August 22, 2013
— Gabriel Malor Happy Thursday.
William Jacobson has a smart post on skepticism when it comes to Snowden and Greenwald.
Democrats think a government shutdown might shake things up enough to put the House within their reach.
Gallup finds disapproval of Obamacare still outpacing approval. I'm more interested in the spike of "no opinion" people. That went from 4% to 11% in a month. Are they really people with no opinion or are they folks who have an opinion, but don't want to say it because they believe its unpopular?
The Mustache 2016? He's thinking about it.
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Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 02:53 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 02:53 AM (+98Gb)
Passing amnesty will help the Republicans
Shutting down the government will hurt the Repubs
Bipartisanship is the key to winning votes with independents
Posted by: Chris at August 22, 2013 02:56 AM (aBOfW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 02:56 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 22, 2013 02:58 AM (UeUjL)
Here is a scathing article about the situation from of all places, Rolling Stone:
http://tinyurl.com/mzd3quo
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 03:01 AM (GoIUi)
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Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at August 22, 2013 03:10 AM (gaOtJ)
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She gave birth in jail? I thought he was less than 19 y/o.
Posted by: Retread at August 22, 2013 03:11 AM (Oz+LZ)
simply will not let go of his nut...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 03:11 AM (A4hKL)
Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.
I only have time for a short story this morning, so letÂ’s go back to 1935, where screenwriter Sam Hellman is sitting at a table at the Beverly Hills Hotel. William FoxÂ’s homonymous Film Corporation has just merged with Darryl ZanuckÂ’s Twentieth-Century studio and a crowd of writers, actors, executives and Wall Street bankers have gathered in the hotel ballroom to celebrate.
The star of the evening is Shirley Temple, the child star whose movies have singlehandedly saved Twentieth from bankruptcy.* When she enters the ballroom, on her way to the stage she passes by HellmanÂ’s table. Impulsively, he reaches out, takes her hand and spins her around. Picking her up and holding her high over his head, he smiles and tells her what a wonderful little performer she is.
“Suddenly,” he recalled later, “a horrible silence fell over the room and I looked toward the head table. There all the bankers from New York had turned white and were mopping big drops of sweat from their brows. I realized then what I was doing. Here I was holding nearly all the assets of Twentieth Century-Fox in my hands. It scared me so I nearly dropped her. But I managed to set her on the floor, and when I looked at the head table again the bankers were sighing big sighs of relief and the color was creeping back into their faces.”
And now it's time to get a cup of tea and sleep through another hour-long meeting. Hope you all have a wonderful day.
*Bankruptcy seemed to be a constant with Twentieth; almost 30 years later, the studio would be shattered by the disaster of Elizabeth TaylorÂ’s Cleopatra, only to be saved from extinction by the massive grosses of The Sound of Music in 1965. . .which they then lost with the fiasco of 1967s Doctor Doolittle.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 22, 2013 03:11 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at August 22, 2013 03:12 AM (U2UQk)
Yes, because it requires a standing on first principles - and we know that commodity is in short supply in the GOP
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at August 22, 2013 03:13 AM (JpC1K)
Look you blame God when things spiral out of control as a normal human being Mr Sefton....
ie
God is all powerful, this fucking sucks and is beyond man ergo God made the hurricane that ate my property....
the liberal mind, and I'll ask Gabe since he has a rare grasp of the moonbat epistomology, puts govt as God but it is a special ed God ergo
"this sucks, god loves me ergo this must be the fault of the GOP that the laws, so-called, of supply and demand apply still to healthcare..."
right Gabe?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 03:14 AM (A4hKL)
So is Lieawatha Warren, MA's answer to Shrillery Clinton and Nanzi Pelosi. So is Scott Brown. So is Devil Patrick, apparently.
Hell, I'm sure Poppin Fresh's man-crush, Tim Pawlenty, will get him some adulation from Tepid Air and decides that means he has A Mandate to Lead.
I'd be tempted to vote for Bolton, if he opens up and lets us all in on where he stands on domestic issues. Haven't heard a word on that.
What I Do. Not. Want. is another candidate propelled beyond their capabilities by starry-eyed sycophants, and thus is required only to BE, not DO. No Choom Boy. No Palin.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 22, 2013 03:15 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:15 AM (zpNwC)
Yup, we're back to the DJIA not being Ogabe's fault...
poor Barry the special ed "god" he is as much a "priosoner of the economy" as Dede Jenital...unless it is surging...that is all him baby....
he's like Viagra.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 03:15 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Steve at August 22, 2013 03:15 AM (xZPp3)
Posted by: DangerGirl, getting angrier by the day at August 22, 2013 03:15 AM (gaOtJ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 03:16 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 22, 2013 03:17 AM (uhAkr)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at August 22, 2013 07:12 AM (U2UQk)
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I think a second look at open rebellion may be more likely.
Posted by: Nighthawk at August 22, 2013 03:18 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 03:18 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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Rush Limbaugh has a theorem he calls (what else?) the Limbaugh Theorem.
It tries to explain how Obama never gets blamed for all the shit he does. He always seems opposed to the very stuff he's foisted on the American people!
and.. good morning!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 22, 2013 03:18 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: mindful webworker is a sexagenarian at August 22, 2013 03:18 AM (L2I78)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:19 AM (zpNwC)
Bevel the Prezzy Ma'Shizzle being made more and more an emperor is why we have the budding tyranny we do IMHO...
peoiple love the 'stache b/c he tells the UN to go fuck itself seldom an unpopular role in the US...
also as Ogabe domestically he is a "blank slate" people can put their views upon...
in a healthy America the President is not seen as national daddy
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 03:19 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 03:20 AM (+98Gb)
You sexy sexegenarian! Happy bidet!Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 03:20 AM (+98Gb)
People love the truth. He speaks the truth. Unfortunately, speaking the truth does not win elections. We have several years worth of evidence on this exact point.
America is now more like Los Angeles. In LA, everyone, no matter who they are, no matter what color, no matter what occupation, no matter what age, everyone there wants to be the exact same thing...
Twenty-one.
American just doesn't want to grow up, because reality is a stone cold bitch.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at August 22, 2013 03:21 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2013 03:22 AM (t+DWU)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 22, 2013 03:22 AM (UQVLq)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 03:23 AM (+98Gb)
Hopefully under molten lava....
Posted by: sven10077
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Doin fine out here in the burbs..
Hey.. where's Vic?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 22, 2013 03:23 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:23 AM (zpNwC)
ideally recovering from porch time in lieu of the possible bad news he faced...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 03:25 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 03:25 AM (XIxXP)
This is a disgrace and to have all of these kids bound into servitude is just outrageous.
One thing the article didn't cover is how they also are told that they can borrow for "living expenses." This explains why suddenly there are so many kids going on European tours and spending Spring Break in Acapulco.
18-year olds can borrow the money without parental consent, too.
It's real good to say that they should understand, but I remember how little I understood about even compound interest when I was 18. Plus they are fed a line about how ANY degree will get them entry into the job market.
So then they end up with a degree in "fashion merchandising" and are working in a retail shop for peanuts while saddled with a huge debt. And the democrats promote this so that their buddies on campuses will continue to brainwash, write position papers extolling them, and generally keep the gravy train rolling.
It's similar to how union dues are used to support the dems who in turn make union-friendly policies, while the rank and file never see much benefit.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 03:26 AM (GoIUi)
That 49% disapproval rate is way too low and the 11% who don't know is way too high. It shows, as I have been saying, Americans really do not appreciate how big a shit sandwich O'care really is. Let it take effect on Jan 1 and we will have a sweet platform to win back the Senate next year.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 22, 2013 03:26 AM (UTq/I)
For lots of people, it's an announcement they are open to accepting a job in the next Administration. I have to think that's the case, when it comes to Bolton.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 22, 2013 03:27 AM (BeSEI)
Hi, Miss Marple. I just wanted to say that I like your posts and I am impressed with your knowledge, intelligence and good sense.
I realize that my contributions are mainly either fart jokes or incoherent, profanity laced rage. I am sorry that I cannot provide concise and coherent analysis like you do.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 22, 2013 03:27 AM (31Nrp)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:30 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 03:30 AM (XIxXP)
http://bit.ly/18LT908
He'll have to wait in line behind Mumia, those three underprivileged yoots who killed the Australian and several busloads of Muzzie terrorists. Also Maj. Hassan.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 22, 2013 03:31 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:33 AM (zpNwC)
I am very appreciative of Ace's site which allows me to rant and have some people read my opinions.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 03:34 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 03:35 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 03:36 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 22, 2013 03:36 AM (UQVLq)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:37 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 03:37 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 03:39 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:39 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 03:40 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 03:40 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 22, 2013 07:22 AM (UQVLq)"
One of the things that I liked about the show "Law and Order:Criminal Intent" was that they had the recurring charactar of Nicole Wallace, a psychotic murderess played by Olivia D'Abo.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 22, 2013 03:41 AM (31Nrp)
I was just about out the door when I saw the catnip on the 'Stache. I was a fan until he went on record PRO-NSA snooping on Joe Public. He holds the GOP Establishment position.
Did you catch the part in the link about him conferring with the Bushies? Blech. Besides, Krispy Kreme is the Chosen One since the Hamptons set is opening their bank accounts to him.
Posted by: RushBabe at August 22, 2013 03:41 AM (qkZxk)
I get the sense that the Establishment GOP (and Gabe, but I repeat myself) aren't appreciating the Democrat negotiating tactic here.
After the last shutdown the GOP gained seats. Of *course* the Dems are going to try and pitch the narrative that it's going to be unpopular, because that's one way they are going to try to dissuade the GOP from doing it. It's not like the DNC Media Arm that is the MSM would challenge the Dems on this narrative - but people 20 years ago were smart enough to see through the charade, and that's without all the alternative media that exists today.
Bottom line, there's no reason to automatically believe your negotiating opponent when he says your threat will actually benefit him.
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 22, 2013 03:41 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:43 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: mindful webworker, cogent phart analysis at August 22, 2013 03:44 AM (x1L8S)
Posted by: RushBabe at August 22, 2013 03:45 AM (qkZxk)
Posted by: Bull at August 22, 2013 03:45 AM (MOSsR)
Posted by: Case at August 22, 2013 03:46 AM (o00SF)
Posted by: blaster at August 22, 2013 03:47 AM (NAU+F)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 03:48 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:49 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 03:50 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: mindful webworker, glad to be an Okie at August 22, 2013 03:52 AM (euACX)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 03:54 AM (MhA4j)
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And Republicans usually do as they advise.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 22, 2013 03:54 AM (ymovd)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 03:56 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: CarolT at August 22, 2013 03:56 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 22, 2013 03:56 AM (b0x7s)
And Gutfeld is scared of him, I think.
Posted by: filbert at August 22, 2013 03:57 AM (7vimm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 03:57 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 03:58 AM (XIxXP)
Manning and Hassan have a chance; the rest, not so much. The former two broke Federal (albeit Military law). The latter two involve state law. The Constitution does not allow POTUS to pardon/commute state law.
Yeah, like that's gonna restrain SCOAMF.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at August 22, 2013 03:58 AM (wcP2i)
Posted by: Case at August 22, 2013 04:03 AM (9mWut)
very clever
he is a man
he should be sent to prison, with males
if he goes all "Chelsea" he will sue to be put in womens prison
an attention whore he is
Posted by: thunderb at August 22, 2013 04:04 AM (zOTsN)
>>>Are they really people with no opinion or are they folks who have an opinion, but don't want to say it because they believe its unpopular?
I'll go with they're tired of hearing about it.
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 04:05 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 04:05 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2013 04:05 AM (OevbG)
What is it that people love about the guy so much? Honest question... Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk
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I think his appeal is that he is unabashedly pro America. We don't see much of that in politicians anymore. Beyond foreign policy, he's a political cipher.
I think all the Republican love gushed at Colin Powell should have cured them from jumping too quickly on bandwagons. But most Republicans seem to be ineducable.; I think conservatives are prepared to exercise more scrutiny.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 22, 2013 04:07 AM (ymovd)
"if he goes all "Chelsea" he will sue to be put in womens prison"
In that case they should put stuff in his food that will make him grow breasts.
Posted by: Case at August 22, 2013 04:07 AM (9mWut)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 04:10 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 22, 2013 04:11 AM (b0x7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 22, 2013 04:11 AM (xDfWx)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 22, 2013 04:12 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 04:12 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: mindful webworker, virtual rodeo clown in a Bolton mask at August 22, 2013 04:12 AM (euACX)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 04:13 AM (MhA4j)
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 21, 2013"
When a British journalist who is a guest in our country takes up the liberal flag and uses the corpses of innocent victims as a soapbox to speciously promote their cause, we call that despicable.
Hey Piers, did you happen to find out how that gun was obtained by the murderer?
I am waiting for Bloomberg and the rest of his anti-gum kooks from the Lollipop Guild to show up.
Posted by: Marcus at August 22, 2013 04:13 AM (oZLzg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 04:13 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 22, 2013 04:14 AM (UQVLq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 22, 2013 04:15 AM (xDfWx)
Posted by: BornLib at August 22, 2013 04:16 AM (zpNwC)
Bwahahaha whooooooooooooooooooahahahah...psssssssst
Never. Gonna. Happen.
And the senate is flipping boys. Get ready for the new normal.
Posted by: Marcus at August 22, 2013 04:16 AM (oZLzg)
That is also why I place no stock in the "considering running" rumors from any of them. There is as much misleading and double-dealing in all of this as the Byzantine Court.
Example: Guiliani making a big play and then running a campaign solely to divert votes from Romeny. Same with Fred Thompson. Bah.
It is also why I am not investing my support in any of them. I will take a look at what shakes out during the primaries, but I seriously believe that we will end up with a blah candidate.
And for those who think Christie will at least bring the fire and brimstone, I remind you of his very underwhelming speech at the convention. He's a double-dealing jerk.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 04:16 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 22, 2013 04:17 AM (xDfWx)
I think if you had to use your real name and be held responsible for your words Much of this trash would go away
I don't know OSP....sometimes I think people are getting so used to communicating this way (since less and less is face to face) that it is becoming acceptable to speak this way in the "real world". I hope I'm wrong but I sure don't see much civility, respect or decorum in face to face conversation anymore. Not that it doesn't ever happen, but it is rare enough that I notice it when in does.
Posted by: FITP at August 22, 2013 04:17 AM (B12dw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:19 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 22, 2013 04:19 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Smokey Bear at August 22, 2013 04:19 AM (erYRT)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at August 22, 2013 04:19 AM (09o/X)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at August 22, 2013 04:20 AM (09o/X)
Goddammit, I heard "Chelsea going to jail" and I had my hopes up there for a second.
Wrong Chelsea.
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 22, 2013 04:20 AM (tVWQB)
"Did “bored” teen James Edwards learn about crime from his mother? Edwards is the 15-year-old apparent gang member accused of shooting Australian baseball player Chris Lane in the back last Friday. He appeared in court Tuesday and reportedly made a mockery of the proceedings"
My comment: but he's a good, good boy. No, really.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 22, 2013 04:21 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 22, 2013 04:21 AM (xDfWx)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 22, 2013 04:21 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:24 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 22, 2013 04:24 AM (QbKVX)
Bolton did a good job where he was. Doesn't mean I want him as President.
/if he did get it, I'd call him Bolton to delegitimize him heh
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 04:24 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:25 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Case at August 22, 2013 04:25 AM (o00SF)
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'Xactly. He had more passion going after the teacher's union, by far, than he ever displayed at the convention. Very lackluster performance, as if he didn't really want to be there. It's was obvious.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 22, 2013 04:25 AM (XB5Ak)
>>>>they would prefer to have 'no opinion' than admit they seriously screwed the pooch.
Now would be an excellent time to push the "You were lied to" narrative.
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 04:26 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 04:26 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at August 22, 2013 04:27 AM (zZJJp)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at August 22, 2013 04:29 AM (U2UQk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 04:29 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:29 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:30 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: CarolT at August 22, 2013 04:31 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 04:31 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at August 22, 2013 04:31 AM (zZJJp)
Chelsea, Hassan. I'm sure you'll have a lot to talk about.
Posted by: zsasz at August 22, 2013 04:32 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Jean at August 22, 2013 04:32 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 04:32 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 04:32 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 04:34 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 22, 2013 04:34 AM (J3IzX)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 08:05 AM (MhA4j)
I thought I read that they got their shit from the Germans and Russians.
They don't get the actual gas from France/Germany/Russia or even direct pre-cursors. What the get is industrial, dual use equipment. Primarily control systems and corrosion resistant production
Posted by: Jean at August 22, 2013 04:36 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2013 04:37 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at August 22, 2013 04:37 AM (zZJJp)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 04:38 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 04:39 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at August 22, 2013 04:39 AM (GmTxn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 04:39 AM (XIxXP)
Part of that decorum is fear
That much is definitely true, but I see a serious coarsening of our culture (yes, me too at times) that troubles me. Maybe this is why people used to keep their politics/religion private (and sex lives for that matter).
Posted by: FITP at August 22, 2013 04:40 AM (B12dw)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2013 04:41 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 04:41 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 04:41 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 04:42 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: Fritz at August 22, 2013 04:42 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 22, 2013 04:43 AM (J+V/o)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at August 22, 2013 04:43 AM (W6A6H)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 04:43 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: The Narrative at August 22, 2013 04:43 AM (UrtRh)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 04:43 AM (wR+pz)
Probably my most serious posts towards Ace have been on race and religion. I'd actually like to think I've helped Ace reflect on Judeo/Christianity as least odious of man's religious impulses. Ace had his dancing shoes on on the topic last evening.
"Religiosity in thinking" is long hand for "magic thinking" and the left is VERY prone to magic thinking as a trait.
Their grasp of the metaphysical greatness of Ogabe means he is a god, just a very impotent one who still deserves all considerations of divinity.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 04:43 AM (A4hKL)
For one thing as someone else pointed out, the street urchins with hearts of gold is pat of an old trope that should have been left at the coaling grate. Come on dress it up with a bit more challenge. She is dressed richly and driving a landau. Have a gang nick her thinking they can get ransom for her. And she must think of a way getting out of such a dire situation.
Another issue is length of the novel, as in the author seems to have split a longer book into several to milk more revenue, we see the heroine reach a stopping point but nowhere close to her achieving her dreams since you must read the follow on books for that. All I could think of was Anne McCaffrey and Nimisha's Ship where we see a proper young lady bucking convention to become a starship designer and finding love; would readers have been happy if this 361 page novel had been split up into three books costing $3.99 each instead of $6.99 for one paperback? No we would be outraged.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 22, 2013 04:43 AM (xDfWx)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 04:44 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 22, 2013 04:44 AM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 04:45 AM (XIxXP)
I think it's become obvious that the 2012 election was stolen. We can still be angry that Romney didn't have enough of a margin to overcome the margin of fraud, but with the IRS intimidation, fight against voter ID laws and cleaning up the voter rolls, and voting day irregularities, Obama muscled his way to victory.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2013 04:46 AM (UrtRh)
Posted by: Bradley Manning at August 22, 2013 04:46 AM (Dwehj)
Pretty much, as we've reduced the firewals of privacy and falsely made everyone "friends" rather than properly appreciate acquaintances and confidants we've allowed the massive nose of the camel of passion deeper and deeper into the tent of tolerance and privacy.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 04:47 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 04:47 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 04:47 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 22, 2013 04:47 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2013 04:48 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:48 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: MTF at August 22, 2013 04:48 AM (ZuiHO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 04:48 AM (+98Gb)
Voice on phone: Miss Marple, this is Scott Brown.
Me, after a stunned pause: Scott Brown? Can I help you?
Voice on phone: I was wanting to double-check about your window installation.
It's the guy who runs the window company. I didn't realize his name was the same as the MA guy. LOL!
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 04:49 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: the blog software at August 22, 2013 04:49 AM (KuUy9)
The only upside is they were being treated appropriately, with mostly outrage and middle fingers.
Posted by: Matt at August 22, 2013 04:49 AM (c4UpU)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2013 04:49 AM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:50 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Whatever at August 22, 2013 04:50 AM (u3N3z)
Posted by: Bradley Manning at August 22, 2013 04:50 AM (Dwehj)
Hey guess what???
Guess who is taking over for Steven Spielberg on the "American Sniper" project?
None other than Clint "Get off my lawn!" Eastwood!
Clint will do Chris Kyle's story justice anot pollute it with emo-bullshit whining we'd expect from Spielberg.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 04:50 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 04:50 AM (XIxXP)
I don't think I've ever seen a more perfect tag to AtC's nic.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 08:48 AM (da5Wo)
We have just fold space from Alextopia.
Many new devices in Alextopia.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 04:51 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: mindful webworker, music critic at August 22, 2013 04:52 AM (KuUy9)
Heh, there's an app for that....
it even gets mentioned over at Tepid now from time to time.
187 Billy Bob,
All butt kissing aside, I'd wager Ace is as decent a guy and serious a thinker outside this box as he seems inside it.
I have little grief with genuine Agnostics as I once renounced my faith. The evangelical atheist ala Jharles Chonson is another matter. The human intellect when not forced into a total discipline uses magic thinking to make its peace with a very dynamic reality.
Our faith assures us that there is order in a firestorm and that this walk on the mortal coil is our transition back to paradise or hell depending on our deeds and veneration of the Creator.
That does not make us innately superior people, but it does give us a code and a playbook.
I've missed peeking in on you BB.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 04:52 AM (A4hKL)
Yeah, me too. With a side of jello salad.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 22, 2013 04:52 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 04:52 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 04:52 AM (wR+pz)
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Hmmm... Let's see....Wednesday... No holiday.
Sometime between 9 am and 5pm?
Posted by: Whatever at August 22, 2013 04:52 AM (u3N3z)
Posted by: Buck Smiley, Rodeo Clown/Freedom Fighter at August 22, 2013 04:53 AM (mm+xE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 04:53 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: MTF at August 22, 2013 04:53 AM (ZuiHO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:53 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 04:54 AM (3ZtZW)
Death by schnuu-schnuu (AKA Death by rhu-rhu)
Seems like a win-win.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 22, 2013 04:54 AM (SfGRU)
http://tinyurl.com/m34fx3p
Seems that once it got out just who they'd hired, he got fired. Good. It was stupid to hire an antigunner to work for a gun maker in first place.
Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at August 22, 2013 04:54 AM (MnSla)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 22, 2013 04:54 AM (xDfWx)
Posted by: Esmeralda Manning at August 22, 2013 04:55 AM (Dwehj)
What's that saying about people who voted for Obama getting it good and hard?
Yeah, have fun with that AFL-CIO!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 22, 2013 04:55 AM (UrtRh)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 04:55 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 04:56 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 22, 2013 04:56 AM (uYaYO)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 04:58 AM (XIxXP)
How did things ever get to the point where the person in public life who makes the most sense to me anymore is Ted Nugent?
+1
Posted by: FITP at August 22, 2013 04:58 AM (B12dw)
Posted by: Kurt Fuller at August 22, 2013 04:58 AM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 04:59 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 22, 2013 04:59 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: mindful webworker, glad to be alive at August 22, 2013 04:59 AM (KuUy9)
There were idiots on a busy street corner yesterday with pro Obamacare
signs (crap like "Stand up for Obamacare" and "Say Yes to Obamacare")...
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Hmmm... Let's see....Wednesday... No holiday.
Sometime between 9 am and 5pm?
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Your racist insinuation that these Americans exercising their First Amendment rights to support the President's benevolent plant for universal health care are unemployed layabouts could not be more wrong.
$7.78 an hour (or whatever minimum wage is applicable) is what we pay each protester .... er ... navigator. No benefits and we have to keep them below thirty hours a week but they are employed. So there. Bigot.
Posted by: Organizing for America at August 22, 2013 05:00 AM (u3N3z)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 05:00 AM (MhA4j)
>>>Homeland Security Employee is preparing for a coming race war.
Race war shit is sooooo depressing and banal
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 05:00 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:01 AM (XIxXP)
Race war shit is sooooo depressing and banal
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 09:00 AM (3ZtZW)
Blacks are about 10% of the population.
A true race war, if he wants one, will last about a week.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:01 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 05:02 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 22, 2013 05:02 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Wet Dream at August 22, 2013 05:02 AM (u3N3z)
Probably just his porn
He doesn't strike me as a pron collector guy. He's more of a "direct action hands-on" type of person.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:03 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Blacksheep at August 22, 2013 05:03 AM (bS6uW)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 22, 2013 05:03 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 09:00 AM (3ZtZW)
Blacks are about 10% of the population.
A true race war, if he wants one,will last about a week.
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You're not factoring in the quislings.
Posted by: Vidkun at August 22, 2013 05:03 AM (u3N3z)
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:03 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:04 AM (XIxXP)
Puleez, the library of congress looks at Filthy's collection and says, "Damn, that's a lot of books."
Why collect when he can do?
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:05 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2013 05:05 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 07:35 AM (XIxXP)
Her comment after a miscarriage of one of her lover's baby: "Looks like I put all of my eggs in one bastard."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 22, 2013 05:05 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Esmeralda Chelsea Hermoine Manning at August 22, 2013 05:06 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:06 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 05:06 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: andycanuck
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She's busy working in her organic garden.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 22, 2013 05:07 AM (ymovd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 05:07 AM (da5Wo)
>>>A true race war, if he wants one,will last about a week.
I understand the origin of all that shit on the black side, even where and when [california diaspora in the 50 and 60s] the major philosophical currents [ie cultural versus revolutionary nationalism] started [black panthers versus the us org] and where they went [crips and bloods], and kind of why [watts and a killing]. When you dig it up you can understand the thought process but, dude, its killing themselves. Something else is sorely needed.
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 05:08 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:09 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Esmeralda Chelsea Hermoine Manning at August 22, 2013 05:09 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2013 05:09 AM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: sweet...ish at August 22, 2013 05:09 AM (bj+Nc)
Between black on black shootings, Planned Parenthood and an urban culture of not acting "white" (Whatever the hell that means), the black community is being silently decimated.
And remember, when someone does murder a young black child..the "Snitches get stitches" policy comes into effect.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 22, 2013 05:10 AM (SfGRU)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:11 AM (wR+pz)
Seems like much of what Filner liked was the power aspect of his creepy behavior. He had the power to make women extreeaammmly uncomfortable and then they never said a word about it to anyone else.
It's no surprise it's took so long for him to pack his shit up.
With democrats, the only formula is:
ideology > everything else
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:11 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 05:11 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: MTF at August 22, 2013 05:11 AM (ZuiHO)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 08:58 AM (XIxXP)
How about a minimum requirement of one full term?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 22, 2013 05:12 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: mindful webworker, mystic rodeo clown at August 22, 2013 05:12 AM (KuUy9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 09:11 AM (da5Wo)
alexthechick - Bane of nuclear power plants
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:12 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 05:12 AM (9Xc5j)
>>>Reminds me of the Sunnis and the Shiites.
It really is among the most tragic thing to have happened to the black community in America. We talk about the destruction of the black family, but those groups were founded when those families were still solid and those groups were established to aid and defend and police themselves in the face of genuine violent racism. But then they turned on their own communities, and the welfare system did the rest.
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 05:13 AM (3ZtZW)
"Sane" people have always thought that way.
Unfortunately, they are now a minority among the Prophets of Choom who inhabit the "modern" military and the gubmint.
We gotta be "inclusive," y'know. Would you discriminate against teh gheys or the kinfolk of President Historic First© just because they are untrustworthy, incompetent and expect a free ride?
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 22, 2013 05:13 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:13 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: LaQuisha Largess' at August 22, 2013 05:14 AM (R8X+X)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:14 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 05:14 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2013 05:14 AM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2013 08:37 AM (OevbG)
I used to post on Althouse before she went completely drool cup. There was a troll there who would always bring up that point. My answer was the same each time: "you cocksuckers agree to strip the government down to the budget and departments of 1950 and we'll agree to a 90% tax rate. Deal?"
Every time? Dribbling dicksneeze ran away without ever giving an answer. That's the way the Krug's nonsense should be dealt with.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 22, 2013 05:14 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 05:14 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:15 AM (XIxXP)
Leni Riefenstahl (Michael Moore's mentor)
Objection: at least Riefenstahl had talent.
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Objection ditto. Riefenstahl looked way better with her clothes off.
Posted by: Vidkun at August 22, 2013 05:16 AM (u3N3z)
Posted by: MTF at August 22, 2013 05:16 AM (ZuiHO)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2013 05:16 AM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: Kurtwood Smith at August 22, 2013 05:16 AM (Jsiw/)
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week but held close to a six-year low and gave a positive signal for hiring during the month.
Initial claims for
state unemployment benefits climbed 13,000 to 336,000, just above the
level expected by economists in a Reuters poll, Labor Department data
showed on Thursday.
No matter what the news is comrades, it's always good new in Barry's workers' paradise
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2013 05:17 AM (1Jaio)
I am serious. There are whole groups of people who think they are not going to have to pay anything. When they find out that they are not only going to have to pay for insurance, but pay MORE than they want to, they flat-out don't believe you.
One thing we have to do is not be too proud and dignified to run lowbrow ads on all of those stations that carry stuff like Honey Boo Boo. Last time we were taken by surprise, and Obama put his sunny, optimistic ads and scaremongering ads on those channels and got those people to vote.
We need to have ads on things like Duck Dynasty, Biggest Loser, and whatever else is hot on cable.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 05:17 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:17 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 09:13 AM (XIxXP)
Bite your tongue!
I will be voting Green party or Communist or whoever is available besides the Democrat to vote against Christie.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 22, 2013 05:17 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 22, 2013 05:18 AM (UQVLq)
SCOAMF is now going on a rant on "fundamentally transforming" higher ed. Now that Uncle Sugar OWNS the student loan industry - thanks to page 744 of Obamacare - he will take over colleges lock, stock and barrel. As if he needs to, considering the Ward Churchill's and Kathy Boudin's infecting every level of it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 22, 2013 07:07 AM (+98Gb)
This and popular culture are the reasons we should never think any national election is going to be easy. Before you factor in illegals and fraud. The "young people don't vote" thing was not true when I went to vote here near UCF.
Having history and the facts seems like a great position, but not when they can rewrite history at will.
Posted by: Beagle at August 22, 2013 05:18 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:18 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2013 05:18 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:20 AM (wR+pz)
"CURRY US TO FREEDOM, 2016"
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 09:18 AM (XIxXP)
And if they run against Biden he can do his "7-11" accent in the debates
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2013 05:20 AM (1Jaio)
IIUC, the Republicans say that they are holding back on fighting for the things they supposedly favor (e.g. Obamacare defunding, immigration law enforcement, etc.) because they only hold half of one third of the federal government. We just need to hold tight and help them take back the Senate so that they can get some real work done.
What ---- no, really, WHAT?! ---- are they going to do differently if they keep the House and take the Senate in 2014? They will then only control both halves of one third of the government, and Obama will veto anything they might try to advance our crazy conservative ideas.
At a guess, because of jackholes such as McCain, Graham, and Murkowski, they won't even block any of the horrible people dickhead nominates.
In what utopian world will they do anything more than continue to cave on everything while complaining back to the small government types that their hands are tied until they control the Presidency?
They are gutless now, and I have no reason to expect them to be any less gutless if they do manage to gain control of both houses of Congress.
Posted by: Tell me more.... at August 22, 2013 05:21 AM (Y05RT)
Posted by: maddogg at August 22, 2013 05:21 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:21 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 22, 2013 05:22 AM (4p5/2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 05:22 AM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:22 AM (XIxXP)
-"A horse! a horse!, my kingdom for a horse!"
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 22, 2013 05:22 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 05:23 AM (GoIUi)
Yeah, this could be fun. And I'm suuuuure the Horde wouldn't mangle it all to hell and back with suggestions.
alexthechick - Lady of Devices
alexthechick - Lady of Interesting Devices
alexthechick - classy AND titillating
Come on Horde, what else we got?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2013 09:11 AM (da5Wo)
alexthechick - Demurly Coy, Divinely Cold
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 22, 2013 05:23 AM (zF6Iw)
I'm talking about the NJ governor's election.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 22, 2013 05:23 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 22, 2013 05:23 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:24 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: MTF at August 22, 2013 05:24 AM (ZuiHO)
I wrote several weeks ago about the reforms he passed, as he was an able and good king.
A lesson on how history is written by the victors.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 05:24 AM (GoIUi)
That's the point. I don't think you could have a true race war in the South. OK maybe Atlanta and Durham.
I am not going to war with my maid's family and her family isn't either.
We like Soul Food too much to kill off our relatives.
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 09:20 AM (wR+pz)
Even if you didn't go to war with your friends and family, all that means is you'd all be counted as Quislings by your associated "tribes." So be sure to watch your back regardless.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 22, 2013 05:25 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:25 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:26 AM (wR+pz)
LOL and Haley does have some nice tits, which she likes to show off.
I have not seen any evidence she has done this.
Please correct me, morons.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:26 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 05:26 AM (9Xc5j)
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You have a Y chromosome, you are a male.
Reality doesn't care what you "think".
Posted by: Nighthawk at August 22, 2013 05:26 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: mindful webworker, art afficionado at August 22, 2013 05:27 AM (KuUy9)
Posted by: Esmeralda Chelsea Hermoine Manning at August 22, 2013 05:27 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2013 05:27 AM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 09:26 AM (9Xc5j)
Welcome to every other afternoon in Florida.
Posted by: sweet...ish at August 22, 2013 05:27 AM (bj+Nc)
Hell, you would have a hard time getting anything started in CLT. I live there and I don't see anyone I want to fucking kill, except some crack heads.
We've got that fucking douche Rev. Barber here in Raleigh. It's him and his followers I worry about. I could see him stirring shit up.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:28 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Beagle at August 22, 2013 05:28 AM (sOtz/)
A lesson on how history is written by the victors.
Posted by: Miss Marple
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Yes. Thomas Moore and The Bard are to be held accountable for sullying Richard's reputation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 22, 2013 05:28 AM (aDwsi)
You have a Y chromosome, you are a male.
Reality doesn't care what you "think".
Posted by: Nighthawk at August 22, 2013 09:26 AM (OtQXp)
though his fellow inmates at whatever federal prison he ends up at will be more than happy to indulge his girly fantasies. Finally, a sex partner you don't have to rape, cuz he wants it!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 22, 2013 05:28 AM (4df7R)
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That's fuckin' brilliant! We had just spent the 1940s bombing the rest of the industrial world back to the bronze age and were spending the 1950s rebuilding it, and selling everything to everybody. Conditions like that won't come again soon. It was the only time Keynesian economics appeared to work in practice, so it's obvious why the left is nostalgic.
It was also a time when blacks and women were excluded from the workforce (the part of it that paid well, at least) so wages for men at every level were pretty high.
The dirty little secret of the 90% top rate is that people in that bracket had myriad write-off, exemptions, and deductions. They often paid less--in total tax payments--than people who punche a time clock.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 22, 2013 05:28 AM (ymovd)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 22, 2013 05:29 AM (UQVLq)
Stephens Country Sheriff Wayne McKinney said they would be held individually at the Stephens County Jail for their own protection, and as part of standard protocol for anyone under 18.
It comes as Edwards, who has been charged with first-degree murder, posted racist tweets saying he hated white people in the months before the shooting.
Edwards posted statements on his Twitter feed including a comment on April 29 where he tweeted "90% of white ppl are nasty. #HATE THEM".
Edwards also weighed when George Zimmerman was acquitted over the death of Trayvon Martin.
"Ayeee I knocced out 5 woods since Zimmerman court!
lol sh*t ima keep sleepin sh*t! #ayeeee."
"Woods" is derogatory slang for white people. The feed also contains tweets glorifying violence, guns and gangs.
If Barry had a son would he look like the 3 savages who killed the guy? Funny how the MFM can't be bothered with this story
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2013 05:29 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 22, 2013 05:29 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:29 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2013 05:30 AM (gTN+E)
Insty reports that the Left and Obama have a new Krugman-driven shiny
thing to chase: the 1950s were awesome, and there was a 90% tax rate
then. QED.
Posted by: Ian S.
*sigh*
Isn't the left always accusing US of wanting to go back to the 1950s? So is anyone going to bother calling out the deformed hobbit and his filthy adherents on this hypocrisy?
No?
Yeah, didn't think so.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 22, 2013 05:31 AM (4df7R)
You got to pay to play, he he.
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 09:29 AM (wR+pz)
*doubletake*
Wha-wha-what?!?!?!?
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:31 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:32 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Your Ad Here! at August 22, 2013 05:32 AM (zUi7I)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 22, 2013 05:32 AM (b1/nQ)
Welcome to every other afternoon in Florida.
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Above ground power, correct? Underground we never have a blip unless there is a tropical storm or something important breaks. Mere lightning, which of course we have a lot, never kills underground. Used to be transformer fireworks when I was a kid with above ground in every big lightning storm.
Posted by: Beagle at August 22, 2013 05:33 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:33 AM (wR+pz)
***
I kinda do want it. These people (and I use the term loosely) can't be educated.
Posted by: cool arrow at August 22, 2013 05:34 AM (WMsq+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 05:34 AM (9Xc5j)
"Ayeee I knocced out 5 woods since Zimmerman court! lol sh*t ima keep sleepin sh*t! #ayeeee."
What in heaven's name is that supposed to say? I mean, I THINK it's supposed to mean, "Aww yeeeah, I beat up five white people since Zimmerman was acquited. *laughing out loud* Shit, I'm going to keep beating up white people, #aw yeeeah."
Does anyone have a decoder ring for illiterate Tweet speak?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 22, 2013 05:34 AM (4df7R)
>>>Sorry, all outta giveadamn. So far as I'm concerned, they can straighten up or get lost.
You know what? Thats the appropriate response. The answer for them cannot be imposed from the outside.
Posted by: Bigby's Gripping Hand at August 22, 2013 05:34 AM (3ZtZW)
I meant you have to pay to go to the fund raiser, nothing else.
Since I'll probably never get to go to one, tell me....
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:35 AM (GQ8sn)
It's why I would be a bad preacher...well one of the reasons why I believe the best evangelizing is when Thomas finally asks how you are so serene on the unknown...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2013 05:35 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Esmeralda Chelsea Hermoine Manning at August 22, 2013 05:35 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:36 AM (wR+pz)
Thanks for the link.
"Stop paying unauthorized debt" sounds suspicious.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 22, 2013 05:36 AM (gqgiP)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 22, 2013 05:36 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 22, 2013 05:36 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Kurtwood Smith at August 22, 2013 05:37 AM (Jsiw/)
William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection, also has a great piece on The Great Oberlin College Racism Hoax of 2013
Oberlin: where walking around in a blanket is both normal and racist.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 22, 2013 05:37 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Your Ad Here! at August 22, 2013 05:37 AM (zUi7I)
Really?
Posted by: cool arrow at August 22, 2013 09:37 AM (WMsq+)
I suspect he's got a THING for the youngest Clinton. As in, "I wish I were Chelsea Clinton!"
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 22, 2013 05:38 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 22, 2013 05:38 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 22, 2013 05:38 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:38 AM (wR+pz)
***
Hmm. I would've thought he wishes he were Monica Lewinsky.
Posted by: cool arrow at August 22, 2013 05:39 AM (WMsq+)
Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 22, 2013 05:40 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at August 22, 2013 05:41 AM (UrtRh)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 22, 2013 05:41 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 22, 2013 05:42 AM (UQVLq)
What jumped out at me was that he got his letter read on the "Today" show!
This is not the network of David Brinkley (although I have known it for quite a while).
I bet they wouldn't read a letter from a Coptic Christian in Egypt. But Bradley Manning's pleas for hormone therapy? Of course!
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 22, 2013 05:42 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 22, 2013 05:43 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 22, 2013 05:43 AM (V3kRK)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:44 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 22, 2013 05:45 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: mindful webworker, read some stuff once at August 22, 2013 05:46 AM (KuUy9)
Be it resolved that the Federal Budget must be in balance, and that the balance shall be achieved by either Method A or Method 2, described below.
Further, be it resolved that the Choice of Method shall be made by the People, who shall text their Choice of Method ("A" or "2") to star "shit just got real". All entries must be received by noon next Friday. Five lucky entrants shall be eligible to win an all-expenses-paid vacation to downtown Pagosa Springs or a New Bic pen. All prize committee decisions shall be final.
Method A, Hereinafter known as the Let's Get Spendy Method:
1) No borrowing shall be permitted;
2) Spending for the new Budget Year shall be equal to spending for the immediately previous budget year, and;
3) FICA tax rates shall be doubled and all Personal Income Tax Bracket Rates shall be increased by an Equal Amount until the estimated federal tax collection -- based on the tax collections from the immediately previous budget year -- equals the amount budgeted for Spending.
Method 2, Hereinafter known as the Tighten Your Belt Method:
1) No borrowing shall be permitted;
2) Tax rates and collection methods shall remain as they were in teh immediately previous budget year, and;
3) Spending on all programs -- Discretionary, Non-Discretionary, On-Books, and Off-Books -- shall be cut by an equal percentage until the total Spending for the new Budget Year is no greater than the total federal tax collection for the immediately previous budget year.
Posted by: Troll Feeder at August 22, 2013 05:47 AM (Y05RT)
This is what they were asking for. This is what they got.
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 22, 2013 09:43 AM (V3kRK)
Funny how Prezzy Race Baiter has nothing to say on this story
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2013 05:48 AM (1Jaio)
It's the low cut lean over game. Nothing that tawdry.
Ah...yes, I know that game!
Trivia: I saw Jack Reacher recently and Rosamund Pike was absolutely scorching. There's the one scene where her and Cruise figure out who the real target of the sniper attack was. In that scene, she's wearing a top that cuts sort of low, and she leans forward a lot. I did not know she was that endowed. Then later on, I read she was 5 months pregnant with her son while she was filming Jack Reacher.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2013 05:49 AM (GQ8sn)
However, the initial low end rate was DOUBLE what it is today around 20%, and there were no notions of EITC and such. If you have a minimum wage job today, are single, and take standard deduction, you pay pretty close to zero. No so back in the 50's.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 22, 2013 05:49 AM (VZSHr)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit
paging Rachel Jeantel, paging Rachel Jeantel, please pick up the white courtesy phone
Posted by: thunderb at August 22, 2013 05:50 AM (zOTsN)
However, the initial low end rate was DOUBLE what it is today around 20%, and there were no notions of EITC and such. If you have a minimum wage job today, are single, and take standard deduction, you pay pretty close to zero. No so back in the 50's.
Of course. But it has nothing to do with the actual rate and its economic implications. It's yet another tiresome round of "the rich are hoarding all this money that belongs to us! We have to make them pay their fair share!" It's why no-one touting this nonsense will agree to 1950s government outlays. It's all and only about theft.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 22, 2013 05:53 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 22, 2013 06:01 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Schrodingers Car at August 22, 2013 08:29 AM (U2UQk)
The fascinating part is the comment section; most of which are in the of the 'screw him, he's rich, he should pay more taxes!"
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at August 22, 2013 06:01 AM (QXlbZ)
Um... yeah.
What about the whole, "future Congresses not bound by promises made in current legislation" thing that lets them promise spending cuts next Tuesday, but then ignore them when Tuesday rolls around?
If I'm Johnny Troll Feeding Future Congress, I'm pretty sure that I can make those things FOAD with just a simple majority vote. Of both Houses. And a presidential signature.
Posted by: Johnny Troll Feeding Future Congress at August 22, 2013 06:02 AM (Y05RT)
hillary talking about Assad the Reformer: All ready for the 2016
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2013 09:14 AM (9Xc5j)
Not ready for Hillary? Then you must be PURGED.
Posted by: HillaryBot 9000 at August 22, 2013 06:31 AM (RD7QR)
Never disappoint!
Posted by: Michael at August 22, 2013 08:14 AM (Y/HG5)
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