September 25, 2013

Top Headline Comments 9-25-13
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Wednesday.

Still going. When I got up a while ago, Sen. Rubio was talking about taxes, regulations, and debt. He's been on since around 6am. Sens. Lee and Cruz split the early morning hours. Cruz's speech will surpass the previous 5th-longest floor speech (counting all the time since he's started, including the time he's yielded to others, which is how they count in the Senate) at 6:55am.

In other news, Mitt Romney will headline a fundraiser for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli.

A Dallas zoo gorilla will get therapy for his sexist behavior.

A fake Apple ad that says iOS7 will make your iPhone waterproof has tricked several people into destroying their iPhones.

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1 Wow

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 02:53 AM (X+nFp)

2

I'm filibustering myself.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 02:53 AM (X+nFp)

3 I think I'm a quorum.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 02:54 AM (X+nFp)

4 Still going and going...

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 02:54 AM (X+nFp)

5 Laughing about the apple story.

Posted by: NCKate at September 25, 2013 02:54 AM (WtZbx)

6 If a post goes up and only one person notices does it count?

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 02:55 AM (X+nFp)

7 A fake Apple ad that says iOS7 will make your iPhone waterproof has tricked several people into destroying their iPhones. *** The 's' factor strikes again. I paid about $75 for a case that makes my phone waterproof but I dang sure didn't test it. The test will come if/when I accidentally drop it into water. Then the warranty will cover it if the cover fails. Morons.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 02:55 AM (DmNpO)

8 I've got my coffee. Now I just need my morning dose of Vic. And MPPP.

Posted by: Crankyjanne at September 25, 2013 02:55 AM (BnR4I)

9 I yield to my stomach

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 02:57 AM (8sCoq)

10 One quick word before the h8ters get started: You may not have agreed with Cruz's tactic at the beginning and you may not think it will do any good, but if you cannot now support a man who has stood on his feet for 16 hours to argue against a law on your behalf, well.... I don't know what to say to you.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 02:58 AM (DmNpO)

11 Thanks Gabe. Re: Obamacare It is amazing to consider that a political philosophy (the Left) that claims to celebrate "diversity" insists on a one-size-fits-all form of health care. That is all I've got this morning.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2013 02:58 AM (mvenn)

12 Just passin' thru.... ♪♪ "...and I straighten Miss Emily's picture on the wall..." ♪♪

Posted by: backhoe at September 25, 2013 02:58 AM (ULH4o)

13 l'm downloading the 'winning lotto numbers' app...only $99.95! What a steal!

Posted by: Icedog at September 25, 2013 02:58 AM (eiDb3)

14 I hope they send the gorilla to the same place as Bob Filner used; he'll be cured in under a week.
 
Although I'm having a bit of trouble imagining exactly what gorilla sex therapy consists of. Slapping him on the penis if he plays with himself? Gorilla porn? Politely shagging a goat while the gorilla watches?
 
I can hardly wait to hear the details.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 25, 2013 02:58 AM (wNF3N)

15 It's raining in the Carolinas. Wil Vic be on his porch?

Posted by: NCKate at September 25, 2013 02:59 AM (WtZbx)

16 So what is the mechanism that will stop Cruz from talking? I know this isn't a filibuster.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2013 02:59 AM (4rxW7)

17 I've got my coffee. Now I just need my morning dose of Vic. And MPPP.
Posted by: Crankyjanne
..............
My coffee maker stopped working yesterday.. electronics are going nuts..

Good morning all!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 25, 2013 03:00 AM (AYOav)

18 So what is the mechanism that will stop Cruz from talking? I know this isn't a filibuster. *** There is a scheduled vote on cloture for sometime midday today. He must relinquish the floor by then.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:00 AM (DmNpO)

19 #1,#2,#3 & #6- One of the better "First!"'s I've seen.

Posted by: mica vim toot at September 25, 2013 03:00 AM (jC244)

20 Niedermeyer's Dead Horse, yeah, that's what I thought.  Bought Otterboxes for kids iphones based on that same claim.  Then when one was dropped and glass shattered, was told by the company that they would replace the case.  That is what was covered.  The case.  So if your $75 case fails to protect your phone, they will replace.... the case....sigh.

Morning all

Posted by: DishofRed at September 25, 2013 03:02 AM (Dmq63)

21 Niedermeyer's Dead Horse, yeah, that's what I thought. Bought Otterboxes for kids iphones based on that same claim. Then when one was dropped and glass shattered, was told by the company that they would replace the case. That is what was covered. The case. So if your $75 case fails to protect your phone, they will replace.... the case....sigh. *** Nope. They'll replace the phone.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:02 AM (DmNpO)

22 Stupid i-phone owners, serves them right. haha fking classic though. Jason vs. Freddy argument has made it to the Senate floor. Cool.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:03 AM (7mQyC)

23 My coffee maker stopped working yesterday..

 

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 25, 2013 07:00 AM

 

 

Mine too. The lazy slag.

Posted by: otho at September 25, 2013 03:03 AM (9gNQd)

24 i̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶f̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶o̶d̶s̶ If a Republican spoke for 16+ hours would the media hear him?

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 25, 2013 03:03 AM (6J+oK)

25 #1,#2,#3 & #6- One of the better "First!"'s I've seen. Posted by: mica vim toot at September 25, 2013 07:00 AM (jC244) ***** Definition of a true competitor: A man who comes in first and third place in a circle jerk.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2013 03:04 AM (mvenn)

26 I just checked and the cover I have is a 'Lifeproof'

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:04 AM (DmNpO)

27 I know some case makers do replace the phones.  Just not the otterboxes.  Learned my lesson.

Posted by: DishofRed at September 25, 2013 03:05 AM (Dmq63)

28 #25 - Thanks for that visual.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:05 AM (7mQyC)

29 Breaking news!!!! Da BEARS are 3-0!!!! Good morning all

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 25, 2013 03:06 AM (wPCF5)

30 I just looked at my cell phone cover. It's a Zip-Lok ™

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2013 03:06 AM (mvenn)

31 This snippet from Pro Football Talk doesn't make sense:


 Posted by Josh Alper on September 25, 2013, 6:57 AM EDT


After Monday nightÂ’s victory over the Raiders, Broncos running back Ronnie Hillman told reporters that winning a round of rock, paper, scissors against the teamÂ’s other backs led him to get the ball for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Hillman said he went with rock to win, which is a good strategy since nothing beats rock and was captured by cameras during the game. Well, nothing except the head coach.

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:07 AM (8sCoq)

32 Breaking news!!!! Da BEARS are 3-0!!!! Good morning all *** The definition of 'fan'.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:07 AM (DmNpO)

33 Actually, I blame Apple.  Daughter had software issue with her phone.  Took it to the store for replacement.  I think they gave her a sub-standard replacement, because it wasn't a week later she dropped the phone and glass shattered.  She had dropped the previous phone with no issue.  She is using a phone with a cracked screen until she learns to be more careful.

Posted by: DishofRed at September 25, 2013 03:07 AM (Dmq63)

34 If a Republican spoke for 16+ hours would the media hear him?[[/i] The coverage in the press has been universally smarmy. They'd put him in a soundproof booth if they could.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2013 03:08 AM (5PkZK)

35 This is Fascism, pure and simple. In Philadelphia. Cops defend the Bill gates curriculum from the speech-- the speech-- of an free man.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lgogx92

Posted by: شخصی که غده درقی  at September 25, 2013 03:08 AM (xdqW8)

36

I was at Animal Kingdom with my wife and we waved at some gorillas who were near us.  Out of nowhere an employee tells us that is not nice behavior in the gorilla world. 

Two problems: 1) Was she really saying a captive gorilla was too stupid to know we are not gorillas?  And, 2) Having lived around humans for  years in a THEME PARK, somehow we were the first people who waved?

FTR, the gorillas could not have given a shit what we did.  They were grooming each other. 

Posted by: Beagle at September 25, 2013 03:09 AM (sOtz/)

37 32. According to the wife I'm the definition of 'denial'

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 25, 2013 03:10 AM (wPCF5)

38 Following up on the posting last night, here is another Mike Rowe speech regarding the state of work in this country today that is well worth listening to - http://www.youtube.com/embed/85dCjsCgvXQ?autoplay=1 I was privileged to hear him deliver it live T the BSA Jamboree in July.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at September 25, 2013 03:12 AM (N6l/o)

39 This is so sad, I hate to link it, but....
http://preview.tinyurl.com/n8l64ce

Posted by: ادم احمق و ابله (ه at September 25, 2013 03:12 AM (xdqW8)

40 Here I am in Korea and no Vic or MPPP.

What am I, a potted plant?

Posted by: John P. Squibob at September 25, 2013 03:13 AM (dzKbD)

41 was at Animal Kingdom with my wife and we waved at some gorillas who were near us. Out of nowhere an employee tells us that is not nice behavior in the gorilla world. *** Behold the repression inherent in the system.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2013 03:13 AM (mvenn)

42 who knew the HHS secretary was on the NY Times Editorial board http://tinyurl.com/k8934zq The Embarrassment of Senator Ted Cruz Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, the public face of the aimless and self-destructive Tea Party strategy to stop health care reform, began an endless floor speech on Tuesday with the theme of “make D.C. listen.” But even his Republican colleagues had long since stopped paying attention to his corrosive bombast, tired of his pious insults to his own party and unimpressed with his eagerness to shut down the government in pursuit of an ideological dream .

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 25, 2013 03:16 AM (6J+oK)

43

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  Sheesh, give me time to get a cup of tea, willya?  Anyway, here we go. . .

 

 

Like Mae WestÂ’s “Come up and see me sometime,” and “Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”* Greta Garbo is often quoted in shorthand – “I want to be alone” and “I tÂ’ank I go home.”  She probably never said the first; as to the second. . .well, there are a couple of stories.

 

 

One is that, during the filming of her first American movie, Torrent, in 1926, a scene called for Garbo to dive into a pool of icy water.  Which she did, coming up sputtering and shivering from the cold.  “ThatÂ’s fine,” director Monta Bell called.  “Now letÂ’s do it again.”  Once more, Garbo plunged into the water, coming up blue and shaking.  “ThatÂ’s great,” Bell said.  “Now letÂ’s do it again.”

 

 

At that point, the story goes, Garbo walked around the pool of water, staring into the chilly depths.  Then she picked up her cloak from a nearby chair, wrapped it around herself and strolled away, saying “I tÂ’ank I go home.”

 

 

 

The second version has it that in 1927 Garbo went to see MGM boss Louis B. Mayer to ask for more money.  “Why?” the mogul cried.  “HavenÂ’t I done everything to make you happy here?  Think how much better off you are since leaving Berlin.  What kind of money were you making then?  Was it anywhere near the six hundred dollars a week we pay you now?”

 

 

“You are paying Jack Gilbert ten thousand a week,” Garbo responded.

 

 

“I see what you mean,” said Mayer.  “I agree with you.  IÂ’ll make a new arrangement.  How much will make you happy?”

 

 

“Five thousand dollars a week.”

 

 

“I’ll give you twenty-five hundred.”

 

 

“I t’ank I go home.”

 

 

So Mayer caved in, weÂ’re told, and gave Garbo her five thousand a week.

 

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

 

 

*Which, like Cary Grant’s “Judy, Judy, Judy,” or Cagney’s “You dirty rat,” are lines she never said.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 03:16 AM (zF6Iw)

44 @42 NYT is going down the tubes, a big chunk of their common stock is owned by a Mexican billionaire, and the national right track/wrong track polls are running about 2-to-1 wrong track.
Yeah, as usual the NYT is smarter than everyone.

Posted by: Cretin, centrifugin moron isotopes, baby at September 25, 2013 03:19 AM (xdqW8)

45 I envision the NYTimes editorial board as a bunch of bitchy gay men

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:20 AM (8sCoq)

46 Go Ted.  Stick it right in their eye.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 03:20 AM (BAS5M)

47

@39

Syrian Christians run the best Greek restaurant around here.   They got out 20 years ago.  America: the land of people who know when to cut and run.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 25, 2013 03:21 AM (sOtz/)

48 Out of nowhere an employee tells us that is not nice behavior in the gorilla world. That smarmy impulse is supposed to be taught out of you by the end of grade school or beaten out of you before the end of middle school.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 25, 2013 03:21 AM (V3kRK)

49 I envision the NYTimes editorial board as a bunch of bitchy gay men *** They've simply been lost, LOST, ever since SATC went off the air.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:21 AM (DmNpO)

50 OK, now that 'Agents Of SHIELD' has aired (I don't have teebee) how was Agent Coulson's death in The Avengers explained away?

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:21 AM (8sCoq)

51 @45 "nuovi castrati" (pace Rush Limbaugh)

Posted by: Cretin, centrifugin moron isotopes, baby at September 25, 2013 03:21 AM (xdqW8)

52

I envision the NYTimes editorial board as a bunch of bitchy gay men

 

I sense a great disturbance in the Force, as if a million Frank Riches cried out at once and were silenced.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 03:23 AM (zF6Iw)

53 50 OK, now that 'Agents Of SHIELD' has aired (I don't have teebee) how was Agent Coulson's death in The Avengers explained away? I think it's a prequel.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2013 03:24 AM (5PkZK)

54 45 I envision the NYTimes editorial board as a bunch of bitchy gay men David Brooks clones.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2013 03:26 AM (5PkZK)

55 >I think it's a prequel.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2013 07:24 AM (5PkZK)



ahh, prequel. I'm linear, myself.

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:28 AM (8sCoq)

56 Used car salesmen get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and motivate themselves to go to work by saying "at least I'm not an NYT editorial board member." 

Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2013 03:29 AM (BeSEI)

57

knock knock knock Vic

knock knock knock Vic

knock knock knock Vic

Posted by: wing at September 25, 2013 03:29 AM (dLNm7)

58 Out of morbid curiosity, who has the longest speech in Senate history?


Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at September 25, 2013 03:29 AM (Gk3SS)

59 Mike Rowe Speech link - Thanks had not seen it.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:31 AM (7mQyC)

60 Democratic Senator J Strom Thurmond holds the record.

Posted by: tmitsss at September 25, 2013 03:31 AM (Pa9vP)

61

#58

On the ONT it was Strom Thrumond opposing the CRA.   Someone linked it.  Since 1900 IIRC.   Around a day.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 25, 2013 03:32 AM (sOtz/)

62 58 - Full list. http://tinyurl.com/pw865ko But to anwser your question: — 24 hours, 18 minutes: Strom Thurmond, S.C., civil rights bill, 1957.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:32 AM (7mQyC)

63

knock knock knock Vic
knock knock knock Vic
knock knock knock Vic

 

**shotgun cocking**

 

"Git off mah land, ya damyankee!"

 

BLAM!

 

**smoke clears.  Vic walks up to prostrate form**

 

"Quit whinin', boy!  Ah only winged ya.  When ah aim fer a vital spot, then ya'll knows ah mean bizness!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 03:32 AM (zF6Iw)

64 Jones in Colorado@7:21,

In all likelihood he is a Life Model Decoy and there is an army of Coulsons.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 03:32 AM (GWOE4)

65 Out of morbid curiosity, who has the longest speech in Senate history? ****** From Jamie Dupree: The longest speech ever in the Senate was by Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC). Cruz would have to speak until after 3 pm on Wednesday to eclipse that mark, but Senate rules will likely prevent Cruz from getting to that record. I think that would put hi in the 25 hour mark

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:32 AM (DmNpO)

66 The record for the longest filibuster goes to U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, according to U.S. Senate records.

Thurmond began speaking at 8:54 p.m. on Aug. 28 and continued until 9:12 p.m. the following evening, reciting the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, President George Washington's farewell address and other historical documents along the way.

Thurmond was not the only lawmaker to filibuster on the issue, however. According to Senate records, teams of senators consumed 57 days filibustering between March 26 and June 19, the day the Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed.

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:32 AM (8sCoq)

67 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 06:58 AM (DmNpO) Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 03:33 AM (a4Omg)

68 Anson Williams (directed 6 Treks *** Potsy?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:34 AM (DmNpO)

69 Out of morbid curiosity, who has the longest speech in Senate history?

It was either Strom Thurmond or Robert Byrd

Posted by: John P. Squibob at September 25, 2013 03:34 AM (dzKbD)

70 These "citizen Senators", like Lee and Cruz, just don't know how to fall in line and bend over and take it up the ass like other republican Senators. 

Posted by: redenzo at September 25, 2013 03:34 AM (vx61Q)

71 Assuming this ends around 12:00pm today this one will take the #4 slot.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:34 AM (7mQyC)

72 I say put Whoopee and Oprah in with that gorilla. There's some therapy, aversion therapy.

Posted by: EROWMER at September 25, 2013 03:35 AM (OONaw)

73 but but but....a day without Vic is like a day without.....

Posted by: wing and a prayer at September 25, 2013 03:35 AM (dLNm7)

74 Strom Thurmond's was the longest at 24 hours.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2013 03:35 AM (5PkZK)

75 Senator Rand Paul ‏@SenRandPaul 1m @SenTedCruz still going! On my way back to help him out this morning. Tune in to hear more about #MakeDCListen

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:36 AM (DmNpO)

76 71 - We can not spare these men, they fight.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:36 AM (7mQyC)

77

Anson Williams (directed 6 Treks)

 

Ralph Malph hardest hit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 03:36 AM (zF6Iw)

78 One quick word before the h8ters get started:

You may not have agreed with Cruz's tactic at the beginning and you may not think it will do any good, but if you cannot now support a man who has stood on his feet for 16 hours to argue against a law on your behalf, well.... I don't know what to say to you. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 06:58 AM (DmNpO)


*raises hand*   I have some suggestions.


Sigh.   Sadly, I know some Agents of Shield stuff because one of my best outside of the gray box friends is all into it.   It's not a prequel, as there's a line by someone saying that it can't be Coulson because he died in the line of duty.


IIRC, what happened to Coulson is one of the plot points complete and total MacGuffins that fuckface Whedon will Joss himself and do whatever the hell he decides he wants to do at that moment to explain it DIAF Joss, DIAF.  Ahem.  

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at September 25, 2013 03:37 AM (Gk3SS)

79 Longest state filibuster-from another Texan-36 hours from Bill Meier: http://www.texastribune.org/2013/03/14/43-hours-texas-senator-set-filibuster-record-77/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 03:37 AM (a4Omg)

80 *raises hand* I have some suggestions. *** Heh. I bet!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:38 AM (DmNpO)

81 >>>America: the land of people who know when to cut and run.

If you think of it that way the whole place could be empty here in a few minutes...

Posted by: typo dynamofo at September 25, 2013 03:38 AM (URNUb)

82 Thanks for all the answers, I'd assumed it was Byrd but Strom makes sense.


Was that when he was still a Democrat?   I vaguely recall that he didn't switch parties to R until after the passage of the Civil Rights Act.  

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at September 25, 2013 03:38 AM (Gk3SS)

83 Cruz control, baby! Love this shit. All the ass wipes sniping at him in the Senate should have done this when the law was originally passed. Now they're whining because they're exposed as unwilling to fight for something on principal. It's OK, Senators McConnell, McVain, Ayotte, Nancy Boy, et al-- you may join in now, the bus still has seats on it!

Posted by: MTF at September 25, 2013 03:38 AM (bDUMn)

84 79. Hey AtC, I just found your maxed out super dragon 2 for $2700 You know you want it

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 25, 2013 03:38 AM (0XV8C)

85 DIAF?

Posted by: wing and a prayer at September 25, 2013 03:38 AM (dLNm7)

86 If you think of it that way the whole place could be empty here in a few minutes...

Posted by: typo dynamofo at September 25, 2013 07:38 AM (URNUb)

----- ------- --------- ----------- ----------- --------

Not coincidentally, Belize commercials are all over Fox News.  

Posted by: Beagle at September 25, 2013 03:39 AM (sOtz/)

87 @69 Yes, the same guy. He directed 2 DS9's and 4 Voyagers.

Posted by: Gran at September 25, 2013 03:39 AM (mw0FO)

88 Gorillacare version of sex therapy => castration and estrogen injections.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2013 03:39 AM (mvenn)

89

DIAF?

 

Die in a fire.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 25, 2013 03:40 AM (lr3d7)

90 70 John P Squibob@ 7:34,

Senator Byrd gets a special lifetime achievement award, considering he successfully filibustered the Bank of the United States from President Jackson to the rise of the Fed.

Longevity, it's what's for dinner at the Senatorial Mos Eisley Cantina.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 03:40 AM (GWOE4)

91

"IIRC, what happened to Coulson is one of the plot points complete and total MacGuffins that fuckface Whedon will Joss himself and do whatever the hell he decides he wants to do at that moment to explain it DIAF Joss, DIAF. Ahem."

 

I'm assuming there is an encrypted message in that paragraph, either that or it's still way to early to focus. 

Posted by: jwest at September 25, 2013 03:42 AM (u2a4R)

92 I appreciate Rubio's assistance on the Senate floor but damn the only drum he has to beat is the immigrant drum.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:43 AM (DmNpO)

93 "Senate should have done this when the law was originally passed." --- Yeah or even better that cunt Olympia Snowe could have not voted it out of committee, negating the need.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:43 AM (7mQyC)

94 Strom Thurmond was a Democrat at the time of his 1957 filibuster

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:43 AM (8sCoq)

95 Cruz is still looking  strong.  Wow.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 03:43 AM (BAS5M)

96 79 Her Eminence Alex I@7:37,

Well turned use of "Joss" your excellency.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 03:43 AM (GWOE4)

97 Repeal ZeroCare because it destroys the free enterprise system, the only one in the world that rewards hard work, and enables upward mobility. --Rubio The rich and powerful get special exemptions and get treated better than you, the hard working Americans struggling to stay afloat. Exemptions for the rich, but not for you. Apply to all equally or to none at all, Mr. Obama and Mr. Reid. --Cruz

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 03:45 AM (MhA4j)

98

Methinks Vic had a little too much brown liquid during his sojurn in the ol' rocking chair yesterday.

 

Here's a news story from Quincy, Massachusetts, that I posted yesterday.  A very sad / extremely rage-stroking story about an abused dog:

 

http://tinyurl.com/pfzeobd


 

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 03:45 AM (zF6Iw)

99 96 Count de Monet@7:43,

Spite is a good fuel, and well earned spite burns twice as bright.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 03:45 AM (GWOE4)

100 somebody post a link to a GOOD news story ffs

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:46 AM (8sCoq)

101 Thurmond was a dem not evil republican in 1957 when he fought against cra.

Posted by: NCKate at September 25, 2013 03:46 AM (WtZbx)

102 Cruz and Rubio marvelously represent the Latino American success story, updating the serial documentary broadcasted last night on PBS, coincidentally.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 03:47 AM (MhA4j)

103 I like things that are great

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:47 AM (8sCoq)

104 Bubba and Barry on the road like Wilder and Pryor pitching Socialized medicine. A form of medicine neither will have to endure.

Posted by: redenzo at September 25, 2013 03:48 AM (vx61Q)

105 Sen Pat Roberts in  da house (er Senate)!  R-Kansas

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 03:48 AM (BAS5M)

106 Final vote tally on the Civil Rights Act of 1957


The bill passed the House with a vote of 285 to 126 (Republicans 167-19 for, Democrats 118-107 for) [3] and the Senate 72 to 18 (Republicans 43-0 for, Democrats 29-18 for).[4] President Eisenhower signed it on September 9, 1957.

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:49 AM (8sCoq)

107 "BEIRUT (Reuters) - Powerful Syrian insurgent units have rejected the authority of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC), badly damaging efforts by Western-backed political exiles to forge a moderate rebel military force on the ground." --- McCain and Lucy could not be reached for comment. Also of note: Published September 24, 2013 FoxNews.com "Secretary of State John Kerry plans to sign a controversial U.N. treaty on arms regulation on Wednesday, a senior State Department official told Fox News -- despite warnings from lawmakers that the Senate will not ratify the agreement. " -- Just lovely.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:49 AM (7mQyC)

108 101 Jones in CO@7:46,

http://tinyurl.com/cd9yfz

The Market Futures are going reality's way for a change.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 03:49 AM (GWOE4)

109 Why didn't this fucking loser do this before they passed Obama care?

Posted by: Mr Pink at September 25, 2013 03:50 AM (TYnvk)

110 R-Kansas, Sen. Pat Roberts supporting Cruz, who during the course of the night, allowed in a true statesman manner, different points of view to be expressed and mutually respected in a senatorial manner. Topic: Regular Order distinguishes the House from the Senate.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 03:50 AM (MhA4j)

111 Also saw this:


of the ten wealthiest members of Congress, 7 are Democrats

http://is.gd/pZxYWm

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:50 AM (8sCoq)

112 To all those in the "It won't work", this is stupid", "waste of time" peanut gallery...Look and Learn...this is how it STARTS!!! LEADING...the naysayers will follow...always do.

Posted by: getonwithit at September 25, 2013 03:51 AM (MbeEN)

113 110 Mr. Pink@7:50,

I do not think Ted Cruz was allowed to filibuster(sorta) as a non member of the Senate.

Were that allowed I'd much prefer Empire of Jeff, or Steyn to do so.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 03:52 AM (GWOE4)

114 "Strom Thurmond was a Democrat at the time of his 1957 filibuster" --- A fact I'm sure the MSM will not mention if it ever comes up.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:52 AM (7mQyC)

115 Here's some good news. When their daughter's wedding is cancelled the parents invite 200 of Atlanta's homeless to share the wedding dinner reception: http://tinyurl.com/oyfg3vu Gosh, it's sounds positively.....biblical. :^) http://tinyurl.com/oyfg3vu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 03:53 AM (a4Omg)

116 > "Strom Thurmond was a Democrat at the time of his 1957 filibuster"
---
A fact I'm sure the MSM will not mention if it ever comes up.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 07:52 AM (7mQyC)



are you kidding? In their universe, they had to make Repubs vote for it at gunpoint

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:53 AM (8sCoq)

117 108. "Do you know I am?!?!?!?!?!?!"

Posted by: Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry at September 25, 2013 03:53 AM (xGDj+)

118 The "captivate" in the elevator at work was non-functional yesterday and I made a joke about how the government shut-down must have started with the propaganda department. The two other people in the car looked at me blankly. Ha ha...forgot most of the other offices in my building are city services. Oh well. I'm guessing they already know where to find me when it's time for the re-education camp. Thank you, Senator Cruz, for trying to shame them into fighting for freedom.

Posted by: Gem at September 25, 2013 03:54 AM (zw+pb)

119 When another Senator asks a long winded question, can Cruz step out for a potty break?

Posted by: John P. Squibob at September 25, 2013 03:55 AM (dzKbD)

120 >Here's some good news. When their daughter's wedding is cancelled the parents invite 200 of Atlanta's homeless to share the wedding dinner reception:

http://tinyurl.com/oyfg3vu



see, people? this is how it's done

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:55 AM (8sCoq)

121 Here's some good news. When their daughter's wedding is cancelled the parents invite 200 of Atlanta's homeless to share the wedding dinner reception: *** Great story.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 03:55 AM (DmNpO)

122 I have an app for ginger's that makes a laptop waterproof. Take it into the shower with you to be sure it is working....

Posted by: Cicero Kid at September 25, 2013 03:56 AM (DHQv9)

123

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 07:55 AM (8sCoq)

 

Hey, I tried to post a couple of pics for you, but the damn gerbils running this place chewed them up.  And I'm too lazy to link them again.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 03:57 AM (zF6Iw)

124 Insa a picture somewhere of two little blond girls i front of a tv caption said they were Sen Cruz's daughters -adorable. Apparently it was him reading green eggs and ham last night? Can't remember where I saw it but it was really cute.

Posted by: Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry at September 25, 2013 03:57 AM (xGDj+)

125 "When another Senator asks a long winded question, can Cruz step out for a potty break?" --- My understanding has always been, if he leaves the chamber he gives up the floor. He can sit down for a while while someone else talks, he can whip out jug or plastic bag to piss in (probably breaking etiquette) but no he can't leave.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:58 AM (7mQyC)

126 Nope, Cruz has to stay in the Senate on his feet.  If he sits or leaves, he has yielded the floor and the President of the Senate can end the session.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 03:58 AM (BAS5M)

127 >"Secretary of State John Kerry plans to sign a controversial U.N. treaty on arms regulation on Wednesday, a senior State Department official told Fox News


he can sign all the fecken treaties he wants, but it's DOA in the Senate, which has advice/consent power to approve/reject all treaties

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 03:58 AM (8sCoq)

128 Good Morning.
The church volunteers were amazing. The house has a practically new kitchen. The wall and floor damage were all repaired. They even brought a brand new window. They said they'd be back today as they had some other stuff they were going to do. To those that know what I'm referring to, Thanks for the help yesterday. If I hadn't had the chance to whinge, and get kind of to to accept what people offer, I think I'd have... I don't know what. Getting this kind of help is new. I'm supposed to be on the other side of the need equation. MP4 and CBD, y'all had some very good advice and it did help. Thank you both. And the rest thanks.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 25, 2013 03:59 AM (MnSla)

129 125 - That picture you speak of http://t.co/acgNKBfQBY

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 03:59 AM (7mQyC)

130 Insa a picture somewhere of two little blond girls i front of a tv caption said they were Sen Cruz's daughters -adorable. Apparently it was him reading green eggs and ham last night? Can't remember where I saw it but it was really cute. *** One of his staff tweeted it out: http://t.co/PV8UGg0fG3

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 04:00 AM (DmNpO)

131 People are stupid, I upgraded my iPhone 4@ to IOS 7 & it has new features but I know the phone is glass and do not expect it to become indestructible. IÂ’ve waited patiently since May when I was eligible for an upgrade for the new iPhone to be released. IÂ’m waiting for it to arrive. I have conflicting info from Apple. Shipping confirmation has arrival date of September 26. Apple Store app has arrival date of September 30, which happens to be my birthday. The first thing I did after I woke up was turn on CSPAN2, I believe itÂ’s 2, to see if Ted Cruz was still going. IÂ’m glad heÂ’s still going and making sense. I asked question on ONTI if anyone wanted to stop me from sending email to Mitch McConnell in response to letter I recÂ’d asking for $ to support his reelection. I was going to tell Mitch why he CANNOT count on me for a cent but I suddenly lost all my energy and promptly fell asleep. I like it that McConnell has wasted four (maybe five) letters to me via USPS asking for my support. That spineless, back stabbing man is getting nothing from me. HeÂ’s useless and should be ousted from minority leader as well as being ousted from senate. ItÂ’s time to get rid of the old fools that do nothing to advance conservatives. Mitch thinks heÂ’s an outspoken leader and is number one target of TFG and the media. HeÂ’s delusional if he thinks heÂ’s number one target, heÂ’s number one back stabbing, behind the scene dealmaker with Reid and Biden and throwing United States and our fellow citizens under the bus.

Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 04:00 AM (z4WKX)

132 You know, one of the other things that bugs about some of our more disingenuous commenters around here is, if you really believe Cruz is  only doing this to enhance his chances of making a Presidential run, who is it you are trying to protect in the nomination process?

Christie?  Jeb? 

I mean, feel free to not choose Ted Cruz as your number one candidate, but why all the hate over the possibility he might toss his hat in? 

And that's why I get back to beating my same drum:  some of the complainers really don't want Obamacare stopped.  They  can't just come out and say it, but I'm not seeing anything that would suggest a  more logical  reason.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2013 04:01 AM (BeSEI)

133

@127

He can't even sit?!   I'm more impressed now.  I guess he could duck behind a curtain of jackets or something to pee in a bottle.  Best not to let the MSM catch that on camera. 

Posted by: Beagle at September 25, 2013 04:01 AM (sOtz/)

134 "When their daughter's wedding is cancelled the parents invite 200 of Atlanta's homeless to share the wedding dinner reception: " ---- Wow that's just awesome.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:01 AM (7mQyC)

135 I just checked and the cover I have is a 'Lifeproof'

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 07:04 AM (DmNpO)


They also make a thing you can put on that case that will make it float when you drop it in the lake.  I guess it will make the dead device easier to find.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at September 25, 2013 04:02 AM (rpnNZ)

136 126 and 127 -

This session of the Senate, sponsored by Depends! 

Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2013 04:03 AM (BeSEI)

137 "When another Senator asks a long winded question, can Cruz step out for a potty break?"
---
My understanding has always been, if he leaves the chamber he gives up the floor. He can sit down for a while while someone else talks, he can whip out jug or plastic bag to piss in (probably breaking etiquette) but no he can't leave.

Oh Piss Boy?

Posted by: John P. Squibob at September 25, 2013 04:03 AM (dzKbD)

138 They also make a thing you can put on that case that will make it float when you drop it in the lake. I guess it will make the dead device easier to find. *** Heh

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 04:03 AM (DmNpO)

139 Topic: Regular Order Farm Bill for example, hammered out in 2.5 days. Then amendments to insert non-related items into the bill approached by fellow legislators were allowed as the regular course of business. Whereas Cruz' Continuing Resolution not allowed the open process of considering amendments within the body of legislative committee and the Floor. Reid is a Dictator, a one man show making a mockery of the Senate. --Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas Roberts served in Health Committee, spent a lot of time on his amendment (tax tools) being denied a vote by Reid, is derided in the Senate and in the media for saying, "We're riding like #! into a box canyon." Now that Dodge City phrase is being repeated as Americans are being rounded up for the slaughter. Roberts distinguishes between being funny and being humorous. Sen. Roberts is humorous; whereas Sen. Graham is funny.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 04:04 AM (MhA4j)

140 I'm going to sign that international UN arms treaty, and you're going to like it - because regardless of whether it has force of law, I'm sure the DOJ and BATFE will use it as a template to arbitrarily enforce non-existent firearms laws and make up rules to further ban the importation of certain components... and if they can - believe me, they will... certain types of ammunition and/or ammunition components.

Posted by: John Kerry, Real American Hero at September 25, 2013 04:04 AM (/w4pj)

141 In addition to the usual daily deals, the Kindle version of a very good fantasy novel by Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora, is only 99 cents right now. http://tinyurl.com/oy6pcmu It is the first book in his Gentleman Bastard sequence.

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 04:06 AM (zpNwC)

142 we are witnessing a coup in the Republican Party. 

Posted by: thunderb at September 25, 2013 04:06 AM (zOTsN)

143 Repeal ZeroCare because it destroys the free enterprise system, the only one in the world that rewards hard work, and enables upward mobility.

Yeah.  I don't think the American people give a shit about that as long as they can get free stuff.

I went to my quilt "beelet" last night, which is 5-6 people (one's a guy!) who meet monthly in people's houses to chit-chat, mostly about quilts but also about anything else.

Out of nowhere this one lady (who tends to dominate every conversation anyway) just blurts out "And there's this man in Washington, Ted Cruz, TRYING TO KILL MY SON!"  He's got an artificial heart--we hear about this every month--and Obamacare removes the lifetime maximum benefit, which wasn't very big on his insurance and he'll need hugely expensive drugs and surgeries the rest of his life.

The millions of people who have lost their insurance coverage, their jobs, their doctor?  Who cares!  They need to get paying for her (middle-aged) child's handout!

And once on NPR she heard Bill Clinton say the Republicans ruined his plan for socialist healthcare in 1993 because "Once the American people get it, they'll love it so much they'll never want to give it up." 

Dunno about 1993, but that seems to be true now.  Barack Free Shit Obama, mmm-mmm-mmm.

Mostly I share this story because I don't think the shit sandwich is as "wildly unpopular" with the LIV and MIV as we like to believe.  (And because I'm really depressed.  The beelet was supposed to be a fun thing and every month it turns into this horrible anti-conservative rant and I can't ever get a word in edgewise.)

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 25, 2013 04:07 AM (hO8IJ)

144 Senate 1. Right to Speak 2. Right to Amend Reid has made himself Emperor. Debate is not an option. The one amendment Reid permits is his own which defeats the point of "amendments". --Ted Cruz

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 04:07 AM (MhA4j)

145

He can't even sit?! I'm more impressed now.

 

I have, somewhere, a picture of Jean Harlow during the filming of Dinner at Eight.  Her dress was so tight that she couldn't sit down, so when she needed to rest, a slanted board was set up for her to lean back on.  I wonder if something like that would be allowed on the floor?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 04:08 AM (zF6Iw)

146 How the hell does Cruz remain so lucid after 17 hours?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 04:08 AM (DmNpO)

147 As expected, the NYT says nothing about Zero's snub by the Persians yesterday at the UN, but focuses their lasers on his new commitment to the ME and the Palestinians.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at September 25, 2013 04:08 AM (Q136+)

148 "This session of the Senate, sponsored by Depends! " ---- Haha indeed that's the way I would play it if I were him. "we are witnessing a coup in the Republican Party." --- I wish that we're actually true, instead all you're seeing is a couple of senators highlighting the fact one is needed.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:09 AM (7mQyC)

149 > we are witnessing a coup in the Republican Party.

Posted by: thunderb at September 25, 2013 08:06 AM (zOTsN)



if not a coup, then certainly the drawing of battle lines. Cruz really called out Congress and his party on all the bullshit overnight- Mitch McConnel will probably put a flaming bag of dog poop in Cruz's office this morning

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 04:09 AM (8sCoq)

150 36 "I was at Animal Kingdom with my wife and we waved at some gorillas who were near us. Out of nowhere an employee tells us that is not nice behavior in the gorilla world. Two problems: 1) Was she really saying a captive gorilla was too stupid to know we are not gorillas?" Basically yes.

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 04:10 AM (zpNwC)

151 Her dress was so tight that she couldn't sit down Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 08:08 AM (zF6Iw) go on...

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at September 25, 2013 04:10 AM (09o/X)

152 I Am So Very Proud Of My Senator Ted Cruz From The Great State Of TEXAS !!!

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 25, 2013 04:11 AM (HsI7Q)

153 147 - Some practice and a whole lot of talent.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:11 AM (7mQyC)

154 Posted by: BurtTC at September 25, 2013 08:01 AM (BeSEI) Scott Walker, bitch. I'm not voting for another senator for president, unless there's no other real choice.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at September 25, 2013 04:11 AM (09o/X)

155

The beelet was supposed to be a fun thing and every month it turns into this horrible anti-conservative rant and I can't ever get a word in edgewise.)

 

Can they not be shamed, Heather?  Something along the lines of, "you know, if you want to insult me, have the decency to do it to my face.  Go ahead, say it - it's not Ted Cruz who wants to kill your son, it's me!  I'm a conservative and people like me should die, right!  Come on, get all that rancid bile out of your system!"

 

If they're going to rant, punch back twice as hard, as a certain Kenyan crackhead once said.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 04:12 AM (zF6Iw)

156 I wish I had a twitter account to send something to Make DC Listen. I ordered a US Flag that was to be flown over the Capitol on June 15. They charged my AmEx that day. After two inquiries to my congressman, one of his staffers responded to me that it was to be sent soon. Earlier this month I sent Ray an email to tell him I want my money back. He responded that he made request & was waiting for an answer. That was either the fourth or fifth of September. I looked at recent credit card activity and there is no credit. I sent same man an email to tell him I had no not recÂ’d a credit. I also added that it shows how efficient government is NOT and that I do not trust them with my healthcare. I havenÂ’t recÂ’d response. ItÂ’s probably because I threw in last line about Government being efficient, I live in MA & they all voted for that POS law.

Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 04:13 AM (z4WKX)

157 They can't just come out and say it, but I'm not seeing anything that would suggest a more logical reason. The democrat party has taken a dive off the left edge of the map, and the game is in chaotic flux. Statists in the GOP used to not have to advance their true beliefs since there were plenty of other misguided "honest" liberals playing for the democrat team to advance their true cause. All these GOPers had to do was go home during election years and put the fear of being thrown into the briar patch into their constituents while snickering and pocketing the fruits of their venality in private.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at September 25, 2013 04:13 AM (V3kRK)

158 ". Cruz really called out Congress and his party on all the bullshit overnight- Mitch McConnel will probably put a flaming bag of dog poop in Cruz's office this morning" --- He sure did and I expect the knives will be out in force today (as if they weren't already) for both him and "wacko bird" aka patriot buddy Mike Lee.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:14 AM (7mQyC)

159 Mule Face can sign the unconstitutional UN arms treaty all he wants and it will remain meaningless.  The SC reversed itself long ago and said that treaties do not override the Constitution.  And the Senate will never approve it anyway because look at CO.



And Mule Face?  He will never run for office again.

Posted by: Vic at September 25, 2013 04:14 AM (zZbNF)

160 143. The corrupt see their exposure as a coup. Why the Republican Leadership would make this into a Republican Civil War should be addressed by everyone concerned. The Elitists not only get their exemptions, they will profit, they will play the insider trading game as is their habit, and they will get their kickbacks from those interests set to rule America via ZeroCare. But Cruz keeps calling for all the Republicans to stand united, and in so doing, winning this battle in the overall strategy to HELP the Middle Class by not drowning American workers. Cruz is calling upon every Democrat who claims to care about "the little man" to join the throng demanded by Americans. Make Washington Listen

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 04:14 AM (MhA4j)

161 go on...

 

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at September 25, 2013 08:10 AM (09o/X)

 

As you wish (click to enlarge). . .

 

http://tinyurl.com/pwdy2lq


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 04:14 AM (zF6Iw)

162 >The beelet was supposed to be a fun thing and every month it turns into this horrible anti-conservative rant and I can't ever get a word in edgewise.)


you're probably too polite to smack the shit out of that person

BREAKING

Quilting Bee Marked By Violence

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 04:16 AM (8sCoq)

163 "I'm not voting for another senator for president, unless there's no other real choice." --- Not to worry their will not be another real choice from either major party.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:16 AM (7mQyC)

164 Great hymns of the faith-"Abide with me" By Henry Lyte Lyte was born in Scotland in 1793 and died in Nice in 1847 Lyte was in­spired to write this hymn as he was dy­ing of tu­ber­cu­lo­sis; he fin­ished it the Sun­day he gave his fare­well ser­mon in the par­ish he served so ma­ny years. The next day, he left for Ita­ly to re­gain his health. He didn’t make it, though—he died in Nice, France, three weeks af­ter writ­ing these words. Here is an ex­cerpt from his fare­well ser­mon: O breth­ren, I stand here among you to­day, as alive from the dead, if I may hope to im­press it upon you, and in­duce you to pre­pare for that sol­emn hour which must come to all, by a time­ly ac­quaint­ance with the death of Christ More about Lyte. his faith, his service and his hymn (He wrote a number of hymns) in a very interesting article in Christianity.com http://tinyurl.com/lfg9v4o The hymn was sung at the wed­ding of King George VI, at the wed­ding of his daugh­ter, the fu­ture Queen Eliz­a­beth II, and at the funeral of Nobel peace prize winner Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 1997. Although he served in Devonshire this version of the hymn contains beautiful pictures from the Yorkshire coast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqylxfYyQM

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 04:16 AM (a4Omg)

165 The real coup has already taken place - have you ever seen so many people in key positions of government who hate America, everything its stands for, and made it great - with a passion that borders on fanaticism; these agents who daily engage in actions designed to debilitate our social structure, economy, and military? Sappers?

Just look at me - John Kerry, war protester and medal thrower... as Sec of State?

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Is good joke, da, comrade?

Posted by: John Kerry, Real American Hero at September 25, 2013 04:17 AM (/w4pj)

166 ___ 13 l'm downloading the 'winning lotto numbers' app...only $99.95! What a steal! -Icedog ___ Does it do anything useful, like display the time?

Posted by: mindful webworker - last lottery I won was The Draft at September 25, 2013 04:17 AM (5MGOE)

167 "The real coup has already taken place" --- Fair point.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:18 AM (7mQyC)

168 Proggy Twitter stupidity from last night: Would Ted Cruz even have thought to do this if not for the heroic efforts of Wendy Davis? The mind boggles.

Posted by: Weirddave at September 25, 2013 04:18 AM (jt8G9)

169 >The SC reversed itself long ago and said that treaties do not override the Constitution.


sounds like they haven't read the Constitution, which is 'the supreme law of the land' and well predates any malodorous codswallop bilged out from that foul excrescence of an institution, the 'UN'

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 04:19 AM (8sCoq)

170 "Does it do anything useful, like display the time?" --- Maybe it keeps a running tab of how much one has "invested" in said lotteries.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:19 AM (7mQyC)

171 How can Kerry sign UN Arms treaty despite SenatorsÂ’ Opposition? I believe that too is an impeachable offense. How many can this administration have before someone does anything to reign the SCOAMF etc back in line? Kerry lacks any diplomatic skills and should be fired, as should the JEF. I want to thank the FSA & LIVs for reelecting that fool. Too bad we have to live with the fools, they should be the ones that have to suffer the most under this administration.

Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 04:19 AM (z4WKX)

172 157 I wish I had a twitter account to send something to Make DC Listen. Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 08:13 AM (z4WKX) Would you like me to do it in your stead?

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 04:19 AM (zpNwC)

173 CYA Alinsky mouths "wacko bird". Those who sell inappropriate tags own those tags, labeling themselves. Remember two days ago, when Cruz petitioned Reid on the Floor for the CR vote, denied, and for open CR amendment process, denied. Reid began that session with his own introduction, that Reid admits he can not argue so eloquently as Cruz, and that Reid is not even going to try. REGULAR ORDER? Reid burnt that.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 04:19 AM (MhA4j)

174 120 When another Senator asks a long winded question, can Cruz step out for a potty break?

Posted by: John P. Squibob at September 25, 2013 07:55 AM (dzKbD)


He can't leave the floor but those senators can ask long questions, and aides with a bucket can take care of his bodily functions.

Posted by: joncelli at September 25, 2013 04:19 AM (RD7QR)

175 Can they not be shamed, Heather?

From some of her other stories, this one has no shame.  But my experience in women's groups, if I say anything (like, "what about the millions of people who have lost their insurance completely because of this law?") the response will be "Shut up, you can't understand because you don't have children" and then everything goes to shit.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 25, 2013 04:20 AM (hO8IJ)

176 " treaties do not override the Constitution." --- Heh, since when does the Constitution matter?

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:20 AM (7mQyC)

177 "A gregarious male gorilla at the Dallas Zoo will be sent to South Carolina for therapy after he bit one female gorilla and sneered at others..." (Gregarious?) He's holding out for a ginger.

Posted by: mindful webworker - gorilla at the keyboard at September 25, 2013 04:20 AM (5MGOE)

178 169 Proggy Twitter stupidity from last night: Would Ted Cruz even have thought to do this if not for the heroic efforts of Wendy Davis? The mind boggles. Can someone post this on twitter ... Would ms Davis have even thought to do this if not for the HEROIC efforts of Rand Paul ?

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 25, 2013 04:21 AM (HsI7Q)

179 Hope Gabe is not too upset that Cruz isn't focusing on the important things like the internet tax!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2013 04:21 AM (XdnQT)

180 Vic!

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 04:22 AM (zpNwC)

181 More people were online discussing this filibuster at 4:30am than will be watching MSNBC all week.

Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 04:23 AM (RNBLf)

182 Ready for me yet?

Posted by: Earl Turner at September 25, 2013 04:23 AM (VrVBw)

183 Why didn't this fucking loser do this before they passed Obama care? Posted by: Mr Pink at September 25, 2013 07:50 AM (TYnvk) I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he would have been shot had he stormed onto the Senate floor and attempted to do this before he was elected Senator. In 2012. Mr. Pink, I would most humbly suggest that you retract your statement, with appropriate Litellaing, or I shall be forced to come to some conclusions about your interest in veracity.

Posted by: alexthechick - Booze. Not just for breakfast. at September 25, 2013 04:24 AM (VtjlW)

184 172 - He can sign all sorts of sh1t (Kerry) it just will never actually get ratified , so all he's doing is wasting everyone's time and causing confusion.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:24 AM (7mQyC)

185 I just looked at my cell phone cover. It's a Zip-Lok ™ - Seamus Muldoon ___ Covers? My cell doesn't have to be covered with bacon grease and pocket lint?

Posted by: mindful webworker - 'way, 'way behind at September 25, 2013 04:25 AM (5MGOE)

186 @172 Nah. Signing and not ratifying is one of the ordinary outcomes. Didn't Clinton sign Kyoto before it lost 95-0?

Posted by: Beagle at September 25, 2013 04:25 AM (sOtz/)

187

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 25, 2013 08:20 AM (hO8IJ)

 

I'm sorry, Heather.  Fortunately, I rarely find myself in situations like that.  Probably because when I do, I go scorched earth.

 

"Shut up, you can't understand because you don't have children"

 

Well, then, unless you've got someone in the service, keep your fucking mouth shut about Bush's "illegal wars."  Unless you've got a degree in  science, don't say another word about global warming, either, scrunt.

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

188 184 - Alex - 99% sure that comment was directed at Senator Pat Roberts(KS) who was speaking at the time, not Cruz or Lee.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:26 AM (7mQyC)

189 187 - Sure did.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:26 AM (7mQyC)

190 Posted by: alexthechick - Booze. Not just for breakfast. at September 25, 2013 08:24 AM (VtjlW) Uh oh. Big words. *turns and runs*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 04:26 AM (GEICT)

191 Why didn't this fucking loser do this before they passed Obama care? Posted by: Mr Pink at September 25, 2013 07:50 AM (TYnvk) And we have the dumbass of the year award winner on SEPTEMBER 25!!!. Congrats on the early victory, dumbass.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 04:27 AM (659DL)

192 HeatherRadish, Yes. I coincided the Latin-American traditional motivation for emigrating as recorded on the PBS documentary, the various distinct ethnic waves during the 20th Century. They came for the American Dream understood as OPPORTUNITY to work hard and enjoy upward mobility. That was the understanding until the recent socialist authoritarian conquest of our US Government. As for general current "Hispanic" (denies Identity per region/tribes of origin, btw) affinity in politics, Rubio is reminding the working Americans that Obamacare will situate them right back where they fled from, whether that be Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, you name it. And he called upon Mexico, the government and its people, to recognize the reason that Mexicans are flooding into the USA is because they lack in Mexico the opportunity to work in free enterprise.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 04:27 AM (MhA4j)

193 Alex - 99% sure that comment was directed at Senator Pat Roberts(KS) who was speaking at the time, not Cruz or Lee. Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 08:26 AM (7mQyC) Well, then I shall Litella myself. My apologies, Mr. Pink. Yes, that is a sincere apology. Yes, I'm capable of doing that.

Posted by: alexthechick - Booze. Not just for breakfast. at September 25, 2013 04:27 AM (VtjlW)

194 Rand Paul speaking on  Bastiat and Unknown Unknowns.  Heh!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 04:28 AM (BAS5M)

195 Nah. Signing and not ratifying is one of the ordinary outcomes. Didn't Clinton sign Kyoto before it lost 95-0? Technically, it was never submitted because the Sense of the Senate resolution saying it was a POS it passed 95-0.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 04:29 AM (659DL)

196 You go, Rand!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 04:29 AM (DmNpO)

197 Well, then I shall Litella myself. My apologies, Me, too. Wuick draw and I was wrong, in the words of Ron White.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 04:30 AM (659DL)

198 David Suzuki proves heÂ’s pig ignorant about global warming [and damn near everything else too] http://tinyurl.com/n4bjx4r

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 04:30 AM (zpNwC)

199 And Rand just took a shot at Roberts.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 04:30 AM (GEICT)

200 Cruz filibuster makes baby Jesus cry. work with me people. No coffee yet.{/i}

Posted by: RWC at September 25, 2013 04:30 AM (fWAjv)

201 TFG had a rough day at the UN yesterday. The Iranians bitch slapped him 3 different times, the Brazilians gave him a good waxing, and the country of Lichtenstein declared war on the US.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 25, 2013 04:30 AM (wNF3N)

202

Rand calling out Chief Justice Roberts to buy his health insurance  on the Obama exchange. 

 

"But it's  a tax!"

 

heh

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 04:31 AM (BAS5M)

Posted by: RWC at September 25, 2013 04:31 AM (fWAjv)

204 Rand Paul speaking on Bastiat and Unknown Unknowns. Heh! Some Republican should quote Pat Moynihan about unintended consequences. The guy was haunted forever by federal legislation that basically opened the floodgates on mental patients becoming the homeless.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 04:31 AM (659DL)

205 NYT is going down the tubes, a big chunk of their common stock is owned by a Mexican billionaire, and the national right track/wrong track polls are running about 2-to-1 wrong track.
Yeah, as usual the NYT is smarter than everyone.

Posted by: Cretin, centrifugin moron isotopes, baby at September 25, 2013 07:19 AM (xdqW


Never put any faith in Right track/Wrong track numbers.  They could mean that liberals think the country is too conservative and conservatives think the country is too liberal.  That's a really bad question all the way around.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at September 25, 2013 04:31 AM (rpnNZ)

206 195 Rand Paul speaking on Bastiat and Unknown Unknowns. Heh! Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 08:28 AM (BAS5M) Bastiat? Awesome.

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 04:32 AM (zpNwC)

207 Is it my imagination, or is J.J missing this morning, too?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 04:32 AM (zF6Iw)

208 David Suzuki proves heÂ’s pig ignorant about global warming [and damn near everything else too]

http://tinyurl.com/n4bjx4r

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 08:30 AM (zpNwC)

.

.

He's a con man running a multi-million dollar corporation, and living in 3 homes worth up to $10million.  Sound familiar?  *cough*Goracle*cough*

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 25, 2013 04:32 AM (IXrOn)

209 200 - You missed it then Cruz and Lee were shredding Roberts and SCOTUS in general around the 3am time frame for about an hour.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:33 AM (7mQyC)

210 Lichtenstein declared war on the US. So now I know who turned over my trash cans last night. Bastards.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 04:33 AM (659DL)

211 Kudos to the tag team of 3. May they keep going, and going, and going......

Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2013 04:33 AM (xWW96)

212 These guys are actually doing a great job of explaining what is wrong with obamacare, etc.  I love listening to Rand.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 25, 2013 04:33 AM (IXrOn)

213 199 David Suzuki proves heÂ’s pig ignorant about global warming [and damn near everything else too]

http://tinyurl.com/n4bjx4r

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 08:30 AM (zpNwC)


Good on Andrew Bolt. The Aussies are gratifyingly level-headed about AGW in general, Labour governments notwithstanding.

Posted by: joncelli at September 25, 2013 04:34 AM (RD7QR)

214 210 200 - You missed it then Cruz and Lee were shredding Roberts and SCOTUS in general around the 3am time frame for about an hour. Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 08:33 AM (7mQyC) Sorry I missed that.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 04:34 AM (GEICT)

215

"aides with a bucket"

Piss Boy!  Oh, Piss Boy!

Posted by: Case at September 25, 2013 04:34 AM (jhRZ+)

216 "by a Mexican billionaire" - Carlos Slim? eh he can afford the implosion.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:34 AM (7mQyC)

217 C-SPAN points out that Cruz has had to remain on his feet and in the Senate chamber to hold the floor.

Two words: stadium pal

http://www.biorelief.com/stadium-pal-kit.html

Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 04:35 AM (RNBLf)

218 196 Nah. Signing and not ratifying is one of the ordinary outcomes. Didn't Clinton sign Kyoto before it lost 95-0? Technically, it was never submitted because the Sense of the Senate resolution saying it was a POS it passed 95-0. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 08:29 AM (659DL) That was a Democratic controlled Senate as well. Billy Jeff knew it was a loser and he let Al take the hit.

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 04:35 AM (CMlD4)

219 209 artisanal 'ette@ 8:32,

It's like ManBearPig Bacon yopped with Maple Syrup eh?

There is at least one of these clowns in every Western nation.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 04:35 AM (NgQBc)

220 what if you need to drop a deuce during your filibuster?

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 04:36 AM (8sCoq)

221 what if you need to drop a deuce during your filibuster? *** tough luck

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 04:36 AM (DmNpO)

222 Sen Cruz clearly demonstrates, to the ever-lasting shame of the Republican establishment RINOs and fellow travelers, how a real legislator looks and sounds.


This kind of clear articulation is what should have been done non-stop by every Republican legislator since 2008.  Too bad the Republican legislators are more like legistraitors!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2013 04:36 AM (XdnQT)

223 what if you need to drop a deuce during your filibuster? Crazy NASA astronaut chick on line two.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 04:36 AM (659DL)

224 ". May they keep going, and going, and going......" --- I wish that were possible but this thing ends around 12'ish, as a vote is already scheduled. I guess someone could call in bomb threat or something though around 12 and screw up the schedule. /just saying

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:37 AM (7mQyC)

225 #221 close your eyes and think of England

Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 04:37 AM (RNBLf)

226 Two words: stadium pal http://www.biorelief.com/stadium-pal-kit.html Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 08:35 AM (RNBLf) Isn't there a rule against the use of "devices"?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 04:38 AM (GEICT)

227 Two words: stadium pal

http://www.biorelief.com/stadium-pal-kit.html

Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 08:35 AM (RNBLf)


From the site...

Not just for sporting events-Other users include

Traveling, Flying, Hunting and Fishing, Aviators, Concerts, Physical Therapy, Pub Crawling, And Long Distance Motorcycle Riders, Prostate Recovery


Posted by: Red Shirt at September 25, 2013 04:38 AM (FIDMq)

228 221 what if you need to drop a deuce during your filibuster?

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 08:36 AM (8sCoq)


A blanket, a bucket, and a very, very loyal staffer.

Posted by: joncelli at September 25, 2013 04:39 AM (RD7QR)

229 218 - Ah glad we cleared that up, so he does have to remain standing. 224 - Depends.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:39 AM (7mQyC)

230 Prostate Recovery It recovers prostates? I don't want that.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 04:39 AM (659DL)

231 he beelet was supposed to be a fun thing and every month it turns into this horrible anti-conservative rant and I can't ever get a word in edgewise.) Can they not be shamed, Heather? Something along the lines of, "you know, if you want to insult me, have the decency to do it to my face. Go ahead, say it - it's not Ted Cruz who wants to kill your son, it's me! I'm a conservative and people like me should die, right! Come on, get all that rancid bile out of your system!" If they're going to rant, punch back twice as hard, as a certain Kenyan crackhead once said. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 08:12 AM (zF6Iw) Instead, I'd say just pull out your checkbook and ask the stupid bitch how much she needs from you. "So how much do I have to pay for your child's medical care? Seeing as both you and he are incapable of taking care of, or planning for his needs yourselves. P.S. - you're welcome."

Posted by: JQP at September 25, 2013 04:40 AM (U4GjV)

232 >, And Long Distance Motorcycle Riders


hell, a H-D with the 6 gal tank will still need a refuel at 300 miles. Just take a piss already

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 04:40 AM (8sCoq)

233 " If you can't sell FREE health care there is something wrong" ...Rand Paul Amen

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 25, 2013 04:41 AM (HsI7Q)

234 Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 25, 2013 08:07 AM (hO8IJ) Hi, Heather- I'm sorry that you have having these kinds of conversations coming at you at what was supposed to be a fun guilting activity. May I make a suggestion?. If you haven't done so yet tell them you'd prefer not to talk about politics. I met with a bunch of clergy monthly all of who are more liberal than I am. I have had to tell them that, otherwise the political talk can take over some of the time that is supposed to be time with a devotion, prayer and communion , which is what I cam there for.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 04:41 AM (a4Omg)

235 229 - That would be a truly historical image.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:41 AM (7mQyC)

236 what if you need to drop a deuce during your filibuster?

Repeat 51 more times, and you have a majority in the Senate.

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 25, 2013 04:41 AM (kaGpp)

237 I liked the Pub Crawl...wtf?

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 25, 2013 04:41 AM (FIDMq)

238 You say you want good news?

Here's a nice bit.

HTTP://TINYURL.COM/MP39QAP

Massive Quake Created New Island off Southern Coast.

The sory makes me wonder if the plot for Superman with Reeve and Hackman was misguided.

Literal new Earth.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 04:42 AM (NgQBc)

239 Cruz goes Star Wars...

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 04:42 AM (GEICT)

240 Someone upthread was asking about Agents of Shield and Agent Coulson: 1) A of S takes place after the events of "The Avengers" movie. 2) Why is Agent Coulson "alive"? It's a dang mystery. Coulson thinks he went to Tahiti for a vacation. And Coulson can, and I quote(more or less), 'never be told what happened'. So, PLOT ALERT!!! - Coulson will find out what happened in "Tahiti" at some point and this will create a crisis. You're welcome!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 25, 2013 04:42 AM (ZR4Xh)

241 A Star Wars reference!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 04:42 AM (DmNpO)

242 Heh.  Using a Stadium Pal for pub crawling.

"'Ere!  'Elp me wif me bag!"

Another option for when you have to pinch one:

Pretend you're in OccupyWallStreet and you're near a cop car or American Flag.

Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 04:42 AM (RNBLf)

243 VADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 04:43 AM (X+nFp)

244

MIKE LEE I AM YOUR FATHER

Posted by: dan-O at September 25, 2013 04:43 AM (D0bIN)

245 oh he did NOT just do Darth Vader!?

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 04:43 AM (8sCoq)

246 Star Wars / Vader voice?  Cracking me up

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 04:43 AM (BAS5M)

247 Imodium and Ibuprofen, for infantry and filibusters.

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 04:43 AM (CMlD4)

248 239 - No just a product of mud-cano, it'll be gone in a year. 240 - He went Freddy vs. Jason earlier, been a funny night.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:44 AM (7mQyC)

249 245 MIKE LEE I AM YOUR FATHER Love this !!!!

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 25, 2013 04:44 AM (HsI7Q)

250 240 Cruz goes Star Wars... Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 08:42 AM (GEICT) he's awesome.....i'm going to give him some money

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at September 25, 2013 04:44 AM (8JJ6O)

251 I wish Vader had read Green Eggs and Ham last night!

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 04:44 AM (X+nFp)

252 Hey Barrel. Wanna switch???

Posted by: Senate Mens Room at September 25, 2013 04:44 AM (fWAjv)

253 >2) Why is Agent Coulson "alive"?

It's a dang mystery. Coulson thinks he went to Tahiti for a vacation.


but he was fatally jabbed by that Loki stabby thing! I guess he 'got better'

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 04:44 AM (8sCoq)

254 If he does an Admiral Ackbar, it's all over, baby!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 04:44 AM (zF6Iw)

255 18 hours!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 04:45 AM (BAS5M)

256 Make that "quilting" not guilting. (Sorry) although it sounds like that's what the lady is doing-engaging in a lot of guilting. That guilty old Cruise! Oh dear

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 04:45 AM (a4Omg)

257 From some of her other stories, this one has no shame. But my experience in women's groups, if I say anything (like, "what about the millions of people who have lost their insurance completely because of this law?") the response will be "Shut up, you can't understand because you don't have children" and then everything goes to shit. Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 25, 2013 08:20 AM (hO8IJ) Is there an open or cash bar at these quilting bees?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 25, 2013 04:45 AM (HSjdL)

258 I liked how yesterday all the liberal asshats were saying he wouldn't last an hour, and could never come close to the 11 hours that Saint Wendy Davis did.

Dumbshits.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at September 25, 2013 04:45 AM (Ge46T)

259 I wish Vader had read Green Eggs and Ham last night! Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 08:44 AM (X+nFp) Shit shit shit I am trying to work at work for a change and I missed Vader voice? Shit shit shit shit shit. Also tell me the Green Eggs and Ham reading is up on youtube. What? Look for myself? Pshaw, that's what minions are for.

Posted by: alexthechick - Booze. Not just for breakfast. at September 25, 2013 04:46 AM (VtjlW)

260 My image of a filibuster is a cranky old bastard banging away, Rand, Lee, Cruz, Rubio, etc are all relatively young guys. How long can they go?

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 04:46 AM (CMlD4)

261 252 I wish Vader had read Green Eggs and Ham last night!

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 08:44 AM (X+nFp)


I find your lack of green eggs and ham disturbing...

Posted by: joncelli at September 25, 2013 04:46 AM (RD7QR)

262 The perfect mic drop to this non-filibuster would be for Ted to whip it out and piss in a bucket in full view of the both the members and C-SPAN as he wraps up around noon. The only way to top that would be to drop a Harry Reid bobble head doll in the bucket first. Just my .02

Posted by: JQP at September 25, 2013 04:46 AM (U4GjV)

263 251 phoenixgirl@ 8:44,

He is a definite gem and true son of Texas.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 04:47 AM (NgQBc)

264 >My image of a filibuster is a cranky old bastard banging away, Rand, Lee, Cruz, Rubio, etc are all relatively young guys. How long can they go?


they HAVE to yield to a scheduled vote later today

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 04:47 AM (8sCoq)

265 Shit shit shit I am trying to work at work for a change and I missed Vader voice? Shit shit shit shit shit. "Mike Lee, I am your father!"

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 04:47 AM (GEICT)

266

"No, Justice Roberts, Obamacare isn't a tax.

 

IT'S A TRAP!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 04:47 AM (zF6Iw)

267 So Iran's president Rouhani snubbed Teh Won not once, not twice, but three times yesterday. I guess Rouhani doesn't read the NY Times, and doesn't know just how freaking amazing Obambi is. /snort

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 25, 2013 04:47 AM (sCynV)

268 165. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 08:16 AM (a4Omg) That's beautiful. The peaceful transition through life to life. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Idea determines form. Faith with works thrives. Yesterday I was studying the approaching Michaelmas significance, considering our timing. The Day of Holy Michael, Archangel Call upon the Hosts of Heaven, Divine Providence. Help us sustain Constitutional Governance in America. Help our battle in Spirit to retain our inalienable rights in America. At this moment Make Washington D.C. Listen God's Will Be Done

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 04:48 AM (MhA4j)

269 OK, now that 'Agents Of SHIELD' has aired (I don't have teebee) how was Agent Coulson's death in The Avengers explained away?

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 07:21 AM (8sCoq)


E's not dead; e's restin'.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at September 25, 2013 04:48 AM (rpnNZ)

270 We have to find out what's in it! http://t.co/StYPoonx3o "18 Hours" ... 24 minutes away from being #4 longest.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:49 AM (7mQyC)

271 264 251 phoenixgirl@ 8:44, He is a definite gem and true son of Texas. And We Love him !!!! God Bless Texas !!!

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 25, 2013 04:49 AM (HsI7Q)

272 I'm not dead yet!

Posted by: Agent Coulson at September 25, 2013 04:49 AM (8sCoq)

273 That's no  moon.  It's an ObamaCare!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 04:49 AM (BAS5M)

274 267. Yes. Trapped in ZeroCare Coffin buried alive.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 04:49 AM (MhA4j)

275 Shit, that's a decent sized island that popped up

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 04:50 AM (CMlD4)

276 "So Iran's president Rouhani snubbed Teh Won not once, not twice, but three times yesterday. " --- Yup. It's the new international hotness.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:50 AM (7mQyC)

277

There was a question upthread asking why Cruz didn't do this before Obamacare passed into law.

 

Beside  the fact that Cruz wasn't a senator yet, republicans decided to ignore the issue and simply say "no".  They didn't have any opposing plan, didn't want to change the one the democrats had, they just didn't want to deal with it.

 

Everything is fine the way it is.  Don't fuck with it.

 

That didn't happen and now we're stuck with Obamacare.

 

Next on the agenda is a change in immigration law.  The way things are now, illegals pour across the border and immediately sign up for every form of welfare known to man.  For some reason, people on the right think it's just fine, don't fuck with it.

 

Maybe we'll learn a lesson from Obamacare and get out in front of immigration with a bill that changes things to conservative values.  That would mean we would have to be able to talk about it without people shouting from the peanut gallery about what commie bastards they are, but maybe this walk down socialized medicine's lane will wake us up.

 

Nah, we're too stupid to learn from anything.

 

 

 

Posted by: jwest at September 25, 2013 04:50 AM (u2a4R)

278 #270 Look up "retcon"

It's a comic book tradition.

Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 04:51 AM (RNBLf)

279
216 "aides with a bucket"
Piss Boy! Oh, Piss Boy! Posted by: Case at September 25, 2013 08:34 AM (jhRZ+

You mean this?

http://youtu.be/dQltwDoyM5s

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 25, 2013 04:51 AM (MnSla)

280 I'm not dead, I'm testing my "no-questions" warranty.

Where's my baseball cards?

Posted by: Agent Theodore "Bob" Coulson GS-11 at September 25, 2013 04:51 AM (NgQBc)

281 Ideally, Cruz et al. will put up a noble fight, win over some folks with their genuine passion, and then fail; OCare will then get funded and implemented; and OCare, an unmitigated disaster, will then be unleashed upon all the Lean Democrats and other Low Information Voters, many of whom will then finally begin an Awakening that will lead them away from the Democrat Party of Lies and Economic Incompetence.

I think this is another Syria-like situation.  Obama 'n Thugs are looking for a way out, they're secretly rooting for Republicans to delay OCare as long as possible, because it allows Dems to continue lying about how great it WILL be or WOULD have been and how these GREAT BLESSINGS would have been bestowed upon ALL AMERICANS but for the EVIL REPUBLICANS.  But if the law is fully implemented, there isn't enough lipstick in the universe to purty up that pig of a law.

Posted by: chess not checkers at September 25, 2013 04:52 AM (zKoYE)

282 "Justice Roberts. . .I'm laughing at the superior intellect."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 04:53 AM (zF6Iw)

283 they HAVE to yield to a scheduled vote later today Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 08:47 AM (8sCoq) I would make Reid drag me off the floor, singing "the Yellow Rose of Texas"

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 04:53 AM (CMlD4)

284 "278 There was a question upthread asking why Cruz didn't do this before Obamacare passed into law." --- No there was a question about why Pat Roberts who was talking at the time about the importance of all this didn't do it at the time.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:53 AM (7mQyC)

285 *big huge eyes* Cobs? Might I must humbly request that we have a thread for the Horde's suggestions as to how Cruz should end his speech? *big big huge watery eyes* Please? *sniffle sniffle sniffle*

Posted by: alexthechick - Booze. Not just for breakfast. at September 25, 2013 04:54 AM (VtjlW)

286

Why didn't this fucking loser do this before they passed Obama care?
Posted by: Mr Pink at September 25, 2013 07:50 AM (TYnvk)

IIRC, not one Republican Senator supported ObamaCare.  Not one.

And Sen. Cruz wasn't a senator in 2009-2010 when this POS law was passed.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Happy Hour! Cocktails of Betrayal 50% Off! at September 25, 2013 04:55 AM (hLRSq)

287 Holy crap, this guy looks fresher and more alert than I do, and I had a full night's sleep.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at September 25, 2013 04:55 AM (Ge46T)

288 276 Jean@ 8:50,

Quite, it's a pity the efforts being made a creating a "secular religion" by science are not directed instead at Terraforming experiments.

That Island represents a great opportunity to engage in observation, and as a seedbed for hypothesis.

Thank Allah it is under Pakistani influence, I'm certain they'll get right on it.

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 04:55 AM (NgQBc)

289 No there was a question about why Pat Roberts who was talking at the time about the importance of all this didn't do it at the time. They were all afraid of Obama's army of twitter followers and how the Republican Party was doomed

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 04:55 AM (CMlD4)

290 There were supposed to be some mythical "moderate" Dems who were going to vote against the Obamacare bill because of the abortion clause in the bill but they were bought off with bribes to their home State.



And guess what.....  they were reelected.

Posted by: Vic at September 25, 2013 04:56 AM (zZbNF)

291 254 >2) Why is Agent Coulson "alive"?



It's a dang mystery. Coulson thinks he went to Tahiti for a vacation.


but he was fatally jabbed by that Loki stabby thing! I guess he 'got better'

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 08:44 AM (8sCoq)

 

1. Clone

 

2.LMD

 

Which in either of those cases would kind of suck in my opinion.

 

3.  He's been brought back to life somehow.  Because let's face it, this is a comic book world, and only Uncle Ben and Bruce Wayne's parents stay dead.

Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2013 04:56 AM (LI48c)

292 "IIRC, not one Republican Senator supported ObamaCare. Not one. " --- Except of course that cunt Snowe who voted it out of committee enabling all the shenanigans by Reid and Co. that followed.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 04:57 AM (7mQyC)

293 If conservatives were honest, the only "alternative" to the healthcare bill would be a simple proposed Act of Congress stating:

"Healthcare-related laws, regulations, and policy are not a Constitutionally-valid power of the Federal Government

The CDC is exempt from this Act on the basis of National Security"

That's about it.

Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 04:57 AM (RNBLf)

294 Cruz quoting Ayn Rand

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 04:58 AM (GEICT)

295 *big huge eyes*

Cobs? Might I must humbly request that we have a thread for the Horde's suggestions as to how Cruz should end his speech?

*big big huge watery eyes*


Please? *sniffle sniffle sniffle*

Posted by: alexthechick - Booze. Not just for breakfast. at September 25, 2013 08:54 AM (VtjlW)



Sen. Cruz:  "And thus, I conclude my remarks....fuck you all, but first you will blow me!"



Posted by: EC at September 25, 2013 04:59 AM (GQ8sn)

296

Cobs? Might I must humbly request that we have a thread for the Horde's suggestions as to how Cruz should end his speech?

 

That's easy.  Have Reid gavel him out of order.

 

"I'm not out of order!  YOU'RE out of order!  The whole SYSTEM is out of order!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 04:59 AM (zF6Iw)

297 Noman, I'm waiting for real shitstorm when the Boers, Mormons, or some Japanese sect says fuck it, were going to Mars. One way trip, and were going to declare independence and claim all the land.

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 04:59 AM (CMlD4)

298

Fuck you Reince, you disingenuous pos.

http://tinyurl.com/l6nsjk3

Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2013 04:59 AM (xWW96)

299 290 That Twitter army that turns out to be 80% fake? Being immobilized by fear of shadows sound about right for the DOPe. 80% astroturf does explain the perfect ability to stick to the prog talking points though.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at September 25, 2013 05:00 AM (Pexsc)

300

"I'm not voting for another senator for president, unless there's no other real choice."
---

-- So which former president is your model?

I can only think of RR

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 25, 2013 05:00 AM (R8hU8)

301 Coulson was killed by Loki, right? Whenever any of those Asgardians are involved I expect that there's some sort of deus ex machina coming. Or demi-deus ex machina as the case may be. I think Odin brought Bruce Banner back to life once, but can't remember the circumstances.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 25, 2013 05:00 AM (ZshNr)

302 Fear will keep  the states in line.  Fear of this ObamaCare.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 05:01 AM (BAS5M)

303 Actually it's real simple. House should be voting out one CR funding bill per agency and throwing each over the wall to the Senate (none of them of course authorizing funding for OCare related items and if anything delaying any mandates for 4 years)... let the senate pass them or shutdown (ie really just reduced spending mode) said agency come the new fiscal year. Let anyone call it whatever they want, and just don't back down, it's what the dems would do. Too bad the R's don't have the gumption, and even worse the opposition knows they don't have the gumption.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 05:03 AM (7mQyC)

304 Sen. Cruz: '...and Harry, John(McShame), and Barack...wherever you are out there...FUCK YOU TOO!

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 25, 2013 05:04 AM (FIDMq)

305

"But even his Republican colleagues had long since stopped paying attention to his corrosive bombast, tired of his pious insults to his own party and unimpressed with his eagerness to shut down the government  in pursuit of an ideological dream "

-

Wow.  I thought I had seen neurotic levels of projection before, but just wow.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 25, 2013 05:04 AM (eGmvn)

306 Coulson was killed by Loki, right? Whenever any of those Asgardians are involved I expect that there's some sort of deus ex machina coming. Or demi-deus ex machina as the case may be. I think Odin brought Bruce Banner back to life once, but can't remember the circumstances.


Whedon will not explain Coulson's return for many seasons until probably near the end of the series.  That's my guess.   It'll keep people interested and watching.

Posted by: EC at September 25, 2013 05:04 AM (GQ8sn)

307 Heard a blub on the radio about how much insurance companies have spent on trying to get the mechanisms in place for Obamadoesn't care.  "If the law goes away then all those costs will be passed on to the consumer."  Well it shouldn't have been done in the first place ya dumb fcuk.  An in the long run it will cost us so much more than money if we let it stand.

Posted by: sweet...ish at September 25, 2013 05:05 AM (bj+Nc)

308 Shout out to Atlas Shrugged

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 05:06 AM (8sCoq)

309

Like I said on the ONT, this is the sort of thing that the House should have been doing for a long time.  Have speakers going around the clock talking about the bullshit Obama and the Dems are pulling.  Don't have to disrupt the normal business but all other time?  Just keep it going.

 

Too bad our leader is John "Let me roll over and show you my belly like a good little poodle" Boehner and he's more interested in being a facillitator instead of a Representative.

Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2013 05:06 AM (LI48c)

310 ThisBeingMilt, close. You include a separate CR for Obamacare, but include in it some poison pills the Senate will take out. Forcing a conference, then at Conference - give them nothing. Do the same with the IRS and EPA.

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 05:06 AM (CMlD4)

311 "If the law goes away then all those costs will be passed on to the consumer." Ah, NOW they notice this fundmental economic principle.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2013 05:07 AM (659DL)

312 301 Calvin Coolidge for another.

Posted by: BornLib at September 25, 2013 05:07 AM (zpNwC)

313 so Agent Coulson will be in the next Avengers film, then

Nick Fury: I thought you were dead
Agent Coulson: I got better
Nick Fury: cool
Agent Coulson: no shit



Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 05:07 AM (8sCoq)

314

Cruz:

 

And now, honorable ladies and gentlemen - yes, even you, McStain - I yield the floor to Senator Reid, as I see by my watch it's almost time for  Cub Scout  Shower Time, which I know is the Majority Leader's favorite show.

 

I thank you."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 05:08 AM (zF6Iw)

315 Ios7 eats batteries up alive.

Posted by: Janetoo at September 25, 2013 05:08 AM (PROOX)

316 *big huge eyes*



Cobs? Might I must humbly request that we have a thread for the Horde's suggestions as to how Cruz should end his speech?



*big big huge watery eyes*





Please? *sniffle sniffle sniffle*

Posted by: alexthechick - Booze. Not just for breakfast. at September 25, 2013 08:54 AM (VtjlW)



And so, to conclude, YOU. MUST. BLOW. ME.

Posted by: joncelli at September 25, 2013 05:09 AM (RD7QR)

317 If Cruz were to spend a few minutes discussing those vile internet rumors about Harry Reid and the strangled boys ...

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 05:09 AM (CMlD4)

318

When Cruz does  eventually yield the floor, he should simply say, "Mr. President, I yield the floor."  And then gather up his papers, straighten them by tapping them on his desk,  put them into his briefcase and simply walk out.

 

 

Like a receiver  quietly  handing the  football to the ref after a 98-yard TD  reception.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 05:10 AM (BAS5M)

319 278. jwest: "Beside the fact that Cruz wasn't a senator yet, republicans decided to ignore the issue and simply say 'no'. They didn't have any opposing plan, didn't want to change the one the democrats had, they just didn't want to deal with it." That is NOT how ObamaCare went down. If you weren't paying attention, viewing CSPAN Republican arguments permitted at night from the floor, you'd assume "just say no" was all Republicans were arguing because the media portrayed that stupid message. There were MANY (too many) Republican bills sponsored during the Democrat's SINGULAR GARGANTUAN inaffordable "Affordable" health care bill that passed on strict party line majority vote. The best Republican Health Care Bill of all, which all other Republicans should have united to broadcast for American awareness, was the bill sponsored by the Congressional Caucus of Physicians that limited itself to succinct means of lowering the cost of medical treatment for Americans. That bill should be pulled back to the fray now. Why get stuck trying to "rediscover" the wheel? The thing missing in Republican Leadership is integrity, which makes them good for nothing. Cruz maintains integrity, calling Americans to unite and maintain our vision, calling on all Members of Congress including Republican Leadership and Democratic members to Stand With the Little Guy. The Republican corporatist Leadership are again proving themselves as "insensitive" to the working class. They make themselves the permanent minority, representing the best interests of the 1% elitist authoritarians. Until THEY change, they work against US. No one is stopping Legislators from supporting their oath to protect the US Constitution. Their own objective is to defile. Their reason for butchering life? "Because I Could."

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 05:10 AM (MhA4j)

320 > Might I must humbly request that we have a thread for the Horde's suggestions as to how Cruz should end his speech?


"Alright you sonsabitches- now you know how I feel"

<mic drop>

<exit>

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 05:11 AM (8sCoq)

321 Under water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance,
Tumble in the
Rushing water,
Musty, wet pelts
Glistening in the blue.

Posted by: Fritz, in his smoking jacket at September 25, 2013 05:12 AM (x2W/k)

322 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 09:08 AM (zF6Iw) MPPPP, thatÂ’s a good one, I never thought to call him McStain! Thanks. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 05:12 AM (z4WKX)

323 R-OK Sen. James Inhofe on now.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 05:12 AM (MhA4j)

324 I love this story. It's about a fun and loving couple and... SAMMICHES! http://t.co/UzzQEJeETQ

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 05:12 AM (DmNpO)

325 300 Poliwog the 'Ete, assault hobbit @9am,

You ever wonder if they have Jim Messina fronting for David Copperfield as "campaign manager?"

It sometimes seems the nation is ran by the M$M.

298 Jean@ 8:59,

I'd sign up.  If truly self-supporting a Mars colony's legal wrangling vice Earth would be high comedy.(shoutout to CAC)

Posted by: Noman at September 25, 2013 05:13 AM (NgQBc)

326 And then gather up his papers, straighten them by tapping them on his desk, put them into his briefcase and simply walk out. **** And make a mad dash to the bathroom.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 05:13 AM (DmNpO)

327 Does anyone here have a mental picture of Choom Boy standing on his feet for hours on end like Sen. Ted Cruz? And still make good sensible points? Me neither.

Posted by: 'Ette in training, a striving wannabe at September 25, 2013 05:14 AM (zvxqj)

328 > Does anyone here have a mental picture of Choom Boy standing on his feet for hours on end like Sen. Ted Cruz? And still make good sensible points? Me neither.


he couldn't speak intelligibly without a teleprompter longer than a few minutes

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 05:15 AM (8sCoq)

329 ...and so I now yield to the withered, bespeckled, pedophile presiding over the Senate.

Posted by: Sen Cruz At the end of his speech at September 25, 2013 05:16 AM (8nunQ)

330 318 If Cruz were to spend a few minutes discussing those vile internet rumors about Harry Reid and the strangled boys ...

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2013 09:09 AM (CMlD4)


Now I want to address these terrible rumors that the Majority Leader molests and strangles Boy Scouts with his bare hands. That's simply untrue! Everybody knows he uses a silk scarf.

Posted by: joncelli at September 25, 2013 05:16 AM (RD7QR)

331 311 - Agreed, I was just trying to keep it pity.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 05:17 AM (7mQyC)

332 The pathetic thing about the dipshits running the Repubs in Congress today is they don't realize how many millions of Americans have watched and or listened to Cruz yesterday, last night and today. I'm trying to be generous in saying they don't realize as opposed to don't care. The Republican party in America is hanging on by a thread and these people need to wake up.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2013 05:17 AM (X+nFp)

333 Here's the Obamacare "Green Eggs and Ham" parody poem. I guess Cruz couldn't read this as it talks about Pelosi: I do not like this Uncle Sam, I do not like his health care scam. I do not like these dirty crooks, or how they lie and cook the books. I do not like when Congress steals, I do not like their secret deals. I do not like this speaker, Nan , I do not like this ‘YES WE CAN.’ I do not like this spending spree, I’m smart, I know that nothing’s free. I do not like your smug replies, when I complain about your lies. I do not like this kind of hope. I do not like it, nope, nope, nope!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 05:17 AM (a4Omg)

334 With all the animosity in Congress these days, I think Cruz will probably have to end his speech like this one ended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRK541tosfI

Posted by: K-Bob at September 25, 2013 05:18 AM (RNBLf)

335 334 Awesome verse !!! Love it !!!

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 25, 2013 05:19 AM (HsI7Q)

336 Morning morons. Remarkable work by Cruz. Hope he has a free day today to recover.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at September 25, 2013 05:19 AM (UR1wn)

337 But does Mr Cruz have a catheter, pink sneakers and a fashion spread in Vogue?

Posted by: Wendy Davis D-ouche at September 25, 2013 05:19 AM (ZxVJD)

338 I do not like this kind of hope.

I do not like it, nope, nope, nope!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 09:17 AM (a4Omg)


[Protracted golf clap]

Posted by: joncelli at September 25, 2013 05:19 AM (RD7QR)

339 @FenelonSpoke - Well played

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 05:19 AM (7mQyC)

340 For a mic drop it would be hard to top, "But first you will blow me". "Show some fucking Integrity." would be a good penultimate sentence though.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at September 25, 2013 05:20 AM (+9dyn)

341 Cruz closes with a series of IowaHawk tweets.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 25, 2013 05:20 AM (IXrOn)

342 332 "Which in either of those cases would kind of suck in my opinion."

Why? A "SHIELD Agent Is Actually An LMD!" reveal is pretty much a mandatory. It's about as true to the genre as you can get.

Posted by: Galos Gann at September 25, 2013 09:17 AM (T3KlW)

 

Because I like Coulson.  So I would prefer my option 3.  I can of course see them introducing the LMD's and then having the speculation that is what he is as a red herring though.

Posted by: buzzion at September 25, 2013 05:20 AM (LI48c)

343 295 Cruz quoting Ayn Rand Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 25, 2013 08:58 AM (GEICT) Yes. Given two sides in an argument, the real evil exists in the middle, where nothing holds true. I paraphrase from last night. Cruz said that though he does not agree with those who believe in the single payer system, he acknowledges that at least they stand on their premise. He said then that people who say one thing but do another, pledging allegiance when really sabotaging, are traitors with no respect.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 05:20 AM (MhA4j)

344 And make a mad dash to the bathroom.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 25, 2013 09:13 AM (DmNpO)


Why do I picture Ace Ventura coming out of the bathroom....DO NOT GO IN THERE!

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 25, 2013 05:20 AM (FIDMq)

345

Greetings and salutations, members of the   Moron Horde.

 

Kudos to Cruz for attempting to reduce our enscrewedning, long   may he speak.

 

SNAFU.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 25, 2013 05:20 AM (0HooB)

346 Maybe someone from Texas can fax the parody poem to Cruz' office? :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 05:21 AM (a4Omg)

347 Posted by: chess not checkers at September 25, 2013 08:52 AM (zKoYE) yes. Tell the truth, to the best of your ability, versus shrinking like a cold water episode. It's all he could do, and he's doing it.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 25, 2013 05:21 AM (IXrOn)

348 speaking of dumps....its up

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 25, 2013 05:21 AM (FIDMq)

349 I can't take credit for the poem. It was written by someone else back when Pelosi was Speaker. It just took me a while to find it and no credit was given to who wrote it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 05:22 AM (a4Omg)

350

Nice one, Fenelon!

 

"Show some fucking Integrity." would be a good penultimate sentence though.

 

"Now, don't make a fucking maniac out of me.  Show some fucking integrity."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2013 05:22 AM (zF6Iw)

351 Did this guy tell us yet what he was alluding to earlier? Someone came up to him story? Or, did I miss it?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 25, 2013 05:22 AM (IXrOn)

352 That guy has to have a piss bag attached to a Foley catheter under those suit pants. While other Reps have nothing to attach a Foley too.

Posted by: Commander Cody at September 25, 2013 05:23 AM (PytgW)

353 #334. That is great! I think I will steal it and post it in some public bathroom stalls or something. PERFECT for the LIV. Humorously uses the KISS principle while making the point. I likes it.

Posted by: 'Ette in training, a striving wannabe at September 25, 2013 05:23 AM (zvxqj)

354 I believe the long knives have been out on Ted Cruz shortly after he was sworn in as a senator. When did Paul have his filibuster on drones? In the spring? ThatÂ’s when McStain started calling them Wacko Birds. I read something on my iPhone Monday and some fool on McStainÂ’s staff let it be know that he canÂ’t Effing stand Cruz. Nice talk from the senate. Juan McStain has no class. Dick Cheney has class, he called someone out on the senate floor, rather that to have some aide have it circulated in a magazine. McStain doesnÂ’t have the balls to say it to TedÂ’s face!

Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 05:23 AM (z4WKX)

355

This lady HuffPoster is in for a rude awakening by reality:

 

"With all due respect for the institutions, why we have to pay for this nonsense, like this Ted Cruz talking for all that time, just to hold a position that nobody wants? When people understand and see the benefits of having medical services at affordable rates, all this empty commentary is pushed by health insurance companies that see their super-profitable system is gone, for good and for ever."

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 25, 2013 05:25 AM (BAS5M)

356 355 - March I believe.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at September 25, 2013 05:25 AM (7mQyC)

357 282 Ideally,

No, that is no how it works.  The They will set about remediating the law through regulation until it achieves the right balance of socialism and re-distribution to avoid civil war.
They are full speed ahead on implementation, the designated protected are protected and the cash cow is going to get milked.

Posted by: Artruen at September 25, 2013 05:28 AM (fDGF1)

358 328 Does anyone here have a mental picture of Choom Boy standing on his feet for hours on end like Sen. Ted Cruz? And still make good sensible points? Me neither. Posted by: 'Ette in training, a striving wannabe at September 25, 2013 09:14 AM (zvxqj) "I F**KING CONJUGATE!" -- Oct. Playboy, Samuel L. Jackson slams Obama's stupidity speaking "to relate" with the lowest scum of the earth. Jackson's slam, the cherry on top world leaders' essays. Obama can't write, either.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 05:28 AM (MhA4j)

359 Well slap me silly.
The Maryland State Police have just issued a statement saying that despite the new gun control law, which goes into effect on 01 Oct requiring anyone receiving a regulated firearm (aka pistol) to hold a Handgun Qualification License, with no grandfathering to those who ordered/payed for prior to that date, they are going to ignore the law, and allow the receipt of these guns after 01 October.

For any 2A enthusiasts here at Moron central, swing by mdshooters,com and read the threads under the 2A forum.
Changing moment by moment, but I suspect that Governor O'Malley is going to wind up eating a bag of dicks after the lawsuits get filed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 25, 2013 05:29 AM (XJzm5)

360 he couldn’t speak intelligibly without a teleprompter longer than a few minutes Posted by: Jones in CO at September 25, 2013 09:15 AM (8sCoq) Jones in CO, you’re being charitable this morning. A few minutes w/o TOTUS? I don’t think he can got more than 60 seconds w/o screwing up. I ignored the 2008 dem primary but this one clip was being played all the time, I think there was a storm, TFG said “he couldn’t hear himself think” because teleprompter was off. I think that was same day he confused a breathalyzer with an inhaler for asthma. I’m probably wrong because I ignore him as much as possible. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 05:31 AM (z4WKX)

361 Pro-ObamaCare RoboCalls posing as "tea party" messaging that Inhofe (for example) is FOR Obamacare and that he must be stopped.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 05:32 AM (MhA4j)

362 I havenÂ’t seen any posts by J.J. yet either Mary Poppins PPP. Carol Someone suggested he take on Cornyn last night. Is J.J. from TX? Maybe heÂ’s considering it.

Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 05:33 AM (z4WKX)

363 364 J.J.'s from New York, or at leadt that area. He's had work stuff a couple of times lately, so could be that, or maybe he stayed up to watch Cruz last night.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at September 25, 2013 05:37 AM (Pexsc)

364 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 09:17 AM (a4Omg) Thanks FenelonSpoke. ThatÂ’s a good one, IÂ’ll have to post it on paper and repeat it.

Posted by: CarolT at September 25, 2013 05:38 AM (z4WKX)

365 Hi, Carol- Well. I guess you'd have to change the line to "ex" Speaker Nan. The poem was originally written when Pelosi and her comrades pushed Obamacare through.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2013 05:41 AM (a4Omg)

366 He's not just talking, it's been unbelievably educational in a non threatening nice sort of way, sometimes funny but wholly entertaining.  He makes you wonder if next they'll invite a choir from one of the military branches on the podium to sing or a band and maybe a preacher. 

Again kudos to his wife, she must be some incredible listener.

Posted by: knowledge is power at September 25, 2013 05:51 AM (Nx76m)

367 367. The choir, heh. His wife's a banker within the Federal Reserve.

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 25, 2013 05:56 AM (MhA4j)

368 I suspect the Apple ad is also making fun of the real Galaxy (S4, I think) ads that literally drop it into water while claiming itÂ’s waterproof. The ads did not make the drop an accident, they actually had people using it underwater to take photos and video. Small print: water damage not covered (theyÂ’ve since changed to saying it will be covered ONCE) and people trying to use the camera underwater getting bricked phones. http://hoboes.com/waters4

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 25, 2013 06:23 AM (CeNUw)

369 we are witnessing a coup in the Republican Party.

Posted by: thunderb at September 25, 2013 08:06 AM (zOTsN)

 

No, we're not seeing a coup. Money talks, and the big money donors who bankroll favored Republican politicians at the state and national levels are enormously powerful within the GOP. They were/are the ones pushing the Gang of 8 immigration reform deal because of the low wage effect an influx of millions of suddenly legalized low-paid workers will provide. They brought Rubio on board as the conservative front man for that deal, no doubt with the promise of lots of campaign cash when (now if) he makes his presidential run. They're the ones who fund Rove. They're the ones who promote Jeb Bush as a viable presidential candidate when there is nothing about Jeb Bush--accomplishments, demeanor, intellect--that sets him apart from any other middle-of-the-road former governor.

 

I advocate a populist Republican Party, one that champions working people of all classes, the makers not the takers, many of them the people formerly called Reagan Democrats. And if we were one of those South American banana republics, I'd also advocate putting those amoral, unpatriotic moneymen and their very highly paid and utterly worthless consultants against the nearest wall.

Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2013 06:39 AM (V9ol4)

370 " A fake Apple ad that says iOS7 will make your iPhone waterproof has tricked several people into destroying their iPhones."

"I threw my iPhone in the tub because my computer told me to—AND I VOTE!"

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at September 25, 2013 07:49 AM (qvify)

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