July 15, 2013

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

The Fourth Circuit recently ruled against Liberty University's challenge to Obamacare. That's a bit disappointing, but it was a long-shot lawsuit, anyway. More interestingly, in so ruling, the Fourth Circuit undercut several of the Administration's arguments in related cases challenging the illegal tax credits that HHS created in the 34 states that haven't established Obamacare exchanges.

Despicable Me 2 led the box office again this weekend, bringing its haul to $230 million in its second week. Grown Ups 2 scored in its first weekend with $42.5 million. Monsters and mayhem actioner Pacific Rim did not meet expectations, drawing only $38 million. I'm trying to figure out what precisely is wrong with Pacific Rim; this sort of movie is usually right up my alley. But I had no desire at all to see the robots vs. monsters flick.

JK Rowling, who really has nothing to prove, has been unmasked as the author of a highly-praised crime novel.

163 years of telegram service came to an end yesterday in India.

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1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Monday, July 15, 2013.  On this day in 1869 margarine was patented in France.  Say it isnÂ’t so, the French invented fake butter.

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:42 AM (lZvxr)

2 Some may have missed this yesterday.  Corrupt Holder exploring civil rights charges after the FBI already cleared this of any racial animus.  

http://tinyurl.com/osgzjlz

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:42 AM (lZvxr)

3 As I said, not a leg to stand on.

http://tinyurl.com/q7x8m4d

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:42 AM (lZvxr)

4 LA protestors find another reason to march in the streets and show their ass.

http://tinyurl.com/pb32v9v

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:42 AM (lZvxr)

5 House will waste another Obamacare vote this week.  If they were serious they would have already defunded it.

http://tinyurl.com/oydxwtd

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:43 AM (lZvxr)

6 Egypt army chief defends ousting Morsi.

http://tinyurl.com/qj4jt87

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:43 AM (lZvxr)

7 Asiana airlines to sue SF TV station.

http://tinyurl.com/p487sfp

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:43 AM (lZvxr)

8 Zimmerman legal team to go after NBC now.

http://tinyurl.com/pm8qt2x

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:43 AM (lZvxr)

9 Twitter killed the telegraph

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 02:43 AM (qTdwS)

10 US repeals anti-propaganda law so the US government can now join the alphabets and broadcast propaganda to its citizens.

http://tinyurl.com/qcmt6zv

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:44 AM (lZvxr)

11 Ted Cruz is headed for New Hampshire.  But this is an early indication that Republicans have no intention of changing the order of their primaries.

http://tinyurl.com/nrsypfp

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:44 AM (lZvxr)

12 So Travon was a “child” now.  The stupid is painful.

http://tinyurl.com/qaqcz8c

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:44 AM (lZvxr)

13 Zimmerman will get his gun back.

http://tinyurl.com/nc7g5b6

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:44 AM (lZvxr)

14 Preibus may be realizing now that his call for amnesty is not popular with the base.

http://tinyurl.com/n9lcp5h

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:45 AM (lZvxr)

15 Gee one lone voice out there in the MFM today who thinks the Zimmerman verdict was just.  Calls for disbarring the prosecutor.

http://tinyurl.com/o6885n6

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:45 AM (lZvxr)

16 Dirty Harry is about to shit and dabble in it.

http://tinyurl.com/pzgrh36

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:45 AM (lZvxr)

17 Kindle Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/nnbju7v



And thatÂ’s it for today

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 02:45 AM (lZvxr)

18 #8 Good. I learned at a Tea Party gathering the other day, that believe it or not, it's better to send snail mail or a fax to Congress-something physical that someone has to pick up and deal with instead of a e-mail they can just delete

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2013 02:46 AM (SSj/B)

19

Zimmerman will get his gun back.

 

In the words of Ray Donovan, where does he go to get his reputation back?

 

Seriously, I hope he finds the best, most bad-ass legal team in the country to nail those fuckers at NBC.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 02:46 AM (zF6Iw)

20

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.

 

 

IÂ’m glad Zimmerman was acquitted, but the poor guy needs a Horde fundraiser, because he canÂ’t live in Obamerica any more (which, actually, would be a fascinating question to ask him if this country had real reporters: are you still an Obama supporter after he basically called for you to be lynched?).

 

 

Today IÂ’ve got a Tallulah Bankhead story I found over the weekend:

 

 

IÂ’ve told you before about BankheadÂ’s reputation for sleeping with anyone at the drop of a hat.  It so happens that a man was introduced to her one night at a Hollywood party.  The two chatted for a while; then he decided to find out if the rumors of her perpetual horniness were true.  When asked if he wanted another drink, he looked the actress in the eye and said, “Actually, IÂ’d like a little pussy.”

 

 

“Oh, darling, so would I,” Bankhead shot back.  “MineÂ’s as big as my handbag!”

 

 

HereÂ’s a picture of her doing her best Bette Davis:  http://tinyurl.com/ozfrfgt

 

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 02:47 AM (zF6Iw)

21 DAY 251 1,210 to go (1,283 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 02:48 AM (+98Gb)

22 Another week of work wondering if this is the one when the pink slips come down. We are sooooo slow. But, I am thankful to have job and a family, and that I am not (yet) persecuted for being a christian.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 15, 2013 02:50 AM (57bzg)

23 20 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 06:47 AM (zF6Iw) Very close to the Bankhead/Chico Marx story. Hey MP3

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 02:50 AM (+98Gb)

24 The telegraph is what saved the Raj during the Sepoy Mutiny.  Er, I mean the "First War of Indian Independence".  Ah, fuck it, it was the Sepoy Mutiny.  It was the telegraph that allowed fast communication between beleaguered and outnumbered British garrisons and allowed them to coordinate counter offensives.

Posted by: FART at July 15, 2013 02:51 AM (erQJO)

25 I live about half a mile from Union Square - close enough to smell it - and heard/saw nothing yesterday in NYC. The "massive" protests being touted by the MFM is bullshit. I'm so shocked.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 02:52 AM (+98Gb)

26 Good morning, 'rons.

Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 02:52 AM (/RXPS)

27 JJ, they had video of them marching north through the East Side to Harlem. Is it possible they lied about the numbers? Say it ain't so.

Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 02:53 AM (/RXPS)

28 Interesting India is the topic today, met an talked with an Archbishop from India yesterday.  Nice guy.

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 02:54 AM (qTdwS)

29 25--JJ where are you re Union Square? In the 70s I was at 18th&Irving, and Union Square was inhabited only by junkies.

Posted by: Dale Gribble at July 15, 2013 02:54 AM (+kznc)

30 No riots yet. Look for the Ministry of Information to start whipping up the youths this week.

Posted by: Dale Gribble at July 15, 2013 02:56 AM (+kznc)

31 Y'all have as best a day as possible. I'm going to pick up my oldest girl to spend the week with my family so my week should be pretty damn good. She's 17 and still wants to see her daddy. Life has it's bonuses.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at July 15, 2013 02:56 AM (MnSla)

32 “Oh, darling, so would I,” Bankhead shot back. “Mine’s as big as my handbag!”

And Mobile Alabama has a tunnel so named.  I've often wondered about that.
(Actually IIRC it was named for her father or some family member.)

Posted by: Moron of Morgoth at July 15, 2013 02:56 AM (1Wfj5)

33 29 25--JJ where are you re Union Square? In the 70s I was at 18th&Irving, and Union Square was inhabited only by junkies. Posted by: Dale Gribble at July 15, 2013 06:54 AM (+kznc) I'm actually down on Houston and Greene Streets. I remember going to see concerts at Irving Plaza back in the bad old days. Anyway, Union Square is relatively cleaned up. Great farmers market there. The usual low-lives, bums and schvartzes still mill about, but not like the 70's. Thank you, Rudy Giuliani.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 02:57 AM (+98Gb)

34 163 years of telegram service came to an end yesterday in India. The land of the call center no longer using telegram? Say it ain't so Joe.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 02:58 AM (4uuzV)

35 Dale, thats the DoJ CRS Division.

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 02:58 AM (qTdwS)

36 Heh. Old man asked me what I thought about Zimmerman acquittal. He is a lib. I told him I wasn't in the jury box to actually hear the evidence myself, but I am sure my fellow citizens in Florida did the right thing. Drove him nuts.

Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 02:59 AM (bl6Iq)

37 The ignorance and race baiting still being displayed by the MFM is disgusting. I hate them so much.

Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 03:00 AM (/RXPS)

38 Considering who's in the White House, who's at the head of the DoJ and the head of the Civil Rights Division, I fully expect laws to be twisted, flouted or newly created so they can nail George Zimmerman. If they can send Nakoula Nakoula to jail - still there - on a trumped-up charge, this is a piece of cake. In all seriousness, they are furious that their Stalinist show trial (which it was) failed. They will try and exact revenge on the jurors, witnesses and lawyers. And they are itching for another case like this so they can fix the verdict before the trial even begins. Evil does not rest.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:02 AM (+98Gb)

39

Hey, J.J.  How was your weekend?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 03:02 AM (zF6Iw)

40 Now that the duplicity of the media is clear - its interesting to go back and look at past issues and reconsider how they have been framed.  The classic is the Tet Offensive, but there were so many others.

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 03:04 AM (qTdwS)

41 Wife is out of town, hung out with my writing partner on Friday, Zimmerman was acquitted and I cooked a couple of lamb dishes. Other than that, quiet. Boring really.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:04 AM (+98Gb)

42 Mark Levin has been pretty interesting lately, but I just don't see how we can get our Country back without bloodshed. I pray it doesn't have to be like that, but I'm really not too hopeful about it.

Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 03:05 AM (bl6Iq)

43 40 Now that the duplicity of the media is clear - its interesting to go back and look at past issues and reconsider how they have been framed. The classic is the Tet Offensive, but there were so many others. Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 07:04 AM (qTdwS) Look up Walter Duranty.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:05 AM (+98Gb)

44 Bankhead upon meeting a former lover, who feigned not knowing her, asked What's the matter, Don't you recognize me with my clothes on?

Posted by: tmitsss at July 15, 2013 03:06 AM (yuTiW)

45 Need moar lawsuits a against news organizations. Lots and lots of them.

Posted by: CDR M at July 15, 2013 03:07 AM (dKV5k)

46 Brainne Carter - from Newschannel8 here in DC should be on Fox's short list.

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 03:07 AM (qTdwS)

47 42 Mark Levin has been pretty interesting lately, but I just don't see how we can get our Country back without bloodshed. I pray it doesn't have to be like that, but I'm really not too hopeful about it. Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 07:05 AM (bl6Iq) I somewhat agree. I like Levin's thinking but you need massive and constant demonstrations at state capitols and DC to get the point across. One-off rallies and phone calls/e-mails just don't cut it no more.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:07 AM (+98Gb)

48 To all the 'ettes and lurking women: The MFM still does not believe that you can judge a case based on the law. I won't even go into all the examples of chauvinism from the weekend.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 15, 2013 03:08 AM (3tFLC)

49 One-off rallies and phone calls/e-mails just don't cut it no more. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:07 AM Persistent, in your face pressure.

Posted by: CDR M at July 15, 2013 03:08 AM (dKV5k)

50 Greenwald is going to get Snowden a good sweating by the Russians if he doesnt shut up

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 03:09 AM (qTdwS)

51 Something to get the blood pressure up: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/07/14/no-true-hispanic/

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:09 AM (+98Gb)

52 >>> I like Levin's thinking but you need massive and constant demonstrations at state capitols and DC to get the point across. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:07 AM (+98Gb) Unfortunately, we all have jobs to do...

Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 03:10 AM (bl6Iq)

53 49 Persistent, in your face pressure. Posted by: CDR M at July 15, 2013 07:08 AM (dKV5k) National Strike by those who feed the FSA and the Leviathan.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:10 AM (+98Gb)

54 William Shirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" is back on sale for $1.99 for Kindle:

http://tinyurl.com/os68r4f

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2013 03:10 AM (xjpRj)

55
Unfortunately, we all have jobs to do...

well about those ...

Posted by: Obamacare Czar at July 15, 2013 03:11 AM (qTdwS)

56 52 Unfortunately, we all have jobs to do... Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 07:10 AM (bl6Iq) Exactly. No time to shit on cop cars and rape-rape deluded co-eds. But, see my #53. I have had enough. Let's have it out once and for all. Peaceably if at all possible, but we'll go from there if that fails.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:11 AM (+98Gb)

57 My favored path remains 1.  End Withholding, 2.  Watch burn

Posted by: Obamacare Czar at July 15, 2013 03:12 AM (qTdwS)

58 I somewhat agree. I like Levin's thinking but you need massive and constant demonstrations at state capitols and DC to get the point across. One-off rallies and phone calls/e-mails just don't cut it no more. And since we have to work & we don't have a paid protester class, it makes it much harder. Besides, bullets are already bought.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:13 AM (4uuzV)

59 bad sock, sorry for the confusion

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 03:13 AM (qTdwS)

60

Posted by: tmitsss at July 15, 2013 07:06 AM (yuTiW)

 

Didn't know that one.  Here's another:  at a wedding (some versions have it Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), as the bride and groom were coming down the aisle, Bankhead said in a loud stage whisper, "Darling, I've had both of them, and neither one's any good."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 03:14 AM (zF6Iw)

61 57 My favored path remains 1. End Withholding, 2. Watch burn Posted by: Obamacare Czar at July 15, 2013 07:12 AM (qTdwS) Witholding is automatic. Would be nice if we could all ask employers to pay us cash only. I'd concede a portion of my salary less than what's withheld as an inducement. Win-win for both sides. If only.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:14 AM (+98Gb)

62 National Strike by those who feed the FSA and the Leviathan. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:10 AM (+98Gb) I should think one week would be sufficient...I'm game.

Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 03:15 AM (bl6Iq)

63 58 Besides, bullets are already bought. Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 07:13 AM (4uuzV) ...and they ain't gonna shoot themselves.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:16 AM (+98Gb)

64 And Mobile Alabama has a tunnel so named. I've often wondered about that.
(Actually IIRC it was named for her father or some family member.)

Posted by: Moron of Morgoth at July 15, 2013 06:56 AM

Bankhead's father was a Big Wheel in Congress. She indulged in congress on a rather smaller scale.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 03:16 AM (/RIVS)

65 No, withholding doesnt have to be automatic -- certified checks annually or quarterly.

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 03:16 AM (qTdwS)

66 MSNBC is aghast at Zimmy getting his gun back. The tears are so sweet, I never want it to end.

Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 03:16 AM (r98SZ)

67 I find it simply amazing that the MFM is out to crucify Zimmerman despite the fact that there was never a shred of evidence to support the manslaughter charge.

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 03:17 AM (lZvxr)

68 How much do y'all think it would cost to airlift some rioters onto Martha's Vineyard while the SCOAMFs are vacationing?

Worth every penny, obviously, but need a figure for planning.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking Radlers at July 15, 2013 03:18 AM (hO8IJ)

69 65 No, withholding doesnt have to be automatic -- certified checks annually or quarterly. Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 07:16 AM (qTdwS) I thought it's a law that employers must withhold the pay each week and send it to the Fed, no?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:19 AM (+98Gb)

70 I find it simply amazing that the MFM is out to crucify Zimmerman despite the fact that there was never a shred of evidence to support the manslaughter charge. There is an agenda & nothing spoils it.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:19 AM (4uuzV)

71 Also note the pictures that the MFM persist in showing of Saint Travon are when he was 14 years old.

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 03:21 AM (lZvxr)

72 How much do y'all think it would cost to airlift some rioters onto Martha's Vineyard while the SCOAMFs are vacationing? Worth every penny, obviously, but need a figure for planning. If you scrimp & save, you can air drop them in. Scrimp & save = no chutes.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:21 AM (4uuzV)

73 JJ Sefton, every pay period, with adjustments on the quarterlys.  Thats what I want to end.  Allow Adam Smith's Invisible Hand to work.

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 03:21 AM (qTdwS)

74 Flying back from Middle East today. Just caught up on news and saw GZ verdict news. When asked what he will do next, he should simply say, "Reload".

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at July 15, 2013 03:21 AM (OlhCg)

75 Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 07:17 AM (lZvxr) It was a trial by jury, as we do it here in America. Fucked up? Absolutely, it was, but the correct outcome. Make the libs actually stand up against a trial by a jury of your peers if they want to bitch about the verdict. Ask them if the judicial system in say, Iran is better.

Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 03:22 AM (bl6Iq)

76 Flying back from Middle East today. Just caught up on news and saw GZ verdict news. When asked what he will do next, he should simply say, "Reload". He's here all week ladies & germs! Try the veal. Remember to tip your waitresses. But just the tip.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:24 AM (4uuzV)

77 70 Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 07:19 AM (4uuzV) See my comments at 38. The truth of the matter is if Trayvon never encountered Zimmerman that night, within 5 years he would have either a) wound up in jail/prison b) died of an OD or c) been murdered by one of his own. As for the agenda, as I said, the regime is waiting for another incident like this. And when that happens, they will not take any chances; they will preemptively intimidate/threaten anyone and everyone involved on the defense with the full weight of the Leviathan.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:25 AM (+98Gb)

78 Ask them if the judicial system in say, Iran is better.
Posted by: Anthony L

And they'll say " Of course it is, if the results are what we want...otherwise NO"

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 03:25 AM (7Waan)

79 The lack of any evidence, the misleading pictures, the constant repetition of "fact" that just are not true, NBC's editing of the 911 call - is there enough to prove malice?

Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 03:25 AM (/RXPS)

80 Gee one lone voice out there in the MFM today who thinks the Zimmerman verdict was just. Calls for disbarring the prosecutor. I think you'd get Dershowitz and Jeannine Pirro on that, too, Vic.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 03:26 AM (MMC8r)

81 Amazing that we just find out now that Trayvon didn't just have Skittles and Tea -- but also a pack of jerky, that he stole.

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 03:26 AM (qTdwS)

82 73 JJ Sefton, every pay period, with adjustments on the quarterlys. Thats what I want to end. Allow Adam Smith's Invisible Hand to work. Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 07:21 AM (qTdwS) I assume we need to change the law to do this? And that is a very hard nut to crack.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:27 AM (+98Gb)

83 Ask them if the judicial system in say, Iran is better.

Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 07:22 AM (bl6Iq)



Libs would say yes it is.  Never underestimate liberal hate for America.

Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 03:27 AM (lZvxr)

84 As for the agenda, as I said, the regime is waiting for another incident like this. And when that happens, they will not take any chances; they will preemptively intimidate/threaten anyone and everyone involved on the defense with the full weight of the Leviathan. Then this country won't be fixed without blood being spilled. Because evil will not voluntarily give up power.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:28 AM (4uuzV)

85 You know, I'm just not buying that this young Brazilian guy married this fat middle-aged Iowan for love instead of a green card.

http://is.gd/ktYw8m

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking Radlers at July 15, 2013 03:28 AM (hO8IJ)

86 There is an agenda & nothing spoils it. Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 07:19 AM

What we have to remember is that millions of LIVs and NIVs actually believe all the "racial" shit being ginned up in the Zimmerman case. Their peers, their limited experience with reality, their churches, all tell them there must be Justice For Traytable. Even their president, for whom they voted -- and they would do that again -- is speaking out on behalf of the Poor Martyred Chile.

We know they're wrong, we know their worldview has been skewed by relentless teachers, media and what they hear at the Stop and Shop, but they don't. They are sincere in their lunacy.

Their "leaders" are mischievous race-baiters. But they are convinced of the correctness of their beliefs. That's what makes arguing for sanity so difficult.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 03:28 AM (/RIVS)

87 JJ - just do not appropriate funds for the IRS to administer the 941 form system

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 03:28 AM (qTdwS)

88 80 Gee one lone voice out there in the MFM today who thinks the Zimmerman verdict was just. Calls for disbarring the prosecutor. I think you'd get Dershowitz and Jeannine Pirro on that, too, Vic. Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 07:26 AM (MMC8r) Over at Breitbart: RAPPER LUPE FIASCO ON ZIMMERMAN VERDICT: SYSTEM RELIES ON REASONABLE DOUBT, NOT EMOTIONS http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2013/07/14/lupe-fiasco-zimmerman-crime

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:29 AM (+98Gb)

89 Libs are more interested in getting the "correct" result, then they are in the integrity and fairness of the process. This extends to every part of society, trials and elections included.

Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 03:29 AM (/RXPS)

90 Their peers, their limited experience with reality, their churches, all tell them there must be Justice For Traytable.

For some value of "Justice" that doesn't include any actual justice.

If he'd been in juvie after burgling lockers instead of on vacation, none of this would have happened.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking Radlers at July 15, 2013 03:30 AM (hO8IJ)

91 [20] Why a fundraiser? GZ voted for obamamerica.

Posted by: tony redenzo at July 15, 2013 03:30 AM (LwRkC)

92 See my comments at 38. The truth of the matter is if Trayvon never encountered Zimmerman that night, within 5 years he would have either a) wound up in jail/prison b) died of an OD or c) been murdered by one of his own.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:25 AM (+98Gb)


Had Zimmerman been convicted, the press would have reported all the bad stuff about Trayvon in a couple of weeks just to be able to claim they were fair.  Instead, it will be embargoed to preserve the "little boy" image they want to perpetuate.


The big O needs to keep his trap shut.  Apparently, he learned nothing from running his mouth about the military prosecutions and the resulting undue command influence that could derail them.  HE seems to be repeating that pattern here.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at July 15, 2013 03:30 AM (Gkhxf)

93 Libs would say yes it is. Never underestimate liberal hate for America. In the same breath, remind them Iran has no The Gheys. Per Dinnerjacket. Because they The Kill them.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:30 AM (4uuzV)

94 89 Libs are more interested in getting the "correct" result, then they are in the integrity and fairness of the process. This extends to every part of society, trials and elections included. Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 07:29 AM (/RXPS) Leftist operating procedure - It's never about the truth: it's about the seriousness of the charge.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:31 AM (+98Gb)

95 RAPPER LUPE FIASCO ON ZIMMERMAN VERDICT: Yeah, I read about that at Twitchy. Nice to hear someone gets it.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 03:32 AM (MMC8r)

96 93 In the same breath, remind them Iran has no The Gheys. Per Dinnerjacket. Because they The Kill them. Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 07:30 AM (4uuzV) And the libs will reply, "but they're not really gay-gay."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:32 AM (+98Gb)

97 RAPPER LUPE FIASCO ON ZIMMERMAN VERDICT: Lupe - White hispanic?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:33 AM (4uuzV)

98 Because of chain migration (family unification rules), the estimated 11 million amnesty-recipients will be able to bring in to join them also their fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, and perhaps even cousins, nephews, nieces, grandparents. So an estimated 33 million to 40 million new workers will flood the U.S. labor force.

http://is.gd/WoggPK

I should probably go to work while I still have a job.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking Radlers at July 15, 2013 03:34 AM (hO8IJ)

99 And the libs will reply, "but they're not really gay-gay." That's because they are really dead-dead.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:34 AM (4uuzV)

100 Amazing that we just find out now that Trayvon didn't just have Skittles and Tea -- but also a pack of jerky, that he stole.

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 07:26 AM (qTdwS) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got a source for that? I'd love to be able to stick it to a few "St. Trayvon" types at work.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at July 15, 2013 03:34 AM (ial2b)

101 Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 06:42 AM (lZvxr)


Change the charges (and there are so many to choose from now thanks to corrupt legislators), change the venue (basically judge-shop until you find a Harvard Law grad thoroughly indoctrinated liberal with contempt for the Constitution), and repeat until either the defendant is in jail, bankrupt, or commits suicide (preferably all three).  It works every time it is tried!


Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 03:34 AM (XdnQT)

102 Crap. Shower time.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 03:35 AM (4uuzV)

103 #40  Jean,  as God is my witness,  I did not know we WON the Tet Offensive until about 10 years later.  And I ran across a friend who STILL didn't know it 5 years ago!

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 03:35 AM (GoIUi)

104 Saw Pacific Rim with my three sons yesterday - ages 28, 23 and 17.  We all thought it was great.  Of course we saw it in IMax which made it even more impressive (although I am not a 3D fan, it didn't hurt the movie).  Not sure why people are going to see it, but I recommend it highly.

Posted by: TRO at July 15, 2013 03:35 AM (mlQIE)

105
Leftist operating procedure - It's never about the truth: it's about the seriousness of the charge.


And the identity of the parties involved.

Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 03:35 AM (/RXPS)

106 The only racists in this are the ones demonizing Zimmerman. Black kids are shot and killed multiple times a day but they don't give a shit because they are killed by blacks.

Posted by: waldo at July 15, 2013 03:36 AM (cjFRv)

107 92 Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at July 15, 2013 07:30 AM (Gkhxf) The one ray of sunshine had the jury been hung (as I thought it would) would be all the evidence about wonderful little Saint Trayvon that would have been allowed in a new trial. Thrilled that he was acquitted, mind you, and his past should be brought out anyway for everyone to see. Of course, the libs will go apeshit for character assassinating the poor dead victim, but fuck them WAR. FOR REAL.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:37 AM (+98Gb)

108 My LIV Lib brother, called yesterday completely pissed off that all of his black friends are pissed off at him for agreeing with the verdict. He's SHOCKED that one of his friends actually called him a racist. Doubt it will change much, but maybe it will open his eyes a little, who knows?

Posted by: spypeach at July 15, 2013 03:37 AM (0n1+D)

109 In the same breath, remind them Iran has no The Gheys. Per Dinnerjacket. Because they The Kill them. Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 07:30 AM (4uuzV) The useful idiots are always the first ones with the cigarettes and blindfolds...

Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 03:37 AM (bl6Iq)

110 I took an 1:30hr break from all this MFM BS and saw the popcorn movie of the summer.. do not miss Pacific Rim !!! my 12yr old daughter and I enjoyed it immensely .... that is all ..

Posted by: Tickm1 at July 15, 2013 03:37 AM (TgXvS)

111 Got a source for that? I'd love to be able to stick it to a few "St. Trayvon" types at work.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at July 15, 2013 07:34 AM (ial2b)


The prosecution (with salaries and staff paid for by the taxpayers of Florida, with help on the side from DoJ) let the public and the defense know what they really needed to know. 



Nothing more, nothing less!


Just in case /s.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 03:37 AM (XdnQT)

112 I find it simply amazing that the MFM is out to crucify Zimmerman despite the fact that there was never a shred of evidence to support the manslaughter charge.
Posted by: Vic at July 15, 2013 07:17 AM (lZvxr)


Look.   A 78 year old Jewish guy in a rich gated community wandered out of his house, saw a black kid and shot him for being black because there's no way one of them there Negros was going to be walking around his neighborhood.


That this is not what actually happened may be the single most galling thing for the MFM to take.  

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at July 15, 2013 03:37 AM (Gk3SS)

113 Lupe - White hispanic? West African background. Raised muslim.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 03:38 AM (MMC8r)

114

Posted by: tony redenzo at July 15, 2013 07:30 AM (LwRkC)

 

My fundraiser comment meant only that Z should get the hell out of the country as fast as he can, and you need money for that.  But yes, I would love to know if this whole experience has shown him the evil of the Democrat party or whether he's still a true believer.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 03:38 AM (zF6Iw)

115 106 Posted by: waldo at July 15, 2013 07:36 AM (cjFRv) Ignored for 3 reasons: 1) Does not support the racism meme 2) Highlights the utter failure of 50 years of Leftist policies. 3) Further to 2, it indicates that blacks are merely political pawns to be used and discarded.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:39 AM (+98Gb)

116 LA protestors find another reason to march in the streets and show their ass. --- Cant we just have the dispatcher tell them we don't need them on the freeway? They're apparently of the belief that they must do what the dispatcher says to do.

Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 03:39 AM (r98SZ)

117 The one ray of sunshine had the jury been hung (as I thought it would) would be all the evidence about wonderful little Saint Trayvon that would have been allowed in a new trial.

Thrilled that he was acquitted, mind you, and his past should be brought out anyway for everyone to see. Of course, the libs will go apeshit for character assassinating the poor dead victim, but fuck them

WAR. FOR REAL.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:37 AM (+98Gb)


Had they re-tried him, it would have been a bloodbath.  That's one reason why I thought the prosecution would hem and haw and ultimately not re-try.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at July 15, 2013 03:40 AM (Gkhxf)

118 Bloomberg says laws of self defense spark vigilantism We should get rid of self defense? What?.

Posted by: Thunderb at July 15, 2013 03:40 AM (zOTsN)

119 108 My LIV Lib brother, called yesterday completely pissed off that all of his black friends are pissed off at him for agreeing with the verdict. He's SHOCKED that one of his friends actually called him a racist. Doubt it will change much, but maybe it will open his eyes a little, who knows? Posted by: spypeach at July 15, 2013 07:37 AM (0n1+D) From small things... A cold slap like this could make the scales fall from his eyes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:41 AM (+98Gb)

120 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 07:38 AM (zF6Iw)

"Conservatives are liberals that have been mugged!"


Somehow, I don't think GZ will vote D next time around if he is still alive. He should have been researching nice places without extradition treaties.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 03:41 AM (XdnQT)

121 The one ray of sunshine had the jury been hung (as I thought it would) would be all the evidence about wonderful little Saint Trayvon that would have been allowed in a new trial. That's one hope of mine if the parents sue Zimmerman. Their behavior, and the son they failed to supervise, should be part of the questions involved, and I'm thinking they wouldn't like that.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 03:42 AM (MMC8r)

122 Response to Bloom-turd and all libs: "So what you're saying is if a woman is assaulted and about to be raped, she should not draw a weapon to defend herself?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:43 AM (+98Gb)

123 20 - So that's where "Predator" got those jokes.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2013 03:44 AM (P7hip)

124 Posted by: Thunderb at July 15, 2013 07:40 AM (zOTsN)

Just accept your designated inability to defend yourself either physically or in court, you honky cracka, and this country will move FORWARD!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 03:44 AM (XdnQT)

125 121 Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 07:42 AM (MMC8r) Exactly. The discovery process would be VERY interesting. I should think (and hope) O'Mara would not pull any punches.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:44 AM (+98Gb)

126 "So what you're saying is if a woman is assaulted and about to be raped, she should not draw a weapon to defend herself?" If James Byrd had had a weapon, he could have killed the three animals who chained him to their truck and dragged him to death. Always frame the analogy around their victim classes and icons.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 03:45 AM (MMC8r)

127 Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 07:42 AM (MMC8r)

GZ's lawyers are not above asking pointed questions that impact the unfolding of events (not at all like Republican politicians that never ask any question that might lead to exposing a flaw on the other side).

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 03:46 AM (XdnQT)

128 "So what you're saying is if a woman is assaulted and about to be raped, she should not draw a weapon to defend herself?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Exactly, especially if 911 or, even better, the Preezy tells her to "stand down"

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 03:46 AM (7Waan)

129 126 Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 07:45 AM (MMC8r) Exactly. And from what I understand, some of the biggest supporters of the 2nd Amendment and law enforcement in general are those poor people who are trapped in the slums and shit-holes of the Democrat inner cities.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:47 AM (+98Gb)

130 122 Response to Bloom-turd and all libs: Fuck you, and NYC, you can keep it. Seriously, I live upstate, my Aunt owns a flat in Tri-Be-Ca, so I am free to visit any time I wish. I love NYC, but I will not be taking a vacation there any time soon.

Posted by: Anthony L. at July 15, 2013 03:47 AM (bl6Iq)

131 Always frame the analogy around their victim classes and icons.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 07:45 AM (MMC8r)


"Make them live by their rules!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 03:47 AM (XdnQT)

132 Somehow, I don't think GZ will vote D next time around if he is still alive.
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 07:41 AM

Wishful thinking. It takes more than a simple frame-up and kangaroo court experience to sway most of those with a liberal mindset.

Part of the problem for "conservatives" is that we don't understand how the liberal brain works. We tend to think reality has something to do with the formation of beliefs. It doesn't.

Hell, it doesn't always work for people on our side. We have our share of slogan-spouting ninnies, too.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 03:48 AM (/RIVS)

133 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:47 AM (+98Gb)

You mean those same people that would like school vouchers for their kids but vote D anyhow?

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 03:49 AM (XdnQT)

134 Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 07:48 AM (/RIVS)

There is much merit in your comment, but the prospect of an actual noose in your immediate future tends to focus the mind!


The problem with trying to understand the liberal mind is that they don't have one!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 03:51 AM (XdnQT)

135 Hours later however, Mr. de Souza died from internal bleeding while still waiting to be seen by doctors, according to his family. Mr de Souza's brother-in-law Carlos Correa told Brazil's Hoje em Dia newspaper: "Being crushed by a cow in your bed is the last way you expect to leave this earth. "But in my view it wasn't the cow that killed our Joao, it was the unacceptable time he spent waiting to be examined." [in Brazilian hospital] ObamaCare/...anticipation, keeping you waiting

Posted by: OMoobaCare at July 15, 2013 03:52 AM (MhA4j)

136 132 Hell, it doesn't always work for people on our side. We have our share of slogan-spouting ninnies, too. Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 07:48 AM (/RIVS) True, but conservatism is based on logic, reason, history and tradition. Liberalism is... not.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:52 AM (+98Gb)

137 Morning, Horde.

St. Travon rallies/protests are starting to get out of hand. 

Pack 'em if you've got 'em.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at July 15, 2013 03:54 AM (fwARV)

138 "Being crushed by a cow in your bed is the last way you expect to leave this earth."

I, uh, let me be clear, that, um, keeps me up nights.  She's, um, like I've said before.

Posted by: Barry SCOAMF at July 15, 2013 03:54 AM (hO8IJ)

139 All this talk about ending withholding is silliness.  What percent of people have their finances in control enough to put away the exact amount needed to be able to pay their taxes at the year's end? Or, even quarterly?  Ummm, less than 5% would be my guess.. and that's being generous.

and..  good morning!  I've got a headache...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 15, 2013 03:54 AM (UTq/I)

140 Bloombergs comments are insane. They really want a sheep like public and are terrified of those that aren't.

Posted by: Thunderb at July 15, 2013 03:54 AM (zOTsN)

141

Greenwald is going to get Snowden a good sweating by the Russians if he doesnt shut up

 

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2013 07:09 AM (qTdwS)

 

In Soviet Russia, we have a phrase for people like Snowden - "Useful idiots."

Posted by: Mad Vlad at July 15, 2013 03:55 AM (o44nj)

142 #132  "If only Stalin knew about this!"

Seriously,  Zimmerman's eyes will only be opened when he realizes that he was deliberately selected for prosecution (and persecution) by Obama's administration,  with the full knowledge of Obama.   Until then,  he will see this as an unfortunate event.

It is very hard to switch sides and admit you were wrong.  I know,  because I voted for Carter.   It took the entire 4 years of Carter to convince me to vote for Reagan,  under the theory that Reagan couldn't be any worse and I wouldn't have to listen to Carter's constant moralizing nor his cretinous relatives.

I have voted GOP since that time.   I had hoped that Obama would have the same effect,  but the left is stronger and their brainwashing of the LIV was quite effective.

Plus celebrity and black democratium.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 03:55 AM (GoIUi)

143

I alternate in the morning between FNC and local Fox Boston.  I cannot understand why Fox & Friends has Trump on every week.  Today he said that Zimmerman is no angel, does anyone know what he means?

Trump is an idiot.  The guy has a lot of money, other than that what makes him so great? 

Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 03:56 AM (z4WKX)

144 133 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:47 AM (+98Gb) You mean those same people that would like school vouchers for their kids but vote D anyhow? Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 07:49 AM (XdnQT) I see your point, but I think that a good number of people in D areas are pressured into voting for the D candidate. It's like living in a muzzie Parisian suburb. Virtually a closed/totalitarian society. Remember - NBPP voter intimidation as well as voter fraud and corruption. I don't doubt that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:56 AM (+98Gb)

145 Is Zimmerman too old to join the Foreign Legion?

Posted by: Invictus at July 15, 2013 03:56 AM (OQpzc)

146

Somehow, I don't think GZ will vote D next time
around if he is still alive.

 

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 07:41 AM

 

Translation - GZ will still be voting for the Rats.

Posted by: steveegg at July 15, 2013 03:56 AM (o44nj)

147 Keep an eye on Indianapolis.  This week is Black Expo here.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 03:56 AM (GoIUi)

148 Leftists are postmodernists, as in "there is no such thing objective truth".

Between that and "the end justifies the means" you would have to logically conclude that their belief system (or lack thereof) makes them incompatible with our Justice System.

And yet it is completely infested with them, including those at the very top, JugEars and Holder, both of whom ignore any law that doesn't currently work in their favor.

Without enough honest media to massively expose this infestation we are in fact Republic Bananaobama.

Posted by: ontherocks at July 15, 2013 03:57 AM (MeNp9)

149 142 133 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:47 AM (+98Gb) You mean those same people that would like school vouchers for their kids but vote D anyhow? Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 07:49 AM (XdnQT) I think that the IRS and NSA, plus the vote fraud in various places in Ohio, might have tipped the scales. SCOAMF's voter turnout was significantly less than 2008.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:57 AM (+98Gb)

150 The problem with trying to understand the liberal mind is that they don't have one!
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 07:51 AM

Try telling them that!

It may make you feel good to make assertions like that, but my counsel is to Know Your Enemy. I am surrounded by them here, and all are convinced that critical thinking and ability to discern The Truth play major roles in their liberalism.

It's fun to dismiss these people as gibbering idiots but, in the long run, it's dangerous.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 03:58 AM (/RIVS)

151 148 Posted by: ontherocks at July 15, 2013 07:57 AM (MeNp9) I love postmodernism. So, if there is no objective truth, then why is YOUR truth better than mine? My head hurts.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 03:58 AM (+98Gb)

152 Plus celebrity and black democratium. And the IRS and grassroots suppression.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 03:59 AM (MMC8r)

153 149 I think that the IRS and NSA, plus the vote fraud in various places in Ohio, might have tipped the scales. SCOAMF's voter turnout was significantly less than 2008. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:57 AM (+98Gb) OOPS - meant this in response to Miss Marple. Sorry for the confusion,

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:00 AM (+98Gb)

154 but I think that a good number of people in D areas are pressured into voting for the D candidate.

The last time I voted in Milwaukee, most of the local races had no R or L candidates...only Rs on the ballot were House, Senate, and Governor.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking heavily at July 15, 2013 04:00 AM (hO8IJ)

155 Here's some contact information for NBC if anyone wants to write or call them. E-mails are less effective as they can just be deleted. Their feet should be held to the fire for editing the GZ tape. WNBC-TV – NBCNewYork.com 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 Phone Tips 866-639-7244 I'm in a bit of a hurry today so if anyone else has some time and better information please post it. I know conservatives and libertarians highly value their individuality, but theres power in doing an action as a group. Please consider writing and calling to them and any other media outlets as well. Since GZ's legal team is going after NBC it would be good for individuals to go after them as well. If if you don't already consider boycotting NBC and telll them you are doing so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2013 04:00 AM (SSj/B)

156

I love postmodernism. So, if there is no objective truth, then why is YOUR truth better than mine?

 

My head hurts.

 

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:58 AM (+98Gb)

 

They are the intellectual (using the term loosely) grandchildren of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche who act more like his intellectual children than they want to admit.  They really believe in the Ãœbermensch/Untermensch concept.

Posted by: steveegg at July 15, 2013 04:01 AM (o44nj)

157 150 It's fun to dismiss these people as gibbering idiots but, in the long run, it's dangerous. Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 07:58 AM (/RIVS) Especially since they've captured every major institution in the country. Took 100 years, but they did it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:01 AM (+98Gb)

158

Keep an eye on Indianapolis. This week is Black Expo here.

 

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 07:56 AM (GoIUi)

 

Paging HeatherRadish....

Posted by: steveegg at July 15, 2013 04:02 AM (o44nj)

159 154 Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking heavily at July 15, 2013 08:00 AM (hO8IJ) I meant more in terms of national elections, but even in NYC you can vote for R congressional, state assembly and other candidates. True, some places have only D candidates.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:03 AM (+98Gb)

160 >>So, if there is no objective truth, then why is YOUR truth better than mine?
My head hurts.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:58 AM (+98Gb)


NOT better,
....just convenient contrivance masquerading as truth.

Real truth to them (and their MFM supplicants) is like a crucifix to a vampire.

Posted by: ontherocks at July 15, 2013 04:03 AM (MeNp9)

161 #158  This is supposed to be the hottest week of the year.  They have exhibits set up with free admission for kids when accompanied by an adult.

We have had all sorts of problems because local people will let their kids come downtown (and in some cases they drive in and drop them off),  some as young as 10.  Then they run wild downtown and we end up with lots of fights and usually some shootings.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 04:05 AM (GoIUi)

162 True, but conservatism is based on logic, reason, history and tradition.

Liberalism is... not.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:52 AM

Why, then, are we LOSING, JJ?

We are, you know. They have Choom Boy, Bloomberg, and other purveyors of Free Shit, the nanny state and associated idiocy. What do we have? Bitch McConnell? Reince Priebus?

Even if I agree with you in theory -- and I sure as hell do, or I'd be over at Tepid Air praising Poppin' Fresh for his "fairness" -- it bothers the hell out of me that we have no one on our side who calls for action on ANY issue.

Choom Boy does that, and his sheep respond. The current state of our nation shows that millions of milling, bleating animals can have a major effect on how things are run.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 04:06 AM (/RIVS)

163

>>>>>I cooked a couple of lamb dishes.

 

Dammit J.J., now I want Lamb Vindaloo.

 

Posted by: Mr. Dave at July 15, 2013 04:06 AM (1TXSC)

164 I honestly wish that even 1% of the hand wringing angst expended on the Zimmerman/Martin incident could've been spent on the hundreds of young Blacks killed in Chicago during the exact same time period. There is a true tragedy. The legal system and what passes for justice did not fail Martin. His parents, relatives, friends, et cetera failed him. The gangsta culture rampant in the Black community failed him. The fact is that young Black men who are running wild have much greater chance of winding up dead than young White men running wild and that's on the Black community. We see a young White man acting Black, we view it as a phase and move on. The Black community sees a young Black man acting White and there is hell to pay.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at July 15, 2013 04:07 AM (gDlX1)

165 The one ray of sunshine had the jury been hung (as I thought it would) would be all the evidence about wonderful little Saint Trayvon that would have been allowed in a new trial. Still might if Holder goes thru with a CR trial.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 04:07 AM (y1ZcU)

166 Employes have to deposits of payroll taxes (what the employer owes) and trust fund taxes. (the withholdings of the employee). Penalties for late payments are sickening. When a company falls behind it is brutal to get back. It's something my firm specializes in. It feels great when we are able to pull them out of the fire and back to prosperity. But it doesn't always happen. Asking emiploers to stop paying is dangerous. I don't like it. But what I do like is if everyone increased their exemptions to 99. (make it 10 so it's no so obvious). No one can stop you doing it. File your taxes on time, yes. Just don't fucking pay until 30 days after you requested and argued your collection due process hearing and beleive your best collection alternaitve is to pay your taxes in full. But you didn't hear this from me.

Posted by: Regular Joe at July 15, 2013 04:08 AM (hemD9)

167 Many MA ballots I filled out were 50%+ single D candidate races. Some were even Dem vs Green, so I have actually cast votes for Democrats. City Council level stuff mainly.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 15, 2013 04:08 AM (ZshNr)

168 "Somehow, I don't think GZ will vote D next time around if he is still alive." -- If GZ learned ANYTHING from it all, Hrothgar's got it right, imo. At any rate, give him time. As for anyone changing their Weltanshauung? Whether liberal-socialist or neoconservative or whatever, that is harder on your life than a mere rude awakening. He's been traumatized. Let him recover in peace. How he survives from his last year in his future social day-to-day setting, brushing shoulders with bigoted people? Take care earning that law degree, GZ. Play it cool.

Posted by: OMoobaCare at July 15, 2013 04:09 AM (MhA4j)

169 #162  People are hungry for a leader,  or a reasonable facsimile thereof.

This explains why Trump is on Fox and Friends every week.  He isn't that smart politically,  but at least he is plain-spoken and sounds like he could do something. 

I really think this is why Perry might have a chance.  It is also why I have no interest in Jeb Bush.

We have got to have someone who will defend us,  who will fight for our point of view.  Another who will do that is Trey Gowdy.


Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 04:09 AM (GoIUi)

170 While the NY media is canonizing St. Skittles, they mention in passing a real hero, an 18 year old black man who was just killed in Afghanistan.
But St. Skittles is the one they hold up as someone to be admired.

Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 04:09 AM (/RXPS)

171

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 08:07 AM (y1ZcU)

Drudge Report wrote that FBI has proven that GZ is not a racist.  I had many alerts on iPhone app yesterday from Drudge Report. 

DOJ is racist!

 

Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 04:11 AM (z4WKX)

172 162 Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 08:06 AM (/RIVS) We're losing because we lost academia well over 50 years ago. When children are taught from an early age that everything that we believe in and value is a lie, they grow up to have this as their default mindset. These children then go on to work in every corner of our society, including politics, the media, culture the law and most importantly, academia where they in turn spread the poison to the next generation. That's the reason. AND that's also the solution. But taking back the schools will be the most difficult challenge we face. But it's do or die.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:12 AM (+98Gb)

173 That court ruling could be huge if it cancels employer penalties in states that refuse to enact exchanges. Wouldn't that make red states even more attractive to business?

Posted by: Invictus at July 15, 2013 04:12 AM (OQpzc)

174 But what I do like is if everyone increased their exemptions to 99. (make it 10 so it's no so obvious). No one can stop you doing it.

Posted by Regular Joe.

That is what I try to get through to my nieces and nephews. Take a larger deduction. It doesn't have to be 10. Getting your money back as a tax refund after the gov gets to use it for a year, is not a good investment  for you.

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 04:13 AM (7Waan)

175 Response to Bloom-turd and all libs: "So what you're saying is if a woman is assaulted and about to be raped, she should not draw a weapon to defend herself?" Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:43 AM (+98Gb) Yes. That is exactly what's being said. What do you think all those use a pen, pee yourself and vomit comments were, jokes? There are those who truly believe that there is something wrong with people who think that they are entitled, nay, obligated to defend themselves from attack without the assistance of some authority. Yes, they believe that Zimmerman should have let himself be beaten to death. Yes, they believe that I should be raped rather than use a weapon, nearly any weapon, to defend myself. Yes, they believe that if a confrontation occurs, it is the person fighting back who is in the wrong, not the person who started the assault. It is part of the technocrat belief system. Only the enlightened ones are able to comprehend when force is appropriate and any of those outside the proper caste who seek to do so must be proven wrong. The underlying assumption of such a position that those who are engaging in predatory behavior are sub-human is never addressed and how dare you mention such a thing.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 04:14 AM (VtjlW)

176

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:58 AM (+98Gb)

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ha. because they can yell louder.

morning everyone.

Posted by: rich@gmu at July 15, 2013 04:14 AM (uQHNm)

177 How do you declare 10 exemptions if you're single? No savvy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:15 AM (+98Gb)

178 I see your point, but I think that a good number of people in D areas are pressured into voting for the D candidate. It's like living in a muzzie Parisian suburb. Virtually a closed/totalitarian society. Remember - NBPP voter intimidation as well as voter fraud and corruption. I don't doubt that. Posted by: J.J. Sefton
...........
A good example of this is Chicago's southwest and northwest sides.  Chicago requires all city workers to reside within the city limits.  So, over the years as the city turned more black and hispanic, the white cops, firemen and school teachers all moved to the very edges of the city.  They are some of the most ideologically conservative people in the state (well, maybe not school teachers) but they vote D every time, because that's what the machine wants and what their unions want.

Just like Dan Lipinski (D - IL-03) gets reelected every year.. he votes more with the Repubs than Dems and his constituency is very conservative.  But he's a Dem in good standing with the machine, and they get the vote out for him every two years.  Weird.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 15, 2013 04:15 AM (UTq/I)

179 Why, then, are we LOSING, JJ? Because their side has a lower intellectual bar. Everything sounds good for them. Their appeal is to feelings, and is an immediate response. Very little intellectual effort is necessary to swallow their promises and to see their easy cartoon demons. They're ruled by cliches.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 04:15 AM (MMC8r)

180
West African background. Raised muslim.

So...he's white, and a jew?

Posted by: MSDNC Channeling Eric 'My People' Holder at July 15, 2013 04:16 AM (0IhFx)

181 Obama wants to be a celebrity picker on ESPN's "College Game Day"

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2013/07/14/Obama-GameDay-Picker

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 04:16 AM (GoIUi)

182 Do you think Lupe Fiasco is unique to the opinions of Hispanics? I think what we could be seeing is a seperation. Black on Latino or vice versa violence could be the future.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 15, 2013 04:16 AM (XIxXP)

183

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2013 06:46 AM (SSj/B)

Thanks for that info.  I live in MA and all my reps suck, but knowing a letter to them is more irritating makes me want to mail them.

I wanted a flag, someone here posted to contact my congresscritter and request one flown over the capitol.  I did over  a month ago.  I'm going to have to call because they charged my account but I haven't received flag yet.  Is anyone surprised by this from government? 

Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 04:16 AM (z4WKX)

184 AtC 175
This is already de facto law in Britain.

Posted by: real joe, PHD, grievance studies at July 15, 2013 04:17 AM (/RXPS)

185 143 I alternate in the morning between FNC and local Fox Boston. I cannot understand why Fox Friends has Trump on every week. Today he said that Zimmerman is no angel, does anyone know what he means?
Trump is an idiot. The guy has a lot of money, other than that what makes him so great?

Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 07:56 AM (z4WKX)


He  has a really awesome comb-over!!!

Posted by: Killerdog at July 15, 2013 04:17 AM (Oi60j)

186 How do you declare 10 exemptions if you're single? No savvy.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 08:15 AM

I'd give you an answer, JJ, but would be opening myself to charges of racism!!11eleventy11!!

Pro Tip: Look at the surnames of Traytable's parents....

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 04:18 AM (/RIVS)

187

Thank you Vic for the links.  I submit payroll from my home and I have to use Windows 8 computer to do so. I have Mac and Safari is not compatible with payroll website.

 

I am using it now.  I'm still waiting for PJ Tattler article to open.  I might have to go use real computer.

Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 04:19 AM (z4WKX)

188 179 Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 08:15 AM (MMC8r) Much better answer than mine. It's also easy to create a phantom enemy/scapegoat to blame for all your ills. "No justice, no peace" rolls off the tongue much better than chapter 3 of "The Road to Serfdom." It's why the Philstinians will never recognize Israel and create their own state. Because then they have to behave responsibly and act as adults. Much easier to simply live in a state of perpetual, and self-induced, rage and misery and just blame someone else for your ills.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:20 AM (+98Gb)

189 So Srudge has links to Daily Mail article which makes it look like America burned down last night. The Times Square crowd was the biggest. NYC draws more than that routinely. Is this gonna get bigger ala OWS, or die out.

Posted by: Thunderb at July 15, 2013 04:20 AM (zOTsN)

190 .

Posted by: Randy Travis at July 15, 2013 04:20 AM (V1ZIU)

191 Thousands of black males are killed by other black males each year. And we hear nothing from the perpetually aggrieved. One half white Hispanic shoots someone in self defense and this is how they act. Pathetic. Truth is, they don't even care about StTrayvon. They just need any excuse to act like animals.

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 15, 2013 04:20 AM (bXdYS)

192 186 Pro Tip: Look at the surnames of Traytable's parents.... Posted by: MrScribbler at July 15, 2013 08:18 AM (/RIVS) I've got no kids. Anyway, I'm to honest/paranoid about messing with the Infernal Revenue.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:21 AM (+98Gb)

193

Even if I agree with you in theory -- and I sure as hell do, or I'd be over at Tepid Air praising Poppin' Fresh for his "fairness" -- it bothers the hell out of me that we have no one on our side who calls for action on ANY issue.

 

THIS x 1000.  As soon as the dog-eating crackhead whined about Traytable being his son, Boehner, McConnell, Cheney or Palin or somebody with political heft should have come right out and said, in so many words:

 

"What the fuck are you doing inserting yourself into a local story, Barky?  You're the president of the United Goddamn States of America, the leader of the free world!  Have you solved all our problems so that you can hunt around for something to flap your mouth over?  And if you're so concerned about dead black males, why is it that none of the dead kids in Chicago - you know, your erstwhile "home town" (oh,by the way, 'erstwhile' means 'former' - I've never seen your grades, so I don't know what words you know and what words you don't) - why is it you never think of any of them as your son or daughter?  Why don't you just shut the fuck up, go back to getting a massage from Reggie and let the cops to their jobs, you SCOAMF?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 04:21 AM (zF6Iw)

194

>>Much easier to simply live in a state of perpetual, and self-induced, rage and misery and just blame someone else for your ills.

 

Cut, jib, graphic novel!1!

Posted by: LIV at July 15, 2013 04:23 AM (SUKHu)

195 JJ --- Tell HR you need to adjust your withholdings. you write it down. Trust me. It is very easy. And always say something like "my wife takes out too much, our refunds are way too big." or if you want to confound them tell them offshore account is subject to backup withholding because of FATCA."

Posted by: Regular Joe at July 15, 2013 04:23 AM (hemD9)

196

This is supposed to be the hottest week of the year. They have exhibits set up with free admission for kids when accompanied by an adult.

 

We have had all sorts of problems because local people will let their kids come downtown (and in some cases they drive in and drop them off), some as young as 10. Then they run wild downtown and we end up with lots of fights and usually some shootings.

 

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 08:05 AM (GoIUi)

 

Sounds a lot like the typical Juneteenth Day here in Milwaukee (though this year, there wasn't quite the usual level of violence).

Posted by: steveegg at July 15, 2013 04:24 AM (o44nj)

197 He has a really awesome comb-over!!!

Posted by: Killerdog at July 15, 2013 08:17 AM (Oi60j)

 

Only Trump thinks it's an awesome comb-over.

Thanks for cracking me up!

Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 04:24 AM (z4WKX)

198 The Times Square crowd was the biggest. NYC draws more than that routinely. If at least one Jewish store didn't burn, Al's losin' his touch.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 04:24 AM (MMC8r)

199 193 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 08:21 AM (zF6Iw) That's why I have nothing but respect and admiration for that jury. They had the stones to stand up and neither be intimidated nor participate in railroading an innocent man. We have to stand up to the bullies. Boehner and his ilk are just part of the system. But the race hustlers need to be called out early and often. The reality is, the MFM and the fascists at MSLSD are going to sling feces at us no matter what. Might as well stand up and get in their faces and rub it back into their eyes. WAR.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:25 AM (+98Gb)

200 The radio station (cientosiete cinco) did 15 seconds of news this morning and they rarely intrude on the FM stupor of their listeners with news.  What was the one thing that happened this weekend of such importance?

The actor on the show Glee that overdosed.

Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at July 15, 2013 04:26 AM (epxV4)

201 198 If at least one Jewish store didn't burn, Al's losin' his touch. Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 08:24 AM (MMC8r) Not even one Jew burned. Definitely has lost it. Better get that sewer lid medallion back on his neck.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:26 AM (+98Gb)

202 NYC Ron's, is this gonna get bigger or smaller. What say you?

Posted by: Thunderb at July 15, 2013 04:27 AM (zOTsN)

203

It is part of the technocrat belief system. Only the enlightened ones and their hired muscle are able to comprehend when force is appropriate and any of those outside the proper caste who seek to do so must be proven wrong. The underlying assumption of such a position that those who are engaging in predatory behavior are sub-human is never addressed and how dare you mention such a thing.

 

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 08:14 AM (VtjlW)

 

ReWrite™ for accuracy.  Do remember their definition of Untermensch (based on one's beliefs) and our definition of sub-human (based on one's actions) are quite different.

Posted by: steveegg at July 15, 2013 04:27 AM (o44nj)

204 How come Obama is half black, half white but the msm calls him black but Zimmerman is half hispanic, half white but the msm calls him a white hispanic? I hate the msm.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2013 04:28 AM (g1DWB)

205 195 JJ --- Tell HR you need to adjust your withholdings. you write it down. Trust me. It is very easy. And always say something like "my wife takes out too much, our refunds are way too big." or if you want to confound them tell them offshore account is subject to backup withholding because of FATCA." I'm self-employed. Or to be more accurate, self-unemployed mostly these days. :-( Maybe I can take up a hobby like Pelosi said? :-) Win!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:28 AM (+98Gb)

206 How do you declare 10 exemptions if you're single? No savvy. ---- You do like the mexicans do, and say that you have 10 dependents in Mexico. No proof or SSN required.

Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 04:29 AM (r98SZ)

207 202 NYC Ron's, is this gonna get bigger or smaller. What say you? Posted by: Thunderb at July 15, 2013 08:27 AM (zOTsN) As I mentioned, I have seen or heard nothing down here in SoHo/Village area. If they didn't get their rocks off yesterday, I think it fizzles.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:29 AM (+98Gb)

208

Obama wants to be a celebrity picker on ESPN's "College Game Day"

 

Of course he does.  Spolied child wants to be indulged.  Oh, how I wish somebody there had the stones to say, "are you high, dumbass?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 15, 2013 04:29 AM (zF6Iw)

209

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 08:16 AM (GoIUi)

****

Oh good grief.  I think I puked a little.

Posted by: rich@gmu at July 15, 2013 04:30 AM (uQHNm)

210 206 How do you declare 10 exemptions if you're single? No savvy. ---- You do like the mexicans do, and say that you have 10 dependents in Mexico. No proof or SSN required. Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 08:29 AM (r98SZ) My surname is on the order of Lefkowitz. Then again, I know a Mexican Yid named Miguel Abromowitz. Could work, no? By the way, since I never did this before, would they not check?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 04:31 AM (+98Gb)

211 Where's barky on TV calling for calm since he's responsible for some of this shit?

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 15, 2013 04:31 AM (bXdYS)

212 This country is so divided it will never be able to come together, we can barely operate now.  Maybe its time to put the question before the voters: should the states go their seperate ways?  Let's get the conversation started.  I really don't see another way.  Remember the Donks want 15 million new voters (more like 30 million) and we will never be able to overcome those numbers.  We need to start finding a way out.

Posted by: Case at July 15, 2013 04:32 AM (jhRZ+)

213 I'll tell you why you don't want to see Pacific Rim. The premise is stupid. "We created giant robots to fight giant monsters." Literally. To get into fist fights with them. All those billions in research, man hours, and material, and we couldn't come up with a better weapon than giant robots? That's up there with the one trillion dollar coin. It's just....it's...dumb. I'm sure it looks awesome. But, you sense you're in for 2 hours of more of that nonsense.

Posted by: Joe at July 15, 2013 04:32 AM (1uNhX)

214 IF someone claims more than nine exemptions, employer or employer rep is required to notify IRS.

Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 04:33 AM (z4WKX)

215 >St. Trayvon<< It puts the lotion in the casket.

Posted by: Skip Tracer at July 15, 2013 04:33 AM (2+bRt)

216

This country is so divided it will never be able to come together, we can barely operate now. Maybe its time to put the question before the voters: should the states go their seperate ways? Let's get the conversation started. I really don't see another way. Remember the Donks want 15 million new voters (more like 30 million) and we will never be able to overcome those numbers. We need to start finding a way out.

 

Posted by: Case at July 15, 2013 08:32 AM (jhRZ+)

 

They will never let us go - they want our money and they have a psychotic need to dominate.

Posted by: steveegg at July 15, 2013 04:33 AM (o44nj)

217 Hey, J.J. My mom's bachelor uncle had a restaurant and bar on or near Union Square, Klein's paid rent for many years, then I believe Zeckendorf bought the property. Near you?

Posted by: The littl shyning man at July 15, 2013 04:34 AM (MfKLq)

218 My surname is on the order of Lefkowitz. Then again, I know a Mexican Yid named Miguel Abromowitz. Could work, no? By the way, since I never did this before, would they not check? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 08:31 AM (+98Gb) ---- I'd advise not getting tax advice here, but Someone a couple years ago wanted me to do their taxes (she had w-2s adding up to a whopping 10K or so) and was dismayed that was only getting back a little bit. So we went back in and put down that she did side work for cash, and exactly the amount of cash that would put her at the top of the arc on earned income credit. Increased the refund by about $2000.

Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 04:34 AM (r98SZ)

219 It puts the Trayvon in the casket or it gets the hose again!

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 15, 2013 04:36 AM (ZshNr)

220 I think Organizing For Action, a JEF front group, is behind all the organized TM protests. Nice distraction for his other failures.

Posted by: Thunderb at July 15, 2013 04:36 AM (zOTsN)

221 Or it gets the snubnose again.

Posted by: Skip Tracer at July 15, 2013 04:37 AM (2+bRt)

222 It puts the Trayvon in the casket, or it gets its head stove in.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 15, 2013 04:38 AM (ZshNr)

223 Trayvon wears his chest wound like a crown....

Posted by: Skip Tracer at July 15, 2013 04:39 AM (2+bRt)

224

@216-"They will never let us go......"

 

So maybe we don't give them a choice.

Posted by: Case at July 15, 2013 04:39 AM (jhRZ+)

225 ... .. -.-.   - .-. .- -. ... .. -   --. .-.. --- .-. .. .-

For the non Morse-enabled : http://webnet77.com/cgi-bin/helpers/morse.pl

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 15, 2013 04:40 AM (aDwsi)

226

One-off rallies and phone calls/e-mails just don't cut it no more.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:07 AM

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

 

Was watching the Tin Drum this weekend....

 

Bebra: You must join us, you must!

Oskar Matzerath: You know, Mr. Bebra... to tell the truth, I prefer to be a member of the audience, and let my little art flower in secret.

Bebra: My dear Oskar, trust an experienced colleague. Our kind must never sit in the audience. Our kind must perform and run the show, or the others will run *us*. The others are coming. They will occupy the fairgrounds, they will stage torchlight parades, build rostrums, fill the rostrums, and from those rostrums preach our destruction.

Posted by: Bigby's First Stonecasting Hands at July 15, 2013 04:40 AM (3ZtZW)

227 Best reason not to see Pacific Rim? You're giving money to hollywood. Hell, just cut a check to ofa while you're at it. You're already giving aid to the enemy.

Posted by: ghost of... at July 15, 2013 04:43 AM (ma+gB)

228 A clear takeaway from the Zimmerman debacle reactions is that there are large numbers of people in this land who, powered by the Internet, will engage upon the most shallow of examinations but demand the most severe of punishments. They will act on stereotypes while denouncing same. They are the ancient Athenian demos, willing to be swayed, willing to be demogogued, willing to banish, willing to condemn, willing to execute, willing to make all manner of life-changing decisions on the basis of a tweet--and they have influence. For they reside in all walks of life, from judge to journalist to jack-of-all-trades day worker. They are a clear threat to individual liberty and the continuance of rule by law in this nation, a clear threat to the continuance of the nation itself, for they are the new mob, with no hesitancy about acting, no desire for moderation, no desire for self-restraint, but with a strong desire to get outraged, and to then get a rope. And the ability to do same.

Posted by: T. at July 15, 2013 04:44 AM (PymbO)

229 I began reading Harry Potter to my son and we both hated it.  She writes like she gets paid by the word.  Like Dickens but without the talent.  Her ability to pad the writing would make George R.R. Martin blush.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 15, 2013 04:46 AM (ymovd)

230 Dumbest slogan, "We Are All Trayvon Martin"......O.K. Good. You're dead,  then shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 15, 2013 04:46 AM (bXdYS)

231 229 - You copied and pasted the MSNBC "About Us" page and replaced "we" with "they"

Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 04:46 AM (r98SZ)

232

<i>Pacific Rim</i> failed for me in the trailer on what I guess was supposed to be a cool scene.  The robot (exoskeleton) warrior is carrying a blue water freighter as a club.  The problem I have with the scene is that robot is walking past relatively small buildings (10-30 stories) with this freighter fitting almost within a lane or two of the city streets.  If anywhere near scale, the ship would be far larger than any of the buildings the robot is walking past and would likely not fit on that small street.  A great lake freighter in the 1950's was around 400' length (taller than those buildings) with a 50' beam (4 lanes of traffic).  Modern Pacific Ocean freighters are closer to 1000' length and 100' beam.

I waited for 2012 to hit broadcast cable TV, and I was still annoyed at the dumbing down of the physics to tell the story.  Old Sci-Fi didn't do that, unless it was a part of physics unknown at the time.  When new Sci-Fi does this, then <i>Pacific Rim</I> becomes no better than <I>Sharknado</i>, which is campy and enjoyable, but was offerred direct to cable.  Scale isn't even physics, so get that right!

Posted by: Leland at July 15, 2013 04:47 AM (1hLHC)

233

Posted by: T. at July 15, 2013 08:44 AM (PymbO)

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The New Digital Maoism...maybe the reason the protests haven't really fired up is that not everyone is set up with their flash mob instructions.

Posted by: rich@gmu at July 15, 2013 04:48 AM (uQHNm)

234 Morning all. Back from a few weeks of Active Duty and just 1 hour in the Office and I am already sick to my stomach.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 15, 2013 04:48 AM (9Xc5j)

235 I see Alan Dershowitz called that DA in Florida one of the worst he has ever seen and her conduct bordering on the criminal. Sounds about right to me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 15, 2013 04:49 AM (9Xc5j)

236 This country is so divided it will never be able to come together, we can barely operate now. Maybe its time to put the question before the voters: should the states go their seperate ways? Let's get the conversation started. I really don't see another way. Remember the Donks want 15 million new voters (more like 30 million) and we will never be able to overcome those numbers. We need to start finding a way out. Dissolution is a historical inevitability. It won't require a vote. The current system is simply unsustainable; it will collapse under its own weight, or it might take a little push. But it will collapse.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 15, 2013 04:50 AM (QXlbZ)

237 How disrespectful is it that the chuckleheads photoshopped MLK in a hoodie?  It is to laugh.

Posted by: Fritz at July 15, 2013 04:50 AM (G9Mmf)

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 04:51 AM (7Waan)

239

Morning, Horde.



St. Travon rallies/protests are starting to get out of hand.


Pack 'em if you've got 'em.

 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at July 15, 2013 07:54 AM (fwARV)

 

 

You be careful!   And    that goes for everyone    in a high risk area.   I don't want to be hearing about any 'Rons or 'Ettes getting hurt.  Be safe!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 04:51 AM (4df7R)

240

Ack, RTF.  Also what @213 said; "we couldn't come up with a better weapon than giant robots?"  Hell, if we needed the giant robots, thus they were readily available; couldn't they have built an even larger and better weapon?  Nuke 'em from the moon!

Posted by: Leland at July 15, 2013 04:51 AM (1hLHC)

241 Nevergiveup, try papaya pills for sick stomach. Shit really works

Posted by: fastfreefall at July 15, 2013 04:52 AM (Rw8tn)

242 I appear to have discovered a new allergen.  Since yesterday I keep having these random bouts of uncontrollable sneezing.  WTH?   Did God create a new     type     of pollen when I wasn't looking?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 04:52 AM (4df7R)

243 Morning all. Back from a few weeks of Active Duty and just 1 hour in the Office and I am already sick to my stomach.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 15, 2013 08:48 AM (9Xc5j)

 

 

Welcome back, NGU!    Do you mean sick as in sick-sick, or sick as in, "WTF happened to my country?" sick?   Either way, I empathize.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 04:53 AM (4df7R)

244

229 A clear takeaway from the Zimmerman debacle reactions is that there are large numbers of people in this land who, powered by the Internet, will engage upon the most shallow of examinations but demand the most severe of punishments.

 

_____

 

 

Ugh, the number of acquaintances on social media who've said things like "I haven't followed the case but I don't agree with the verdict"... Pricks.  Maybe if you HAD followed the case you WOULD agree with the verdict.   Some of them got into an earnest discussion about how sad it was that there had been lots of posts about the Glee actor who died, but few about the Trayvon Martin verdict and how sad it is that people showed no interest in serious news and reality and instead spent all their time on pop culture.  Yet they were spouting the usual misconceptions ("the 911 operator said not to get out of the car", etc!) themselves.  GAH.   

 

Oh, and GZ's voting?  Darling Angela Corey is Republican (even if it's the INO sort!).  He might not be inclined to vote Democrat again but I doubt he'll be racing for the Republicans either...

Posted by: GalaKitty at July 15, 2013 04:53 AM (KT2XH)

245

 >>>I don't want to be hearing about any 'Rons or 'Ettes getting hurt. Be safe!

 

Too late!

 

I cut my ankle pretty good with my weed wacker Saturday.

Posted by: Bigby's First Stonecasting Hands at July 15, 2013 04:54 AM (3ZtZW)

246 Welcome back, NGU! Do you mean sick as in sick-sick, or sick as in, "WTF happened to my country?" sick? Either way, I empathize. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 15, 2013 08:53 AM (4df7R) I am sick as in I hate private practice and would like to go on Active Duty for a while and sick that "WTF happened to my country".

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 15, 2013 04:55 AM (9Xc5j)

247 Dumbest slogan, "We Are All Trayvon Martin" ---- Do we have to eat skittles? Because, really, they are one step above those disgusting taffy things.

Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 04:55 AM (r98SZ)

248 I cut my ankle pretty good with my weed wacker Saturday.

Posted by: Bigby's First Stonecasting Hands at July 15, 2013 08:54 AM (3ZtZW)

 

OW!   *wince*   

 

Are you sure it was an accident and not Skynet's first lousy attempt at becoming self aware?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 04:55 AM (4df7R)

249 On the withholding thing and people not having their finances in order to pay in a lump sum, that's the entire point. People don't realize how much they are paying in taxes because it's amortized. Having to write that big check would be an eye opener.
Case in point, once upon a time, I received quite a lovely bonus indeed. My then boss told me ahead of time what it was going to be and I told my parents gross amount X. A few weeks later, I get it and it's in net amount Y which was approximately half of the gross due to the taxes being taken out of it at that time at my insistence. My mother was completely shocked by that and I told her that I wasn't because I'd done some fast back of envelope figures so I knew that was what it was going to be. She was still stunned and to this day can't believe it. It's one thing to hear federal, state and local taxes take up anywhere from 35%-55% of gross. It's another thing indeed to pay that all at once.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 04:56 AM (VtjlW)

250 You do like the mexicans do, and say that you have 10 dependents in Mexico. No proof or SSN required. I'm thinking that somehow claiming 110 million FSA members would piss off the IRS. Normally, I wouldn't give a shit about pissing off someone. But this is the IRA. Oops, S.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 04:56 AM (uwLxR)

251 Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 08:34 AM (r98SZ)


I like the declared cash money sideline business--sort of tailored money laundering if I understand you correctly.


BTW, I think any one can declare 2 to 3 more dependents than actual dependents without triggering any alarms.  Arbitrarily going to 9 or 10 probably does trigger an IRS algorithm somewhere.  IIRC, the form does allow an adjustment based on excess withholding.


IANATL.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 04:56 AM (XdnQT)

252 There are several complications but the basic rule is that if your withholding for 2013 is less than 2012 tax and less than 90% of your 2013 tax you could be assessed a penalty.

Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at July 15, 2013 04:57 AM (epxV4)

253 True, but conservatism is based on logic, reason, history and tradition. Liberalism is... not. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 07:52 AM Yeah, sure. But... If you're dragging history into it, then reference our nation's founders as the Classical Liberals they were, and the rest is... Remember Gulliver's Travels, which end of the egg to break being the "reason" for perpetual war between two nations. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Regardless of which population or mind set, you'll find logic, reason, history and tradition expressed, differently, but there for eyes to see, ears to hear. For instance, Chris Hedges explicates the relevance of classical liberalism, though such has suffered death in both major parties, sold down the river in favor of authoritarianism. No one in their right mind could call Hedges an illogical, unreasonable, unhistorical, traditionless lame brain. Hedges has the integrity to repudiate those who seek positions of authority, regardless of party, as the people most likely to be corrupted and abusive. Prior to the '12 election, he admonished everyone to vote against the Democrat incumbent. Careful propagandizing "conservatism" as if holy. Holding onto the feudal order is "conservative". Not that such logic, such as the few elitists "deserving" their power to abuse mass populations, or that kings enjoy "divine rights" to be as corrupt and evil as they please, holds water when the floods ignore mere dams. It doesn't matter what or when. If there's a good idea, it won't take long for power mongers, regardless of ideology, to abuse it for gain. /Ask Jesus./ That's painfully evident throughout our government filled with politicians, agents and employees who have sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution. Check out any political party; the same sorts of power mongers are the movers and shakers, forcing the will of their elitist positions of leadership onto voters in a 'take it or leave it' repeat performance, election after election. Authoritarianism, as if the nouveau chic. It's as old as the hills and twice as dusty. Just repackaged with an obscenely inflated price. Encore "reset". Labor, indentured servants, peasants, serfs, slaves discover for themselves that idea determines form, that liberty begins in the mind. And it doesn't take too many decades before what was a good organization is overrun by abusers. Neither ultraconservatism nor ultraliberalism brings much to the table beyond suffering of the masses while the monopolists feel deserving of life's pleasures. 'Deserve's got nothing to do with it.' Especially not when inalienable human rights are, as occurs now, propagandized as if salt that's lost its savor. Good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot.

Posted by: panzernashorn at July 15, 2013 04:57 AM (MhA4j)

254 If they go after GZ for a racial crime, can they then too go after Tray for a racial crime (beating) posthumously? I know that GZ is only half not white, would that qualify under the law?

Or is that law only for the certain colors?

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 04:58 AM (7Waan)

255 Her ability to pad the writing would make George R.R. Martin blush. Hey, I'm not padding! I just have no idea where the hell to take the story!

Posted by: George RR Martin at July 15, 2013 04:59 AM (chqG9)

256 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 04:59 AM (/PCJa)

257 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 04:59 AM (/PCJa)

258 The old guard vs. the new. Given time, the new rich become the old guard. 'round the mulberry bush

Posted by: panzernashorn at July 15, 2013 05:00 AM (MhA4j)

259

>>>Are you sure it was an accident and not Skynet's first lousy attempt at becoming self aware?

 

Nah I was trying to get around my hose the lazy way. Serves me right.

 

These things usually come in waves for me. But I survived making raspberry jam with only minor scalding so I consider myself lucky. Bad weekend in general, wife and me both  cranky and not talking it out. Stubborn, you know.  It'll pass.

Posted by: Bigby's First Stonecasting Hands at July 15, 2013 05:00 AM (3ZtZW)

260 Her ability to pad the writing would make George R.R. Martin blush. Robert. Jordan. At least 2 books (900+ pages each) of pure filler. And then he died. Okay, I get it: terminal cancer. But doesn't that mean you owe it to your audience either to admit you won't be finishing the story OR to write a tighter plot?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:00 AM (/PCJa)

261 I wanted a flag, someone here posted to contact my congresscritter and request one flown over the capitol. I did over a month ago. I'm going to have to call because they charged my account but I haven't received flag yet. Is anyone surprised by this from government? Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 08:16 AM (z4WKX) The window for receiving a flag is 4-6 weeks, so you *should* get it soon.

Posted by: Vendette at July 15, 2013 05:01 AM (yrR4Z)

262 Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 08:56 AM (VtjlW)

I had a nice consulting gig once that paid in full, no withholding (but not in cash unfortunately).  Boy was I surprised when the next April rolled around.  I even got a penalty for not filing estimated quarterly returns, even though this was a one off job!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 05:01 AM (XdnQT)

263 I just love the fact that blacks are trying to convince everyone that St. Trayvon was not violent by threatening to beat and/or shoot anyone who doesn't agree with them on the matter.

Posted by: Jay in PA at July 15, 2013 05:02 AM (3LaGb)

264

Or is that law only for the certain colors?

 

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 08:58 AM (7Waan)

 

Pecking order.

Posted by: Department of JustUs at July 15, 2013 05:02 AM (o44nj)

265

And you all thought I was just being funny when I said a few weeks ago that cows are cold blooded murderers, didn't you?

 

Brazilian Man dies after cow falls through roof of house and lands on him

 

UK Telegraph: http://tiny.cc/n7k9zw

 

 

Joao Maria de Souza, 45, had been in bed with his wife Leni when the animal fell through the ceiling of their home in Caratinga, southeast Brazil.

 

The cow is believed to have escaped from a nearby farm and climbed onto the roof of the couple's house, which backs onto a steep hill on Wednesday night.

 

The corrugated roof immediately gave way and the one-and-a-half-ton animal fell eight feet onto Mr de Souza's side of the bed...

 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 05:03 AM (4df7R)

266 St. Travon rallies/protests are starting to get out of hand. Pack Whack 'em if you've got 'em. Accuracy. Fixed. Assembly required.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 05:03 AM (uwLxR)

267  I just love the fact that blacks are trying to convince everyone that St. Trayvon was not violent by threatening to beat and/or shoot anyone who doesn't agree with them on the matter.

Posted by: Jay in PA at July 15, 2013 09:02 AM .................Liberalism is a synonym for hypocrisy.

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 15, 2013 05:04 AM (bXdYS)

268 Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 09:01 AM (XdnQT) Let us simply say that the Federal Government is less interested in entrepreneurship than it is in getting what it believes it is "owed."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:04 AM (/PCJa)

269 Or is that law only for the certain colors?

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 08:58 AM (7Waan)


Certain "declared" color aspects are eligible for special consideration:  as in


"WHITE"-hispanic,


or "AFRICAN-AMERICAN"-white".

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 05:05 AM (XdnQT)

270 As an addition--the post-verdict reactions show that sizeable--and influential, and supposedly educated--elements of this nation simply will not look at the facts, have no interest in doing so, but will demand "justice" off a tweet. This matters going forward, for it not only means injustice and prejudice in the close calls, but in the outright clear ones also. And that means no one is safe. It is America as Salem, 1692.

Posted by: T. at July 15, 2013 05:05 AM (PymbO)

271 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 08:59 AM (/PCJa) Allen, The other day I preferred SCOAMF with a different word than failure as the F if you get my drift.

Posted by: CarolT at July 15, 2013 05:05 AM (z4WKX)

272 The New Digital Maoism...maybe the reason the protests haven't really fired up is that not everyone is set up with their flash mob instructions. Posted by: rich@gmu Yeah. Saw the headline, (Merkel's) Germany "used" US spy tech. Oh, but only for GOOD, to save kidnapped victims. Aside from the printed "take", go figure what East Germans in particular think and will do.

Posted by: panzernashorn at July 15, 2013 05:06 AM (MhA4j)

273 St. Travon rallies/protests are starting to get out of hand. Pack 'em if you've got 'em. What, you mean President Historic First hasn't come out and told them "hey, that son I didn't have was apparently a thug. Don't bother rioting over him?" Color me stunned.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:06 AM (/PCJa)

274 Dumbest slogan, "We Are All Trayvon Martin"

I'm not.  I tweet in English.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at July 15, 2013 05:06 AM (/kI1Q)

275 @254- panzernashorn These posts of yours became my favorites very quickly. Thanks for taking the time to put them together.

Posted by: ghost of... at July 15, 2013 05:07 AM (xhr2b)

276 So, this weird thing is happening, and it's begging to scare and confuse me. This strange, clear, wet stuff has been falling from the sky for the last 24 hours or so. Can anyone tell me what this strange substance is? It doesn't seem immediately harmful, but I've never experienced it before.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:07 AM (/PCJa)

277 Dondi has black eyes ... lifeless eyes ...

Posted by: toby928© retweets at July 15, 2013 05:07 AM (codCi)

278 We're losing because we lost academia well over 50 years ago. When children are taught from an early age that everything that we believe in and value is a lie, they grow up to have this as their default mindset. These children then go on to work in every corner of our society, including politics, the media, culture the law and most importantly, academia where they in turn spread the poison to the next generation. That's the reason. AND that's also the solution. But taking back the schools will be the most difficult challenge we face. But it's do or die. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 08:12 AM (+98Gb) Exactly right. And exactly why my kids go to private Christian schools . . .and I still comb through their lessons and decry any P.C. leftist B.S. that has slipped in there.

Posted by: Jade Sea at July 15, 2013 05:07 AM (VQI1u)

279 It is America as Salem, 1692.

Posted by: T. at July 15, 2013 09:05 AM (PymbO)


With Twitter feeds from the illiterati, instead of Cotton Mather from the pulpit, as the driving force.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 05:07 AM (XdnQT)

280 Posted by: Bigby's First Stonecasting Hands at July 15, 2013 09:00 AM (3ZtZW)

Dildo's cooking recommendation:
Don't make fried turkey for Thanksgiving....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 15, 2013 05:08 AM (gqgiP)

281 As to Rick Scott--the fundamental rationale behind the idea of "special prosecutors" was to get political calculations out of prosecutorial decisions, not guarantee them.

Posted by: T. at July 15, 2013 05:08 AM (PymbO)

282 It is America as Salem, 1692. Time to start burning witches.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2013 05:08 AM (uwLxR)

283 Dumbest slogan, "We Are All Trayvon Martin" Good Counter-Slogan: "Then *We* Are All George Zimmerman."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:08 AM (/PCJa)

284 [Color me stunned.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 09:06 AM (/PCJa) [/i]

 

 

"COLOR" you stunned?   Racist.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 05:08 AM (4df7R)

285 Can anyone tell me what this strange substance is? It doesn't seem immediately harmful, but I've never experienced it before. Posted by: AllenG

Those are tears for St. Tray

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 05:09 AM (7Waan)

286 "COLOR" you stunned? Racist. You misspelled "Raaaaacist."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:09 AM (/PCJa)

287 Dumbest slogan, "We Are All Trayvon Martin" You mean because we all shoplift and smoke choom?

Posted by: Tray-vesty!! at July 15, 2013 05:09 AM (VQI1u)

288 According to the UK news this is a big deal. "America gripped by second night of fury over not guilty verdict for neighbourhood watch man who shot black teenager armed only with a bag of Skittles" I'm not seeing it locally. Which is why I chose to leave Cali.

Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 05:09 AM (r98SZ)

289 I'm not. I tweet in English.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at July 15, 2013 09:06 AM (/kI1Q)


I think the correct form is "We all be Trayvon!", but in cursive.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 05:10 AM (XdnQT)

290 This strange, clear, wet stuff has been falling from the sky for the last 24 hours or so. Can anyone tell me what this strange substance is? It doesn't seem immediately harmful, but I've never experienced it before.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 09:07 AM (/PCJa)

 

Whooooa, AllenG.  Be careful.   That sounds like that Dihydrogen Monoxide I've heard tell of.  Word has it it's in EVERYONE'S water supply. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 05:10 AM (4df7R)

291 I'm not seeing it locally. Which is why I chose to leave Cali. DFW seems strangely immune. Almost as though Texas had a 50%+ gun-ownership rate.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:10 AM (/PCJa)

292 I'm not. I tweet in English.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at July 15, 2013 09:06 AM (/kI1Q)

 

 

And I bet you use punctuation, too.   H8r.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 05:11 AM (4df7R)

293 Morning all. Back from a few weeks of Active Duty and just 1 hour in the Office and I am already sick to my stomach. Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 15, 2013 08:48 AM (9Xc5j) Welcome back NGU, thank you for your service. What's the vibe amongst your military folks? Have any enlightening conversations?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 15, 2013 05:11 AM (XIxXP)

294 FTSB:  New effort by left to tar Marco Rubio as anti-woman So making friends with Schumer didn't pay off? Imagine that.

So sad that.

Posted by: toby928© retweets at July 15, 2013 05:11 AM (codCi)

295 I'm not. I tweet in English.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at July 15, 2013 09:06 AM (/kI1Q)

We're done here folks.

Snark: A+
Concision: A+
Wit: A+

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 15, 2013 05:11 AM (gqgiP)

296 the idea of "special prosecutors" was to get political calculations out of prosecutorial decisions, not guarantee them.

Posted by: T. at July 15, 2013 09:08 AM (PymbO)


That's worked well!

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 05:11 AM (XdnQT)

297 DFW seems strangely immune. Almost as though Texas had a 50%+ gun-ownership rate. Posted by: AllenG

And since it is Monday, people that work for a living.

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2013 05:11 AM (7Waan)

298 Dildo's cooking recommendation:

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 15, 2013 09:08 AM (gqgiP)

 

 

Umm...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 05:11 AM (4df7R)

299 On a more serious note: Thank you, God, for 24 hours of rain. I mean, I'm pretty sure Rain in Mid-July is a sign of the apocalypse, but I'm actually okay with that part, too.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:11 AM (/PCJa)

300 "We Are All Trayvon Martin!" Except for the robbing, and vandalizing, and punching strangers, and being dead. But other than that!!!

Posted by: UWP at July 15, 2013 05:12 AM (r98SZ)

301 So, this weird thing is happening, and it's begging to scare and confuse me. This strange, clear, wet stuff has been falling from the sky for the last 24 hours or so. Can anyone tell me what this strange substance is? It doesn't seem immediately harmful, but I've never experienced it before. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 09:07 AM (/PCJa) *kicks you so damn hard* On the padding writing topic, at this point I think that Stephen King's publisher might, maybe, run the submission through spell check. Other than that, straight from him into print. I mean that better be it because if this is what's happening after an editor has been at the works, ye gods.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 05:12 AM (VtjlW)

302 And since it is Monday, people that work for a living. Only the Fort Worth side of that equation.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:12 AM (/PCJa)

303 If ace were a puppy, this is what I imagine he would look like: http://goo.gl/sW49m

Posted by: waldo at July 15, 2013 05:12 AM (cjFRv)

304 So the FBI can look into the St. Traytable case, but has yet to interview any of the Tea Party groups that were singled out by the IRS. Priorities.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at July 15, 2013 05:13 AM (9Bdcz)

305 So the FBI can look into the St. Traytable case, but has yet to interview any of the Tea Party groups that were singled out by the IRS. Priorities.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at July 15, 2013 09:13 AM (9Bdcz)

 

Unpossible.   We've been told they have TOP MEN on the IRS investigation.

 

TOP.

 

MEN.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at July 15, 2013 05:14 AM (4df7R)

306 And I bet you use punctuation, too. H8r.

I use apostrophes where appropriate...but only where appropriate.  I think that hits the racist-sexist-antigay trifecta.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at July 15, 2013 05:14 AM (/kI1Q)

307

I'm not St. Skittles, but  I  wouldn't mind being 6 ft  tall.

 

G'mornin', y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 15, 2013 05:14 AM (0HooB)

308 Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 09:12 AM (VtjlW)

As sales increase, editorial control decreases. It's the hubris of successful writers.

And of course the corollary to this is: As sales increase, quality decreases.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 15, 2013 05:15 AM (gqgiP)

309 Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 09:12 AM (VtjlW)

AA editor.

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 05:15 AM (XdnQT)

310 I'm not St. Skittles, but I wouldn't mind being 6 ft tall. G'mornin', y'all. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 15, 2013 09:14 AM (0HooB) I'd be six feet tall in four inch heels.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 15, 2013 05:15 AM (XIxXP)

311 Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at July 15, 2013 09:14 AM (/kI1Q)

Apostrophes are rape.

Posted by: Naomi Wolf at July 15, 2013 05:16 AM (gqgiP)

312 Dump up

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 15, 2013 05:16 AM (X6akg)

313 Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 09:12 AM (VtjlW) ow. Still one of my favorite "author" stories from going to gaming cons was hearing about Steven King at con. Apparently, there was a party in someone's room, and they ran out of booze. So they called down to room service, or the concierge, or whoever and said, "We need more beer." Room Service said "sure," but the beer never showed up. They tried this three times. Finally, King gets tired of it and picks up the phone, "Yes, this is Steven King. Beer will appear in room ### in thirty minutes, or else." Apparently the poor hotel staffer didn't want to find out what "or else" meant coming from Steven King.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) - Passing through Rage & Out the Other Side at July 15, 2013 05:16 AM (/PCJa)

314 .................Liberalism is a synonym for hypocrisy. Posted by: Minnfidel It's blatant, all right. But liberals have no monopoly on hypocrisy. Neoconservatism is full of it. Anti-constitutional Patriot Act/DHS authoritarianism, Faith Based Initiative, tax "Rebate", TARP, Bail-Outs, Comprehensive Legislative Reform Packages, "Winning the hearts and minds of the enemy" "nation building" "over there so we don't have to do it over here" "compassionate conservatism" illegal wars of aggression, "a thousand points of light" perpetual wars...

Posted by: panzernashorn at July 15, 2013 05:16 AM (MhA4j)

315 Apostrophes are rape.

Posted by: Naomi Wolf at July 15, 2013 09:16 AM (gqgiP)


But:



are they rape-rape?

Posted by: Hrothgar at July 15, 2013 05:16 AM (XdnQT)

316 Whooooa, AllenG. Be careful. That sounds like that Dihydrogen Monoxide I've heard tell of. Word has it it's in EVERYONE'S water supply. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 15, 2013 09:10 AM (4df7R) I really really really need to pull that petition stunt again. It's always hilarious.

Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at July 15, 2013 05:17 AM (VtjlW)

317 I'd be sixfive feet tall in four inch heels.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 15, 2013 09:15 AM (XIxXP)

Fixed it for AtC

Posted by: Commenter who has never seen an emu at July 15, 2013 05:17 AM (gqgiP)

318 So the FBI can look into the St. Traytable case, They already have, and found no racial animus on the part of Zimmerman. I imagine they will now be expected to find some, and will have to be on the record on both sides of this argument.

Posted by: zsasz at July 15, 2013 05:17 AM (MMC8r)

319 268 I just love the fact that blacks are trying to convince everyone that St. Trayvon was not violent by threatening to beat and/or shoot anyone who doesn't agree with them on the matter. Posted by: Jay in PA at July 15, 2013 09:02 AM .................Liberalism is a synonym for hypocrisy. Posted by: Minnfidel at July 15, 2013 09:04 AM (bXdYS) ========== Another amusing hypocrisy: loud wailing against the Stand Your Ground law (which didn't even apply in the case!), but thinking Trayvon was absolutely justified in bashing someone's head into the pavement for the provocation of following him.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at July 15, 2013 05:18 AM (1wI7y)

320

I'd be six feet tall in four inch heels.

 

Same  here,  but with two turned/broken ankles.

 

I wonder how much    a  couple  of   walking casts would add to my height?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 15, 2013 05:18 AM (0HooB)

321 Apostrophes are rape.

Please don't pee on me.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at July 15, 2013 05:19 AM (/kI1Q)

322

As I mentioned, I have seen or heard nothing down here in SoHo/Village area. If they didn't get their rocks off yesterday, I think it fizzles. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2013 08:29 AM (+98Gb)

 

 

I agree; just a gut feeling, but when I saw only a few dozen people aimlessly standing around in front of the courthouse as the verdict came down, I felt that the whole intimidation, fear of riots strategy had flopped.  And I'd like to know why that happened.  Some people a week ago were predicting there'd be no riots, but the majority, like me, thought it was inevitable.  Then...nothing. 

 

My theory: the air went out of the "Justice for Trayvon" movement when that big dumb girlfriend of his testified.  No matter how brainwashed and radicalized blacks are, some part of them was still capable of feeling shame at the sight of that illiterate moron.  (And I don't buy the "can't read cursive" excuse: the girl's functionally illiterate, and it was exposed before the whole world in that courtroom.)  No matter how much they despise white culture, I think they can still feel that being illiterate is shameful.  From that point on, though they wouldn't admit it before the enemy, blacks lost their zeal to put themselves on the line to champion this cause.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 15, 2013 05:20 AM (FkH4y)

323 What's the vibe amongst your military folks? Have any enlightening conversations? Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 15, 2013 09:11 AM (XIxXP) Well by no means do the people I interacted with necessarily represent the entire Officers Corps, but there was not much ( read that as none) support for obama. I felt right at home

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 15, 2013 05:20 AM (9Xc5j)

324 What is with Salior's and high heels?

Posted by: CSMBigBird at July 15, 2013 05:21 AM (jsWA8)

325 323 Beyond that, once they knew Trayvon's friend, they knew Trayvon. They knew. And that there would be lots to lose pushing that rope.

Posted by: T. at July 15, 2013 05:23 AM (PymbO)

326 The duo of Deafening Silence and False Moral Equivalence are being employed in full by the POSOUS. The POS is NOT talking about our Courts of law as the best, final arbiter of the truth, and a just outcome. It is NOT giving any hint of an indication that St. Trayvon's lifestyle of thugging had ANY contribution to his early demise. Rather, we now hear seemingly bland, but utterly pernicious generalities about preventing "gun violence" ie. if only GZ were disarmed then St. Trayvon would be alive today. Moral equivalence between the law and crime, no defense of the rule of law. Undermine the Second Amendment. More Commie hogwash about the need for more "community" in distinction to quaint old concepts like having the ability to defend yourself, your property and your family. The fact that 75% of the people are not demanding that the POS resign for the utter contempt in which he holds our Constitution, individual liberty and the rule of law is just sad beyond belief. Let's just say there were the political equivalent of the Rapture, and only those with a visceral sense of American values were "saved." What % do you think are in the Elect? Seriously. 30%?

Posted by: NYC Parent at July 15, 2013 05:23 AM (HEo6y)

327 When so much of the liberal establishment is trying to convince you that you're supposed to riot now, kinda takes the transgressory joie de vivre right out of rioting, doesn't it?

Posted by: Sister Sestina at July 15, 2013 05:28 AM (1wI7y)

328 Umm...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 15, 2013 09:11 AM (4df7R)

Bake in warm, wet oven.  Stoke repeatedly to ensure balanced coverage.

Repeat as necessary.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at July 15, 2013 05:29 AM (fwARV)

329 if only GZ were disarmed then St. Trayvon would be alive today.


Well, yeah... Because GZ would be dead.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at July 15, 2013 05:31 AM (fwARV)

330 Regarding my 326 Yes, they knew. Trayvon had branched off. Zimmerman was his first real assault, though perhaps not his real first crime. Perhaps he would have cone back. But Zimmerman was his true start. Revelation: I tutored a black kid while in college, for about 5 years. Didn't maintain contact when I went away. The kid was a kid, a doofus, somewhat self-centered and somewhat materialistic. Figured he would actually get married, probably ge hen-pecked, be a decent man, though a doofus, doing not really well, but not poor--but that he would be a chump. Not a hard kid at all. Googled him a few months back. In retrospect, that self-centered and materialistic streak should have spoken to me more, and I'd like to talk to him about it. And I will. When he finishes his 30 years.

Posted by: T. at July 15, 2013 05:32 AM (PymbO)

331

327 -  "It is NOT giving any hint of an indication that St. Trayvon's lifestyle of thugging had ANY contribution to his early demise. "

 

No indeed, and wouldn't THAT be a worthwhile topic for the first black president to speak about?  Wasn't that a hope early in his presidency, that he'd be a role model for young black men, and would help turn back the dead-end culture they were wallowing in?  I remember a few addresses early on, of the "Stay in school" variety - quite anodyne stuff, really.  NOW when everyone's listening, some tough talk about living a straight life if you don't want to end up like this might even make a difference.  Instead, he's lapsed into vague pieties of the "We ALLLLLL have to think deeply, blah blah blah..." variety.  Naturally because he doesn't want to admit that whites could be right and blacks could be wrong about anything.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at July 15, 2013 05:32 AM (FkH4y)

332 As sales increase, editorial control decreases. It's the hubris of successful writers.

And of course the corollary to this is: As sales increase, quality decreases.

 

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 15, 2013 09:15 AM (gqgiP)

 

The deuce you say!

Posted by: Nicholas Sparks at July 15, 2013 05:37 AM (zF6Iw)

333 I'd be six feet tall in four inch heels. :: Oldsailors Poet Um... pix, or.... (This appears to be my sole, belated contribution this morning.)

Posted by: mindful webworker, crackpot extraordinaire at July 15, 2013 05:45 AM (DgUzc)

334 164 I honestly wish that even 1% of the hand wringing angst expended on the Zimmerman/Martin incident could've been spent on the hundreds of young Blacks killed in Chicago during the exact same time period.

And I'm starting to come to the conclusion we should be cheering on Planned Parent-'Hood.  If we're going to let it burn, let them burn themselves.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at July 15, 2013 05:53 AM (qvify)

335 103 #40 Jean, as God is my witness, I did not know we WON the Tet Offensive until about 10 years later. And I ran across a friend who STILL didn't know it 5 years ago! Posted by: Miss Marple at July 15, 2013 07:35 AM (GoIUi) Oh, it's even better than that Miss Marple, we won the entire damn war and nobody knows it. If we had kept our treaty obligations, which we could have done with no soldiers on the ground, max we would have needs some USAF assets, then S. Vietnam would have been a free economic powerhouse fueling SE Asia for the last 40 years. Sadly, Donks were more interested in the Watergate feeding frenzy and we ignored our obligations, so millions died and communism ruled. Typical Democrat outcome.

Posted by: Weirddave at July 15, 2013 05:54 AM (aH+zP)

336 The only people allowed to kill ni66az is odder ni66az. We will pass this legislation and call it the Muslim rule.

Posted by: Eric Holder at July 15, 2013 06:46 AM (gWHwW)

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