now

Posted by: Depressed Alex at May 02, 2013 03:52 AM (wpE68)

170 Sock off!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 03:52 AM (/WLC3)

171 Second, many companies that trade publicly manage to operate essentially without shareholder oversight precisely because so many shares are held by mutual funds, and other sources that don't have "active" participation by shareholders.

Those are the institutional investors I was talking about in my post. And they do vote. Most vote in a manner that they feel is god for the company and the stock, which basically means vote for the status quo or whoever the company throws up.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 03:53 AM (53z96)

172 #167 But as Vic and I have pointed out, the boards of directors are mostly made up of people who run other companies. So they vote each other these high salaries.

By the way, I am still mystified at how that JCP CEO got hired in the first place. Why would someone assume he knew about retail when all he had ever run were the Apple Stores?

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 03:53 AM (GoIUi)

173 Stock options were the result of unconstitutional congressional meddling in pay caps. This. Once again, Democrats created the problem they are now complaining about.

Posted by: Blacksheep at May 02, 2013 03:53 AM (bS6uW)

174 He needs the practice before burying Austin, TX?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 02, 2013 03:53 AM (ULEme)

175 I propose a new program to improve my health through buying my fuel called Svennicaid. It'll improve my financial health to have all of you buy my gas. For the Children or is it the aged or fuck it ME it's for me & I pinky swear I won't drive the tires off my cr when the fuel is 95% not my problem.... Swearsies

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 03:54 AM (effKK)

176 Stephen Colbert is a one-joke liberal jerkoff. Thank you.

Posted by: SurferDoc at May 02, 2013 03:55 AM (6H6FZ)

177 161 Hung jury or hung Gosnell? Our modern Dr Mengele is going to burn for eternity. That's a lock. It's those jurors whose fates are up for grabs.

Posted by: Kermit Gosnell's Peers at May 02, 2013 03:55 AM (4FvdX)

178 Fund managers don't necessarily care how a company operates, just whether its stock goes up. So the system is far from perfect.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2013 07:50 AM (BeSEI)

Wrong.

From that perspective the system works perfectly. The fund managers' only responsibility is to maximize profit within the constraints of the funds' prospectus.

Any other behavior is unethical and probably illegal.

It's fucking capitalism....what is so difficult to understand?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 03:55 AM (/WLC3)

179 Stephen Colbert is a one-joke liberal jerkoff. Thank you. Posted by: SurferDoc at May 02, 2013 07:55 AM (6H6FZ) ---- I accept your apology.

Posted by: Colbert at May 02, 2013 03:56 AM (FmFB3)

180 Poor Anne, the witchcraft charges stemmed from her having a third teat - Devil's mark - and a sixth finger. Six finger Six finger Man alive! How did I ever get along with five? The true story of Anne Boleyn uncut and uncensored: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BkTBJUcLTw&list=PL6CDC88A671ACF5EA

Posted by: Staff at May 02, 2013 03:56 AM (G9qZk)

181 So the Kurtz thing is really that he had the temerity to note that the media orgasm about Jason Collins omitted the whole engaged to a woman for 8 years thing. ------------------- No. Collins spent a paragraph of his article talking about his dating women and being engaged, because he thought it was something expected of him, or maybe it hoped that it would make him normal. The "Kurtz thing" is that he is such an asshole, that even when he's demonstrably wrong, he denies it. And when that doesn't work, he blames the author of the piece he obviously didn't read for his own stupidity. He looks like a fucking dick who can never admit that he's wrong, even when he knows it. It's not about Collins. It's about Kurtz being an arrogant asshole "reporter."

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 02, 2013 03:56 AM (JDIKC)

182 Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 02, 2013 07:56 AM (JDIKC)

Let's make it about Collins as well.

He's a media hound trying to capitalize on whose legs he's between to resurrect a rapidly fading career and make himself relevant.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 04:00 AM (/WLC3)

183 It'll improve my financial health to have all of you buy my gas. Speaking of, I was without power for half of yesterday so I listened to the radio and caught up some to what the low information types listen to, but anyway the corn crop is being delayed by the cold weather. Something like 7% has been planted when normal for this time of year would be 30-40%. I know I planted some two weeks ago and it rotted in the ground. Bad corn crop equals higher gasoline prices equals good times for Svennicaid.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 04:00 AM (U2UQk)

184

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. She was executed 4 days later.

For those who lived in Colorado twenty years ago, the Chucky Cheese killer (4 victims) will be executed this August. His attorney is asking for a delay so the killer can complete serving his sentence for an unrelated crime.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 02, 2013 04:00 AM (h+OzC)

185 Neither Collins nor the media omitted his engagement to a woman. It's right there in the original SI piece And it was omitted in each and every major media retelling I heard on that day. FNC, the alphabet networks, even the SportsCenter clip I saw. Normally I'd consider that uninteresting, but the fact that that detail is consudered threatening by progs is quite interesting.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 04:01 AM (OevbG)

186 Needing a tissue at the bottom of the Canyon every other day for a year shouldn't bankrupt me, the presidunce said so. It should bankrupt the state. I've also thought about how to start a website where people can share tips on how to get the most bang out of free health care. Sure, I'll be an asshole to EVERYBODY, but thats kind of normal.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 04:01 AM (FmFB3)

187 Another problem the Dems created and keep going is inversion of corporations overseas. We have the highest corporate taxes and business carrying charges in the world. So, corporations invert their presence and set up elsewhere, and then do the same business here as they would if they were located here. The Dems of course claim this is corporate greed, when in fact to do otherwise would be corporate waste for which they could actually be sued. Now that we are trying to tax revenues for U.S. commercial activity for entities located elsewhere, more and more entities will simply say screw that and not do business here at all. Why it's almost as if they're rational maximizers or something.

Posted by: Blacksheep at May 02, 2013 04:01 AM (bS6uW)

188 So, when all is said and done, I believe it is the responsibility of the CEO to use wisely the financial blessings he receives , and to treat the workers fairly. Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 07:47 AM (GoIUi) I'm going to respectfully disagree with you. Employees are owed nothing but the pay and benifits they agreed too. Thay can leave whenever they want. I've know a couple of CEOs and there is nothing magic or special about them, however, they too serve masters. Their jobs are 24/7 365. The amount of responsibility for success is unimaginable. It's not constant private jets and cocktail parties. It's planning for the future, staying one step ahead and making day to day decisions that determine the future of all workers and stake holders. My last CEO, we will call him Jim, 4 billion dollar Company. He used to come down to the basement where my partner and I worked, sit at one of our desks, swipe a soda from our fridge and just relax for about 15-20 minutes. I've never seen that much stress on a human being. I don't begrudge anyone any amount of money for anything. Even public employees. We all must take care of ourselves. I do begrudge a system that allows people to live off my money. Fix the public system, don't villify individuals. Private stuff? As long as it is legal, I don't care.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 04:02 AM (XIxXP)

189 Collins is getting praise from the usual assholes for his "bravery" in coming out and ignoring that he deceived and let that poor woman hang on for eight years, then let her find out with everyone else.

Posted by: SurferDoc at May 02, 2013 04:03 AM (6H6FZ)

190 Yeah looks like execution time. The OH man who raped and killed a 6 month old baby was executed yesterday.

http://is.gd/mYTioo

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 04:03 AM (53z96)

191 And sooner or later those weapons will be pointed at us.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 07:41 AM (53z96)

==========

Sort of like the 3rd Ave El. In the 1930's we sold it for scrap to the Japanese. In the 1940's the Japanese shot it back at us. Difference being that the Japanese had the capacity to turn the scrap into weapons- the Muz, not so much.

Also we got some money for the scrap, here we're just getting screwed all around...

Posted by: Nighthawk at May 02, 2013 04:04 AM (OtQXp)

192 178 -

I understand how capitalism works. The way we do things now though, stock prices and the actual real value of companies and their performance are often two different things.

You can act like that's a good thing, but frankly I don't see how you could justify it.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2013 04:04 AM (BeSEI)

193 #188, OSP THIS!!!

Posted by: Anthony L. at May 02, 2013 04:04 AM (bl6Iq)

194
'Disgraced' Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash is nominated for two Daytime Emmy awards despite claims that he engaged in sexual relations with minors

DailyMail

Hollywood *shrugs*

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 02, 2013 04:05 AM (kdS6q)

195 BTW, heard Rand Paul interviewed on WRKO this morning. Not impressive; he danced around every question, even a soft ball like "Do you think Hillary Clinton committed perjury?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 04:05 AM (zF6Iw)

196 Re: Seattle riots. From the article- "As the immigration march moved through downtown, the route was watched not only by police on horseback and bicycle Â— but also by a crew of self-described Seattle Â“superheroesÂ” dressed in costumes. They stood together watching for trouble." ***** No word on whether they stuck around when it got ugly, but it is reassuring to know that amateur volunteer superheroes were on the job.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 02, 2013 04:07 AM (pxDth)

197 I have no problem with the Pope's statement. Greed is not a noble trait. Too much greed can even throw a country into a recession as the greedy pad their bank accounts. I'm not saying profit is bad but greed is an evil trait.

Posted by: Case at May 02, 2013 04:07 AM (VctSv)

198 3 [ ... ] On this day in 1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned [ ... ] Look at this way folks, as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reggie love hardest hit.

Posted by: Josef K. at May 02, 2013 04:07 AM (tOkJB)

199 Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 08:02 AM (XIxXP)

100% correct.

And it's sad that even some "conservatives" haven't internalized this.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 04:08 AM (/WLC3)

200 Don't get me started on executive comp for electric utilities. When I was working for one I did some of the systems work for the 401k plans. For that reason I was told to come to a meeting about dealing with some golden parachutes they were offering retiring execs. The idea was thrown out that some of those incompetent loads were getting massive lump sum payment and, since they were too fucking stoopid to run a lemonade stand and didn't know what they'd do with all this jack, they wanted to park it in the employee savings plan. I immediately went ballistic and said that this ran contrary to the prospectus of the plan and that the financial institution was only contractually bound to accept regular monthly contribution which this ran outside of. I was quietly told, by somebody I liked, that this was a done deal and it was futile to fight it. So I went and bitched about it to everybody I knew outside of the meeting.

What eventually happened was that the lazy turds wanted to invest it in the fixed income plan, which gave you a guaranteed positive rate of return. Since everything I said was true, the custodial firm said "Fuck this shit" and said they couldn't absorb all that jack and invested it in the safest alternative, a US bond fund. Those are usually pretty fucking safe, except when interest rates rise, which they did and, as a result, participants in the fixed income fund, of which I was one, received a negative rate of return for which no explanation was given but I gladly supplied to anybody who asked me.

After I left that fucking dump, I spent some effort talking to an ambulance chaser about filing a class action suit against those cocksuckers. I was pretty sure I had the goods on every one of those fuckers. I ultimately didn't do it because it would take too much time for what it was worth, a lot of people whom I didn't like would probably benefit from it, the useless fucks who profited would never reap the penalties, and, most importantly, they'd probably pin it on somebody relatively innocuous in it. But it was still a shitty situation which never should have happened.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 04:08 AM (ESH7p)

201 @ CBD, I haven't forgotten Collins, but that's really a separate incident. It's the "Collins Thing." was talking about the "Kurtz Thing." To wit, fuck him and Fucker Carlson's TMZ-lite that he writes for.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 02, 2013 04:09 AM (JDIKC)

202 The original CEO at a company I worked for once - (Sauder Furniture, the particle board desk people) ran a company with 30 acres of manufacturing space under roof, and at the time had a lock on the market. He lived in a 100 year old farm house, drove a 10 year old mini pickup truck, and had a winter home in Florida, a nice doublewide trailer in a park. It was the CEO sons that both doubled the size of the company in the 10 years after he retired, and "vastly" increased CEO wages. I didn't see a reason to complain though. I suppose they can do whatever they want.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 04:10 AM (FmFB3)

203 Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 02, 2013 08:09 AM (JDIKC)

What the fuck dude?

This is all about me. We talk about what I want to talk about. Facts be damned.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 04:11 AM (/WLC3)

204 >>>I'm not saying profit is bad but greed is an evil trait.

Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 04:13 AM (4Mv1T)

205

Lemme see if I get this right.

RGIII is a cornball brothah and

Collins is a cornhole brothah.

Posted by: Infidel at May 02, 2013 04:14 AM (gqEUi)

206 "The federal government says the judge who issued the ruling had exceeded his authority"
http://tinyurl.com/crxtk7w

We could play "guess the case" for days

Posted by: Caustic at May 02, 2013 04:15 AM (/b8+5)

207 It's fucking capitalism....what is so difficult to understand? No, it's the 'end times' of capitalism, and you're arguing that the captain of the sinking ship deserves the biggest gold-plated lifeboat. And it's sad that even some "conservatives" haven't internalized this. Explain to me how it is "conservative" for a business to decide that 30 million is just compensation for a CEO. Instead of putting 90% of into retained earnings for future business cycles. You know the word 'cycle' right?

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 04:17 AM (U2UQk)

208 204 >>>I'm not saying profit is bad but greed is an evil trait.

Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 08:13 AM (4Mv1T)

"Rule 1: Bulls, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered" - Jim Cramer

Posted by: Caustic at May 02, 2013 04:17 AM (/b8+5)

209 CEO paid himself almost 30 million last year. It's shitheads like that that do capitalism no favors and stir up class envy and resentment and fire up the Free Shit Army. Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 07:20 AM (U2UQk) Valid point - if it were true. CEO's don't set their pay rate at a publicly traded company. The Board of Directors sets the CEO's pay rate. You would have to ask THEM why they thought this CEO was worth that kind of scratch. They're the one's that pass/fail executive compensation. The free market is the free market is the free market. No one is greedy in this equation. Greed isn't driving this equation. Competition is. The guy on the low end gets paid 29k because if he demands 30, they'll go find 1000 other people willing to do it for 29k. The guy on the high end gets 30 MIL because he has a (perceived, rightly or not) skill set that the board believes is worth it. And if that guy increases revenue by X BIL dollars, and share value by Y dollars, they've paid him a pittance compared to his value to the shareholder. The CEO is not a 'shithead' for taking it. He's EARNED it, with a lifelong education and track record that has lead him to that place, time and responsibility. The problem with the FSA is only partially greed - and that being 'their own greed'. A huge portion of that problem is unapologetic economic ignorance. I have zero sympathy for either.

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 04:17 AM (GVL0g)

210 The federal government says the judge who issued the ruling had exceeded his authority Hello pot? Kettle calling ... you're black!

Posted by: Blacksheep at May 02, 2013 04:18 AM (bS6uW)

211 If Bolivia doesn't want US tax funded whatever, fine with me. Our taxes are being squandered on bribes to accomplish the insiders' profiteering. If you want to contribute to a charity, you'd have a better chance getting your donations to the needy via a church program, Salvation Army, or at least the Red Cross. But not US foreign aid. That's for crooks like Karzai, the stereotypical foreign leader, not so different than the rest when it comes to taking my tax money for his family, the only people he considers to be "his people" -- the rest of his nation being naught. Etiquette you'd expect from our Sec./State, the icing on a common sense cake: I don't claim that my neighbor's property is my backyard. Certainly not a neighborhood from a town far down the highway. But that's how dumb elitists talk. Way to go, gringo. Feed the contempt, disgust and hatred, idiot. LA Times: "Bolivia, angered by Kerry, says it is ejecting U.S. aid agency" The Bolivian leader asserted that USAID had sown divisions and destabilized the country and his government. Ejecting USAID was also a message to U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, Â“who says that Latin America is the backyard of the United States,Â” Morales said. Kerry referred to the Western Hemisphere as Â“our backyardÂ” during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last month. Though Kerry went on to say that the region was "critical to us" and stressed the U.S. should reach out to countries there, Morales and others saw his words as an condescending sign of disrespect from Washington.

Posted by: panzernashorn at May 02, 2013 04:18 AM (MhA4j)

212 >>>Explain to me how it is "conservative" for a business to decide that 30 million is just compensation for a CEO. Instead of putting 90% of into retained earnings for future business cycles. You know the word 'cycle' right? Explain to me exactly what a proper level of compensation would be?

Posted by: Anthony L. at May 02, 2013 04:19 AM (bl6Iq)

213 This is all about me. We talk about what I want to talk about. Facts be damned. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 08:11 AM (/WLC3) -------------------- I totally respect that.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 02, 2013 04:19 AM (JDIKC)

214 Will the 2013-14 NBA net Jason Collins the largest sum of cash in his career? By how big a factor? I'm putting the over/under at 2.5x his previous top. Place your bets now!

Posted by: mugiwara at May 02, 2013 04:21 AM (iSgGg)

215 6FL Governor Scott vetoes a bill that would have ended permanent alimony in FL. Personally I think alimony is BS and should be eliminated all together, much less be a lifetime payment. This is his second major screw up in my book. (Note that does not include eliminating child support) 80% of divorces are initiate by the woman.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 02, 2013 04:22 AM (jz0+s)

216 2.5X 7!?!! Oh my!

Posted by: His Previous Top at May 02, 2013 04:23 AM (G9qZk)

217 15 year old girls having sex. The new 'normal' age. So it's no longer the case that girls will wait to 'lose it' after the Senior Prom. Or even the Junior Prom.
Now they'll be expected to begin to make adult decisions having life-long consequences after the 'sock hop'.

But they're not adults yet when it comes to ObamaCare coverage. Not till they're 26 years old.

Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM (U2UQk)

I am the IT guy for a school district. I recently had a parent of a graduating senior gripe to me about how the school wasn't doing a good enough job keeping parents informed about senior events. I pointed out that they had made announcements to the kids daily with all the info they needed. She said, "You know these kids aren't responsible enough to make sure we know this stuff." I pointed out that parents think the kids should be treated as adults but then turn around and complain when the school does just that. And people think it's a good idea to let a 15 yo make important decisions without a parent's guidance.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at May 02, 2013 04:23 AM (Gkhxf)

218 >>>Explain to me how it is "conservative" for a business to decide that 30 million is just compensation for a CEO.

Letting businesses run themselves as they see fit instead of government running businesses as bureaucrats see fit seems kinda "conservative."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 04:23 AM (hO8IJ)

219 Â“This is unheard of,Â” said Richard Behrendt, a former IRS estate and gift tax auditor who is now director of estate planning at Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. in Milwaukee. Â“I canÂ’t remember ever hearing of anybody going back 41 years to raise an issue. ItÂ’s really unprecedented in my experience.Â”
http://tinyurl.com/cdjzwan

Posted by: Caustic at May 02, 2013 04:24 AM (/b8+5)

220 It's amazing how deeply class envy has infected the American psyche. I have zero problem with large amounts of money trading hands in arms length dealings for arrangements the participants think is fair. Absent criminality, other people should mind their own fucking business. They'd be happier and probably make more money themselves if they did. The government should also mind their own business. They already suck at the things they're actually responsible for, we don't need feds telling us how to micro-manage our affairs.

Posted by: Blacksheep at May 02, 2013 04:25 AM (bS6uW)

221 Explain to me how it is "conservative" for a business to decide that 30 million is just compensation for a CEO. Instead of putting 90% of into retained earnings for future business cycles. You know the word 'cycle' right?

Because conservationism is all about people making choices for themselves instead of, you know, having others decide what's "fair."

You might not like that a CEO makes that much, but that's up to the shareholders, not you.

That's conservatism.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:26 AM (sbV1u)

222 Absent criminality, other people should mind their own fucking business. They'd be happier and probably make more money themselves if they did. Posted by: Blacksheep at May 02, 2013 08:25 AM (bS6uW)

THIS

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:26 AM (sbV1u)

223 Will the 2013-14 NBA net Jason Collins the largest sum of cash in his career? By how big a factor? I'm putting the over/under at 2.5x his previous top. Place your bets now!

Posted by: mugiwara at May 02, 2013 08:21 AM (iSgGg)

He'll be lucky to still be in the league. He's a thoroughly submediocre player who's bounced form team to team and made no positive impact anywhere. I viewed this from day 1 as an effort to provoke interest in him which his basketball ability never did, at least at the highest level. He was only in the league because he is 7 feet tall. The league GMs lose their minds over that to the point that they're still considering offering the always injured Greg Oden a contract for next year.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 04:27 AM (ESH7p)

224 Bad corn crop equals higher gasoline prices

Now there's a sentence that should never have had to be written.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 04:27 AM (hO8IJ)

225 Have a great folks, time for me to go earn some of my "unfair" compensation...

Posted by: Anthony L. at May 02, 2013 04:27 AM (bl6Iq)

226 Explain to me exactly what a proper level of compensation would be? Can't. I'm not even sure what company I'm referring to as I was only paying casual attention to the story. Which is probably as much as low information voters do. I know Romney's business experience was not perceived as a positive by many of them. Extremely high executive compensation is an example of why not. When I was in business school (80's), we had books, and charts, and graphs and spent hours picking apart companies. With the proper information. I can still remember arguing that one of the companies -- Polaroid Corp. was cooked. To much derision from the prof. There was 'always' going to be a market for instant film. I argued they should be conservative. Set money aside, have a strong balance sheet. Not expand. Diversify.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 04:28 AM (U2UQk)

227 Some people will never understand why a CEO is worth $30 million, yet have no problem understanding why a baseball player is worth much more. It's because you understand baseball. You've played baseball. Badly, but you're familiar with it and it's not a huge stretch of the imagination to picture yourself in that job. Yet you have no idea of the job requirements or skills needed to run a large, publicly traded company. All you know is that you work for a similar company, and YOU don't make that much. It's just ignorance. That's all. I won't even call it envy.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 02, 2013 04:29 AM (JDIKC)

228 Sorry, but I don't think "coming out" automatically makes someone brave. if you're in career where you've done quite well and the coming out is celebrated and has no deleterious effect on your career why is it brave?. It's not brave not to have let your girfriend know before this. There was nothing brave about McGreevry coming out either. He came out because the scandal about a former aide; He didn't have any choice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 04:29 AM (INYkK)

229 And now a message from "The Man's" side-kick ...

Vice President Joe Biden says many women who are raped or physically abused donÂ’t report it because they donÂ’t want, in his words, Â“to get raped again by the system.Â”

Posted by: Population Council at May 02, 2013 04:29 AM (e8kgV)

230 I'm putting the over/under at 2.5x his previous top. Place your bets now!

Posted by: mugiwara at May 02, 2013 08:21 AM (iSgGg)

First, I have to know who his previous top was.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 02, 2013 04:30 AM (h+OzC)

231 All of this gay athlete dick wagging in the media is senseless and tasteless. Anyway, where does the narrative go from here? A halftime, center-court gay proposal/marriage between to opposing league members? Ho-fucking-hum.

Posted by: Fritz at May 02, 2013 04:31 AM (UzPAd)

232 "Instead of putting 90% of into retained earnings for future business cycles. You know the word 'cycle' right?"

Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 08:17 AM (U2UQk)

Is that your rule? Because you understand business so, so well, and if only they would do what you said everything would be perfect?

What you advocate is state control, and that is, variously, socialism or fascism.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 04:31 AM (/WLC3)

233 Explain to me how it is "conservative" for a business to decide that 30 million is just compensation for a CEO. Instead of putting 90% of into retained earnings for future business cycles. You know the word 'cycle' right? The Board of Directors is free to make that decision their priority and prerogative. The shareholders - who own the company - are FREE to fire the Board of Directors if they disagree. You have a voice. Don't skip your proxy votes. And if you don't own shares you can vote, what are your bitching about? Nunya'...

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 04:31 AM (GVL0g)

234

Morning, all!

Yeah looks like execution time. The OH man who raped and killed a 6 month old baby was executed yesterday.

http://is.gd/mYTioo

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 08:03 AM (53z96)

GOOD.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 02, 2013 04:32 AM (4df7R)

235 Is that your rule? Because you understand business so, so well, and if only they would do what you said everything would be perfect?

Hayek had a few words to say about that attitude now, didn't he?

Oh, and mornin' CBD

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:32 AM (sbV1u)

236 In the immortal words of one Gordon Gecko, "Greed . . . is good."

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2013 04:32 AM (BAS5M)

237 I can think of situations where it might be brave to come out, but the high profile cases of McGreevey and Collins aren't examples.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 04:33 AM (INYkK)

238 Sorry, but I don't think "coming out" automatically makes someone brave. if you're in career where you've done quite well and the coming out is celebrated and has no deleterious effect on your career why is it brave?. It's not brave not to have let your girfriend know before this. There was nothing brave about McGreevry coming out either. He came out because the scandal about a former aide; He didn't have any choice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 08:29 AM (INYkK)
===============

In today's culture what is "brave" (in an intellectual sense anyway) is publicly stating that your sexuality is part of your life and not the other way around.

Posted by: Nighthawk at May 02, 2013 04:33 AM (OtQXp)

239 Some people will never understand why a CEO is worth $30 million, yet have no problem understanding why a baseball player is worth much more.

The people I really want to smack upside the head are the people who whine about baseball players getting paid more than childcare workers.

There are millions of people who can wipe noses and hand out healthy snacks and sing rhymes, and billions do it for free. There are very few people who can convince thirty thousand people to drop $20-$200 bucks to watch them work, 160 days a year.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 04:34 AM (hO8IJ)

240 Greedo is Good. He's also dead. Thanks to me.

Posted by: Han Solo at May 02, 2013 04:35 AM (EGPJQ)

241 In today's culture what is "brave" (in an intellectual sense anyway) is publicly stating that your sexuality is part of your life and not the other way around.

What would really be brave is if he came out and immediately indicated his desire to tap some Muslim ass.

THAT would be brave.

Suicidal, but brave.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:36 AM (sbV1u)

242 If he does play next year, expect fans and maybe rival players to get a nice long talking to about how very special Jason is, and how if anyone dares shout a criticism or give him a shove, as happens at all b-ball games, they will be persona non grata to the NBA. Remember, the point of all this is to MAINTAIN, not eliminate, an impression of homosexuals as different and set apart. Once the gay lobby loses that, they cease to exist.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 04:37 AM (ZshNr)

243 Although this morning I think John Axford is seriously overpaid. Ptooey.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 04:37 AM (hO8IJ)

244

Yeah looks like execution time. The OH man who raped and killed a 6 month old baby was executed yesterday.
http://is.gd/mYTioo

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 08:03 AM (53z96)
-------------------------------

Gosnell next?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 02, 2013 04:37 AM (EGPJQ)

245

So, I've said many times that I am not an NBA fan, and that's still true. But I must admit to feeling a bit of smug satisfaction this morning over the beating the NY Knicks are getting in the sports media because of their behavior leading up to and during the game against the Celtics last night. Wearing black because it was going to be a "funeral" for the Celtics' season? Are you kidding me right now? Not only is that stupid in general, but I also think it's in pretty bad taste considering the grass hasn't even had time to grow on the graves of the three people killed in the Marathon bombing. Geez, Knicks, try to show SOME class, would ya? And didn't you learn ANYTHING from the Houston Texans marching into Foxboro in letterman jackets?

If there's one thing I like about the NBA, it's when spoiled prima donnas get taken down a peg. And thanks to the NBA's habit of giving little boys multimillion dollar contracts, there are plenty of prima donnas to go around.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 02, 2013 04:38 AM (4df7R)

246 And if you don't own shares you can vote, what are your bitching about? Mainly about losing elections. For right or wrong Republicans have been painted into a corner, portrayed as the 'fat cat' capitalists that want to rape every employee to ensure a few at the top make top dollars. While a watch the local football team, who never should have renewed a huge contract for the QB, get beaten every week, because of the envy of the other players made them 'sit on their hands' while the opposing teams defense ran all over them. Sure there's pure unfettered capitalism, then there is using your brain and winning.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 04:38 AM (U2UQk)

247 Boleyn was arrested on May 2, but she was executed on May 14. Obviously a set up but Boleyn didn't show any mercy to Catherine of Aragon and would have had her murdered if she could have gotten away with it. Henry was such a greedy bastard and ended up emptying the country's treasury.

Posted by: waldo at May 02, 2013 04:39 AM (sXWmd)

248

I have no idea what Collins has made in previous years, but I do have the feeling this year is the one where he really gets paid. And when I say I'm placing the over/under at 2.5X his previous best year, I'm talking total compensation. I expect he'll be on the receiving end of all sorts of endorsements and speaking fees next season.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 02, 2013 04:39 AM (W7ffl)

249 #193, #188 My husband worked for an employer who decided, with no warning, in lieu of a bonus he would give him shares in the company, which could not be sold until he left the company. It was a family-owned company, so when my husband was laid off due to the lack of business from real estate developers, my husband's shares were bought back for $100. So the bonus was really a lie.

We discovered later that the 401K money had also been deposited in the company account and no money had gone to the mutual fund.

The bonus thing was legal, although pretty crappy, since it was a way to avoid giving him any actual money, and it was not specified how bonuses would be given in the contract. The second was probably illegal, but I figure it will catch up with the owner eventually.

Yes we agreed to it. No, it wasn't something that was a result of capitalism but rather that of greed. It probably wouldn't have happened in a large corporation (for those who are convinced that small businesses have the aura of sanctity about them).

People are people, and many are not very nice. The system allows this type of crookedness and cannot prevent it. But I will not pretend that this is something my husband AGREED to, nor will I say that the owner bears no responsibility.

This is probably why my husband is known as a pretty fair boss, even in places where it would get him no advantage. He has been on the other side and knows what can happen.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 04:40 AM (GoIUi)

250 Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 08:38 AM (U2UQk) You wouldn't happen to be a jets fan woudja?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 04:40 AM (XIxXP)

251 190 Yeah looks like execution time. The OH man who raped and killed a 6 month old baby was executed yesterday. http://is.gd/mYTioo Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 08:03 AM (53z96) GOOD MORNING ALL!!!

Posted by: RWC at May 02, 2013 04:40 AM (Wl/Ht)

252 Hayek had a few words to say about that attitude now, didn't he?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 02, 2013 08:32 AM (sbV1u)

Yes he did, and the fact that we even have to have this conversation makes me sad.

And good morning to you!

Ate pork belly on stir-fried kimchee last night.

The Koreans might be lunatics, but they sure know how to make pork fat and rotten cabbage taste good.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 04:40 AM (/WLC3)

253 If there's one thing I like about the NBA, it's when spoiled prima donnas get taken down a peg. And thanks to the NBA's habit of giving little boys multimillion dollar contracts, there are plenty of prima donnas to go around. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 02, 2013 08:38 AM (4df7R) I hate the NBA. I hate the Knicks and the Heat. And I hardly ever watch. Last time I watched the Knicks alot was when Lynn was on his run.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 04:40 AM (9Bj8R)

254 I can think of situations where it might be brave to come out, but the high profile cases of McGreevey and Collins aren't examples.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 08:33 AM (INYkK)

I would say a man getting up off the floor of a madrassa in Saudi Arabia after morning prayers and saying to those congregated, "I'm homosexual!" would be pretty damn brave. And that man would end up pretty damn dead.

Bravery is only possible where negative consequences are likely.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 02, 2013 04:40 AM (4df7R)

255 . Geez, Knicks, try to show SOME class, would ya? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 02, 2013 08:38 AM (4df7R)

Think about what you're asking there.

It's New York.

And it's basketball.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:41 AM (sbV1u)

256

Collins will be 'meh' in a couple of months. The reality is that NBA teams really don't want distractions sitting on the end of their benches. His playing days on the court are likely over. Who knows what he'll be doing 6 months from now?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 02, 2013 04:42 AM (EGPJQ)

257 Pope just jumped the shark.
https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/329913658857639937

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at May 02, 2013 07:04 AM (hO8IJ)

He should follow the lead of Anthony Weiner: Hacked!

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at May 02, 2013 04:42 AM (Gkhxf)

258 They executed a guy in Ohio? WTF! - I'm against the death penalty!! This is absurd! OK, just kidding. Could care less if they killed him, and being it was a baby he killed, I wish they would have let me help with the execution.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 04:42 AM (FmFB3)

259 The Koreans might be lunatics, but they sure know how to make pork fat and rotten cabbage taste good. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 08:40 AM (/WLC3)

Dayuuummmmm! I want summa dat!

That's what I say to pork belly and kimchi.

.....

It's what Jason Collins says in the locker room

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:43 AM (sbV1u)

260

Sorry, but I don't think "coming out" automatically makes someone brave. if you're in career where you've done quite well and the coming out is celebrated and has no deleterious effect on your career why is it brave?

It's "brave" because, as we all know, America is a gay-hating country, with millions of good ol' boys ready to string that pansy nigra to a barbwire fence just like that fag Matthew Shepard, y'know?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 04:43 AM (zF6Iw)

261 Envy is another bad trait. Why is this so hard to understand? Be happy with what you have. If you want more, go earn it. Just don't be a greedy son-of-a -bitch.

Posted by: Case at May 02, 2013 04:43 AM (VctSv)

262 I CAN think of situations where it might be brave. Say you had been a priest for thirty years or a minister that was part of a denomination which doesn't ordain practicing homosexuals. if you came out you could lose your job and no it's just not that easy to immemdiately get a job in another denomination and i know some very fine ministers who are gay (and no, i don't want to get into a whole debate about this) I've also known-after the fact -of priests and ministers who came into the ordination process knowing their were gay, knowing what the rules were and deciding to flout the rules about celibacy. However, they were not brave enough to be honest upfront. In fact, I know of denominations who have these rules in place and the ministers are sent to bigger churches with higher salaries because hierarchy chose to wink and nod.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 04:43 AM (INYkK)

263 ACK! Error in my post #249. should read, "Yes he took the job, but we did not agree to being treated like this."

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 04:43 AM (GoIUi)

264 @52 Yeah I was thinking that this was finally gay- free post. Gay posts once in a while as the situation warrants - that's fine. but nearly everyday? Anyway, Collins saying he got engaged when talking about his past life is not the same as him being engaged at the moment. And if it's true that that's his fiancÃ©e found out about him being gay at the same time everyone else did, that's just scumbaggy.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 02, 2013 04:43 AM (6zgse)

265 Think about what you're asking there.

It's New York.

And it's basketball.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 02, 2013 08:41 AM (sbV1u)

I know, I know. I just set my expectations a little higher than they should be in hopes that someday someone will actually exceed them.

Morning, Mr. Bannion.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 02, 2013 04:44 AM (4df7R)

266 It's one thing for a person to make a case against a behavior he does not like to see because he, himself, does not like to see it. It's another thing for that person to try to strengthen that argument by claiming knowledge of how others are going to see and react to that behavior. In the second case, the fact that the person would even try this line of reasoning proves him to be a collectivist at his core.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 02, 2013 04:44 AM (V3kRK)

267

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 02, 2013 08:38 AM (4df7R)

I hadn't watched an NBA game in ten years following the way the Knicks uncerimoniously dumped Patrick Ewing. I admit, I caught the Linsanity last year and watched several games. Team owner Jim Dolan cleared that up right quick for me.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 02, 2013 04:44 AM (W7ffl)

268 "When they're 12 to 14, a dad puts his beautiful little daughter to bed. And then the next morning, there's a snake in the bed." Joe Biden

Posted by: Lizabth at May 02, 2013 04:45 AM (JZBti)

269

SEATTLE (AP) Â— Police used "flash bangs" and pepper spray against some protesters who pelted them with rocks and bottles late Wednesday, as violence erupted during May Day in Seattle.

Several dozen protesters, many using bandanas to cover their faces, began clashing with police in downtown Seattle hours after a peaceful immigrant-rights march ended.

Protesters threw rocks and bottles at police officers and news crews. As they moved through downtown Seattle to another nearby neighborhood, they flung construction street barriers, trash cans and newspaper bins on the streets in an attempt to block advancing police officers. Windows of local businesses were broken and vehicles with people in them were banged around.

Mostly peaceful. Spin it AP, spin it.

The violence stemmed from a march that billed itself as an "anti-capitalism" protest. Initially, the protesters concentrated on a business sector of downtown Seattle.

"That first march came downtown. It was absolutely peaceful...it was almost a festive affair and they had some serious messages, too, that they wanted to express. No incidents whatsoever," McGinn said. "The second march was very different, and it wasn't just merely because it was unpermitted. I think it also had to do with the nature of the individuals in it and what they wanted to do."

Unpermitted? Better check the dictionary on that one. When you have idiot mayors like this best thing is for evil capitalist businesses to leave and let the city rot

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 04:45 AM (1Jaio)

270 Sure there's pure unfettered capitalism, then there is using your brain and winning. Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 08:38 AM (U2UQk)

People have an inalienable right to be idiots.

Shit Darwin Said Vol II

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:45 AM (sbV1u)

271 WASHINGTON Â— The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a possible case of human trafficking at a Saudi Arabian diplomatic compound in McLean, Virginia, a DHS official confirmed to BuzzFeed on Wednesday.

"I can confirm that DHS did remove two potential trafficking victims this morning," said Brandon Montgomery, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "

The incident was first reported by the local NBC affiliate, which also reported that Fairfax County records show that the building is owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. NBC reports that "one woman reportedly tried to flee by squeezing through a gap in the front gate as it was closing."

"We don't know anything about that," said a spokesperson for the Saudi Embassy when reached by phone on Wednesday. "The report that we got is that the house belongs to the Saudi armed forces, like the military office."

Posted by: Fact Checker with no bias whatsoever at May 02, 2013 04:45 AM (e8kgV)

272 Henry VIII was married to Katherine Howard for a year and a half and he couldn't even knock her up. There really was something wrong with him.

Posted by: waldo at May 02, 2013 04:45 AM (sXWmd)

273

'Yeah looks like execution time. The OH man who raped and killed a 6 month old baby was executed yesterday."

Fifteen years too late.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 02, 2013 04:45 AM (jz0+s)

274 Morning, Mr. Bannion. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 02, 2013 08:44 AM (4df7R)

Good morning, Your Rantiness.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:46 AM (sbV1u)

275 "When they're 12 to 14, a dad puts his beautiful little daughter to bed. And then the next morning, there's a snake in the bed." Joe Biden ----- It's because no one ever turns to him and says "what the fuck is wrong with you" that he thinks this is OK.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 04:47 AM (FmFB3)

276 Could care less if they killed him, and being it was a baby he killed, I wish they would have let me help with the execution.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 08:42 AM (FmFB3)

Reading the article, the man's adult daughter who was present at the execution continues to insist he didn't kill the baby. Now I understand that this is her father, she loves him, okay. But he RAPED A SIX MONTH OLD. Even if he hadn't "accidentally smothered her" after the fact, HE RAPED. A. SIX. MONTH. OLD. BABY. The internal injuries alone probably would have killed her, the poor little thing. It was monstrous.

I don't care if you're drunk when it happens. ANyone who can do that is not worth the paper his death certificate is printed on.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 02, 2013 04:47 AM (4df7R)

277 So the Kurtz thing is really that he had the temerity to note that the media orgasm about Jason Collins omitted the whole engaged to a woman for 8 years thing.

And Kurtz pointing that out is somehow considered offensive by liberals/Gabe. Got it.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (OevbG)

Liberalism is based on the denial of reality

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 04:47 AM (1Jaio)

278

"if you came out you could lose your job "

Why do u have to 'come out'? Why should i have to know what kind of sex u like?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 02, 2013 04:48 AM (jz0+s)

279 You wouldn't happen to be a jets fan woudja? No, OSP, I'm suffering even worse then that. I 'follow' the Eagles, but not much of a fan of a 4 and 12 team. That last contract they gave to Michael Vick, I knew it was not going to end well. He was probably 'only' going to make about 10X the amount his average offensive line player, that he depended on to keep him alive for more then one second, made.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 04:48 AM (U2UQk)

280 I can't stand watching the NBA because every game seems to go like this: Team A wins the tip and scores. Team B ties the score. Team A scores again. Repeat until the last two minutes when the players finally decide that if they want to win, they'll have to play some defense. It's like the NFL pro bowl on the court. Oh, and morning!

Posted by: Mainah at May 02, 2013 04:48 AM (659DL)

281 Geez, Knicks, try to show SOME class, would ya? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 02, 2013 08:38 AM (4df7R)

Think about what you're asking there.

It's New York.

And it's basketball.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 02, 2013 08:41 AM (sbV1u)

I hate the Celtics with the heat of a billion assploding supernovas but if that soft piece of shit Carmelo Anthony blows this, it will be one of the greatest things in sports. Anything that makes that tiny turd Spike Lee sad is a positive thing.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 04:48 AM (ESH7p)

282 By the time Henry VIII was married to Katherine Howard he was huge and with a an ulcerated leg and probably syphyllis, so it's no wonder he was impotent.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 04:49 AM (INYkK)

283

It's because no one ever turns to him and says "what the fuck is wrong with you" that he thinks this is OK.

Agreed. Half of Congress would be stumbling around with black eyes and broken legs if they said the shit they say without the protective shield of politics.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 04:50 AM (zF6Iw)

284 I'd like to bitch slap that guy's daughter. He even admitted to the crime and she is still claiming that he was innocent. She says he was a good father. He was no father to her at all. Besides the fact that good fathers don't commit rape, he was shacked up with another woman and in prison most for this horrendous crime most of her life.

Posted by: waldo at May 02, 2013 04:50 AM (sXWmd)

285 Gosnell next?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 02, 2013 08:37 AM (EGPJQ)

No. Both the OH and CO killers did their crimes in the 90's. In America, a death sentence is a 20 years til death sentence.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 02, 2013 04:50 AM (h+OzC)

286 Morning y'all!

What are we talking about?

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 04:50 AM (GQ8sn)

287 Wife came to Okla from Chi at 22, couldn't drive, which of course is reqd here. So I taught her on the Vega hatchback... stick. After we sold the Scout, we had all automatic, 'til for Father's Day last year, I got a Nissan pickup w/ standard. Used, the clutch was just a little slushy. That's what my kids learned stick on. Amusing to see all the dedication to standard and those who also made sure their kids knew how, too. Oh, wait... where'd the ONT go? Maaan! I gotta learn to say less or type faster. G'morning, special snowflakes.

Posted by: mindful webworker slow to catch up at May 02, 2013 04:50 AM (uHgI5)

288 Her crime was failure to produce a male heir for the corrupt Henry VIII. Look at this way folks, as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:33 AM (53z96)

You're saying that when Barry I decides to come out of the closet, Aunt Esther's neck is safe?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 04:51 AM (1Jaio)

289 I hate the Celtics with the heat of a billion assploding supernovas but if that soft piece of shit Carmelo Anthony blows this, it will be one of the greatest things in sports. Anything that makes that tiny turd Spike Lee sad is a positive thing.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 08:48 AM (ESH7p)

A man after my own heart. lol!

Though I am a victim of geographic fandom, and therefore by default a fan of the Celtics. I cheer them on for my BIL's sake, otherwise I wouldn't even know who was on the team.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 02, 2013 04:52 AM (4df7R)

290 as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey.
However, he can start his own religion. {sigh}

Posted by: the MFM at May 02, 2013 04:52 AM (mGBy8)

291 I hate the Celtics with the heat of a billion assploding supernovas but if that soft piece of shit Carmelo Anthony blows this, it will be one of the greatest things in sports. Anything that makes that tiny turd Spike Lee sad is a positive thing. Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 08:48 AM (ESH7p)

Concur.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 04:53 AM (sbV1u)

292 I assume you want to come out because you want to be married and be open about it without pretending that the guy who lives in your house and is at church with you every week is just a friend. At least that is true of a RC priests I know who became an Episcopalian. minister. Sorry, folks it was not my intention to get into the whole gay debate again, but I didn't bring up Collins. i just wanted to say that I didn't think coming out automatically makes you brave.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 04:54 AM (INYkK)

293 Ok. I'm coming out. I like Saurkraut. I always have. Not even my wife knows. I am done sneaking around and will now eat Saurkraut openly. I am brave no?

Posted by: Truck Monkey on his little Smart Phone at May 02, 2013 04:54 AM (jucos)

294 But....this is called capitalism. If you don't like it, you can always move to Cuba or Venezuela.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 07:26 AM (/WLC3)

When I was in college, Dave Winfield signed with the Yankees for 10 years for $23 million making him the highest paid player in sports. In one of my economics classes, we were discussing this and most people couldn't understand why a team would spend that much money on one player. The professor pointed out that the team would only do it if they believed it would put more butts in the seats and that they could charge more money for a ticket because people wanted to see him play.

Companies behave the same way. They pay a CEO in relation to what they believe he (or she) will do for the company. If they don't believe it to be a good investment, they don't hire that person. I don't know what a fair price would be. That's their job. Sometimes, it works; sometimes, it doesn't.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at May 02, 2013 04:55 AM (Gkhxf)

295 Sure there's pure unfettered capitalism, then there is using your brain and winning. Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 08:38 AM (U2UQk) Got it. "Pure unfettered capitalism" - or 'Liberty' - is bad. We should just be a little more socialist/collectivist and "win." Yah, that ought to do it.

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 04:56 AM (GVL0g)

296 They way I see it, when someone is "coming out" the only information being conveyed is them telling you how they like getting off. Don't need the info. If its a good looking woman I might ask her to prove it, since she's been so forthcoming so far but so far none have come out to me personally.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 04:56 AM (FmFB3)

297 I hate the Celtics with the heat of a billion assploding supernovas I hate Basketball. If it wasn't for gambling most of these asshats would make a couple hundred dollars a game.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 04:56 AM (XIxXP)

298 Morning y'all!
What are we talking about?
Posted by: EC]/i]

CEOs, HOMOs, and MOFOs.

Not necessarily in that order.

Good morning.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 04:56 AM (4Mv1T)

299 Damn

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 04:57 AM (4Mv1T)

300 Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 08:56 AM (4Mv1T) Excellent executive summary.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 04:58 AM (XIxXP)

301 Obama already has how own religion and he's its god and it's chief theologian..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 04:58 AM (INYkK)

302 Sure there's pure unfettered capitalism, then there is using your brain and winning.

Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 08:38 AM (U2UQk)

Put the shovel down and climb out of the hole.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 04:58 AM (/WLC3)

303 Good morning Tobacco!

Did you see the latest news about Duke? They are going to raise tuition on everyone to cover the $50 large for sex change operations for any student who wants one.

They should start with their football team.

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 04:59 AM (GQ8sn)

304 what's up with this? I was just told by my dr's office that I cannot schedule two of the tests he requested on the same day because insurance won't pay for it. I asked her why that was and she said and I quote "because they just won't" I asked again, what is the reasoning behind that and she just kept saying that they tried before and most insurance won't pay for two tests on the same day. I tried pressing and giving her examples of plenty of times I've had two or more tests in one day and she just said Oh, that's different because those are different tests. Then I asked since I have to schedule these tests on two different days, will I be charged my $50 copay for each of those days, and of course the answer is yes. What load of crap. I've worked in two different types of doctors offices in the past and I have never heard of this before. Anyone out there in the moron land heard of this?

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 04:59 AM (6xG9/)

305 I live in NJ and grew up a Knick fan but since the Dolan's bought the team and assholes like Anthony are on them I actually am rooting for the Celtics. Not sure who I hate more the Knicks or the Heat?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 04:59 AM (9Bj8R)

306 Retraction. I had those dates on the Anne Boleyne post wrong. She was arrested May 2, tried and on May 15 found guilty. Executed 4 days later on May 19th.

What is ironic is that she did produce an heir for the sorry bastard. Elizabeth I was her daughter. And she was probably more responsible for the growth of Great Britain than any of the Tudor Kings.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 05:00 AM (53z96)

307 Government Motors spending billions of tax dollars to move to China. Just another perfectly idiotic leftard program. Fucking bastards. A guy I work with owned nothing but Chevrolet for 55 years and had $3500 GM credits for his next one. He canceled the card and bought a Toyota. Never again he said.

Posted by: maddogg at May 02, 2013 05:00 AM (OlN4e)

308 What load of crap. I've worked in two different types of doctors offices in the past and I have never heard of this before. Anyone out there in the moron land heard of this? Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 08:59 AM (6xG9/) Nope, time to find a new doctor.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:00 AM (XIxXP)

309 What load of crap. I've worked in two different types of doctors offices in the past and I have never heard of this before. Anyone out there in the moron land heard of this?

Nope. You're getting hustled.

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 05:00 AM (GQ8sn)

310 Sorry "it's" not it's chief theologian

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:00 AM (INYkK)

311 The Collins story is really a media story. Where are all the stories about the ahem...health risks... that Collins exposed himself and others to during his career? We know he didn't have a Big Gulp when they played the Knicks, but did he have unprotected sex? If this was a H-wood celebrity story involving a straight guy we'd see all the gory speculation, all the dirty laundry. But gayness is the next thing to Sainthood to the MSM. If you eat the dong, you can do no wrong.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 05:00 AM (ZshNr)

312 0bama presidency ends in 1359 days Posted by: BlearyTruth Hahahahaha. You folks are so cute when you fantasize.

Posted by: Obama's third term at May 02, 2013 05:00 AM (13IVx)

313 What load of crap. I've worked in two different types of doctors offices in the past and I have never heard of this before. Anyone out there in the moron land heard of this? Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 08:59 AM (6xG9/) the times they are a changing.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 05:01 AM (9Bj8R)

314 306-Yes indeed. nft

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:01 AM (INYkK)

315

They should start with their football team.

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 08:59 AM (GQ8sn)

LOL

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 02, 2013 05:01 AM (h+OzC)

316 EC- I saw that headline and had to avert my eyes so they wouldn't bug out and bang into the monitor. I couldn't even bear to read it. And everyone raves about the gorgeous chapel. It's a tomb, I say.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 05:01 AM (4Mv1T)

317 Government Motors spending billions of tax dollars to move to China. Just another perfectly idiotic leftard program. Fucking bastards. A guy I work with owned nothing but Chevrolet for 55 years and had $3500 GM credits for his next one. He canceled the card and bought a Toyota. Never again he said. Posted by: maddogg at May 02, 2013 09:00 AM (OlN4e) I bought a Honda, made in Ohio, 70% domestic parts content.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:01 AM (XIxXP)

318 Good morning, Your Rantiness.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 02, 2013 08:46 AM (sbV1u)

Of course I read that as "Randiness," and immediately thought. "What the hell did I miss?"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 05:01 AM (/WLC3)

319 WASHINGTON (AP) Â— President Barack Obama has his domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda as he travels to Mexico on Thursday. To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican president willing to help him secure the border.

Do you think AP believes any of the horseshit they write?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 05:02 AM (1Jaio)

320 We have NEVER had "unfettered capitalism" in this country. Probably the closest we had was in the mid 1800s before the great war.

After that crony corruption was rampant and about the time they began cleaning that up we went into socialism.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 05:02 AM (53z96)

321 I live in NJ and grew up a Knick fan but since the Dolan's bought the team and assholes like Anthony are on them I actually am rooting for the Celtics. Not sure who I hate more the Knicks or the Heat?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 08:59 AM (9Bj8R)

Yeah, it's really hard to like a team whose star player is Melo, or The Cancer as my brother likes to call him.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 02, 2013 05:02 AM (W7ffl)

322 It's finally time to come out of the closet... I love crappin' on titties. Big titties, small titties...don't matter. White, black, chinese...don't matter. I'll crap on them all. Yes, I stand before you, as a brave and open titty-crapper. All of you h8ters and titty-crapperophobes must honor and respect my titty-crappin!!! Titty-crappin 4 evah!!! *applause and swooning from MFM*

Posted by: The Next NBA Hero at May 02, 2013 05:03 AM (G9qZk)

323 Do you think AP believes any of the horseshit they write? Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 09:02 AM (1Jaio) I don't think they write much anymore. It's mostly cut and paste.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:03 AM (XIxXP)

324 I like Saurkraut. I always have. Not even my wife knows Oh, I know, Honey.

Posted by: Mrs Truck Monkey, wearing a gas mask at May 02, 2013 05:03 AM (z9HTb)

325 What load of crap. I've worked in two different types of doctors offices in the past and I have never heard of this before. Anyone out there in the moron land heard of this?

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 08:59 AM (6xG9/)

That sounds screwy, no question. Never heard that before. I've heard of having to schedule multiple doctor visits for various ailments, instead of doing it all in one go (thanks, fucking Obamacare), but not tests. Can you call your insurance provider and ask them their policy?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 02, 2013 05:03 AM (4df7R)

326 God dammit! I'm NOT IN THE CLOSET!!!

Posted by: Tom Cruise at May 02, 2013 05:04 AM (GVL0g)

327 Ok. I'm coming out. I like Saurkraut. I always have. Not even my wife knows. I am done sneaking around and will now eat Saurkraut openly. I am brave no?

Posted by: Truck Monkey on his little Smart Phone at May 02, 2013 08:54 AM (jucos)

***

Thank you Mr. Monkey! Because of you! Because of your courage! I can now tell the world that I like Mayo and Relish on my hot dogs.

Phew...its like the weight of the world has been lifted!!

Free at Last!!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 02, 2013 05:04 AM (jvd3N)

328 Gov. OweMalley signed the repeal of the death penalty in MD today. I am now safe to commit some felonies and not have that death thing hanging over my head.

Posted by: Truck Monkey on his little Smart Phone at May 02, 2013 05:04 AM (jucos)

329 What hump?
Oh, and 'hi', LauraW. [waves]

Posted by: zombie richard iii at May 02, 2013 05:05 AM (mGBy8)

330 Of course I read that as "Randiness," and immediately thought. "What the hell did I miss?" Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 02, 2013 09:01 AM (/WLC3

With a curly-headed ginger? Shyeah! I wish.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/u][/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 05:06 AM (sbV1u)

331 "ESPNÂ’s Chris Broussard Under Fire Over Homosexuality Comments" http://tinyurl.com/cmtbcpx

When you talk about collins maybe you should talk about this guy too. And the poor girlfriend of 8 years with absolutely no gaydar whatsoever.

Posted by: Caustic at May 02, 2013 05:06 AM (/b8+5)

332 t's finally time to come out of the closet... I love crappin' on titties. Big titties, small titties...don't matter. White, black, chinese...don't matter. I'll crap on them all. Yes, I stand before you, as a brave and open titty-crapper. All of you h8ters and titty-crapperophobes must honor and respect my titty-crappin!!! Titty-crappin 4 evah!!! *applause and swooning from MFM* Posted by: The Next NBA Hero at May 02, 2013 09:03 AM (G9qZk) aac (actual audible chuckle)

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 02, 2013 05:06 AM (XvrTA)

333 I have had multiple tests run on the same day MANY times. In fact, it is almost normal for me. Some nurse is FOS.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 05:08 AM (53z96)

334 When we found out our kid had asthma the insurance company wouldn't buy the $150 air pump she would need for the next 20 years (although they actually only last a couple of years before breaking down), insisting on renting it for $50/mo. for the first several years. Finally we just started buying them on our own because our share of the cost was about $10 a month, plus a lot of paperwork. She had several hospital stays, and of course there was the 1-3 month visits to the doctor to bribe him to write another prescription for Albuterol. I'm pretty sure he wrote them based on how much he needed that month. Sometimes he'd write a prescription for no refills, and sometimes 3 refills. The entire ost was probably about $100,000 over 20 years, and since most of the hospital stays could have been avoided if I didn't need the prescritpion on a weekend. It could have cost about $2000 total by my estimation.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 05:08 AM (FmFB3)

335 Cool photo showing the effects of global warming at Drudge now.

Posted by: rickl at May 02, 2013 05:09 AM (zoehZ)

336 I am now safe to commit some felonies and not have that death thing hanging over my head. C'est l'excellent! We will name ze street after you if you kill ze policeman at point blank range.

Posted by: The French [/i] at May 02, 2013 05:09 AM (U2UQk)

337 People complain about Bloody Mary burning 300 people at the stake (truly a horrible way to go) but Henry VIII murdered around 70,000 people imposing his religious beliefs. He jumped on the Reformation solely as a means to dump his wife, gain more power, and rip off the monasteries, the money from which he still managed to blow before his death.

Posted by: waldo at May 02, 2013 05:09 AM (sXWmd)

338 EC- Remember that dream house you were talking about, with the 300 yd range? I traded some boolets yesterday with a young fellow finishing up at NCSU. He goes home "Down East" every weekend where his family has a 1000yd range, with illuminated target. That's what I said. ONE THOUSAND Yards.

I may not envy other people's money, but I envy him.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 05:10 AM (4Mv1T)

339

Posted by: The Next NBA Hero at May 02, 2013 09:03 AM (G9qZk)

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

We would like to offer you a contract to play with us next year.

Posted by: The Cleveland Steamers at May 02, 2013 05:10 AM (jucos)

340 Nope. You're getting hustled. Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 09:00 AM (GQ8sn) That's exactly how it feels. I went on Monday for my initial first visit, paid $50 for specialist (neurology) co-pay. Doctor listen to my issues, asked a few questions had me walk around, tested my reflexes, shined a light in my eyes etc... then sent me to the front to schedule more tests for a later day. So by the time I finish these tests, I'll be out $150 just in co-pays alone, who knows how much the actual testing will cost. I'm definitely going to cancel. I was just airing on the side of caution anyway, and the truth is I think I'm just a crazy pre-menopausal women who probably just needs to relax and drink more wine

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 05:10 AM (6xG9/)

341 the Kraut is strong on my fathers' side of the family, so I inherited the love of sauerkraut, wurst, horseradish and beer of course. one love I didn't get is caraway, that shit's nasty

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 02, 2013 05:10 AM (XvrTA)

342 I know folks who are medicare & medicaid who are at one doctor or another every week. I may die sooner than they will but I refuse to have that mindset.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at May 02, 2013 05:11 AM (DoZD+)

343 "Eager to focus on the economy and immigration, the administration is downplaying Pena Nieto's recent steps to end the broad access Mexico gave U.S. security agencies to help fight drug trafficking and organized crime under his predecessor, Felipe Calderon. Still, the changes are likely to be a subject during the two leaders' private talks. Obama said this week he wouldn't judge the new moves until he heard directly from Mexican officials."
http://tinyurl.com/cfpzucf

Posted by: Caustic at May 02, 2013 05:12 AM (/b8+5)

344 Waldo, what is your source for those figures?

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 02, 2013 05:12 AM (D/fQ0)

345 Pay per View, Britney Griner vs. Jason Collins 1-on-1. Loser has to go to Church.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 05:13 AM (ZshNr)

346 one love I didn't get is caraway, that shit's nasty Bastard! You said you would call.

Posted by: Caraway Spice, lesser known Spice Girl at May 02, 2013 05:14 AM (z9HTb)

347 Pay per View, Britney Griner vs. Jason Collins 1-on-1. Loser has to go to Church. Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 09:13 AM (ZshNr) LOL

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:14 AM (XIxXP)

348 EC- Remember that dream house you were talking about, with the 300 yd range? I traded some boolets yesterday with a young fellow finishing up at NCSU. He goes home "Down East" every weekend where his family has a 1000yd range, with illuminated target. That's what I said. ONE THOUSAND Yards.

Nice. Someday, I'm going to get out of Wake and find some land like that.

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 05:14 AM (GQ8sn)

349 I don't think anybody on this thread who mentioned Henry VIII remarked what a great guy he was-indeed just the opposite,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:14 AM (INYkK)

350 I know there's not much you can do on a state level in a deep blue state. However, there is much fun to be had, when you elect a conservative businessman as county commissioner. Here's his latest outrage, putting a Rep in as Director of Environmental Services: http://is.gd/zp0nMG

He's in the process of trying to repeal some of the local paperwork and licensing, to create more local jobs.

Posted by: notsothoreau at May 02, 2013 05:15 AM (Lqy/e)

351 The DOJ will appeal the judgeÂ’s BS ruling on Plan B for 15 year olds.

http://is.gd/Nf13zP

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:35 AM (53z96)

Not true Vic.

It's a tactical retreat to look good. Nothing more. The FDA already lowered the age to 15 (the judge had declared no age restrictions at all.) So DOJ is claiming that renders the case moot since whoever brought it seems to have brought it on behalf of a 15 or 16 year old.

But that'd just be a chance for Obumble's to claim he cares, while the hard left finds a younger kid to sue on behalf (Setting up another round of capitulation.)

The whole thing is busted though. The notes about not needing ID's to buy condoms is like comparing a Kleenex to an allergy pill.

The bit about abortion is misguided too, since that's probably a fringe issue compared to concerns about young kids dosing themselves with powerful medications. Strangely though those were the two foci of the article.

Posted by: tsrblke at May 02, 2013 05:16 AM (GaqMa)

352 I live in NJ and grew up a Knick fan but since the Dolan's bought the team and assholes like Anthony are on them I actually am rooting for the Celtics. Not sure who I hate more the Knicks or the Heat?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 08:59 AM (9Bj8R)

I wish Dolan would bravely come out of the closet because he let Isaiah Thomas fuck him and every Knick fan in the ass for multiple years. Nothing else would explain his infatuation with that inept dickhole.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 05:16 AM (ESH7p)

353 I don't think anybody on this thread who mentioned Henry VIII remarked what a great guy he was-indeed just the opposite, Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 09:14 AM (INYkK) Hermans Hermits made a song about him, how bad can he be?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:16 AM (XIxXP)

354

i would guess that if anyone bothered to look they would find that

"It found that those those people who paid for others' Medicare substantially increased their incidence of depression, and it made them less financially secure."

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 05:18 AM (SO2Q8)

355 Hung jury is my bet.
A jury of my peeps.

Posted by: kermit gossnel at May 02, 2013 05:19 AM (mGBy8)

356 I'm not IN the closet. Dammit! Now where the hell did Jason run off to...

Posted by: Tom Cruise (from inside the closet) at May 02, 2013 05:20 AM (GVL0g)

357 Someone has to explain to me very carefully why I should give three shits about what my boss makes.....

I'm stone serious I could care less he can either do the job or not if he can't a dollar is too much and if he can itr is between him and the higher level on the chain....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:20 AM (LRFds)

358 If there's hung jury doesn't Gosnell walk?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:21 AM (INYkK)

359 Uh, didn't Billie Jean King do all that shit thirty years ago...?

Posted by: zsasz at May 02, 2013 05:21 AM (MMC8r)

360 >>>If there's hung jury doesn't Gosnell walk?

If that occurs, the hung jury should be...

hanged.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 05:22 AM (4Mv1T)

361 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says the Tea Party is the main reason why things are not getting done in Congress and views it as a party of modern-day anarchists.

Reid on Wednesday afternoon stood by comments he made on the Senate floor last week comparing Tea Party-affiliated Republicans to 19th century American anarchists.

Â“I believe that, my experience with the Tea Party is that they are against government in any form. They throw monkey wrenches into the government,Â” Reid said during an interview on the Rusty Humphries Show.

Â“ItÂ’s evident. We canÂ’t get things done. They donÂ’t want anything to happen in government,Â” he continued. Â“We pass laws. They fight funding the laws we pass. They donÂ’t want government to work. I want it to work.

Â“We have a situation where this country has been driven by the Tea Party for the last number of years. When I was in school, I studied government and I learned about the anarchists,Â” Reid said. Â“Now, they were different than the Tea Party because they were violent. But they were anarchists because they did not believe in government in any level and they acknowledged it. The Tea Party kind of hides that.Â”

Posted by: Robert Oppenheimer at May 02, 2013 05:22 AM (e8kgV)

362 Really good op-ed from the Denver Post about the root of the immigration problem. I agree completely, and posit the question: If a society or culture doesn't believe in itself enough to insist on itself, will it long survive? I don't see how.

http://tinyurl.com/c3j7y9c

My only consolation in our side losing the culture wars is that-not that I'll be around to see it, and it would be a disaster for humanity, perhaps one from which we'd never recover-if the leftist bastards win, they'll be engulfed in a flood tide of militant Islam so damn quick they won't know what hit them. I wanna see the bastards suffer under a real theocracy, not one that consists of "homophobia" that's really just not celebrating deviants(Not gay folks, deviants. See Folsum Street Fair or Up The Alley for examples. I've been called a homophobe because I think they're disgusting, never mind that it would be just as foul if the sexes were mixed) and an actual war on women. The wails and moans from libtards will be epic.Too bad I'll be long dead when it happens.

Posted by: Weirddave at May 02, 2013 05:22 AM (aH+zP)

363 complimentary bootie squeeze
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM

That's our job

Posted by: The TSA at May 02, 2013 05:22 AM (+I8Mq)

364 52 So the Kurtz thing is really that he had the temerity to note that the media orgasm about Jason Collins omitted the whole engaged to a woman for 8 years thing. And Kurtz pointing that out is somehow considered offensive by liberals/Gabe. Got it. NBA player says anything not to get married.

Posted by: Jack at May 02, 2013 05:23 AM (Zv1QB)

365 I'm stone serious I could care less he can either do the job or not if he can't a dollar is too much and if he can itr is between him and the higher level on the chain.... Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 09:20 AM (LRFds) I tried that argument this morning. "Fair" has been drilled into even the most stalwart of conservatives. Unfortunately, until it's your name on the sign out front, you can never experience the highs or lows.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:23 AM (XIxXP)

366 If I decide to puch Harry Reid in the nose, I will bet that he will try to stop me from "getting thing" done."

Posted by: Robert Oppenheimer at May 02, 2013 05:23 AM (e8kgV)

367 If there's hung jury doesn't Gosnell walk?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 09:21 AM (INYkK)

It depends. Usually on a hung jury the judge declares a mistrial if he can not convince them to reach a verdict. After that the State has the option of retrying the case or dropping it.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 05:24 AM (53z96)

368

Hermans Hermits made a song about him, how bad can he be?

You cocksucker, OSP. Now I'm gouing to have that song in my head all day.

I hate to do it, but you asked for it:

If you like pina coladas - and gettin' caught in the rain -

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 05:24 AM (zF6Iw)

369

306Retraction. I had those dates on the Anne Boleyne post wrong. She was arrested May 2, tried and on May 15 found guilty. Executed 4 days later on May 19th.

----

Thanks for the correction. For a minute there i thought that they railroaded her with some quickie trial/execution.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 05:24 AM (SO2Q8)

370 359 Eman,

Shh YOU I almost have them suckered on Svennicaid...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:24 AM (LRFds)

371 Uh, didn't Billie Jean King do all that shit thirty years ago...? Posted by: zsasz at May 02, 2013 09:21 AM (MMC8r) She wasn't a black man in a thug sport.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:24 AM (XIxXP)

372 Good morning, all. Trolling for feedback, I'm gonna repost from the ONT. 205 OK, Horde, this abortion thing has revolted me just about as far as I can go. I want to run a counterattack idea past y'all to gather opinions, gather suggestions, and gather volunteers. I am ready to pull the trigger, so to speak, on starting a non-religious abortion information site. My idea is simply to point out that "clump 'o cells" is total bullshit without any preachy stuff. If God is going to reach those people who are considering an abortion via the religious, there are already plenty of mechanisms for Him to use. My goal is to create a site where parents can point there teenagers *before* they get knocked up so the kids see what they would be dealing with. Most teenagers would be appalled at killing a small child, especially the girls. Let's show them that that's exactly what they would be doing. I want to create and grow a site that focuses almost exclusively on pictorial facts. My current thought is to divide it up into several sections. People can view what they can handle, and skip the stuff that's too graphic. 1. This is what a baby looks like at 6 weeks. This is a fully formed - if incredibly tiny - foot at x weeks. Real pics of real babies. 2. Sonograms ==> born babies ==> kids ==> adults. I want to show people that these funny little Caspar the Friendly Ghost cartoon characters they see on the sonograms come out as real, honest-to-God *babies* that turn into kids and adults that the parents are proud of and love. 3. Pictorial story of a baby's growth in utero. It would be nice to be able to draw home-school and tutoring students with the biology and then let them stumble into the other seditious stuff while they're poking around. 4. The ugly stuff, the post-abortion pictures. This is what the outcome looks like. Should be fairly shocking and sobering after having looked at all the baby pics before. 5. Stories/vignettes/postings from those who have aborted and regret it. The Stories section is the only portion that would be word-heavy. Other than picture captions, I don't believe many other words are necessary. Sorry for the long post. Sorry for a serious post on the ONT, but I trust the Horde. Anybody have any thoughts on this bright idea?

Posted by: Boomer Redneque, revolted mobile edition at May 02, 2013 05:25 AM (f8X8i)

373 If you like pina coladas - and gettin' caught in the rain - Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 09:24 AM (zF6Iw) Oh yeah, well FK you too.. SHE RAN CALLIN WIIIILD FIRE....

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:25 AM (XIxXP)

374

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says the Tea Party is the main reason why things are not getting done in Congress and views it as a party of modern-day anarchists.

What I wouldn't give to go Haymarket Square on that coprophiliac pederast's ass.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 05:25 AM (zF6Iw)

375 I tried that argument this morning. "Fair" has been drilled into even the most stalwart of conservatives. Unfortunately, until it's your name on the sign out front, you can never experience the highs or lows. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 09:23 AM (XIxXP) What most of these whiners will never understand is that having your name on the building means: You get paid last. If there's anything left. And yes, they never conceive, much less know the weight you carry to live that 'glorious' lifestyle.

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 05:26 AM (GVL0g)

376 366 OSP,

and this is why we're doomed as a nation to taste Asia's ass....

I have a hard enough time living my life I don't have the time to live a CEO's financial like on top of mine...

don't like what your CEO is paid?

Vote your stock...others did a game job explaining but the "greed" thing is not outweighing the "envy" thing in my eyes and the Pope needs a warm cup of "thanks bud now put the beanie back on"

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:26 AM (LRFds)

377 Another electric car supplier goes under, proving once again the only industry here was a government subsidy milking scam for cronies.
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Something like a quarter of the EERE's 2013 budget request is "transportation." Read: Moar electric cars.

A substantial increase over last year's . . . .

Y'all are wasting time complaining about the fraud at this point; get in on the scam is the only option left.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 02, 2013 05:26 AM (VjL9S)

378 PS - Fucking children. I can't stand adults that never grew up.

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 05:26 AM (GVL0g)

379 Yes, I had thought it was closer to the middle of may when she was executed, but I appreciate the mention anyway/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:27 AM (INYkK)

380 Sure wish the bloggers would put up warnings when they link trash sites like HuffPo

Posted by: sdavis at May 02, 2013 05:27 AM (njVMI)

381 376 JQP,

they want the security of guarnatees with a higher % of the gain...

when you hire on at a job you are selling your skills and time.....you are SELLING them IE the company rents them....

just punching a clock does not make you a coequal shareholder.

I know you know this but if "our own side" is so wrapped up in class envy games then we may as well get our Cantor on and just go full on warthog socialist I guess....

I'm gonna get instant immersion Chinese.

Good luck

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:28 AM (LRFds)

382

Oh yeah, well FK you too..

SHE RAN CALLIN WIIIILD FIRE....

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 09:25 AM (XIxXP)

Pfft. Weak sauce.

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight,

Gonna grab a little Afternoon Delight -

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 05:28 AM (zF6Iw)

383 We need a continuous string of "firsts" extending forever to keep the "gay oppression" myth going. Next it'll be the first gay NFL, MLB, NHL players, then they'll go by Conference, then by position, then by race, then by hometown. "With the 14th pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers select James Jackson, Gay Lineman, Oklahoma State."

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 05:29 AM (ZshNr)

384 384 LincolnTF,

We need a first Gay Man to go to the moon or Mars or The Outer Rings...

I mean we may resume our place under the sun so long as we use the cast of glee for every task.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:30 AM (LRFds)

385

There is no such thing as a slippery slope. Federal gun registration will not lead to eventual gun confiscation.

Gay marriage will not lead to polyamory, pedophilia, necrophilia or beastiality.

Finding DR! Gosnell guilty of any crime will lead us back to the days of back-alley abortions and unsafe medical practices!

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 02, 2013 05:30 AM (mV8sg)

386 Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight, Gonna grab a little Afternoon Delight - Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 09:28 AM (zF6Iw) OUCH, damn that hurts, ok last shot.. HEEYYY, I think I love you, so what am I so afraid of, I'm afraid that I'm not sure of, a love there is no cure for....

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:30 AM (XIxXP)

387 I think it's cruel and unusual punishment to post any lyrics from "Afternoon Delght" You're a sadist,man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:31 AM (INYkK)

388 Sure wish the bloggers would put up warnings when they link trash sites like HuffPo

Posted by: sdavis at May 02, 2013 09:27 AM (njVMI)

Yeah I clicked before I realized where it was going. Same with those Gawker/Buzzfeed turds.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 05:31 AM (ESH7p)

389 388 FenlonSpoke,

that which does not kill us only....fuck it I'll kill myself...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:31 AM (LRFds)

390 I have been calling for eliminating asylum as it currently exists for a long time. The POS Gang of 8 idiots bill actually increases it.
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Because we don't have enough Chechen terrorists . . . .

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 02, 2013 05:32 AM (VjL9S)

391 that which does not kill us only....fuck it I'll kill myself... Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 09:31 AM (LRFds) LMAO>>>

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:32 AM (XIxXP)

392 I know folks who are medicare medicaid who are at one doctor or another every week.

Why not? It's free, and they don't have anywhere better to be.

Plus more docs = more inventory (see #70 above).

Posted by: HeideRadieschen at May 02, 2013 05:32 AM (/kI1Q)

393 OSP and MPPPP-

Make it STOPPPPPP!!!!!

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 05:32 AM (4Mv1T)

394 Not only are the lyrics schmaltzy but the tune is terrible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:32 AM (INYkK)

395 Pfft. Weak sauce. Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight, Gonna grab a little Afternoon Delight - Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 09:28 AM (zF6Iw) And sometimes when we touch..... the honesty's too much And I have to close my eyes and hide

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 02, 2013 05:32 AM (XvrTA)

396 "They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot." "Mmmmm, bap, bap, bap"

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 05:33 AM (RwRRP)

397 We need a continuous string of "firsts" extending forever to keep the "gay oppression" myth going. Next it'll be the first gay NFL, MLB, NHL players, then they'll go by Conference, then by position, then by race, then by hometown. "With the 14th pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers select James Jackson, Gay Lineman, Oklahoma State."

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 09:29 AM (ZshNr)

They should retire Jason Collins' number and every year have everyone in the NBA wear his number to show the NBA supports that brave courageous man. In fact rename it the Jason Collins Basketball Association.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 05:33 AM (1Jaio)

398 We need a continuous string of "firsts" extending forever to keep the "gay oppression" myth going. Next it'll be the first gay NFL, MLB, NHL players, then they'll go by Conference, then by position, then by race, then by hometown. "With the 14th pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers select James Jackson, Gay Lineman, Oklahoma State." Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 09:29 AM (ZshNr) Firsts? How about obama telling the truth?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 05:33 AM (9Bj8R)

399 Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E
But the words we're hiding from him now
Tear the heart right out of me.

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 05:34 AM (3ZtZW)

400 >>>Not only are the lyrics schmaltzy but the tune is terrible.

And yet...SOMEBODY me some dough on that tune. Not the artists I'm sure, but SOMEBODY.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 05:34 AM (4Mv1T)

401 What most of these whiners will never understand is that having your name on the building means: You get paid last. If there's anything left. I had my name on the building. I paid myself last. But I also took over a company whose former executives had plundered it, mortgaged it to the hilt, then patted me on the shoulder after I handed them a huge check and said 'good luck'. I made it through three recessions by the skin of my teeth, paid off all the debt, worked 80 hour weeks at a rate of pay that was little more then double the employees. Finally said fuck it when Clinton sold manufacturing down the river to the Chicoms. Got out just in time. So I look at things differently. I can't fathom any executive being worth 1000X average employee pay. Good for them, this is America rah, rah, rah. Fuck that with a dildo.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 05:35 AM (U2UQk)

402 Sorry for a serious post on the ONT, but I trust the Horde. Anybody have any thoughts on this bright idea?

6) Links to organizations that will help them find prenatal care, clothes, counseling, good adoption agencies, help telling their parents, etc.

Posted by: HeideRadieschen at May 02, 2013 05:35 AM (/kI1Q)

403 I think it's cruel and unusual punishment to post any lyrics from "Afternoon Delght" You're a sadist,man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 09:31 AM (INYkK)

OSP's lucky I like him, otherwise I'd have been forced to unleash the soul-searing power of Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 05:35 AM (zF6Iw)

404 110 #106 True, and those are the people who make the headlines. The Pope's statement is overly simplistic, however, and reflects his being raised in Argentina, which has a huge number of very poor. Posted by: Miss Marple at May 02, 2013 07:22 AM (GoIUi) De-lurking for a sec. This exactly. I cut the Pope a lot of slack on squishy economics views (which, aside from specific condemnations of the various iterations of Marxism and absolute laissez-faire captialism, largely rise to the level of personal prudential judgment in the Church, not doctrine) because he's from Argentina where what he said about greed and power creating lots jobless peasants is true. And honestly that's true in the vast majority of the world with the exception of the US and the parts of Western Europe that haven't completely fallen into the abyss yet. So, most of the time the Vatican's pronouncements on economics have very little to do with how things work here and I take it as such. Now when the American bishops say stuff like this it annoys me to no end because those dudes should know better. [engage lurk mode]

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at May 02, 2013 05:35 AM (qFpRI)

405 So, yesterday when Jay Carney was asked if the White House was preventing whistleblowers from testifying, he answered, "we are unaware of any agency preventing people from testifying." Why can no member of the press corps follow up on weasel statements like this? He didn't answer the question asked.

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2013 05:35 AM (mjR67)

406

We need a first Gay Man to go to the moon or Mars or The Outer Rings...

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The first person to crack a joke during Jason Collins re-entry to Uranus is SO fired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: NASA at May 02, 2013 05:36 AM (SO2Q8)

407 no this one's better for the 'rons Why don't we get drunk an' screw? http://youtu.be/zH-cPckntEY

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 05:36 AM (6xG9/)

408 know you know this but if "our own side" is so wrapped up in class envy games then we may as well get our Cantor on and just go full on warthog socialist I guess.... Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 09:28 AM (LRFds) Yah, that's what's being lamented here. When some significant percentage of 'conservatives' don't get it? Well, yah...we're pretty much fucked. On the plus side, given the 'progress' we're making, most of us - right, left and center - WILL eventually get exactly what is 'fair' and 'deserved': Starvation and a painful death. Of course, they'll be blaming 'unfettered capitalism' to their last breath in contradistinction to fact and their own real time witness. But, pfff, details.

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 05:37 AM (GVL0g)

409

It hurts to be left out of this conversation.

Posted by: Helen Reddy at May 02, 2013 05:37 AM (SUKHu)

410 "They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot."

"Mmmmm, bap, bap, bap"

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 09:33 AM (RwRRP)

I was listening to that song yesterday. Mitchell wrote it about the demolition of a lovely Hollywood hotel / bungalow court called The Garden of Alla. I really should do a post about that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 05:37 AM (zF6Iw)

411 nd sometimes when we touch.....

the honesty's too much

And I have to close my eyes

and hide

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 02, 2013 09:32 AM (XvrTA)

i hate you guys.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 05:37 AM (nqBYe)

412 Oh Mandy! You came and you gave without taking.....

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 02, 2013 05:38 AM (dPmv8)

413 OSP's lucky I like him, otherwise I'd have been forced to unleash the soul-searing power of Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 09:35 AM (zF6Iw) You may, but does Indiana wants me, ring a bell, or maybe run Joey run? I may not be victorious, but I will bloody my opponent.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:38 AM (XIxXP)

414

Helen Reddy at May 02, 2013 09:37 AM (SUKHu)

That one blowed up good

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 05:38 AM (3ZtZW)

415 407 NASA,

"prepare for reentry"

I denounce myself

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:38 AM (LRFds)

416 Do people actually go home and say leeringly. "Hey, hon let's have some afternoon delight'? Did the songwriters, the singers ever say that? Such a horrible song that I think I'd just laugh if it were said to me. Not that making love is a bad thing at all,,,,but that phrase..... com'on. "Wildfire" is better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:38 AM (INYkK)

417 It hurts to be left out of this conversation.

Posted by: Helen Reddy at May 02, 2013 09:37 AM (SUKHu)

You? What about me?

Posted by: Janis Ian at May 02, 2013 05:39 AM (zF6Iw)

418 "Wildfire" is better. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 09:38 AM (INYkK) I actually like that song, yes, the long version.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:39 AM (XIxXP)

419

and this is why we're doomed as a nation to taste Asia's ass....

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Dibs on Zhang Ziyi

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 05:39 AM (SO2Q8)

420 I think I've shown remarkable restraint by not yet making a joke about Jason Collins' ability to play above the rim.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 05:39 AM (ZshNr)

421 I may not be victorious, but I will bloody my opponent.

Song lyric flamewar? I love you guys.

Posted by: HeideRadieschen at May 02, 2013 05:40 AM (/kI1Q)

422 What does this post have to do about people wanting to become angry about you posting about gheys?

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 05:40 AM (52n2x)

423 >>>We need a continuous string of "firsts" extending forever to keep the "gay oppression" myth going. Next it'll be the first gay NFL, MLB, NHL players, then they'll go by Conference, then by position, then by race, then by hometown. "With the 14th pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers select James Jackson, Gay Lineman, Oklahoma State."
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 09:29 AM (ZshNr)<<<

The gay community will not have arrived until the Hip Hop culture within the various sports leagues embraces and raps about butt-daddies instead of baby-mamas.

Posted by: Fritz at May 02, 2013 05:40 AM (UzPAd)

424 You? What about me? Posted by: Janis Ian at May 02, 2013 09:39 AM (zF6Iw) Janis, at seventeen was an anthem, prolly one of the most powerful songs ever written on teen angst, you stay out of this mess.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:40 AM (XIxXP)

425 You're having my baby, what a lovely way.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 05:41 AM (nqBYe)

426 gak eman!

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 05:41 AM (nqBYe)

427 Q: What did Jason Collins ask the talk show host when he walked out on to the set? A: May I push your stool in?

Posted by: Liberace at May 02, 2013 05:41 AM (dPmv8)

428 *starts post-coming out singing career* Gonna find my baby, not gonna start rappin', Gonna grab a little Afternoon titty-crappin' Mud slides happenin' Afternoon Titty-crappin A-a-a-a-afternoon Titty-crappin'

Posted by: The Next NBA Hero at May 02, 2013 05:41 AM (G9qZk)

429 Sorry if this was discussed in another thread already, but I just noticed that Meg Lanker has now taken her blog completely off0line.

Isn't it funny how those who seek to "shed light" on things and "find the truth" suddenly scurry under a rock when the light is turned on them?

"cognitive dissonance"?

Try "douchey hypocrisy"....

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 02, 2013 05:42 AM (wtvvX)

430

I met her on a Monday And my heart stood still.

Da doo ron ron ron. Da doo ron ron.

Somebody told me. That her name was Jill

Da doo ron ron ron Da doo ron ron.

Posted by: @JohnTant at May 02, 2013 05:42 AM (eytER)

431 420 Buzzsaw,

Yeah well I have a Michelle Yeoh itch...I've always been a bit of a SinoPhile when goddamned less than 20 year reformists of Communism are less emo about "fair" than you are you have problems as a nation....

if you don't like your working conditions move and find better for God's sakes stop trying to vote yourself a better life and earn/grab it.

Hope you're well Buzz you ain't "you" in the above it is rhetorical

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:42 AM (LRFds)

432 My name is Shady. I dance like a lady... I think thats how it goes.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 05:42 AM (FmFB3)

433

>>>Feeeeelings. Whoa whoa whoa feeelings

Runner up to the most embarrassing of songs. The king is still Hey, Look Me Over

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 05:42 AM (3ZtZW)

434 You're having my baby, what a lovely way. Oh sweet tap dancin... MPPPP, look what we have done, the carnage.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:42 AM (XIxXP)

435 Short People got no reason Short People got no reason Short People got no reason.... To live

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 05:42 AM (6xG9/)

436 So I look at things differently. I can't fathom any executive being worth 1000X average employee pay. Good for them, this is America rah, rah, rah. Fuck that with a dildo. Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 09:35 AM (U2UQk) Yah whatever. Then you're being willfully obtuse. It's been more than adequately explained to you why it works the way it works. You're claiming experience that suggests you understand this. Yet you continue to fall back to a default position of: But it's just not fair! That guy makes so much mooooooore than (me) the people working for him. No logic. No facts. Just waaaaaaaaah. You run with that. You're a fucking champion.

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 05:42 AM (GVL0g)

437 Cat's foot
Iron claw
Neurosurgeons scream for more
At paranoia's poison door
21st century schizoid man

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2013 05:43 AM (P7hip)

438 With an ironclad fist I wake up and
French kiss the morning

Posted by: John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. at May 02, 2013 05:43 AM (/kI1Q)

439 14 Another electric car supplier goes under, proving once again the only industry here was a government subsidy milking scam for cronies. http://is.gd/jkaVvh Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:36 AM (53z96) Qualified agreement. Two caveats: 1) They are coming... eventually. The market obviously can't bear them now though. Rich people can afford them now, but I'd revisit the topic in 20 years. 2) Hundreds of car companies went out of business in the US, leaving us with only a few. Dozens of computer architectures went under. It's the nature of maturing industries to coalesce around a few winners. So merely pointing out some companies are going under isn't strong evidence that there's no market.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 05:43 AM (52n2x)

440 They should retire Jason Collins' number and every year have everyone in the NBA wear his number to show the NBA supports that brave courageous man. In fact rename it the Jason Collins Basketball Association.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 09:33 AM (1Jaio)

Don't give the silver haired fuck, David Stern, any ideas.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 02, 2013 05:43 AM (ESH7p)

441 '70's AM radio on WMORON

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 05:43 AM (4Mv1T)

442 And Kurtz pointing that out is somehow considered offensive by liberals/Gabe. Got it.
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If the SCOTUS upholds DOMA--which, if they apply rational basis, as existing law requires, they will (if they don't, it's because they will write new law making sexual orientation a protected class like race and gender)--Gabe will meltdown worse than Milky Loads and Chuckles the Clown.

Some of you may not have read ol' Andy before he went crazy. I did (to my shame).

I've seen this play before.

And you know where I realized, "hey, this guy really isn't a conservative?" When he started attacking Republicans using the exact same attacks the left was using, same language and all that.

Anyway, follow Gabe's Twitter . . . .

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 02, 2013 05:44 AM (VjL9S)

443 going to the chaple...and we're going to get married...

Posted by: Helen Reddy at May 02, 2013 05:44 AM (SUKHu)

444 422 Ms radish,

This town ain't big enough for the both of us...it isn't me who's gonna leave...

http://youtu.be/AfA4FphZHbc

The guys have barely aged and that dude on the keyboards is a cocky ass show off who earned it...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:44 AM (LRFds)

445

Feelings!

Nothing more than feelings!

Trying to forget my...

feelings of looove...

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 02, 2013 05:44 AM (mV8sg)

446 ...or KMORON for you western '70's hipsters

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 05:44 AM (4Mv1T)

447 of course the drugs probably helped...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:44 AM (LRFds)

448 KRISS KROSS DIED, 34 years old, That's old for an inner city thug.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:44 AM (XIxXP)

449

'70's AM radio on WMORON

"If the records weren't free

We'd be

Aaalllll Neeeews!!!1!"

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 05:45 AM (3ZtZW)

450 /listens to Moronoke Night /snaps That is IT! All of you, in the barrel!

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Septembrist at May 02, 2013 05:45 AM (fMiHM)

451 Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man Oh my Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola!

Posted by: waldo at May 02, 2013 05:45 AM (sXWmd)

452 As long as we're using traditional fuels to generate the energy used by electric cars they will always be impractical and expensive.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 05:45 AM (ZshNr)

453 At the copa Copacabana The hottest spot north of Havana At the copa Copacabana Music and passion were always in fashion At the copa.... they fell in love

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 05:45 AM (6xG9/)

454 KRISS KROSSED over.

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2013 05:46 AM (mjR67)

455 444 Royal Oil,

Maybe I respect Gabe and have faith he worries more about things than just his pony...

maybe after they get burned at the court they'll finally come back to the table and work with us to ease this stuff in

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:46 AM (LRFds)

456 I'm not playing this game. Some prick posted the lyrics to "It's a small world" last time and I had that ear-worm lodged in my head for about three hours. I gotta couple acres of grass to cut. That surrounds my 4k sq ft 5 bdr 4 bth house in one of the wealthiest counties in America. Yeah, I hate capitalism. NOT. I just recognize political reality. And election results.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 05:46 AM (U2UQk)

457 A hung jury? My time to shine!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 02, 2013 05:46 AM (BAS5M)

458 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 05:47 AM (nqBYe)

459 In the desert you can remember your name
Â’cause there ainÂ’t no one for to give you no pain.

Posted by: @JohnTant at May 02, 2013 05:47 AM (eytER)

460 Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 09:46 AM (U2UQk) If I could afford that. I'd have a group of Mexicans handling the yard work..

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:47 AM (XIxXP)

461

>>At the copa.... they fell in love

Ahhhhhh!

That's it, I'm out of here. Good thing I already have my suitcase in my hand...

Posted by: Helen Reddy at May 02, 2013 05:47 AM (SUKHu)

462 459 Sandy Fluke,

Hung Juries and Dirty Chambers...a Sandra Fluke Mystery

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:47 AM (LRFds)

463 454 As long as we're using traditional fuels to generate the energy used by electric cars they will always be impractical and expensive. Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 09:45 AM (ZshNr) Nah. If we could magically make batteries 10x better and 4x lighter, electric cars would immediately be viable. IT's the battery cost and weight that kills it.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 05:48 AM (52n2x)

464 No word on whether they stuck around when it got ugly, but it is reassuring to know that amateur volunteer superheroes were on the job.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 02, 2013 08:07 AM (pxDth)

Morning everyone. I live in the Seattle area and when I turned on the local news last night they were near the riot crowd interviewing a guy who was just following the action and cleaning up trash. Not an old guy (nobody with any sense would be anywhere near that scene) but a 20-something kid who was just going along picking up trash. Some of my faith in humanity was restored until I noticed some idiots were throwing plastic bottles and other trash at his head and back while he was being interviewed by the reporter.

This city loves these losers and encourages this kind of behavior. I was living in Pittsburgh when the G20 protests happened and even though they have a Democrat-run city government they didn't put up with any of this crap. It just isn't part of the culture there like it is here.

Posted by: not the mama at May 02, 2013 05:48 AM (5dxeo)

465 Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola lo-lo-lo-lo Lola!

Posted by: waldo at May 02, 2013 09:45 AM (sXWmd)

Lol, unfortunately i do like the Music to that song.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 05:48 AM (nqBYe)

466 >>>No logic. No facts. Just waaaaaaaaah. You run with that. You're a fucking champion. Posted by: JQP

While I might not agree entirely with Regular Moron, I too am self employed, and unless you've had your "name on the building", your response is narrow minded as hell.

Some might call it arm chair quarterbacking.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 05:48 AM (4Mv1T)

467

It's a small world after all

it's a small small world

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 05:48 AM (SO2Q8)

468 "I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed
But remember, if you kill him, then you'll be unemployed"
Oh, my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Posted by: "Weird" HeatherRadish at May 02, 2013 05:48 AM (/kI1Q)

469 Lol, unfortunately i do like the Music to that song. Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 09:48 AM (nqBYe) Good stuff.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:49 AM (XIxXP)

470 When you coming home son, I don't know when, we'll get together then.

You fucks.

Posted by: Fritz at May 02, 2013 05:49 AM (UzPAd)

471 That's it, I'm out of here. Good thing I already have my suitcase in my hand...

Posted by: Helen Reddy at May 02, 2013 09:47 AM (SUKHu)

What's that flower you have on? Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2013 05:49 AM (BAS5M)

472 @450. Do you know for sure the Kriss Kross guy was a thug? Just askin'.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 02, 2013 05:49 AM (6zgse)

473 In the news this morning: Richard Brandenberg, forty nine of South Florida, fortified himself by chugging a pint of rum and smoking two cigarettes before diving three times into a storm drain to retrieve a woman's keys, is recovering in the hospital after nearly drowning.

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2013 05:49 AM (mjR67)

474 Lohan is fucking up again. A couple of days before she was due to go into rehab, she decides she doesnt like the facility because they don't allow smoking. Fair enough. But why wait until the last minute? So, she entered a local rehab with the intention of transferring to a Florida rehab. I guess FL is her choice now but they couldn't take her right away. Anyway, 90 day rehab is better than jail because she would be cut loose do to jail overcrowding after only a few days.

Posted by: waldo at May 02, 2013 05:49 AM (sXWmd)

475 Met him at the candy store, He turned around and smiled at me. You get the picture? (yes, we see ... ) That's when I fell for The leader of the pack.

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 05:49 AM (Qxe/p)

476

And you, you light up my life

you give me hope to car-ry onnn

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 05:50 AM (SO2Q8)

477 Patches, I'm depending on you son. I've tried to do my best.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2013 05:50 AM (BAS5M)

478 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 09:47 AM (nqBYe) Hahaha, makes me think of the Zoolander gas fight.

Posted by: Mainah at May 02, 2013 05:50 AM (659DL)

479 472 Fritz,

My cat's in the kettle at the Peking moon I'll get more worried if he's ot home soon....when you coming home kitty don't know when....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:50 AM (LRFds)

480 Oh sweet tap dancin... MPPPP, look what we have done, the carnage.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 09:42 AM (XIxXP)

nefarious treachery to the soul (and ears)caused by YOU!

will take many a moon for me to forgive this.

try to think of music to take aware the suffering. Quick!

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 05:51 AM (nqBYe)

481 @450. Do you know for sure the Kriss Kross guy was a thug? Just askin'. Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 02, 2013 09:49 AM (6zgse) I can only go off of his dress, image, and friends. If he wasn't, he did a good job pretending.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 05:51 AM (XIxXP)

482 @72: I wonder if ads like that and the ubiquitous "Obama makes college affordable" and "Obama makes college more affordable for single moms" Internet ads over the last several years aren't the real secret of his popularity with LIVs.

I used to think the ads are run by people wanting to leech off TFG's popularity, but maybe they're actually intended to boost it.
===========
There's someone advertising on the METV while I'm watching my Perry Mason about "ObamaCare is the law of the land!" With some "doctor" hawking health insurance and telling you how great it is.

Now, why would a doctor be selling health insurance and selling ObamaCare?

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 02, 2013 05:51 AM (VjL9S)

483 Well don't you know about the bird? Cuz Everybody knows that the bird is the word.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 02, 2013 05:52 AM (le5Zp)

484 If I could afford that. I'd have a group of Mexicans handling the yard work.. I'm retired now. When I worked and had no time I hired a couple black guys to cut the lawn. I sorted envied the fact they got to cruise around outside enjoying the view while I was stuck inside of a stinking factory. There's that word envy again. Reality of our existence, in my opinion. Others want to deny it, or proclaim it should suddenly go away. I think I know better.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 05:52 AM (U2UQk)

485

Hmmm.. so you've heard feelings before?

Well then...

Muskrat, muskrats...

Candlelights..

Doin' the town and doin' it right.

in the evenin'..

it's pretty pleasin'

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 02, 2013 05:52 AM (mV8sg)

486 oh hell i used to love cat stevens.

damn him.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 05:52 AM (nqBYe)

487 We need a first Gay Man to go to the moon or Mars or The Outer Rings...

I mean we may resume our place under the sun so long as we use the cast of glee for every task.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 09:30 AM (LRFds)

Ground control to Major Jason Collins

This is ground control to major Jason Collins, you've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the closet if you dare

This is major Jason Collins to ground control, I'm stepping through the closet door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
Here am I sitting in a media worship bubble can far above the world
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 05:53 AM (1Jaio)

488 It's been fun, but time to go out and enjoy this beautiful day in the peoples republic of Maryland

Have a good day everyone, I'll just leave you with this. You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 05:53 AM (6xG9/)

489 I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 05:53 AM (/kI1Q)

490 You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen

You know, that's Juan McCain's fav song.

Says a lot.

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (GQ8sn)

491 484 Royal Oil,

an interesting experiment would be to run ads saying "x is more accessible with these reforms" for every thing the GOP wants to do...

"College is more accessible when costs are tied to the ability for the market to buy those skills rather than just throwing money at it...Pay for your skills and we'll help make sure the cost is fair"

(ie remove subsidy)

fuck flat out lying is all donk ass has and since society refuses to punish Jugears why not fight fire with neutron bombs?

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (LRFds)

492 If we find magic batteries, then I guess that would take care of it. The very first electric cars had the same issue, people even kept them in the City for quick trips like they suggest we do today, and that was way back when (I'll say the Twenties). Maybe some new element or something will be discovered, otherwise batteries seem to have a ceiling of utility.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (ZshNr)

493

Chris Kelly of Kriss Kross dead?

On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'

A poor little baby child is born

In the ghetto

And his mama cries

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (BAS5M)

494 Warm, touchin' warm
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you

Posted by: Sweet Caroline at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (jz0+s)

495 Ha! Nobody can beat me: Oh Sweet Pea, Won't you dance with me?

Posted by: Earworm at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (tOkJB)

496 While I might not agree entirely with Regular Moron, I too am self employed, and unless you've had your "name on the building", your response is narrow minded as hell. Some might call it arm chair quarterbacking. Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 09:48 AM (4Mv1T) I have my name on the building right now. In what way is my response narrow minded?

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (GVL0g)

497 485 Well don't you know about the bird? Cuz Everybody knows that the bird is the word. Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 02, 2013 09:52 AM (le5Zp) ba ba ba ba ba ba pa Hoo Mow Mow !

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (Qxe/p)

498

Sure anyone can write one epic shit song. But in anyone more deserving of a lifetime achievement award than Barry Manilow?

Who else make the Hall of Shame?

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 05:54 AM (SO2Q8)

499 Posted by: Sweet Caroline at May 02, 2013 09:54 AM (jz0+s) My Adeline!!!!

Posted by: John Kerry at May 02, 2013 05:56 AM (le5Zp)

500 486 Regular Moron,

Yeah fucking free market letting you get enough money in the factory to hire guys who lived within the living yard work offered...

not flaming you hard RM but at the end of the day that "envy" thing is from wanting cake and eating it too....

I was under the impression we were to discipline ourselves to grasp what is within our reach and not.

Don't mean the above as a punch more a gentle aikido throw

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:56 AM (LRFds)

501 The only electric cars that are viable now are golf carts, and those are borderline. There simply is not enough energy per pound in an electric battery.

I would buy an electric golf cart and drive in on all local chores and trips provided they took all the cars and trucks off the road.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 05:56 AM (53z96)

502 ding a ling

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 05:56 AM (nqBYe)

503 but does Indiana wants me, ring a bell, or maybe run Joey run? I may not be victorious, but I will bloody my opponent.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 09:38 AM (XIxXP)

From Hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I will sing Brand New Key at thee.

Posted by: Janis Ian at May 02, 2013 05:56 AM (zF6Iw)

504

TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 09:53 AM (1Jaio)

---

golfclaps for the noble effort

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 05:56 AM (SO2Q8)

505 Of course, in the world of Mountain Dew, every single suspect is black. Not just regular black people, but the kinds of ratchety negroes you might find in the middle of any hip-hop minstrel show: Gold teeth, Â“mean mugging,Â” sun glasses wearing, white-t sportin, hard core n*ggaz ready to Â“get into some ol gangsta sh*t.Â” Apparently, this is the kind of ad you put out if you want to appeal to the black male demographic.

On the other side of the one-way glass is an innocent, feeble, traumatized white woman, standing next to a detective telling her to Â“nail this little sucker.Â” The woman is shaking, wounded and crying in fear over whatever these scary black men have done and might do to her in the future. Black men are frightening and violent, thatÂ’s well established in the first few seconds of the commercial. There is also another white officer, and a black man standing in the back corner. One side of the glass is mostly criminal, 100% black. The other side of the glass consists of the Â“good guys,Â” nearly all of whom are white.

Posted by: Jesse Owens at May 02, 2013 05:57 AM (e8kgV)

506 500 Buzzsaw90,

Barry minilow built my hotrod...

because you deserve a breaaaaaaaaakkkkk today...at

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:57 AM (LRFds)

507 Who else make the Hall of Shame? Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 09:54 AM (SO2Q

ok, one more John Denver? It was nine feet high and six feet wide Soft as a downy chick It was made from the feathers of forty 'leven geese Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick It'd hold eight kids, four hound dogs And a piggy we stole from the shed We didn't get much sleep but we had a lot of fun On Grandma's feather bed

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 05:57 AM (6xG9/)

508 Others want to deny it, or proclaim it should suddenly go away.

Nyah, we're saying it's a shitty idea to demand a state-controlled economy because of it.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 05:57 AM (/kI1Q)

509 And we can build this dream together Standing strong forever Nothin's gonna stop us now And if this world runs out of lovers We still have each other Nothin's gonna stop us now

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 05:57 AM (RwRRP)

510 D'oh! Off, Seventeen sock.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 05:57 AM (zF6Iw)

511 Can you hear the drums Fernando?/ I remember long ago another starry night like this/ In the firelight Fernando/ You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2013 05:57 AM (mjR67)

512 OSP, this is the first time I've heard anything about him since I was in high school when they were big. Are you going by the clothes they wore back then? Anyway, it's not important. I was just trying to make an implicit point. Whatever.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 02, 2013 05:58 AM (6zgse)

513 403 Sorry for a serious post on the ONT, but I trust the Horde. Anybody have any thoughts on this bright idea? 6) Links to organizations that will help them find prenatal care, clothes, counseling, good adoption agencies, help telling their parents, etc. Posted by: HeideRadieschen at May 02, 2013 09:35 AM (/kI1Q) Heather - Great idea. Thanks!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque, revolted mobile edition at May 02, 2013 05:58 AM (f8X8i)

514

>>Sweet Caroline

Bitch.

Posted by: Sweet Adeline at May 02, 2013 05:58 AM (SUKHu)

515 "No Child Left behind"-Gosnell editorial cartoon by Branco: http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/05/branco-cartoon-no-child-left-behind/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2013 05:58 AM (INYkK)

516 504 ding a ling Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 09:56 AM (nqBYe) Chug a lug, chug a lug. Makes me want to holler "heyde ho".

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 05:58 AM (Qxe/p)

517

I heard my mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was, glory be

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 05:59 AM (SO2Q8)

518 503 Vic,

Don't laugh...some enterprising moron with say 200 million could probably make a mint having a planned community geared up around municipal travel being geared to that with access roads for between cities and the community...you'd need widened bike lanes with protective barriers on part of your grid

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 05:59 AM (LRFds)

519 He's my butt daddy, I love him so, hairless twink is the way to go, mouth so soft and clean clear skin, out comes my tongue as I dive the rim Butt daddy, butt daddy butt butt daddy butt daddy butt

Posted by: James Collins at May 02, 2013 05:59 AM (Zv1QB)

520 I got my mind set on you, I got my mind set on you I got my mind set on you, I got my mind set on you But it's gonna take money...

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 02, 2013 05:59 AM (WbOdn)

521 Oh Sherry, our love, holds on, hold on

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2013 06:00 AM (mjR67)

522 Seriously, I'm leaving now.. but first You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 06:00 AM (6xG9/)

523 I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was, glory be

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 09:59 AM (SO2Q

fine.. the night the lights went out in Georgia

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:00 AM (nqBYe)

524 510 Ms Radish,

correct Ms Radish..."envy" is in theory a personal struggle not the baseline to build a civilization around...last time we tried that we got Stalin

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 06:00 AM (LRFds)

525 The posting of old shitty lyrics got old just about the same time "first" did.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:00 AM (53z96)

526 You're all so vain. You probably think this song is about you. Don't you?!?! Don't you?!?! Don't you?!?!

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 06:01 AM (GVL0g)

527 I wanna hold you till I die Till we both break down and cry I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 06:01 AM (RwRRP)

528 Maybe I'll post some of my old Oscar Brand stuff.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:01 AM (53z96)

529 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUOIE9O2Ns

Posted by: Felicia the Goat at May 02, 2013 06:01 AM (e8kgV)

530 494 If we find magic batteries, then I guess that would take care of it. The very first electric cars had the same issue, people even kept them in the City for quick trips like they suggest we do today, and that was way back when (I'll say the Twenties). Maybe some new element or something will be discovered, otherwise batteries seem to have a ceiling of utility. Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 09:54 AM (ZshNr) One group is trying simply to make the car light and aerodynamic(and safe to boot, using racing car techniques for safety) to get around this. http://www.edison2.com/ They were the ones that won the X-Prize. Their newest formulation has a battery less than half the size of the Leaf, gets 114 miles on a charge, and gets the electric equivalent of 350mpg. Goofy looking, yes. But it's another way to try and tackle this.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:01 AM (52n2x)

531

Tiptoe through the window
By the window, that is where I'll be
Come tiptoe through the tulips with me

Oh, tiptoe from the garden
By the garden of the willow tree
And tiptoe through the tulips with me

Knee deep in flowers we'll stray
We'll keep the showers away
And if I kiss you in the garden, in the moonlight
Will you pardon me?
And tiptoe through the tulips with me

Posted by: Tiny Tim warbling in hell at May 02, 2013 06:02 AM (rXcBX)

532 vic=grumpy

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:03 AM (nqBYe)

533 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-lxqYMrOY

ROFLOL

Posted by: Felicia the Goat at May 02, 2013 06:03 AM (e8kgV)

534 >>Sweet Caroline

Speaking of beloved pedophilia anthems, we used to play this in HS pep band.

Hey well, I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan
Won't you hop inside my car
I got pictures, got candy, I'm a lovable man
And I can take you to the nearest star

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:03 AM (/kI1Q)

535

Sugar

Aw honey, honey

You are my candy girl

And you got me wanting you

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2013 06:03 AM (BAS5M)

536 Hall of Shame? Any song by Celine Dione.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 02, 2013 06:03 AM (jz0+s)

537

Crossin' the highway late last night -

He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right;

He didn't see the station wagon car -

The skunk got squashed and there you are,

You got your DEAD SKUNK in the middle of the road!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:03 AM (zF6Iw)

538 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:03 AM (/PCJa)

539 If you believe the CEO is worth that kind of money, then please continue to shop there.
==========
@144, That right there is your problem: believe.

See, because you have no damned clue what value the CEO brings to the company.
A) It's more than he is paid--or he gets fired.
B) Making the "big decisions" is a small part of his value.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 02, 2013 06:03 AM (VjL9S)

540 I wanna hold you till I die
Till we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 10:01 AM (RwRRP)

whew evil

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:04 AM (nqBYe)

541 Damn, I'm late to this party. Gov. Scott is a fucking idiot for vetoing that bill.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2013 06:04 AM (DrWcr)

542 gets 114 miles on a charge

It's 531 miles to my parents' house.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:04 AM (/kI1Q)

543

vic=grumpy

In other breaking news: water = wet.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:04 AM (/PCJa)

544 we'rrrre off to see the wizard the wonderful wizard of ...

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:04 AM (nqBYe)

545

I can feel it

Co-oming through the air

Tonight

O Lord

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 06:04 AM (3ZtZW)

546 No news dump? *weeps silently*

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (6zgse)

547 I can't click links from tablet, but I am sure that if and when there's a game-changing development in electric car technology it will come from the X-Prize competition or something like it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (ZshNr)

548

Look at this way folks, as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey.

I would have to see this put to the test before I believe it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (/PCJa)

549 lol count

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (nqBYe)

550 You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell
You can ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell

Posted by: spypeach at May 02, 2013 10:00 AM (6xG9/)

---------

I love that song.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (mV8sg)

551
Teh course de thread haz bin ran, no?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (jKWYf)

552 Why are we singing random songs?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (/PCJa)

553 "I write the songs, I write the songs..."

Posted by: Except.., I didn't write that.--B. Manilow at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (aDwsi)

554 Baby, I'm a want you

Posted by: Bread de Monet at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (BAS5M)

555 Here in my car,
I feel safest of all,
I can lock all my doors,
It's the only way to live,
In cars....

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 06:05 AM (GQ8sn)

556 554 Allen G,

in my case a Nyquil hang over and blunt force trauma to the skull....

(Tspeedbump defense)

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 06:06 AM (LRFds)

557 Big John.

(only hear that part ) i never knew the other parts.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:06 AM (nqBYe)

558 Well you came and you gave without taking
but I sent you away, oh Mandy
well you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today, oh Mandy

Posted by: Cicero Kid is gonna go hurl now at May 02, 2013 06:06 AM (jz0+s)

559 Maybe some new element or something will be discovered, otherwise batteries seem to have a ceiling of utility. Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 09:54 AM (ZshNr) Nobody will ever get MY battery technology!

Posted by: Dr. Kleiner at May 02, 2013 06:07 AM (tOkJB)

560

Why are we singing random songs?

The old man told us to get off his lawn.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:07 AM (zF6Iw)

561 Why are we singing random songs?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 10:05 AM (/PCJa)

to see who can torture evevryone the most.

(the worst songs)

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:07 AM (nqBYe)

562

Back in the 90s I'd wanted to do a Hardcore punk band called PhilCore and it was all gonna be Phil Collins shit like Susudio but all like yelling and shit. Every song we'd slow down just to get in that Phil trademark bump-da-bump-bump then go back to yelling

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 06:07 AM (3ZtZW)

563 When I said that I'd be faithful
When I promised I'd be true
When I swore that I could never
Be with anyone but you
When I told you that I loved you
With those tender words I spoke
I was only kidding
Now, can't you take a joke?

When I said that I need you, baby
When I told you that I really care
When I said that I can't live without you
When I said I'd follow you anywhere
When I said you could always trust me
When I said I'd never leave you flat
Well, guess what? I was only kidding, baby
I can't belieeeeve you fell for that! You're so gullible...

Posted by: Jason Collins at May 02, 2013 06:07 AM (/kI1Q)

564 "431 Sorry if this was discussed in another thread already, but I just noticed that Meg Lanker has now taken her blog completely off0line....[].

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 02, 2013 09:42 AM (wtvvX)"

That's because it showed one large component of motive was to target the crush-site and/ or one or more admins, and to get the site shut down.

It indicated also the possibility of repeated sabotage-posting.

See the old thread on Moby Meg, towards the end, for an example of her floating rumors and directing suspicion on the admins themselves for writing the offensive post. (When of course she knew the whole time they had done no such thing).

Posted by: SarahW at May 02, 2013 06:07 AM (LYwCh)

565 Why are we singing random songs?
--------------------------------------------

Collective ADHD?
I forget...

Posted by: Except.., I didn't write that.--B. Manilow at May 02, 2013 06:07 AM (aDwsi)

566 I write the songs, I write the songs..."

Posted by: Except.., I didn't write that.--B. Manilow at May 02, 2013 10:05 AM (aDwsi)

winner

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:08 AM (nqBYe)

567 Marathon bombing suspect texted 'LoL' when confronted by pal: FBI

I sure hope they fry this SOB

http://is.gd/AWVsvI

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:08 AM (53z96)

568

gets 114 miles on a charge

You know what these specs on "all electric vehicles" always seem to leave out? How long it takes to recharge. It's not as bad now (not nearly, considering my new client), but I used to do pretty close to that in my commute (round-trip).

Once you consider travelling (say, to a parent's house, or whatever), it becomes even more inconvenient. One of the great things about gas is that I don't have to plan my trip around gas-stations; I pretty well know there will be one when I need it.

This was not always the case, but I can carry a gas canister in (or on) my car. It's really hard to carry around a recharging station.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:09 AM (/PCJa)

569 Allen, i would like it noted it is Old Sailor and MMP's fault.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:09 AM (nqBYe)

570

Big John.

(only hear that part ) i never knew the other parts.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 10:06 AM (nqBYe)

Every morning at the mine, you could see him arrive,

He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five;

Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip,

And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:09 AM (zF6Iw)

571 That's not to say their aren't worthless and over-paid CEO's.

But for every one of those, there are 10 professional ball players (subsidized by local governments).

And 100 government workers (subsidized by all of us).

Only one out of those three do I have a choice as to whether my money should go toward them. And only one and a half is subject to the free market.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 02, 2013 06:09 AM (VjL9S)

572

My baby does the Hanky Panky!

(repeat 168 times)

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2013 06:09 AM (BAS5M)

573 Moon rockets in flight Afternoon delight! Ah-Ah-afternoon delight.

Posted by: Earworm at May 02, 2013 06:09 AM (tOkJB)

574 Take heed, 'cause I'm a lyrical poet
Miami's on the scene just in case you didn't know it
My town, that created all the bass sound
Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground
'Cause my style's like a chemical spill
Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel
Conducted and formed, This is a hell of a concept
We make it hype and you want to step with this
Shay plays on the fade, slice like a ninja
Cut like a razor blade so fast, Other DJs say, "damn"
If my rhyme was a drug, I'd sell it by the gram
Keep my composure when it's time to get loose
Magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice
If there was a problem, Yo -- I'll solve it!
Check out the hook while DJ revolves it.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:09 AM (/kI1Q)

575 This is especially dedicated to Vic, and should cheer him up: B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks B-b-b-b-b-b-black slacks Pegged cool, daddy-o When I put em on I'm a rarin' to go When I go places, I just don't care You'd know why when you see what I wear Black slacks, pegged 14 Black slacks, really are keen Black slacks, pegged cool, daddy-o When I put 'em on I'm a rarin' to go

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 06:09 AM (Qxe/p)

576 Sugar

Aw honey, honey

You are my candy girl

And you got me wanting you

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2013 10:03 AM (BAS5M)

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

You might be interested in what can be the most embarassingly bad version of this to appear on tv.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBojt6fDVvw

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 02, 2013 06:10 AM (mV8sg)

577

to see who can torture evevryone the most.

Oh. Okay.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:10 AM (/PCJa)

578 An unseen ruler defines with geometry
An unrulable expanse of geography
An aerial photographer
Over-exposed
To the cartologist's 2D
Images knows
The areas where the water flowed

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2013 06:10 AM (P7hip)

579

>>>Sugar Aw honey, honey You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you

The Archies, AKA Blue Oyster Cult IIRC

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 06:11 AM (3ZtZW)

580

And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.

Big, bad John.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:11 AM (/PCJa)

581 Nyah, we're saying it's a shitty idea to demand a state-controlled economy because of it. (lawn still wet) Yeah, I said that. No that's right, I never did. This country has had this slow slide into socialism. Half the country doesn't even work anymore. Nobody can snap their fingers and ask the voters to return to some glorious day of capitalism. It's over. Not gonna happen, no matter how much I wish my children and grandchildren could have the opportunity for success like I achieved. GWB had 'compassionate conservatism' and you know how the voters turned on him and Republicans at the end. We tried a RINO, McCain, and FAILURE. We tried a successful businessman, Romney and FAILURE. Who do we have that is gonna convince the country they have to give up some slice of their pie and return to work? While poo-pooing the issue of executive compensation. The pendulum has swung too far in one direction.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 06:11 AM (U2UQk)

582 So, we're trying to drive everyone nuts with bad music, and I haven't see (though maybe I just missed it) MMMM...Bop?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:12 AM (/PCJa)

583 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 10:09 AM (/PCJa) No they tell you. It's 7 hours. So it *still* isn't a single-car replacement for a family. Again, they are still in prototype stage, but imo if electric cars are going to be a "thing" within the next 10~15 years it would be this direction.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:12 AM (52n2x)

584

This is especially dedicated to Vic, and should cheer him up:

If that doesn't this should -

Tan shoes with pink shoelaces, a poka-dot vest and man, oh, man -

He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces

And a big Panama with a purple hat band!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:13 AM (zF6Iw)

585

Time for a Morning News Dump. Where's Ben?

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 02, 2013 06:13 AM (Ijr/x)

586 Falling in love again Never vanted to Vat am I to do? Can't help it

Posted by: waldo at May 02, 2013 06:13 AM (sXWmd)

587 584 Allen G,

don't make me hit the Bieber button buddy.....

583 regular Moron,

Yeah so let's get our cantor on and hold donkey's foot to the floor and blow up their ability to just print "prosperity"

I'm game and I am not kidding...

fuck 'em it goes

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 06:13 AM (LRFds)

588

Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.

Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.

Posted by: polynikes at May 02, 2013 06:13 AM (m2CN7)

589

You might be interested in what can be the most embarassingly bad version of this to appear on tv.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBojt6fDVvw

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 02, 2013 10:10 AM (mV8sg)

lol'd Jughead busts a move!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2013 06:14 AM (BAS5M)

590 Badder than ol King Kong. Meaner than a junkyard dog.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 02, 2013 06:14 AM (XN0LR)

591 In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight...

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 02, 2013 06:14 AM (vzfrq)

592 593 Danger Girl,

this thread would make a kick ass or deadly absolutely deadly medley....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 06:14 AM (LRFds)

593

Again, they are still in prototype stage, but imo if electric cars are going to be a "thing" within the next 10~15 years it would be this direction.

Fast chargers make it a little better, but what's worse (and I see no fix for it on the horizon) is the variance in battery life. That is, the same car might be good for 114 miles, or 100, or 120, depending on things like temperature, whether or not your running the A/C or Heater, and so forth.

My gasoline powered car, however, I know will take me to-and-from work 5 times on a little over 3/4 of a tank of gas. Every. Time.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:15 AM (/PCJa)

594 Longer term(2030 earliest) will be self-driving cars which will enable: 1) Shedding of safety features no longer needed, like tons of steel. 2) Self-driving taxis that allow you to take a teeny-tiny car if it's just a single rider Self-driving cars are coming earlier, but they won't legally be able to drive around themselves for quite a while.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:15 AM (52n2x)

595 Only one life, what can it mean? After all the boy was only seventeen. If life's a pointless chore, exististence nothing more, Why does only one life effect me so, One life, how could I have known?

Posted by: Jack at May 02, 2013 06:15 AM (Zv1QB)

596
Fine. You forced me. Its your fault.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 02, 2013 06:15 AM (jKWYf)

597 i'm a barbie girl in a barbie world
life in plastic, it's fantastic

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:15 AM (nqBYe)

598 Your life is leaning downhill
Sloping off the outer edge
Your undetermined oyster beds
Were found to be a hedge
You cause the kids of Elmer Fudd
To feed the farmer whose
Cadaver's filled with onion rings
And feet are filled with glue
Now sinister exaggerator
What's your claim to fame?
Is still your favorite Ferlingetti
Found in Auntie Maim?
Your alter life is superseded
Only from above
Your hear is like a silken sponge
That calls saliva looooooove

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2013 06:15 AM (P7hip)

599 Sorry, MIT has the patent for my battery technology and they're not selling.

Posted by: Dr. Gordon Freeman at May 02, 2013 06:15 AM (tOkJB)

600 Anyway, it's not important. I was just trying to make an implicit point. Whatever. Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 02, 2013 09:58 AM (6zgse) I fell like I have been called a racist in a back handed manner. I hope not. I spent a few years teaching and volunteering in inner city Milwaukee. I have seen the damage that the culture of hip hop and rap has done to children and entire communities. I hope his death was just a tragic accident or illness, I hope his name stays strong and he is a good example to his community, but somehow, I doubt it. From the news wire... The official cause of death has yet to be determined, and an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. But a Fulton County police spokeswoman tells the AP, "It appears it may have been a possible drug overdose."

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:16 AM (XIxXP)

601 "You are so beautiful to me" (voice cracks)

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 06:16 AM (RwRRP)

602 My gasoline powered car, however, I know will take me to-and-from work 5 times on a little over 3/4 of a tank of gas. Every. Time. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 10:15 AM (/PCJa) I'm with you there. I don't even own a hybrid. Current day realities make at least one gas-powered car per American family almost a necessity.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:16 AM (52n2x)

603

And now.... a medley of Irish drinking songs:

We'll drink

And

We'll fight

and we'll fight

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 06:16 AM (3ZtZW)

604 Someone left the cake out in the rain...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 06:17 AM (aDwsi)

605 I'm tired,
Tired of playing the game
Ain't it a crying shame
I'm so tired
God dammit I'm exhausted

Posted by: Wanda schtupp at May 02, 2013 06:17 AM (LYwCh)

606 601 Sorry, MIT has the patent for my battery technology and they're not selling. Posted by: Dr. Gordon Freeman at May 02, 2013 10:15 AM (tOkJB) The battery tech won't open a rift in space time and allow aliens to invade, would it?

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:17 AM (52n2x)

607 Nothing by Paul Anka? (You're) Having My Baby is GOLD.

Posted by: Winston at May 02, 2013 06:17 AM (FggW0)

608 Someone left the cake out in the rain...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 10:17 AM (aDwsi)

chokes

mike

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:17 AM (nqBYe)

609

Longer term(2030 earliest) will be self-driving cars which will enable:

1) Shedding of safety features no longer needed, like tons of steel.

I disagree. I work with computers for a living. One thing I know is True (like, Law of Entropy "True"), is that computer software has bugs. Sometimes these bugs only come out in the weirdest of edge-cases, but the bugs exist. All it will take is one crash w/o all those safety-features, and all the safety-features will be back.

Given the shere number of cars on the road, I am terrified of the concept of self-driving cars (as a general rule).

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:17 AM (/PCJa)

610 Stacey's mom has got it going on / She's all I want and I've waited for so long / Stacey, can't you see / You're just not the girl for me? / I know it might be wrong, but / I'm in love with Stacey's mom.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:17 AM (zF6Iw)

611 Stacey's mom has got it going on / She's all I want and I've waited for so long / Stacey, can't you see / You're just not the girl for me? / I know it might be wrong, but / I'm in love with Stacey's mom. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 10:17 AM (zF6Iw) Great Video.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:18 AM (XIxXP)

612 609 Winston,

they guys get fucking shirts....don't make a MANIAACCCCCC outta me....

//Anka's greatest hit

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 06:18 AM (LRFds)

613

Show me how you do that trick

The one that makes me scream she said

The one that makes me laugh she said

and threw her arms around my neck.

Posted by: polynikes at May 02, 2013 06:19 AM (m2CN7)

614 Self-driving cars are coming earlier, but they won't legally be able to drive around themselves for quite a while. Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM
----------------

Just think..., soon bureaucrats will be able to control where/when/how you are allowed to go.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (aDwsi)

615 563 to see who can torture evevryone the most. (the worst songs) ----- There's a new sound The newest sound around And anyone who listens to it squirms Because this new sound From deep down in the ground Is the sound that's made by worms

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda listened to Dr. Demento at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (U82Km)

616 Maybe HJ. I can see that sort of development on a small scale, like Disney Word or even Peachtree City, GA (everybody has golf carts, cart paths to shopping centers, cultural stuff, etc.), maybe even Tokyo or somewhere, but the gas-powered automobile has a shitload of natural advantages for electric to overcome.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (ZshNr)

617 No news dump? *weeps silently*

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 02, 2013 10:05 AM (6zgse)

My guitar gently weeps

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (1Jaio)

618 yeah..

you are my fire, the one desire, believe when i say.
i want it that way

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (nqBYe)

619 Show me how you do that trick The one that makes me scream she said The one that makes me laugh she said and threw her arms around my neck. Posted by: polynikes at May 02, 2013 10:19 AM (m2CN7) That song is on my Ipod.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (XIxXP)

620 Mah humps.
Mah humps.
Mah lovely lady lumps.

If you need an exact day for the death of Western Civilization, the day that charted is as good a candidate as any.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (/kI1Q)

621 #614.

On a lark...saw him perform on Long Island with a HUGE group. We were the youngest group in the building but it was AWESOME.

Posted by: Winston at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (FggW0)

622

I do have to admit I like Stacey's Mom too.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 02, 2013 06:20 AM (jKWYf)

623 Ben, might as well dump.

Posted by: Van Halen at May 02, 2013 06:21 AM (SUKHu)

624 I don't trust today's taxi's much less automatic ones with no driver at all. My luck would be one built on Monday by a drunk auto worker who had a liquid lunch on top of his evening liquid supper.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:21 AM (53z96)

625 You didn't build that. We built this city!

Posted by: Jefferson Starship at May 02, 2013 06:21 AM (l3vZN)

626 Just think..., soon bureaucrats will be able to control where/when/how you are allowed to go.

Easier for them to force us onto the bus; self-driving cars will still allow too much freedom to go where you want in a timely fashion.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:21 AM (/kI1Q)

627

Listen

To what the flower people say

(ah-haaaaaaaah-ah)

Listen

It's getting louder every day.

Posted by: Count de Spinal Tap at May 02, 2013 06:22 AM (BAS5M)

628 Given the shere number of cars on the road, I am terrified of the concept of self-driving cars (as a general rule). Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 10:17 AM (/PCJa) Maybe. But supposing car travel becomes almost as safe as let's say, plane flight(just pretend), the extra added costs for the extreme corner cases will be priced out of the market. I just think the economics will work in lighter cars' favor over time. But time will tell. And this is of course longer term, because I wouldn't want to get into a tiny self-driving car when there are maniacs driving SUVs manually.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:22 AM (52n2x)

629 We tried a successful businessman, Romney and FAILURE.

Success in a pseudo-market consisting entirely of regulation isn't business success in the admired-by-Americans sense. The reason Romney sounded utterly unfamiliar with free-market arguments is because he's never had any contact with a free market or the philosophy that underlies it. He doesn't know what the fuck capitalism (except in the Marxist-slur sense that he represents) is. He's The Problem.

Voters might still go for a guy who owns a lawnmower factory or something--if the party would tolerate his presence. Which it will not. So we'll never know.

So yeah, right, we're fucked. But from both ends. ...More than both. We're growing extra holes.

Posted by: oblig. at May 02, 2013 06:22 AM (cePv8)

630

Just think..., soon bureaucrats will be able to control where/when/how you are allowed to go.

Yeah, there's that, too. Imagine the legislation that would surround "self-driving" cars.

They would all require GPS (which would be enabled 24/7).

They would be limited (via software fed by the GPS) to exactly the speedlimit of any road.

The Government would have the ability, "on an emergency basis" to forbid cars from entering certain areas, enforced by the software driving the car.

Yeah, no way self-driving cars would give the Government more control over us.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:22 AM (/PCJa)

631 see the trees how big they've grown but yet it hasn't been to long..

just a twig.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (nqBYe)

632 This country has had this slow slide into socialism. Half the country doesn't even work anymore. Nobody can snap their fingers and ask the voters to return to some glorious day of capitalism. It's over. Not gonna happen, no matter how much I wish my children and grandchildren could have the opportunity for success like I achieved. GWB had 'compassionate conservatism' and you know how the voters turned on him and Republicans at the end. We tried a RINO, McCain, and FAILURE. We tried a successful businessman, Romney and FAILURE. Who do we have that is gonna convince the country they have to give up some slice of their pie and return to work? While poo-pooing the issue of executive compensation. The pendulum has swung too far in one direction. Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 10:11 AM (U2UQk) I totally don't understand where you're coming from now. We've tried X, Y & Z and they've all failed so we should do more of it OR, give up all of my values, because - doomed? I mean it. I'm utterly confused about what you're trying to say. It's a very Mobi'ish post. And PS - if they're not working (i.e. - returning to work) it's not THEIR pie. It's the pie I pay for that they're allowed to eat. If I stop or am unable to pay for it, they starve. Fine. Fucking starve. Or work. Whatever. Up to them. Why is it suddenly MY job and MY obligation to feed someone who wont even get up off the couch to sit at the table and pick up their own fork? I don't get it.

Posted by: JQP at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (GVL0g)

633

I need a new thread.

One that won't make me sick.

Posted by: Huey Lewis at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (SUKHu)

634 Dear Morons upset by the election, Obamacare, Boehner, etc.: I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

Posted by: Lynn Anderson at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (tOkJB)

635 see the trees how big they've grown but yet it hasn't been to long.. just a twig. Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 10:23 AM (nqBYe) Bobby Goldsboro, wow.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (XIxXP)

636

Posted by: Winston at May 02, 2013 10:20 AM (FggW0)

You know how people yell "FREEBIRD!" for a goof? At a Mister Paul Anka concert, someone should yell "THE GUYS GET SHIRTS!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (zF6Iw)

637 #120

The software is there but the mechanism to do it without destroying the book is pretty expensive if you don't want to do all of it as manual labor. This is something I do as a hobby/side job.

A far simpler solution if you feel entitled to a electronic copy of a book you bought is to find a torrent for it. If it is being offered for Kindle there is little point in reproducing the labor.

Posted by: epobirs at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (kcfmt)

638 Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (/kI1Q)

639 You want a news dump: MSM ignoring anything and everything to do with obama

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 02, 2013 06:23 AM (9Bj8R)

640 620 Maybe HJ. I can see that sort of development on a small scale, like Disney Word or even Peachtree City, GA (everybody has golf carts, cart paths to shopping centers, cultural stuff, etc.), maybe even Tokyo or somewhere, but the gas-powered automobile has a shitload of natural advantages for electric to overcome. Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 10:20 AM (ZshNr) I'm talking about decades from now. A lot of things have to happen. In the future, would could simply use a self-driving electric car, then it needs to take a break to re-charge, you just hop in another one while the last one charges. Or battery hot-swapping stations, since the taxi service will have contracts with these stations. The possibilities are astounding. The real test is how the public views them, and how safe they really end up being.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:24 AM (52n2x)

641 If you need an exact day for the death of Western Civilization, the day that charted is as good a candidate as any.

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 10:20 AM (/kI1Q)

---

I concur.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 02, 2013 06:24 AM (mV8sg)

642

The roof, the roof, the roof is one fire

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2013 06:25 AM (DrWcr)

643 So tell me what you want, what you really really want,

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,

So tell me what you want, what you really really want

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 10:23 AM (/kI1Q)

ok winner.

i can change my mind right?

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:25 AM (nqBYe)

644 Come on feel the noize/ girls rock yours boys/ we'll get wild wild wild

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2013 06:25 AM (mjR67)

645 there are maniacs driving SUVs manually.
----------------------------

No longer allowed..., you know, like guns and big gulps.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 06:25 AM (aDwsi)

646

They cut down the trees, and put them in a tree museum/

They charged people a dollar-and-a-half just to see them...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:25 AM (/PCJa)

647 Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 10:23 AM (/kI1Q) That shit is barrel-worthy. Morning Horde. Not that any of you care, but I won't be around much today. Damn job. Expecting me to actually work and shit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 06:25 AM (da5Wo)

648 No 'Tie a yellow ribbon' yet?

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 02, 2013 06:25 AM (X6akg)

649 Yeah, no way self-driving cars would give the Government more control over us. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 10:22 AM (/PCJa) True. These issues would have to be fought over, much like how we need to fight to keep the govt from snooping on our e-mails.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:26 AM (52n2x)

650 Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2013 06:26 AM (DrWcr)

651 I disagree. I work with computers for a living. One thing I know is True (like, Law of Entropy "True"), is that computer software has bugs. Sometimes these bugs only come out in the weirdest of edge-cases, but the bugs exist. All it will take is one crash w/o all those safety-features, and all the safety-features will be back. Yeah, it works right now when only one car so equipped is driving down the road. Put two cars, similarly equipped, a lane apart and watch what happens when they both need to come into the middle lane simultaneously. Sort of the difference between single user and network applications. Except at 60 miles per hours.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at May 02, 2013 06:26 AM (U2UQk)

652 No 'Tie a yellow ribbon' yet? Posted by: Tami at May 02, 2013 10:25 AM (X6akg) Knock three times would be my T,O&D choice.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:26 AM (XIxXP)

653 p.s. we're gonna need a bigger barrel for all these lyric-posters.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:26 AM (52n2x)

654

Driving down the road

Tryin' to lessen my load

I got seven wimmen on mah mind

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 06:26 AM (3ZtZW)

655 i can change my mind right?
Posted by: willow
----------------

No.

Posted by: Barry Manilow at May 02, 2013 06:27 AM (aDwsi)

656 Monorail!

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 06:27 AM (ZshNr)

657 magic number

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 06:27 AM (UjNfq)

658 "Rocky mountain highhhhhhhhhh"

Posted by: notsothoreau at May 02, 2013 06:27 AM (Lqy/e)

659 Abra Abra Cadabra....

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:28 AM (XIxXP)

660

Sort of the difference between single user and network applications. Except at 60 miles per hours.

People not familiar with how computers work often don't realize that in computer software/networking we expect collisions. The question is not whether or not opperations will collide, but how those collisisons will be handled.

This is not a philosophy I want brought to my car.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:28 AM (/PCJa)

661 ooh 666 gotta be sympathy for the devil

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 06:28 AM (3ZtZW)

662 now

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 06:28 AM (UjNfq)

663 soooo close

Posted by: Bigby's Golf-Clapping Hands at May 02, 2013 06:28 AM (3ZtZW)

664 Lollipop, lollipop, oh lolly lolly lolly Lollipop, lollipop, oh lolly lolly lolly

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 06:28 AM (RwRRP)

665 One is the loneliest number. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:29 AM (zF6Iw)

666 Given the shere number of cars on the road, I am terrified of the concept of self-driving cars (as a general rule). Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 10:17 AM (/PCJa) Fear not! Any bugs in self-driving system Vista will be totally eliminated with self-driving system Windoze 8.

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 06:29 AM (Qxe/p)

667 That shit is barrel-worthy.

Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:29 AM (/kI1Q)

668 Sort of the difference between single user and network applications. Except at 60 miles per hours. Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 10:26 AM (U2UQk) This is trivial. Do you understand what the cars can see and how fast they can react? http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Leisure/2009/googlecar6402.jpg

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:29 AM (52n2x)

669 Hey baby I'm the telephone man Show me where you want it and i'll put it where I can

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:29 AM (XIxXP)

670 I got me a car, it's as big as a whale And we're headin' on down to the loveshack. hate. hate. hate. hate that song.

Posted by: Mainah at May 02, 2013 06:30 AM (659DL)

671 637 I need a new thread. One that won't make me sick. One without earworm songs. Or lotsa talk about NBA dick. FIFY

Posted by: The Unknown Lyricist at May 02, 2013 06:30 AM (tOkJB)

672 I had Lionel Richie's "Ballerina Girl" as an earworm a few days ago. WTF was up with that?

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 02, 2013 06:30 AM (F1lOF)

673

"Self-driving cars are coming earlier, but they won't legally be able to drive around themselves for quite a while"

Eat recycled food. It's good for the environment, and OK for you.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 02, 2013 06:30 AM (jz0+s)

674 Worthless shits in Seattle. they have no idea what they are out there for and are just fodder for the ones who control them.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 02, 2013 06:30 AM (l3vZN)

675 637 I need a new thread. One that won't make me sick. One without earworm songs. Or lotsa talk about NBA dick. LMAO, someone should take credit for that.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:30 AM (XIxXP)

676 Lollipop, lollipop, oh lolly lolly lolly
Lollipop, lollipop, oh lolly lolly lolly

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 10:28 AM (RwRRP)

My boy lollipop / He makes my heart go giddy-up / His kisses sweet as candy / He's my sugar dandy

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:30 AM (zF6Iw)

677 This is not a philosophy I want brought to my car. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 10:28 AM (/PCJa) But the analogy is completely wrong. Correct analogy: Self-driving cars will expect collisions of intent like "what if I'm trying to merge and another car tries to merge". They then avoid this by either communicating to one another, or simply playing it safe like a normal human driver.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:31 AM (52n2x)

678 ... as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey.

Ahem! ... Hello!

Posted by: Reggie Love at May 02, 2013 06:31 AM (ExWNO)

679 I had Lionel Richie's "Ballerina Girl" as an earworm a few days ago.

I had Lisa Simpson's "Jazz Man" in my head when I woke up this morning, so this thread has actually been helpful.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:31 AM (/kI1Q)

680

Well, I now have the biggest damn grin on my face from all these lyrics. Spirit thus restored, it's time to go out and face the outside world.

I luv this place when it gets silly like this.

Posted by: Count de Spinal Tap at May 02, 2013 06:31 AM (BAS5M)

681 When you want to come Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 10:29 AM (/kI1Q) Ok then.... Mmmbop, ba duba dop Ba du bop, ba duba dop Ba du bop, ba duba dop Ba du Yeah

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 06:32 AM (da5Wo)

682 We getting a new thread or what? *stamps feet*

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:32 AM (52n2x)

683 Hmmm, I wonder if the Boston mess will be quickly incorporated into the tv series Homeland? I wanna know if Quinn is coming back?

Posted by: Waldo Truth at May 02, 2013 06:33 AM (sXWmd)

684 #560

I've wondered since I was a kid when 'Mandy' first hit the charts, is the narrator a junkie or something? Is Mandy a euphemism for something other than a woman?

Posted by: epobirs at May 02, 2013 06:33 AM (kcfmt)

685 Mmmbop, ba duba dop

Who put the bomp in the bomp buh bomp buh bomp
Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong
Who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop
Who put the dip in the dip dee dip dee dip

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:33 AM (/kI1Q)

686 I can hardly wait to see how 'Self Driving' cars will deal with 4-way stops. I look forward to balking one of the things. One can imagine, however, that the Self Driver will *always* be assumed to be Not at Fault

Presumably there will inter-vehicle communication, negotiation, etc. Quite obviously there will be Government regulation..., then government control.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 06:33 AM (aDwsi)

687 Alright, I'm out. Gotta work at work.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 02, 2013 06:34 AM (/PCJa)

688 The communal electric car sounds more plausible than the individual ownership model. Centralized power, maintenance operations, etc. Eventually some of the cars will break down, perhaps dangerously, and then they'll be sent to "Central" where they'll sit for a year while the Unions negotiate a longer lunch break....Okay, I don't know what model will work.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 06:34 AM (ZshNr)

689 That song is on my Ipod.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 10:20 AM (XIxXP)

I know it was supposed to be bad songs, but I wanted to post one of my favorite songs.

Posted by: polynikes at May 02, 2013 06:35 AM (m2CN7)

690 Come on Eileen, well I swear/ at this moment, you mean everything

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2013 06:35 AM (mjR67)

691 Who put the dip in the dip dee dip dee dip Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 10:33 AM (/kI1Q) Too legit... Too legit to quit (hey...hey...) Too legit...too legit... Too legit to quit...(hey...) Too legit... Too legit to quit (too legit...) too legit... too legit to quit...

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 06:35 AM (da5Wo)

692 I had been going to say something about Henry VIII and being raised Episcopal... but now all these songs are playing at once in my head. But I think it's gonna be all right Yes the worst is over now The morning sun is rising like a RED RUBBER BALL??? Take that!

Posted by: mindful webworker's internal jukebox at May 02, 2013 06:35 AM (ktPHV)

693 "There were plants
And birds
And rocks
And things"

Posted by: Just name the fucking horse already at May 02, 2013 06:36 AM (jz0+s)

694 5 Electric cars. Pfffttttt.

Only electricity necessary in my car is to get the internal combustion going. Yea baby.

Oh, and good morning all, and thanks for the post Gabe.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 02, 2013 06:34 AM

If your alternator goes, you'll find out it's kind of important in keeping the engine running too.

Posted by: kbdabear at May 02, 2013 06:36 AM (mCvL4)

695 I've wondered since I was a kid when 'Mandy' first hit the charts, is the narrator a junkie or something? Is Mandy a euphemism for something other than a woman? Posted by: epobirs at May 02, 2013 10:33 AM (kcfmt) Mandy was written about a dog, no shit.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:37 AM (XIxXP)

696 See you, AllenG. I'm hopping off until the dump.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 02, 2013 06:37 AM (zF6Iw)

697 691 I can hardly wait to see how 'Self Driving' cars will deal with 4-way stops. I look forward to balking one of the things. One can imagine, however, that the Self Driver will *always* be assumed to be Not at Fault ........... Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 10:33 AM (aDwsi) If one vehicle engages the ABS system, do they all?

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 06:37 AM (Qxe/p)

698

Posted by: Mainah at May 02, 2013 10:30 AM (659DL)

Not fond of that song but I love Roam.

Posted by: polynikes at May 02, 2013 06:38 AM (m2CN7)

699 If one vehicle engages the ABS system, do they all? Posted by: jwb7605 (Let it Burn) at May 02, 2013 10:37 AM (Qxe/p) The cars will be set to be cautious. If someone jumps "their turn" they'll just yield.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:38 AM (52n2x)

700 Fear not! Any bugs in self-driving system Vista will be totally eliminated with self-driving system Windoze 8. Blue Screen Of Death(tm) has a whole new meaning @ 75 mph.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 02, 2013 06:38 AM (GFM2b)

701 where is Ben?

Posted by: thunderb at May 02, 2013 06:39 AM (nH8jP)

702 I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirts, too sexy it huuuurts.

Posted by: Mainah at May 02, 2013 06:39 AM (659DL)

703 Dance with me, I want to be your partner
Can't you see the music is just starting?
Night is Falling, and I am Calling
Dance with me

Posted by: Gag me with a spork at May 02, 2013 06:40 AM (jz0+s)

704 i love you, you love me , we're a happy family.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:40 AM (nqBYe)

705 OSP. I wasn't calling you a racist. I tend to save that for actual, you know, racists. I was just saying perhaps it wasn't fair to assume he was a thug just because he was a black hip hop dude at one time, assuming you didn't have any other info to support that. Which is why I asked. Even if you made that assumption based on no info, I wouldn't call that racism because it's not like hip hop culture doesn't promote thuggish behavior. The word "racist" has been severely over-used.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 06:40 AM (6zgse)

706 Mainah.

lol

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:40 AM (nqBYe)

707 If your alternator goes, you'll find out it's kind of important in keeping the engine running too.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 02, 2013
---------------------------------------------

Something to do with those sparkler thingies?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 06:41 AM (aDwsi)

708 709 i love you, you love me , we're a happy family. Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 10:40 AM (nqBYe) Damn you. For some reason, it irritates me even more that the Barney song is "This old man" with different lyrics.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 06:41 AM (da5Wo)

709 No matter how safely they are designed, the meathead factor must be included in the equation. Suppose a big network of electric cars sprung up overnight, within a week there'd be websites devoted to fucking with them, making them exceed their optimal limits, disabling security features and just plain vandalism. Maybe I'm just cynical.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 06:42 AM (ZshNr)

710 Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 10:16 AM (XIxXP) And FTR, when I first heard the news about him being found dead, I thought it was probably an overdose, or less likely, suicide. I didn't think he died of natural causes. Sorry if I offended you.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 06:42 AM (6zgse)

711

Manuh manuh

Doo doo do doo do

Manuh manuh

Doo do do doo

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2013 06:42 AM (DrWcr)

712 10:41 - 720+ posts. Thank God for this bottle of FeBreeze.

Posted by: RWC at May 02, 2013 06:42 AM (fWAjv)

713 HI Kids! Yer old pal Ringo here to rape your earhole with a golden oldie. We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, Yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, Yellow submarine Repeat X infinity

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 02, 2013 06:43 AM (R45lw)

714 too legit... too legit to quit...

I Said You Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
You Got To Be Startin' Somethin'
I Said You Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
You Got To Be Startin' Somethin'

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:43 AM (/kI1Q)

715 "Rubio admits Gang of 8 bill border security provisions are weak" Just think of all the natural conservatives it will bring into the fold Marco.

Posted by: RWC at May 02, 2013 06:43 AM (fWAjv)

716 No matter how safely they are designed, the meathead factor must be included in the equation. Suppose a big network of electric cars sprung up overnight, within a week there'd be websites devoted to fucking with them, making them exceed their optimal limits, disabling security features and just plain vandalism. Maybe I'm just cynical. Posted by: Lincolntf at May 02, 2013 10:42 AM (ZshNr) I'm guessing the feds will step in and impose guidelines for consistency checking etc, locked bootloaders. I'm guessing it'll be a felony to mess with it as well.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:43 AM (52n2x)

717

I'm gonna knock you out

Momma said knock you out

I'm gonna knock you out

Momma said knock you out

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2013 06:44 AM (DrWcr)

718 No eternal reward can forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 02, 2013 06:44 AM (l3vZN)

719 Manuh manuh
Doo doo do doo do
Manuh manuh
Doo do do doo

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2013 10:42 AM (DrWcr)

Oh shit...

Work productivity rapidly approaching 0.

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 06:44 AM (GQ8sn)

720 I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign Life is demanding without understanding I saw the si-ign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong... But where do you belong? Oh!Oh, oh, oh

Posted by: RWC at May 02, 2013 06:44 AM (fWAjv)

721 Alright time to go actually do stuff. Later 'rons.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:45 AM (52n2x)

722 Ev'rybody was Kung-Fu fighting...
Huah!

Posted by: Fast as lightning at May 02, 2013 06:45 AM (LYwCh)

723 Stolen from the comments at Stacy McCain's ("Christy Waters" take a bow):

There once was a girl named Lanker, whose ass was as big as a tanker.
She couldn't bait with her cooch, because she looked like a pooch,

And that just stirred up her rancor.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 06:45 AM (B/VB5)

724 You Got To Be Startin' Somethin' Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 10:43 AM (/kI1Q) IÂ’m gonna knock you out [huuuh!!!] Mama said knock you out [huuuh!!!] IÂ’m gonna knock you out [huuuh!!!] Mama said knock you out [huuuh!!!] IÂ’m gonna knock you out [huuuh!!!] Mama said knock you out [huuuh!!!] IÂ’m gonna knock you out [huuuh!!!] Mama said knock you out [huuuh!!!]

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 06:46 AM (da5Wo)

725 @373
Posted by: Boomer Redneque, revolted mobile edition at May 02, 2013 09:25 AM (f8X8i)

they won't look. That's the problem: No one wants to see what is really going on.

Slavery wasn't that bad when it was 1000 miles away and you never saw a black man. But then they started showing the old men and women with layers of whip scars on their broken bodies.

the Nazis were just another German army--hell, they gave regular press briefings!--until the photos of the camps showed up.

This is no different--people are content to ignore it and will actively avoid it. Because most people DO NOT want to confront evil.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 02, 2013 06:46 AM (VjL9S)

726 Midnight at the oasis, put your camel to bed... Have a good day, everyone!

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 02, 2013 06:46 AM (RwRRP)

727 Up up with people! You meet them wherever you go!....

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 06:46 AM (FmFB3)

728 Just a small town girl...livin' in a lonely world.

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 06:47 AM (GQ8sn)

729 728 "Won't you take me to.....Funky Town" Posted by: eman at May 02, 2013 10:44 AM (ZOGUz) Hey -- it took me a long time to figure that one out.

Posted by: Towelie at May 02, 2013 06:47 AM (tOkJB)

730

Me and you and a dog named Boo

Travelin' and livin' off the land

Me and you and a dog named Boo

How I love bein' a free man.

Posted by: Lobo at May 02, 2013 06:47 AM (YmPwQ)

731
Until someone comes up with a system that eclipses ALL the manifold advantages of the present method, y'all are going to be utilizing the current one.

Self-driving cars are a joke--a bad one. Unless you like being captive to a disastrous idea.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 02, 2013 06:47 AM (SAMxH)

732 737 Just a small town girl...livin' in a lonely world. Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 10:47 AM (GQ8sn) Woah woah woah....easy there. We're listing bad song lyrics.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 06:48 AM (da5Wo)

733

Debbie Boone was kinda hot in her day.

Posted by: polynikes at May 02, 2013 06:48 AM (m2CN7)

734 If you can't beat them, join them, even if it's killing you painfully and slowly: Frankieee, do you remember me? Fra-ankieeeee, do you remember... I actually loved that one. Sigh.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 06:48 AM (6zgse)

735 Unless you like being captive to a disastrous idea. Posted by: irongrampa at May 02, 2013 10:47 AM (SAMxH) What do you mean?

Posted by: Obamacare at May 02, 2013 06:48 AM (GVL0g)

736 I hear songs on rock stations all the time that are well over 40 years old.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at May 02, 2013 06:48 AM (sXWmd)

737

possibly the lamest thread evah

need new post pleez

*gasp*

Posted by: thunderb at May 02, 2013 06:49 AM (nH8jP)

738 148 Vic can I steal some of your thermal energy. there is a possibility of 3 to 6 inches of yet more snow. IN FREAKING MAY. school gets out in 4 weeks and there is snow on the ground. THANK YOU GLOBAL WARMING.

Posted by: THC Alex at May 02, 2013 07:44 AM (wpE6

It is a well known phenomenon that if you increase the energy of a system, some parts will get colder.   Like if you turn on your oven, a small corner will freeze over even though the rest of the system gets hotter.

Thus, record cold temperatures are evidence of global warming.

(I regret not properly mocking this line of "reasoning" when I first encountered it)

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 02, 2013 06:49 AM (rm+Am)

739 Woah woah woah....easy there. We're listing bad song lyrics.

I though it was any song?

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 06:49 AM (GQ8sn)

740 Mama said knock you out [huuuh!!!]

Will it ever stop? Yo -- I don't know
Turn off the lights and I'll glow
To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:50 AM (/kI1Q)

741 Woah woah woah....easy there. We're listing bad song lyrics. Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 10:48 AM (da5Wo) ooh eee ooh aah aah, bing, bang, walla walla bing bong. ooh eee ooh aah aah, bing bang banga walla bing bang.

Posted by: my friend the witch doctor at May 02, 2013 06:50 AM (Qxe/p)

742

Just stopping in to say Let It Burn.

That is all.

Posted by: Jaws at May 02, 2013 06:50 AM (4I3Uo)

743 Alright, I gotta roll. But I'll leave you with one more.... Dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin' And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted Play that funky music white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music white boy Lay down that boogie and play that funky music till you die

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 06:50 AM (da5Wo)

744 There's a tragic tale of a boy named Sue, told in song.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 06:50 AM (FmFB3)

745 Hey Tobacco! Check out the red block quote up at WRAL right now!!!

LOL!!!!

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 06:51 AM (GQ8sn)

746 Because when the sun shines, we'll shine together Told you I'll be here forever Said I'll always be your friend Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end Now that it's raining more than ever Know that we'll still have each other You can stand under my umbrella You can stand under my umbrella (Ella ella, ay ay ay) Under my umbrella (Ella ella, ay ay ay) Under my umbrella

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 06:51 AM (6zgse)

747 I haven't left. Just took a few minutes to fry up a half pound of bacon

you know baaacons!

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:51 AM (53z96)

748 I guess any NC moron, head over to WRAL and look what's right up top.

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 06:51 AM (GQ8sn)

749 When someone starts listing the dimensions of their house and bragging about the wealth of his zip code, I can't help but think "concern troll". Maybe it's just me.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at May 02, 2013 06:52 AM (YmPwQ)

750

up, up with people

up with people wherever you go

if more people were for people

we'd have ......

Posted by: thunderb at May 02, 2013 06:52 AM (nH8jP)

751 "I'm telling to you mama, there's no need for a drama, but
I don't wanna study, I just wanna party."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 02, 2013 06:52 AM (P7hip)

752 FOR THE LOVE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, SOMEBODY PUT UP A NEW THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 02, 2013 06:52 AM (wtvvX)

753 WRAL:

Breaking News: The state Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday almost doubled the estimated Medicaid shortfall because of a forecasting error discovered in 2012. The error overestimated the amount of federal money North Carolina would receive. This year's revised shortfall is now $248 million.

Hmmm, I wonder what's going to happen?

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 06:52 AM (GQ8sn)

754
Dancin on the ceiling
Oh what a feeling

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 02, 2013 06:53 AM (jKWYf)

755 My god! Will someone do the humane thing..., take this thread out back and put a bullet in it's head..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 06:53 AM (aDwsi)

756 My thread will go on

Posted by: Celine Dion at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (SO2Q8)

757 "Rooxxxxannne!"

Posted by: eman at May 02, 2013 10:46 AM (ZOGUz)

i actually heard that when you said it.

brat.

i see her face everywhere i go ...have you seen her

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (nqBYe)

758

Hello...is it me you're lookin for?

I can see it in your eyes, I can see it in your smile

Posted by: thunderb at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (nH8jP)

759 THE night Chicago died. My momma prayed the night Chicago di- I- I'd. Brother what a night it really was... And Oh yes they called him the streak...

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (FmFB3)

760

Here's part of a country song I wrote a long time ago.

They say time heals all wounds

but time's standing still

They say you've got to move on

but I'm spinning my wheels

Posted by: polynikes at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (m2CN7)

761 Hellooooo, is it me you're looking foooor? 'Cause I wonder where you are And I wonder what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely, or is someone loving you? Tell me how to win your heart For I haven't got a clue But let me start by saying, I love you

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (6zgse)

762 But I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Just to be that man to walks a thousand miles to fall down at your door (Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Undela Undela Undela la la la) (Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Undela Undela Undela la la la)

Posted by: RWC at May 02, 2013 06:54 AM (fWAjv)

763 Self-driving cars are a joke--a bad one. Unless you like being captive to a disastrous idea. Posted by: irongrampa at May 02, 2013 10:47 AM (SAMxH) Yeah, in 20 years kids will ask you: "grandpa, did people really move around huge steel things at 70mph? even though it killed so many people all the time?"

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 06:55 AM (52n2x)

764 The word "racist" has been severely over-used. Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 10:40 AM (6zgse) Well thank you for that and I prolly should not be that sensitive. On the other side I should not have made that assumption. You were correct in calling me out. However, Had it been say, Vince Neil from Motley crue, I would have also made the assumption that his lifestlye choices led to his demise.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:55 AM (XIxXP)

765 Breaking News: The state Department of Health and
Human Services on Thursday almost doubled the estimated Medicaid
shortfall because of a forecasting error discovered in 2012. The error
overestimated the amount of federal money North Carolina would receive.
This year's revised shortfall is now $248 million.

Hmmm, I wonder what's going to happen?
Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013
-------------------

Bev Perdu-- The gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 06:55 AM (aDwsi)

766 @767 - Darn you to heck, thunderb!

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 06:55 AM (6zgse)

767
We had joy
We had fun
We had Seasons in the Sun.

(that should release the Kraken of New Threads)

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 02, 2013 06:55 AM (jKWYf)

768

Ben, the two of us need look no more

we've both found what we've been lookin for

if you ever change your mind

just take a look behind.....

Posted by: thunderb at May 02, 2013 06:55 AM (nH8jP)

769 Upheaval of human entrails Deterioration of grated genitals Dangling from the hooks Obscene feelings deep inside me Dislocating, separating a blood-drenched body Begin the anal grouting Awaiting insertion To rip out intestine Bodily destruction Vulgar molestation ----- Oops. Just me?

Posted by: RWC at May 02, 2013 06:55 AM (fWAjv)

770 764 My god! Will someone do the humane thing..., take this thread out back and put a bullet in it's head.. Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 02, 2013 10:53 AM (aDwsi) Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine. And I dare not drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at May 02, 2013 06:55 AM (Qxe/p)

771 Destination unknown, as we pull in for some gas
Freshly pasted poster reveals a smile from the past
Elephants and acrobats, lions snakes monkey
Pele speaks "righteous," Sister Zina says "funky"

Posted by: Winston at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM (FggW0)

772 "The thing's hollow Â— it goes on forever Â— and Â— oh my God Â— it's full of bad songs!"

Posted by: dave Bowman at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM (SO2Q8)

773 War! Huuuh. What is it good for? I'll sayit again... War! Huuuh. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Jack at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM (Zv1QB)

774 He's not heavaaaay, he's my brotheeeer

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM (6zgse)

775 I'm sorry, and this was all started because I brought up Hermans Hermits. It has been fun though.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM (XIxXP)

776

735 Up up with people! You meet them wherever you go!....

Winner.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM (Ijr/x)

777 You're the cutest thing that I ever did see I really love your peaches Want to shake your treess!!!!

Posted by: Waldo Truth at May 02, 2013 06:57 AM (sXWmd)

778

sugar

uh uh uh uh uh uh

honey, honey

you are my candy girl,

and you've got me wanting you

Posted by: thunderb at May 02, 2013 06:57 AM (nH8jP)

779

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the stars we could reach

Were just starfish on the beach

(my nomination for worst lyric of all time)

Posted by: Terry Jacks at May 02, 2013 06:58 AM (YmPwQ)

780 What I've got you've got to get it put it in you
What I've got you've got to get it put it in you
What I've got you've got to get it put it in you
Reeling with the feeling don't stop continue

Posted by: Moron Flea at May 02, 2013 06:58 AM (jz0+s)

781
In Cars

(do do da doo, da do da dooo)

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 02, 2013 06:58 AM (jKWYf)

782 Yes, they call him the streak Fastest thing on two feet

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 02, 2013 06:58 AM (XvrTA)

783 No new thread. The COBs are punishing you for all this bad song shit.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 06:58 AM (53z96)

784 764 Mike Hammer bang bang you are the warrior

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 02, 2013 06:59 AM (UjNfq)

785 In other news, I just wrote a software defect report by copying and pasting the one I wrote last May for the same issue that did not get fixed even though they trashed the whole code file and wrote a new one from scratch.

*srednop*

Yeah, I really don't want to ride in a computer-driven car.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:59 AM (/kI1Q)

786 A-B-C 1-2-3 Do-re-mi You-and-me

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 06:59 AM (6zgse)

787 where da dump at?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 02, 2013 06:59 AM (GVxQo)

788 And still no Macarena. Good to see we still have some standards.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 06:59 AM (SO2Q8)

789 Movin' to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches
Movin' to the country,
Gonna eat me a lot of peaches
Movin' to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches
Movin' to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 06:59 AM (/kI1Q)

790 A-B-C 1-2-3 Do-re-mi You-and-me Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 10:59 AM (6zgse) Are you old enough to remember the Jackson 5 cartoon?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 06:59 AM (XIxXP)

791 Sources tell Fox News that special operations put out calls for military to move into position on night of terror attack, but State Department and White House never gave permission to cross into Libya.

http://is.gd/p3ABb4

Draw your own conclusions about why the General was relieved.

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 07:00 AM (53z96)

792 Time to deploy the WMD of pseudo music:

Lost my shape-Trying to act casual!
Can't stop-I might end up in the hospital
I'm changing my shape-I feel like an accident
They're back!-To explain their experience

Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at May 02, 2013 07:00 AM (epxV4)

793

Look at this way folks, as bad as it gets here at least the President canÂ’t make up a pile of horseshit charges and have his wife executed so he can go and get another honey.

Yeah, I'd miss Moochelle a lot.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 02, 2013 07:00 AM (IDSI7)

794 I would like to be one of the first to welcome our 20,000,000+ new citizens. Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegria cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena Hey Macarena!

Posted by: RWC at May 02, 2013 07:00 AM (fWAjv)

795 test test test test test test ooooo!

Posted by: Waldo Truth at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (sXWmd)

796 i m never going to dance again,
got no rhythm tho it's easy to pretend.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (nqBYe)

797 #441

It's the massive taxpayer funded rebates and coercive legislation that are the greatest evidence of a lack of a real market.

Posted by: epobirs at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (kcfmt)

798 This thread is getting really boring. Anybody got a doobie?

Posted by: Towelie at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (tOkJB)

799 And I dare not drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine Posted by: jwb7605 (Let it Burn) at May 02, 2013
----------------------------
One snort of Ruby Port really rings the bell
Then a glass of Muscatel sets my head up well
Then this sweetest bottle of cheapest sherry wine
I say goodbye to my mind

Posted by: Jesse Colin Young at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (aDwsi)

800

any chance we can get Obama to call in a drone stike on this thread?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (SO2Q8)

801 I'm going to sting all of you in the neck and lay my eggs in your paralyzed bodies.

Posted by: lauraw at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (5Ih5d)

802 Turn around Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you`re never coming round... Once upon a time I was falling in love/ But now I`m only falling apart There`s nothing I can do/ A total eclipse of the heart

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (eb70/)

803 I left the thread back around #300. I check back now and it smells like Speedbump in the Boston Morgue. Love the retro lyrics and all.... but someone phone AoSHQ and find out who's on duty. New thread is needed badly.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (EGPJQ)

804 I agree. I do not want any self-driving car. I'll drive myself, thank you. Those of us who work with writing code can imagine what a nightmare that could, I mean, will become. Maybe in the very, very, very, very, distant future. Self-driving trains and buses on their own tracks and roads - perhaps. But cars? Do not want.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (6zgse)

805 Yeah, I'd miss Moochelle a lot. Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 02, 2013 11:00 AM (IDSI7) First lady Reggie Love?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 07:01 AM (XIxXP)

806 Wow. I walk away for a two hour meeting and this post is still going? It's been more than four hours. Is it time to consult a doctor?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (4df7R)

807

they never got permission because the JEF reserved authority to himself and he never gave it. He went to bed. And then Vegas. To party and fund raise

a new kind of don't ask, don't tell

Posted by: thunderb at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (nH8jP)

808 don't go breakin' my heart

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (GVxQo)

809 So true funny how it seems
Always in time, but never in line for dreams
Head over heels when toe to toe
This is the sound of my soul
This is the sound

Posted by: EC at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (GQ8sn)

810 It's the massive taxpayer funded rebates and coercive legislation that are the greatest evidence of a lack of a real market. Posted by: epobirs at May 02, 2013 11:01 AM (kcfmt) I said as much. I just don't let shit reasoning walk.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (52n2x)

811 Andy saved us!

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (X6akg)

812 797 And still no Macarena. Good to see we still have some standards. Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 10:59 AM (SO2Q

Mi culpa

Posted by: RWC at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (fWAjv)

813 When I think about you I touch myself....

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (XIxXP)

814 Andy posts a new one as soon as I post that flash

Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (53z96)

815 This thread is getting really boring. Anybody got a doobie?

Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (/kI1Q)

816 lauraw

ow.

Posted by: willow at May 02, 2013 07:02 AM (nqBYe)

817
Pass the duchie to the left hand side.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 02, 2013 07:03 AM (jKWYf)

818

How many roads most a man walk down

Before you call him a man ?

How many seas must a white dove sail

Before she sleeps in the sand ?

Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly

Before they're forever banned ?

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind

The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 02, 2013 07:03 AM (Ijr/x)

819 Are you old enough to remember the Jackson 5 cartoon? Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/West 2016 at May 02, 2013 10:59 AM (XIxXP) I don't know. When did it come out? I didn't grow up here, and it may not have been a thing in deepest darkest Africa.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 02, 2013 07:03 AM (6zgse)

820 Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at May 02, 2013 10:59 AM (/kI1Q) Peaches come in a can They were put there by a man In a factory dowwwntowwwwnn

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 02, 2013 07:03 AM (eb70/)

821

Are you old enough to remember the Jackson 5 cartoon?

---

sadly yes.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 02, 2013 07:04 AM (SO2Q8)

822 Daniel my brother, you are older than me do you still feel the pain... --- As a kid I thought that song was about kids getting beaten. I was never what you'd call normal.

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 07:04 AM (FmFB3)

823

Hello, Heather!

"I poked my finger down inside makin' a little room for a ant to hide"

Posted by: Cicero Kid likes Peaches at May 02, 2013 07:04 AM (jz0+s)

824

I'm watching

everlasting clover

Isn't that bizarre?

Posted by: Duran Duran at May 02, 2013 07:05 AM (YmPwQ)

825 Doe, a female deer Ray, a drop of golden sun Me, a name I call myself Fa, a long long way to ruuuun...

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 02, 2013 07:06 AM (mtpnh)

826

Millions of peaches, peaches for me,

Millions of peaches, peaches for free,

Millions of peaches, peaches for me,

Millions of peaches, peaches for free,

Look out!

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2013 07:06 AM (DrWcr)

827 My God! It's full of songs.

Posted by: Dave Bowman at May 02, 2013 07:06 AM (mV8sg)

828

About the sixth finger-Nope. Much of what is written about Anne is based on historians who had an axe to grind because they were upset about Henry's break with the Catholic Church

Unfortunate choice of words.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 02, 2013 07:07 AM (IDSI7)

829 During the rout of 2008 this song reminded me of the times: How bizzare Ring master steps out and says "the elephants left town" People jump and jive, but the clowns have stuck around TV news and camera, there's choppers in the sky

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 07:07 AM (FmFB3)

830

So, a needle pulling thread

La, a note to follow so

Ti, I drink with jam and bread

And that brings us back to do, do, do, do

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2013 07:07 AM (DrWcr)

831 Yeah, I really don't want to ride in a computer-driven car.

Don't worry, the second one of them crashes Big Leviathan will jump in with their real endgame: making the cars all centrally controlled so there can be no crashes. The part where you can't go to the store without permission from Moochelle is for your own good.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 02, 2013 07:07 AM (B/VB5)

832 "Her brother was on the sofa, eatin' chocolate pie.
Momma was in the kitchen, cuttin' chicken up to fry.
Daddy was in the backyard, rollin' up a garden hose.
I was on the porch with Charlotte, feelin' love down to my toes.
and we were swingin' (swingin')
yes we were swingin' (swingin')"

Posted by: Cicero Kid hated that song with a red-hot passion during college at May 02, 2013 07:08 AM (jz0+s)

833 How bizarre How bizarre, how bizarre Ooh, baby (Ooh, baby) It's making me crazy (It's making me crazy) Everytime I look around Everytime I look around (Everytime I look around) Everytime I look around It's in my face

Posted by: Up With People! at May 02, 2013 07:08 AM (FmFB3)

834

15 year old girls having sex. The new 'normal' age.

Posted by: Regular Moron at May 02, 2013 06:56 AM (U2UQk)

Yeah.... its not like the old days... when they'd be married, with kids... by then...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 02, 2013 07:11 AM (lZBBB)

835 oh Scooo-oo-beee Don't take your snacks to town.... Everyone swears not to carry this over if someone will just post a new thread, righr?

Posted by: mindful webworker's internal cd player at May 02, 2013 07:14 AM (XboQD)

836

As a healthcare provider, my medicaid patients piss me off.

They have been taught by their social worker that their medicaid is a right they are entitled to. That it's just another form of insurance "just like any other insurance". They have no idea that other people have to make sacrifices for them to receive "their rights", nor that medicaid fails to cover my cost of providing those services. I am both taxed to provide their medicaid, then lose money when they receive it.

On 2 different occasions during my career, the state medicaid administration has hit a budget crisis and been forced to "lower their fee schedule" retroactively. IE: they arbitrarily lowered what they'd pay for services I've already rendered. To the tune of 10's of thousands of dollars in outstanding accounts receivables.

I gain no solace in knowing they "are more financially secure" or that "they have increased healthcare utilization" or even "better access to healthcare". Personally, I'd rather share some of my depression with them.

Posted by: MrObvious at May 02, 2013 07:17 AM (jgcLl)

837 I feel left out and forgotten.

Posted by: Bobby Goldsboro at May 02, 2013 07:18 AM (jucos)

838 I'm in you - You're in me
You gave me the love, the love that I never had

Posted by: Frampton, Still Alive at May 02, 2013 07:18 AM (aSQ11)

839 527 The posting of old shitty lyrics got old just about the same time "first" did. Hey. There. Don't forget *me*!!!

Posted by: [/i][/b]"+1" at May 02, 2013 07:25 AM (Vgn84)

840 This is the end My only friend The end...

Posted by: Doors at May 02, 2013 07:26 AM (5F76G)

841 All my rowdy friends have settled down and it seems to be more in the laid back songs.
Nobody wants to get drunk and get loud.Everybody just wants to go back home.
I myself have seen my wilder days and I have seen my name at the top of the page,
but I need to find a friend just to run around.But no one wants to get high on the town
and all my rowdy friends have settled down.

Posted by: gracepmc at May 02, 2013 07:30 AM (rznx3)

842 And in the end The love you take Is equal to the never mind the lyrics listen to this great closing riff...

Posted by: Bugs at May 02, 2013 07:30 AM (5F76G)

843 Oobla di, oobla dah, life goes on
lalala life goes on

Posted by: Ooblah khan at May 02, 2013 07:35 AM (LYwCh)

844 I'm guessing the feds will step in and impose guidelines for consistency checking etc, locked bootloaders. I'm guessing it'll be a felony to mess with it as well.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 02, 2013 10:43 AM (52n2x)

And once the feds step in to regulate, we know only good things can happen from there on out.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 02, 2013 07:36 AM (rm+Am)

845 All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain.

Posted by: Try that Food Network site at May 02, 2013 07:38 AM (LYwCh)

846 "Oh, and I just saw on Twitter, another electric car maker filed for bankruptcy."

Why, oh why do these outfits set up shop in California? Even if there's only a slim chance that whatever product that is being made will catch on, avoiding this state gives an outfit a fighting chance by not having to deal with the government-added bullshit that comes with having a significant presence here.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at May 02, 2013 07:55 AM (vd7A8)

847

My name is Michael

I got a nickle

I got a nickle, shiny and new

I'm gonna buy me all kinds of candy

That's what I'm gonna do

Posted by: LadyS at May 02, 2013 08:26 AM (uLBuN)

848 This is lame.

Posted by: Lame at May 03, 2013 07:51 AM (REmGm)

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