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— andy

Here's a good piece from David Freddoso, who'll be our podcast guest this week, on congressional authority over declarations of war.

This quote from Madison seems particularly relevant:

In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. Beside the objection to such a mixture to heterogeneous powers, the trust and the temptation would be too great for any one manÂ…

... particularly for as small a man as the current occupant of the White House.

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1 Morning!

Posted by: Citation X driver at August 29, 2013 02:39 AM (RF6SD)

2 Morning.

Posted by: NCKate at August 29, 2013 02:39 AM (kwl+3)

3 Another day, another war.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 29, 2013 02:40 AM (IGTzb)

4 Naw, he'll fail to pull the trigger. Again.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 29, 2013 02:42 AM (u82oZ)

5 Well, any normal man...

Posted by: NCKate at August 29, 2013 02:42 AM (kwl+3)

6 Mornin' Horde!

Posted by: Boone at August 29, 2013 02:42 AM (gmxji)

7 Up is down, black is white, war is peace, Michelle Obama is so pretty.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 29, 2013 02:42 AM (VyZ4E)

8 ...a man-child...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 29, 2013 02:43 AM (UeUjL)

9 Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday, August 29, 2013. On this day in 1922 the first radio advertisement was broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City. This set the stage for what we have now, continuous advertisements with a little programming in between. This is needed to pay the exorbitant salaries of TV stars and union technicians. This is one of the many reasons the audience share for TV is in the crapper.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:44 AM (zZbNF)

10 Firefighters in CA are using a NG drone to monitor the fire. This I do not mind.

http://tinyurl.com/p7e78et

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:44 AM (zZbNF)

11 We are building up the Navy around Syria. So are the Russians.

On Thursday, the Russian news agency Interfax, citing a source in that country's armed forces, reported that Russia would send an anti-submarine ship and missile cruiser to the Mediterranean.

So Russia is preparing a military response or is it a bluff? With the sackless asshole in the WH I somehow doubt that it is a bluff.

Â“If we are saying in a clear and decisive but very limited way, we send a shot across the bow saying, Â‘stop doing this,Â’ that can have a positive impact on our national security over the long term,Â” Obama said.

So, the only reason we are going into a possible WWIII scenario is for Dictator Choom to "make a point" by fire and forget.

A bipartisan group of 116 members of Congress sent Obama a letter Wednesday urging the administration to seek CongressÂ’ approval before taking any action, saying to do otherwise would be unconstitutional.

Why is this not > 500 members and why doesn't it have the threat of impeachment? It is rapidly going towards "too late" in this absolute insanity and unless you assholes in Congress are willing to impeach him he will not stop.

http://tinyurl.com/p4z2sk7

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:44 AM (zZbNF)

12 Iran says "thousands of missiles will rain down on Israel.

http://tinyurl.com/qejhlof

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:44 AM (zZbNF)

13 A shot over the bow, seriously you guys.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 29, 2013 02:44 AM (tlhtD)

14 And it looks like the Brits have seen the light and are backing off. Given the Choom King's disdain for the Brits this will not affect him one iota.

http://tinyurl.com/nn6swpv

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:45 AM (zZbNF)

15 Shades of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John C. Calhoun, as well as numerous nullification laws passed by Northern States in the run up to the Civil War (you never hear about those do you?), MO is set to nullify federal gun grabbing laws.

http://tinyurl.com/p7rge3c

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:45 AM (zZbNF)

16 Another delay in the train wreck known as Obamacare with another call from Republicans that it is a train wreck. This while the leadership fights efforts to defund it tooth and nail. If the damnedable Republican leadership fought half as hard against the assholes in the Commie-Dem Party as they do their conservative wing we might have an opposition Party.

http://tinyurl.com/oz6vfmk

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:45 AM (zZbNF)

17 Maybe there is still hope. Four honest football layers from NJ. Not all of them are serial rapists and thugs.

http://tinyurl.com/pv3bctp

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:46 AM (zZbNF)

18 MO school official is "cleared" in the non-event rodeo clown hysteria. Of course we can not tar a "school official", he may be in the union. But we sure as hell can go bonkers over the clown.

http://tinyurl.com/o8b7vsr

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:46 AM (zZbNF)

19 CA once again ups the ante on PC stupid. Is this a play for more taxes or just more PC crap? We report, you decide.

http://tinyurl.com/pqmzl3l

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:46 AM (zZbNF)

20 OH appeals court says Amish girl MUST resume chemo treatments for leukemia. The hospital says she will die without them. No report on the fact that she will may die with them as well. For children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia the five-year survival rate is around 80%, while adults have a lower survival rate of around 40%. Meanwhile the treatments are a miserable existence in of themselves.

If I were her parent I would have the treatments done, especially since I have undergone chemo myself. But how is it up to the government to force treatment? I know that they consider the girl unable to make this decision, but how does that jive with the ruling that girls of any age can decide to use the "morning after" pill without a doctor's advice or parental knowledge? I suspect that Thomas Jefferson's bones are spinning like a Sharpless Lube Oil Purifier at Monticello.

http://tinyurl.com/nzvepn2

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:46 AM (zZbNF)

21 Heavens to mergertroid, Columbia, SC is reinstating vagrancy laws so that they do not become a piss capitol similar to SF. The national gnashing of teeth is going overboard.

http://tinyurl.com/nazsyae

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:47 AM (zZbNF)

22 Madison was a racist.

Posted by: Chelsea Mathews at August 29, 2013 02:47 AM (qyoyx)

23 Weiner Dick hired sockpuppets for his political rallies. Isn't he really awesome? But this report is symptomatic of the liberal press abandoning him. If he was still a member of the liberal elite in good standing this would have never seen the light of day.

http://tinyurl.com/ogbfueq

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:47 AM (zZbNF)

24 Pippi Longstocking has joined the mass of Whoreywood stars with a sex tape. Hey from the picture here looks like she has developed "some biguns".

http://tinyurl.com/k9rm69b

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:47 AM (zZbNF)

25 Tim Scott was not invited to the MLK event yesterday, proving one again that this is not about helping the black race.

http://tinyurl.com/pcgadq2

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:47 AM (zZbNF)

26 11 year old beginning college at TX Christian majoring in Quantum Physics. We can't have this. It is obviously disparity in outcomes. It is RACIIIIST!

http://tinyurl.com/qfgld49

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:48 AM (zZbNF)

27 Remember when the civil rights movement was anti-amnesty and wanted employers of illegals held accountable? No? Neither do the current race baiting assholes who are just a wing of the Democrap Party.

http://tinyurl.com/o4cxogo

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:48 AM (zZbNF)

28 Damn, the world truly is coming to an end. A Harvard, yes Harvard, study shows that gun control is useless.

http://tinyurl.com/ozfq2c7

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:48 AM (zZbNF)

29 The media is really hyping the upcoming burger slinger strike. This will actually be a big "nothing burger" (pun intended) but I think the media will still hype it.

http://tinyurl.com/pc69wf5

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:48 AM (zZbNF)

30 White woman savagely beaten by a mob of blacks in Pittsburgh while they were yelling racial slurs. Will Holder call this a hate crime? Not on your life. Also note this Lady Morons:

Police said Slepski was savagely beaten after the girls threw a bottle at her car on Concord Street and she stopped to confront them.

This is not a good idea. Better idea is to hang a gun out the window and shoot about 15 of them (assuming you have a 15 round clip).

http://tinyurl.com/oz7f8ww

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:49 AM (zZbNF)

31 Contrary to what the traitor John Roberts said, the IRS says the Obamacare Penalty is not a tax. It is a "shared responsibility payment". Perhaps we should ask for a revised ruling.

http://tinyurl.com/n76wfwl

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:49 AM (zZbNF)

32 Syria is actually proof of the "what if" meme of the corrupt Obamanite Admin.

http://tinyurl.com/kmbmqr8

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:49 AM (zZbNF)

33 Egyptians arrest a "retired US officer" fighting with the Muzzies in the Sinai. Questions abound about this. (1) Is this accurate? If so, (2) Is he a true Muzzie convert for Jihad, (3) is he a CIA plant for spying, or (4) is he an Obamanite plant for helping the Muzzies take back Egypt?

http://tinyurl.com/qe63rry

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

34 The stupid burns brightly. ItÂ’s a wonder we are going into an ice age when we have the stupid providing a second sun from IL.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said at a town hall event in Chantilly, VA on Monday that women will be raped and others may die or be injured if Congress does not grant amnesty to AmericaÂ’s illegal immigrants.

http://tinyurl.com/q7hktar

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

35 And Bill "Rapist/Perjurer" Clinton says he will not allow the Choom King to be a bigger liar than him. He battles to take back his crown.

http://tinyurl.com/q4nglth

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

36 The State prints Tim Scott's statement about MLK, but nowhere do they mention that he was not invited to the event.

http://tinyurl.com/qz6kudn

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

37 RINO King (NY) proves once again he is not a Republican (which is why Fox likes him on their show).

http://tinyurl.com/p66nu77

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

38 Ramirez in great today

http://tinyurl.com/o7blbvv

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

39 Kindle Daily Deals

And today there is a damn good SF on there. A David Weber book. And I have already grabbed it even though I already have the hardback. (I like them better as a Kindle book now, attention Monty)

http://tinyurl.com/nutsdgt

That's it for today folks. I will be departing early today. I have to make a run to the dump to get rid of Wifey and Granddaughter in-law's end of Summer cleaning efforts and then I have yard work that needs doing before it gets hot.

Now to get some quick breakfast. BBS

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

40 Constitution, schmonstitution!

Posted by: Prez'nit Melonflaps at August 29, 2013 02:54 AM (Dwehj)

41 er uh I am not ah small...some men only have a ten inch penis...I, ah however have a 73.5 inch penis....

yes ah ladies and er gentlemen unlike John Boehner I am all dick.

//Ogabe

Posted by: Chelsea10077 at August 29, 2013 02:55 AM (A4hKL)

42 Henry VIII was known to stir up wars either for personal political gain or just on a fucking whim because...he "won"?

Posted by: Deety at August 29, 2013 02:57 AM (UaCt0)

43 Yes, the new discrimination is to ignore anyone that is a conservative, especially those of a different skin hue.

Posted by: Gmac - Pondering the coming implosion at August 29, 2013 02:57 AM (IanLz)

44 DAY 295 1,166 to go (1,239 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 02:57 AM (WjLUf)

45 1770 on the SAT doesn't equal prodigy. Good score for an 11 year old, I guess.

Posted by: NCKate at August 29, 2013 02:57 AM (kwl+3)

46 Chelsea!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good morning.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 29, 2013 02:57 AM (tlhtD)

47 I have no doubt that AQ rebels and their ilk would not hesitate to deploy chem/bio, or for that matter nukes (if they ever get them) against their opponents. The fact that Assad had his own arsenal, plus spares exported from Sadaam before the Gulf War, yet failed to use them as the fighting escalated is indicative of some self-control. The documented barbarism on display by AQ and AQ supported groups is nothing short of enlightening. Whether it is eating the heart of a slain enemy or killing/mutilating women and children, one thing is certain: AQ has no regard for human life be it their own or their enemy.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 29, 2013 03:00 AM (UeUjL)

48 In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department.

Pffffft.

I'm the Preezy! I dos what I want, y'all!

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama, Slow Jammin' the War[/i][/s][/b][/u] at August 29, 2013 03:01 AM (6T8Ay)

49 It's a Chelsea morning. King Putz is about to blunder us into a mideast regional war.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 03:01 AM (WjLUf)

50 er uh I am not ah small...some men only have a ten inch penis...I, ah however have a 73.5 inch penis....

Guys who do, don't have to talk about it.

Guys who don't, use a micrometer to measure it.

In the dark.

In Mom's basement.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at August 29, 2013 03:03 AM (6T8Ay)

51 *crickets*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 29, 2013 03:04 AM (GjPnA)

52 I noticed Hillary was missing from the podium at the Kingapalooza yesterday.

Why, I ask?

Hiding from the press? More cosmetic surgery? Detox?

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 03:06 AM (GoIUi)

53 King Putz is about to blunder us into a mideast regional war. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 07:01 AM (WjLUf)

We need the practice!

Posted by: Col. John al-Smith (formerly Smith), Commander, al-Quds 1st Air Division (formerly 1st Fighter Wing, at August 29, 2013 03:06 AM (6T8Ay)

54 1. Bomb Syria 2. ?????? 3. Profit!!

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 29, 2013 03:07 AM (S+8KD)

55 Hiding from the press? More cosmetic surgery? Detox? Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 07:06 AM (GoIUi)

Now, now. That's not very charitable.

I'm going with detox though.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/b][/u] at August 29, 2013 03:08 AM (6T8Ay)

56 This set the stage for what we have now, continuous advertisements with a little programming in between. This is needed to pay the exorbitant salaries of TV stars and union technicians. This is one of the many reasons the audience share for TV is in the crapper.

Posted by: Vic
............
And the reason I subscribe to Sirius radio.

Morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 29, 2013 03:09 AM (UTq/I)

57 Why is this not > 500 members and why doesn't it have the threat of impeachment? It is rapidly going towards "too late" in this absolute insanity and unless you assholes in Congress are willing to impeach him he will not stop. Forget it Vic, this is... Yeah, I don't know. I don't know what town this is.

Posted by: Deety at August 29, 2013 03:09 AM (UaCt0)

58 AQ has no regard for human life be it their own or their enemy.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

As long as they don't use chem weapons...Baracky likes em!!

And if they do, Baracky will scold them with a scowl, but you can't stay mad at them wacky guys too long.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2013 03:10 AM (z0JJm)

59 Yo, Demotards!

http://memegenerator.net/instance/40980180

Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 03:12 AM (bufJH)

This quote from Madison seems particularly relevant:

In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. Beside the objection to such a mixture to heterogeneous powers, the trust and the temptation would be too great for any one manÂ…

--Sounds worth quoting to Chucky PP at Esquire.com, since (s)he promiscuously quotes Madison there.

Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 03:13 AM (bufJH)

61 Our foreign policy is stupid, wavering, aimless, and often counterproductive because we elected and reelected an unqualified buffoon to be President.

Did we suppose it was harmless? Or some demonstration of racial equality? Or that staying home was an option because we didn't like our choices?

What did you think would happen?

Bottom line: Obama is a screw-up leftist with a narcissistic complex. He's going to screw up policy decisions at every turn because that's what screw-ups do. Get used to it; it's going to be a looooong 3 years, four months, and 22 days.

Posted by: Adjoran at August 29, 2013 03:14 AM (473jB)

62 I'm back and have read the comments

MP4 I love Rita and the days when women were curvy. Is that style coming back which is why Kate Upton and Christina Hendricks are so worshiped today?

But here is a picker-upper song from that era (and I have it) that explains the whole thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfPkGcVi8Mk

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:15 AM (zZbNF)

Can we impeach the incompetent fool yet?

Posted by: RokShox at August 29, 2013 03:16 AM (8MMMw)

64 Please allow me to introduce myself.

Posted by: B. Obama at August 29, 2013 03:17 AM (bufJH)

65 Regarding the 16 year old who killed herself, after having been statutorily raped by the teacher two years earlier, I can understand the outrage people feel about the light sentence, and the ill-conceived statements of the judge.

One of the problems is, we are talking about a complicated issue here, and expecting a judge (read lawyer) to be able to adequately explain it is unrealistic. The law is the law, morality is morality, and the psychology of human behavior is something else too. I don't think it is all that surprising that this judge gets the latter two wrong. I'll let the lawyers decide whether he was wrong on the law.

We've had this conversation here before too. There is something not quite the same, when a 14 year old is stating that he or she wants to have sex with someone, from the situation where the other person forces it. It's different. I'm not saying it's better or worse or anything else, just that it's different.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 29, 2013 03:18 AM (BeSEI)

66 #62 I would say probably 80% of Americans are totally indifferent to foreign policy.

My sister's best friend in high school once asked why I wasn't taking the train to Europe. (This was back in the late 60's before education had completely fallen apart.)

And I worked for a store manager in the 1980's who didn't know Switzerland was in Europe.

I have no reason to believe that conditions have improved in the last 20 years. There are millions of people in large cities who have never been out of the city, let alone to another state. They don't care about Syria. They don't even know what it is, nevermind where.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 03:18 AM (GoIUi)

67 64 Can we impeach the incompetent fool yet?

Posted by: RokShox at August 29, 2013 07:16 AM (8MMMw)

If it was left up to "we" yes, it would already be a done deal. Unfortunately it is up to "them" which means it will never happen.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:18 AM (zZbNF)

68 62 Adjoran,

Yeah I am not really blaming the sit outs as much as I used to....I was very vociferous about "commie...COMMIE! but when the best answer the GOP blabbogenzia is another round of outdonk the donk with Chris Christie-Obama I am just about past it.

The nation must want self-fellatory unqualified rulers...

who am I to get in the way?

Posted by: Chelsea10077 at August 29, 2013 03:19 AM (A4hKL)

69 66 Posted by: BurtTC at August 29, 2013 07:18 AM (BeSEI)

Do we know that was "consensual" rape and not forcible rape? I didn't see that in the news article and I assumed it was forcible rape.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:19 AM (zZbNF)

70 Morning all...thanks for the well wishes I think I am going to claim my birth gender back when I set up my network on post...

"take the crank back"....

I am inspecting the quarters and signing for the keys later...

next week God willing I will have true broadband back.

Posted by: Chelsea10077 at August 29, 2013 03:20 AM (A4hKL)

71 I'm in need of some restraint.

Posted by: Barky O. at August 29, 2013 03:21 AM (bufJH)

72 #69 Well, like Cassandra, I will still give my warnings, explain things to those who will listen, and do my best to resist. I do it for my grandchildren, as I hate the thought of them living ina totalitarian state.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 03:21 AM (GoIUi)

73 68 Vic,

I think it will take a literal WMD strike on US soil for people to break through the firewall of Black Democratonium...

he has generated enough hypocrisy in 5 years to power a small sun and the donks and moontard are either reveling in it or completely blind to the irony he engages in daily.

Posted by: Chelsea10077 at August 29, 2013 03:22 AM (A4hKL)

74 70 -

The judge did say something about that, indicating that "of course" a 14 year old cannot consent, but that this was not a case where he forced himself on her, she wanted it too.

This is a bigger and different problem our society is having. 14 year old are out there, having sex, because they want to, and there isn't enough structure in our society to keep them from doing so.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 29, 2013 03:24 AM (BeSEI)

75 74 68 Vic,

I think it will take a literal WMD strike on US soil for people to break through the firewall of Black Democratonium...

he has generated enough hypocrisy in 5 years to power a small sun and the donks and moontard are either reveling in it or completely blind to the irony he engages in daily.

Posted by: Chelsea10077 at August 29, 2013 07:22 AM (A4hKL)

Isn't Kanye and Kim's baby sooo cute?

Posted by: LIV #5,560,562 at August 29, 2013 03:25 AM (bufJH)

76 30 White woman savagely beaten by a mob of blacks in Pittsburgh while they were yelling racial slurs. Will Holder call this a hate crime? Not on your life. Also note this Lady Morons: Police said Slepski was savagely beaten after the girls threw a bottle at her car on Concord Street and she stopped to confront them. This is not a good idea. Better idea is to hang a gun out the window and shoot about 15 of them (assuming you have a 15 round clip). http://tinyurl.com/oz7f8ww Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 06:49 AM (zZbNF) Morning. A couple of years back I had a car full of girls--black like me--chase me down after I had the nerve to honk at them when they cut me off. They were a ways behind me tapping on their horn. I didn't notice at first, but when I did, I slowed way down so they could see the NRA banner in my back window. They turned at the next intersection.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 03:25 AM (Tnlh/)

77 I wish we had a few General Jack D. Ripper's who would DISOBEY Barack Muffley. MUTINY.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 03:26 AM (WjLUf)

78 Posted by: BurtTC at August 29, 2013 07:24 AM (BeSEI)

OK, I didn't see that in the one I read or maybe I just overlooked it in the fast read I did because of the rush for links in the morning.

Still, 30 days is low for even statutory rape.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:26 AM (zZbNF)

79 Oh, one more thing. If this had been SC having sex with ANY student by a teacher is a major felony, whether its any kind of rape or not. He would be looking at mucho hard time here.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:27 AM (zZbNF)

80 #52 I noticed that and was disappointed she didn't do a reprise of her campaign minstrel act when she was "no way too taaaaahrd". Although her predator husband was there lying out his STD laden ass with every fucking sentence. Somebody might want to alert that weepy drunk pile of shit heading up the House and his road kill on top of his head dipshit sidekick about the topic of this thread since there's no evidence he'll do a fucking thing to push back against the JEF's assuming the powers of a dictator.

Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 29, 2013 03:28 AM (CUr7f)

81 Morning. A couple of years back I had a car full of girls--black like me--chase me down after I had the nerve to honk at them when they cut me off. They were a ways behind me tapping on their horn. I didn't notice at first, but when I did, I slowed way down so they could see the NRA banner in my back window. They turned at the next intersection.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 07:25 AM (Tnlh/)

--Damn. Awesome.

Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 03:28 AM (bufJH)

82 Checks and balances are so passÃ©. Yesterday's news.

Posted by: Prez'nit McMissle at August 29, 2013 03:29 AM (Dwehj)

83 79 -

No problem, and I agree completely. I don't understand what the judge is thinking. This ex-teacher is going to get his hands on more 14 year olds.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 29, 2013 03:29 AM (BeSEI)

84 Happy Thursday, everybody! I don't usually think of TCU as a physics school, but you go kid! And I hope you got a scholarship because TCU is very expensive.

Posted by: sinalco at August 29, 2013 03:29 AM (7580N)

85 77 I slowed way down so they could see the NRA banner in my back window. They turned at the next intersection.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 07:25 AM (Tnlh/)

Good for you!

But you dare to have an NRA sticker on your car in CA????

The libs will surely key your car.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:30 AM (zZbNF)

86 Isn't Kanye and Kim's baby sooo cute?

Let's just hope it didn't inherit my tongue.

Posted by: Miley Virus at August 29, 2013 03:31 AM (Dwehj)

87 What's the limit for stupid in one day? Yesterday sure had a bunch o' stupid.

Posted by: BignJames at August 29, 2013 03:31 AM (ZNQKl)

88 'morning. "IF" Kipling poem arr. by Joni Mitchell http://tinyurl.com/poj8f49 If ... Then You'll be alright. Cause you've got the fight, You've got the insight.

Posted by: Blue Jay at August 29, 2013 03:32 AM (MhA4j)

89 35 And Bill "Rapist/Perjurer" Clinton says he will not allow the Choom King to be a bigger liar than him. He battles to take back his crown. http://tinyurl.com/q4nglth "We must open those stubborn gates." I bet Bill says that to all the girls.

Posted by: sinalco at August 29, 2013 03:33 AM (7580N)

90 88

As I said, they are trying to stop the on-coming ice age and reboot global warming hysteria by creating a second sun.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:33 AM (zZbNF)

91 88 What's the limit for stupid in one day? Yesterday sure had a bunch o' stupid.

Posted by: BignJames at August 29, 2013 07:31 AM (ZNQKl)

It's unfair of you to denote a number.

Posted by: erg at August 29, 2013 03:35 AM (bufJH)

92 #52 Given what we now know about NSA and the IRS, I have become convinced that a great many people in Washington are being blackmailed or threatened.

And to make it worse, instead of doing like Petraeus and simply quitting and leaving town, these people are using their political skills to craft BS explanations on why they cannot do what they ought to be doing, in order to keep on the government gravy train.

The few who aren't compromised or intimidated are marginalized by the rest.

I am disgusted.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 03:37 AM (GoIUi)

93 But you dare to have an NRA sticker on your car in CA???? The libs will surely key your car. Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 07:30 AM (zZbNF) People in South Central LA have no beef with the NRA. While in other areas, However, I do get the occasional hipster driving a Prius who will pull up along side me to voice their opinion. But when they get a look at me, they think better of it. A double-edged sword.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 03:38 AM (Tnlh/)

94 My birthday too. And Dinah Washington's.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 03:39 AM (Tnlh/)

95 Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them. -- Mary Frances Berry, former Chairwoman, US Commission on Civil Rights

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 29, 2013 03:39 AM (q2b5x)

96 IDK. Maybe this Syria thing is just Obama throwing a tantrum because that rodeo clown made fun of him. (Hey, it's not as silly as the idea that Benghazi was attacked because of a YouTube video.)

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at August 29, 2013 03:40 AM (QXlbZ)

97 Morning all. obama losing support for any syrian strike

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2013 03:41 AM (9Xc5j)

98 French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday a political solution must remain the focus for Syria but that could only happen if the international community can halt the killings and better support the opposition to President Bashar Assad. ??? Weren't these assholes the the first ones and the loudest calling for military action? The French never change

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2013 03:42 AM (9Xc5j)

99 The dentist told me to occasionally brush my tongue. Mom went out and got me a push broom at Walmart.

Posted by: Miley Virus at August 29, 2013 03:43 AM (Dwehj)

100 For the 2nd day in a row, all tinyurls give me 502s. I blame the Syrian digital army. Which didn't matter that much except for the starlet serving pie.

Hi.

Posted by: mindful webworker in a short link desert at August 29, 2013 03:44 AM (lTph4)

101 95 But when they get a look at me, they think better of it. A double-edged sword.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 07:38 AM (Tnlh/)

When I looked at your picture on your web site I didn't think you looked "evil" or did you mean that Hipsters driving Priuses are racist?

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:45 AM (zZbNF)

102 And Baldi - Happy Birthday and its a good thing I am not out there in LA to sing the song for you. In singing I suck.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:46 AM (zZbNF)

103 He isn't "small". He's got an ego that fills the world.

One that the Media strokes and puffs up at every opportunity.

And of course his puppet masters continue to praise and pet him whilst extracting power and control thru his favors.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at August 29, 2013 03:47 AM (28TG+)

104

"Tea Party is Resurrection of the Confederacy"-Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson- 50 years of resurrecting his race-baiting mouth.

Posted by: Case at August 29, 2013 03:47 AM (o00SF)

105 90. Â“A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon. We must open those stubborn gates,Â” Clinton stated. -- **Rather, a great nation DOES consider "the vote" to be every bit as sacred a right as buying/owning/carrying arms. Why should voting take less preparation, less skin in the game, than a purchase at a store? Clinton's imagery would reference as "free for the thief" a vote, an assault weapon. "Redistribution" a la thieves. "Because I Could" ONLY succeeds in the taking when meeting insufficient opposition in the confrontation.

Posted by: Blue Jay at August 29, 2013 03:48 AM (MhA4j)

106 Happy birthday, Baldi! I promise not to honk the horn at you on the 405. :-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 03:48 AM (WjLUf)

107 Brian Wilson on Twitter says that the AP has a story from intelligence sources directly contradicting what the White House is saying. He believes this is CYA from the CIA who don't want their assessment twisted.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 03:49 AM (GoIUi)

108 To the Morons; I may have to hold off on the dump trip and yard work. When I did my morning walk I felt more rain hitting me. May have to delay until tomorrow.

The dump is about to open now and it is still very cloudy out there.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:50 AM (zZbNF)

109 When I looked at your picture on your web site I didn't think you looked "evil" or did you mean that Hipsters driving Priuses are racist? Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 07:45 AM (zZbNF) I don't know if they're racist, but I think they know how to shame other white people about guns. I don't think they know how to do the same for black people. And, yes, they may be afraid of me, but I wouldn't call that racist.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 03:50 AM (Tnlh/)

110 But when they get a look at me, they think better of it. A double-edged sword.

Posted by: at August 29, 2013 07:38 AM (Tnlh/)

Posted by: logprof at August 29, 2013 03:51 AM (bufJH)

111 Happy birthday, Baldilocks!

http://youtu.be/dePMU8R131s

I'll do the singing, Vic.. Time was, I was singing 4-5 nights a week in some pub or other around Chicago.. Nowadays it's just Karaoke once a month with my friends..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 29, 2013 03:51 AM (UTq/I)

112 >> Do we know that was "consensual" rape and not forcible rape? I didn't see that in the news article and I assumed it was forcible rape.

The Daily Mail has a much more in depth article about this case. Shocking, I know. Here are some missing parts. he and her mom turned the teacher in and he was charged with 3 counts of statutory rape, but before he went to trial she killed herself after being shunned at school.

So I guess the DA felt that he couldn't get a conviction without her testimony, so he offered a (pretty fucking lenient imho) deal that got a guilty plea out of him, but which would be dismissed if he completed sex offender therapy etc.

He violated a several of the agreements, including getting kicked out of the therapy program, being with underage minors, and failing to report that he was having sex with a woman.

He did complete some other sex offender program, and this is where judge GimmeABreak comes into the picture, with his 31 day sentence. There's a petition to have him recalled now with lots of sigs.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 03:52 AM (ccXZP)

113 When they all agree to meet on the Megiddo Plain, that's the time to worry.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at August 29, 2013 03:52 AM (28TG+)

114 The dump is about to open now and it is still very cloudy out there. Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 07:50 AM (zZbNF) Are you made of sugar? Maybe you need some kerosene socks? I'ts just rain, good googly moogly. Good mornin rons, good mornin Vic.

Posted by: Mr Whoopee at August 29, 2013 03:53 AM (XIxXP)

115 Looks like there were some omissions in my list: baldilocks (1st Class Moron

)

Posted by: Gran at August 29, 2013 03:53 AM (mw0FO)

116 111 And, yes, they may be afraid of me, but I wouldn't call that racist.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 07:50 AM (Tnlh/)

If they change their action or take actions based solely on race, then they are racist. Opinions May Vary

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:54 AM (zZbNF)

117 I was thinking about as small as Obama when I was singing about a skeeter's tweeter.

Posted by: Tina Turner at August 29, 2013 03:54 AM (RZP0w)

118 "Shot across the bow"
Obama flexes his presidential muscle;
girls scream, women faint, men weep, journalists sing hosannas.
Hallowed be Obama, bringer of light.

Posted by: One Man Wrecking Crew at August 29, 2013 03:54 AM (P5JmB)

119 So if Iran launches its missiles on Israel in retaliation for SCOAMF attacking Syria, I suspect Israel will retaliate with perhaps an EMP burst or tactical nuke bunker-busters (as they should).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 03:54 AM (WjLUf)

120 If only we had a Congress with the collective requisite amount of stones to tell TFG "no, you can't have a war right now."

But do we?

Sadly, no.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 29, 2013 03:55 AM (yh0zB)

121 106 "Tea Party is Resurrection of the Confederacy"-Jesse Jackson Jesse Jackson- 50 years of resurrecting his race-baiting mouth. Posted by: Case at August 29, 2013 07:47 AM (o00SF) I can be charitable and say James Earl Ray had really bad aim.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 03:55 AM (WjLUf)

122 He did complete some other sex offender program, and this is where judge GimmeABreak comes into the picture, with his 31 day sentence. There's a petition to have him recalled now with lots of sigs. Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 07:52 AM (ccXZP) I am so upset by this story.I can't hardly even comment. As a father of girls I will not have faith in the judicial system. I will not call the police. It will be handled.

Posted by: Mr Whoopee at August 29, 2013 03:55 AM (XIxXP)

123 >> She and her mom turned....

This laptop has a lousy keyboard.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 03:56 AM (ccXZP)

124 But when they get a look at me, they think better of it. A double-edged sword. : baldilocks ___ hahaha! Cognitive conflict ... as Liberal Playbook memes collide.

Posted by: mindful webworker - in case of fire break glass at August 29, 2013 03:56 AM (KmZtw)

125 He violated a several of the agreements, including getting kicked out of the therapy program, being with underage minors, and failing to report that he was having sex with a woman.

I'll be damned. He was with under-aged girls despite being convicted of being a sex offender!!!!

One wonders if the stupid judge is aware of the recidivism rate of sex offenders? And one wonders if he is aware of how they steadily get worse until they start killing them?

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:57 AM (zZbNF)

126 100 -

I'm sure there is a famous phrase out there somewhere, one I never heard before, and it probably goes something like this: france is france, and frenchmen are frenchmen. The only thing that changes is who they will screw over today.

And I bet it sounds a lot more cool in the original french.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 29, 2013 03:57 AM (BeSEI)

127 I think Putin scares the crap outta Barky Barkalot. Then, he takes a pill.

Posted by: Chelsea Buttonpusher at August 29, 2013 03:57 AM (bUmSq)

128

Cameron in Britain is suddenly getting cold feet about Syria. Probably because the Labor PM's are against it. And Parliament will not approve it. If only we had an organization like a parliament that had responsibility for debating and approving Acts of War?

France is getting cold feet too. Hollande sounded a more cautious note than earlier in the week, when he said France stood ready to punish those behind the apparent poison gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians in Damascus.

Will Obama slow down? Will Congress grow a pair? Will they fulfill my prediction that Obama will cause a nuclear exchange before his term ends?

Posted by: rd at August 29, 2013 03:57 AM (D+lxs)

129 Just heard on the radio the hosts talking about an AP story saying the intelligence on the Syrian chemical weapons thing isn't conclusive - in other words, there's supposedly no concrete intelligence that says Assad was behind it or, for that matter, that the Syrian government actually did it. Yet the rush to war continues.

Posted by: @JohnTant at August 29, 2013 03:57 AM (hNNJ5)

130 I call for a national strike to protest Breibart.com's autoplay video's. Fucking assholes.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at August 29, 2013 03:58 AM (JQuNB)

131 108 Happy birthday, Baldi! I promise not to honk the horn at you on the 405. :-) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 07:48 AM (WjLUf) The 405 aka Hell. Thanks, hon.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 03:59 AM (Tnlh/)

132 Stupid, Mr.Whoopee sock.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 29, 2013 03:59 AM (XIxXP)

133 116 Are you made of sugar? Maybe you need some kerosene socks? I'ts just rain, good googly moogly.

Good mornin rons, good mornin Vic.

Posted by: Mr Whoopee at August 29, 2013 07:53 AM (XIxXP)

If I knew it was going to be only a sprinkle there would be no problem with the dump. But since my ancestors spit in a witch's eye way back in ancient Scotland (according to my great grandmother the reason for out family bad luck); I can't depend on that.

Also, my yard work also includes a fire which doesn't work very well in the rain.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 03:59 AM (zZbNF)

134

Posted by: Mr Whoopee at August 29, 2013 07:55 AM (XIxXP)

Friends will help you hide the bodies.

Real Friends will take care of the issue while you have an alibi.

Posted by: rd at August 29, 2013 04:00 AM (D+lxs)

135 Happy Birthday Baldi.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 29, 2013 04:00 AM (XIxXP)

136 37 RINO King (NY) proves once again he is not a Republican (which is why Fox likes him on their show).

http://tinyurl.com/p66nu77

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 06:51 AM (zZbNF)

I wonder if he's worried about re election? Guess media is a great second career from politician.

Posted by: caustic at August 29, 2013 04:00 AM (/b8+5)

137 Friends will help you hide the bodies. Real Friends will take care of the issue while you have an alibi. Posted by: rd at August 29, 2013 08:00 AM (D+lxs) I defer to family in these issues.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 29, 2013 04:01 AM (XIxXP)

138 Congress had more muscle to flex back in the day. Two changes have hurt: we have now a standing military and an omnibus budget. The President now has all the power he needs, since he doesn't need to call up troops and he doesn't need money. It's all right there already, and Congress put it there, so they should quit their bitching.

Posted by: MTF at August 29, 2013 04:01 AM (3f/jH)

139 Here's a link to the daily Mail piece:

http://tinyurl.com/naac6wb

Also, here is NRO with a nice mention of John Ekdahl and the HQ:

http://tinyurl.com/p7778qo

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 04:02 AM (ccXZP)

140 Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad nine days ago, according to South Korean reports.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 29, 2013 04:03 AM (q2b5x)

141 Happy Birthday Baldilocks.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2013 04:04 AM (g1DWB)

142 So I remember reading on these pages a certain cob complaining about GOP internecine warfare. The temerity of a conservative group putting out ads about a GOP candidate during a primary, for example. Well, Bill Bolling (Lieutenant Gov of VA and alleged Republican) is out there criticizing Ken Cuccinelli (current Republican candidate for governor) about Cuccinelli's supposed chops to be governor. I'm wondering if the complaint about red on red extends both ways....?

Posted by: @JohnTant at August 29, 2013 04:04 AM (hNNJ5)

143 142 Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad nine days ago, according to South Korean reports.

Posted by: IRB at August 29, 2013 08:03 AM (q2b5x)

Did they give a hint as to why they executed the ex-girlfriend?

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 04:05 AM (zZbNF)

144 127 -

I think there might still be a missing part of this. First of all, if there was an agreement in place already, why did the second judge need to re-sentence him?

It almost sounds to me like there was no judgement in place, only a set of conditions the prosecutors were requiring for THEM to go along with the deal they were offering.

Which probably means, this was THEIR deal, not the judge's. I don't know enough about how the courts work to know whether the judge had an option to alter the deal, but if he didn't, then clearly some of the blame resides with prosecutors who couldn't or wouldn't pull the trigger on going after a stronger deal.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 29, 2013 04:05 AM (BeSEI)

145 John Ekdahl Jr., over at Ace of Spades, turns the wayback machine to 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/p7778qo

impressive

Posted by: caustic at August 29, 2013 04:06 AM (/b8+5)

146 Happy Birthday Baldilocks!

And now I'm off. To sleep, perchance to dream...

Later roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 29, 2013 04:06 AM (yh0zB)

147 Good thing Kim Jong Il didn't kill them with chemicals. He also had a man executed who somehow violated the grieving observance of his late daddy by being a target for a mortar.

Posted by: Justamom at August 29, 2013 04:07 AM (Sptt8)

148

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 06:46 AM (zZbNF)

It doesn't Vic. The courts carved out a "sex exception" to the normal rules on children's consent.

It's weird and entirely inconsistent.

I don't have much to say on the Chemo itself. I'm on both sides. I get the whole "parental rights" thing, but OTOH, having a kid die for religious beliefs they may or may not hold doesn't seem right either. These cases are a PITA.

Unrelatedly, I'd cut the school official some slack. He did refuse to give out the clown's name for the longest time (until the clown came forward) and took the brunt of it himself.

Posted by: tsrblke at August 29, 2013 04:07 AM (GaqMa)

149 JEF will back off on his unilateral war, and the media will paint him as a man of greatness. Heavy decision. A man of peace. A "man" who made his own decision. A man who "saved America from another neocon war!" when we all know the truth of the matter

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 29, 2013 04:07 AM (Fauor)

150

Optics. Obama thumps his chest in front of the world about his red line being crossed.

Drags his feet on going to the UN or Congress.

Russia and Iran sabre rattle.

Obama backs down and makes his saturday 10AM tee time.

Posted by: redenzo at August 29, 2013 04:07 AM (vx61Q)

151 kitty go pee pee

Posted by: cokstik (OZFIC) at August 29, 2013 04:08 AM (EZl54)

152 Obama rushed to the head of the parade and discovered there's no one (France and UK) behind him anymore. This makes him look like a complete fool and the dreaded mockery will surely ensure. Russia may well make threats which Obama may mistakenly construe as bluffs in a case of projection of historic proportions, which he may call so as not to look like a complete pansy. Hopefully Obamas narcissism, thin skin, terrible judgement and overal idiocy will not cause WW3.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 29, 2013 04:08 AM (VLifP)

153 >> Did they give a hint as to why they executed the ex-girlfriend?

Supposedly she and several other members of the troupe made a sex tape.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 04:08 AM (ccXZP)

154 This is why you want to avoid entanglements with dictators, when the relationship is over, so are you.

Posted by: caustic at August 29, 2013 04:08 AM (/b8+5)

155 BurtTC at August 29, 2013 08:05 AM (BeSEI) -------------- I'm also cautious about this thing and especially about drawing conclusions. Keep in mind, we don't know exactly what happened in that courtroom. We're pretty much relying on MSM news reports of the situation. Well, if all we heard were MSM reports of the Zimmerman trial, instead of watching the trial unfold live, our opinions might be different.

Posted by: @JohnTant at August 29, 2013 04:09 AM (hNNJ5)

156 Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone. What I will do to celebrate: finish cleaning my refrigerator. Don't laugh. Clean friges make me happy...and healthy.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 04:09 AM (Tnlh/)

157 144 John Tant,

Serious you guys we'd get ALL the votes if Conservatives would just shut the fuck up and give up political activity!

//GM esq

Posted by: Chelsea10077 at August 29, 2013 04:09 AM (A4hKL)

158 Levin did a great job of fisking Gaylord Focker's pedestrian speech yesterday including pointing out the annoyingly unnatural cadence that he and Slick both employ.

Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 29, 2013 04:09 AM (CUr7f)

159 158 Baldilocks,

Gonna go get hand x-rayed...

glad you made it another year...

may you live so long as you want and never want so long as you live.

Posted by: Chelsea10077 at August 29, 2013 04:10 AM (A4hKL)

160 Well 'Rons and 'Ronettes, the Sun (the real one) is trying to break out. So I am going to give it a chance and heading out.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 04:10 AM (zZbNF)

161 Thanks for the Birthday Wishes

Posted by: Michael Jackson at August 29, 2013 04:12 AM (q2b5x)

162 155 Supposedly she and several other members of the troupe made a sex tape.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 08:08 AM (ccXZP)

So this new phenomena is everywhere.

But I am out of here for now.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 04:12 AM (zZbNF)

163 #160 Was listening on-line with some friends and we thought in spots he was trying to imitate MLK's speaking style and tone.

Then he got overcome with his anger and arrogance and went into that angry preacher mode. That's the one where I think his eyes are going to completely roll back in his head.

The Lord must believe we haven't been properly chastised yet, because there were no lightning strikes.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 04:12 AM (GoIUi)

164 Un- oops! We have the fast food strikers being interviewed on the news. My dad would make my sis leave her Mc Donald's uniform in the garage because if the grease smell. These people sure have set their sights low, to plan on earning a living in fast food. This should be a teenybopper job to keep 'em busy and put a few bucks in their pockets while getting an education to get a real career.

Posted by: Justamom at August 29, 2013 04:12 AM (Sptt8)

165 >>Don't laugh. Clean friges make me happy...and healthy. Well because I am such a giver, for your birthday I would like to give you the gift of cleaning my refrigerator. Imagine the joy of cleaning not one but two refrigerators! You're welcome.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2013 04:12 AM (g1DWB)

166 154 Even the NY Post is excoriating Captain WimpDick for his lack of leadership ability. It's worth a read:

http://tinyurl.com/on3k5uv

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 04:13 AM (ccXZP)

167 From Vic's Weiner article:

Some of the gung-ho Weiner crowds, including at the Aug. 11 Dominican Day Parade in Manhattan, were really actors who were paid $15 an hour by the California firm Crowds on Demand, according to a source with direct knowledge of the deal.

--

I find this hilariously funny and sad, all at the same time. Nothing is real anymore in politics. Everything is a big, fat lying illusion.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 29, 2013 04:14 AM (XB5Ak)

168 I saw that North Korean story. That is one country that we could totally level and not really decrease their quality of life.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 29, 2013 04:14 AM (ZshNr)

169 Got into a light discussion about the minimum wage at work. I was asked how I would expect to raise three kids on $7/hour. I said I wouldn't have kids unless I was secure enough in my career to afford them. Somehow that made me into the Devil.

Posted by: @JohnTant at August 29, 2013 04:14 AM (hNNJ5)

170 But bombing worked for BOOOSH!

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 29, 2013 04:15 AM (VWfCN)

171

Posted by: Justamom at August 29, 2013 08:12 AM (Sptt

But the middle class jobs didn't come back after the recession, so we have to MAKE middle class jobs out of what's left.

Economics be damned! (I actually heard a union boss say the first part, I added the economics part.)

Posted by: tsrblke at August 29, 2013 04:16 AM (GaqMa)

172 106. Case Admittedly or not, W.E.B. Du Bois' NAACP was established to advance only the top 10% of black Americans. And of that "talented tenth" elitism, the intent was to keep the mass population of American blacks in servitude, but to their black masters rather than to whitey (fascistic Pan-Africanist). Keep the masses angry, and feed off that anger. Parasites. New guard v. Old guard -- in too many revolutions -- the only thing that changes is WHO plays the authoritarian King of the Mtn. Whereas the effort to educate the masses of black Americans AND to train them for the current economic/industrial employment opportunities was led by Booker T. Washington, so as to provide the strength of black families to advance together in educational and professional opportunities through the natural process of succeeding generations, seen by W.E.B. Du Bois as "appeasing" "compromise". Well, Du Bois stood to "own" black America with his "talented tenth" directing his NAACP. From what I remember of MLK, Jr.'s leadership through civility, the "Dream" he shared, to be judged by quality of a person's character, was no appeasement or compromise with the devil, as Du Bois had propagandized v. Brooker T. Washington. By their fruits you will know them. Obama has nothing to do with MLK Jr. or Brooker T. Washington whose lives were dedicated to enabling the inalienable rights of all American citizens, to be responsible and accountable for our own lives, and for us all to know each other by our character and what works we produce, BY WHAT WE BUILD. The proof's in the pudding. Obama, Du Bois, "talented tenth" playing the feudal lords over the slaves. For your own good, of course.

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 29, 2013 04:16 AM (MhA4j)

173 What day is this fast food workers strike? 'cuz I'll want to eat there that day.
Oh Thursday, what day is today?
Thursday. Well, I was going to do stuff today, but guess I need to go to McDonalds for breakfast, lunch, and supper.

Posted by: One Man Wrecking Crew at August 29, 2013 04:16 AM (P5JmB)

174 #169 What's really astonishing to me is that there is a BUSINESS called "Crowds on Demand" which makes a living providing warm bodies to give the illusion of popularity. I find the whole idea pathetic.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 04:17 AM (GoIUi)

175 A great big "Fuck You!" out of the Joint Chiefs would be awesome right about now.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 29, 2013 04:17 AM (hl/LG)

176 Heavens to mergertroid, Columbia, SC is reinstating vagrancy laws so that they do not become a piss capitol similar to SF. The national gnashing of teeth is going overboard. http://tinyurl.com/nazsyae Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 06:47 AM (zZbNF) Every heavy lib I know talks about SanFran as the most wonderful place on earth, and, oh, how they wish they could live there. But, after visiting SF so often for conferences and meetings, you can barely walk 3 feet without having to step over a homeless person, or have them accosting you for money. No thanks.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 29, 2013 04:17 AM (Fauor)

177 Happy birthday, baldilocks!

Posted by: sinalco at August 29, 2013 04:17 AM (7580N)

178 WTF? We've had both erg and feline urine here this morning?

Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 29, 2013 04:18 AM (PpviT)

179 Well because I am such a giver, for your birthday I would like to give you the gift of cleaning my refrigerator. Imagine the joy of cleaning not one but two refrigerators! You're welcome. Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2013 08:12 AM (g1DWB No net benefit in cleaning yours. Besides, the stuff in your frig might pull a gun on me!

Posted by: baldilocks at August 29, 2013 04:18 AM (Tnlh/)

180 " What day is this fast food workers strike? 'cuz I'll want to eat there that day. Oh Thursday, what day is today? Thursday. Well, I was going to do stuff today, but guess I need to go to McDonalds for breakfast, lunch, and supper." Yeah, I'll be heading to the Burger King for breakfast shortly. I know they'll be open. I KNOW THEY WILL BE.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 29, 2013 04:19 AM (hl/LG)

181 In typical Barack Obama fashion, what started out as mega-cool badassery and alpha-male chest-beating is now a simmering slow jam of an across-the-bow battle plan.

Dig it.

Posted by: Fritz at August 29, 2013 04:20 AM (KIHQS)

182 168 154 Even the NY Post is excoriating Captain WimpDick for his lack of leadership ability. It's worth a read: http://tinyurl.com/on3k5uv Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 08:13 AM (ccXZP) The NY Post is actually a fairly conservative rag, although of late they've been "iffy" at best, especially since jumping on the St. Trayvon Drank bandwagon. Oh well, it's a Murdoch paper so there is that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2013 04:22 AM (WjLUf)

183 I have to get ready to go consult with my sister about her new kitchen cabinet selection. This is one of those things you do when your family all livesclose by.

You guys have a great day! I will check in on one of the other threads.

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 29, 2013 04:23 AM (GoIUi)

184 I tend to think of it more as "back door" diplomacy. At least, that's what Reggie likes to call it. Now, off to the showers, boys.

Posted by: Bathhouse Barry at August 29, 2013 04:24 AM (hl/LG)

185 I'm beginning to agree with General Yamashita that we hanged him for losing the war. It's not like we mind international aggression.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at August 29, 2013 04:24 AM (hGG5S)

186 This WaPo piece on how states are resisting EmfuckeningCare is worth a read, just for all the lamenting and gnashing of teeth. To their credit, the article does identify the advocacy position of each person quoted.

http://tinyurl.com/pvg5jdr

"We're trying to shove a red hot poker up their asses, and they are resisting! Oh the humanity."

Okay, okay, that exact quote isn't anywhere in the article. Maybe.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 29, 2013 04:25 AM (ccXZP)

187 Monty up with something about morality, emotions, and DDT.

Posted by: mindful webworker - reading ahead at August 29, 2013 04:26 AM (MosI3)

188 Your daily reminder than journalists know nothing about anything:

In the CBS story about the spy satellite launch there is this gem:
"Once it reaches orbit in about two days, the classified payload is expected to be able to distinguish details back on Earth as minute as the make and model of an automobile."

Which museum provided the antique?

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at August 29, 2013 04:26 AM (epxV4)

189 Who is General Yama-whatever? Do I need to bow to him? Can't say I ever met him. Is he in the JCS?

Posted by: Bathhouse Barry at August 29, 2013 04:27 AM (hl/LG)

190 " Your daily reminder than journalists know nothing about anything:" Journalists aren't paid to know stuff and shit. They are paid to agitprop. And show leg. Show some leg, Dammit!

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 29, 2013 04:28 AM (hl/LG)

191 Happy birthday, Baldi! Mine was Tuesday, it's a great week for birthdays

Posted by: Ian S. at August 29, 2013 04:30 AM (OevbG)

192 Saying Amen to that Madison quote. Don't want a weasel at the controls.

Posted by: and irresolute at August 29, 2013 04:31 AM (2qM95)

193 >>No net benefit in cleaning yours. Besides, the stuff in your frig might pull a gun on me! Oh so my eternal gratitude is no net benefit? Man, some people are sooo selfish. As to the gun thing that's just silly. Most of the stuff in there is dead and it's not I don't like their weapons up.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 29, 2013 04:32 AM (g1DWB)

194 145 142
Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean
performers who were executed by firing squad nine days ago, according to
South Korean reports.

Posted by: IRB at August 29, 2013 08:03 AM (q2b5x)

Did they give a hint as to why they executed the ex-girlfriend?

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2013 08:05 AM (zZbNF)

Wouldn't give him his records back? (Yes, apparently there was a sex tape and 'lil Kim probably went into a jealous rage -- a lethal thing in Norkland.)

Posted by: joncelli at August 29, 2013 04:33 AM (RD7QR)

195
I find the whole idea pathetic.

And Anthony Wiener is leading that parade. Amazing....the guy couldn't keep is zipper up long enough to salvage his own career. Equally pathetic is Weiner pretending he's still in the race.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 29, 2013 04:36 AM (qoQi/)

196

185 " I have to get ready to go consult with my sister about her new kitchen cabinet selection. This is one of those things you do when your family all livesclose by."

IKEA has the best value.

Posted by: jwest at August 29, 2013 04:37 AM (u2a4R)

197 173. Our national leadership, whether government or employment/corporations including Union leadership, are all bought. THEIR retirement will be grandiose, the gilded lily parachutes, the bulk of funds stolen from the membership and Middle Class citizens. During Orrin Hatch's tenure in the Senate, the American Middle Class has incrementally been replaced in the workforce stateside by immigrants, legal and now illegal (bipartisan McAsses for amnesty). Also Sprach Corporatism: trust us, no matter how, Profits Are Good. Remember while you can. What thieves steal is their profit. At what cost to you? Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Jail: GLOBAL Corporatist financial investments AND bail-outs are funded by US MIDDLE CLASS Tax Payers. When the working professional class of US employees and the highly skilled labor union members lose their jobs to the current illegal aliens (soon to be whitewashed as US citizens via amnesty)? The weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth will have an ObamaCare pill and vaccine to forgetaboutit, and electro-shock therapy for the discontents who just can't shake their depression. Temporary memory loss ... recurring "fix". The point of global corporatism is, at best, to only favor the "talented tenth" at the immense cost of everyone else. Inalienable Rights as if Extremism to be denied.

Posted by: panzernashorn at August 29, 2013 04:51 AM (MhA4j)

198 It is for the legislature to decide who, why and what should be attacked. The generalities of the when and where might also be decided there, but the specifics must be left to the generals. The how is also most properly in the sphere of the generals, with the specific exception of first-strike nuclear release. That one has to be owned at the highest level, and publicly declared as such as soon as the bomb goes off.

Posted by: perturbed at August 29, 2013 05:06 AM (u6Ueb)

199 MUTINY--if the military unleashes force on Syria without legitimate authorization, then I say when we restore order in this country the JFACC, JFMCC, & JFLCC (God forbid) be subject to court-martial.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 29, 2013 05:17 AM (Ec6wH)

200

Best Picture of the year alert!

Have y'all seen the picture from yesterday, of the Obama's standing at the Lincoln Memorial with Jimmah and Bill Clinton? It's the single most revealing photo ever. It was in Jim Geraghty's emailed newsletter this morning, but its widely available. In it Carter looks like the doddering old fool he is, but that's just the beginning and he certainly isn't the main character to watch.

The President is waving, limp wristed, and hugging Jimmah for all he is worth. The picture just shouts "Ghey!" He is sort of smirking too, as if he is glad to be outside campaigning with nothing to worry about. No Syria, no Putin, no English war support or CIA analysis holes.

Billy C., on the other hand, is firmly gripping Michelle Obama's tail end and she is grinning for all she's worth. It's as if to say "Finally! Someone wants me!"

Interestingly, Queen Hillary is nowhere to be seen. Not in the photo. Not welcome in the group.

It is, as I said, an incredibly revealing photo. Best of the year.

Posted by: MTF at August 29, 2013 05:35 AM (B5y+v)

201

; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal">185I have to get ready to go consult with my sister about her new kitchen cabinet selection. This is one of those things you do when your family all livesclose by.

You guys have a great day! I will check in on one of the other threads.

Posted by: Miss Marple

Obama has already chosen your cabinets for you. Section 24.6067.345 of the ACA. You will need a kitchen of 9000 square feet to house them.The IRS will be by to collect your donation. Did I mention they dond't have any doors?

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 29, 2013 05:37 AM (VLifP)

202

Posted by: BurtTC at August 29, 2013 07:24 AM (BeSEI)

The problem, Burt, is that there are men out there who don't seem to think maybe they shouldn't be having sex with someone barely past puberty.

The problem is, we have parents out there who are unable to explain to their children why having sex at age 14 is a really horrible idea.

The problem is, we have parents out there, fathers out there who are either not around or are so pussified that they cannot put the fear of God into their daughters that, if they have sex, they will slaughter the other party.

The problem is, we have parents out there who are so afraid of not being their kid's friend that they won't stick their noses way, way into the kid's business so they might know if their little girl is having sex with a disgrace of a man.

Posted by: Tonestaple at August 29, 2013 05:48 AM (3yidV)

203

"Listen to your advisors...?"

Who the hell do you think has been filling his head with narcissitic crap for the past 5 years? Obama's only saving grace is that left to his own devices, he would just play golf. With the cadre of academic America-haters around him giving "advice", he becomes a danger to us all. Who do you think gave him the idea to publicly and personally insult Putin?

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 29, 2013 06:38 AM (Xq2WY)

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