September 17, 2013

Top Headline Comments 9-17-13
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Tuesday.

ICYMI, Joan Walsh had a LOL-worthy series of tweets yesterday.

Hey, you want to go to war against GOP members for something? Go to war over this. They are wrong as a matter of policy and wrong as a matter of politics.

By the way, if I haven't mentioned how awesome Cuffy Miegs (sometime openblogger) is on Twitter before, well . . . you should just take a peek. Yeah. Follow dat.

WaPo's Nakamura sorta excuses Obama for his second term thus far -- "events overtook him" -- but it's such a half-hearted defense, the whole thing comes off as a mere litany of Obama's failed leadership. While there have been "unpredictable calamities," the decision to seize them to try and score political points off Republicans has been Obama's own folly, and there's nothing unpredictable about that.

There are 5 legislative days to avert a government shutdown. Thus far neither Cantor's nor Lee-Cruz's plan has been voted on. There's a question: who gets blamed for a shutdown if the GOP doesn't actually vote on a CR at all?

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Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:48 AM | Comments (208)
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1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Tuesday, September 17, 2013.  Today is Constitution Day. On this day in 1787 the Constitution was completed and signed by the majority of the delegates to the convention in Philadelphia. This holiday has been around unofficially for a long time but was not made an official federal holiday until 2004 when it was inserted into a budget bill by Senate Robert Byrd. It is important that we recognize this day because the forces of big government began undermining the Constitution almost from the onset.  It is all but gone now.  Despite the fact that federal law now requires congress to cite its Constitutional authority for each new law passed it is totally ignored.  And Obama not only ignores it, he has openly distained it in public comment.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:49 AM (zZbNF)

2 Vet in Navy Yard shooting had troubled past

Yes he had a "troubled past" which was largely anger issues which they blame on PTSD, except I would be willing to bet that he had anger issues before he ever went into the Navy.  On top of that his rating in the Navy was not involved in actual combat.  They are blaming the PTSD on minor rescue efforts in NYC during 9-11.  The Gun Grabbers will get a new lease on life despite the fact there are already laws in place that prohibit him from having any guns.  In fact, he is, or was, a walking testament to why gun laws do not work.  He had been previously involved in two other shooting incidents, which should have been felonies.

http://tinyurl.com/qzjh5kf

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:49 AM (zZbNF)

3 We know what happened in these shooting cases:

The local district attorney subsequently declined to file charges against Alexis.

He shoots a hole into his neighbor's apartment on purpose and they decline to press charges?????  It also begs the question, what kind of security screening are they doing for people to get ID cards for base access now?

The tire shooting incident was resolved like this:

Seattle police said Monday the case was referred to Seattle Municipal Court for charges of property damage and discharge of a firearm.


There's no record that he was ever prosecuted, and a spokeswoman for the Seattle City Attorney's Office, Kimberly Mills, said Monday that her office never received the report from police so did not review it for possible charges.

Discharge of a firearm in this event rises to a felony so what happened to the charges?


http://tinyurl.com/lrm6ayy


http://tinyurl.com/psoz5h3

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

4 What is even more revealing on the incompetence of the "vetting for security clearance" was the fact that the Navy knew of his instability in the firearm events and was a major reason for discharging him from the Navy.

One Navy official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that Alexis was discharged in January 2011 for “a pattern of misconduct” and that the 2010 gun incident in Texas played a role in his departure.


But hey, it was the evil gun that caused all of this.

http://tinyurl.com/o3lux73

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

5 And yes the cockroaches are out.  Dianne "Give Me Respect" Fienscrunt is calling for a new wave of gun control.  She doesn't have to worry about a CO style recall.  She is protected on two fronts. There is no federal recall for lawmakers, although there should be, and she is from nuts and fruits land in CA.  We would be better off if the rest of the country took a vote and expelled the entire West Coast.   Not only would that eliminate this kind of idiocy, but it would also kill the permanent Democrat election majorities.

http://tinyurl.com/kogbpvp

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

6 No money available for Ft Hood terrorist victims.  All his salary had been donated to charity and he has no money or assets, or so says his attorney.  There is an ongoing civil suit against the government for money since they have the deeper pockets.  I would like to see them lose the case on the grounds that since the area was a "gun free zone" they were responsible to insure it was gun free or provide protection.  That will not happen.

http://tinyurl.com/okjwyh7

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

7 Anti-fracking anarchists in PA use the endangered species list to attempt to block fracking and run up the cost of doing business through law-fare.   That is what the stupid law was written for to begin with.  We need one of two things on that law, either narrow the list down to those things for which it was originally intended, or repeal it totally.  On the law-fare end the law needs to be changed to looser pays all legal costs.

http://tinyurl.com/qbegdua

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

8 And in CA the communist eco-zealots have combined forces with the gun grabbers to produce a total ban on all lead bullets.

http://tinyurl.com/qxpqqhx

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

9 Pharaoh Obamaseti-I "waives" law prohibiting giving weapons to terrorists so he can defy the American people and Congress and send weapons to our enemies.   When is the House going to "waive" their chickenshit leadership and impeach this SOB traitor?

http://tinyurl.com/q22kzlv

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

10 Ft Bragg soldier and wife arrested for making doggy porno films.  I guess it will be time for the ACLU to come in and use the recent court rulings on Gay Marriage and all its associated legal findings to strike this "bad" law.

http://tinyurl.com/q934w3b

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

11 Those "coaching" sessions held by Holder and his corrupt DOJ in black churches appear to have been massive racist diatribes against Republicans.  In addition, they are blatantly illegal under federal law because it was obvious partisan political activity using federal assets.  So why isn't the RNC suing Holder and company?  I know, stupid redundant question.  

http://tinyurl.com/ptdkxs5

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

12 Brit Hume says Obama wants a gov shutdown he can blame on Republicans. I say there are far too many people who bought into the whole "blame Republicans" message in the 80s.  The public was not all that upset about the last "non-shutdown" despite everything the liars in the MFM said.  The Republicans actually picked up seats in the next election.  What really made it look like they were upset was one wing of the stupid Party saying they were upset as a reason for ousting Newt Gingrich and bringing back the "moderates" to power so they could make more "deals".

http://tinyurl.com/pbncz2t

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

13 The EPA has all but succeeding in shutting down the pebble mine project in AK through lawfare.  The House should have defunded the EPA immediately after the 2010 elections, but they lied to us.

http://tinyurl.com/oe74jvl

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

14 MSNBC talking head once again demonstrates the power of blazing stupid.

“There’s a heavy police presence at the hospital, Andrea,” Russert said. “There are guards stationed out front. When you walk around the facility, there’s a lot of plain-clothed metropolitan police officers making sure everyone on the grounds are supposed to be there. The doctor told us that they had reports of more deceased victims who will not receive care obviously because they were deceased.”

http://tinyurl.com/njaeymv

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

15 And speaking of blazing stupid, this at TCU.


A religious studies professor at Texas Christian University sent an email offering special tutoring to “STUDENTS OF COLOR ONLY.”


The session was later cancelled when word got out.  Where is the corrupt Holder?

http://tinyurl.com/nhmev49

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

16 When did The Onion begin writing scripts for grammar school plays?  PA school play gives us "Goldilocks and the Cops" where she is a deranged criminal.  I guess next year she will shoot up a military base.

http://tinyurl.com/pw6dpc7

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

17 House bill will require drug testing and add work requirement for food stamps as well as cutting the amount for the bill.  Chance of passage in the Senate? Zero so why are they doing it?  Probably they hope to embarrass the Democrats politically and win points with the base.  There are two problems with this.  One, you can't embarrass a Democrat and two, it will not help politically because the MFM will disappear anything that would do that.  However, I will give them a point or two for trying instead of just making another "deal".

http://tinyurl.com/o5hxy63

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

18 And even more blazing stupid this morning as Frum demonstrates once again why he has never been a Republican, much less a conservative.

http://tinyurl.com/p8ezddt

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

19 WaEx looks at union leadership.  Did it take them this long to recognize this or did they just now get the balls to publish it?

http://tinyurl.com/pjdxqmf

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

20 Ramirez great today

http://tinyurl.com/qzu35zk

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

21 DAY 315 1,148 to go (1,219 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 September 17, 2013 02:54 AM (WjLUf)

22 The Kindle Daily Deals

Today Terry Pratchett's Diskworld

http://tinyurl.com/pnocaz8


That's it for today folks. This post dedicated to FAnE from the DiT football thread last night.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

23 Oh look, Malor found a mound to die on.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 02:55 AM (sFQyf)

24 Who is worse: Frum or Brooks?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 17, 2013 02:55 AM (iy7de)

25 There's a question: who gets blamed for a shutdown if the GOP doesn't actually vote on a CR at all?


When the MFM is just another wing of the Democrat Party and Republicans can't find there oratory ass from their elbows of course the Republicans will be blamed.



That is evident from the fact they are voting on a CR in the first place.


Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 02:57 AM (zZbNF)

26 Morning!  You go, Vic!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2013 02:59 AM (AYOav)

27 All his salary had been donated to charity

Jihad front groups masquerading as charities, maybe.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 17, 2013 02:59 AM (hO8IJ)

28 Nice shout out to my beer shotgunning buddy Cuffy. He's in missile defense and has apparently used these skills to work out proper can placement to minimize turbulence and drag, because I never manage to beat him. Seriously, if you're on Twitter and aren't following Cuffy you're doing it wrong. In addition to being funny as hell, he's a good guy.

Posted by: Andy at September 17, 2013 02:59 AM (qad38)

29 Did someone say "Costa Concordia"?
http://is.gd/HQG9lj

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 17, 2013 03:01 AM (hO8IJ)

30

thanks for the update Vic

 

Posted by: wing at September 17, 2013 03:02 AM (dLNm7)

31

There are 5 legislative days to avert a government shutdown.

 

I already made my position clear yesterday.  Shut.  The.  Fucker.  Down.

 

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  HereÂ’s a story about Errol Flynn and the director John Huston:

 

 

At a party once, for some reason, the quick-tempered Huston took offense to something Flynn said and took a swing at the swashbuckling idol.  It only took Flynn two punches to knock Huston flat, after which he helped him up, splashed a little cold water on his face and gave him a shot of bourbon – strictly for medicinal purposes, of course.

 

 

Once revived, Huston started throwing punches at Flynn again, only to be back on the ground moments later.  Once more, Flynn helped him up, Huston took another swing and boom! – there he was, flat on his back again.

 

 

This time, Flynn emptied a bucket of water over Huston.  When the director came to, Flynn knelt down and whispered, “John, you have no chance.  I was a professional fighter.  Please donÂ’t be a fool.”

 

 

“When Errol said that to me,” Huston later gloated, “I knew I had him!”

 

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 03:03 AM (zF6Iw)

32 "Those "coaching" sessions held by Holder and his corrupt DOJ in black churches appear to have been massive racist diatribes against Republicans. In addition, they are blatantly illegal under federal law because it was obvious partisan political activity using federal assets." Wow. Getting below the waterline on that iceberg now aren't we?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 03:04 AM (sFQyf)

33 Snowden was contracted to work (computer) for the govmint. Yesterdays shooter was contracted to work (computer) for the govmint. Yeah, I'm sure my health care data, personal information, tax data, social security number will be safe and secure. But will the govmint workers be safe and secure as they check the latest gps data and health care data of their own boyfriends/girlfriends as someone with a lifetime of anger issues clicks away on the keyboard next to them? It's crumbling down around their feet -- in the words of Dylan -- 'you know something is happening, but you don't know what it is'.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 17, 2013 03:06 AM (U2UQk)

34 I am not worried about a shutdown.  See #12

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:09 AM (zZbNF)

35 33 Posted by: Schr�dinger's cat at September 17, 2013 07:06 AM (U2UQk)



Don't forget your sex life and anything else they feel like asking about.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:11 AM (zZbNF)

36 Looks like it's time again to pass more anti-Constitutionalists laws, get these traitors out of office and into jail where they belong. Wait, wait... how can we do that when the Communists are running the asylum, so to speak? Neither barking dog nor roar of thunder awoke me today. A sudden flood of "oh $#!+" thoughts were kind of like cold water in the face, though. Good morning.

Posted by: mindful webworker - as the coffee brews at September 17, 2013 03:11 AM (ma3QC)

37 He shoots a hole into his neighbor's apartment on purpose and they decline to press charges????? It also begs the question, what kind of security screening are they doing for people to get ID cards for base access now?

=======

*dons crash helmet and Nomex underwear*

If this guy was white and straight he would have been dishonorably discharged from the Navy, prosecuted for his illegal use of firearms, and subsequently denied clearance for his criminal record.

And those 12 people he murdered would still be alive today.

But he was a member of at least one and probably two "Protected Classes" so his misbehavior was overlooked and the red flags ignored.

Political correctness is literally killing us.

Posted by: Nighthawk at September 17, 2013 03:11 AM (OtQXp)

38 Holy fuck.  Look at this photo.
 (Warning: SCOAMF)
http://is.gd/aeodCj

The halo...the hand...they're totally painting him as an Eastern Orthodox icon.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 17, 2013 03:12 AM (hO8IJ)

39 I am not worried about a shutdown. See #12 Yeah, but according to Malor and a select few other Morons it's going to be the Worst Thing Ever, despite empirical evidence to the contrary.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 03:12 AM (sFQyf)

40 "Those "coaching" sessions held by Holder and his corrupt DOJ in black churches appear to have been massive racist diatribes against Republicans. In addition, they are blatantly illegal under federal law because it was obvious partisan political activity using federal assets." Once Affirmative Action became acceptable under the law, instead of being considered illegal discrimination, there is no end to it.

Posted by: real joe at September 17, 2013 03:13 AM (ECTLR)

41 Gmorn all Just a reminder that Da BEARS are 2-0

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 17, 2013 03:13 AM (PwTLl)

42 The media was not so squarely in the back pockets of the Dems back in the 80's.  Anyone thinking the GOP won't be blamed for a gov't shutdown is a fool.

There will be nightly stories on the news detailing the hardships grandmas and babies are enduring at the hands of the evil Repubs who are doing it just because they are racists and hate Obama.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2013 03:14 AM (AYOav)

43 "But he was a member of at least one and probably two "Protected Classes" so his misbehavior was overlooked and the red flags ignored." Nah, his misbehavior and red flags will be excused and the blame shifted to you, whitey.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 03:14 AM (sFQyf)

44 I worry about shutdown, because I think the GOP will surrender unconditionally about twenty minutes in.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 17, 2013 03:14 AM (uhAkr)

45 In principle, I am not opposed to an internet sales tax.  It just has to be for the states only, be based on either one set percentage or a percentage per state, cannot exceed the state sales tax amount, and must be for the same products nationally.  The current plan gets into the insanity of local sales taxes which can be byzantine.

Posted by: Chris at September 17, 2013 03:14 AM (aBOfW)

46 Gmorn all
Just a reminder that Da BEARS are 2-0 Posted by: Navycopjoe
..............
yeah.. winning ugly is still winning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2013 03:15 AM (AYOav)

47 And in the al-AP article that accompanied that abomination, Obama accuses the "extreme factions" who oppose him of "wanting to tank the economy". 

Look around, you piece of shit, there's not much left to "tank".  You've been pretty thorough.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 17, 2013 03:15 AM (hO8IJ)

48 Pharaoh Obamaseti-I "waives" law prohibiting giving weapons to terrorists so he can defy the American people and Congress and send weapons... ___ What? Reagan did it. ::walks away whistliing::

Posted by: mindful webworker - now with caffeine! at September 17, 2013 03:15 AM (Bfbpz)

49 2-

PTSD is to 21st century Veterans what ADHD was to late 20th century children:  a catchall diagnosis  that is very very real for some people, but is being used as a way to characterize some people who are just wrong.

You are right, they were wrong before they ever got to the military.  This is known, it has always been known, and it's no different from what the military has always had.  People who have no business being recruited, get recruited, but in the past these are the people who get bad conduct discharges. 

Now they get labeled with PTSD, and they get a government check for life. 

Posted by: BurtTC at September 17, 2013 03:16 AM (BeSEI)

50 42 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2013 07:14 AM (AYOav)



The MFM have been in the Dems back pockets since the 30s when FDR took office.  He jailed any dissenters so all that was left were those who were willing to blow him.



The only difference between then and now was that the big city news machines did not own all the local papers too like they do now.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:16 AM (zZbNF)

51 43 Nah, his misbehavior and red flags will be excused and the blame shifted to you, whitey.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 07:14 AM (sFQyf)



Double nah, the blame has already been shifted to the evil guns and the NRA.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:18 AM (zZbNF)

52 Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2013 07:14 AM (AYOav) The last shut down occurred in the 90s, not the 80s. this might explain why you seem to have missed the rather blatant, but failing effort of the media to blame the GOP then. For a more recent example of how you're arguing against precedent here, see: sequester.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 03:18 AM (sFQyf)

53 44 I worry about shutdown, because I think the GOP will surrender unconditionally about twenty minutes in.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 17, 2013 07:14 AM (uhAkr)



I think they will surrender BEFORE a shutdown happens, just like last time.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:19 AM (zZbNF)

54 On the shutdown, the stupid party should just say hey, let's cut EBT by 20%, welfare doesn't deserve ribeye steaks Then kick back and watch the fun

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 17, 2013 03:19 AM (PwTLl)

55 yeah, and the other big difference, Vic, is that cable news did not exist - nor did internet news portals.  Media is nothing like it was back in the 80's. nothing.  Someone above mentioned "empirical evidence".  What bullshit.  It's like comparing apples to oranges.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2013 03:20 AM (AYOav)

56 Sorry.. I meant 90's.  Everything I said applies to the 90's.


Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2013 03:21 AM (AYOav)

57 The MSM was talking that yesterdays shooter was upset that he hadn't been paid. He was out of touch with reality. If you're a subcontractor working for the govmint expect to not see any money for 60 to 90 days. I know from experience. After a while I wouldn't bid on expensive jobs because I couldn't afford to 'loan' them the money for two or three months.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 17, 2013 03:21 AM (U2UQk)

58 Oh, another reminder, the packers are NOT 2-0

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 17, 2013 03:21 AM (PwTLl)

59 Someone above mentioned "empirical evidence". What bullshit. It's like comparing apples to oranges. Almost as much bullshit as thinking 1994 was in the 80s.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 03:22 AM (sFQyf)

60 Sorry.. I meant 90's. Everything I said applies to the 90's. What did CNN stand for back then?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 03:24 AM (sFQyf)

61

MP3: That Flynn / Huston fight was supposedly over Olivia de Havilland who was living with John at the time, which you should have a few good stories about.

Love your Hollywierd stories!

Posted by: Crotchety at September 17, 2013 03:24 AM (h0T3E)

62 Yeah, Reagan/Contra. BIG. DEAL. (to the left-I yawned) Obama arming Islamic militants? not a big deal But we're still racist for noticing.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 17, 2013 03:24 AM (U2UQk)

63 I guess I started the 80s error in #12.  But the applicable facts are still relevant.  There was no blow-back from the phony shutdown.


There was a lot of bull shit spewed from the MFM which evidently the voters did not buy because the Republicans picked up seats.


But you would never know that today because the MFM is still spewing the same lying BS.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:25 AM (zZbNF)

64 J.J. Sefton, what about plain old Machiavellian madmen? Vic, thanks for the morning news. Always much appreciated.

Posted by: mindful webworker - alliteratively at September 17, 2013 03:25 AM (wPzgV)

65

All right, it's been driving me crazy (more so than usual). I have memories of the political colors being reversed. Democrats were Red and Republicans were Blue. I guess as the MFM started shedding it's impartiality, it changed the colors so that the Democrats wouldn't be identified as Reds (like the commie bastards they are).

Well- vinication is mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsDe-8cOSYY

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 17, 2013 03:26 AM (Zswg6)

66 The Dem party is playing with house money.  It's not a question of IF the R party is going to fold,  it's only a question of how much damage it's going to do to itself before it does.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 17, 2013 03:28 AM (BeSEI)

67 So gun violence checklist just has a couple of items * Is a known risk and has been reported to authorities who did nothing or who was enabled by a willfully blind loved one. Loughner, Alexis, Hassan, Lanza, Holmes, etc. CHECK * Gun laws already in place were flouted.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at September 17, 2013 03:29 AM (mjQhI)

68 In case you missed it --
 
Elizabeth O'Bagy, feature writer for the WSJ and trained lapdog for the Syrian rebels, who was fired from her think tank position for claiming to have a PhD, was NEVER ENROLLED in the Georgetown PhD program at all.
 
It's at the Daily Beast so no linky, but here's a quote:
 
...Their anger and distrust is understandable, however, I never intended to willfully deceive anyone,” O’Bagy said.
 
Really? Is that your final answer, you lying mewling quim? Probable next step for Lizzy -- Porn shoot and breast implants.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 17, 2013 03:29 AM (wNF3N)

69 Probable next step for Lizzy -- Porn shoot and breast implants. I think you have the sequence reversed. *squirt*

Posted by: Anthinies Wiener [/i] at September 17, 2013 03:32 AM (U2UQk)

70 68 Posted by: GnuBreed at September 17, 2013 07:29 AM (wNF3N)


LOL, beginning to sound exactly like the minority hire we had that I posted about.  No record from either of the colleges she listed as ever having attended. 

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:32 AM (zZbNF)

71

The media was not so squarely in the back pockets of the Dems back in the 80's. Anyone thinking the GOP won't be blamed for a gov't shutdown is a fool.

There will be nightly stories on the news detailing the hardships grandmas and babies are enduring at the hands of the evil Repubs who are doing it just because they are racists and hate Obama.

 

So, should we just wait until there's a more friendly MFM?  Because, frankly, I'm sick of that damned beaten-wife argument.  I will admit, that with our current crop of spineless assholes, we're fighting with both hands tied behind our backs, but it would also be the time to see if people like Paul and Cruz will stand up to the biased fucks.  Because if they don't have the stomach to fight back against the MFM, I'd rather know it now and keep my money to myself rather than waste it on another Vichy collaborator.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 03:32 AM (zF6Iw)

72 Really? Is that your final answer, you lying mewling quim? Probable next step for Lizzy -- Porn shoot and breast implants.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 17, 2013 07:29 AM (wNF3N)

------

 

 

Well, sacred honor compels me to say that if she needs someone to plow her..

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 17, 2013 03:32 AM (Zswg6)

73 If we do have an Internet sales tax, I'd like to own that tax-calculating software/website/service which everybody will have to use.

Posted by: mindful webworker - greedy capitalist programmer at September 17, 2013 03:33 AM (wPzgV)

74 Damn Will Folks fail!!

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 17, 2013 03:33 AM (Zswg6)

75 Am I missing something here? The chinless shitstain has been telling private companies not to use criminal background checks for employment decisions and then something like what happened yesterday occurs and Gaylord Focker acts like he's occupying the high ground. I'm sensing an opportunity that even the party of stoopid couldn't fuck up assuming they can get off their dead asses to pursue it.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at September 17, 2013 03:34 AM (v2oO+)

76 68  Really? Is that your final answer, you lying mewling quim? Probable next step for Lizzy -- Porn shoot and breast implants.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 17, 2013 07:29 AM (wNF3N)


They have an "opening" in Raeford, NC now and I am sure that poor doggy is lonely by now.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:34 AM (zZbNF)

77 Hey, you want to go to war against GOP members for something?


You know, this encapsulates the screaming divide on this topic.   After all, my perspective is that I am not at war against the GOP, the GOP declared war against me and all that I hold dear.   I was raised that you don't start a fight but should you find yourself in one, you do whatever is necessary to win it.  The GOP wants to war against its base and those formerly in its base?   Game on. 

Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at September 17, 2013 03:35 AM (Gk3SS)

78 HeatherRadish, thanks for the scoamf warning, I was able to brace myself .... and, yes, a nice catch, all that picture needs is some gold leaf and a cloud of incense fumes.

Posted by: sneaky little chelsea five-eyes at September 17, 2013 03:36 AM (+jyzN)

79 MP3: That Flynn / Huston fight was supposedly over Olivia de Havilland who was living with John at the time, which you should have a few good stories about.
Love your Hollywierd stories!

Posted by: Crotchety at September 17, 2013 07:24 AM (h0T3E)

 

Thank you.  You're welcome.

 

I do have a couple of stories somewhere about the fights between  de Havilland and her sister Joan Fontaine; I'll have to dig them out.  Also, if you ever come across a copy of Kenneth Anger's rotten Hollywood Babylon, there's a picture of Olivia in her scanties, which is not as erotic as you might expect it to be.  I'll see if I can find it on line somewhere.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 03:37 AM (zF6Iw)

80 Happy Birthday Elvira and boo on the man who invented double-sided sticky tape.  (or maybe thanks)

http://tinyurl.com/7h2urjo

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 03:39 AM (zZbNF)

81 There's a question: who gets blamed for a shutdown if the GOP doesn't actually vote on a CR at all? ------------- Oh, Gabe, I have faith that you'll find a way to blame conservatives.

Posted by: @JohnTant at September 17, 2013 03:39 AM (hNNJ5)

82 Gabe proposes THE hill worth fighting for, his internet sales tax war.

Posted by: Id Mob of Peasants at September 17, 2013 03:39 AM (MhA4j)

83 31 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 07:03 AM (zF6Iw) Hey MP4 - I think I've told the Errol Flynn "duck necklace" story, so here's a cute one from Huston. When Tony Curtis - nee Bernie Schwartz - was hitting his stride in the late 50's, he took his father, a German Jewish refugee, to a Hollywood party and introduced him to John Huston. Curtis' father put his hand out, and strongly introduced himself to the director. "Schwartz," he said. Huston took his hand and said, "Mr. Curtis, why did you change your name? It was so lovely!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2013 03:41 AM (WjLUf)

84

John List (roasting)

 

An ironic twist on the List case:  ostensibly, the reason he killed his family was because he had lost his job and couldn't afford the mortgage on his house.  What he didn't know was that, in their foyer, was an authentic Tiffany stained-glass window which, by itself, would have paid off the mortgage with money left over.  As it happens, nobody figured that out until the house was torn down and the window shattered.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 03:41 AM (zF6Iw)

85

73 If we do have an Internet sales tax, I'd like to own that tax-calculating software/website/service which everybody will have to use.

 

I would think it would be a constantly updated database that has all the state and local taxes available and handles the remittance to the right agencies.  Probably charging a small, per transaction fee (maybe $0.20).

 

It would be a good business.

Posted by: jwest at September 17, 2013 03:42 AM (u2a4R)

86 "I'm sensing an opportunity that even the party of stoopid couldn't fuck up..." ___ Capt, you underestimate them. Party of Stupid may be misleading; Party of Willing Concession is worse than stupid. Still... not all Rs, not all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - party on, dude at September 17, 2013 03:43 AM (wPzgV)

87 Gabe, the next time you tell us which hill of our choosing to die on, we'll be in a ditch of their choosing, dying. No thank you. You do a fine job as a moron-baiter, but it's getting old.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2013 03:44 AM (WjLUf)

88

Morning, J.J.  Coffee's just brewed, so help yourself.

 

I never heard that Huston story, so thanks.  Is it just me, or has Anjelica aged really badly?  I mean, she wasn't a great beauty to begin with, but, oy. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 03:44 AM (zF6Iw)

89 85 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 07:41 AM (zF6Iw) I remember that. What a great "Rosebud" (sort of) moment for a movie.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2013 03:45 AM (WjLUf)

90 89 Morning, J.J. Coffee's just brewed, so help yourself. I never heard that Huston story, so thanks. Is it just me, or has Anjelica aged really badly? I mean, she wasn't a great beauty to begin with, but, oy. . . Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 07:44 AM (zF6Iw) As I often say, "whatever happened to THAT career?" Seriously, Anjelica has been totally off the radar. Actually, I found her rather attractive in her heyday. And she was a good actor. Better than Meryl Streep for sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2013 03:46 AM (WjLUf)

91

NBC keeps saying Aaron Alexis is from Texas.  No, he lived in Texas at one time, he is from Queens, NEW YORK.  Also they point out he served in the navy.  It's kinda like they want his story to be: Ex Military man from Texas done this terrible thing.  The media are assholes.  Twisting half truths into facts.

 

BTW  Did they ever charge that guy in New York City who killed a white man because he was white with a hate crime?  Lashawn Martin Redrick.  No?  Why?  Last I heard he wasn't even charged with murder.

Posted by: Case at September 17, 2013 03:47 AM (o00SF)

92
Meanwhile in Calfornia:

Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he will sign legislation extending a fee on vehicle registrations and tire sales in California to pay for programs designed to reduce emissions and promote alternative fuels.

The bill will also require the California Energy Commission to spend as much as $220 million over the next decade funding the development of hydrogen stations.



Quarter of a billion dollars for stations to fuel non-existant cars.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 17, 2013 03:47 AM (kdS6q)

93 #89 no, it's not just you in re Angelica, she was always at best, a "handsome", who with correct costuming, lighting, wardrobe, and makeup, could pull off the Grande Dame look. She is like a lot of Hollywood daughters who had the misfortune to get Dad's looks...I.e., Tory Spelling.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at September 17, 2013 03:50 AM (mjQhI)

94 92 BTW Did they ever charge that guy in New York City who killed a white man because he was white with a hate crime? Lashawn Martin Redrick. No? Why? Last I heard he wasn't even charged with murder. Posted by: Case at September 17, 2013 07:47 AM (o00SF) Sharpton will award him with his Sewer-Medallion-of-Free(shit)dom-Award. Off the radar. Does not fit the narrative.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2013 03:50 AM (WjLUf)

95 77 -

Yeah, it's a bit odd that the goppers are all up in on the internet tax thing, but that seems like more of an indication as to how lost the party is, rather than any point  around which we should all rally.

Gabe's party has no principles. 

News at 11. 

Posted by: BurtTC at September 17, 2013 03:52 AM (BeSEI)

96 It's kinda like they want his story to be: Ex Military man from Texas done this terrible thing. The media are assholes. Twisting half truths into facts. ----------- Oh, I got to hear some ABC-news android on the radio this morning talking about how Alexis bought a shotgun from a gun store in Lorton VA and how that proved the need for background checks. Conveniently ignoring the facts that: 1) Yes, you need to undergo a NICS check for any purchase from a gun store; 2) The NICS system is only as good as the information fed into it, and golly, if that Washington State thing was never prosecuted then he wouldn't have a felony to disqualify him, would he?

Posted by: @JohnTant at September 17, 2013 03:53 AM (hNNJ5)

97 Actually, I found her rather attractive in her heyday. And she was a good actor. Better than Meryl Streep for sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2013 07:46 AM (WjLUf)

 

Oh, lord, don't get me started on Streep.  I've always found her just cold, and not in an icily-erotic way, but just a flat wasteland.  And her vaunted talent for accents always reminds me of a Richard Burton story - when he was at (I think) the RSC, he was entertaining some fellow students with a wicked John Gielgud impersonation when Gielgud himself walked into the room.

 

"Mister Burton," the great thespian intoned, "as a rule, very good impersonators do not make very good actors."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 03:54 AM (zF6Iw)

98 Facts not in evidence, Captain, yes he donated to the Pakistani Taliban, Hasan did.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 17, 2013 03:54 AM (Jsiw/)

99 Is it not a lie that all Buddhists are peaceful? What about Imperial Japan? Are there Buddhists in China, Korea or Vietnam? I think the eople who push this idea are leftists who hate their parents, their country, and their native religion(s).

Posted by: Baldy at September 17, 2013 03:54 AM (tyDFN)

100 If we are talking Black in White atrocities, it's hard to top the Black 'utes shooting the toddler while his Mother begged for his life.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at September 17, 2013 03:54 AM (mjQhI)

101 You do a fine job as a moron-baiter, but it's getting old. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2013 07:44 AM

Can't believe I'm saying this, but Gabe is probably a better representative of what "modern" Republicans profess to believe than are Morons.

Think about it, JJ: What does he say that's substantially different than views expressed at RudeState, Mr Buckley's Playground, or Ace's fave News Source, Tepid Air?

Our "opinion leaders" have become so fixated on the comforts of their little bloggy lifestyles that their so-called dissent is little more than distant, indistinct murmuring. Yes, once in a while they may call upon hidden reserves of sense and offer up a mild squeak of protest over the latest felony from the Prophets of Choom, but they know that what pays is moderation, "fairness" and civility.

If there is any hope, it lies with the proles. The intelligentsia is bought, paid for, and continues happily under the domination of the liberal masters.

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 17, 2013 03:55 AM (kaGpp)

102 Was anybody as pissed off as I was by the turd of an ending where everything was still up in the air that fat fuck Stephen King served up in Under the Dome?

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at September 17, 2013 03:55 AM (v2oO+)

103 The NICS system is only as good as the information fed into it, and golly, if that Washington State thing was never prosecuted then he wouldn't have a felony to disqualify him, would he? On two occasions people could have proved how racist Amerikkka is by choosing to press charges against an angry black man, but didn't. So a dozen people lost their lives.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 17, 2013 03:57 AM (U2UQk)

104

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 17, 2013 07:55 AM (kaGpp)

 

Exactly.  As we've all seen, the GOP doesn't want to act on conservative principles.  It wants its place at the DC trough.

 

The GOP needs to die.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 03:58 AM (zF6Iw)

105 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 17, 2013 07:50 AM (WjLUf)

They'll push the mental illness aspect and downplay his racism.

There will be a march in support of greater funding for treatment of mental illness among minorities, and he will be shuffled off to a hospital.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 03:59 AM (gqgiP)

106 Was anybody as pissed off as I was by the turd of an ending where everything was still up in the air that fat fuck Stephen King served up in Under the Dome? Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at September 17, 2013 07:55 AM (v2oO+) ------------------- Not as pissed as I was at the "eh, fuckit" ending of the Gunslinger series.

Posted by: John Kennedy Toole at September 17, 2013 03:59 AM (JDIKC)

107 MaryP4 - "Mister Burton," the great thespian intoned, "as a rule, very good impersonators do not make very good actors."

Yet, Burton was a helluva actor.  One of my favorites is he and Liz Taylor in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf".. classic.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 17, 2013 04:04 AM (AYOav)

108 And yes, in case you were wondering, Olivia De Havilland is still alive at the ripe young age of 97.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 17, 2013 04:05 AM (sFQyf)

109 Walsh is a vicious nazgul, this has been proven again and again, she may be stupid, but there is no doubt she is vicious.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 17, 2013 04:08 AM (Jsiw/)

110 Fort Hood, now the Navy yard - when is this idiotic ban on our military carrying sidearms going to be ended?

Posted by: real joe at September 17, 2013 04:09 AM (ECTLR)

111 AtC,

There's a Kindle Daily Deal just for you!

http://tinyurl.com/lbhvkkw

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 04:09 AM (gqgiP)

112 Government shutdown? Meh. The one day pivot to the economy is about to take long turn down 'gun control alley'. Biggest winner: Assad (smiling all the way the chemical plant)

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at September 17, 2013 04:10 AM (b0x7s)

113 The "elite" Republicans have lost me. Yesterday, my company had a guest speaker as part of our corporate PAC efforts. I always skip the Democratic speakers, but, the guy was a "Republican" consultant, Alex Castellanos. After 20 minutes of listening to this idiot ramble on about his wonderful Democratic friends like Rahm Emmanuel, Carville and Begala being such stellar individuals, great family men, all around fabulous guys, and such really smart people, I dropped off the webinar. It was obvious that all he truly cared about was being buds with the power brokers and going to their parties. So, if that's who running our campaigns, it's no d@mn wonder we lose.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at September 17, 2013 04:13 AM (mjQhI)

114 Why on earth did the shooter at the Navy yard have top security clearance when he had been kicked out of the navy and treated for severe mental illness (including paranoia) in August? I'm guessing it has to do with his skin color because it would be discrimination to not hire the crazy, black man. I also wouldn't be surprised if he's a muzzie. If I was going to do something horrible and trying to avoid suspiscion as an undercover Muslim terrorist, I'd pretend I was Buddhist. Political correctness is literally killing us!

Posted by: runningrn at September 17, 2013 04:14 AM (PLOz8)

115 Not just military, but some of us contractors need to carry as well. I work on remote mountaintops in smuggling corridors in southern AZ. But I didn't need to go out to the sticks for the border to come to me. A couple weeks ago illegals wandered into the parking lot of my shop on Fort Huachuca. They had walked right past the ASP without detection. (ASP stands for Ammunition Supply Point for those uninitiated in the military's proclivity for acronyms)

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at September 17, 2013 04:14 AM (ial2b)

116 Dear Ted Cruz, please jam the Constitutional Staff of Smiting up the Congressional starfish and break it off. If one "firebrand" would making a daily habit of hammering four or five unconstitutional things done that day and quoted the clear language of the founders, maybe people might actually read the Constitution. And they would get excited enough to be a pain in the ass to their representatives. Ted, if you have presidential ambitions don't worry about the Rove Faction. Point it out every damn time our government breaks the law. Your ambitions (we're trusting you are sincere) will be rewarded.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at September 17, 2013 04:15 AM (vL0AO)

117 National press disappointed that Navy Yard shooter wasn't the standard "middle aged White guy," as originally thought.  Also wasn't a Tea Partier or Republican.

Angry Black guy with PTSD from being next door to 9/11 doesn't fit their memes.

Posted by: Barry from DC at September 17, 2013 04:15 AM (e8kgV)

118 Joan Walsh, who does not play a serious game of chess or pay attention to intellectual circles outside of a materialist NYC clique of intellectual frauds, did not recognize Garry Kasparov's name, and failed to place him in mind even after first reading his comment. That's a prime example of stupid is as stupid does, elitist or not, dumber than a brain fart.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 17, 2013 04:15 AM (MhA4j)

119 If we do have an Internet sales tax, I'd like to own that tax-calculating software/website/service which everybody will have to use. Amazon already created it, it's why they suddenly flipped on opposing the sales tax. They expect to make more money selling compliance services than they lose charging it.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 17, 2013 04:15 AM (OevbG)

120

The GOP needs to stop feeding the Commies.

Shut 'em down.

Posted by: Case at September 17, 2013 04:16 AM (o00SF)

121 Yes, I understand many in West are against their nations getting involved under any circumstances. I disagree, but is honest position.— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 14, 2013

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 17, 2013 04:16 AM (MhA4j)

122 Ironically, Castellanos started out with Jesse Helms, but he has sold out miserably, he runs a lobbying shop with some Democrat honcho, Mcmahon, I think.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 17, 2013 04:17 AM (Jsiw/)

123 On two occasions people could have proved how racist Amerikkka is by choosing to press charges against an angry black man, but didn't. So a dozen people lost their lives. I count at least three: The construction crew, the woman in the upstairs apartment, and the USN. I'd bet the persons reporting the complaints in all three-plus cases were ready to file charges but the authorities refused to carry the ball. Nighthawk nailed it @37: But he was a member of at least one and probably two "Protected Classes" so his misbehavior was overlooked and the red flags ignored.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 17, 2013 04:17 AM (V3kRK)

124 The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia was sitting upright early Tuesday after the first step of an unprecedented effort to salvage the ill-fated ship.

In a lengthy process involving massive pulleys, cables and steel tanks, a salvage crew managed to roll the 114,000-ton vessel off the rocks where it ran aground 20 months ago.

Posted by: Falcon & the Snowden at September 17, 2013 04:18 AM (e8kgV)

125
Good news, every Juan!:

Although federal law prohibits employers from hiring someone residing in the country illegally, there is no law prohibiting such a person from starting a business or becoming an independent contractor.

Ever since 1986, when employer sanctions took effect as part of the immigration overhaul signed by President Reagan, creating a company or becoming an independent contractor has been a way for people who are in the country illegally to work on a contract basis and get around immigration enforcement.

https://tinyurl.com/o6o82pv



Anybody in DC want to take a stab at plugging this loophole?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 17, 2013 04:18 AM (kdS6q)

126 They expect to make more money selling compliance services than they lose charging it. Posted by: Ian S. at September 17, 2013 08:15 AM

The oldest and simplest way to bring possible dissenters into line: feed them.

One thing you have to give Choom Boy: he knows how to get payoffs to his supporters, even the ones who seem (at first, anyway) to be opponents....

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 17, 2013 04:18 AM (kaGpp)

127 Even better, Republic of Texas.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at September 17, 2013 04:19 AM (vL0AO)

128 95 92 BTW Did they ever charge that guy in New York City who killed a white man because he was white with a hate crime? Lashawn Martin Redrick. No? Why? Last I heard he wasn't even charged with murder. Posted by: Case at September 17, 2013 07:47 AM (o00SF) =============================== Is he registered to vote?

Posted by: Dancing Weiners at September 17, 2013 04:19 AM (xqauy)

129

Serious question: Why do all of these “Fiscal conservative/social moderates” insist that the Republican Party has to change its stance on social issues instead of pressuring the Democrat Party to change its stance on Fiscal issues?

My cynical side knows the answer: These people aren’t really trying to help Republicans gain “moderate independent voters.” They want to drive a wedge between Republicans and a large part of their base; thus marginalizing Republicans electorally and denying social conservatives any political voice.

Can anyone give me a non-cynical answer?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at September 17, 2013 04:20 AM (QXlbZ)

130 Angry Black guy, Buddhist, Democrat, Obama supporter with PTSD from being next door to 9/11 doesn't fit MSM memes.

Posted by: Polaralizing For America at September 17, 2013 04:20 AM (e8kgV)

131 Why on earth did the shooter at the Navy yard have top security clearance when he had been kicked out of the navy and treated for severe mental illness (including paranoia) in August?

--

Like everything else these days, something is not right here.  Why, if I were a conspiracy theorist, who had strong suspicions our Obammy govt dreamed up Fast & Furious to compromise our 2A, I might be inclined to think they're trying to set up dangerous situations to move their agenda along. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 17, 2013 04:21 AM (XB5Ak)

132 "There are 5 legislative days to avert a government shutdown. Thus far neither Cantor's nor Lee-Cruz's plan has been voted on. There's a question: who gets blamed for a shutdown if the GOP doesn't actually vote on a CR at all?" (Gabe) Right back atcha. Da "Present" Blame Game Circle.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 17, 2013 04:21 AM (MhA4j)

133 Castellanos was pushing his firm, Purple Strategies...a seamless blend of the best if Red and Blue Political Thought. One would think he might remember how the Reds polluted Cuba, but, no, he gotz billz to pay.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at September 17, 2013 04:21 AM (mjQhI)

134 Anybody who claims to like Teh Forehead needs to be shunned.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at September 17, 2013 04:21 AM (v2oO+)

135

Is he registered to vote?

 

Sure.  Probably even four or five times, in fact.  Because slavery.  And reparations.  And fuck you, whitey.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 04:22 AM (zF6Iw)

136 What happended to Cuffy's website - twas great - "closing velocity"?

Posted by: Jean at September 17, 2013 04:24 AM (CMlD4)

137 That story in the sidebar about FEMA shutting down the drone operator who could have mapped flood damage pisses me off. Instance another (of the thousands of other) instances of the Feds shutting down a potential industry for completely arbitrary reasons. I am in the building industry, and we have a workflow that can use quad-copters (not a military drone) and photogrametry software to survey buildings. We can't even test it here: According to the FAA, it's a 'commercial' flight. It's only 7:30 local, and my rage meter is pegged.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at September 17, 2013 04:24 AM (EqSsW)

138 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 08:09 AM (gqgiP) *kicks you in face so hard*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now more than ever. at September 17, 2013 04:24 AM (VtjlW)

139 The GOP has no plan to separate Obama and the Dems from the voters. The GOP has no principles that it is willing to fight for, and no constituency that it is willing to fight for or protect. The GOP longs for its own institutional death.

Pity.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 17, 2013 04:25 AM (d9hT/)

140 Can anyone give me a non-cynical answer?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at September 17, 2013 08:20 AM (QXlbZ)

 

Look at post 114.  If your "friends" are ambulatory sewage like Carville and Rahm, SoCon positions are socially embarrassing for an up-and-coming young DC power broker.  Abortion and gay marriage - that's just so icky  flyover country!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 04:25 AM (zF6Iw)

141 Looks like my first thought might have been right - the shooter supposedly was hearing voices. Reminds me of the "Buddhists" I know -leftists who are crazy.

Posted by: Baldy at September 17, 2013 04:29 AM (tyDFN)

142 He was one of Mittens Condottieri was he not, probably thinks 'Obama's in over his head' or some such foolishness.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 17, 2013 04:30 AM (Jsiw/)

143 I think it's more than very clear that "hate crime laws" are only meant for straight, white men.  And if that is true then the "laws" are not legal.

Posted by: Case at September 17, 2013 04:30 AM (o00SF)

144 Question for ya'll. Anyone else gotten the 'American Community Survey'?

Boy howdy, talk about intrusive questions...

Posted by: HH at September 17, 2013 04:31 AM (XXwdv)

145 Looks like my first thought might have been right - the shooter supposedly was hearing voices. Reminds me of the "Buddhists" I know -leftists who are crazy. Can gerbils talk?

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 17, 2013 04:31 AM (V3kRK)

146 Question for ya'll. Anyone else gotten the 'American Community Survey'? Boy howdy, talk about intrusive questions... I got one in '06 or '07. I answered the number of people, their ages, and their sexes questions and wrote "REFUSED" as the answer to every other question.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 17, 2013 04:33 AM (V3kRK)

147 Can anyone give me a non-cynical answer? Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at September 17, 2013 08:20 AM

I can't, simply because I don't understand the social-engineering side of liberalism or conservatism, and have no time for people who are always on about adding or repealing laws based on matters that should have no place in government.

If you wish to advocate for or vehemently oppose one of the hot-button Vital Social Issues, more power to you. I'm gonna tune you out.

My take, which a lot of people here are sure to find attack-worthy, is this: there are basic purposes and basic (common-sense-based) laws which are not being obeyed by the current government and its elected and appointed members from both political parties. As long as the lawbreakers are sucking at the public teat, and are actually in charge of our destinies, a sane "conversation" about any moral or societal subject -- you know what the "subjects" I'm talking about are -- is impossible.

If you wish to shill for your pet cause, please do. But it is, at the moment, a waste of time. Survival, which is at risk right now, is more important.

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 17, 2013 04:33 AM (kaGpp)

148
Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett said Monday that he would accept federal Medicaid funding to insure hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians as part of a broader overhaul of the health-care safety net.

Corbett, who became the 10th Republican governor to accept Medicaid funding, initially rejected expansion in his February budget address, but later said he was open to the idea if the federal government allowed him the flexibility to design a plan tailored to Pennsylvania's needs.



So looks like the majority, by population, of states with Republican Govs have taken Obama's salt.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 17, 2013 04:34 AM (kdS6q)

149 Aaron Alexander--I have to say, what if he had not been black, or, even better, what if he had held known conservative thoughts? Would some way have been found to "make sure" folks got the word?

Posted by: "Franklin" at September 17, 2013 04:35 AM (h/gVw)

150

I am thinking of purchasing a Browning 1911-22, the scaled down .22 caliber that is fairly new.  Has anyone shot one or own one?  I don't have a practice .22 that is similar to my main sidearm frame.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at September 17, 2013 04:35 AM (bX7ov)

151 Can anyone give me a non-cynical answer? There is no non-cynical answer so long as we insist on calling known accurate descriptions of human nature and its repercussions "cynical."

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 17, 2013 04:37 AM (V3kRK)

152 >>He was one of Mittens Condottieri was he not No, he was not. He and Stuart Stevens, the guy who ran Romney's campaign, hate each other.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2013 04:37 AM (g1DWB)

153 Their causes are always paramount, who even thought about gay marriage, 10 years ago, but they do it because it is destructive to society, they give assent to abortion, because they are the party of death

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 17, 2013 04:38 AM (Jsiw/)

154 who gets blamed for a shutdown
============
That's cute, the way you think there is any way that any problem won't be blamed on the Republicans.


Posted by: RoyalOil at September 17, 2013 04:38 AM (VjL9S)

155 Looking forward to confirmation this morning from Sheppard Smith, the breaking news guy, of mortar fire in the men's room.

Posted by: Fritz at September 17, 2013 04:38 AM (UzPAd)

156 If we find out the guy chain smoked, was paranoid, heard voices, "converted to Buddhism" waited tables for free at a THai restaurant, shot threw floor/ceiling in past, shot tires, was a loner... I would say he was schizo-something. Doesn't preclude him also hating whitie or America or mom and dad or whatever.

Posted by: Baldy at September 17, 2013 04:40 AM (tyDFN)

157 Re: Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 17, 2013 08:25 AM (zF6Iw)

Yeah, but that's still cynical. If "moderates" really think the Democrats are right-on when it comes to abortion/gay marriage/gun control/welfare but think they're wrong on profligate spending.... why is there 0 pressure put on Democrats to become more fiscally responsible and 15,000 PSI on Republicans to copycat Democrats' social policies?

I don't believe for a second it's because they really want Republicans to "win."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at September 17, 2013 04:42 AM (QXlbZ)

158 remember pup,before you whine,that sides yours and this sides mine
so shove it on over/sweep it on over
move over cold dog cuz a hot dogs moving in
Drink!

Posted by: Hank at September 17, 2013 04:43 AM (6ITM+)

159 38 Holy fuck. Look at this photo.
(Warning: SCOAMF)
http://is.gd/aeodCj

The halo...the hand...they're totally painting him as an Eastern Orthodox icon.

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It really is disgusting. Although it isn't the first time religious imagery has been used for Obama -- since 2007 there has been a plethora of this sacrilegious imagery. But it makes sense, he is a god to these heathen progs (one Time editor actually flat out said Obama was "like a god.").

*Technically, his hand isn't correct, the thumb should be bent to meet/ the pinky and ring finger and the middle and pointer fingers should be slightly bent at first knuckles -- that is how Christ Pantocrator is depicted in Orthodox icons & how Orthodox priests hold their hands to give the blessing -- the pose represents the letters I (Iota) and C (Sigma) (the first and last letters of the name "Jesus" in Greek); and X (Chi) and C (Sigma) (the first and last letters of title "Christ" in Greek), thereby making the anagram ICXC to stand for "Jesus Christ."

Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 17, 2013 04:44 AM (FDGeg)

160 I am thinking of purchasing a Browning 1911-22, the scaled down .22 caliber that is fairly new. Has anyone shot one or ownone? Idon't have apractice .22 that is similar to my main sidearm frame. Jeff Quinn seems to like it. http://www.gunblast.com/Browning-1911-22.htm His reviews mostly align with my views of guns I own that he has happened to review, and I discovered his reviews after having owned most of mine for a long while.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 17, 2013 04:44 AM (V3kRK)

161 Moderates feel, they don't think through things,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 17, 2013 04:44 AM (Jsiw/)

162 124  Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 17, 2013 08:17 AM (V3kRK)


It is my understanding that when a felony is committed, especially involving firing a gun, the victim is not required to file charges.  Police are supposed to bring charges on their own. 


But look at the links I posted above.  In one case the local DA refused to charge and in the other they "claim" they never got the charges.

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 04:46 AM (zZbNF)

163 I have no particular animus against Castellanos, but, it was breathtakingly clear that nothing, nada, zip, zilch was more important to him than remaining a member in good standing of the DC Elite Cabal and its concomitant sicial whirl, which makes him unable to relate to those if us who care about bedrock issues like the rule of law. He is a symptom of the DC disease and a symptom is not part of a treatment plan. So the party elite is even more done with me than I am with them.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at September 17, 2013 04:51 AM (mjQhI)

164 But look at the links I posted above. In one case the local DA refused to charge and in the other they "claim" they never got the charges. I did read your linked articles, and what I was trying to say was shorthand for the upstairs lady's probably telling the cops, "Like hell it was an accident," but the cops/DA worrying that Holder's racist bean-counting police would come down on them like a ton of bricks if they pursued this.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 17, 2013 04:52 AM (V3kRK)

165 42 The media was not so squarely in the back pockets of the Dems back in the 80's. Anyone thinking the GOP won't be blamed for a gov't shutdown is a fool.

There will be nightly stories on the news detailing the hardships grandmas and babies are enduring at the hands of the evil Repubs who are doing it just because they are racists and hate Obama.
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Some of us were actually alive and paying attention back in the 80's and 90's.

You don't know what you are talking about.

Further, how is your predicted coverage any different from the current coverage?

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 17, 2013 04:53 AM (VjL9S)

166 I haven't read the comments but Hot Gas has a link to an article referring to a DoD IG audit of Navy security. This was preventable. Will they blame sequester?

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at September 17, 2013 04:54 AM (K5Csv)

167 Has a racial aspect been shown in the navy shooting? Was he shooting random people or only white people? I read he was a terrible shot but seemed he was targeting people. Any info?

Posted by: NCKate at September 17, 2013 04:56 AM (bGGsv)

168 Lies from racist right wingers!

The economy is booming! BOOMING!

Things have never been better!


Posted by: Ed Schultz, комисса́р of Empty Reassurances at September 17, 2013 04:56 AM (05T2M)

169 #166, exactly. The media was brutal to Reagan and he just went right on around their loathing and condescension and went directly to the people. Since Viet Nam, there has not been a fair press. That's when fact checking became declasse and was chucked out a window.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at September 17, 2013 04:57 AM (mjQhI)

170 *Technically, his hand isn't correct, the thumb should be bent to meet/ the pinky and ring finger and the middle and pointer fingers should be slightly bent at first knuckles -- that is how Christ Pantocrator is depicted in Orthodox icons

Thanks...my familiarity with Orthodox  icons is in a vague "art appreciator" sense, so I only caught the impression, not the details. 

I'm sadly too familiar with the "Obama as God/Christ" thing the media's been doing for years and years; I'm sort of assuming they went with an Orthodox theme for a change because of the Putin punking.  Risible; it's not going to work on Putin.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, BFD, ZOMG, WTF, BBQ, QED at September 17, 2013 04:58 AM (/kI1Q)

171 Last night's ONT: minx.cc/?blog=86&post=343448#c21171063 332 This is last post of night: Shimon Prokupecz @shimon4ny Family of gunman Aaron Alexis: "Our hearts go out to you.We apologize for the inconvenience of losing a loved one,we also lost a loved one." 7:34 PM - 16 Sep 2013 Posted by: Baldy at September 17, 2013 12:05 AM (tyDFN) _____ If the report of that tin-eared statement is valid, does it not speak to the morally shallow milieu from which his crazy grew? Watch out, there's whole nests of such misanthropes. (Yeah, not news.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - armchair psycho analyst at September 17, 2013 05:00 AM (uHgI5)

172 "Our hearts go out to you.We apologize for the inconvenience of losing a loved one,we also lost a loved one." ''Yeah, no biggy, minor inconvenience.'' Things no grieving widow/widower ever said.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 17, 2013 05:03 AM (U2UQk)

173 'Chaos'? Obama goes after 'extreme' Republicans

WASHINGTON (AP) — A potential federal shutdown looming, President Barack Obama on Monday warned congressional Republicans they could trigger national "economic chaos" if they demand a delay of his health care law as the price for supporting continued spending for federal operations.




Brave brave Sir Barry. So he'll bend over and take from the Russians, Syrians, and Iranians but he refuses to let those extreme Republicans stop him. And the cock whore knows that all he has to do is sit back now and watch his minions in the MFM do his bidding for him

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 17, 2013 05:03 AM (1Jaio)

174 Haven't read all of the comments, but whoever said the republicans will be blamed either way take your ticket to the cash window.

Posted by: commentorior at September 17, 2013 05:07 AM (sj9LN)

175 Posted by: Mr. Dave at September 17, 2013 08:35 AM (bX7ov)

Have you considered a .22 conversion for your 1911?

Supposedly they just drop in. I toyed with buying one a long time ago when I first got my 1911, but I was young and poor, so......

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 05:07 AM (gqgiP)

176 Posted by: Mr. Dave at September 17, 2013 08:35 AM (bX7ov)

http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/22-conversion-kits/

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 05:08 AM (gqgiP)

177 ''Yeah, no biggy, minor inconvenience.''

Things no grieving widow/widower ever said.

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That reminds me of an AbFab episode (Absolutely Fabulous...very funny British sitcom).  The old woman's husband dies and she gets condolences from her daughter's friend.  The old woman says in a cheery voice, "It's alright, dear.  As a matter of fact, I'll have a little bit more room now."   


Posted by: Lady in Black at September 17, 2013 05:09 AM (XB5Ak)

178 Thanks...my familiarity with Orthodox icons is in a vague "art appreciator" sense, so I only caught the impression, not the details.


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I only wrote how Christ Pantocrator is depicted as an FYI in case you were curious (I should have made that clear).  As you correctly note, it is the impression the picture gives that is important.  I got the same impression with what they are doing when I saw the picture & *I'm* Orthodox and very familiar with that particular depiction (the Christ Pantocrator icon is usually on the dome ceiling of Orthodox churches).

Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 17, 2013 05:10 AM (FDGeg)

179 Happy Tuesday to you, Gabriel and may you have a blessed day. Thanks for your blogging here. :^) -------------------------------------------------------------- Stories behind great hymns of the faith-"Nearer My God to Thee." The author Sarah Adams who wrote many hymns died in age 43 in Essex, England. It is based on the passge from Genesis 28:12 in which Jacob has a dream about a ladder that reaches to heaven. This is the hymn that the band was supposedly playing and some people singing as the Titanic went down, although that may be apocryphal and they may have been playing "Autumn" instead. Anyway, it's a powerful story and here's a clip from it being played and sung in "A NIght to Remember" which I much preferred to the silly drivel of the most recent Titanic movie (So sue me. :^) http://tinyurl.com/mm78apq There are some stirring words here: "Even though it be a cross that raiseth me. Still my song shall be "Nearer, my God to thee" The cross is not incidental to the Christian life unlike what some prosperity preachers would seem to suggest. There is no resurrection without a cross, and Jesus did not speak of it as some sort of obstacle on the way to material prosperity. The cross is about a suffering God who loves us and wants to save us from ourselves. Can you telll that I'm not on board with "prosperity" preachers/name it and claim it or "Grab it and grab it" theology? ;I love these brothers and sisters in Christ as God gives me strength. I just want to shake them it's such a perversion of the Gospel. Story behind the hymn: http://www.plymouthbrethren.org/article/10199. My computer is having a nervous breakdown and the repair people keep saying they'll come and never show up. I'm sure you've all had this problem "You said you were going to be here by 12:00; IT's not 4:00 and you're still not here?!!." Therefore, I amy not be here much today which will make some people happy. :^) Also, I sometimes do have a life away from this place. :^) Finally, I would ask for prayers for Jerome from PA. He is a fellow ins his 30's who works with the spouse. He had cancer before and it has now recurred and is quite serious. I'm trying to get him on as many prayer lists as possible. I would be so grateful for your prayers for him. God Bless, Fenelon

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2013 05:11 AM (Nf5TL)

180 Obama said: “This country has worked too hard for too long to dig out of a crisis just to see their elected representatives here in Washington purposely cause another crisis. Let’s stop the threats. Let’s stop the political posturing.”

...as he furiously postured politically...

Posted by: TheEngineer at September 17, 2013 05:11 AM (zQ3cv)

181 Defense Cuts have consequences, INCLUDING Security Clearances! And then throw in PC shit and well you got one fucking disaster stew

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 17, 2013 05:11 AM (9Xc5j)

182 D.C. Naval Yard Shooter Felt He Was The Victim Of Racism, “Screwed” Over Because He Was Black… He felt he hadn’t been treated right, not by the Navy, just generally. He didn’t have a lot of friends – me, my wife and family, and people from temple.”

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 17, 2013 05:12 AM (9Xc5j)

183
Brave brave Sir Barry. So he'll bend over and take from the Russians, Syrians, and Iranians but he refuses to let those extreme Republicans stop him.

--

Barry is the typical schoolyard bully.  He picks on Republicans and humiliates them repeatedly in public because he knows they'll stand there and take it...cowering fools that they are.  What he needs is to be cold cocked. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 17, 2013 05:13 AM (XB5Ak)

184 Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 17, 2013 09:10 AM (FDGeg)

Don't be defensive about knowing interesting stuff.

We are mostly conservatives around here; we aren't afraid of knowledge.

And....are the historical clues in Orthodox art any different than in Roman Catholic? For instance, a man with a key on his belt is usually St. Peter, etc.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 05:14 AM (gqgiP)

185 Barry is the typical schoolyard bully. He picks on Republicans and humiliates them repeatedly in public because he knows they'll stand there and take it...cowering fools that they are. What he needs is to be cold cocked. Posted by: Lady in Black at September 17, 2013 09:13 AM (XB5Ak) Well since he is my Boss, I can't go around advocating cold cocking him, but hey, you do what you gotta do

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 17, 2013 05:15 AM (9Xc5j)

186 We are mostly conservatives around here; we aren't afraid of knowledge.

I could've done without learning about twerking, though.

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 17, 2013 05:16 AM (uYaYO)

187 This would throw a wrench into their EBR argument if it was based in truth. Still early so this story may also change

"Authorities investigating MondayÂ’s D.C. shooting spree believe the gunman brought a shotgun, legally purchased from a suburban Virginia gun shop, to the Navy Yard and acquired additional weapons at the scene, according to three law enforcement officials.

The officials said Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, Texas, a 34-year-old discharged Navy engineer, entered the building with a Remington 870 12-gauge shotgun that heÂ’d purchased last week in Lorton, Va., and was later found with two additional weapons, a Glock handgun and an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle."

http://bit.ly/166IYqu

Posted by: Buzzsaw at September 17, 2013 05:16 AM (wrS2o)

188 At best Gabe is overcome by fear. At worst he is not.

Posted by: eman at September 17, 2013 05:17 AM (AO9UG)

189 IDF pulls soldiers out of communities bordering Gaza, Lebanon and Syria By YAAKOV LAPPIN 09/17/2013 11:17 Senior commanders determine enhanced border security measures make soldier presence in communities unnecessary. SOLDIERS FROM the Shahaf Battalion. Photo: Yaakov Lappin The IDF has pulled soldiers out of front line communities near the northern and southern borders, a senior army source said Tuesday, after senior commanders concluded that the arrangement was no longer necessary for security. In the past, the IDF's Southern Command placed soldiers at the entrance to nine towns and villages near the Gaza and Egypt borders, while the Northern Command secured 13 frontier communities in this way. See I think this is wrong. They may be right about better border security making this unnecessary, but I know the people in those towns like and want the Soldiers there.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 17, 2013 05:18 AM (9Xc5j)

190 Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 17, 2013 07:12 AM (hO8IJ) Heather, I guess I don't know what a religious icon is, so I can't comment on that, but I have noticed that the grotesque mole by his nose keeps moving! Occasionally it is high and then the next day it is almost invisible, so maybe he does have a few supernatural powers!

Posted by: Chilling the most at September 17, 2013 05:18 AM (Rn9xc)

191 Oooohhhh, the BLAME monster is going to eat us all!!!! Run away, run away! The Oracles of Milquetoast Mountain have foreseen a great monster called the REID, that will sweep across the land, vanquishing Republicans from coast to coast!

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 17, 2013 05:18 AM (ZshNr)

192 Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 17, 2013 08:25 AM (d9hT/) I'd add "so long as the establishment RINOs stay of the public teat!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 17, 2013 05:19 AM (XdnQT)

193 I could've done without learning about twerking, though.

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 17, 2013 09:16 AM (uYaYO)

I had avoided knowing what the hell it was. But then it started coming up around here, so I Binged it.

Bastards....the lot of you....bastards!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 05:19 AM (gqgiP)

194 Posted by: Buzzsaw at September 17, 2013 09:16 AM (wrS2o)

EBS -- Evil Black Shotgun.

Take a look at some of the combat shotguns....they are pretty scary looking.

And they fire buckpeopleshot!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 05:21 AM (gqgiP)

195 O/T If you want to hear a scary prediction, google Paul Harvey "if I were the devil". He made the recording in 1965, and everything has happened!

Posted by: Chilling the most at September 17, 2013 05:21 AM (Rn9xc)

196 FWIW, at least 2 of the people killed were supposedly non-white. I say supposedly because the media did such a great job yesterday covering the shooting at the White Hut /sarc

Posted by: Baldy at September 17, 2013 05:24 AM (tyDFN)

197 Enabling Empowerment /two deceitful code words/ We have finally found Obama's red line! Now if Syria doesn't comply, US has right to go to UN, where can be blocked by… Putin! A circle!— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 14, 2013 And with the UN CW inspectors report being presented tomorrow, this deal preempts it and Obama provides cover for al-Assad. Incredible.— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 14, 2013 Kasparov's arguments hold true v. Putin as "an honest position." But when illustrating the local "vacuum" Putin would manipulate, Kasparov fails to address the obvious BIGGER problematic vacuum (Libya and Egypt illustrate) of grossly greater global proportion given the US empowerment of globally organized terrorism, sponsoring the same evil that attacked the USA on 9/11/01. US citizens and taxpayers revolt against our funding, training and alliance with al-Qaeda and The Muslim Brotherhood. THAT is an honest position. Here is another honest position that neither "side" faces. When Assad is deposed, all Syrians will be terrorized by the most barbarous Islamist Wahhabi generated destruction, and there will be no more Syrian Christians "tolerated", nor any other sect of Islam than the terrorists'. Explain how Putin is "worse" than augmented global Islamist terrorism sponsored by the USA. One of the problems for Americans and for our country is that Obama is (still) POTUS, and that he (and each "present" Democrat and Republican elected by Members of Congress to national leadership positions of each party: GOP Boehner/McConnell) is absolutely no match for the job description. Cut our own false leaders at their knees since they disrespect We The People, legislating taxation to enslave us and kill the Middle Class. The only true Statesmen are those who protect the integrity of our Constitutional Republic, our Bill of Rights, and respect the sovereign status of states which include nation states, based on self-evident truths, Inalienable Rights. Whatever propaganda being sold by the military-industrial-government complex is, at best, suspect. Nothing new except how long this cycle repeats. "I Like Ike" GOP Unlike Truman who played into manipulative 'Because I Could' abuses of power, arguably with the best intentions, in contrast, Ike campaigned for POTUS on the platform to get the US out of the UN Korean War. Ike promised N.Korea/China that if they refused a cease fire, he would use WMD to annihilate the enemy, AND bring our troops home. Because Ike had CREDIBILITY, he not only won the US Presidency, but brokered the Korean Cease Fire. During Ike's administration, the world endured global cooling of the USSR Cold War without military entanglements, because Ike was CREDIBLE. And unlike Democrat Party US Presidents and subsequent Republican administrations (including trickle-down Reagan), Ike was the last Republican President who maintained a libertarian-Republican administration. He proved the ever-current relevance of George Washington's admonitions. Ike's administration built the (last) infrastructure of America, our nation's highways. We Americans have our own work cut out for us. Especially regarding politics. We need to clean house, and to elect responsible and accountable leadership. More Cruz and Posse support. At the very least, "Support Your Local Sheriff" (1969). Regarding Syria, where is the "IDEAL" determination? Whatever that is, even after decades of warfare, it will only result from negotiations. And the current US administration is stuck above its pay grade. Obama's Foreign Policy as Derivatives is causing the metaphorical equivalent of economic fraud, TARP et al. bail-outs resulting in the current US Depression, devaluation of the Dollar, and soaring unemployment. Every political "fix" only made matters worse. Until the root is cleansed, all else is corrupt. Assad is not the ONLY abusive root in Syria. The foreign-funded terrorists (Obama/US sponsors) are far worse abusive roots invading Syria. Deposing Assad by inserting worse terrorists would be evil and would blow-back on ourselves. For America to be the vehicle for terrorism to destroy the Syrian peoples' pursuit of happiness would be damning to all decency. Whatever Syrians choose to make of Syria is their own right. But moreover, what Americans choose to make of America is OUR OWN RIGHT. That is American Exceptionalism. Our tax funds are required at home, rebuilding our own infrastructure, rebuilding our own industrial and manufacturing foundation for self sufficiency, building our own pipelines, drilling our Alaskan oil reserves. No nation's JOBS should be limited to training, fabricating and exporting war, or to exporting employment opportunity to "more deserving" people abroad, especially regarding our own American employment opportunities and the industrial base to secure our own independence. 21st Century American Renaissance

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 17, 2013 05:27 AM (MhA4j)

198 FWIW, at least 2 of the people killed were supposedly non-white. Here's the released names: Michael Arnold, 59 Sylvia Frasier, 53 Kathy Gaarde, 62 John Roger Johnson, 73 Frank Kohler, 50 Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46 Vishnu Pandit, 61

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 17, 2013 05:28 AM (U2UQk)

199 dump

Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2013 05:31 AM (zZbNF)

200 Neoconservatives would call Eisenhower an isolationist as if to cover their own ugly ass.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 17, 2013 05:32 AM (MhA4j)

201 Take a look at some of the combat shotguns....they are pretty scary looking. >>

A Friend let me shoot his Franchi SPAS-12. Neat gun but overly complex IMO.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at September 17, 2013 05:33 AM (wrS2o)

202 And....are the historical clues in Orthodox art any different than in Roman Catholic? For instance, a man with a key on his belt is usually St. Peter, etc.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 09:14 AM (gqgiP)


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I'm so sorry -- I didn't mean to sound defensive -- it's my posting/writing style. I was trying to apologize because I thought I might have come off as a know-it-all -- which was not my intent. I just happen to be Orthodox and am familiar with the icon the MSM is going for in that Obama picture.


For the most part the historical clues as to various Saints in Orthodox art are the same as in the Roman Catholic -- St. Peter holds a key; St. George is always on a white horse etc. The only difference that I've noticed (I went to Roman Catholic elementary and high schools so am pretty familiar with those images) is that after the split in the church between East and West they started to have some different Saints, but up until the split the Saints and the imagery used to depict them is pretty much the same (although, of course, the Orthodox church doesn't use statutes, only painted icons).

Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 17, 2013 05:38 AM (FDGeg)

203 Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 17, 2013 09:38 AM (FDGeg)

No apologies are necessary. In fact, quite the opposite. Thanks for sharing this information. Especially the painted icon vs. statue. I never realized that, but thinking back on all of the churches and cathedrals I have seen (and exhibits in museums), it's clear to me now!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 05:43 AM (gqgiP)

204 Dancing Queen- I appreciate your comments on the religious imagery of the Orthodox Church. That is very interesting to me. The imagery of Obama divine imagery is appalling as well as being blasphemous. It has sickened me since it began being used when he was running for office. After all the Bible says,"Put not your trust in princes, in mortal men in whom there is no hope." Kyrie, eléison. . Christe, eléison. Kyrie, eléison. God bless you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2013 05:49 AM (Nf5TL)

205 Castellanos is no fan of Rick Perry.  Back in 2011, he called Perry a "Sarah Palin in a skirt" (huh?) and "Bush-lite".  Back in the day when I watched the Sunday shows, an appearance by Casty resulted in an automatic reach for the clicker.

Posted by: mrp at September 17, 2013 05:59 AM (HjPtV)

206 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 17, 2013 09:43 AM (gqgiP)

You're welcome.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2013 09:49 AM (Nf5TL)

God bless you too.


It's nice to be appreciated -- but don't get your hopes up; Orthodoxy is probably the only area where I'll feel "expert" enough to illuminate others on in this forum. :-)


Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 17, 2013 06:07 AM (FDGeg)

207 If you wish to shill for your pet cause, please do. But it is, at the moment, a waste of time. Survival, which is at risk right now, is more important. Posted by: MrScribbler at September 17, 2013 08:33 AM (kaGpp) ^^^ this x 100 ^^^

Posted by: sneaky little chelsea five-eyes at September 17, 2013 06:14 AM (+jyzN)

208 One of the funniest nights of my life was having dinner with Cuffy and his wife at the home of a fellow blogger.

The tale of the electric trimmer was epic.

'tis the one and only time I laughed so hard I sharted myself twice.

Posted by: xbradtc at September 17, 2013 07:37 AM (1mp3+)

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