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July 09, 2013

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Tuesday.

Twinkies will make their way back onto store shelves next week, with longer shelf lives, too.

And that's all I have time for this morning. Maybe Vic will have more.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:46 AM | Comments (229)
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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: Pilot141 at July 09, 2013 02:48 AM (48nJm)

2 Good Morning Morons. Today is Tuesday, July 09, 2013. On this day in 1896 Williams Jennings Bryan gave his Â“cross of goldÂ” speech decrying the gold standard. Most economists consider this the start of progressivism in the US. It was basically a call to debase the currency to help Â“the common manÂ”.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:48 AM (lZvxr)

3 Morning folks. Time to rise and shine and embrace the suck.

Posted by: joncelli at July 09, 2013 02:48 AM (vh67+)

4 Illinois man arrested on a variety of charges besides DUI, including criminal damage to government property. He tried to eat parts of the interior of the patrol car he was in.
http://tinyurl.com/kt35nhf

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 02:48 AM (WGVAJ)

5 Obamacare is already costing far more than even the critics predicted and the program hasnÂ’t been fully implemented yet. In short, the train is already wrecked.

http://tinyurl.com/mlyyeky

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:48 AM (lZvxr)

6 The IRS screwed up again and mistakenly posted app 100,000 social security numbers on the internet. Will someone get fired? hahahahaha

http://tinyurl.com/m2pgnj5

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:49 AM (lZvxr)

7 Randy Travis hospitalized in critical condition with serious heart disease.

http://tinyurl.com/olehoeu

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:49 AM (lZvxr)

8 Asiana flight attendant reported feeling the plane start to go around then a severe bang. Followed by another bang. Two of the slides inflated inside the pane trapping attendants [ I am trying to imagine how that happened ]. She is being hailed as a hero for keeping her calm, trying to fight the fire, and making sure all were off the plane. She suffered a broken tailbone in the accident.
http://tinyurl.com/n3ubzde

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 02:49 AM (WGVAJ)

9 Federal judge blocks new WI abortion law that requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. A number of other States have passed laws similar to this so this is a case to watch.

http://tinyurl.com/mj6tdnx

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:49 AM (lZvxr)

10 A small group of RINOs are meeting to discuss how to destroy the Republican Party with amnesty. (caution; Politico link)

http://tinyurl.com/mmkutc9

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:49 AM (lZvxr)

11 Honolulu Street Pulse Hottie of the Week: Kellene Chun
http://tinyurl.com/nydtmss

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 02:50 AM (WGVAJ)

12 WH wants to force school children to throw away Greek yogurt. Dictating school lunches is unconstitutional as hell but the courts say if you take the money you have to take the dictates.

http://tinyurl.com/m7b6qua

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:50 AM (lZvxr)

13 Morsi supporters rally in Chicago. Thank you Obama for letting these radical Muzzies in the US. Its just what we need.

http://tinyurl.com/mbx7cgc

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:50 AM (lZvxr)

14 The number of people getting food stamps is now higher than the number of private sector workers. If you say this is unsustainable you would be right.

http://tinyurl.com/llupl2o

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:50 AM (lZvxr)

15 The Democrats have tried three times to shut down the IRS felonies but have failed each time. This is something the average Joe on the street will lock in to and they are running scared. The Republicans should be beating this drum hard and indeed, they may be. Just the MFM not carrying the story.

http://tinyurl.com/ohy5thj

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:50 AM (lZvxr)

16 Activist says Benghazi security was contracted to an Al Qaeda front group. But I guess we will never know because the Obamanites despite contempt charges are not talking or releasing documents.

http://tinyurl.com/p626lc8

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:51 AM (lZvxr)

17 "Scientists" want to use earthworm poop to look for signs of global warming. I see a problem there since the average earthworm only lives 4 to 8 years. We have temperature records that go back at least a few hundred years so what good is earthworm shit?

But this glaring lie is referenced in the story:

This window into past climates is especially helpful to scientists who study climatic patterns, particularly as they relate to global warming. There is no longer a debate in the scientific community as to whether the planetÂ’s annual average temperature is warming due to human activity, but because man-made recordings of the temperature only go back about 150 years there remains some discussion as to whether this warming is without precedent.

No debate? There are thousands of climate scientists who say this whole thing is a fraud. As for earthworm shit, how are you going back past 150 years for an animal that lives on 8?

http://tinyurl.com/oerrouu

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:51 AM (lZvxr)

18 FL is gearing up for riots after the verdict. I suspect after watching the trial they feel that he will walk.

http://tinyurl.com/p7ya5vy

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:51 AM (lZvxr)

19 Remember that Â“consumer protection agencyÂ” that Piss Dodd pushed through? Obama is using it to collect data from peopleÂ’s credit cards.

http://tinyurl.com/qbn8d2t

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:52 AM (lZvxr)

20 Ratshit RubioÂ’s amnesty bill was written by consultants?

http://tinyurl.com/oda5xsx

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:52 AM (lZvxr)

21 Tim Scott gives his first speech in the Senate.

http://tinyurl.com/kl5r6hg

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:52 AM (lZvxr)

22 Obama hires a lobbyist to push Obamacare. Of course he is not calling him a lobbyist because it is illegal to use federal funds to lobby for a law or other political activities.

http://tinyurl.com/kml7n6d

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:53 AM (lZvxr)

23 VDH looks at the rank hypocrisy that the Democrats, Press, and all liberals display in when a Republican is in office vs a Democrat.

http://tinyurl.com/mg75zyb

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:54 AM (lZvxr)

24 RCP thinks Perry has a good chance for 2016.

http://tinyurl.com/k84xkvt

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:54 AM (lZvxr)

25 DAY 245 1,216 to go (1,289 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 09, 2013 02:54 AM (+98Gb)

26 The Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/n7qh5hh

And thatÂ’s it for today.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 02:54 AM (lZvxr)

27 5 Obamacare is already costing far more than even the critics predicted and the program hasnÂ’t been fully implemented yet. In short, the train is already wrecked. http://tinyurl.com/mlyyeky Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 06:48 AM (lZvxr) That's a feature, not a bug. SINGLE PAYER, HERE WE COME!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 02:54 AM (+98Gb)

28 And there is still the Deedy case in Hawai'i. Where one of former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's security people at night at a McDonalds got into an altercation with a local man. Agent Deedy then shot the man in the chest and the man died.

http://tinyurl.com/kw8u65b

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 02:56 AM (WGVAJ)

29 When is Angela Corey going to be brought up on charges? When the rioting starts, it needs to be brought to her doorstep. Tim Scott and Pam Bondi should get some visitors, also.

Posted by: Dale Gribble at July 09, 2013 02:56 AM (+kznc)

30 oops, Rick Scott

Posted by: Dale Gribble at July 09, 2013 02:57 AM (+kznc)

31 O/T: On Drudge: Pot before Shot & a pic of St. Traytable blowing smoke rings. The State of Miami keeps digging the hole deeper.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 09, 2013 02:57 AM (y1ZcU)

Morning, rons and ronettes. Today's story is about Florence Lawrence, considered to be the first true "movie star" in our sense of the word.

Born in Ontario in 1890, little Frances Bridgwood appeared in song and dance performances with her mother at the age of three, and was brought up for a life in the theater, touring with her mother and father throughout both Canada and the US. A veteran performer by 1906, she found herself in New York. While looking for a job as an artist's model, she came across an ad by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company* looking for actors and actresses to star in short five-minute playlets. After seeing herself on screen and hating her awkward appearance, Lawrence decided to learn the art of motion picture acting. But how?

Fortunately, one person who had seen Lawrence and saw her potential was the great director D.W. Griffith. Signing her in 1908, Griffith would eventually feature her in over 60 movies, and she became a great Â– if unknown - favorite with audiences. It wasn't practice in those days to feature actors' names in credits, for fear they would ask for more money. Whenever fan letters came in, they would be addressed to an actorÂ’s appearance of a movieÂ’s character: Â“The Girl With Curly Hair,Â” for example, or Â“Mr. JonesÂ’ Wife.Â” As Lawrence became a popular drawing card for Biograph, both fans and the studio began calling her "The Biograph Girl."* *

Fired by Biograph in 1909 for attempting to jump to the Essanay studio, Lawrence and her husband Harry Solter wound up at the Independent Moving Pictures Company,* * * where clever publicity by studio head Carl Laemmle (including a rumor that Lawrence had died in a streetcar accident) pushed her popularity even higher than before, with the press office crowing that "every man, woman and child in America knows the name of Florence Lawrence." It was a fame too good to last.

In 1914, Lawrence was filming Pawns of Destiny. To this day, many film histories will tell you that an on-set fire got out of control, scarring Lawrence for life. In fact, while there was a fire, it never touched the actress; instead, while carrying actor Matt Moore down a flight of stairs, she somehow wrenched her back and, though she managed to finish out her Universal contract, she essentially vanished from public view for the next two years. When she returned with Elusive Isabel in 1916, reviews were poor, and she apparently quit Universal before being fired.

In the years to follow, Lawrence married and divorced three times as well as attempting several comebacks, but none were successful (a persistent rumor is that Universal quietly blacklisted her), and she turned to the occasional vaudeville appearance in order to make money. A few film roles - barely noticeable and almost always uncredited - came her way in the 1930s through MGM, but her days as a star (or even as a second lead) were long past.

Sickened by myelofibrosis and caught in a web of depression, Lawrence realized that any roles she got now were merely out of charity and she would never again have real screen presence. Miserable, lonely and near complete poverty, she consumed a mixture of cough syrup and ant paste, dying at 3.00 in the afternoon of December 28, 1938. Her suicide note read: "I am tired. Hope this works. Good-by, my darlings. They can't cure me so let it go at that. Lovingly, Florence."

Only a few days before her death, she had sent a photograph to a collector, writing: Â“I only wish that the producers thought as highly of me as you do."

Here she is portraying various emotions: http://tinyurl.com/mlorok6

And here she is on the cover of a 1914 Photoplay Magazine:

http://tinyurl.com/kqp2c7k

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

*Later simply Â“Biograph Studios.Â”

* *The same thing would happen to the Â– as yet unknown Â– Mary Pickford, who was Â“The Imp GirlÂ” when she starred in movies for I.M.P. Studios.

* * *The precursor to Universal.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 09, 2013 02:59 AM (zF6Iw)

33 How to take heart when you are discouraged: http://tinyurl.com/k86fjok

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 02:59 AM (7vPJI)

34 Trayvon embodies the thug culture Aaron Hernandez perfected.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 02:59 AM (WGVAJ)

35 so what good is earthworm shit? Well, it is good for gardening.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 09, 2013 03:00 AM (y1ZcU)

36 Ratshit RubioÂ’s amnesty bill was written by consultants?

http://tinyurl.com/oda5xsx

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 06:52 AM (lZvxr)

You don't think that senile fuck McRINO wrote or read one fucking thing in that monstrosity, do you? The addled fool looks more out of it than usual and probably just wanders around muttering "My friendsh" these days. And let the Cuban Combover ponder just how badly he fucked himself by throwing his lot in with those other seven cocksuckers.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 09, 2013 03:03 AM (hwwSK)

37 An American embassy staffer in Georgetown, Guyana is being investigated for a sex for visas scandal. Allegedly, he's also involved with South American drug lords. But we MUST have Amnesty fur alles!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 03:05 AM (+98Gb)

38 J.J. Sefton I prefer the INS agent who sold a green card for egg rolls.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 03:05 AM (WGVAJ)

39 Eight ways to increase your faith: http://studyingprayer.com/2011/04/20/eight-ways-to-increase-your-faith/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 03:06 AM (7vPJI)

40 WH wants to force school children to throw away Greek yogurt.

Had to read that one twice and consider the source.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at July 09, 2013 03:06 AM (MRYTR)

41 From some of the stuff in that POS amnesty bill what I gathered was two major industries wanted some more cheap labor and they were using pandering to the "poor" Hispanics as a beard.

Those industries were CA corporate agriculture and the Midwest meat packers.

Real unemployment in this country is > 20% and they still want to bring in cheap labor from Mexico.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:07 AM (lZvxr)

42 Pot's not the issue. It's the "drank" that made Trayvon a paranoid, violent fiend. Why Zimmerman's defense has not brought this out is a mystery. Perhaps it will come out now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 03:07 AM (+98Gb)

43 But we were told that obamacare was all about bending the cost curve down. I hate it when democrats and the media lie. If only we had an opposition party that was in charge of the power of the purse.

Posted by: kreplach at July 09, 2013 03:07 AM (u5ozF)

44 38 J.J. Sefton I prefer the INS agent who sold a green card for egg rolls. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 07:05 AM (WGVAJ) Almost forgivable IF said egg rolls were from Wo Hop.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 03:08 AM (+98Gb)

45 Throw in a carton of shrimp friend rice and its a deal?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 03:09 AM (WGVAJ)

46 The only thing with a half-life longer than (putative) proton decay is a Hostess Twinkie. Why is it that the colon cleansing crowd never reveals the amount of undigested Twinkies clogging our bowels? Conspiracy, I tells ya!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at July 09, 2013 03:10 AM (E+3VA)

47 Had to read that one twice and consider the source.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at July 09, 2013 07:06 AM (MRYTR)

Consider the source? The WH announced it was adding it to the lunch menu. That means it came straight from the Wookie.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:10 AM (lZvxr)

48 45 Throw in a carton of shrimp friend rice and its a deal? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 07:09 AM (WGVAJ Mao!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 03:12 AM (+98Gb)

49 Morning everyone, I believe this day calls for more coffee. Thanks for the news Vic.

Posted by: spypeach at July 09, 2013 03:12 AM (0n1+D)

50 " It was basically a call to debase the currency to help Â“the common manÂ”." Still working great.

Posted by: mindfulwebworks.com/doodles/quartering at July 09, 2013 03:13 AM (1s+pS)

51 There was a time when the label "Gang of #" was not something positive, as in Red China's Gang of Four. It appears now, though, that Congressional asshats view "Gang of #" membership as a resume enhancer.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at July 09, 2013 03:13 AM (PT7/5)

52 The Greek yogurt mandate is about the stupidest most wasteful initiative ever. The vast majority of children will simply throw it away as most kids and even adults do not like the taste of plain yogurt let alone Greek yogurt which is more bitter than regular yogurt. This is simply a payoff to big yogurt in New York as the company selected was chobani a new York based yogurt conglomerate.

Posted by: kreplach at July 09, 2013 03:13 AM (BNuW6)

53 Twinkies
I'm buy cases of everything they make as soon as the product is on the shelf.
Gonna pigout on junk food for a month.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 09, 2013 03:15 AM (ZmAH8)

54
Greek yogurt school lunches
Posted by: Vic

One of the four test states for this is Arizona.

Which should be interesting, since the Mexican kids on fee school lunches there should be about 50% lactose intolerant.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 03:15 AM (kdS6q)

55 >> Ratshit RubioÂ’s amnesty bill was written by consultants? Read the linked article. That's not at all what the Rep. quoted in it says. It's the typical Matt Boyle click-bait headline bullshit.

Posted by: Andy at July 09, 2013 03:15 AM (li+aS)

56 It appears now, though, that Congressional asshats view "Gang of #" membership as a resume enhancer. Hopefully. Because the only time one usually enhances their resume, is when they are looking for work.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 09, 2013 03:16 AM (y1ZcU)

57 Posted by: kreplach at July 09, 2013 07:13 AM (BNuW6)

More crony corruption from the most corrupt administration in US history. Grant didn't hold a feather to this Chicago mob.

And congress sits idly by.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:16 AM (lZvxr)

58 52 The Greek yogurt mandate is about the stupidest most wasteful initiative ever.

The vast majority of children will simply throw it away as most kids and even adults do not like the taste of plain yogurt let alone Greek yogurt which is more bitter than regular yogurt.

This is simply a payoff to big yogurt in New York as the company selected was chobani a new York based yogurt conglomerate.

Posted by: kreplach at July 09, 2013 07:13 AM (BNuW6)

--I got dibs on Acid Whey for a band name!

Posted by: logprof at July 09, 2013 03:16 AM (+iA5G)

59
The ultra-realistic robotic spider that moves like the real thing

The Robugtix T8 robo-tarantula has 26 motors under a 3D-printed shell to move in a super realistic way
DailyMail

http://tinyurl.com/m8gafre

youtube video

http://tinyurl.com/p9465yu

Spider Sleep-e-time Purse Bed(tm) not included.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 03:18 AM (kdS6q)

60 Sorry. Little slow this AM Vic.
Thanks

Posted by: Golfman in NC at July 09, 2013 03:18 AM (MRYTR)

61 J.J. Sefton or is that Nyah!???

http://www.hlj.com/product/GSC44203/Fig

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 03:18 AM (WGVAJ)

62 --I got dibs on Acid Whey for a band name! Whey not? Go for it.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 09, 2013 03:18 AM (y1ZcU)

63 --I got dibs on Acid Whey for a band name! Posted by: logprof at July 09, 2013 07:16 AM (+iA5G) I call dibs on Lactose Breath! And Turds Aweigh!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at July 09, 2013 03:20 AM (E+3VA)

64
Man, 30, dies from electrocution while urinating on New York subway's third rail at 3am

Matthew Zeno, 30, had earlier been to a few bars with a friend.....

DailyMail

So he had been drinking? Well, that's quite the surprise....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 03:20 AM (kdS6q)

65 Privacy Group sues UK Government over Surveillance Programs:

http://tinyurl.com/mx9scfq

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 09, 2013 03:20 AM (lq3Ak)

66 61 J.J. Sefton or is that Nyah!??? http://www.hlj.com/product/GSC44203/Fig Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 07:18 AM (WGVAJ) Whoa! I was actually channeling "The Deer Hunter."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 03:21 AM (+98Gb)

67 Glad Twinkies are back...just in time as hurricane season ramps up!

Posted by: ProfShadow at July 09, 2013 03:21 AM (zlecm)

68 Andy, this is the part I gathered he was talking about:

Kelly added: Â“You and I both know a lot of this stuff comes from these people sitting around drinking brandy and smoking cigars and have never been a part of this but are actually trying to drive opinion and drive policy,Â” Kelly said. Â“They say Â‘this is the way itÂ’s got to be or it canÂ’t float.Â’Â”

Those cigar smoking brandy drinking people are the consultants. Probably the same people who say the Party must pander to the Hispanics.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:21 AM (lZvxr)

69 Osama bin Laden was stopped for speeding in car while on run in Pakistan, report reveals The hunt for Osama bin Laden might have ended eight years earlier had a Pakistani traffic policeman spotted the worldÂ’s most wanted man in a car he had stopped for speeding.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 09, 2013 03:21 AM (e8kgV)

70 64 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 07:20 AM (kdS6q) Should've watched "Mythbusters."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 03:22 AM (+98Gb)

71 Someone mentioned Yohgurt?

http://youtu.be/IxYVeJhwPdQ

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 03:22 AM (WGVAJ)

72 So he had been drinking? Well, that's quite the surprise.... Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 07:20 AM (kdS6q) The greater surprise is... urinating in public on a subway platform.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at July 09, 2013 03:22 AM (E+3VA)

73 8 Anna Puma,

I volunteer to help her with her physical therapy eh?

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:23 AM (LRFds)

74 Stray dogs save girl from being raped: http://tinyurl.com/mzdctzw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 03:24 AM (7vPJI)

75 2 Vic,

a messianic martyr with a much smaller mind than credited with...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:24 AM (LRFds)

76 #47 Added to the menu by the White House at the urging of chuck Schumer, who happens to have the largest Greek yoghurt production factory in New York State.

Greek yoghurt spols quickly, so they will no doubt have to letbids to Teamsters Union operated trucking lines.

And lost in all of this is that Greek yoghurt is an acquired taste, not very sweet even with aded fruit, and as Vic infers, will be thrown straight into the garbage.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 09, 2013 03:24 AM (GoIUi)

77 The greater surprise is... urinating in public on a subway platform. Nah. It's New York.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 09, 2013 03:24 AM (y1ZcU)

78 Angela Corey has already been indicted for false statements regarding the Zimmerman arrest warrant.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 09, 2013 03:24 AM (e8kgV)

79
The greater surprise is... urinating in public on a subway platform.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Doing it? No, not really. It is after all New York.

What's is kinda surprising is the required range...

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 03:26 AM (kdS6q)

80 @58 Greek yogurt is the perfect illustration of waste that progressives would be in favor of. For every 5 ounces of milk you get 1 ounce of yogurt and unlike the whey of cheese that can be used for other things, Greek yogurt produces acid whey which can't be used for anything. Vast overwhelming majority of this crap is going to be thrown directly into the garbage by school kids. This is stupid.

Posted by: kreplach at July 09, 2013 03:26 AM (UQgtZ)

81 77 The greater surprise is... urinating in public on a subway platform. Nah. It's New York. Posted by: rickb223 at July 09, 2013 07:24 AM (y1ZcU) Could've been worse. About 10-15 years ago, I witnessed a bum piss INSIDE the car.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 03:26 AM (+98Gb)

82
so what good is earthworm shit?

I'm surprised I have earthworms in my yard. All the robins in the area are highly tuned, super efficient earthworm hunting organisms. If I could train them, like falcons, I'd never have to buy bait again.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 09, 2013 03:26 AM (0IhFx)

83 http://tinyurl.com/lg98r3s

Al Wa-Po is bothered that a cop is allowed free speech "privileges" WRT admin as private citizen, rejoices that guy will lose 40 days pay.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:28 AM (LRFds)

84 This thread smells like Althouse's ass

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 09, 2013 03:28 AM (hwwSK)

85 #78 That "indictment" of Angela Corey was a PR stunt cooked up by the odious Larry Klayman. It is not true.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 09, 2013 03:28 AM (GoIUi)

86 Captain Hate better that then the upcoming scratch-and-sniff Honey Boo Boo episode. There should be a surge in TV sales after that episode because so many people will have shot their TV sets.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 03:30 AM (WGVAJ)

87
Former Hostess Employees Bitter About Wage Cuts

Craig Davis, a former forklift operator at a Hostess cake plant in Emporia, Kan., has been unemployed since November, when the Twinkies maker shut its factories and began liquidation proceedings.

He could have applied to get his old job back now that the plant is churning out Twinkies, Zingers and Ding Dongs in preparation for a July 15 return to store shelves. But he said the current starting salary of about $11 an hour, with the chance to bump it to $14, is "a slap in the face."

"When I left, I was making $16.53 an hour, so I just didn't see the point," said Mr. Davis, who worked at the plant for almost 22 years.

http://tinyurl.com/lzhr78e

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 03:30 AM (kdS6q)

88 but was found guilty of posting a derogatory job description on social media and depicting the president as a communist, his attorney said Monday.

So, he was "convicted" of telling the truth? Since this is Washington I suppose once all the lawyers get done we here in SC will take it in the shitter.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:30 AM (lZvxr)

89 http://tinyurl.com/mqazd5z

Financial Times says Chinese Smog shaves 5.5 years off life expectancy...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:30 AM (LRFds)

90 That "indictment" of Angela Corey was a PR stunt cooked up by the odious Larry Klayman. It is not true.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 09, 2013 07:28 AM (GoIUi)

I figured that some "look at me" clown was feeling particularly needy. Amazing how much run it's gotten here and elsewhere. It's almost as if people want public figures to be held to some level of accountability.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 09, 2013 03:32 AM (hwwSK)

91 "When I left, I was making $16.53 an hour, so I just didn't see the point," said Mr. Davis, who worked at the plant for almost 22 years.

I'm sure he doesn't as long as he can draw 99 weeks of unemployment paid for largely by the federal taxpayers.

Piss on him. If they have evidence that he could get his old job back, and it looks like they do, then they should cut off his unemployment permanently.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:33 AM (lZvxr)

92 But he said the current starting salary of about $11 an hour, with the chance to bump it to $14, is "a slap in the face."

Eleven bucks an hour is better than zero dollars an hour, no? NO!!
It's better to be unemployed.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 09, 2013 03:33 AM (ZmAH8)

93 "When I left, I was making $16.53 an hour, so I just didn't see the point," said Mr. Davis, who worked at the plant for almost 22 years. Well now he has time to write that opera of his.

Posted by: zsasz at July 09, 2013 03:33 AM (MMC8r)

94 Drink your coffee and embrace the suck.

Posted by: toby928© at July 09, 2013 03:34 AM (QupBk)

95 d@mn! #50 was supposed to be signed Ben Bernanke. nic fail joke fail.I suk. 2nd time lately pasting the wrong thing - at least this time it wasn't a nic link from a different comment!

Posted by: mindful webworker at July 09, 2013 03:34 AM (7KxSm)

96 Cousins save failing oyster farm: http://www.today.com/food/shucks-cousins-create-cash-cow-failing-oyster-farm-6C10534500

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 03:34 AM (7vPJI)

97 Dear Mr. Craig Davis,

Thank you for reapplying for your old job. I am now happily employed and sending money back to my family Juarez.

Sincerely
Amnestied Mexican Citizen ID #875456

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 03:34 AM (WGVAJ)

98 Thank you, Vic, you're awesome as always.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2013 03:35 AM (xjpRj)

99 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_Mine

Activists think that we should not be exploiting Copper mines here in the United States.....

Alaska has one of the largest ore deposits in the world untapped....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:35 AM (LRFds)

100 Another nominee for the Doctor Amy Bishop Award gets all stabby -
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22783836/ woman-stabbed-on-manhattan-subway-train

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 09, 2013 03:36 AM (QTHTd)

101 eerr not applying.. and probably should have written it as Senor Davis with a mucho gracias. Oh well.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 03:36 AM (WGVAJ)

102 If you haven't already, check out Rafael Cruz in yesterday's video posted a few threads down the list. Bringing it, with mustard!

Posted by: MTF at July 09, 2013 03:37 AM (rY8rX)

103 Cleveland kidnap victims say "Thank You" in interview.

http://tinyurl.com/lbxaasw

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 09, 2013 03:37 AM (lq3Ak)

104 @92 This is the kind of mentality that arises from the belief you are owed a job. And With our current generous welfare system he can ride the gravy train indefinately.

Posted by: kreplach at July 09, 2013 03:37 AM (IS2o0)

105
July 08, 2013 Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan

In the United States, Ramadan is a reminder that millions of Muslim Americans enrich our nation each dayÂ—serving in our government, leading scientific breakthroughs, generating jobs and caring for our neighbors in need. I have been honored to host an iftar dinner at the White House each of the past four years, and this year I look forward to welcoming Muslim Americans who are contributing to our country as entrepreneurs, activists and artists.

I wish Muslims across America and around the world a month blessed with the joys of family, peace and understanding. Ramadan Kareem*.

*From the top of the key at the buzzer -- swish! Boom goes the dynamite!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 03:37 AM (kdS6q)

106 Also, everyone should note that US law requires all aid be cut off to any country after a coup is implemented.

Note that out State Department refuses to classify the military deposing the Muzzie as a coup.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:39 AM (lZvxr)

107 104 Kreplach,

Yeah, a 2 dollar wage cut means he is better off getting 60% of 16....

in other retarded news Paul Ryan is gonna push to bring amnesty to the floor and we'll get owned in committee....

GOP delenda est

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:39 AM (LRFds)

108 American Doctor meets North Vietnamese man whose lived he saved 45 years ago: http://www.axelradclinic.com/5/post/2013/07/mission-accomplished.html

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 03:40 AM (7vPJI)

109 #90 I despise Larry Klayman. He does nothing but make money by preying on gullible conservatives who think he is accomplishing something.

I used to have some photos of Klayman trying to get himself into the photos at a DC cocktail party, no doubt so he could use them as illustrations of how he "keeps an eye" on the powerful.

He looked like a damn stalker.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 09, 2013 03:41 AM (GoIUi)

110 Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 07:39 AM (LRFds)

Yeah, that was #6

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:41 AM (lZvxr)

111 >> Andy, this is the part I gathered he was talking about: Read the paragraph before that. "This stuff" != "consultants wrote the bill!!eleventy!"

Posted by: Andy at July 09, 2013 03:42 AM (li+aS)

112 Speaking of shit getting real, did y'all see the little note yesterday concerning the Colorado AG seeking jail time for a bakery owner who chose to turn down some business? Apparently, he declined to bake a wedding cake for a gay wedding. Soon, those amongst us who decline to celebrate PDA will be treated similarly. http://bit.ly/12fKrqg

Posted by: MTF at July 09, 2013 03:42 AM (SsP73)

113 105 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 07:37 AM (kdS6q) On this day of Ramadan, I say this: (**belch**) Unquote.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 09, 2013 03:43 AM (+98Gb)

114 @107 Tell paul Ryan I'm still waiting for 95% more of the fence we were promised in 2007 seeing as they have only built 5% of the 700 miles of fence he voted to authorize. Just the tip. Only for a minute.

Posted by: kreplach at July 09, 2013 03:43 AM (0hIQR)

115 I'm sure he doesn't as long as he can draw 99 weeks of unemployment paid for largely by the federal taxpayers. - Vic

NC just fixed that to a degree. No longer taking Fed's unemployment $$$'s. Seems NC will pay off the feds 3 years early plus added benefit of putting able bodied people back in work force.

http://tinyurl.com/l4pxcq8

Posted by: Golfman in NC at July 09, 2013 03:44 AM (MRYTR)

116 109 Miss Marple,

It's like most things a mixed bag. I pointed out the anti-Corey "indictment" was performance art, Judicial Watch is probably one of the better bastions of the FOIA and is a final seawall against the tide of lack of accountability in the Federales. Klayman is an over the top A-hole at time.....I always thought that was part of being a lawyer at that level though.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:45 AM (LRFds)

117 112 MTF,

I want to sue Elton John for refusing to sing at my Birthday....

wheee fun with courts.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:46 AM (LRFds)

118 "This stuff" != "consultants wrote the bill!!eleventy!"

Posted by: Andy at July 09, 2013 07:42 AM (li+aS)

Sorry Andy, I just don't see that in there.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:46 AM (lZvxr)

119 #116 Is Klayman back with Judicial Watch? I thought Tom Fenton was in charge because Klayman parted ways with them some time ago.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 09, 2013 03:46 AM (GoIUi)

120 So... if Ramadan starts today, a mimosa would be out of the question?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 09, 2013 03:48 AM (QTHTd)

121 Kate Upton is not currently sitting on my lap.

I may sue.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 09, 2013 03:49 AM (QTHTd)

122 9 things you can do in the next third minutes to improve your mood: http://tinyurl.com/de5l9s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 03:50 AM (7vPJI)

123 All this time - never even missed having a Twinkie. They were shut down for the span of time equaling the interval that I buy them.

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 03:52 AM (r98SZ)

124 Emporia, KS isn't exactly NYC in terms of cost of living, either. Meat packing town. Lots of immigrants are willing to take that $11 and hope to build a better life.

Posted by: In Exile at July 09, 2013 03:53 AM (AwxCS)

125 119 Miss Marple,

He left, sued them a month after IIRC and founded "Freedom Watch."

http://tinyurl.com/lgy2ao6

It's a lot like his lawsuit WRT to Ben Shapiro's casting the JW early wins as Fritton's work alone...the guy *is* abrasive but probably has a point...

I dunno I am happier he exists than I would be without his organizations' wins but agree when he is boneheaded there're few dumber.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:53 AM (LRFds)

126 Ted Cruz: GOP did a "weepingly bad" job at defining itself to hispanics.

http://tinyurl.com/mk5t72r

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 09, 2013 03:53 AM (lq3Ak)

127 When does Obama welcome Christians who are "contributing to our country as entrepreneurs, activists and artists."? How about the Jews?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 03:54 AM (7vPJI)

128 105 -

That's nice. Whoever wrote that (of course it wasn't B. Hussein Obama) only knows Muslims who are doctors, and/or belong to the government class.

I'd call it naivete, but that's not right. It's willful ignorance.

Entrepreneurs, activists, artists... yeah, sure.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 09, 2013 03:55 AM (BeSEI)

129 126 slapweasel,

Nobody is arguing that everything is golden, and I think the Texas model is the basis for the GOP to win with Hispanics.

Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio thinking letting Schumer set the agenda for Immigration Reform is a great idea is dumb as hell.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 03:56 AM (LRFds)

130 Fenlon, I hope thats NSFW

Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 03:57 AM (CMlD4)

131 Regarding that baker case in CO there has been one other similar to it in another State. Note that the EEOC considers discrimination based on sexual orientation to be a violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

They say this because title VII forbids discrimination based on sex. This is another reason to get rid of the EEOC which has exceeded its authorized mandate decades ago.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 03:58 AM (lZvxr)

132 >> Sorry Andy, I just don't see that in there. If you read what Kelly said, the consultants are the ones saying that we need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, etc. generally. Nothing in what Kelly said equates to consultants actually writing the specific provisions of the Gang of 8 bill. But the consultants are just doing what they always do, and that ain't much of a story.

Posted by: Andy at July 09, 2013 04:00 AM (li+aS)

133 Via the well-worth-reading Maggie's Farm comes the story of a fresh food delivery. Apparently, the story line goes that a hawk decided to attack an eagles nest, looking for a little lunch, and instead became lunch. Similar to yesterday's Sumatran tiger story, only quicker to the point: http://bit.ly/12e0cuy

Posted by: MTF at July 09, 2013 04:00 AM (t0hSy)

134

"And that's all I have time for this morning."

Twinkies are coming back next week. What else is there?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 09, 2013 04:00 AM (qLYdI)

135

Were I a baker, I'd bake the damned cake - incompetently. Then refund the money.

Posted by: @JohnTant at July 09, 2013 04:01 AM (eytER)

136 They say this because title VII forbids discrimination based on sex. T I demand co-ed bathrooms, showers, and scholarship programs.

Posted by: zsasz at July 09, 2013 04:02 AM (MMC8r)

137 135 John Tant,

I'd hand 'em a twinkie....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 04:02 AM (LRFds)

138 Regarding that baker case in CO there has been one other similar to it in another State. Note that the EEOC considers discrimination based on sexual orientation to be a violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 07:58 AM (lZvxr)

Wasn't this something the homo marriage advocates swore wasn't going to happen and was just a strawman created by us h8orzz?

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 09, 2013 04:02 AM (hwwSK)

139 On this Ramadan, I invite Muslims all over the world to join the 21st Century. You have one good thing in your religion: monotheism. When you know God as the Father of all, you can come to know all as your brothers in one family. Abandon exclusion, violence, and misogyny, burn that pederast proffet's writings, and join the fellowship of all peaceful believers. Because, otherwise, you're just going to have to be exterminated. Thank you, and God bless you. Your choice. Take your time. You have until April 2014.

Posted by: Nobody Who Could Get Elected President at July 09, 2013 04:02 AM (F3WsD)

140 9 things you can do in the next third minutes to improve your mood: http://tinyurl.com/de5l9s -- Was talking to someone yesterday and as she was saying words I was thinking about positions she would be good in. What I'm trying to say is why isn't sex on that list?

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 04:02 AM (r98SZ)

141 Jack Phillips Masterpiece Cakeshop: 3355 South Wadsworth H-117 Lakewood, CO 80227 I think I'll send Mr. Phillips a positive note and a contribution.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 04:02 AM (7vPJI)

142 Dayton, Ohio celebrates flying machine:

http://tinyurl.com/l94x5va

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 09, 2013 04:03 AM (lq3Ak)

143 136 Zsasz,

yeah well "good luck" unless of course you're a child in grade school "because"....

We're finally through the looking glass, Donkey can now get his freak on and evidently not be punished at all...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 04:03 AM (LRFds)

144 RE: NC ending extended unemployment

The thing is, that extended unemployment lets people continue to think that things will get better soon. Instead, in this national economy, you have to make drastic changes. Like the Okies did in the dust bowl days. You have to move. Like in the days after the civil war in the south, you have to go somewhere else. Right now, there isn't any where to go.

So you get that unemployment, and you keep all those those things you expect to be able to keep; the house, the car, the cable/internet. You can't sell the house because prices have collapsed and you don't want to take the loss, or the unpaid balance on the mortgage is more than the current market price. Every week, you get a little further behind, and now when it all runs out, you're screwed, totally.

Like the twinkies guys, one guy takes another job at half the pay, while another refuses to work because of a two dollar an hour pay cut (he would have to return to his old job at $11 to get the uptick back to $14).

So the liberals all talk about being 'one paycheck away from homeless'. Well, ya, it's that way for everybody if you spend your money as fast as you make it, and if you refuse to cut back your expenses when your circumstances change, or refuse to take your loses when the market turns against you. But somehow, that's just not fair.

Everyone has the same risks, the same probability of catastrophe, the same health care risk, yet somehow it's not fair when it's you that takes the hit when it should be your neighbor who is an asshole and deserves it.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 09, 2013 04:03 AM (71TDf)

145

137 Sven:

You are what you eat, eh?

Posted by: @JohnTant at July 09, 2013 04:04 AM (eytER)

146

Was talking to someone yesterday and as she was saying words I was thinking about positions she would be good in.

And here I thought I was the only one.

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

147 Just think, this weekend Pacific Rim opens.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 04:04 AM (m8qXV)

148
Some smokers trying to get coverage next year under President Barack Obama's health care law may get a break from tobacco-use penalties that could have made their premiums unaffordable.

The Obama administration Â— in yet another health care overhaul delay Â— has quietly notified insurers that a computer system glitch will limit penalties that the law says the companies may charge smokers. A fix will take at least a year to put in place.

Starting in 2014, the law requires insurance companies to accept all applicants regardless of pre-existing medical problems. But it also allows them to charge smokers up to 50 percent higher premiums Â— a way for insurers to ward off bad risks.

http://tinyurl.com/ns4ut8m

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 04:05 AM (kdS6q)

149 138 Captain Hate,

Well I'm sure they won't go after Churches for doctrine either right Gabe?

It's almost as though the Log Cabins don't give a damn about "breeders" except as a litigatory target.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 04:05 AM (LRFds)

150 [124] I hear the dogfood plant is hiring.

Posted by: tony redenzo at July 09, 2013 04:06 AM (LwRkC)

151 Wasn't this something the homo marriage advocates swore wasn't going to happen and was just a strawman created by us h8orzz?

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 09, 2013 08:02 AM (hwwSK)

They didn't have to push it because they knew that the EEOC had already issued that interpretation, thus making it ridiculously easy to sue.

And that is what the EEOC is there for, to make it easy for one of the "perpetually aggrieved" class to sue. The EEOC will even help them by providing lawyers at taxpayer expense.

But don't go knocking on that door if you are a white male and have been discriminated against. The EEOC said that during Obama's first term. They openly admitted they would take no white cases. They are currently just another racist organization just like the CBC and NAACP.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 04:07 AM (lZvxr)

152 145 John Twant,

Quite...of course in a fit of "someone shut off the irony" that means this morning I'm toast...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 04:07 AM (LRFds)

153 You dudes now have @ 28 minutes to have sex since I posted the article. Go for it. Time's wasting. Why are you here?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 04:09 AM (7vPJI)

154

Wow, that was a great speech by Ted Cruz's dad.

Glad I finally listened.

Posted by: Mama AJ at July 09, 2013 04:09 AM (SUKHu)

155 154 Mama AJ,

Yup his Dad is an example of a legitimate refugee who came here for the right reasons, index that to Obama's "refugees" and contrast.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 09, 2013 04:10 AM (LRFds)

156 You dudes now have @ 28 minutes to have sex since I posted the article. Go for it. Time's wasting. Why are you here? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 08:09 AM (7vPJI) ---- I'm out of the contest!

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 04:10 AM (r98SZ)

157 I do not really understand wanting someone to back a cake for a celebration when they were against your marriage? It sounds like bad karma to be. Surely there are other bakers in that part of Colorado? I wouldn't be surprised if this couple knew the baker wouldn't bake cakes for that and went after him for that reason.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 04:11 AM (7vPJI)

158 why isn't sex on that list? agitated stimulation is not reliably tantamount to improved mood for the best definitions of improved

Posted by: higher impulses at July 09, 2013 04:11 AM (F3WsD)

159 So... if Ramadan starts today, a mimosa would be out of the question? I guess nuking them would be too?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 09, 2013 04:12 AM (y1ZcU)

160 There are very few legislative offices on the Hill with the horsepower to write major legislation. At best, they provide direction to the permanent committee staff and arrange markers and comments from lobbyists in a rational manner. Schumer as the committee chair controls those committee staff jobs - that's where it happens. The lobbyist who got their lawns watered, went thru Schumer. What Schumer needed was a naive, rookie Republican to front his crap - crap that would have never reached the Senate floor. Enter Rubio.

Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 04:12 AM (CMlD4)

161 Soon bakers, florists, etc. are going to have to go to a referrals only business model.

Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 04:16 AM (CMlD4)

162

I wouldn't be surprised if this couple knew the baker wouldn't bake cakes for that and went after him for that reason.

FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 08:11 AM (7vPJI)

----------

That's exactly what this is about. It's not enough to win a political victory...there's this need to rub their political opponent's noses in it and work to shame and humiliate them at every opportunity.

I thought Gabe's post after the DOMA ruling illustrated that nicely, quite frankly.

Posted by: @JohnTant at July 09, 2013 04:16 AM (eytER)

163 You are what you eat, eh? Guess that makes me a pussy.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 09, 2013 04:16 AM (y1ZcU)

164

I'm betting that Chobani is the one with all the close proximities to these states. I notice that for instance Dannon has manufacturing in other states not on this list like Ohio and Texas. Greek yogurt does have a shorter shelf life than some other types of yogurt but not as short as traditional yogurt but it is about 5-10 days shorter than blended yogurt.

And yeah Greek yogurt is definitely more bitter than regular yogurt and I've always though Chobani's type tasted worse than the others too so, you know its got that going for it too. Its clearly all just government payoff.

Posted by: buzzion at July 09, 2013 04:16 AM (LI48c)

165 The lawyer representing the cake owner had some very interesting things to say in that video. These Civil rights commissions are out of control-See Canada as an example.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 04:16 AM (7vPJI)

166 Court's back in session at 8:30 am today. They will continue to argue the admissibility of the animation. Again, expect serious whining by the state.

Posted by: We Are All Crackas Now at July 09, 2013 04:17 AM (vDjkK)

167

14 The number of people getting food stamps is now higher than the number of private sector workers

*****

Pro tip: When gleaning news from any internet link site, it is a good idea to read the posted headlines with a grain of salt, then read the article, and actually pay attention to what you read while considering the source. Not that there isn't a large number of people on food stamps, but this headline as written is factually wrong. I think we have enough real solid things about which to be outraged, or are we merely stirring the pot?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 09, 2013 04:17 AM (pxDth)

168 I'm out of the contest! Note: provocation, then withdrawal. 2nd instance. Pattern emerging?

Posted by: Zigmund Jung at July 09, 2013 04:18 AM (6B4ha)

169 Here's your buckake, I mean your cake. Its just a regular cake, nothing added. And don't think it unusual that I just said that.

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 04:19 AM (r98SZ)

170 I would enjoy it if the jury went feral and made their own Lord of the Flies production by using the Persecution as their props.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 04:19 AM (m8qXV)

171 I'm reeling from the stupidity of the comments in that NYT article by Krugman. Especially the one from the woman who wants an Unemployment Lobby. And the reason I read it was because it was a comment highlighted by the NYT itself. These people think they're intelligent. An idea just floats into their head and they run with it without putting any critical thought into it. It's not that they don't effectively think critically, it's that they don't think critically at all. A direct result of the ]i]"Don't Be an Idea Killer, Every Idea Is A Good Idea" culture that has infected our education system and managerial force for decades.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at July 09, 2013 04:21 AM (U37Ux)

172

>>>SINGLE PAYER, HERE WE COME!

Watched a documentary on the failures of the Drug War recently and there was a prof talking about how societies go through phases to become murderers on the level of the Nazis and Soviets.

First, he was saying these phases achieve their own momentum, that it isn't always down to one man or one administration that goes there. Instead its more a society-wide thing.

Second, those stages were Identification of the victim group, Isolation as in to a ghetto but it can be marginalization too, the stripping of Rights, the seizure of property, and then annihilation - which can be either active like the soviets and nazis did, or passive such as the denial of healthcare, food, basic needs.

If he's right, and if we can use the same as a comparison to single payer healthcare, then it doesn't matter who gets in power next. The door has opened already.

Posted by: Bigby's Jazz Hands at July 09, 2013 04:21 AM (3ZtZW)

173 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 09, 2013 08:17 AM (pxDth)

I did read the article, what the article said was the number getting food stamps was higher than the number of people with "permanent" jobs.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 04:22 AM (lZvxr)

174 That's exactly what this is about. It's not enough to win a political victory...there's this need to rub their political opponent's noses in it and work to shame and humiliate them at every opportunity.

I thought Gabe's post after the DOMA ruling illustrated that nicely, quite frankly.

Posted by: @JohnTant at July 09, 2013 08:16 AM (eytER)

And if the baker had agreed to bake a cake there would've then have been a demand to have two cocks on it. Anything to up the ante for having their "rights" violated. Congratulations on being tools of the left, homo marriage advocates.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 09, 2013 04:22 AM (hwwSK)

175 I do not really understand wanting someone to back a cake for a celebration when they were against your marriage? It sounds like bad karma to be. Surely there are other bakers in that part of Colorado? I wouldn't be surprised if this couple knew the baker wouldn't bake cakes for that and went after him for that reason.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 08:11 AM (7vPJI)

Because, at base, it isn't about "tolerance" or "acceptance." It's about power. That is the big elephant in the room that Gabe doesn't acknowledge; that for every happy, "normal" gay couple, there's one with unresolved daddy / mommy issues who wants to make the mean old Christianists (and don't think that's a coincidence, either) pay:

"So whattaya gonna do, huh, 'Christian?' Gonna follow that superstition you call religion? Or do you wanna keep your job? Huh? Where's your baby Jeebus, now, huh?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 09, 2013 04:22 AM (zF6Iw)

176 Hostess brand snacks were always more expensive than the other brands. The quality of their Ho-Ho's was better than other Swiss Cake Rolls, but still, I haven't had a raise from my vile brother (actually he cut my pay in half out of spite) in years. Now, when they are fiddling with the stuff, and will freeze everything, I doubt I'll ever buy the stuff again.

Posted by: Baldy at July 09, 2013 04:23 AM (tyDFN)

177 If any of you male morons are looking at family court for anything approaching justice, this case should scare the shit out of you. Imagine this judge without the cameras (to protect the children!), arbitrarily ignoring the law, procedure, and facts to determine the fate of your kids.

Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 04:24 AM (CMlD4)

178 Some loose shit in the sidebar: "the judge denied this, but he shouldn't have."

The judge in the Zimmerman case is female.

Posted by: Mr. Paul Anka at July 09, 2013 04:24 AM (OjM8s)

179 That's exactly what this is about. It's not enough to win a political victory...there's this need to rub their political opponent's noses in it and work to shame and humiliate them at every opportunity. The legal attacks are now to drive opposition out of the public square by taking people's businesses if they don't cave in to legal extortion.

Posted by: zsasz at July 09, 2013 04:24 AM (MMC8r)

180 176 When I saw the "now with added shelf life" I immediately thought of the incredible success of New Coke.

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 04:25 AM (r98SZ)

181 Seamus Muldoon at July 09, 2013 08:17 AM (pxDth) Not sure what the misleading part is, the USDA claims that approximately 101 million people are receiving food aide from at least one gov't program while the BLS says there are approximately 97 million people in the workforce. Maybe food stamps is not the right term because there are numerous different programs involved and not all are food stamps but the bottom line is we have a record number of people receiving food aide in this country and the number is greater than the total number of workers. That is pathetic and unsustainable.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2013 04:25 AM (g1DWB)

182 At least the baker's now have the option of sticking a couple of Twinkies on op of cake, again.

Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 04:26 AM (CMlD4)

183 Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 08:24 AM (CMlD4)

Family court exists for only two things, advancing the State welfare agenda and shitting on males.

But what case are you talking about?

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 04:26 AM (lZvxr)

184 O.K. I have to admit that made me laugh, Jean. Thanks,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 04:27 AM (7vPJI)

185 new one

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 04:28 AM (lZvxr)

186 Dear couple. Now that you have enraged the baker, are you sure that is really white frosting on the cake?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 04:29 AM (m8qXV)

187
I do not really understand wanting someone to back a cake for a celebration when they were against your marriage?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

For the same reason that, "I am SO bringing my college boyfriend home with me for Thanksgiving! And if he's not welcome, I won't be there EITHER!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 04:31 AM (kdS6q)

188 WTF, is "Greek yogurt" some kind of White House euphemism used by the lads in Barry's cabinet?

Hmm, let's see; "Let's go down to the Turkish bathhouse after this conference and get some 'Greek yogurt.'" Yep, it works.

Posted by: Fritz at July 09, 2013 04:31 AM (UzPAd)

189 You can have your cake! And eat it too!. No really, try and eat it all to get rid of the evidence. Have a nice day!

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 04:32 AM (r98SZ)

190 the BLS says there are approximately 97 million people in the workforce.

Hence that 2T shadow economy. Use that to balance out the numbers and presto! 0.05% GDP growth.

Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 04:34 AM (CMlD4)

191 188 WTF, is "Greek yogurt" some kind of White House euphemism used by the lads in Barry's cabinet?

Hmm, let's see; "Let's go down to the Turkish bathhouse after this conference and get some 'Greek yogurt.'" Yep, it works.

Posted by: Fritz at July 09, 2013 08:31 AM (UzPAd)

Its made by a different process. As others have mentioned it has a lot more waste product left over and its got a more bitter flavor than even plain yogurt. It can taste pretty good though, and one of its main benefits is that its got double the protein than normal yogurt.

Posted by: buzzion at July 09, 2013 04:36 AM (LI48c)

192 the BLS says there are approximately 97 million people in the workforce. Out of a population of 350 million, approximately 35% work? Oy.

Posted by: zsasz at July 09, 2013 04:37 AM (MMC8r)

193

I did read the article, what the article said was the number getting food stamps was higher than the number of people with "permanent" jobs.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 08:22 AM (lZvxr)

***

Vic, I know I am being a little nit-picky here, and I appreciate you taking the time to do the links, but...

...The article references several different "food assistance" programs, and the 101 million number is the summed total of participants. Some unspecified number (probably not an inconsiderable number) participate in multiple programs. For instance, a child on the school lunch program whose family is on food stamps gets counted twice.

Once again, I think it is inexcusable that we have such a large and growing dependency class, but words and language and facts really do matter if we are to maintain any moral high ground. Just one man's opinion.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 09, 2013 04:39 AM (pxDth)

194 Family court exists for only two things, advancing the State welfare agenda and shitting on males.

But what case are you talking about?

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 08:26 AM (lZvxr)

Zimmerman, the judge was pulled from family court for this trial - I think its her first murder case, maybe her first major felony.

Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 04:41 AM (CMlD4)

195 Twinkies are racist ... Chocodiles r da bomb!

Posted by: Paladin at July 09, 2013 04:41 AM (LTquJ)

196 Mr. Davis, it does suck to take a pay cut for doing the same job you have done for so long. But you should remember a few things. President Obama said "we" will have to take the suck for awhile. Of course that does not include him or IRS people or congressmen, etc. And if you did draw unemployment you could look on that as free money you got and added that to the $11.00 the job pays and maybe it wouldn't look so bad. And one last thing. You lost your job in the first place because of your UNION!

Posted by: Case at July 09, 2013 04:44 AM (VctSv)

197 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 09, 2013 08:39 AM (pxDth)

So you take exception to calling this "food stamps". Personally, I consider all food assistance programs food stamps.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 04:46 AM (lZvxr)

198

I commented about the food stamps v. employed on facebook and received the following:

"Did you read the article in Sunday's Washington Post about child hunger? THAT'S unsustainable."

We're doomed.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at July 09, 2013 04:47 AM (fwARV)

199 If my vagina was a gun, you would stand for its rights,
You would ride on buses and fight all the fights.
If my vagina was a gun, you would treat it with care,
You wouldnÂ’t spill all its secrets because, well, why go there.
If my vaginas was a gun, youÂ’d say what it holds is private
From cold dead hands we could pry, you surely would riot.
If my vagina was a gun, its rights would all be protected,
no matter the body count or the children affected.
If my vagina was a gun, I could bypass security,
concealed carry laws would ensure IÂ’d have impunity.
If my vagina was a gun, I wouldnÂ’t have to beg you,
I could hunt this great land and do all the things men do.
But my vagina is not a gun, it is a mightier thing,
With a voice that rings true making lawmakersÂ’ ears ring.
Vaginas are not delicate, they are muscular and magic,
So stop messing with mine, with legislation thatÂ’s tragic.
My vaginaÂ’s here to demand from the source,
Listen to the voices of thousands or feel their full force.

(You can see what the person who wrote this looks like over at Weasel Zippers, but she's exactly what you think).

Posted by: Katie Heim, Austin, TX at July 09, 2013 04:47 AM (OevbG)

200 Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 08:26 AM (lZvxr)Zimmerman, the judge was pulled from family court for this trial - I think its her first murder case, maybe her first major felony.

Posted by: Jean at July 09, 2013 08:41 AM (CMlD4)

They pulled a judge from family court to sit a murder trial? Obviously FL judicial practices are FUBAR.

Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 04:47 AM (lZvxr)

201
Twinkies are racist ... Chocodiles r da bomb!
Posted by: Paladin

Ding-Dongs -- but only in the original aluminum foil wrapping.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 09, 2013 04:47 AM (kdS6q)

202 Zimmerman, the judge was pulled from family court for this trial. -- Side note - She's glad about the Twinkie coming back.

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 04:50 AM (r98SZ)

203 No, I really don't want to look at the photo of someone who could write such appallingly bad poetry-the politics of it aside.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 04:50 AM (7vPJI)

204 124 Ahhh, Emporia KS. Nothing better than being out getting your Aerobics points when the wind shifted from Iowa Beef. Woof. (OK, moo)

Posted by: AE at July 09, 2013 04:54 AM (HYceo)

205 Ding-Dongs -- but only in the original aluminum foil wrapping. --- Yes, for some reason the chocolate icing is crisper in the foil than the sealed plastic.

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 04:56 AM (r98SZ)

206 Ahhh, Emporia KS. Nothing better than being out getting your Aerobics points when the wind shifted from Iowa Beef. Woof. (OK, moo) Posted by: AE at July 09, 2013 08:54 AM (HYceo) ---- I've got a Campbells soup factory upwind. And for some reason the exhaust from making soup smells like something mixed with ass.

Posted by: UWP at July 09, 2013 04:59 AM (r98SZ)

207 The Budweiser Clydesdales are some of God's most beautiful creations, yet Super Bowl after Super Bowl, their advertising omits all reference to this.

They're owned by Belgians, and it's some kind of Jacobin cabal. Also, Rolling Rock doesn't even have Laurel Highlands water anymore, obviously the work of some spawn of Satan.

[inhales deeply]
Leave Sam Adams alone!

Posted by: a non-compensated partisan of The Boston Brewing Company at July 09, 2013 04:59 AM (JNUY4)

208 That big chicken plant in Emporia actually smells good as you first drive into town. Until you're within a block or two, and then it's too late.

Had the best strip steak evah in a diner there. Henceforth have called it an Emporia Strip Steak.

Posted by: comatus at July 09, 2013 05:03 AM (JNUY4)

209 The magic vagina poem just calls for some heavy duty poetry snark.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 05:04 AM (7vPJI)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at July 09, 2013 05:05 AM (/PCJa)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at July 09, 2013 05:05 AM (/PCJa)

212 So that is what a Vaginalogue looks like..... it just does not scan well

BRB I need 55 gallons of brain bleach now.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 05:06 AM (m8qXV)

213
Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Release the Kraken!

Posted by: Parker at July 09, 2013 05:07 AM (YkW3i)

214 Just as long as its not a creepy a**-kraken...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 05:09 AM (m8qXV)

215 What's today , Tuesday?

Yep , guess I'll still be gay!

Posted by: Jason Collins at July 09, 2013 05:11 AM (EZl54)

216 Vaginas don't have a voice, you silly twit, And don't compose poetry when in a big snit. Take your aggrieved vagina poetry far, far away. I prefer Emily Dickinson's poetry any old day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 05:13 AM (7vPJI)

217 Will the magic vagina abortion cheerleaders be setting this poetry to music to use as a theme song when the Texas abortion bill comes up for a vote again?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 05:20 AM (7vPJI)

218 FenelonSpoke, you need to write up a NEA grant proposal for that. Get some of those sweet Bernake Bucks while they fresh off the presses.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 05:24 AM (m8qXV)

219 LOL. But I'd have to write vagina poetry which supports abortion on demand, strict gun control and unfettered illegal immigration in order to get big bucks from the NEA.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 05:32 AM (7vPJI)

220

@3 Morning folks. Time to rise and shine and embrace the suck.

I have, soon to travel away for a 3 day work trip far, far, far away from home. I will miss the Horde as Mrs. Thrope who doesn't have 50% more sensitivity will not let me take the family IPad.............So I'll miss you 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitiviy at July 09, 2013 05:39 AM (HVff2)

221 Well if you are quite crafty with the alliterative word, methinks you could in fact turn the meaning of the words into a stanza or two against such.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 05:42 AM (m8qXV)

222 Those industries were CA corporate agriculture and the Midwest meat packers. Real unemployment in this country is > 20% and they still want to bring in cheap labor from Mexico. Posted by: Vic at July 09, 2013 07:07 AM (lZvxr) Dairy industry in WI, too. Paul Ryan talked about it during his interview with Levin. As soon as I heard him say 'Dairy Industry' I thought 'How much are they paying you?'

Posted by: blindside at July 09, 2013 05:48 AM (x7g7t)

223 Vagina owners are there and shouting with force. Such magical things as "Hail Satan", of course. Because abortion limits and standards is such a bad thing And Gosnell helped "women's health", let his praises ring!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 09, 2013 05:49 AM (7vPJI)

224 "Rally 'round the vagina boys,

Up San Juan Fluke we go!"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 09, 2013 05:54 AM (m8qXV)

225

I don't have a Vag ,so-sorry to say

But I'll take a Wee-Wee, most any old day.

It's an all-purpose tool and useful as hell,

Especially after it begins to-a swell.

Chicken or egg, it's a common lament,

I like 'my stuff' fine , now go and get bent..........

Posted by: Uncle Kevvie at July 09, 2013 06:06 AM (gZD5/)

226 LOL. Very good. Uncle Kevvie.