September 23, 2013

Top Headline Comments 9-23-13
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

The hostage crisis continues at the Nairobi Westgate mall. At least 68 people are dead so far. Al Shebab says the attack is "retributive justice" for Kenya's part in trying to help Somalia fend off the Islamist butchers.

The FAA is getting ready to publish a rule allowing the use of electronic devices during takeoff and landing. It sounds like implementation will come next year.

As I mentioned back in one podcast, the Clinton camp would have wanted to salvage all the time spent grooming Huma Abedin by separating her from her deviant, unpopular husband. The NY Post says that's exactly what the Clinton people want. Includes this hilarious attribution: "The candidateÂ’s bird-flipping parting shot to reporters after his humiliating defeat this month made a bad situation even worse, according to New York."

AP reports that the review panel Obama appointed to scrutinize NSA surveillance is actually working out of offices borrowed from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Participants and privacy advocates say this isn't the "independent group" the president promised. Heh.

NYTimes' front page finally notices something Republicans have been saying for years: under Obamacare, if you like your doctor, you may NOT get to keep your doctor. "Consumers should be prepared for 'much tighter, narrower networks' of doctors and hospitals..."

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1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Monday, September 23, 2013.  On this day in 1952 the most liberal Republican since Teddy Roosevelt said he was not a crook and said he was going to keep the dog "Checkers".  BION, this schmaltzy shit worked at the time.  Either that or people really didn't give a shit about the VP slot and Eisenhower was popular even though he too turned out to be somewhat of a liberal.  The irony of the thing was that the accusations, which came from a disgruntled Republican Earl Warren supporter, were such penny-ante chickenshit by today' standards it makes you wonder WTF.

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

2 US 'aggressively' probes Kenya attack

What a laugh, the incompetent and corrupt DOJ will investigate an act in Kenya because CNN said Americans were involved.  And DIABLO King rushed to the TV cameras.  

New York Rep. Peter King, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on ABC’s “This Week” that al-Shabab is “one of the only Al Qaeda affiliates which actually has actively recruited here in the United States.”

http://tinyurl.com/my5bm5m

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:50 AM (zZbNF)

3 The NRA has jumped on the BS mental illness train for the Navy base shooter.  As I keep saying, that is a strawman for this event.   The NRA should be harping on the two previous gun related felonies that were not prosecuted and asking why.  I am sure that if Obama gets involved with this "guns and mental health" bull shit neither the NRA nor the Morons will like the outcome.

http://tinyurl.com/q24ek7f

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

4 "Citizens of Boston hear me out.  This could happen to you:.  Boston police chief to take a ride on the MTA and he shall never return.  

http://tinyurl.com/nbslt44

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

5 TN school cancels planned field trips to a mosque and a Hindu temple after complaints by a parent that they were omitting other religions.  Where is the ACU because it seems that this crap had been going on for quite a while?

http://tinyurl.com/nqh3yjv

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

6 The talking heads and pundits are still pushing Hillary for 2016 with no word on Benghazi and her perjury in this article.

http://tinyurl.com/pvjzkzl

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:51 AM (zZbNF)

7 Jeff Sessions and Mike Lee come out swinging on the amnesty bill strategy on the House calling it a back door to the Senate Gang of 8 crap.  But is their method just a different back door.  I say "no bill period.end".

http://tinyurl.com/mrcdc4u

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

8 First casualties coming in on Obama's push for illegal war against Syria.  A helicopter off a US destroyer has crashed in the Red Sea.

http://tinyurl.com/p8zr95s

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

9 Rand Paul wants a Constitutional amendment to ban healthcare subsidies for ALL federal workers.  This does not take an amendment but what it does do is show he is not serious about this.

http://tinyurl.com/lwjkh65

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

10 Big amnesty advocate pictured on the cover of Time magazine arrested for child porn after downloading three videos from the internet.  When are these perverts going to learn that almost ALL of the child porn that is found on the Internet is being provided by the government?  Oh well, maybe itÂ’s a good thing they are stupid.  

http://tinyurl.com/ntp4e7z

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:52 AM (zZbNF)

11 Fraud in the SNAP program?  Say it isn't so!  Grocery stores in MD named after Obama are allegedly getting food stamps with no grocery sales.  Like all big government programs the bigger it gets the more fraud that occurs.  And fraud in a government program is like seeing a cockroach on your kitchen floor when you turn on the lights.

Abdullah Aljaradi, age 51, of Baltimore; Second Obama Express and D&M Deli and Grocery, 901 Harlem Avenue, Suite A and B, respectively. From October 2010 through July 2013, Aljaradi allegedly obtained more than $2 million in payments for food sales that never occurred

http://tinyurl.com/neadzbv

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

12 Senile old scrunt representing the SF district in CA is giving Biden a run for his money on idiotic statements.

Obamacare Diminishing 40 Hour Work Week For Some, Means “Freedom To Pursue Your Passion”

http://tinyurl.com/p4a9gz6

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:53 AM (zZbNF)

13

It's 69 dead, special forces moving in, and very loud explosions and gunfire reported.  See ONT.  

Guardian up-to-date coverage in name. 

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 02:53 AM (sOtz/)

14 From the NY Post via WZ:

Top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has been given an ultimatum: dump serial-sexting hubby Anthony Weiner, or get out of Clintontown.


So why is she making these coy statements about not running for President?


http://tinyurl.com/p4df2xt

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

15 McConnell staff says none of them had anything to do with the opposition research on Cruz that was sent to Piss Wallace.  Note that they were not speaking for any of the other RNC leadership.

http://tinyurl.com/pbsy9sz

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

16 More insanity from Scrunt Pelosi "The cupboard is bare and there are no cuts to be made in our $4T+ budget".

http://tinyurl.com/pvltzdf

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:54 AM (zZbNF)

17 Also, reports of hostage rescue premature, and muj threatening to kill hostages on jihadi websites.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 02:55 AM (sOtz/)

18 Kindle Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/ofcunqm


That's it for today folks.  And I will be dropping out early today.  Today's high supposed to be 79°, clear skies, and a breeze.

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:55 AM (zZbNF)

19 I never understood why they banned electronic devices during takeoff and landing.  I can understand banning radio transmitters but noting else. It was all bullshit to begin with.

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 02:56 AM (zZbNF)

20

"grooming Huma Abedin by separating her from her deviant, unpopular husband"

It would help to separate her from her deviant jihadi family as well.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 02:58 AM (sOtz/)

21 My Sunday NYT was just delivered. Uh...

Posted by: NCKate at September 23, 2013 02:58 AM (hL5Ut)

22 DAY 321 1,142 to go (1,213 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 23, 2013 03:00 AM (WjLUf)

23

Explosion was Kenyan forces "trying to get in". 

Is it a good idea to give live updates on tactics to reporters?

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 03:01 AM (sOtz/)

24 According to Chris Wallace, top Republicans were feeding him opposition research on Ted Cruz before his interview. We're doomed.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 23, 2013 03:01 AM (uhAkr)

25 Good morn all DB30

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 03:01 AM (j8JLb)

26 Re: the NSA panel - as has been stated here many times before, the retraction is never as big as the headline.

Posted by: Boone at September 23, 2013 03:02 AM (tIyK2)

27 21 My Sunday NYT was just delivered. Uh... Posted by: NCKate at September 23, 2013 06:58 AM (hL5Ut) And WHY are you patronizing the paper of Walter Duranty and sedition? Get the NY Post. Great editorial section, decent reportage and hilarious headlines. Then again, they did jump on the Trayvon meme bandwagon. Oh well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2013 03:02 AM (WjLUf)

28 "retributive justice" Isn't that what we've been experiencing for the past 50 odd years? Islam is the sister disease of leftism.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2013 03:04 AM (WjLUf)

29

@24

At least we were already doomed.  So status quo really.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 03:04 AM (sOtz/)

30 we aren't doomed.  Rove his losing his influence.  That's a good thing.  We would be doomed if he did it and no one ever talked about it, so we never knew.  He has lost  his influence and Cruz' ascendancy reveals it.

Posted by: thunderb at September 23, 2013 03:04 AM (zOTsN)

31 JJ, I wouldn't be getting it BUT, the kid was told for AP Gov/Politics that it was needed. So, doing what needs doing. Briefly.

Posted by: NCKate at September 23, 2013 03:05 AM (hL5Ut)

32 Rove is not going quietly into that good night.  Time to smother him with a pillow

Posted by: thunderb at September 23, 2013 03:05 AM (zOTsN)

33 With regard to Ted Cruz, Obamacare and the state of our nation in general: "Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." Sir Winston Churchill Gotta meet a deadline for an early assignment. Later, kids.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2013 03:07 AM (WjLUf)

34 31 JJ, I wouldn't be getting it BUT, the kid was told for AP Gov/Politics that it was needed. So, doing what needs doing. Briefly. Posted by: NCKate at September 23, 2013 07:05 AM (hL5Ut) I see. Pro tip: It is the perfect size for the cat box!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 23, 2013 03:07 AM (WjLUf)

35 32. Pillow I think you misspelled Chris cristy's manboobs

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 03:08 AM (fmjNz)

36 I never understood why they banned electronic devices during takeoff and landing. I can understand banning radio transmitters but noting else. It was all bullshit to begin with. Posted by: Vic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Because that's the predominant culture at the FAA: raise some specious issue that there isn't any real data on so you can look like you're being proactive in the name of safety. Never mind that there are already regulations in place that require aircraft systems to be integrated and installed such that they are more or less hardened to electromagnetic interference.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 23, 2013 03:08 AM (9DDfG)

37 Doesn't Wallace get what it says about him as a "journalist" that these brave GOP operatives would supply him with dirt while expecting no attribution? The fact that he is the face of their Sunday News Show is an indictment of FNC.

Posted by: ontherocks at September 23, 2013 03:08 AM (SAR0a)

38 I always thought they banned electronic devices because they didn't want you to detonate something in checked luggage with your phone,  I always assumed that was the real reason

Posted by: thunderb at September 23, 2013 03:09 AM (zOTsN)

39 19 I never understood why they banned electronic devices during takeoff and landing. I can understand banning radio transmitters but noting else. It was all bullshit to begin with. Correct. Radio transmitters sound like an electric razor or Luke Skywalker sword from Star Wars on our radio decks up front. Which interferes with atc communications. Other electronic devices don't interfere with our radios at all.

Posted by: Citation X driver at September 23, 2013 03:09 AM (aBNkm)

40

Good morning, Horde.  It's   time  to call another  meeting of Curmudgeons Anonymous to order.

 

*chair slides*

 

I'm BackwardsBoy  and you can all get off my lawn.

 

SNAFU.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 23, 2013 03:10 AM (0HooB)

41 Also, reports of hostage rescue premature, and muj threatening to kill hostages on jihadi websites. The political winds have shifted in an ugly direction. With whom will Obama stand?

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 23, 2013 03:10 AM (V3kRK)

42 38 I always thought they banned electronic devices because they didn't want you to detonate something in checked luggage with your phone, I always assumed that was the real reason

Posted by: thunderb at September 23, 2013 07:09 AM (zOTsN)


This ban has been around much longer than cell phones have been around.  And besides, if it was for that why wouldn't they be banned for the entire flight?

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 03:10 AM (zZbNF)

43 the fact that Wallace revealed GOP operatives supplied him with info proves their lack of influence.  All reporters get this info allll the time.   Most don't reveal it, ever.  This Rove's "emperor has no clothes" moment.

Posted by: thunderb at September 23, 2013 03:11 AM (zOTsN)

44 Rove spent 150 million, and what did he get for it, I'll give him Carolina, his slate, Allen, Thompson, Mack, lost in large part,

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 23, 2013 03:13 AM (Jsiw/)

45 Why isn't Piers Morgan demanding that Kenya enact strict new gun control laws?

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at September 23, 2013 03:15 AM (5fSr7)

46

"ugly winds"

Eleven farmers taken prisoner by jihadis in the Philippines, but too much jihad to make the news.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 03:16 AM (sOtz/)

47 30 we aren't doomed. Rove his losing his influence. That's a good thing. We would be doomed if he did it and no one ever talked about it, so we never knew. He has lost his influence and Cruz' ascendancy reveals it. I mean the short term. The GOP is going to fold. If I were in negotiations against them I wouldn't budge an inch. I think ultimately the GOP will splinter and dissolve, which is good. The current leadership needs to be ousted and that isn't going to happen through reformation.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 23, 2013 03:16 AM (uhAkr)

48 There have been rumors for years that Hillary didn't like Weiner.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at September 23, 2013 03:16 AM (5fSr7)

49 I come to AoS for the hard hitting political dialogue, I leave with a locked up browser and 5000 tracking cookies.

Posted by: FUBAR at September 23, 2013 03:16 AM (Cs2tJ)

50 G'morn, Vic, Gabe, all I haven't got to yet as I comment off Vic's 1st link... "...most liberal Republican since Teddy Roosevelt..." Caused me to think, as GHWB was to RR, so was RMN to Ike.

Posted by: mindful webworker - ok to pray at September 23, 2013 03:19 AM (Ynbgq)

51 Where is Reince Priebus in all this? When I last saw him he was orbiting around Fat Boy Christie in Jerry Jones's pleasure palace like a rogue asteroid.

Posted by: Captain Hate on his iPhone at September 23, 2013 03:22 AM (8euf+)

52 Obamacare Diminishing 40 Hour Work Week For Some, Means “Freedom To Pursue Your Passion”

Posted by: mindful webworker - o at September 23, 2013 03:23 AM (Ynbgq)

53

AFP:

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Sunday flew out of a major southern city where troops are fighting Muslim rebels, saying he expects the deadly battles to be over soon."I believe this will wind down within the day," he said before boarding a jet that flew him out of Zamboanga, where thousands of elite troops have been fighting Moro National Liberation Front(MNLF) gunmen for two weeks.Aquino also vowed to bring criminal charges against MNLF founder Nur Misuari, accused of being behind the rebel incursion.About <b>200 MNLF rebels</b> entered Zamboanga, a major trading centre with one million residents, on September 9 in the most serious armed challenge to the Philippine government in recent years.They took over several coastal districts, burning thousands of homes and taking scores of civilians hostage, in protest at an impending peace deal with a rival Muslim rebel group.

 

 

A tiny minority of extremists who have nothing to do with Islam. 

Posted by: David "Caliphidiot" Cameron at September 23, 2013 03:24 AM (sOtz/)

54 Sorry. Cell decides to post on its own sometimes. "Obamacare Diminishing 40 Hour Work Week For Some, Means 'Freedom To Pursue Your Passion'"... Like adding to that beer bottle cap collection or counting your starving children's ribs...

Posted by: mindful webworker - oops at September 23, 2013 03:26 AM (Ynbgq)

55 50 Where is Reince Priebus in all this Trying to push Amnesty, I guess.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 23, 2013 03:27 AM (uhAkr)

56 Grooming Huma for what, exactly?  Elective office??  On the basis of what?

Other than being Hillary's scissor partner, I'm not entirely sure what she's accomplished that would warrant grooming.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2013 03:28 AM (BeSEI)

57

Kenya  is getting even more dramatic.  

 

Now the Kenyans think there are jihadis in the crowd around the mall so they are shooting tear gas into the crowd to disperse it. 

And a security expert says the huge explosion which caused the billowing column of smoke came from inside the building.  Which contradicts actual Kenyan security forces, allegedly.  

Local crime story.  

 

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 03:29 AM (sOtz/)

58 "Consumers should be prepared for 'much tighter, narrower networks' of doctors and hospitals..."

No, no....it's just that your health care's appeal is becoming more selective.

Posted by: NRPax at September 23, 2013 03:30 AM (ODsL5)

59

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  Thanks for the morning briefing, Gabe and Vic.    Say, is anyone else having trouble accessing Tumblr?  I canÂ’t seem to get on it, just a screen that tells me the connection is unavailable.

 

 


Anyway, hereÂ’s my contribution to the morning roundup:  I think I've told you about the actor John Gilbert before.  He was a great romantic star of the silent era and had a burning passion for Greta Garbo.  The two nearly married, in fact, but one of them - and it's never really been decided who - got cold feet and backed out.
 

 

If Gilbert's remembered at all today, it's for a cruel legend.  The story goes that somehow, Gilbert had offended the almighty Louis B. Mayer, and when the time came for Gilbert's first talkie – His Glorious Night - Mayer arranged for the sound technicians to fiddle with Gilbert's voice in order to make him sound high-pitched and squeaky.  It's not true, of course, but Gilbert's career didn't survive sound and he ended up drinking himself to death.
 

 

Our story takes place in 1929.  Noel Coward, the English actor, playwright, composer and lyricist, was making his first trip to Hollywood.  At the request of mutual friends, Gilbert put him up for a week and also threw a party in honor of his guest.
 

 

A few days later, after Coward had set sail for the Orient, Gilbert threw a stag party.  During it, he told his friend Samuel Marx* what had happened after Coward's party.
 

 

It seemed that the two were sitting by the fireplace, drinking.  Coward thanked his host for the party, speaking so warmly that Gilbert was embarrassed.  He hoped, Coward added, that their acquaintanceship would blossom into a true friendship.
 

 

"I suddenly realized," Gilbert told Marx, "he was drawing his chair closer.  I hardly noticed his hand on my knee, but when it slowly started crawling toward my crotch, I knew I had to so something.  But what?  He's a great man, a guest in my house, putting me on a hell of a spot.  I couldn't insult him but I was getting panicky.  I looked at his hand and then laughed uproariously in his face.
 

 

"I howled.  He got the message.  He jumped up huffily and went off to his room."

 

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.
 

 

*Not of the Marx Brothers.  He was an MGM producer who later co-authored a book about the “suicide” of Jean HarlowÂ’s husband Paul Bern.

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 23, 2013 03:31 AM (zF6Iw)

60 Enjoy some quality porch-time, Vic.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 23, 2013 03:31 AM (sQ0LB)

61 We should have rain and then some more rain today.  Might as well be at work and hanging out with the 'rons.

Posted by: sweet...ish at September 23, 2013 03:33 AM (bj+Nc)

62 JJ, I wouldn't be getting it BUT, the kid was told for AP Gov/Politics that it was needed. So, doing what needs doing. You should complain to the teacher and demand a more balanced perspective be taught. Easy to say, I know. My kid was mortified when I asked his gov't teacher about political balance in the classroom. To be fair, she was.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 23, 2013 03:34 AM (jevZa)

63 Sorry. Cell decides to post on its own sometimes.

"Obamacare Diminishing 40 Hour Work Week For Some, Means 'Freedom To Pursue Your Passion'"...

Like adding to that beer bottle cap collection or counting your starving children's ribs... Posted by: mindful webworker - oops at September 23, 2013 07:26 AM (Ynbgq)


They're really running with that Funemployment thing, aren't they?

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at September 23, 2013 03:34 AM (Gk3SS)

64 My son tells me that one of the classes stem words was pseudo and you had to make a sentence using it.  His sentence was something along the lines of "The basis for global warming uses pseudo-science."  His substitute English teacher was very upset and asked him how he could possibly think such a thing.. why, there are studies!  He managed to talk his way out of it without arguing with the teach too much, but I have to admit I was happy he felt like he could put that in there.

Posted by: sweet...ish at September 23, 2013 03:41 AM (bj+Nc)

65 Today's celebrity birthdays: Augustus (primo) Kublai Khan (chubby cheeks) Robert Bosch (donated armament profits to charities) "Typhoid Mary" Mallon (reaper) Tom Clark (USAG #59) Aldo Moro (Red victim) Mickey Rooney (bitter) John Coltrane (USN) Ray Charles (portrayed by an a**hole) Arland D. Williams, Jr. (Air Florida 90 victim) Julio Iglesias (crooning since 196 Bruce Springsteen (Obamabot) Rosalind Chao (married Klinger and Chief O'Brien) Jason Alexander (real name: Jay Greenspan) Elizabeth Peña (voice of Mirage) Regan Smith (drivin' the 51)

Posted by: Gran at September 23, 2013 03:41 AM (mw0FO)

66 The idea of Hillary "grooming" Huma is not the image I wanted to start my week on.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 23, 2013 03:41 AM (g1DWB)

67 "Obamacare Diminishing 40 Hour Work Week For Some, Means 'Freedom To Pursue Your Passion'"... Yeah, good thing because being at work means having to wear pants, and it's a lot harder to surf porn with a bunch of intrusive co-workers around than in the comfort of your own home...

Posted by: A. Moron at September 23, 2013 03:43 AM (PLOz8)

68

The GOP needs someone like Brando's character in The Godfather.

 

Brando: "Santino, come here. What's the matter with you? I think your brain is going soft with all that comedy you are playing with that young girl. Never tell anyone outside the Family what you are thinking again."

 

Whomever in the GOP is doing this opposition research on Cruz and giving it to the media needs to be outed and treated as a pariah and a traitor.

Posted by: ExSnipe at September 23, 2013 03:45 AM (57ubW)

69 I never understood why they banned electronic devices during takeoff and landing.

That's when most crashes happen; better chance you're paying attention to crew instructions if you're not jacked into your video game.

But what would I know, being old and stuff.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 23, 2013 03:46 AM (hO8IJ)

70 "Obamacare Diminishing 40 Hour Work Week For Some, Means 'Freedom To Pursue Your Passion'"... Knob polishers in the MSM. Yeah, you get to pursue your passion with 20% less pay and no health insurance. That's freedom.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 23, 2013 03:46 AM (U2UQk)

71 So did Obama issue a strongly worded statement yet about the terrorist killings in the Nairobi mall yet or was he too busy watching the Emmys?

Posted by: A. Moron at September 23, 2013 03:47 AM (PLOz8)

72 65 -

Why, are you picturing nits and picking? 

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2013 03:48 AM (BeSEI)

73 Knob polishers in the MSM. Yeah, you get to pursue your passion with 20% less pay and no health insurance. That's freedom.

You can't truly be free if you're concerned with meaningless trivia like staying alive.  Here, have some food stamps.

/

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 23, 2013 03:48 AM (hO8IJ)

74 BTW, for you Morons on the overnight thread - I believe the "doctor who used acid on his showgirl wife's face" is a recap of the Geza de Kaplany case.  I'm too lazy to look up the year, but he was insanely jealous of his wife, so one night tied her down to the bed, cut her and poured acid into her wounds and over her face.  She didn't survive, of course.  De Kaplany went to jail, but was released about 10 or so years later under murky circumstances.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 23, 2013 03:49 AM (zF6Iw)

75 As a passenger in a place, the only time I'm ever nervous is the first 30-60 seconds after takeoff, because it's the most dangerous time of the flight.  Something goes wrong, the pilot doesn't have time or altitude to deal with it, and unlike at landing you're generally not lined up and already approaching a nice flat area devoid of objects that will shear wings, ignite the fuel, and otherwise ruin your day.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 23, 2013 03:50 AM (sQ0LB)

76 Do the people at the NYT realize how clueless they are?

Posted by: Case at September 23, 2013 03:50 AM (o00SF)

77 "Julio Iglesias (crooning since 196 " Dear Pixy Smiley-izer: Require all smilies to begin and end with a space or end-of-line. No charge for the advice. -Amateur Programmer.

Posted by: mindful webworker - #TwoWeeks at September 23, 2013 03:51 AM (Jh9QN)

78 But seriously though, I think I answered my own question by asking it.  Some of us may have forgotten, the Clintons were popular with Hollywood types, and vice versa, at least for a while there.  What we know about Hollywood is that the stars don't become stars because of their talent.  They become starts because somebody decides to groom them to become stars. 

I think the Dem party has gotten some mileage out of that approach, but maybe not as much as Hollywood has, because to some minor extent, politics DOES depend on talent.  Probably because there are times when you have to be out there by yourself, and not all your lines are being fed to you by your producers and directors and writers.

Obviously some get away with it though, as our current White House occupant can attest, but I suspect it's more miss than hit.  Hillary won't be President, for example, and whatever they planned to do with Huma doesn't look like it's going to work either. 

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2013 03:52 AM (BeSEI)

79 MP4, last night's ONT had a link to a piece about Mae West  -- In my infinite kindness, I have tinyurled it for you and the rest of you Morons:
 
http://tinyurl.com/mjrllll
 
Is she the originator of one of our favorite joke variants? She wrote her own one liners, including this one --
 
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 23, 2013 03:53 AM (wNF3N)

80 Do the people at the NYT realize how clueless they are? Posted by: Case at September 23, 2013 07:50 AM (o00SF) Ha?

Posted by: NY Times at September 23, 2013 03:54 AM (9Xc5j)

81 72 -

Maslow's hierarchy of needs:  Self-actualizatin' is hard! 

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2013 03:55 AM (BeSEI)

82 Morning all. The UN opens today. What a glorious day,! Well for idiots, commies, and liberals that is

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 03:57 AM (9Xc5j)

83 Beagle, ICYMI, reply to you@end of last thread.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nada mucho at September 23, 2013 03:58 AM (Jh9QN)

84

Hey MP4, your book arrived at Casa Backwardio on Saturday. I made  the  mistake of handing  it to  B'Gal to look it over. She said, "Hurry up and read it,  this looks   good," So I   said, "If you want  to read it  first, go ahead."

 

She's enjoying it   immensely, so  it'll be a little while until I get to read it. The upside is you'll get two reviews on Amazon  instead of one.

 

Many thanks.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 23, 2013 03:58 AM (0HooB)

85 You can't truly be free if you're concerned with meaningless trivia like staying alive. Here, have some food stamps. Whenever I wanna get my wife pissed off I tell her that something like 100 million 'mericans work, and something like 100 million 'mericans get food stamps or some other food assistance. I heard, I think it was Rush, a couple days ago saying that something like 100 million 'mericans work, and something like 100 million 'mericans get assistance of some sort with health insurance. Almost one to one correspondence between workers and beneficiaries. So slave long and hard today Radish, your beneficiary depends on you.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 23, 2013 03:59 AM (U2UQk)

86

BTW, the leader of the siege on the mall in Kenya is a short white girl from the UK who was married to one of the 7/7 bombers.  

 

 

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 03:59 AM (sOtz/)

87

Is she the originator of one of our favorite joke variants? She wrote her own one liners, including this one --

 


Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

 

Yes, she did write that one, though it's "Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" from 1933's She Done Him Wrong."

 

And of course, that movie is the source for her  famous "come up an see me sometime," which was actually "Come up sometime and see me.  Come on up, I'll tell your fortune."


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 23, 2013 04:00 AM (zF6Iw)

88 There have been rumors for years that Hillary didn't like Weiner. ISWYDT

Posted by: toby928© likes the cleansing fire at September 23, 2013 04:00 AM (QupBk)

89 81 Morning all. The UN opens today. What a glorious day,! Well for idiots, commies, and liberals that is

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 07:57 AM (9Xc5j)

 

Oh thank goodness.  Now SCOAMT can go back to taking his marching orders from a bunch of other countries jealous of us instead of from socialists in this country.  Maybe he'll push for Kyoto to finally be ratified, since he's already decided to take out coal as a viable energy source.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 23, 2013 04:00 AM (sQ0LB)

90 Never mind that there are already regulations in place that require aircraft systems to be integrated and installed such that they are more or less hardened to electromagnetic interference.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 23, 2013 07:08 AM (9DDfG)


Yes, ever notice how they shut off the airfield radars whenever a plane is doing a take off or landing and would fly right though the beam?

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 23, 2013 04:02 AM (XdnQT)

91 Sweet...ish, My son is working with stem words too. Last week he had to give 5 reasons why someone should be deported and 5 reasons someone should not be deported. He breezed through the first part.

Posted by: rohon at September 23, 2013 04:03 AM (+cH/U)

92 84 -

This is why I referred to health insurance as a ponzi scheme a few days ago here.  Some commenters replied that I didn't seem to understand the concept of insurance, and risk, and actuarial tables and all  that.

To which I would have replied something like your point here, but I had to go to work.  To pay for the non-workers' health benefits. 

Posted by: BurtTC at September 23, 2013 04:03 AM (BeSEI)

93

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 23, 2013 07:58 AM (0HooB)

 

BB, that's great.  I hope the both of you enjoy it.  I'm working as hard as I can on the sequel - which, by the way, is called The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of and takes place on the shoot of Bara's 1917 movie Cleopatra.  But I've had one hell of a writer's block for the past two years, so. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 23, 2013 04:03 AM (zF6Iw)

94 Just happened to see Claire Danes accepting an Emmy on FNC earlier, and I am afraid that like seeing a puppy run over in the street, it's an image that will haunt me for a while.

Posted by: ontherocks at September 23, 2013 04:03 AM (SAR0a)

95

@79-Ha?

 

Someone needs to tell that Mexican billionaire he's not getting his monies worth.

Posted by: Case at September 23, 2013 04:04 AM (o00SF)

96 Inre the airplane electronic devices ban... I'm cynical, but I never did think it was about electronic interference, but rather a clumsy was for the FAA to guide behavior. For instance, before takeoff the airline wants people to be easily moved around if needed. It's hard to herd people around when they get ensconced with their laptops in their seats. During takeoff, they want people alert in case of problems. Same with landings...stop fiddling with your laptop, make sure all your stuff is put away, and prepare for landing (a process that does have more risk than cruising along at 35k feet). It was never about electronic interference...it was about the government trying to game things so passengers made the "right" decisions from the government's point of view.

Posted by: @JohnTant at September 23, 2013 04:05 AM (F3IIA)

97 Moments ago: two jihadis killed in Kenya, others wounded.  No word as yet on number or condition of remaining hostages, or reports of any casualties for the good guys.    

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 04:05 AM (sOtz/)

98 And now, our Monday morning dose of "Do you know what you sound like when you say things like that?" from the NY Post piece on the upcoming Abedin/Weiner faux divorce after faux marriage (I have January 14 inthe pool for the filing date, folks. Place your bets.): “She’s running, but she doesn’t know it yet,” one source said. “It’s just like a force of history. It’s inexorable, it’s gravitational. I think she actually believes she has more say in it than she actually does.” You may vomit when ready, Gridley.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 23, 2013 04:05 AM (659DL)

99 Well folks, time to hit the chair.  Be good.

Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 04:05 AM (zZbNF)

100 Heather? Back to work, get off the internet. My bills aren't gonna pay themselves.

Posted by: Heather Radish's Beneficiary [/i] at September 23, 2013 04:05 AM (U2UQk)

101 >>.Funemployment<<<<

The Oconomy Vision;

The very rich Wall Streeters and the public sector unions provide financing for the Democrats, who create make work for the government employed middle class, and everyone else delivers pizza 28 hours a week.

Forward!!!

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 23, 2013 04:06 AM (DlUMF)

102 Well, I am waiting for condemnations from nations and groups of the Islamic faith regarding the situation in Kenya. Not surprisingly, none have been forthcoming or meaningful in content yet.

Executing unarmed men, women and children because of their faith? Is this what continues to count as part of the core Jihadist mission- to religiously cleanse the planet of anyone not like them?

Fucking cowards, you have a date coming up with hell.

It's time to reinvigorate the effort to rid the planet of anyone even tangentially associated with Islamic terrorism. I am a bit tired of them wasting my oxygen.

Posted by: Marcus at September 23, 2013 04:07 AM (GGCsk)

103 1142 days J.J.? CanÂ’t you count faster? I remember being a little girl and telling my Mother I couldnÂ’t wait until I was old enough to drive, among other things. My Mother replied that I was wishing my life away & those times would come in good time. She was right. I wish we could get rid of the JEF now. We canÂ’t take 1,142 more days of him. NYT suddenly says something bad about Obamacare? Progress! Good Morning, Everyone. I feel like all I do is work. I know so many people do not have jobs, but I have worked at same company since 1979. We used to have fun & laughs but things change, now I hate going to work. It is September 23 & it is 49 degrees here six to seven miles from Boston. I think that Farmers Almanac might be right. I have a rose garden and usually put mulch around them in late October for winter. I added most of them yesterday. I will finish the rest next weekend.

Posted by: CarolT at September 23, 2013 04:07 AM (z4WKX)

104 if Obama gets involved with this "guns and mental health" bull shit neither the NRA nor the Morons will like the outcome. Yup: I can see thew questionnaire: 1) have you ever taken over the counter medication for pain relief? (headaches are an early symptom of mental illness= unfit) 2) How many alcoholic beverages do you consume in a day/week/month: (clearly you are an unstable alcoholic= unfit) etc ad nauseum

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at September 23, 2013 04:08 AM (EqSsW)

105 Top Drudge headline right now has it that Egypt's courts have just outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood; their assets to be confiscated.
 
It's on like Donkey Kong.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 23, 2013 04:08 AM (wNF3N)

106 everyone else delivers pizza 28 hours a week. That is OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED FULL-TIME WORK BY THE BUREAU OF HEALTH COVERAGE AND STUFF. RACIST.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 23, 2013 04:09 AM (659DL)

107 Vic, Rand Paul's soundbite targets the inequality of the mandate: We do not agree to subsidize the assholes who forced this Inequality in America. The headline is to foment this last week public irate voter backlash for the necessary flood of calls to Congress. The Injustice of the Chief Justice makes a good pinata. 'The Obamacare health insurance exchange' sounds like the Ponzi pyramid scheme for suckers that it is, as if ready for Wall Street investors Oct. 1 to buy shares. -- Rand Paul wants Chief Justice Roberts, all federal workers, to enroll in Obamacare By Alex Pappas, The Daily Caller, 9/23/13 http://tinyurl.com/lwjkh65 Arguing federal workers should not get special treatment, Rand Paul says he does not want taxpayers subsidizing the personal health care plans of any federal employee — including Chief Justice John Roberts — anymore. Paul’s proposal — outlawing any special exemptions for government employees — would mean all federal workers would have to purchase health insurance on the new Obamacare exchanges instead of getting taxpayer-funded subsidies [that] amount to special treatment. The Obamacare health insurance exchange opens Oct 1.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 23, 2013 04:10 AM (MhA4j)

108 their assets to be confiscated How very...Protestant. Giggle.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 23, 2013 04:10 AM (659DL)

109 Top Drudge headline right now has it that Egypt's courts have just outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood; their assets to be confiscated. It's on like Donkey Kong. Posted by: GnuBreed at September 23, 2013 08:08 AM (wNF3N) any word from the muslim brotherhoods bestest friend in Washington DC?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 04:11 AM (9Xc5j)

110 Temperature here, about  40 miles north of Boston, is in the low 50s.  But we're on the seacoast, so that does tend to cool things off a bit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 23, 2013 04:11 AM (zF6Iw)

111 Jihadists should kill each other and leave the rest of the world alone. We can do without the likes of them. I am not interested in Koran but I expect it does not want people to kill other innocent people in the name of Allah.

Posted by: CarolT at September 23, 2013 04:12 AM (z4WKX)

112 CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court has banned the Muslim Brotherhood group and ordered its assets confiscated in a dramatic escalation of a crackdown by the military-backed government against supporters of the ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. Egypt state TV said the court issued its ruling on Monday. The Brotherhood was outlawed for most of its 85 years in existence. But after the 2011 ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak, it was allowed to work openly, formed a political party and rose to power in a string of post-Mubarak elections. In March, it registered as a recognized non-governmental organization. The ruling, which can be appealed, opens door for authorities to track down the group's elaborate network of social services, dealing a deadly blow to its pillars of grass-root support. Those who know them best see them as a danger, obama? Not so much

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 04:12 AM (9Xc5j)

113 Grooming Huma for what, exactly? Elective office?? On the basis of what?

--

Maybe not elected office.  She'll be groomed for her upcoming Chief of Staff position. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 23, 2013 04:13 AM (XB5Ak)

114 93 Just happened to see Claire Danes accepting an Emmy on FNC earlier, and I am afraid that like seeing a puppy run over in the street, it's an image that will haunt me for a while. Posted by: ontherocks at September 23, 2013 08:03 AM (SAR0a) Who ran over her chest? Poor girl...shes gotz no boobies.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 23, 2013 04:14 AM (bCEmE)

115 Posted by: rohon at September 23, 2013 08:03 AM (+cH/U)
Answer
They should not be deported if:
They are legal citizens
Have a green card
Have a work visa
Are not here illegally
Have followed the laws that are in place regarding immigration.

No need to deport anyone if they are here legally.  We are a nation of laws.

Posted by: sweet...ish at September 23, 2013 04:17 AM (bj+Nc)

116 Maybe I seemed a little ungrateful before Heather. But maybe if you worked a little harder, stayed later at night, maybe came in on weekends, I could upgrade my cable package. Maybe get the NFL Sunday Ticket Max package.

Posted by: Heather Radish's Beneficiary [/i] at September 23, 2013 04:18 AM (U2UQk)

117

@110

You may not be interested in the Quran, but the Quran is interested in you.

"innocent" 

 

True, but their definition of innocent is not one you would like.  Just one example.  After the ayat which is always quoted by western  politicians, 5.32, the next one say anyone who causes "corruption in the land" should have a hand and the opposite foot cut off.  Two examples, sorry, there are about three verses which say to attack the neck or head.

 

Well, in Kenya they are cutting off hands and disfiguring faces.  

 

So the Quran is not really going to help us out of this one. 

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 04:19 AM (sOtz/)

118 111 >> Those who know them best see them as a danger, obama? Not so much
 
ngu, perhaps our Director of National Intelligence James Clapper can come out with another speech about how moderate and secular the Muslim Brotherhood is.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 23, 2013 04:22 AM (wNF3N)

119 Why would a Liberace bio pic win anything?

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 23, 2013 04:23 AM (T0Pku)

120 Michael Douglas is whining about his son being in solitaire for continue to commit crimes while in prison.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 23, 2013 04:24 AM (T0Pku)

121 I like Homeland but canÂ’t imagine what the third seasons will be about. From watching previews of third season,we know that (I cantÂ’ think of his name) is a terrorist. It was never 100% sure in first seasons, but now we know Brody is one. I guess weÂ’ll find out next week. Dexter finale was a disappointment. I was hoping that heÂ’d go to Argentina with Hannah & his son. The only television shows I like are on Showtime. I have to rememberer to call Comcast to see if I can remove HBO, Cinemax & Starz. I heard that HBO upset the EmmyÂ’s with The Newsroom but I watched the first episode and decided it was another waste of time. I hope everyone has a good day. IÂ’ve got to find a warm coat to wear today. I have them but not sure where they are.

Posted by: CarolT at September 23, 2013 04:26 AM (z4WKX)

122 "I am not interested in Koran but I expect it does not want people to kill other innocent people in the name of Allah." : CarolT A surprising number of folks, in and out of Islam, seem to think it teaches exactly that. Or more specifically, that infidels are QED not 'innocents.' NTTAWWT, because multicultural diversity relativistic morality and unicorns....

Posted by: mindful webworker - pure foolishness at September 23, 2013 04:26 AM (u57y4)

123 No need to deport anyone if they are here legally. We are a nation of laws. I have a quibble about "Are not here illegally." Is there an exception for "on death row?"

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 23, 2013 04:27 AM (V3kRK)

124 ngu, perhaps our Director of National Intelligence James Clapper can come out with another speech about how moderate and secular the Muslim Brotherhood is. Posted by: GnuBreed at September 23, 2013 08:22 AM (wNF3N) Yeah, and talk about the sweet sound of the daily calls to prayer which are ear shattering anoying

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 04:28 AM (9Xc5j)

125

@114.  We are a nation of laws.

 

Suppose to be.  Some get waivers.

Posted by: Case at September 23, 2013 04:29 AM (o00SF)

126 111. Obama was raised a Sunni Muslim, the global majority sect, the al-Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood terrorists organizing their guerrilla military "as well funded, trained and big as the US Military" (Obama '0 to subjugate the world under the Sunni (Wahhabi officialize terrorism as "religion") Caliphate. The last century's US Policy has culminated now with our Military, Government and Citizenry subjugated to the Sunni as clitless bitches. Unless of course voters enforce the US Constitutional Renaissance.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 23, 2013 04:29 AM (MhA4j)

127 Ritzy Hamilton College in upstate New York is bringing back the disgraceful legal doctrine of separate but equal for its minority students. The leftist hothouse has announced an event entitled “Real Talk: A Dialogue about Internalized Racism” that is “open to people of color only.” The brochure explaining the event states: “Conversations about race in the U.S. mostly focus on race relations between white communities and people of color. However, people of color are also prone top [sic] internalize racist messages about their own community, and about other races/ethnicities/people of color. This conversation allows people of color to come together and examine how we may have accepted racist attitudes toward other racial groups and our own racial/ethnic communities, and move towards healing and mutual respect. In order to create a safe space, this program is open to people of color only. A similar conversation for white students, faculty and staff is planned for the spring semester.” The brochure also notes that dinner will be provided. “Please contact Amit Taneja for more information (ataneja@hamilton.edu).” The discussion is scheduled to take place on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 4:15 p.m. at the school’s Bristol Center (named for the co-founder of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb). My Alma Mata who by the way has not seen a penny of money from me and never will.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 04:29 AM (9Xc5j)

128 >>Who ran over her chest? Poor girl...shes gotz no boobies. Posted by: Tami at September 23, 2013 08:14 AM (bCEmE) Don't get me wrong, I've known a few very attractive sexy ladies that weren't real "buoyant" looking, but does she have any mirrors in her house? And why bother holding up the top on her way up the stairs? .....not like any fallout would be more traumatic than the gown.

Posted by: ontherocks at September 23, 2013 04:31 AM (SAR0a)

129 True, but their definition of innocent is not one you would like. Just one example. After the ayat which is always quoted by western politicians, 5.32, the next one say anyone who causes "corruption in the land" should have a hand and the opposite foot cut off.Two examples, sorry,there are about three verses which say to attack the neck or head. Well, in Kenya they are cutting off hands and disfiguring faces. So the Quran is not really going to help us out of this one. Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 08:19 AM (sOtz/) Thanks for that info. Maybe TFG might bomb Kenya considering he lived there. Is that considered a war crime?

Posted by: CarolT at September 23, 2013 04:31 AM (z4WKX)

130 A little bit of Clare Danes goes a long way. This season they have her off her meds and humping everything in sight.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 23, 2013 04:31 AM (T0Pku)

131 For the NJ morons and ettes: Call your Senators and Reps today on Obamacare today. Contact info: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 202-224-2541 Republican Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), 202-224-2934 Republican Conference Chair John Thune (R-SD), 202-224-2321 Republican Policy Committee Chair John Barrasso (R-WY), 202-224-6441 Republican Conference Vice Chair Roy Blunt (R-MO), 202-224-5721 New Jersey's Senators: Republican U.S. Senator/NJ Jeff Chiesa; thank and encourage him: Sen. Jeff Chiesa, 202-224-3224. (Fax 202-224-7981) Our interim Republican U.S. Senator, is holding strong opposing Obamacare on all fronts. Then call Mr. Menendez. Be polite, but tell him firmly that the American people no longer want Obamacare. People are being hurt by Obamacare. They're losing jobs, losing the health coverage they've had, losing their doctors, and paying more. We want Obamacare stopped. - urge him to vote for to fund the government, affirm our debt obligations, but defund Obamacare completely. Sen. Robert Menendez, 202-224-4744

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 04:31 AM (a4Omg)

132 CarolT, study up on Wahhabi Sunnis, Saudi sponsorship of regional-gone-global terrorism, with themselves as the Global Caliphate in Mecca mind.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 23, 2013 04:32 AM (MhA4j)

133 In a Reuters report : http://preview.tinyurl.com/mqxhglz

"A spokesman for al Shabaab, which has demanded Kenya pull its troops out of neighboring Somalia, . . ."

Kinda puts things in perspective, if Kenya troops are still in Somalia, and were they 'encouraged' to take action in Somalia, by the 'international community' because of piracy?

Makes this attack on the Mall  sound like another case of another warlord wrapping himself in the garments of a Muslim cleric. Which is all that Islam is, really, warlords and gangs plundering the silk caravans. It's the end game for liberalism, 'I am entitled to this, so I will just take it, because you owe it to me, and God orders me to take it.'


Posted by: 1200km to Wall Drug at September 23, 2013 04:32 AM (IbMRx)

134 Then call Mr. Menendez. Be polite, but tell him firmly that the American people no longer want Obamacare. People are being hurt by Obamacare. They're losing jobs, losing the health coverage they've had, losing their doctors, and paying more. We want Obamacare stopped. - urge him to vote for to fund the government, affirm our debt obligations, but defund Obamacare completely. Sen. Robert Menendez, 202-224-4744 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 08:31 AM (a4Omg) NOW your asking alot. To be polite to that gas bag? G-D I'l try, but I may have to wash my mouth our with medicinal Alcohol before and after

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 04:33 AM (9Xc5j)

135 "Real Talk: A Dialogue about Internalized Racism” that is “open to people of color only.” Paper bag test? The irony... it stings! Internalized racism indeed! "Open to non-coloreds only" would be just as acceptable, right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - human racist at September 23, 2013 04:34 AM (u57y4)

136 Yep, those are pretty much the answers he gave. Girl at his after school program told him that they just want a better life. He told her that he does too, but he doesn't break the law to get it. Made his mama proud!

Posted by: rohon at September 23, 2013 04:34 AM (+cH/U)

137 My Alma Mata who by the way has not seen a penny of money from me and never will. My daughter graduated college a decade ago, my wife around the same time. They both get glossy four color magazines sent here a couple times every year. Plus letters begging for money. It's been a decade and they have never seen another cent from us, yet the cost to them in printing and postage continues. You'd think they'd get a fucking clue. Nope, they're just gonna continue to raise the cost of tuition for the next generation.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 23, 2013 04:36 AM (U2UQk)

138 And why bother holding up the top on her way up the stairs? .....not like any fallout would be more traumatic than the gown. Posted by: ontherocks at September 23, 2013 08:31 AM (SAR0a) Gotta give her credit....to remain that flat chested in Hollywood takes chutzpah. But yeah, a different gown choice should have been made.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 23, 2013 04:36 AM (bCEmE)

139 Posted by: rohon at September 23, 2013 08:34 AM (+cH/U)

Made me proud too!  Great kid ya got there.

Posted by: sweet...ish at September 23, 2013 04:38 AM (bj+Nc)

140

". . . to create a safe space . . ."

 

Yeah, cause whitey's face rachets the fear factor to eleventy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 23, 2013 04:40 AM (BAS5M)

141 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 04:40 AM (/PCJa)

142 Head 'em up! Mooove 'em out! Ben hath posted. You can't be first, but you can be vexed.

Posted by: mindful webworker - roll 'em, roll 'em, roll 'em at September 23, 2013 04:41 AM (u57y4)

143 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 04:41 AM (/PCJa)

144 Head 'em up! Mooove 'em out! Ben hath posted. You can't be first, but you can be vexed. He has? Where?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 04:41 AM (/PCJa)

145 In the Washington Post : http://preview.tinyurl.com/k8g4cbh

"For the past two years, al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda,was considered by many U.S. officials and analysts to be all but defeated. The militia had lost much of the territory it once held in Somalia, including the capital, Mogadishu. It was pushed to the margins by a campaign that has involved U.S. Special Operations troops as well as African forces mobilized largely by Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Burundi."

Posted by: 1200km to Wall Drug at September 23, 2013 04:42 AM (IbMRx)

146 Obviously Ms. Danes lost the pregnancy boobs pretty quickly. Bad, bad choice for her on the gown.

Posted by: never enough caffiene at September 23, 2013 04:43 AM (GfBk2)

147 My Alma Mata who by the way has not seen a penny of money from me and never will.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 08:29 AM (9Xc5j)

You might have me beat, but not by much.

UC Berkeley.

Nah....when they torch Hillel, we'll be even.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 04:43 AM (gqgiP)

148 false and inexplicable error there - maybe it will be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - roll 'em, roll 'em, roll 'em at September 23, 2013 04:45 AM (u57y4)

149 Grooming Huma for what, exactly? Elective office?? On the basis of what? ---------- On the basis of LIVs voting for her to punish Anthony Weiner.

Posted by: @JohnTant at September 23, 2013 04:45 AM (F3IIA)

150 I don't watch the Emmys so tell me - how hard did they suck the dead dick of the dipshit from Glee who killed himself with booze and smack?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 23, 2013 04:45 AM (a7I9Y)

151 I just bing'd Claire Danes at the Emmys.  What an awful dress.  For her body type, it is probably the worst designed dress she could've picked.  And the color is equally bad for her skin tone. 

BTW, if you haven't eaten breakfast (full stomachs may want to pass), take a look at Lena Dunham's Emmy ensemble.

http://tinyurl.com/l6vcrrs

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 23, 2013 04:46 AM (XB5Ak)

152 So... this week has just started off great. My dog (the older of the two I currently have) is not feeling well, and his seizures have started back up (despite being on phenobarbitol). We're going to try to take him in tonight or tomorrow night (our vet is open until 11P) to see what's wrong. Of course, "what's wrong" is that he's a large dog pushing 14 years old. Time is not, as they say, on his side. Then, this morning, we find out that a little girl- a friend of my son's- has died from the brain cancer she's been fighting for the last two years. Fuck cancer.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 04:48 AM (/PCJa)

153 Dear Somali Jihadists;

When you are done butchering innocent people, more civilized people who find you despicable will come and ensure you are wiped from the planet.

We may even throw in a few YouTube's of you catching Reaper ordnance, playing catch with a JDAM's and playing hide-n-seek with 30mm rounds from an AH-64.

Hugs and kisses you smelly, sister doinking bastards.

Posted by: Marcus at September 23, 2013 04:48 AM (GGCsk)

154

@134

"Real Talk: A Dialogue about Internalized Racism” that is “open to people of color only.”

 

One drop rule or more like the old Louisiana percentage system?

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 04:48 AM (sOtz/)

155 I just clicked on a ZeroHedge link.

I hope I am up to date on all of my vaccines.

There is some howling-at-the-moon crazy over there!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 04:48 AM (gqgiP)

156 Vic & Cratchety Jarhead - Electronics are banned during takeoff and landing because that is when most crashes occur.  The flight crew wants you paying attention to your surroundings instead of being zoned out, earplugs in, and face glued to a screen.

Posted by: butch at September 23, 2013 04:48 AM (0APJ3)

157

My AP English teacher was a Hamilton alum.  Great teacher, personally a liberal to a fault but he certainly didn't try to indoctrinate anyone.  He also ran the gifted program, before it got deep-sixed by administration (budget, I think), he ran what was basically a study-hall for gifted students across grade levels where it was more often than not just free-wheeling discussions about life philosophy, evolution, whatever.  Met him for drinks once after college, when he was nearing retirement, and we just shot the sh*t drinking beer and scotch.

 

Anyway, I think my teacher would be appaled by that b.s. event at his alma mater.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 23, 2013 04:48 AM (sQ0LB)

158 EoJ didn't watch either...but i heard they ignored jack klugman completely......

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at September 23, 2013 04:48 AM (8JJ6O)

159 You might have me beat, but not by much. UC Berkeley. Nah....when they torch Hillel, we'll be even. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 08:43 AM (gqgiP) And remember Hamilton is the college that also tried to invite both Ward Churchill and that killer of the Brinks job in Westchester NY to talk.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 04:48 AM (9Xc5j)

160 Somehow I pulled up Friday's dump. Started reading the headlines & thought, did Ben re-post an old dump? Duh. Possibly I need less coffee.

Posted by: buzzy webworker at September 23, 2013 04:49 AM (u57y4)

161 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 08:48 AM (gqgiP) oh dear.....i'll pray for you

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at September 23, 2013 04:49 AM (8JJ6O)

162 Oh Allen. My prayers for everyone. Fuck cancer. Fuck cancer so hard.

Posted by: alexthechick - Team Oh Fuck All This Shit at September 23, 2013 04:50 AM (VtjlW)

163 Possibly I need less coffee. Unpossible.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 04:50 AM (/PCJa)

164 I never understood why they banned electronic devices during takeoff and landing. I can understand banning radio transmitters but noting else. It was all bullshit to begin with.
Posted by: Vic
.............
What do you think cell phones are, Vic?

Good morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 23, 2013 04:50 AM (AYOav)

165 >>Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 23, 2013 08:45 AM (a7I9Y) Only saw an excerpt on FNC, but the dyke stork from Glee paid tribute, as was duly paid to notable passings in some traditional listing. However, Jack Klugman's son is irate that they neglected his 3 time Emmy dad while enshrining the cutesy burnout from Glee.

Posted by: ontherocks at September 23, 2013 04:51 AM (SAR0a)

166 Jeez, Allen, that's tough.  I'm so sorry.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 23, 2013 04:52 AM (zF6Iw)

167 "NYTimes' front page finally notices something Republicans have been saying for years: under Obamacare, if you like your doctor, you may NOT get to keep your doctor. "Consumers should be prepared for 'much tighter, narrower networks' of doctors and hospitals..." The left won't argue this point at all. They'll say the ACA could never have worked and simply push harder for single payer. Hell, just look at the comments section if you can stomach it. If Obamacare gets defunded, there's still a looooooong fight ahead.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 23, 2013 04:52 AM (sFQyf)

168 Possibly I need less coffee. Posted by: buzzy webworker at September 23, 2013 08:49 AM (u57y4) BURN THE HERETIC!

Posted by: alexthechick - Team Oh Fuck All This Shit at September 23, 2013 04:52 AM (VtjlW)

169 butch at September 23, 2013 08:48 AM (0APJ3) ----------- Yeah, but that bugs me. Is it too hard to tell people the truth instead of making up some bullshit story? Apparently for our betters in government, it is.

Posted by: @JohnTant at September 23, 2013 04:52 AM (F3IIA)

170 AG, our St. Bernard is 10 1/2.  Deaf, arthritic, and survived 2 emergency surgeries in the past 3 years, but damn if she doesn't wag her tail at us everytime we walk in the door, and boss around the other dogs if she thinks they're playing too rough.  It's going to be hell on Mrs. Crank when she passes.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 23, 2013 04:52 AM (sQ0LB)

171 Video: Syrian Children Play Make-Believe Jihad, Including Mock BeheadingÂ… How adorable. Weasel Zippers: So disgusting and indicative of why we will NEVER have peace with islam. Thread worthy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 04:53 AM (9Xc5j)

172 ((allen & your family & friends))

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at September 23, 2013 04:53 AM (8JJ6O)

173 However, Jack Klugman's son is irate that they neglected his 3 time Emmy dad while enshrining the cutesy burnout from Glee.

 

Posted by: ontherocks at September 23, 2013 08:51 AM (SAR0a)

 

The Odd Couple and Quincy will still be entertaining people when the complete run of Glee is double-packed with 21 Jump Street in the cut out bin at K Mart.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 23, 2013 04:53 AM (zF6Iw)

174

@151

I know life is unfair, but kids with cancer is too unfair.   Anything with kids really.  Sorry for their and your loss. 

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 04:54 AM (sOtz/)

175 Exclusive: Rand Paul wants Chief Justice Roberts, all federal workers, to enroll in Obamacare

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 04:54 AM (9Xc5j)

176 >>Posted by: Lady in Black at September 23, 2013 08:46 AM (XB5Ak) I don't know anything about Caire Danes. She might be a fine conservative lady for all that I know about her. But that sequence where she approaches the stage is even more horrific than the still photo in the "gowns" internet scroll, which I normally have zero interest in.

Posted by: ontherocks at September 23, 2013 04:56 AM (SAR0a)

177 It's going to be hell on Mrs. Crank when she passes. Forget Mrs. Tenther; I'll be the one who collapses into a quivering heap on the floor. We lost another dog a couple years ago- that one (the smallest Rottweiler I've ever seen) was definitely "Her" dog. I loved her (the dog), too, but you know how it is. And that one tore me up. This one (Dexter) is the first dog in my life that has been "my" dog.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 04:56 AM (/PCJa)

178 Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 08:48 AM (9Xc5j)

Oh....it's on!

"A UC Berkeley senior who is a venomous supporter of the jihad against Israel and member of several Islamic supremacist groups with links to jihad terror has been nominated to become the University of California student regent for the 2014-15 academic year."

http://tinyurl.com/lkuk2k7

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 04:56 AM (gqgiP)

179 Exclusive: Rand Paul wants Chief Justice Roberts, all federal workers, to enroll in Obamacare First good news I've had today.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 04:57 AM (/PCJa)

180 >>> The Odd Couple and Quincy will still be entertaining people when the complete run of Glee is double-packed with 21 Jump Street in the cut out bin at K Mart. I remember Quincy get preachy and I was all that sensitive to it at the time. The Odd Couple will stand up over time.

Posted by: fluffy at September 23, 2013 04:57 AM (z9HTb)

181 Arrrgggh. So today is being Monday.
First, I had the joy and privilege of explaining to the wee baby lawyer who rents office space from us that, yes, he did screw up big time by missing a deadline by a day. It's not a statute of limitations, thankfully, because then I think I would be having to do some CPR on him. But it's still bad. Welcome to a big grown up job where ooops has negative consequences for people besides yourself. Thing the second, I like my boss. I do. He's a good man and he treats us well and he's been moving heaven and Earth to keep this place going. That being said, I'm going to throttle him. You know, if he's going to tell a client to meet us for a hearing at a time that's a half an hour later than the time I told the client, he could, maybe, just maybe, tell *me*. *wheezes and clutches chest* No, I wasn't sitting here completely losing my mind that you were going to be late for court and that the client forgot about the hearing entirely. What gave you that idea? Other than me freaking the hell out, I mean. *wheezes more*

Posted by: alexthechick - Team Oh Fuck All This Shit at September 23, 2013 05:01 AM (VtjlW)

182 Dear Somali Jihadists;

When you are done butchering innocent people, more civilized people who find you despicable will come and ensure you are wiped from the planet.

We may even throw in a few YouTube's of you catching Reaper ordnance, playing catch with a JDAM's and playing hide-n-seek with 30mm rounds from an AH-64.

Hugs and kisses you smelly, sister doinking bastards.
Posted by: Marcus

I'm tired of fighting fair - polonium in their water supplies.  They think were conquering Romans, rampaging Crusaders, or Victorian colonialist ... show'em.  Make them beg for the Hellfire.

Posted by: Jean at September 23, 2013 05:01 AM (CMlD4)

183 114. We are a nation of laws. Suppose to be. Some get waivers. --------------------- ... or the law is simply ignored if the administration dislikes it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 05:01 AM (aDwsi)

184 I'm sick of the uber gay shows: Glee American Horror Story True Bloood

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 23, 2013 05:01 AM (T0Pku)

185 Egypt bans the Muslim Brotherhood and seizes all their assets. Suck it, Obama.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 23, 2013 05:02 AM (ZshNr)

186 Off topic here, but is anyone else playing in the ESPN FFL having trouble logging into ESPN to check their team? Every time I try to log in, I get an error message telling me "cookies must be enabled in order to log in".

Posted by: DaveinNC at September 23, 2013 05:03 AM (boNGU)

187 I travel a lot. I hate it when some asshole gets on his/her cell phone when they're sitting near me on the train and if that happens on a plane I will probably not react well. More importantly though, I'm bewildered as to why the surrender caucus Republicans are still hanging around national politics. They've lost two straight elections. The Tea Party is the only successful movement in the GOP. Just. Go. Away. Rove.

Posted by: MTF at September 23, 2013 05:03 AM (qf2kI)

188 I'm tired of fighting fair - polonium in their water supplies. That's a little indiscriminate. Remember, there *are* Christians and even old Tribalists in those parts.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 05:03 AM (/PCJa)

189 Egypt bans the Muslim Brotherhood and seizes all their assets. Suck it, Obama. Posted by: Lincolntf at September 23, 2013 09:02 AM (ZshNr) It's a direct slap at obama.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 05:03 AM (9Xc5j)

190

OK,    friends in a box, I gotta  go and work on learning a bunch of music for    my tryout with the big band. It's a whole lot of old Motown, funk and 70's RandB,  all stuff I grew  up  hearing, but certainly not the blues I've been playing for the past 20 years or so.  Wish me luck.

 

Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place,  'k?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 23, 2013 05:03 AM (0HooB)

191 Great hymns of the faith-"Once to Every Man and Nation"-(Comes the moment to decide). This once popular hymn has been excised from some of the denominational hymnals including, I believe, the Presbyterian and Methodist Hymnals. The music combined with the powerful Welsh hymn music sends chills down my spine. Music from the London Philharmonic Choir. Magnificent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U21b6h8g7PM James Russell Lowell(1819-1891) was a son of a Unitarian minister in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was an abolitionist, and one of many Americans who opposed the Mexican War. The annexation of Texas, adding a new and large slave-holding state, inspired Lowell to a poem which actually contains more verses than this: As Denis Hancock, Christian, scout leader and outdoorsman notes in his website, "Reformed Angler""" Ironically, the aftermath of the Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo resulted in California joining the Union as a free state. The Mexican War was also where many future generals from North and South would learn lessons that would be put to use 15 years or so later, when the Civil War would tear this country apart far more effectively than the Mexican War did. It seem to be an appropriate for many choices (more than one actually) which have and do face our nation. The words: Once to every man and nation, Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with false-hood, For the good or evil side; Some great cause, some great decision, Offering each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by forever, 'Twixt that darkness and that light. Then to side with truth is noble, When we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, And 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, While the coward stands aside, Till the multitude make virtue, Of the faith they had denied. Though the cause of evil prosper, Yet the truth alone is strong: Though her portion be the scaffold, And upon the throne be wrong, Yet that scaffold sways the future, AND, BEHIND THE DIM UNKNOWN, STANDETH GOD WITHIN THE SHADOW, KEEPING WATCH ABOVE HIS OWN.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 05:04 AM (a4Omg)

192 That first comment at the NYT's is priceless: "It isn't a loss of choice to have fewer choices"

Posted by: Matt S. at September 23, 2013 05:05 AM (m7EhJ)

193

@177

LOL.  Her name is half  sword (Saif) and half  of  Salahuddin (Saladin)  Paradise being under the shade of swords and to kill and be killed the only sure way to get there. 

She's perfect for the position.   Is her cat named Tamerlan Mujahid Jihad  Sharia?

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 05:05 AM (sOtz/)

194 Suck it, Obama.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 23, 2013 09:02 AM (ZshNr)

10 years ago they would have informed the US about their intentions, and we would have been able to control the situation to some extent.

Today? I doubt the Egyptians even thought about the US when the made that decision.

We are a joke and an afterthought in the ME.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 05:05 AM (gqgiP)

195

Whoah Whoah Whoah here.

 

The NYT and Gabe both buried the lead here on the healthcare thing.  It's not just that they're giving you less options, the NYT article notes that they're specifically skipping over "major medical centers.

So, patient's are just being left with "less" choice, it's entirely arguable they're being left with "worse" choice.

(Yeah Yeah, we could have a giant discussion about the waste and possible fraud that results from these behemoth medical centers, and it's one that needs to be had.  But LIVs don't know that, and frankly, in some, probably many cases the major medical center is going to provide you better overall care, especially for complex cases.)

Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 23, 2013 05:06 AM (GaqMa)

196 Good luck, BB!

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 23, 2013 05:06 AM (a7I9Y)

197 US PArk Service provides PSA on the Muslim Women...
See Atlas Shrugs Article...
Contact Info posted for All you people seeking equal time for
WIKA. Christians, Budhist, Hebrews etc

Posted by: Vlad at September 23, 2013 05:08 AM (PytgW)

198 Just wanted to put in a plug on the more conventional morning thread for one of my favorite shows -- "Washington Insiders" on FNC Monday mornings.  Three old guys, old-fashioned pols, talking about politics.  Those old guys are refreshing because they are total Capitol City people but have not lost their brains.  I also try to watch Stirewalt because he is another who can see beyond the infighting. 

Posted by: Mustbequantum at September 23, 2013 05:08 AM (MIKMs)

199 So.... my recruiter just called. One of the companies with which I interviewed will be calling me later today with an offer. And a 23K/yr raise. So... I guess this morning is getting somewhat better (though I'm still torn up about that little girl- and especially her family). I'm shaking: that's a big raise.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 05:09 AM (/PCJa)

200 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 09:04 AM (a4Omg)

Wouldn't want young minds exposed to thoughtful lyrics like that!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 23, 2013 05:10 AM (XdnQT)

201 Congrats Allen! Do you have to relocate or do you get to stay where you are?

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 23, 2013 05:11 AM (bCEmE)

202 >>> Good luck, BB! I thought you theater types used the expression "Break a leg" Go get 'em, Backwards Boy.

Posted by: fluffy at September 23, 2013 05:12 AM (z9HTb)

203 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 09:09 AM (/PCJa)

Congrats on the job offer.

Cancer is an awful evil disease and damages more than the person that has it!  Sorry for your loss!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 23, 2013 05:13 AM (XdnQT)

204

Maybe five ""Americans"" involved in Kenya evil?  This just keeps getting worse. 

Name.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 05:13 AM (sOtz/)

205 Allen- Awesome! Congrats. Really sorry to hear about your friend's daughter. I have a little girl and I can't imagine going through that.

Posted by: Mainah at September 23, 2013 05:13 AM (659DL)

206 Congrats Allen! Do you have to relocate or do you get to stay where you are? Staying where I am. The new employer will be in Grapevine (for those not in the Metroplex, it's just north of DFW Airport).

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 05:13 AM (/PCJa)

207 OMG. That fucking white bitch! The so called White Widow they are not claiming was behind the attack in Kenya. She's the nutter from the UK. She needs to be killed asap.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 23, 2013 05:14 AM (T0Pku)

208 Cancer is an awful evil disease and damages more than the person that has it! One of my first questions to God when I get to heaven is going to be, "Why cancer?"

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 05:14 AM (/PCJa)

209 Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 09:13 AM (sOtz/)

Just think, all the moderates are still here...



abiding their time!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 23, 2013 05:15 AM (XdnQT)

210 Thought for the day: An enemy is just a friend we haven't met yet who's trying to kill us.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 23, 2013 05:15 AM (ee9LE)

211 that's a big raise.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 09:09 AM (/PCJa)

You can finally afford the Platinum membership with the ampersand option!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 05:16 AM (gqgiP)

212 Party at AllenG's place!!!!!

Congrats, buddy!

Posted by: EC at September 23, 2013 05:16 AM (GQ8sn)

213 Uncensored photos at Atlas Shruggs: http://goo.gl/YrWN

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 23, 2013 05:16 AM (T0Pku)

214 Congrats AG10. Based on the quality of your input on this blog, it's a well-deserved raise and long overdue. Have you considered starting your own blog?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 23, 2013 05:17 AM (sFQyf)

215 Who is going to be the first squish Republican to draw a parallel between what happened to the pro-business center-right in Germany due to the anti-Euro hard right eating their base, and the Tea party here in the US.

Posted by: Jean at September 23, 2013 05:17 AM (CMlD4)

216 You can finally afford the Platinum membership with the ampersand option! You mean this one? &&&&&&&&&&&&& Party at AllenG's place!!!!! First non-alcoholic beverage of choice (hey- it's me) is on me.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 05:17 AM (/PCJa)

217 One of my first questions to God when I get to heaven is going to be, "Why cancer?"

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 09:14 AM (/PCJa)


If you are not supposed to be burdened beyond your ability, then is seems to me that cancer should not exist.

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 23, 2013 05:17 AM (XdnQT)

218 "...the major medical center is going to provide you better overall care, especially for complex cases.)"

Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 23, 2013 09:06 AM (GaqMa)

And expose you to more resistant organisms and potentially catastrophically bad nursing.

Good community hospitals are a wonderful resource, mostly because they keep people out of the medical centers!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 05:18 AM (gqgiP)

219 That first comment at the NYT's is priceless: "It isn't a loss of choice to have fewer choices" The NYT comments section is like a display of what a postmodernist education nets you in the real world.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 23, 2013 05:18 AM (sFQyf)

220 Prayers for you AllenG.

Posted by: RWC Chalupa Batman at September 23, 2013 05:20 AM (fWAjv)

221 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 09:18 AM (gqgiP)

At first, I was going to call you out on this, but then I realized that the regional hospital near me has evolved from a place I wouldn't take my dog to a very good comprehensive full service hospital.

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 23, 2013 05:20 AM (XdnQT)

222 Have you considered starting your own blog?



I'm not sure he's ready for that kind of committment.
 


Posted by: EC at September 23, 2013 05:21 AM (GQ8sn)

223 Posted by: Vic at September 23, 2013 06:51 AM (zZbNF)

I'm not surprised that a parent spoke up.  I used to live in Hendersonville and still keep up with things going on there.  The school system and local government have a rough few months here lately with revelations that something along the lines of $1m from liquor taxes intended for the schools cannot be accounted for.  This has put both local government and the schools under a great deal of scrutiny.


Posted by: Country Singer at September 23, 2013 05:21 AM (L8r/r)

224 I'm shaking: that's a big raise.

Oh yeah.  Mama's gettin' a new weave.

Posted by: Free Shit Army at September 23, 2013 05:21 AM (/kI1Q)

225 If you are not supposed to be burdened beyond your ability, then is seems to me that cancer should not exist. That passage (not to be too pedantic) is regarding temptation to sin. It has nothing to do with your physical health- else any terminal disease would also be "burdened beyond your ability." It's weird, but I can look at Job for some comfort, here. Life ain't fair, and we're not the ones who set the foundations of the earth. But God still loves us, and it hurts His heart to see this continue. I can only Believe that He has a reason. Second lesson of the Book of Job- When your friends are in pain, it's not your job to look for reasons why or give them advice; it's simply to surround them with love. I don't know the little girl's family, but I'll be praying. And I hope their friends and Christian family surround them with love.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 05:22 AM (/PCJa)

226 Hrothgar And being totally PC they wouldn't want them to exposed to these lyrics either. That's in the London Phil. Version: By the light of burning martyrs, Christ, Thy bleeding feet we track, Toiling up new CalvÂ’ries ever with the cross that turns not back; New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth, They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 05:22 AM (a4Omg)

227 Posted by: Hrothgar at September 23, 2013 09:20 AM (XdnQT)

Your point is valid; many community hospitals are awful. But there are good ones too.

Our community hospital has improved tremendously in the last decade.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 05:23 AM (gqgiP)

228 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 23, 2013 09:22 AM (/PCJa) Very nicely said, AllenG.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 05:23 AM (a4Omg)

229 Nood...but not the dump.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 23, 2013 05:23 AM (bCEmE)

230 That first comment at the NYT's is priceless: "It isn't a loss of choice to have fewer choices"

Unless we're closing down the Gosnell-style abattoirs by requiring minimum safety standards, then it's totally "removing choice."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at September 23, 2013 05:23 AM (/kI1Q)

231 That first comment at the NYT's is priceless: "It isn't a loss of choice to have fewer choices"

Ok, then let's take abortion off the table.  Your choices are: carry to full term and keep the baby or carry the baby to full term and give to a loving family through adoption.  After all, it isn't a loss of choice to have fewer choices.

Posted by: sweet...ish at September 23, 2013 05:24 AM (bj+Nc)

232 *hi-fives sweet...ish*

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at September 23, 2013 05:26 AM (/kI1Q)

233 I hate it when some asshole gets on his/her cell phone when they're sitting near me on the train and if that happens on a plane I will probably not react well. That used to bug the crap out of me until I learned why from some article about ten years ago. The problem is that we build in cues when talking that signal, "I'm done giving my piece of input, now it's your turn to give yours." Since you hear only one side of the conversation, you subconsciously are nagged by the idea that it's your turn to say something. I don't know why learning that helped me, but it did. I can tune out one-sided conversations. Hell, I don't even know if the reason given is true.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 23, 2013 05:28 AM (V3kRK)

234 Congratulations, Allen!! And my prayers for the family of that poor child and yours as well. Isn't that just like life, a sorrow and a joy simultaneously given? If you are not supposed to be burdened beyond your ability, then is seems to me that cancer should not exist. Posted by: Hrothgar at September 23, 2013 09:17 AM (XdnQT) Being a person of faith, I've always taken that to mean that God never gives more than one can handle to those in God's care. (Assuming if you aren't His, you aren't ascribing the giving to Him) However, if one is in God's care, God is actually doing the handling and He can take on quite a bit more than we. It becomes necessary at that point to stop trying to handle it ourselves and allow God to do it. Easier said than done.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at September 23, 2013 05:28 AM (fzFF6)

235 Okay, new Gabe open thread, fer realz. " Ben tells me no news dump this morning and Monty says DOOM is out too. You may consider this another open thread." Think that's my cue to be off to see the wizard myself. L8rons!

Posted by: mindful webworker again at September 23, 2013 05:29 AM (yFFC0)

236

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 09:18 AM (gqgiP)

 

Right, I get it.

And we could have an entire discussion on the utilization of medical resources, emergent, urgent, can wait, etc. (although good luck finding anything within 50 miles of me that *isn't* a medical center, but this town is weird.)

Iatrogenic infections, over utilization of hospitals, etc. etc. etc.

And I'm very willing to have this discussion.

OR

We could latch on to this, like the democrats would if it helped there case and ride it as far as it will go.  I'd prefer this choice as the starting gambit.

 

(I'm actually very much open to, and tepidly in favor of a two/multi-tiered medical system.  We have a multi-tiered everything else from clothing, to food, to housing to transportation.  It's not a prima facie bad thing, despite what some would say.  What I am opposed to is a two tiered medical system designed by a pitiful attempt at a command economy.  Under ObamaCare people will no longer be able to choose "higher deductible, more choice of providers" which I think is a fair tradeoff, nah instead they get told "This, this is your option.")

Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 23, 2013 05:31 AM (GaqMa)

237 Somebody remember to grab willow and bring her to the new thread, huh?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 23, 2013 05:36 AM (zF6Iw)

238 Well. I see Monday remains Mondaytastic for the Horde this morning. For our Crossbowist brethren, I found your backup weapon: http://tinyurl.com/n5et2on

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Honey Badger Shaman at September 23, 2013 05:37 AM (naUcP)

239 Well, in Kenya they are cutting off hands and disfiguring faces. So the Quran is not really going to help us out of this one. Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 08:19 AM (sOtz/) I posted yesterday the demographics of Kenya (84% Christian, of which 54% Protestant). Kenyan minority Muslims are SUNNI (Wahhabi terrorist) concentrated populations holding majority demographics in Kenya's north eastern and coastal Provinces. The Kenyan North Eastern Province prior to WWI was the southern portion of Sunni Jubaland which the British divided in half, awarding northern Jubaland to Italy renamed Somalia. The British incorporated southern Sunni Jubaland into Kenya, renamed the current NW Province for Colonial British Empire. Prior to that point, Kenya's identity was Christian without any significant Muslim interference. But since conjoining Sunni Jubaland/Somalians into Kenya, there has been civil strife and civil wars and terrorism ever since. The British did global Identities no favors after WWI, redrawing traditional borders, insuring the augmentation of perpetual strife. And as for the elitist/eugenicist early 20th Century alliance with barbarous Wahhabi Sunnis, again, Britain's leadership with the USA in tow is proving the downfall of our democratic Constitutional Republic, the FIRST Republic since the ancient fell back to authoritarians. The first US White House Counter-Terrorism Chief was Steven Pieczenik, M.D., psychiatry who served FIVE POTUS administrations. It was Pieczenik who negotiated the release of our hostages with the revolutionary Iranian new government during Carter's CIA/Embassy fubar that assumed no hostilities would actually touch US officials. Pieczenik reminds Americans that despite media hype for their own profits, the US Embassy bureaucrats taken hostage were humanely cared for, were NOT tortured, and were released unharmed. THAT of itself illustrates the huge distinction between the universal barbaric Wahhabi terrorism conducted by Sunni against the rest of the world, and the civilized Persian/Shiia Muslims. Whatever else he is, Webster Tarpley is a historian above reproach. He made the point that in recent centuries, Iran has never conducted a military invasive conquest. THAT of itself illustrates the absolute distinction between the Persian/Shiia demanding its own independent Identity from the Saudi/Sunni which has zero tolerance for ANYTHING but its own Wahhabi Global Caliphate. Consider again the colossal mistake vs. humanity AND civilization caused by the British insistence to shatter the Ottoman Empire AFTER the Caliphate had already reformed completely; all people regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion were of equal status throughout the Empire; all enjoyed equal rights under the law which itself was Constitutional, not fundamentalist or authoritarian; all enjoyed equal rights to purchase property and conduct business enterprise without penalization based on Identity. Our own US history with nationalism is hypocritical no thanks to politicians and a public "educated" by official propaganda, a public "trusting" politicians to be honest. Remember Wilson's futile US Military intervention in Russia's own civil war. Consider Eisenhower who campaigned/won on the platform to get the US out of the UN/Korean War; only to launch a series of interventionist exploits including AJAX robbing Iranians of their own sovereign status and democratically elected Republic governance, installing such Monarchies throughout the ME to favor the growing identity of the US-global corporatism (that has us all bound as slaves today). Unfortunately for too many people around the world including the US citizenry, our own government launched its anti-communist Domino War Games, all the while revising US Constitutional Governance into Authoritarianism. Indeed, "Identity" is the common ground, either for global stability by mutual respect, or for global instability by invasive wars to monopolize the world. Consider carefully the Iranian President's Op-Ed for Americans to read. Most of us haven't a clue except for what we're fed by media motivated for profit and monopoly vs. accuracy. It isn't as if Iran or Russia are the bff of the USA. However, it would be foolish to think that the Saudis are allies of the USA. And only idiots swallow what D.C. serves the public. Détente

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 23, 2013 05:38 AM (MhA4j)

240 L8r on

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 23, 2013 05:43 AM (MhA4j)

241 Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 23, 2013 09:31 AM (GaqMa)

What? Let the market control pricing and choice?

You're preaching to the choir.

Probably impossible, but it's a nice thought.

Ending corporate tax deductions for health benefits is probably the best shot we have, and even that is a tough fight.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 05:45 AM (gqgiP)

242

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 09:45 AM (gqgiP)

 

Agreed! I'd even call that a good idea, we should send it to Obama then point out that good ideas have been suggested, he's just ignoring them.

(I'd only want that deduction ended though as part of greater tax overhaul, if we just end it, it'll just be more money for the progtards to spend.  I'm even up for treating health benefits as "income" on the employee side of the ledger, or at the very least letting people who buy privately deduct it equivalently.)

Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 23, 2013 05:49 AM (GaqMa)

243 Posted by: tsrblke, actual real life PhD student at September 23, 2013 09:49 AM (GaqMa)

Certainly one of the root problems is the misguided idea that health care is a right. Just like housing is a right.

sinking huge amounts of capital into those two is a terrible investment, if the goal is to increase growth.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 23, 2013 05:53 AM (gqgiP)

244

When the right finally gets around to crafting a solution to the healthcare problem, it needs to include the elimination of hundreds of regulations that limit what nurses can do in lieu of the doctor's guild.

 

A free market solution relies on making things as efficient as possible.

Posted by: jwest at September 23, 2013 05:55 AM (u2a4R)

245 I thought you theater types used the expression "Break a leg"

Only in 'Plays'.
Don't ever say that to a Showgirl/Dancer, you're supposed to say 'Merde' which means caca in French. (just ask Ace).

Posted by: Retired Geezer at September 23, 2013 07:35 AM (7xShT)

246 Greetings: If I had been working in the Al-Shebab press office, I think that I would have gone with "death redistribution" instead of "redistributive justice". It is the Age of Obama after all.

Posted by: 11B40 at September 23, 2013 08:20 AM (LkZaa)

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