August 23, 2013
— Gabriel Malor Happy Friday.
Sen. Coburn called for a constitutional convention to consider amendments to the U.S. Constitution a la Mark Levin's Liberty Amendments, which are described here. Sounds good to me, though I prefer (mostly) Randy Barnett's proposed Bill of Federalism than Levin's version. There's some overlap between the two, but Barnett's better on several important things.
Obama's college proposals won't do a thing to control costs.
Have a great weekend.
Oh, the cobs are going to cover the morning post for two weeks. I'll be at the American Legion convention next week, and I'll have some posts about that, but not the morning post. The week after that, I'm on vacation. Ya'll be good.
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Posted by: Grains2Grins at August 23, 2013 02:54 AM (DZVAj)
Posted by: Golfman headed to Litchfield at August 23, 2013 02:55 AM (ORkkN)
Posted by: Steve at August 23, 2013 02:56 AM (xZPp3)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 02:57 AM (+98Gb)
Forgive me for my pet peeve (at the end of the piece), but y'all is a contraction of You all. It's spelled y'all. Not ya'll. OK, carry on.
Posted by: Casey at August 23, 2013 02:59 AM (L8N12)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 02:59 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 23, 2013 02:59 AM (2qM95)
I'm thinking not, but then again I've read Matthew Bracken's books.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 03:00 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 23, 2013 06:59 AM (2qM95)
That's why I go armed. I'm not gonna go get training so I can be Like A Ninja! but I do carry cause I'm too fat to run, too old to fight, and too gosh-darn good looking to die.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 03:01 AM (yh0zB)
And nothing at all to say about the Huguenins, Gabe? Too busy smugly chuckling "Suck it, h8ers?"
We told you this would happen. We predicted it. But you just skipped on by, insisting that all you needed was the official recognition of "gay marriage" and all would be happy ever after, really, swearsies, and you'd never, ever force people to choose between their livelihood or their religion.
Fuck this "gay marriage" crap. But do enjoy your whip hand while it lasts.
If anyone wants today's story, e-mail me. I'm too pissed off to be here today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 23, 2013 03:01 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 03:02 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 23, 2013 03:04 AM (h1gQR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2013 03:04 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: Raymond Luxury Yacht at August 23, 2013 03:05 AM (Jsiw/)
Diameter of rope to use?
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 23, 2013 07:04 AM (h1gQR)
Caliber for the firing squad, 5.56 NATO or 7.62 NATO? Decisions, decisions...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 03:05 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 23, 2013 03:07 AM (uhAkr)
Hemingway and Faulkner and Shakespeare spelled it "ya'll." Probably because contractions generally fall on the final word or phoneme being contracted. "Do not" becomes "Don't." "You are" becomes "You're" not "Y'are." Etc. The reason for this is that contractions are a written expression for a form of speech, not the other way around.
Of course, prescriptivists who insist that this contraction be spelled "y'all" vastly outweigh traditionalists like myself. That's fine, but since English is prescriptive, I'll stick with "ya'll."
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at August 23, 2013 03:08 AM (jZUEZ)
1) Get the f'n USG out of it
2) Convince these young puss-heads that what they should really do is go for an apprenticeship in some of the skilled trades, especially if they did not do exceptionally well in high screwel.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 03:08 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: elaine at August 23, 2013 03:09 AM (4Mzrt)
No, I haven't been there, but have heard good things about it.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 23, 2013 03:09 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 23, 2013 03:09 AM (h1gQR)
The key part of the Barnett link. A conservative organization that would 1.) ensure good primary candidates were standing by in Red districts, and 2) put a common Art5 Convention legislation in the process nationwide - would be awesome. But we need amnesty - sequester - shutdown - squirrel!
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2013 03:11 AM (CMlD4)
http://tinyurl.com/mf56h43
Someone linked this yesterday. Here's a taste:
(2) “F**k off! It’s enough I have to see you shit-kickers every day! I’m not going to talk to you, too!! Just do your G*damn job and keep your mouth shut.” From the book ” America Evita” by Christopher Anderson, p. 90; Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her with “Good Morning.”
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 23, 2013 03:12 AM (cHZB7)
Of course, prescriptivists who insist that this contraction be spelled "y'all" vastly outweigh traditionalists like myself. That's fine, but since English is prescriptive, I'll stick with "ya'll."
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at August 23, 2013 07:08 AM (jZUEZ)
Look where the letters are taken out. Do not - Do n_t, don't. You are, you _re, you're. You all, y_ _ Hemingway and Faulkner and Shakespeare spelled it
"ya'll." Probably because contractions generally fall on the final word
or phoneme being contracted. "Do not" becomes "Don't." "You are" becomes
"You're" not "Y'are." Etc. The reason for this is that contractions are
a written expression for a form of speech, not the other way around.
Of
course, prescriptivists who insist that this contraction be spelled
"y'all" vastly outweigh traditionalists like myself. That's fine, but
since English is prescriptive, I'll stick with "ya'll."
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at August 23, 2013 07:08 AM (jZUEZ)
Look where the letters are taken out. Do not = do n_t = don't. You are = you _re = you're. You all = y_ _ all = y'all. Y'all are wrong. F'n yankees.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 03:12 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 23, 2013 03:13 AM (uhAkr)
>>>We told you this would happen. We predicted it. But you just skipped on by, insisting that all you needed was the official recognition of "gay marriage" and all would be happy ever after, really, swearsies, and you'd never, ever force people to choose between their livelihood or their religion.
(1) You are welcome to write about whatever you like on your blog. I'll stick with what I want to write about on mine.
(2) New Mexico doesn't have gay marriage. This lawsuit was premised on the public accommodation laws, which I have been warning ya'll about forever.
(3) I repeat: No, asshole, I told you this would happen and that the public accommodation laws would be the cause.
(4) Again, I say the public accommo laws are the problem because, in case you failed to notice, New Mexico doesn't have gay marriage.
But please, continue falsely claiming that I "skipped on by." You know how much I appreciate it when ya'll demonstrate your lack of reading comprehension and memory skills.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at August 23, 2013 03:13 AM (jZUEZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 03:14 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Golfman headed to Litchfield at August 23, 2013 03:14 AM (ORkkN)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at August 23, 2013 03:17 AM (ORkkN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 23, 2013 03:18 AM (qyfb5)
That would be fair.
Posted by: DisFunctional Literate at August 23, 2013 03:18 AM (L5kGm)
No I didn't. That exchange is here.
http://goo.gl/NnqsSk and http://goo.gl/36OsSG
Again, you guys wonder why I don't bother responding to you. It's shit like this where you constantly repeat what you've imagined I've said, instead of what I actually said. There's no reason in the world I should waste my time.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at August 23, 2013 03:18 AM (jZUEZ)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 03:19 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 23, 2013 03:19 AM (kXoT0)
I would sacrifice the possibility of a President Cruz - if it brought a purple State or two onto the slate. He would be better on the SCOTUS.
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2013 03:19 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Marty McFly at August 23, 2013 03:19 AM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at August 23, 2013 07:18 AM (qyfb5)
Good idea, I'm out of beer anyway. Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 03:20 AM (yh0zB)
Its y'all. Actually sound out how ya'll would sound. Yah eel? Yah ull? Hell, even spellcheck says y'all. Even this former Connecticut Yankee knows its y'all.
And Shorty is either the third or fourth time in the last couple weeks that SCOAMTs sons have killed a white person. There was one in Memphis on the 12th.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at August 23, 2013 03:22 AM (ial2b)
Posted by: Gran at August 23, 2013 03:22 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 03:23 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 03:24 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: puddleglum, Pittsburghese expert at August 23, 2013 03:24 AM (D1p3J)
Just caught up on the BRADLEY Manning BS from yesterday,
I am at a loss for words other than;
What the Blue Fuck has happened to this country?????
Posted by: Finn McCool at August 23, 2013 03:24 AM (xfPn3)
Posted by: Golfman headed to Litchfield at August 23, 2013 03:24 AM (ORkkN)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 03:25 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 03:26 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 23, 2013 03:26 AM (2UX1i)
Posted by: mallfly at August 23, 2013 03:26 AM (jDjlM)
Wah are yinz talking abaht?? I had to type it again since the board decided it would read better smooshed together.
Posted by: puddleglum, Pittsburghese expert at August 23, 2013 03:27 AM (D1p3J)
Your problem is you argue like a lawyer. Regular humans see your way of arguing, and it looks an awful lot like lying and deceit.
This isn't a personal criticism of you, it's a condemnation of your profession.
I could argue with you that just now you sent links where you say you didn't say what it plainly seems to the rest of us, you DID say! But you would never concede the point, so it's useless to try to argue with you.
Which again, is how your profession operates. And it's one of the fundamental reasons why our society is in such terrible shape.
But otherwise, I'm sure you really are a nice person, when people get to know you.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2013 03:27 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 03:27 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2013 03:28 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Finn McCool at August 23, 2013 07:24 AM (xfPn3)
Special Snowflakes.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 23, 2013 03:29 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2013 03:30 AM (GjYxB)
Telegraph -- "Obama -- Syria attacks of grave concern"
Now there's news right there!
"Number of Syrian child refugees reaches one million"
Where is Sally Struthers when you need her, for the children.
"Israeli military bomb Lebanon terror site"
More news!
"Syrian boy describes Damascus gas attack"
Ultimate moral authority, well, shoulda been a girl child..pregnant girl child of color.
Posted by: DisFunctional Literate at August 23, 2013 03:30 AM (L5kGm)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 23, 2013 03:30 AM (/XvV5)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2013 03:31 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: redenzo at August 23, 2013 03:31 AM (vx61Q)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 03:31 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2013 03:31 AM (5wsCu)
Posted by: Invictus at August 23, 2013 03:33 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 23, 2013 03:33 AM (uhAkr)
Basically the little darlings think "Justice 4 Traytable" is a lot like a license to fuck with society's weakest...
perhaps if vigilantes killed their strongest it might get the message across?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 03:34 AM (A4hKL)
Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 07:23 AM
Supposedly -- if you believe Our Betters at NRO, which I do with less and less frequency -- Coburn was also making noises about the possibility of Choom Boy facing impeachment.
I see that happening at about the same time Poppin' Fresh grows a beard, grabs a rifle and ambles off to the jungle to emulate his hero, Che Guevara.
It should, of course. But in a proper world that would punish the Prophets of Choom for endangering the country, judges would be thrown off the bench instantly for forcing citizens to violate their religious beliefs just so some Special Snowflakes wouldn't get butthurt because they were denied more than equal treatment.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 23, 2013 03:34 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2013 03:34 AM (5wsCu)
Though it kind of reminds me of the premise of this: http://amzn.to/1da0OKF
Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 23, 2013 03:34 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Tocquevillian at August 23, 2013 03:34 AM (iuY0Y)
Posted by: Judge Smails at August 23, 2013 03:35 AM (ORkkN)
Heh I always enjoy it when St Malor starts outpoping the Pope...
I don't take communion because I am wayward but Gabe says that castrated men who fear the bicycle bar and are evangelical atheists deserve the communion "because."
What this nation needs is more liberal lawyers masquerading as Republicans...
it'd do wonders.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 03:36 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2013 03:36 AM (5wsCu)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 23, 2013 03:38 AM (+98Gb)
and it will only get worse....
"Let it Burn" is not me setting fire to some Gilded Age Paradise....
it is acknowledging the fire is already here and focusing on defending those who are worthy.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 03:38 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: loneduck at August 23, 2013 03:39 AM (n+hGq)
She's a real charmer, ain't she? I can hardly wait for the tell all books on TFG and the Mooch; they will probably make Billary look like a couple of pikers.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 23, 2013 03:39 AM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 03:40 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2013 03:40 AM (5wsCu)
Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at August 23, 2013 03:42 AM (HEa5q)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2013 03:42 AM (AO9UG)
What's that yer shouting, 'go away'? "go anyway'. Yer not with the grammar police are ye?
Coffee should kick in any minute now....yep, just about any minute.
Posted by: DisFunctional Literate at August 23, 2013 03:42 AM (L5kGm)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 23, 2013 03:42 AM (M7Cfv)
@78 A constitutional convention to set up two separate countries might be more useful.
Yes! I like this idea. They hate us. We can't stand them. Let them go their way and let us go our way. ( and we get the constitution, what's it to them, they don't want it)
Posted by: Case at August 23, 2013 03:42 AM (VctSv)
Even the State Department hands whose vaginas she was not licking thought she was a harpie as far back as the Dayton Accords....
I know my hatred for Michelle-A-waroo is not racial because I think Hillary! is a bigger asshole by a nose...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 03:42 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 03:44 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Phinn at August 23, 2013 03:44 AM (3zlTf)
Posted by: Tuna at August 23, 2013 03:44 AM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at August 23, 2013 03:46 AM (HEa5q)
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 03:47 AM (lZvxr)
Yup...my boy is running against the grain on that...
God love him, and I am pondering taking a welding course or two after I get my EMT 1 and 2 certs.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 03:48 AM (A4hKL)
I couldn't make it through the first of Randy Barnett's "Bill of Federalism" without identifying a very grave error.
Congress doesn't get the power to tax incomes from the 16th Amendment. It gets the power to tax incomes as part of the general taxing power granted to the Congress. All the 16th Amendment does is remove the apportionment requirement of a tax on incomes derived from property, in response to a (boneheaded) SCOTUS decision. That decision said a tax on the income from property (rents, dividends, etc) is the same as taxing the property itself and therefore must be apportioned. This decision, incidentally, was seriously at odds with previous decisions.
So this idea would leave in place the income tax AND a national sales tax.
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 23, 2013 03:48 AM (hNNJ5)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 03:48 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 03:49 AM (XIxXP)
No news is often good news, no offense you do bring the goods.
Hell I'll start posting links again if you need some breathing space for a few.
Wife and Lad were pondering going to Charleston this weekend...
I may nibble at a pizza and stare at the Carrier in your honor sir.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 03:49 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 23, 2013 03:50 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: Matt Damom at August 23, 2013 03:50 AM (xGDj+)
Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at August 23, 2013 03:51 AM (HEa5q)
Posted by: mindful webworker talks Down South at August 23, 2013 03:51 AM (oA9Uy)
Posted by: jaimo at August 23, 2013 03:52 AM (9U1OG)
..........
A sales tax would never work anyway. There is already a vast black market network in place that would simply expand in response to demand for whatever goods were being taxed.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 23, 2013 03:53 AM (UTq/I)
I'm thinking not, but then again I've read Matthew Bracken's books.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 07:00 AM (yh0zB)"
I have not read Matthew Bracken's books or even know who he is but I agree that a Constitutional convention at this point seems like a really, really, really bad idea.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 23, 2013 03:54 AM (31Nrp)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 23, 2013 03:54 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2013 03:54 AM (5wsCu)
The last two were fucking beautiful. His pissyness was intoxicating.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 07:44 AM (JDIKC)
Maybe I will. Although his pissyness at #32 is good. Apparently I missed the point that the photographer deserves to be sued because of NMs public accomodation laws. And since gay marriage is not legal in Colorado, apparently the baker who's facing a year in jail for refusing to bake a cake for a gay marriage also deserves it. Considering the little front-page victory dance he took when Proposition 8 got struck down, I would think Gabe might have spared a moment for Colorado and NM. But what do I know? I lack reading comprehension and memory skills.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 23, 2013 03:55 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Gran at August 23, 2013 03:56 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 23, 2013 03:56 AM (ZshNr)
Congressman Jim Bridenstine will be hosting a Tax Reform Town Hall Tuesday, August 27th, at the Spirit Bank Event Center.
The event will begin at 6:30pm and will feature an expert panel who will take questions from the audience and engage in dialogue on the current tax code and the future of tax reform. The panel includes radio talk show host and author Neal Boortz, Chief Economist and VP of Research for Freedomworks Dr. Wayne Brough, and tax lawyer and University of Tulsa College of Law professor Dennis Bires.
I pasted this in Wordpad first, so here is hoping that I do not break the blog.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 23, 2013 03:57 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 03:58 AM (XIxXP)
Chi-Town Jerry at August 23, 2013 07:53 AM (UTq/I)
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I'm not enthusiastic about a sales tax either - to me, it seems to further hide what money is being taken from you. At least with the income tax, we (or at least 40% of the country) has to go through the exercise of filling out the 1040 form or derivatives, and we have to pencil into the form exactly how much money was taken from us.
I fear with a sales tax the amount will just be baked into the cost of something from the consumers perspective. Plus I think it unfairly places the burden of tax collection onto retailers instead of where it belongs.
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 23, 2013 03:58 AM (hNNJ5)
Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 23, 2013 07:55 AM (zF6Iw)
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Honestly, were I the photographer I would have just said I was already booked that day.
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 23, 2013 03:59 AM (hNNJ5)
Posted by: mindful webworker, Constitutionalist Clown at August 23, 2013 03:59 AM (CQzvT)
Posted by: Blue 1940's Comic at August 23, 2013 03:59 AM (tIyK2)
Posted by: MTF at August 23, 2013 03:59 AM (ZuiHO)
Posted by: Bigby's Expressive Wrists at August 23, 2013 03:59 AM (3ZtZW)
Well Gabe is, after all, a college educated arguer.
I must have missed the part in forensics that said the best way to get your way is to shit yourself repeatedly and demand everyone sing paens to the wonderful olfactorial tapestry your digestive tract had rendered.....
at any rate I think the reality is people are going to be driven into my camp of thought on the issue not his.
What you do with your appendage and to whom is not my business if it is betwixt consenting adults breaking no contracts.....
of course Nambla is trying to mainstream their little "pecadillos" and teachers are shagging children....but I digress...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:00 AM (A4hKL)
(5 )”Where’s the miserable c**k sucker?” (otherwise known as “Bill Clinton.” From the book “The Truth about Hillary” by Edward Klein, p.5; Hillary shouting at a Secret Service officer.
Now study this carefully, and you too can become one of the elites.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 23, 2013 04:00 AM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Henry VIII , Ladies Man at August 23, 2013 04:01 AM (VrVBw)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 23, 2013 04:01 AM (UTq/I)
sven10077 at August 23, 2013 08:00 AM (A4hKL)
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I don't recall being told in Forensics that I could call my debate opponent "asshole" and retain credibility either.
Every day is a learning experience around here.
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 23, 2013 04:02 AM (hNNJ5)
Don't worry I think a lot of us are about to spare the Malor wing our votes.....
Hey Gabe you do not threaten ME with "perma-donkey" buddy when you would legislate 90% of the time as if this were already the case in my name.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:02 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 04:03 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Golfman headed to Litchfield at August 23, 2013 04:03 AM (ORkkN)
Captain James Lawrence is credited with the battle-cry "Don't Give Up The Ship" (but it was, after a brutal fight with HMS Shannon).
Oliver Hazard Perry commanded the USN's Lake Erie squadron. After the Battle of Lake Erie, he sent the following dispatch to William Henry Harrison: "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop."
Posted by: mrp at August 23, 2013 04:03 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Tocquevillian at August 23, 2013 04:04 AM (iuY0Y)
Well Jeff he also knows sweet fuckall about marriage but he's an expert on that as well...
six of one, half-dozen of the other.
Lawyers and journalists often share the charming trait of thinking 7 minutes of scholarship allows them to speak as experts on an issue because "we're professional thinkers don't try this at home kids."
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:04 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 23, 2013 04:05 AM (ZshNr)
Of course, prescriptivists who insist that this contraction be spelled "y'all" vastly outweigh traditionalists like myself. That's fine, but since English is prescriptive, I'll stick with "ya'll."
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If a prescriptivist says "y'all," and English is prescriptive, then "y'all" is correct.
I think you got some things mixed up there.
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 23, 2013 04:06 AM (hNNJ5)
"...since English is prescriptive..." Didn't John Roberts use that reasoning about the Constitution?Posted by: mindful webworker, Constitutionalist Clown at August 23, 2013 04:06 AM (6f2wv)
So do I.
Posted by: mrp at August 23, 2013 04:06 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 07:55 AM (z4WKX)
I'm fine, thanks
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 04:07 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2013 04:09 AM (AO9UG)
One day when I'm in a better mood we'll have to discuss why letting them write down what they intend to ignore in the future is a bad idea...
as it now stands we have functionally no Constitution since Gabe's buddies in black robes can argue with a straight face that "shall not be abridged" means "we can limit it at will"
or that "it's a tax" is valid when Ogabe spent what two fucking years arguing it was not in fact, a tax....
fuck the legal profession.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:09 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:10 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Case at August 23, 2013 04:10 AM (VctSv)
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 04:11 AM (lZvxr)
Some years back I recognized the fact that when I tell people I'm fine, it decidedly means I'm not fine. It was the only time I used the word.
Now that I realize it, not only do I either avoid using the word, or intentionally use it to deceive the other person. What I've also noticed is that when other people say they are fine, now my first reaction is to think "he's not fine."
Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2013 04:12 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 04:12 AM (VtjlW)
I just read all the comments. Moar Gabe bashing. All you folks that are bashing Gabe have a choice. I hear Hot Air is looking for a few good men.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 08:11 AM (lZvxr)
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Are you suggesting we ask Gabe to apply to Tepid Air as AP's cob?
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 23, 2013 04:12 AM (hNNJ5)
True. And one of those choices is, we can stay right here, and continue to speak our minds on Gabe's dishonesty, regardless of whether you or anyone else likes it.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 23, 2013 04:13 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:14 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 23, 2013 08:12 AM
*****
So if you hang out with other big name bloggers is that Cob Nobbing?
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at August 23, 2013 04:14 AM (VWfCN)
Alex how many people, lay people how many Dede Jenitals know the story of the wax and the wing?
The classics are dying ma'am.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:14 AM (A4hKL)
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But Democrats will still call their proposal the 'AFFORDABLE College-Care Act'.
The strategy here was never to make college accessible. They purposely made it so expensive that no one can access college without going through government.
Posted by: gastorgrab at August 23, 2013 04:14 AM (FX38i)
Posted by: mindful webworker, Constitutionalist Clown at August 23, 2013 04:14 AM (MwpNJ)
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I seem to recall Barnett's plan getting destroyed here when it first came up. So what gives?
Posted by: Gaff at August 23, 2013 04:14 AM (jPS2y)
I really am doing OK.
See used OK instead. Today is drying out day.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 04:15 AM (lZvxr)
I've always though the esteemed Barrister Malor would be a happy gaucho over at Casa Pawlenty....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:15 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at August 23, 2013 04:15 AM (VWfCN)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2013 04:15 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: mindful webworker, needs more coffee at August 23, 2013 04:16 AM (MwpNJ)
you, see how the last 2 elections have gone, and ask yourself if that
is really a good idea or not.
I'm thinking not, but then again I've read Matthew Bracken's books.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2013 07:00 AM (yh0zB)"
I have not read Matthew Bracken's books or even know who he is but I agree that a Constitutional convention at this point seems like a really, really, really bad idea.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole
We've been doing OK at the State level, which is where the Art5 action is.
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2013 04:16 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 04:17 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 04:17 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 08:12 AM (A4hKL)
Not protected species. Its just that continued Gabe bashing gets old after a while. I would say the same thing if people started bashing you all the time.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 04:17 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2013 04:17 AM (CMlD4)
Defining the Commerce Clause: Levin writes an amendment that, while technically unnecessary, is practically an imperative to restoring the original intent of the Commerce Clause. The amendment would make it clear that the commerce clause grants not power to actively regulate and control activity; rather to prevent states from impeding commerce among other states, as Madison originally intended
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7dstl6m (goes to redstate.com)
"Technically unnecessary" yet it's needed because technically the federal government doesn't really follow the constitutions so in order to get the federal government to follow the constitution we need a new constitution.
and pixie hates long lines of text.
Posted by: DisFunctional Literate at August 23, 2013 04:17 AM (L5kGm)
Posted by: redenzo at August 23, 2013 04:17 AM (vx61Q)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2013 04:18 AM (sdi6R)
>>>>why would you name your solar sail company Icarus
They've got new and improved wax for the bindings.
Posted by: Bigby's Expressive Wrists at August 23, 2013 04:18 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 04:19 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2013 04:19 AM (5wsCu)
Posted by: cormac_mcroadie at August 23, 2013 04:20 AM (4HsUp)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 04:20 AM (/PCJa)
"There is no reason why a young person should have to pay for college education, because who does it benefit except a nation?
I can see it now: College is a right. Just like health care!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 23, 2013 04:21 AM (UrtRh)
>>>additionally an Art5 is enabled by common legislation, as long as that common piece of legislation limits it to consideration of specific amendments - whats the concern
Only that no politicians seem to be following laws anymore and they're not going to follow those if its a question of who gets all the peanuts and popcorn
Posted by: Bigby's Expressive Wrists at August 23, 2013 04:21 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:22 AM (da5Wo)
I just read all the comments. Moar Gabe bashing. All you folks that are bashing Gabe have a choice. I hear Hot Air is looking for a few good men.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 08:11 AM (lZvxr)
All right, Vic, maybe I was a little out of line. But my point stands. Gabe was told repeatedly that the outline of a slippery slope leading from the recognition of "gay marriage" could be seen. And it has. Not only with the Huguenins, but the baker in Colorado and the whiny child in the UK who doesn't feel he's really "married" until it's performed in a church. If he ever acknowledged that yes, it's possible, then I admit I missed it.
But the Huguenins are being told, in effect, "Fuck your Messiah. Take the pictures you're ordered to or go to jail." Gabe's response is, "well, that's going to happen, I told you." Rather weak water from someone who took time to front-page his own "told you so" when Prop 8 was killed.
**shrugs** Whatever.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 23, 2013 04:22 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 04:22 AM (z4WKX)
Didn't offer it as a harsh rebuke Vic, and I respect your integrity.
Gabe *is* a protected species here, I am not.
I do get bashed as well.
Here's hoping my as compared to baseline presence being more scarce increases people's happiness when I do show up....
This touches on two of my major issues with Gabe...Church and State and the Glee Mafia....
apologies if I was over the top.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:23 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at August 23, 2013 04:23 AM (GmTxn)
"it,s that the Federal Government is ignoring the Constitution all together."
And the punishment for that should be death by hanging.
Posted by: Case at August 23, 2013 04:23 AM (VctSv)
Posted by: mrp at August 23, 2013 04:25 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 23, 2013 04:26 AM (UrtRh)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2013 04:26 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2013 04:26 AM (AO9UG)
And I see I've offended AtC as well. I'm going to sign off before my fingers really get me in trouble.
Here's a story:
As anyone who knew him would tell you, W.C. Fields was a difficult, self-destructive man. Sometime around 1938, Fields hired a doctor to help him stop drinking, but at the same time, he did everything he could to outwit the doctor. It took a while, but the doctor managed to track down nearly all of FieldsÂ’ stashes of booze and block off his private suppliers. He was so successful, in fact, that the great comedian found himself face to face with the dreadful prospect of sobriety.
The doctor expected a sober Fields to be irritable and tetchy; instead, he was surprised when W.C. approached him one day and offered to teach him how to golf. “That’s fine,” the doctor said. “Both of us should be out in the open air.”
Came the morning of the first lesson. The doctor was dressed in comfortable plus-fours, while Fields’ outfit was a baggy tweed suit. As they walked to the first tee, Fields emphasized that the main point about golf was to watch the ball intently before swinging. “You can’t stare at it too long,” Fields emphasized. “Before you take a cut at it, count to ten slowly.” At the tee, Fields arranged the doctor in a proper stance and then stepped directly behind him. “Now count,” he ordered.
Obediently, the doctor counted. “One – two - ” “Slower!” Fields commanded. “One. . .two. . .” “Even slower,” said Fields. “And don’t take your eye off the ball!” As the doctor stared and counted, Fields took a small bottle out of his suit and drained it. And for the rest of the round, while the doctor concentrated on the ball, Fields concentrated on his suit, where he had stashed little bottles of whisky.
For eight days, Fields gave the doctor “golf lessons.” Finally, the doctor told him, “Now, you see? You’ve been eight days without a drink and you’re looking better already!”
Hope you all have a great weekend.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 23, 2013 04:26 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Bigby's Expressive Wrists at August 23, 2013 04:27 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Shamu Muldoon at August 23, 2013 04:27 AM (pxDth)
Posted by: Lilredhen at August 23, 2013 04:27 AM (WX6M1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 23, 2013 04:27 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: marty mcfly at August 23, 2013 04:28 AM (VYGs9)
I must have missed that one. I don't remember him saying that. If he did I'm sorry.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 04:28 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at August 23, 2013 04:30 AM (HEa5q)
The Legal Profession as a whole is rotten. That there are decent lawyers is not in issue. That the profession is a cancer on the Republic is also not in my opinion arguable.
We could have a terrabyte length argument about whether that is the lawyer's fault, the voter's fault for electing asshole politicians who are lawyers, or the system's fault but the legal profession spends its time undermining the will of the people when it happily attacks law. Couple this paradigm with the grotesque spectacle of EPA cheerfully owngoaling cases to pet law firms to use federal funding as "judgements" to fund NGOs (heh at which point they are not NGOs IMHO) to attack industry and business and you have the Midgard Serpent eating its tail. The machine being rotten does not mean you are, not the lawyers spouse worked for(in the main) being so.
My issue with Malor is not his sexual predillictions, my issue with Malor is not his profession per se, my issue with Malor is his constant drumbeat of stating why the GOP must become the Democrat party and then simply not defending it here but instead doing so on Twitter.
I've now spent about 20 lines explaining away something that is not worth 5.
If I've incurred your ire I can remedy it quickly and with minimal impact on the quality of the blog.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:30 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 23, 2013 04:30 AM (GhSTE)
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Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 08:22 AM (z4WKX)
What I had to do was hitting a quart of brown liquor. As I said earlier, today is drying out day.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 04:31 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: YourPoopyPants at August 23, 2013 04:32 AM (bOKSd)
Evidently pointing out Malor's passive-aggressive schtick lacking honor offends her.
Considering my grief is with Malor's apple-RINO gang thing more than what he chooses to brush his teeth with carnally I think it's funny.
Correction I thought it was funny.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:33 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at August 23, 2013 04:33 AM (zZJJp)
The strategy here was never to make college accessible. They purposely made it so expensive that no one can access college without going through government.
In Florida, the government imposes all sorts of restrictions on housing developers, as part of Florida's general plan to maximize cronyism.
One of the more corrupt elements of these restrictions is to require developers to set aside certain units as "Affordable Housing." This means that, for some amount of time (10 years, or so), the sale price of that unit cannot increase more than some fixed percentage every year. Politicians then congratulate themselves profusely for How Much They Care About The Poor.
In practice, what Affordable Housing (price caps) means is that the person who wants to sell such a unit, but the legal price limit is below the actual market price, has 3 options --
1. Sell the unit for an amount below the market price, thus taking it in the ass;
2. Sell the unit at a price above the legal limit, usually by some under-the-table deal, off the books, to pay the difference, usually in cash (i.e., a partial black-market transaction); or
3. Don't sell it, and just wait for the 10 year price limit to expire.
No one chooses Option 1.
So, the result is that the price cap is completely ineffective. No "Affordable Housing" actually exists in the housing market. Either the real (under-the-table) price is the true market price anyway, or the unit is just pulled from the market and can't be bought at all.
This sort of thing will happen with colleges, too.
Posted by: Phinn at August 23, 2013 04:33 AM (nReRr)
Posted by: caustic at August 23, 2013 04:33 AM (/b8+5)
Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2013 04:35 AM (5wsCu)
In the spirit of the school vouchers...
Reuters had an article about the cost of congressional travel. If they adopted my plan, this wouldn't be an issue.
Increase congressional pay to $500,000 per year plus a $500,000 bonus if they keep the budget 18% of the previous year's GDP. Each would have light jet hours proportional to the location of their districts, from 20 hours per year for D.C. based Elenore Holmes Norton to 200 hours for an Alaska based representative.
Senators would receive $750,000 plus a matching bonus with unlimited medium jet hours.
V.P at 2 million and president at 4 million.
Posted by: jwest at August 23, 2013 04:35 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 04:36 AM (z4WKX)
I am a recent (2 years ago) convert to Catholicism. Due to a marriage and divorce prior to my current wife, I was told in no uncertain terms that receiving communion was out of the question until the first marriage was annulled (It's a long process, still ongoing). If I can't partake in the Eucharist, how the blankity-blank blank can a Buddhist lesbian possibly be allowed??? I'm just a simple, knuckle-dragging troglodyte from flyover country. Please esplain dis to me.
Posted by: Scont at August 23, 2013 04:36 AM (pCuII)
Alex is a good person in a foxhole, but I am past caring if she wants to be Gabe's shield maiden on this issue.
I have said repeatedly, and meant it that my grief is not with gays enjoying the civic benefits of marriage it is with precisely the theatrics and performance art writ large WRT to the Church.
They engage in lawfare to get their way rather than accepting the happily offered bite of the apple and letting time find the proper equilibrium.
I have been rather scarce, and will in fact resume being so rather than belabor the issue again in offering a genuine fig leaf to a writer I respect.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:37 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at August 23, 2013 04:38 AM (GmTxn)
Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2013 04:39 AM (5wsCu)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 04:39 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 23, 2013 04:39 AM (JFbSU)
Remember that scene in Easy Rider where they're all sweaty and dirty in the jail and like Hopper runs his fingers through his hair then yanks his hand out, looks at 'em, and is like "Gah!" and flings whatever it is off of 'em?
Yeah well, its not related to anything. I need moar coffee
Posted by: Bigby's Expressive Wrists at August 23, 2013 04:40 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 04:40 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2013 04:41 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 23, 2013 04:42 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 04:43 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:43 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: NotCoach at August 23, 2013 04:44 AM (rsudF)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at August 23, 2013 04:44 AM (zZJJp)
Posted by: mindful webworker, needs more coffee at August 23, 2013 04:45 AM (rMZgH)
Posted by: Batman at August 23, 2013 04:45 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2013 04:45 AM (h1D+w)
Posted by: marty mcfly at August 23, 2013 04:45 AM (VYGs9)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2013 04:45 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 04:45 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mainah at August 23, 2013 04:45 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Hrothgar at August 23, 2013 04:45 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 23, 2013 04:46 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at August 23, 2013 04:46 AM (rNCEP)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 04:47 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:47 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: LadyS at August 23, 2013 04:47 AM (FcLvZ)
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but over at Insty, there is a pic of Dana Loesch that is very different than I've seen her before. And I mean that in a good way. I would not have recognized her, had Glenn not written her name.
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 04:48 AM (GQ8sn)
In Sacalina (South Carolina) the sentence looks like this:
'Yaws is wrong'.
EROWMER, expert in ebonics since 1949.
Posted by: EROWMER at August 23, 2013 04:48 AM (OONaw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2013 04:48 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: Finn McCool at August 23, 2013 07:24 AM (xfPn3)
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Remember that "Cold War" thing that the MSM said was over back in 1989? Well it wasn't over, we just quit fighting and so we lost.
Good morning everyone!
Posted by: Nighthawk at August 23, 2013 04:48 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 23, 2013 04:49 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2013 04:49 AM (AO9UG)
http://bit.ly/19OpIPN
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 08:47 AM (VtjlW)
It was her bday recently too!
Still....
Phoebe Cates > Mila Kunis
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 04:49 AM (GQ8sn)
*sends up celebratory fireworks* Happy happy to you both! May your year be filled with blessings.
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 04:49 AM (VtjlW)
Check out Drudge. It's the headline story right now.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 23, 2013 04:49 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:49 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 04:50 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Hrothgar at August 23, 2013 04:50 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: LadyS at August 23, 2013 04:50 AM (FcLvZ)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2013 04:51 AM (AO9UG)
Alex I have just moved to Columbia SC and will be taking quarters and setting up household, this last week and a half I have been on the run getting my son enrolled, clothed, and settled in at school being forced to use mechanisms for the homeless as it turns out.
Add in trying to get a feel for the employment prospects in a metro area that very much runs on a version of the good old boy network suffering a slight recession despite the rest of the state's growth.
Not being passive-aggressive in this particular post in all sincerity I am if nothing else far too voluminous at times when I am able. I have been gone and as always the HQ rolls on. I am if anything at all an odd marble amongst the MANY marbles we the commentariat represent.
I have admired, adored, and venerated you when lurking or when offering my frequently vapid and infrequently cogent points on this blog.
Gabe is a cob, and I have deep qualms about the ethics of the field you happen to earn a living at ma'am.
If it is any solace I have deep ethical qualms about my preferred field I alluded to as the other half of the midgard serpent equation ma'am.
I am busy, rather busy and since I do not have the oceans of time I wasted here the last 9-18 months I cannot undig holes I dig with people I do in fact deeply respect here with the clarity I can summon when needed.
It'd be best for everyone if I simply did not dig the holes in the first place by doing hit and run posting.
I had thought I offered some good mirth last evening in the Affleck thread, I am not doing so well in the AM threads.
I again apologize for swinging the hammer widely, but ma'am much as I love you(in the platonic brotherly/sisterly sense)I cannot love as a whole your profession as I've seen it played the last ten years or so.
I mean no direct personal dig at you, since I am not able to glean your ethical output.
As a final explanation before I tackle my day navigating the maze of this State Capital may I offer that if a person wanted to attack my field as a bunch of lobbying for kajillions cocksuckers I would honestly have to say "as a whole guilty as charged sadly?"
You are not running me off, I bear you no ire I simply would not want to waste the horde's time with my presence if my presence is not filling any need.
Evidently attacking a self-professed "guiding light of what the GOP should be" who refuses to stand the blows and engage is simply a waste of time and breaks comity.
I do hope you're well and wish you nothing but the best ma'am.
Sven
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:52 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: mrp at August 23, 2013 04:52 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:53 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2013 04:53 AM (gTN+E)
regards,
sven
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 04:53 AM (A4hKL)
I saw it and did a double take when I read the name.
Wha-what?!?!
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 04:53 AM (GQ8sn)
* prays for an opening montage of her grinding away at the pole *
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 04:54 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 04:54 AM (++Xuv)
Obviously, they didn't read the story.
In 1969 I flew home on a charter plane from Europe. The company mainly flew military dependents (which tells you how many troops we had in Europe at that time). Anyway, the name of the company was "Atlantis."
All I could think of on the miserable, bumpy flight home was that Atlantis sunk beneath the waves, never to be seen again.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 23, 2013 04:54 AM (GoIUi)
And the plural form of y'all is: all y'all.
This concludes our morning lesson on how to speak/write Southern.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 23, 2013 04:55 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 04:55 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 04:55 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: LadyS at August 23, 2013 04:55 AM (FcLvZ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 04:56 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:56 AM (da5Wo)
http://bit.ly/178wCJL
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 08:55 AM (VtjlW)
Seared! Seared into my memory!
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 04:56 AM (GQ8sn)
Could have sworn someone named a ship or a space probe that.
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 04:56 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 04:57 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 04:57 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: LadyS at August 23, 2013 04:57 AM (FcLvZ)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 23, 2013 04:58 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 04:58 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone But Loves Birthdays at August 23, 2013 04:59 AM (GmTxn)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 04:59 AM (VtjlW)
>>>Hey, let's name it Icarus! Isn't that the guy who flewup to the sun?"
There was another, where a kid was the bastard offspring of Apollo or Hyperion, whichever, and he drove the sun for the day but screwed it up. Forget much of the story's particulars
Posted by: Bigby's Expressive Wrists at August 23, 2013 05:00 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 05:00 AM (z4WKX)
Phaeton?
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:00 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at August 23, 2013 05:00 AM (a5ljo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:00 AM (da5Wo)
Calling Gabe out for NOT mentioning a gay rights issue is unfair, though understandable.
Gabe's contempt for the commenters is annoying.
The argument that the trend to gay marriage nationwide has zero to do with the NM case ignores the judicial practice of applying trends to decisions. Sort of a penumbra of a precedent if you will.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at August 23, 2013 05:01 AM (URNUb)
Posted by: CarolT at August 23, 2013 05:01 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 05:02 AM (++Xuv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2013 05:02 AM (gTN+E)
Nice cafe by my house, owned and frequented by gays who "don't approve" of Christians, much less them taking their icky sky god into public; Tuesdays are their slow nights and they have a little alcove in the back away from the door.
I'm a married couple looking for a nice place for our couples' Bible study group to have a piece of pie and a cup of coffee while we discuss the passage of the week.
I can use the public accommodation laws to force them to sell us coffee and pie every Tuesday night?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is still at work and needs a beer at August 23, 2013 05:02 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 05:02 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:03 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at August 23, 2013 05:03 AM (MSrqi)
Stop! Or I'll say "Stop!" again!
Posted by: Unarmed Police Constable with a blue tit on his head at August 23, 2013 05:03 AM (7Lir4)
Hey, the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union was a hum-dinger!
Posted by: Josef Stalin at August 23, 2013 05:04 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:05 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 05:05 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 23, 2013 05:06 AM (h1D+w)
I want to thank President Obama for hjelping all the persons oif some color in that Middle East place. This shows these people that are President of Color is not higher then the average person in the world. He is the same a the poor farmer in Zinbawai or Poland and it shows everyday that he loves all person regardless of their color.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 23, 2013 05:06 AM (HlUFk)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 23, 2013 05:07 AM (XB5Ak)
No I don't think so I am in fact on my way literally out of the hotel room door but I am not saying that.
I lurk here when I don't post and I have time. God knows I post a lot when I post. I think the people I love here know who they are and I counted Malor amongst them prior to his "shiny precious."
I just have a lot of door knocking to do here this month.
regards,
sven
289 Typo Dynamofo,
TD part of my apology/explanation to AtC about my taking myself out of the game metaphorically speaking and part of why I should have offered something beyond my pithy "outpoping the Pope" routine or nothing at all is the brevity of my time here.
TD this has been a social issue of mine for a long time until the people I spent the early days working on it with decided "marriage or else" and indulged in getting wehat they wanted by any means necessary.
I opined along with others that the objective was attacking the Church in a way these same people would not tolerate Islam getting dictated to, and lawfare. Gabe was being reminded things are unfolding precisely as we warned.
My heart is broken on the issue, and my wit sparse though it may be is not served by a broken heart or rage.
Sven
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 05:07 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: gracepmc at August 23, 2013 05:08 AM (rznx3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:08 AM (da5Wo)
>>>>Someone had a list up about the outages at major providers over the last week or so and then someone else snarked that it's finals week at the Chinese hacker academies. I think that might be true.
Radio station this morning was saying their servers were out, taking out their phones and their XM, and they had no way of knowing even if they were broadcasting, really. There's a show on a repeater out of PA they were playing and they were same the same thing - so thats a little odd.
Posted by: Bigby's Expressive Wrists at August 23, 2013 05:08 AM (3ZtZW)
You had one job...
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is at work and needs a beer at August 23, 2013 05:08 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 05:10 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 05:10 AM (VtjlW)
You had to be really skilled to drive one, as they were prone to tipping.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 23, 2013 05:10 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:11 AM (da5Wo)
and Phaeton get a goddamned shirt y'll get a sunburn...
I slice like a hammer when enraged on the issue...
//Apollo grabbing his Thor Costume on the Goat Ride
Heather, when I go back to IN to do my taxes maybe we can get a moron ice cream social going?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 05:12 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:12 AM (da5Wo)
We need to get together one day. When you say Columbia I assume you really mean Ft Jackson? I am only about 70 miles from Columbia.
CBD has my e-mail address.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 05:12 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 05:13 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:13 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2013 05:13 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 05:14 AM (/PCJa)
Yup scenic Ft Jackson...
wife was *not* forced to stay on post after all the memorandum was 3 years old, BUT we decided to do so anyway....
I almost got a condo in Blythewood but decided if I go back to contracting Lad10077 has a better safety net on base.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 05:14 AM (A4hKL)
did anyone mention it is FRIDAY?!
friday, friday (ear worm)_ cause we deserve it.
alex tea.
aaand i bought a bottle of vodka so we can start slipping it into liquids of choice tonight.
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 05:14 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 09:14 AM (nqBYe)
Whooo hoo!! Party at willow's!
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:15 AM (GQ8sn)
Compared to EoJ? Totally active.
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79 posts and every one of them Solid. Gold.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 05:17 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 05:17 AM (nqBYe)
etc etc..
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 09:16 AM (nqBYe)
Exactly!
I know! Put the vodka in the tea!
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:17 AM (GQ8sn)
Absolutely!
Dang, it's August already and I haven't dug my ice cream freezer out of my garage yet.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is at work and needs a beer at August 23, 2013 05:17 AM (/kI1Q)
don't let me down guys!
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 05:18 AM (nqBYe)
Camping posts don't count 'cause they weren't funny and nothing happened.
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:18 AM (GQ8sn)
it's still morning and if we start now we might not make it to the dark hours.
mulling it over..
hmm someone will drive atc home from those yicky people that make her work?
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 05:19 AM (nqBYe)
Forget much of the story's particulars
Phaeton?
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 09:00 AM (GQ8sn)
I thought Phaeton was the name of the kid who peeked at Artemis while she was bathing naked in the sacred spring, and for that he was torn apart by dogs.
Which, as I always thought, was deeply unfair, since I, too, would have peeked at Artemis, if'n I had espied her bathing naked in a waterfall.
(All y'all would, too. Don't judge.)
Posted by: Phinn at August 23, 2013 05:19 AM (0FcyN)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 05:20 AM (XIxXP)
http://tinyurl.com/m7bo7hg
I ignored this and when I finally decided to read it I was a little shocked.
Posted by: caustic at August 23, 2013 05:20 AM (/b8+5)
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 09:18 AM (GQ8sn)
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I'm not setting myself on fire or goading wildlife into beating the shit out of me for your amusement.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 05:21 AM (CJjw5)
Can someone photoshop Chris Lane's face onto the Trayvon "Hoodie" photo?
I think I can sell thousands of them in the Urban Community, where every death is treated with equal revulsion and condemnation.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2013 05:21 AM (SfGRU)
For deities who fucked everything that moved, they sure were awfully touchy about odd things.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 23, 2013 05:21 AM (uYaYO)
It's Friday.
"Friday, Friday, gettin' down on Friday....weekend...weekend..."
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:22 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Nora at August 23, 2013 05:23 AM (RGgMp)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 23, 2013 09:21 AM (CJjw5)
Then stop blogging!!!
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:23 AM (GQ8sn)
I hate to keep you from what might be a lucrative career, but i'm feeling rather needy , and wanting a buddy today. so here i am to annoy all those that feel coerced but attempting politeness into typing at me.
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 05:23 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: mrp at August 23, 2013 05:23 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2013 09:14 AM (A4hKL)
Got that right. If you decide to move off base go east about 20 miles or so. Camden is good.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 05:23 AM (lZvxr)
I think I can sell thousands of them in the Urban Community, where every death is treated with equal revulsion and condemnation.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2013 09:21 AM (SfGRU)
John Hindraker at Powerline had an awesome line.
"
http://tinyurl.com/kt5zfwh
Click to read. It's a good one!
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:25 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 23, 2013 05:25 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 05:25 AM (VtjlW)
"Not only yes, you can, but I would say that yes you (generic you) should."
Of course, if the coffee and pie start to taste a bit saltier than normal, you might want to look for another location.
Posted by: jwest at August 23, 2013 05:25 AM (u2a4R)
This protects the people from being screwed over from lame ducks who think they have nothing to lose.
Posted by: JellyToast at August 23, 2013 05:26 AM (Aux4/)
A while back, there was a discussion about how the framework from Obamacare came from the Heritage foundation. One of the Horde went on a rant about how 'one sentence in one paper is not 'laying the foundation.'
I'm in a similar discussion now and would LOVE to see that rant again. Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about, or am I retarded?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at August 23, 2013 05:26 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 05:26 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: zsasz at August 23, 2013 05:26 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 09:25 AM (nqBYe)
D'oh, I didn't even realize it!
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:27 AM (GQ8sn)
Yes, I had just finished that Hindraker article.
That's what got me thinking about using the Hoodie photo with Lane's face.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2013 05:27 AM (SfGRU)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at August 23, 2013 09:26 AM (fwARV)
*flips coin*
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:28 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: zsasz at August 23, 2013 05:28 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: joncelli at August 23, 2013 05:28 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 23, 2013 05:28 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Fritz at August 23, 2013 05:28 AM (UzPAd)
It works on so many levels.
If TFG had a son, would he look like Chris Lane?
If TFG had a son, which low-life thug would he look like?
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:29 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:29 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 05:30 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 05:31 AM (nqBYe)
*
I'll take my liberty any way I can get it at this point.
Posted by: George the moron formerly known as dananjcon at August 23, 2013 05:31 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 05:31 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 05:31 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:31 AM (da5Wo)
http://tinyurl.com/k6dm55y
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 23, 2013 05:32 AM (SfGRU)
Gingers have no souls.
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:33 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 23, 2013 05:33 AM (XIxXP)
but i did read somewhere less adjectives is better!
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 05:34 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: willow at August 23, 2013 05:35 AM (nqBYe)
apart by dogs.
For deities who fucked everything that moved, they sure were awfully touchy about odd things.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 23, 2013 09:21 AM (uYaYO)
Deity myths are typically a metaphor for the relationship between the ruling class and the commoners.
Posted by: Phinn at August 23, 2013 05:35 AM (0FcyN)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 05:36 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Anachronda at August 23, 2013 05:36 AM (U82Km)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 23, 2013 05:36 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 23, 2013 05:38 AM (da5Wo)
Sounds horrible.
Posted by: EC at August 23, 2013 05:38 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 23, 2013 05:41 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: LaPasionaria at August 23, 2013 05:46 AM (+sSYr)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 23, 2013 05:51 AM (aOnaK)
Posted by: joncelli at August 23, 2013 06:13 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: eureka! at August 23, 2013 07:01 AM (CCfZi)
Posted by: eureka! at August 23, 2013 07:06 AM (CCfZi)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 23, 2013 09:51 AM (aOnaK)"
Pronounced "yez". Alternately, "yous guys" which is pronounced the way it looks.
This is actually a regionalism of the vanishing white, urban, middle and working class. As they have migrated to the suburbs, these forms of speech have been dropped and their children grow up talking like the people on TV.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 23, 2013 07:10 AM (31Nrp)
Oliver Hazard Perry (non-giver-upper of ships)
Perry was the victor of the Battle of Lake Erie. 'Don't Give Up the Ship was the last words of the dying Captain Lawrence. The USS Chesapeake was surrenedered shortly after Lawrence's death. Perry had Lawrence's last words inscribed on his battle flag.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy Spleen! Now with Oxidizers! at August 23, 2013 07:43 AM (hLRSq)
Gabe...
In case no one else mentioned this upthread...
Y'all is a contraction of...Ye + all.
It was brought over with our Scots-Irish immigrants in the 1700's.
Since many of these immigrants were shunned by the British colonist society...they kept on moving west and south, and settled there.
Their use of the contraction "Y'all" became embedded in their culture.
Posted by: wheatie at August 23, 2013 08:10 AM (el7k2)
Posted by: Y-not at August 23, 2013 08:12 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Not Claude Akins at August 23, 2013 08:29 AM (eaocc)
College is a "sorting" mechanism for management. If you complete a degree it shows that you will more likely work harder than someone who dropped out or who did not go at all.
And it decreases the likelihood of being sued by the racial exploiters.
Posted by: Vic at August 23, 2013 08:39 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: McAdams at August 23, 2013 08:40 AM (7OXWc)
Y-not,
The problem is that easy govt money creates artificial demand, which makes a college education more expensive.
The bigger problem is that our universities are NOT turning out well educated people with useful degrees, despite what you assert. I would venture a guess that college grads being paid more than non-college grads is heavily weighted to technical type degrees.
No manager in the world is impressed with a grads Women's Studies" degree. I know....I have hired people for the last twenty years and I can tell you that a liberal arts degree might as well go in the trash for the most part.
Posted by: FITP at August 23, 2013 11:59 AM (wB+3e)
Levin's list is a good start. I add one more:
"No person associated with any college or university that forms part of the 'Ivy League', as student, administrator, or instructor, shall be eligible to hold any public office or position of trust in the United States."
Let's drive a stake through the heart of the New Class.
Posted by: Brown Line at August 24, 2013 05:02 AM (a5bF3)
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Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 23, 2013 02:52 AM (UTq/I)