Ace of Spades HQ

August 19, 2013

Top Headline Comments 8-19-13
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

To pick up a topic we discussed at length in our latest podcast, I know I was dubious about the premise that GOP congressmen shouldn't be dodging awkward town halls, but upon further consideration over the weekend, I don't think I was dubious enough.

As I wrote at the time, the NYTimes rounded up disgruntled conservative activists and asked them how they felt about congressmen foregoing town hall meetings. It was the Times, so of course, I tended to assume this wasn't getting coverage out of the paper's concern for the GOP. But my skepticism didn't quite go far enough, and now I'm thinking that we were completely had.

We bought a false premise hook, line, and sinker. I have no reason in particular to believe the Times' claim that GOP congressmen are dodging town halls. The NYTimes piece named three and implied that there were more. But, check this Roll Call tally. Plenty of town halls seem to be going on for Republicans and only one Democratic rep managed to crack the top 10. Where was the NYTimes article wondering about Democrats' lack of town halls?

Implicitly, we already knew this, right? I mean, I mentioned the two reps that were getting uncomfortable coverage because of the birthers that showed up for their town halls. Here's another one trying to navigate an answer to a little girl who says her father's going to be deported.

As often as certain folks like to remind me not to buy into media spin -- actually, they frequently tell me not to even link to mainstream media websites -- these same folks were certainly eager to buy this particular claim.

Oh, one bit of non-politics news (if there is such a thing) that deserves highlighting this morning is a scientific breakthrough that allows plants to fix nitrogen from the air, not just obtain it from the soil. A very big deal.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:53 AM | Comments (170)
Post contains 328 words, total size 2 kb.

1 Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, August 19, 2013. On this day in 1692 one woman and four men, one of which was a member of the clergy, were executed for being "witches" in Salem, MA. Instead of hanging their head in shame the people of Salem now operate this infamous place as a tourist trap.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:53 AM (lZvxr)

2 24 Egyptian police are killed by Obama's Muzzie terrorists.

http://tinyurl.com/kaz9mst

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:53 AM (lZvxr)

3 IL signs a new law into effect requiring all gun sales, including ones between private citizens, to have background checks. In addition it requires people to report any stolen or lost guns within72 hours. Of course criminals will abide by this law. Simply put, this useless POS law not only will not work but it will be a law-breaking trap for honest citizens. Also, it is just another incremental step by the idiots and control freaks in banning all guns.

The only thing I can say to the Morons who are unfortunate enough to live in this shit-hole Obama State is GTFO before it is too late. And if you decide to come South, leave the voting attitudes that put these kind of shit heads in office there.

http://tinyurl.com/mw3nady

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:54 AM (lZvxr)

4 Obama getting ready to release 50 terrorists from GITMO. Remember the coverage a few years ago of what is left at GITMO after Bush released a bunch. These are the worst of the worst. They should all be taken out behind the fence and shot as illegal combatants out of uniform. This IS legal under international law.

http://tinyurl.com/lbhecr2

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:54 AM (lZvxr)

5 Rare 1967 Ferrari sold for $27 Million dollars.

http://tinyurl.com/mq4gm4a

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:54 AM (lZvxr)

6 NOAA closes 600 faulty temperature monitoring site thanks to Watts Up publicity. Now what about the 1000's of other bad ones. What about the BS "adjustments" made to the raw data to enhance the AGW scam.

http://tinyurl.com/n8b3ryv

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:54 AM (lZvxr)

7 The Saudis back the Egyptian military and warn the "West" of pressuring them. Now who in the West is backing the Muzzies in Egypt?

http://tinyurl.com/kqkb35j

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:55 AM (lZvxr)

8 Of course McShitty sides with Obama and the Muzzies. Says the US has no credibility in the ME. Of course the libtard press eats this shit up. Well you senile old bastard, you have no credibility with anyone. Find a rock and crawl under it and STFU.

http://tinyurl.com/k3d2glt

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:55 AM (lZvxr)

9 Another NE liberal with an "R" after his name looking at a 2016 run. No word yet on whether the shitty primary schedule that favors liberals and moderates will be changed.

http://tinyurl.com/lvaz8fy

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:55 AM (lZvxr)

10 Remember all those "budget cuts" we were supposed to have? Well they don't seem to have made it through the actual spending process. Si if overall spending went up and military spending went down, where is the damn money going to? The FSA of course.

http://tinyurl.com/mnv95th

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:56 AM (lZvxr)

11 DAY 285 1,176 to go (1,249 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 August 19, 2013 02:56 AM (+98Gb)

12 If you are waiting on the MFM to cover Obama's Muzzie pals killing Christians you will wait a long time.

http://tinyurl.com/lyqgs39

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:56 AM (lZvxr)

13 Several hundred illegal migrants snared in raids in Phoenix. And I like this little gem in the article:

A massive weekend raid netted several hundred illegal immigrants who were either car wash workers or customers in Phoenix, according to immigrant-rights groups who say the move highlights the ongoing tensions within President ObamaÂ’s deportation policy.

The only "right" these people have is the right to remain silent after they are arrested and deported. Of course we need someone who obeys the laws on our side of the border before they will be deported.

http://tinyurl.com/lrf4kwh

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:56 AM (lZvxr)

14 Corker (RINO-TN) joins the other RINOs siding with Obama and the Muzzies on the Egypt shit.

http://tinyurl.com/l2qqcxh

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:57 AM (lZvxr)

15 Kindle Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/m432xds

That's it for today folks. And how did I make the top 10 comments last week with only 290 comments?

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:57 AM (lZvxr)

16 Lamar Alexander is in a virtual dead heat with Generic Candidate in the primary. GOOD.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2013 02:58 AM (+98Gb)

17 Well Gabe, you can not trust anything printed in the NYT. They are not our friends.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 02:58 AM (lZvxr)

18 Morning all. What fresh new hell has Monday brought?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 19, 2013 02:59 AM (uVkIH)

19 That N2 thing is not some kind of breakthrough. There have always been certain plants that return N2 to the soil. Or at least in the modern times.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 03:00 AM (lZvxr)

20 19 That N2 thing is not some kind of breakthrough. There have always been certain plants that return N2 to the soil. Or at least in the modern times. Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 07:00 AM (lZvxr) Like kudzu. Oh, wait a second... Morning Vic!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2013 03:02 AM (+98Gb)

21 Lefty wife subscribes to the NY Times. I only like it because it fits the litter box perfectly. Love pulling the masthead or a SCOAMF mug shit reeking of cat piss and poo. A simple joy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2013 03:04 AM (+98Gb)

22 Nullius In Verba.

Always, always, always.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at August 19, 2013 03:05 AM (vk6ov)

23 Morning JJ.

Beans, peas, and alfalfa are examples of plants that farmer do in alternating years to return N2 to the soil.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 03:06 AM (lZvxr)

24 23 Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 07:06 AM (lZvxr) Side out and crop rotate!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2013 03:06 AM (+98Gb)

25 Plant Respiration will be the end of mankind, you must all learn o live off solar rays...like me.

//Albert Al Algore II

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:08 AM (A4hKL)

26 I know it's early in this thread to go off the rails but I don't care. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! I now return you to your regular programming.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at August 19, 2013 03:09 AM (X+nFp)

27 Of course we need someone who obeys the laws on our side of the border before they will be deported. Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 06:56 AM

I know I'm just being stupid, Vic, but didn't this country used to send people to prison for "ignoring" laws they didn't like?

Oh, well....

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 19, 2013 03:09 AM (kaGpp)

28 And guess what it is doing here this morning?

Rain of course. I talked to my youngest brother yesterday down in GA. He has a "summer place down by a lake with a yard lamp on a pole next to his dock. He said the ground had got so saturated with water his poll was sloping over to the lake and he couldn't even use a guy wire to pull it back up because he could not put a stake in the mushy ground.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 03:09 AM (lZvxr)

29 Lefty wife subscribes to the NY Times. I only like it because it fits the litter box perfectly. Love pulling the masthead or a SCOAMF mug shit reeking of cat piss and poo. A simple joy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2013 07:04 AM (+98Gb)
=======

'Mornin J.J.!

I had a similar experience here with the WAPO- a solicitor kept calling and trying to sell me a subscription. After about a half dozen calls I finally told him "look, I don't need it". He asked "Why?" and I told him "our dog is house broken and our parakeet died" then I hung up.

He never called again.

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 19, 2013 03:10 AM (OtQXp)

30 Morning.. ya know with the millions OFA Brown Shirts around the country, I would be skeptical of having a town hall meeting too.

These people are experts at infiltrating and popping up with "tea party" or birther or whatever type questions just to make this "civil war in the GOP" seem real.

Ironically, we can't even get into an Obama rally.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 19, 2013 03:10 AM (UTq/I)

31 27 I know I'm just being stupid, Vic, but didn't this country used to send people to prison for "ignoring" laws they didn't like?

Oh, well....

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 19, 2013 07:09 AM (kaGpp)

Congress used to take care of that with impeachment.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 03:10 AM (lZvxr)

32 16 JJ Sefton,

Lamar is not exactly a spring chicken.

I think siding with the MB is a valid reason to be retired.

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:11 AM (A4hKL)

33 16 -

The problem is, if "generic conservative" never steps forward, Alexander wins by default. So far, he/she has not stepped forward.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2013 03:11 AM (BeSEI)

34 26 suppressed flasher,

congrats...

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:13 AM (A4hKL)

35 "As often as certain folks like to remind me not to buy into media spin -- actually, they frequently tell me not to even link to mainstream media websites -- these same folks were certainly eager to buy this particular claim."

Who? Some imaginary friend of yours or is that just another cheap shot at the people here?

Posted by: lowandslow at August 19, 2013 03:13 AM (APJIX)

36 17 Vic,

of course Rinse may not be our friend either...

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:14 AM (A4hKL)

37 Sven!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks. I have to share it with Billy Jeff but at least not the SCOD.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at August 19, 2013 03:14 AM (X+nFp)

38 his poll was sloping over to the lake and he couldn't even use a guy wire to pull it back up Has he tried Viagra?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2013 03:15 AM (OevbG)

39 36 of course Rinse may not be our friend either...

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 07:14 AM (A4hKL)

Not since they had that early meeting with the overpaid stupid consultants.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 03:15 AM (lZvxr)

40 Re subscribing to the newspaper, my niece once told the guy trying to peddle the Baltimore Sun that she didn't read the newspaper. When he fell into the trap and asked her why she said, "Because I'm blind." He never called again, either.

Posted by: Retread at August 19, 2013 03:15 AM (Oz+LZ)

41 33 Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2013 07:11 AM (BeSEI) I should change my name to Jan Eric, move to Nashville and run.

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

42 @33: I could've sworn Insty linked someone who *had* stepped forward for that the other day, some TN state senator or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2013 03:16 AM (OevbG)

43 35 LowAndSlow,

I'm one of the "Gabe's Imaginary Friends" I suppose....

I've had enough of a lot of the GOP...

if Gabe thinks he's slinging shame he needs new glasses.

It's like Reince Priebus' bullshit...

"I NEVER SAID RACIST!" no Reince...you said "not helpful"...wanting the US to have a border is ":not helpful" despite being YOUR fucking platform...

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:16 AM (A4hKL)

44 Just who is this Rancid Pubis guy and where the hell did he come from?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2013 03:16 AM (+98Gb)

45 My Republican congressman is advertising his town hall meetings on the radio. He's not avoiding them, he's actively seeking citizens' presence and input. (And the ads say that they're paid for by Congress.)

Posted by: MeHome at August 19, 2013 03:17 AM (fIkHQ)

46 Sweetheart, your Papa is being deported because he's breaking the law. This is not your fault. You are a crime victim, and that breaks my heart. You can go with him, back to his homeland, or you can become a foster child here in America. That's all we are able to do for you. Exciting new state senate candidate, needs your help, link in my sig. I love you guys.

Posted by: Truman North, Moron Emeritus at August 19, 2013 03:17 AM (hsDFO)

47 Trolling from the main page again, I see. Quel suprise.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 19, 2013 03:18 AM (JDIKC)

48 46 Truman North,

TN you live, and I am glad of it.

Keep on plugging bud.

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:18 AM (A4hKL)

49 The only thing I can say to the Morons who are unfortunate enough to live in this shit-hole Obama State is GTFO before it is too late.
Posted by: Vic
.............
It's already way too late!

The thing is.. every couple years we get a new Legislature run by the Chicago Dems. But this is only possible if the downstate voters vote Dem as well.. So, we get POS like Quinn elected governor with a 67% Dem majority and he can pass whatever bills they like. The downstaters who enable this should be fucking shot.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 19, 2013 03:18 AM (UTq/I)

50 Lamar is not exactly a spring chicken.

I think siding with the MB is a valid reason to be retired.

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 07:11 AM (A4hKL)
=======

You mean the guy with the flannel shirts and the exclamation point? He's still alive? And he's RUNNING?

*facepalm*

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 19, 2013 03:18 AM (OtQXp)

51 So Elian Gonzalez gets removed by SWAT teams, shrieking as he's torn from his relatives arms and gets sent back to Cuba. But if G-d forbid a cop even asks someone for I.D., it's a fucking hate crime equivalent to Gestapo tactics. How I hate leftists.

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

52 47 Empire of Jeff,

In the end Jeff it's all about Gabe Rights.....

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:19 AM (A4hKL)

53 42 -

The piece I read yesterday said there wasn't anyone. Could be there is, I would trust G. Reynolds to know better than wherever it was I read it.

JJ, if you move to Nashville, I will establish a phony address in Tenn and vote for you!

Posted by: BurtTC at August 19, 2013 03:20 AM (BeSEI)

^{Tim Burchett, Mayor of Knox County}

^{Mark Green, State Senator}

^{Those are currently listed as "potential" candidates. None have actually declared.}But since RINO Corker was handily reelected I don't hold out much hope.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 03:21 AM (lZvxr)

55 50 Nighthawk,

Mike DeWine has a flannel tuxedo for running I think....

I used to be really proud to be a Republican...

something funny happened on the way to the voting booth the last 8 years...

coincides with the rise of the McCain Gang I think...

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:21 AM (A4hKL)

56 If you wanted to parody Fox and Friends you could have the crew asking Donald Trump about "marriage leases". Oh wait that is this morning's show.

Posted by: tmitsss at August 19, 2013 03:22 AM (Pa9vP)

57 Well kids, I actually have a paying gig the next couple of weeks, but I'll be checking in. Fight the power!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 19, 2013 03:24 AM (+98Gb)

58 OFA already announced their intention to infiltrate Texas, especially Houston.

Posted by: Thunderb at August 19, 2013 03:24 AM (zOTsN)

59 It is a sheer joy to see the Commercial Appeal peddlers at their lonely little tables in stores trying to sale their "newspaper" subscriptions to customers. People usually cannot get away fast enough. I have been asked a couple times; I just say "no, I prefer honest news sources."

Posted by: Dandolo at August 19, 2013 03:24 AM (0XBx+)

60 54 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 19, 2013 07:20 AM (zF6Iw)

Damn those are some nice gams. And I never realized that she was the green woman on Star Trek.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 03:25 AM (lZvxr)

61 OFA absolutely is planning " days of action" disrupting townhalls

Posted by: Thunderb at August 19, 2013 03:28 AM (zOTsN)

62 29 I had a similar experience here with the WAPO- a solicitor kept calling and trying to sell me a subscription. After about a half dozen calls I finally told him "look, I don't need it". He asked "Why?" and I told him "our dog is house broken and our parakeet died" then I hung up. Posted by: Nighthawk at August 19, 2013 07:10 AM (OtQXp) In my case, I could tell it was a telemarketer, so I didn't want to be rude to her. I just said all innocent-like, "But I don't have a puppy or a bird, so I have no use for the New York Times."

Posted by: rickl at August 19, 2013 03:30 AM (sdi6R)

63 61 Vic,

Kirk was colorblind...

Picard was just blind....

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:30 AM (A4hKL)

64 Piers Morgan was on in the lobby...

I think "berarfuckers" is gonna happen... a black bear wandered into a Bar....

that sounds like it was stalking Boehner...

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:32 AM (A4hKL)

65 The Indian satellite launch that should have gone off 10 minutes ago was scrubbed due to a fuel leak in the second stage. Their last attempt in 2010 didn't go so well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t33SXyAWOII

Posted by: rickl at August 19, 2013 03:32 AM (sdi6R)

66 So because we have a list of 11 GOP elected officials (out of, what, 300 or so?), all of them from safe districts, this suddenly constitutes a "they're not really avoiding town halls argument"?

C'mon Gabe, you need to start using some better logic than that.

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at August 19, 2013 03:33 AM (U+vgB)

67 I don't know where the hell the word "adjustments" came from, folks. I must have been preparing the list during yesterday's NASCAR race.

Posted by: Gran at August 19, 2013 03:33 AM (mw0FO)

68
That's it for today folks. And how did I make the top 10 comments last week with only 290 comments?

Posted by: Vic

I think you get points for quality.

Posted by: Bruce at August 19, 2013 03:33 AM (v6cJW)

69 62 ThunderB,

It'd be a damn shame if OFA's infiltrations led to a few lynchings...

OFA types bite our African-Americans' thumbs off and the media comments if we simply would vanish these poor Union guys would not attack...

we refuse to choke them out.

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:33 AM (A4hKL)

70 Posted by: Gran at August 19, 2013 07:29 AM (mw0FO) Umm Gran, I think you missed one. See 26.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at August 19, 2013 03:34 AM (X+nFp)

71 70 Bruce,

sad raccoon...wha wha wha

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:34 AM (A4hKL)

72 Morning all. If the rain doesn't let up soon, I'll need those poison ivy eating goats for my lawn.

Posted by: NCKate at August 19, 2013 03:34 AM (kwl+3)

73 67 RickL,

it went about as well as our '50s efforts....

the first man on Mars will be Chinese or Indian.

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:35 AM (A4hKL)

"...asked a while back for an Yvonne Craig story."

I sat next to her on a flight from LA to Detroit in 1997. She was about 60 then, but still hot.

Posted by: jwest at August 19, 2013 03:36 AM (u2a4R)

75 SF @ 72 Damn it! There's always at least one. Addendum follows: Today's celebrity birthdays: Suppressed Flasher (inhibited exhibitionist)

Posted by: Gran at August 19, 2013 03:36 AM (mw0FO)

76 OFA going to events by Cruz, Poe and Flores to disrupt

Posted by: Thunderb at August 19, 2013 03:37 AM (zOTsN)

77 My Rep. One, 1 hour town hall. On a work day.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 19, 2013 03:37 AM (M3APu)

78 Morning morons. We're still boned I assume, I'll go read the earlier comments for confirmation.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 03:37 AM (sQ0LB)

79 OFA absolutely is planning " days of action" disrupting townhalls

Posted by: Thunderb at August 19, 2013 07:28 AM (zOTsN)
==========

I'm reading Erik Larsen's "In the Garden of Beasts" which is an account of late 1930's Berlin written from the papers and letters of the U.S. Ambassador to Germany and his family. It is a chilling account of the unraveling of German society, but what is even more chilling is the uncanny parallel to what is happening in America today- especially the actions of the media and the bullying tactics of OFA and the unions which almost mirror the actions of the SA.

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 19, 2013 03:37 AM (OtQXp)

Posted by: Gran at August 19, 2013 07:36 AM (mw0FO)

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at August 19, 2013 03:37 AM (X+nFp)

81 Jesus fucking Christ on a pogo stick.   Now our Congresscritters are supposed to be unable to stand up to little girls?   I like Insty's response, though I would add a FYNQ.   Yes, I would say the full version of that to the person that it is who is using a child in such a way.   It's appalling and the response should be to point that out, not to Brave Sir Robin that shit.

Tell you what, how about taking this approach.   If someone doesn't want to be forced to answer uncomfortable questions, maybe that someone shouldn't run for elected office.

Feh.   A pox on all of them.

Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 19, 2013 03:38 AM (Gk3SS)

82 The only thing I can say to the Morons who are
unfortunate enough to live in this shit-hole Obama State is GTFO before
it is too late.
Posted by: Vic
.............
It's already way too late!
The thing is.. every couple years we get a new Legislature run by the Chicago Dems. But this is only possible if the downstate voters vote Dem as well.. So, we get POS like Quinn elected governor with a 67% Dem majority and he can pass whatever bills they like. The downstaters who enable this should be fucking shot.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 19, 2013 07:18 AM (UTq/I)

Get them to enact Chicago style gun control laws, that should get them shot right quick.

Posted by: mugiwara at August 19, 2013 03:40 AM (hpYnL)

83 Sounds to me like the NYT reports the decreased townhallsbto suppress our turnout, all the while knowing OFA is going to be there. NYT is not a neutral party. They are a coconspirator.

Posted by: Thunderb at August 19, 2013 03:42 AM (zOTsN)

84 Analyzing GOP political strategy at this point is like nit picking a drunk's barroom pontificating.
Words and actions neither meet nor see the light of the next day.

And Corker may be even more disingenuous than Eddie Haskell RINO - SC

A large part of the GOP has been bought by the MB, it's becoming more and more obvious.
Why would they want to intervene on behalf of the Morsi crew when both Christians and non MB muzzies are trying to cleanse Egypt of this crowd while standing shoulder to shoulder protecting churches AND mosques.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 19, 2013 03:44 AM (qxZ96)

85 85 ThunderB,

The media is the media...and if it ever comes to brass tacks they should be rewarded for what they're enabling and building.

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 03:44 AM (A4hKL)

86 Oh, as to Gabe's last link. Unlike anything Obama has done (as opposed to all the critical sh*t that has happened due to his incompetence), self-fertilizing plants are a big f*cking deal. I wonder how the greens will reconcile this. On one hand, it's genetically modified crops, but on the other it means less reliance on greenhouse-gas producing fertilizers or potentially infectious manure. My guess is they will resist the gen-mod organisms and demand that people continue to get E. coli as Gaia intended.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 03:45 AM (sQ0LB)

Heh, funny how you always hear about the women being tried in Salem, and yet only one was killed, whereas 4 men were put to death--and I never even knew to question this particular story. Damned feminist indoctrination, never let the facts get in the way of the narrative.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 03:48 AM (sQ0LB)

88 In my case, I could tell it was a telemarketer, so I didn't want to be rude to her. I just said all innocent-like, "But I don't have a puppy or a bird, so I have no use for the New York Times."

Posted by: rickl at August 19, 2013 07:30 AM (sdi6R)
======

Yeah, I try to give folks like that the benefit of the doubt- cold calling people is a rotten way to have to make a living. But when the same guy calls you every night for a week, well that's a different story.

A friend of mine has a unique method of dealing with unwanted calls. He has the same uncanny talent that Sid Caesar had for being able to talk in a complete gibberish that sounds like it could be some actual foreign language- his version is something like Japanese. He just answers the phone and launches into it and it confuses the living daylights out of the person on the other end. Of course if it's somebody who knows him they know enough to say "knock it off Chuck!".

But he has embarrassed himself a couple of times...

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 19, 2013 03:48 AM (OtQXp)

89 Good morning!

It would help if we had a complete list of who had town halls and who didn't. I imagine the no town hall types are either people who know their constituents are not happy with their votes (democrats and some RINOS) and a fewwho have been targeted by OFA and their associates for harassment because they aren't left wing enugh to suit them.

I would like to point out that the NYT, WaPo, and Politico have a history of agitprop and spend a lot of time crafting stories with "unnamed sources" and "high-ranking GOP officials" in order to divide and infuriate us.

My general rule is that I give no credibility to stories from any of those sites unless I can verify the information independently.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 19, 2013 03:48 AM (GoIUi)

90 Happy Birthday Flasher!

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at August 19, 2013 03:50 AM (MnSla)

91 Oh, today is my father's birthday--a blue-collar Republican, who came from nothing (never received had a birthday present until his future mother-in-law and my mother got him one) and worked his fingers to the bone to give my mother, my siblings and myself a comfortable middle-class life.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 03:52 AM (sQ0LB)

92 CC @93 I missed another one? I gotta do better research. Another addendum: Conservative Crank's Dad (mensch)

Posted by: Gran at August 19, 2013 03:54 AM (mw0FO)

93 54 I'd forgotten how cheesy the old Star Trek were.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2013 03:56 AM (M/TDA)

94 Synopsis: You readers are dicks. Morning thread?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 19, 2013 03:59 AM (4p5/2)

95 @81 - I read In the Garden of Beasts last month and thought the same thing. The parallels to today are chilling, especially the cult of Obama and the intimidation of anyone who disagreed with him.

Posted by: biancaneve at August 19, 2013 04:00 AM (6bYlh)

96 Thanks fat man.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at August 19, 2013 04:00 AM (X+nFp)

97 Nighthawk - In the Garden of Beasts is a really good read.. "chilling".. yes.

If you like fiction, there is a similarly titled book by Jeffery Deaver - "Garden of Beasts". It takes place in 1936 Berlin at the Olympic games. The US sends a New York mafia hit man to take out the man running Hitler's rearmament..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 19, 2013 04:01 AM (UTq/I)

98 I'd forgotten how cheesy the old Star Trek were.

Maybe, but I would crawl across broken glass covered in rubbing alcohol to get a piece of that "green cheese."

Posted by: Per-Bert at August 19, 2013 04:01 AM (cK0tU)

99 I'd forgotten how cheesy the old Star Trek were.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2013 07:56 AM (M/TDA)
=====

It was the 60's, EVERYTHING was cheesy.

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 19, 2013 04:01 AM (OtQXp)

100 Can these Congress critters demand an Id for people attending the town halls? I assume the answer is yes. Even though I despise the OFA vermin, they should be able to attend a town hall for whoever their representative is. If they act like disruptive fuckheads then they can be tossed.

Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 19, 2013 04:01 AM (4OpkQ)

101 Star Trek *sets* were. Duh. Haven't had my coffee yet.

Posted by: Tuna at August 19, 2013 04:02 AM (M/TDA)

102 Heh, thanks Gran, though he's hardly a celebrity in his own right. He has done work on houses for a couple celebreties though, Dr. J is the most famous one I remember.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 04:02 AM (sQ0LB)

103 Just because.

http://tinyurl.com/l4o3bho

NSFW...I guess.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 04:03 AM (gqgiP)

104 IDs are racist or something

Posted by: Thunderb at August 19, 2013 04:04 AM (zOTsN)

105 Yvonne Craig wasn't the only green girl. Susan Oliver was the first, in "The Cage".

Posted by: Gran at August 19, 2013 04:04 AM (mw0FO)

106 96 Akula51,

Yeah it's a recurring theme...

"dear base you suck vote and shut up"

//McCain Gang

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 04:05 AM (A4hKL)

107 Oh, as to Gabe's last link. Unlike anything Obama has done (as opposed to all the critical sh*t that has happened due to his incompetence), self-fertilizing plants are a big f*cking deal. I wonder how the greens will reconcile this. On one hand, it's genetically modified crops, but on the other it means less reliance on greenhouse-gas producing fertilizers or potentially infectious manure. My guess is they will resist the gen-mod organisms and demand that people continue to get E. coli as Gaia intended. Posted by: Conservative Crank
.............
The greens have won that battle already. We cannot sell genetically modified grains globally. Japan stopped buying completely and just recently began buying again after certifying there was no GM grains.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 19, 2013 04:05 AM (UTq/I)

108 My 16 year old has this perpetual smile on his face since I showed him the tickets I bought for two Reds games at Great American Ballpark in early September. It is hilarious watching a kid trying to act like a man hiding his excitement.

Posted by: Per-Bert at August 19, 2013 04:06 AM (cK0tU)

109 Oh, and Vic, the point of the N2 fixing gene is that this is for other plants, not just legumes. Crop rotation was a more efficient way to handle nitrogen depletion than having fallow fields, but between not having to rotate out cash crops, and not having to absorb the expense of fertilizing and the equipment that goes with it, this should be a significant economic boon for farmers.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 04:06 AM (sQ0LB)

110 My Congressman (Farenthold) certainly isn't dodging. He is remarkably assessable, including going on talk radio at length every Monday.

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at August 19, 2013 04:07 AM (vFmT2)

111 Story behind the hymn: On of my favorite hymns is "All Hail The Power of Jesus" name". which has been called "The National Anthem of Christendom" There is a wonderful story of the power of God in music behind this hymn which you can find here: http://tinyurl.com/k2kydjt This is the older/more majestic version which I prefer: http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/h/ahtpojn.htm I think the Christians opposed to abortion should start singing this at fights over restrictions on late term abortions and inspection of facilities. Those opposed to these restrictions which are both ethical and rational would look REALLY bad singing, "All Hail the Power of Satan's name" ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2013 04:07 AM (2Tv3A)

112 Given OFA held a climate change rally *in DC* and nobody showed up (they later deleted the notice from their website that it was happening, nice try) I'm not sure I'd be terrified of anything they're planning.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2013 04:07 AM (OevbG)

113 Morning all. Glad A-Roid got hit. Hope they hit him agian

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 04:08 AM (9Xc5j)

114 From Jammie this AM

Stunner: Al Jazeera America CanÂ’t Find Any Advertisers

http://tinyurl.com/ktn2su4

lol

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at August 19, 2013 04:09 AM (MnSla)

115 Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 07:52 AM (sQ0LB) Happy birthday to very your hard working dad. May God bless him this day and the days ahead. It's wonderful to hear your affirmation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2013 04:09 AM (2Tv3A)

116 Susan Oliver, another sad tale. Died at 58 of cancer.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 04:09 AM (lZvxr)

117 Chi-Town, I should have specified the domestic greens. The refusal to use GMO crops is an idiocy best compared to opposing fluoridated water. Of course, the difference between the two is actual starvation of millions versus just a decreased quality of life from having all your teeth go bad before middle age. But remember, we're the evil ones.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 04:10 AM (sQ0LB)

118 From Jammie this AM Stunner: Al Jazeera America CanÂ’t Find Any Advertisers http://tinyurl.com/ktn2su4 lol Posted by: JoethefatmanÂ™ (@joethefatman1) at August 19, 2013 08:09 AM (MnSla) Good. I for one, will boycott any one who advertises with them

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 04:11 AM (9Xc5j)

119 Posted by: biancaneve at August 19, 2013 08:00 AM (6bYlh)

Back in high school we had to read Shirer's "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich". Between that and Larsen it is really scary that I can predict what will happen next in this sh*tstorm.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 19, 2013 08:01 AM (UTq/I)

Thanks for the tip CTJ- I'll check it out. It sounds similar to the real-life story of Moe Berg- the big league catcher and OSS agent who, without knowing anything about nuclear physics, had to decide if it was worth it to assassinate the head of the Nazi nuclear program.

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 19, 2013 04:11 AM (OtQXp)

120 Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at August 19, 2013 07:09 AM (X+nFp) Happy birthday to you, but, Have a great day, but don't get yourself into trouble by getting UNsuppressed in your flashing in public places.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2013 04:12 AM (2Tv3A)

121

William Marshall ("You don't shut a child off when it makes a mistake. M-5 is growing, learning.")

William Marshall was also the title character in the underrated Blacula and its infinitely worse sequel, Scream, Blacula, Scream.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 19, 2013 04:13 AM (zF6Iw)

122 Mornin' Morons

Posted by: Bigby's OTOH at August 19, 2013 04:14 AM (3ZtZW)

123 I was totally unaware that "Better Call Saul" is being pitched as a spin-off from Breaking Bad...

that is hooah.

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 04:14 AM (A4hKL)

124 Ok, then.. off to work. Have a good day y'all!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 19, 2013 04:14 AM (UTq/I)

125 My Mr Coffee 12 Cup Maker died this AM after 5.5 yrs and approx 2000 brews.
Not bad for 16 and change.
I'm gonna get another.

None of this Keurig happy horse shit for me.
The price per brewer and per cup of that nonsense couldn't be justified if it were super anti-oxident fortified unicorn piss and tasted like single malt.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 19, 2013 04:16 AM (qxZ96)

126

Conservative Crank at August 19, 2013 08:10 AM (sQ0LB)

----------

Heh, I have a friend who is heavy into opposing GMO crops (says it's not "real food.") and I just learned that the opposition in fact extends to flouridated water (says it makes everyone sick and all European countries have seen the light and stopped flouridating the water...).

I pointed out that some of those countries shifted instead to flouridating salt, which is why they stopped flouridating water. Other countries settled on different strategies, like getting the poor to use toothpaste and such. This was part of an overall conversation where I also mentioned that GMO crops like yellow rice cheaply delivered beta carotene to poor people who couldn't afford or didn't have access to other sources - greatly preventing blindness. I was met with stone-cold silence.

Incidentally, this person gleefully spends hundreds of dollars per week on "organic" fancy-ass groceries...because it's "real." Guess it never dawned on this person that the majority of the people on this planet aren't able to do such a thing.

Posted by: @JohnTant at August 19, 2013 04:18 AM (tVWQB)

127 127 on the rocks,

they can have my kettle when they pry it from my wife's cold dead fingers...

//Tigers Are Legal in Texas

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 04:18 AM (A4hKL)

128 None of this Keurig happy horse shit for me. The price per brewer and per cup of that nonsense couldn't be justified if it were super anti-oxident fortified unicorn piss and tasted like single malt. Posted by: ontherocks at August 19, 2013 08:16 AM (qxZ96) It's very convenient to use and when you consider the waste ( at least when I make coffee) of the unused coffee not sure in the end out much more expensive it is. Certainly much easier in the 'Office" enviorement

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 04:20 AM (9Xc5j)

129 The language of the asteroid belt will be Mandarin. Sorry RAH, we blew it.

Posted by: phunctor [/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 19, 2013 04:20 AM (NCkFb)

130 Hope they hit him agian

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 08:08 AM (9Xc5j)

Maybe they should throw at all of the PED users.

Of course that means half of baseball.

ARod may be the most egregious example, but he certainly isn't the only one.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 04:20 AM (gqgiP)

131 Posted by: @JohnTant at August 19, 2013 08:18 AM (tVWQB)

Or that "organic" is a legal term, and often has very little to do with the way the product was grown, or its net effect on the environment.

Tools.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 04:23 AM (gqgiP)

132 131 Phunctor,

I'm working past caring...

basically if the US Constitution is a joke...(and by Golly Ogabe is showing it is) then it is more a matter of "I hope some nation is ballsy enough to go" rather than "we are a nation of higher ideals and should lead"....

in closing fuck Obama and "Callsign:FreeShit!"

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 04:24 AM (A4hKL)

133 MP4 @123 He was also the captain of the Video Pirates in Amazon Women On The Moon.

Posted by: Gran at August 19, 2013 04:25 AM (mw0FO)

134 ARod may be the most egregious example, but he certainly isn't the only one. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 08:20 AM (gqgiP) Well he is different than most in a few respects. He was caught using pre 2003 and admitted to such. Then made this great road show of saying how pure he was going to be from now on and of course continued to use them. That does seperate him from many of of the others. In addition he is a scumbag, maybe the biggest scumbag in Baseball with Ryan Braun a close second or even ahead of him. But Braun being a scumbag also, doesn't make A-Roid less of a scumbag. And finally he is a scumbag, did I mention that?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 04:25 AM (9Xc5j)

135 133 CBD,

If there is progress for mankind's betterment there you will find Donk E Ass standing in the way...

Posted by: miguel ambivalence@sven10077 at August 19, 2013 04:25 AM (A4hKL)

136 It's 3rd Party time. Republican is a damaged brand - Irreparable. Sooner or later, it must be done. Frankly, now is probably the best time we will ever have to go with a 3rd party. The message must be sent - we will not vote for a RINO - we will de-throne any detractors from conservatism. I will vote democrat before I vote for a RINO (can you say Chris Christie?) We simply cannot keep putting these bastards back into office. We just can't!

Posted by: MartiniRx at August 19, 2013 04:26 AM (de5gG)

137 Incidentally, this person gleefully spends hundreds of dollars per week on "organic" fancy-ass groceries...because it's "real." Guess it never dawned on this person that the majority of the people on this planet aren't able to do such a thing. No, that's exactly why they do it. It signifies that they *aren't* poor. That's the entire standard operating procedure of Codevilla's elitist class, as filtered through Ace.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2013 04:27 AM (OevbG)

138 The Constitution is just a bunch of crap white guys wrote. Well, white guys don't make the rules anymore.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2013 04:28 AM (VctSv)

139

I had Fox and Friends on this morning while on the treadmill...

It's no wonder people call us the stupid party. If democrats and independents thinking about switching parties see that show, they will run away laughing.

Posted by: jwest at August 19, 2013 04:29 AM (u2a4R)

140
My Mr Coffee 12 Cup Maker died this AM after 5.5 yrs and approx 2000 brews.
Not bad for 16 and change.
I'm gonna get another.

I had a Cuisinart Grind and Brew. Great idea, but....

After a month, the valve in the carafe top 'stuck', resulting in coffee all over the counter. The only way to get the coffee into the carafe was to jam a toothpick under the valve to keep it open. Sent the whole thing back for a replacement.

Fast forward another few months, and the replacement started leaking. No more setting it up the night before on timed brew. I had to pour the water in, and brew immediately. Fast forward another couple of months, and the built in grinder stopped working. Long gone now, tossed the whole thing in the trash, and now I rely on much simpler, and cheaper coffee makers. Even if my current coffee maker goes belly up, I'm out a whopping fifteen dollars, instead of 100.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 19, 2013 04:31 AM (0IhFx)

141 Mornin' peoples. Had my fantasty football draft over the weekend. Hooray football!

Posted by: Mainah at August 19, 2013 04:32 AM (659DL)

142 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 08:25 AM (9Xc5j)

2003 was a secret test that was leaked. Until I see the other 97 people on the list, I call bullshit on that one.

Yes, he is a scumbag. I will stipulate that. But the CBA allows him to fight the suspension, and the players should respect that. As for dropping a dime on Cervelli? Eh...I don't believe that ARod had anything to do with it.

Baseball is dirty, and there is no getting around that. Until the CBA is renegotiated to allow teams to cancel the contracts of any player who tests positive, there will be a big problem.

And....he went 3 for 4 with a home run, and they beat the Red Sox.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 04:32 AM (gqgiP)

143 I'm so low tech at the moment (because our drip coffee machine doesn't heat things up very well) that I take a paper filter, put it in the coffee in the plastic container and pour boiled water the coffee. Seems to work just as well as fancier things except when it tipped over and i got scalding grounds all over my hand.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2013 04:34 AM (2Tv3A)

144 Oh, and a hat tip to Ryan Dempster. I don't care that the Sox lost, I was just happy to see ARoid beaned.

Posted by: Mainah at August 19, 2013 04:34 AM (659DL)

145 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 08:32 AM (gqgiP) He admitted he failed that 2003 test so what's bullshit about it? As for the other 93 people who were not outed on that list, that does not make A-Rod any less guilty. As far as the appeals process goes, the other 12 players saw the evidence and new they were cooked. It's only because A-Rod is very rich and arrogant that he is dragging this shit out and in my opinion since he was cheating from the get go, his whole contract is fraud and Fubar.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 04:38 AM (9Xc5j)

146 Susan Oliver was the first, in "The Cage".

--

What a stunningly beautiful woman she was. She also appears in an episode of Andy Griffith as a prisoner. She was breathtaking.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2013 04:38 AM (XB5Ak)

147 Damn Monty doom done snuck in while we were not looking.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2013 04:39 AM (lZvxr)

148 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 19, 2013 08:34 AM (2Tv3A)

That's what I do, and it's the best way to make coffee.

You can buy a Melitta cone for a few bucks, and the paper filters are $4/100. Just put it on top of a coffee pot and you are good to go!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 04:41 AM (gqgiP)

149 I recently spent $6,500 on a young registered Black Angus bull. I put him out with the herd but he just ate grass and wouldn't even look at a cow. I was beginning to think I had paid more for that bull than he was worth.

Anyhow, I had the Vet come and have a look at him. He said the bull was very healthy, but possibly just a little young, so he gave me some pills to feed him once per day.

The bull started to service the cows within two days, all my cows! He even broke through the fence and bred with all of my neighbor's cows! He's like a machine!

I don't know what was in the pills the Vet gave him ...

but they kind of taste like peppermint.

Posted by: Chain Mail at August 19, 2013 04:41 AM (55mSG)

150 My 16 year old has this perpetual smile on his face since I showed him the tickets I bought for two Reds games at Great American Ballpark in early September.

--

If you've never been there, you're in for a treat. I'm from Cincy. That's a great stadium to see a ballgame. Looks out over the river. Enjoy!

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 19, 2013 04:43 AM (XB5Ak)

151 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 08:38 AM (9Xc5j)

His name was leaked for a reason. It was supposed to be confidential. That was baseball playing sneaky, shitty games.

ARod has the money to fight the suspension. It makes financial sense. Why criticize him for it?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 04:46 AM (gqgiP)

152 His name was leaked for a reason. It was supposed to be confidential. That was baseball playing sneaky, shitty games. ARod has the money to fight the suspension. It makes financial sense. Why criticize him for it? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 08:46 AM (gqgiP) As I said the fact that his named was leaked makes him no less guilty. Why criticize him? Because we both know he is guilty as sin and is nothing but a lying scumbag. And I think in the future that rule will be changed about being able to play while you appeal. The players are not happy about it either. They all hate him, even his the Yankees, you know that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 04:50 AM (9Xc5j)

153 >>It's very convenient to use and when you consider the waste ( at least when I make coffee) of the unused coffee not sure in the end out much more expensive it is. Certainly much easier in the 'Office" enviorement

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 08:20 AM (9Xc5j)

Office use is prolly only argument for.

None of mine gets wasted as I do hot in AM and iced at night before work with dinner with remainder (both black) that I store in a pitcher.

But if you do the math on how many cups that I get from my 33oz can for 6 and change, compared to any flavor of the Keurig 1 serving, you'd be floored.

I get roughly 2 weeks of 6 cup/day for say 6.28.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 19, 2013 04:52 AM (qxZ96)

154 #127 Isn't it amazing that the very same people who recycle will waste money and resources on those Keurigs? My daughter went on a rant about how wasteful they are, and I agree.

Plus expensive. We use a French press.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 19, 2013 04:53 AM (GoIUi)

155 Have you seen American Morning, or 'the Dead Intern Show' it's a wasteland out there.

Posted by: francis underwood at August 19, 2013 04:53 AM (VYGs9)

156 Legal Insurrection has a post this morning or late last night about the use of town halls to push memes against Republicans. Maybe Republicans should be a bit MORE cynical about town halls.

Posted by: Matt S. at August 19, 2013 04:59 AM (m7EhJ)

157 >>Plus expensive. We use a French press.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 19, 2013 08:53 AM (GoIUi)

That's my emergency backup (used this AM) for power outages.
Tastes fine and also inexpensive,

......but you know that Miss M.....

Posted by: ontherocks at August 19, 2013 05:00 AM (qxZ96)

158 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2013 08:50 AM (9Xc5j)

I don't disagree with the scumbag part, and I don't doubt that most of the Yankees don't like him.

But rules are rules. Let him contest the suspension....let everything come out in the open....and maybe people will see that MLB is just as culpable.

For fuck's sake, they have Tony Larussa working on the replay systems. He's the biggest cheater in the history of the game. He knew that his players were juicing in the 1990s, and supposedly it was encouraged.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 19, 2013 05:01 AM (gqgiP)

159 I get it. It's our fault to respond to something printed here. SMH

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at August 19, 2013 05:07 AM (1tsbS)

160 Or that "organic" is a legal term, and often has very little to do with the way the product was grown, or its net effect on the environment.

The only non-organic foods we eat or feed our kids are water and salt. (per a chemists definition of organic).

Posted by: Jean at August 19, 2013 05:08 AM (CMlD4)

161 Wow - thanks for the link to the Susan Oliver pic....and so I've found links to Anne Francis, Tuesday Weld, more..back later

Posted by: It's a Swamis day at August 19, 2013 05:16 AM (919GJ)

162 Chi-Town, I should have specified the domestic greens. The refusal to use GMO crops is an idiocybest compared to opposing fluoridated water. Of course, the difference between the two is actual starvation of millions versus just a decreased quality of life from having all your teeth go bad before middle age. But remember, we're the evil ones. Posted by: Conservative Crank

The anti-GMO idiots in the EU are also on the hook for the political unrest in Egypt -- the food prices and limited supply are one of the underlying causes of the unrest. Their import restrictions have kept the African continent from dramitically increasing their food supplies for decades - and implementing the land reforms that go with increased production.

There would still be a succession crisis in Egypt - but you would have far fewer people in the streets if they weren't hungry.

Posted by: Jean at August 19, 2013 05:22 AM (CMlD4)

163 "As often as certain folks like to remind me not to buy into media spin -- actually, they frequently tell me not to even link to mainstream media websites -- these same folks were certainly eager to buy this particular claim."

Right, right.

Your readers are all idiots, and you are Wile E. Coyote, Sooper Genius.

Posted by: Troll Feeder at August 19, 2013 05:26 AM (1auJ8)

164 Here's another one trying to navigate an answer to a little girl who says her father's going to be deported.

This bit of theater irritates the crap out of me. I live on the border and hear these sad stories everyday. You feel horrible for these kids. But it all comes back to a single question.... Did the parent(s) make a bad choice either coming to the US illegally or by violating the terms of their visit to the US? If I made the choice to commit a crime, then my children would suffer for it - it's the natural consequence of making a bad choice.

We have ceased to be a country of laws and are pretty much ruled by the latest sob story - Society cannot function indefinitely where laws are arbitrary.

Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at August 19, 2013 05:26 AM (L4CWX)

165

Speaking of being completely had by the MSM...the term 'birthers' was coined on a left-wing progressive site, adopted by JournoList and the MSM...and swallowed hook, line and sinker by conservatives and the right.

Many of you did the same thing wrt the narrative about Palin, Ron Paul and others...

You claim to hate and distrust the MSM -you know they're lying to you, you know they're left-wing progressives, through and through... but you keep buying what they sell...and then you keep selling their narratives to one another.

Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at August 19, 2013 06:00 AM (klGLB)

166 Maybe Republicans should be a bit MORE cynical about town halls. Posted by: Matt S. at August 19, 2013 08:59 AM (m7EhJ) ******************* Or maybe Republican politicians should be more prepared for these kinds of pre-planned "gotcha" questions from leftist groups like La Raza. The politician could have explained to the girl that all nations must have laws, or there will be chaos. He could have asked her if she'd ever seen another kid trying to push his way into the front of a line --either in school, or at an amusement park, etc. He could have explained that the kid was breaking the rules, and that his rule-breaking had to be punished because we need rules in order to have fairness and safety and order in society. The politician could have explained to the little girl that her father made a choice to break the law (the rules) and push himself ahead in the line of people waiting to get into this country legally, and that was a bad choice and the wrong thing to do, and that her father knew in advance that his bad choice could have consequences that would negatively affect his family -- but he did it anyway. Put the blame where it belongs -- on the lawbreakers.

Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at August 19, 2013 06:37 AM (/sohm)

167 these same folks were certainly eager to buy this particular claim.

In fairness, whenever there's news of GOP cowardice or selfishness, that tends to be very believable no matter what the source.

Posted by: Null at August 19, 2013 07:19 AM (xjpRj)

168 As often as certain folks like to remind me not to buy into media spin -- actually, they frequently tell me not to even link to mainstream media websites -- these same folks were certainly eager to buy this particular claim. Whatever people say about people who say things about Gabe, just remember - it's mutual.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 19, 2013 10:20 AM (qyfb5)

169 If the New York Times says the sun will come up tomorrow, prepare for the end of the world.

Posted by: Beef at August 19, 2013 01:33 PM (XERws)

170 Crop rotation was a more efficient way to handle nitrogen depletion than having fallow fields, but between not having to rotate out cash crops,and not having to absorb the expense of fertilizing and the equipment that goes with it, this should be a significant economic boon for farmers.

It's great for them to be able to cut back on chemical fertilizers - corn generally requires a pound of nitrogen equivalent per bushel, and that adds up to a metric shit-ton of expensive chemical fertilizers in most commercial cases - but if it encourages Corn Belt doofus farmers to double down on their silly "continuous corn" schemes, that's a bad thing. Crop rotation is vital for reasons *other* than nitrogen depletion. Single-crop fields tend to develop really nasty soil microculture issues, and sometimes farmers can kill soils dead with the counter-measures designed to stave off the accumulation of parasites and pests that love, for instance, corn. At least with a corn/soybean or corn/wheat/soybean cycle, you can keep the pest target moving, and not provide a standing buffet table for one particular crop's personal pests.

Posted by: Mitch H. at August 20, 2013 04:32 AM (jwKxK)

Hide Comments | Add Comment | Refresh | Top

Comments are disabled. Post is locked.

160kb generated in CPU 0.1614, elapsed 0.4476 seconds.
64 queries taking 0.3814 seconds, 298 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.