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December 15, 2013

Weekend Obamacare Roundup And Open Thread
— Gabriel Malor

Just some stories of Obamacare I saw in the morning papers.

Insurers say CMS is overstating the Healthcare.gov backend fixes. "Insurers said that they had previously reported many of the errors to the Â“help deskÂ” at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and that the problems remained unresolved."

California is sending "insurance educators" to colleges to tempt young invincibles onto the California exchange. "In California, a bellwether state, about 22% of those who enrolled in coverage over the first two months came from the under-35 target audience." Estimates are they need 40% of enrollees to be from the young demographic.

The lagging Hispanic enrollment rate in California is raising red flags for exchanges nationwide. "Hispanics are a linchpin of the health-care law because they constitute more than a third of the estimated 29 million people who are eligible to buy coverage on the online insurance exchanges."

The D.C. exchange is trying to woo young invincibles at Denny's and Footlocker. Because everybody loves being bothered by annoying people with clipboards while trying to eat or shop or just walk down the sidewalk.

Consider this the Open Thread for purposes of the Football Thread above.

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Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at December 15, 2013 08:51 AM (DL2i+)

2 4 links and you couldn't find an all is well with Obamacare. Obvious racism.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at December 15, 2013 08:54 AM (DL2i+)

3 I will fix everything.

Posted by: George P. Bush at December 15, 2013 08:58 AM (VpMO0)

4 It, like me, will all look better in the morning!

Posted by: Sherrif Joe Bite-Me a Pretty big fukin deal! at December 15, 2013 09:00 AM (uUXp6)

5 You have got to give the AA presdent an A for effort and B+ for bullchit artist odf the century, er wait, ah like I said, ;\like I always said, E for Effort!

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at December 15, 2013 09:03 AM (uUXp6)

6 From ValuePenguin want to get a visual grasp of how 404Care is impacting things?

http://www.valuepenguin.com/visualizing-uninsured-affordable-care-act-landscape

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 09:04 AM (vjloV)

7 I assume everyone's seen the headline article at Drudge. Apparently the billing feature sometimes works, in that you can schedule a payment, and then it will be carried out immediately, so *Surprise!* you're overdrawn.

Posted by: Methos at December 15, 2013 09:07 AM (hO9ad)

8 Why Denny's? Is Denny's run by a big prog and McDonalds said no? Not a big young people hang out as far as I know although lots of young people work at them. Foot locker? Why not game stop?

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 09:14 AM (zOTsN)

9 I suspect those CA young people have not actually paid for their insurance which means the real numbers are a lot lower.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 15, 2013 09:15 AM (T2V/1)

10 I would have stayed with the Foot Ball thread..., but I saw no elbows.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 09:16 AM (aDwsi)

11 Yes but you saw everything else

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 09:16 AM (zOTsN)

12 Foot locker? Why not game stop? Posted by: Thunderb --------------- Why not Dicks. Somehow, that makes sense to me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 09:17 AM (aDwsi)

13 Open thread for football.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 15, 2013 09:17 AM (T2V/1)

14 If you want your red drawers you can keep your red drawers.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 15, 2013 09:19 AM (T2V/1)

15 If you want your red drawers you can keep your red drawers. Posted by: Vic --------------------------- It it was Futball, would we call them 'knickers'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 09:21 AM (aDwsi)

16 Bro, yer spell checker changed "imbeciles" to "invincibles".

Posted by: Xavier at December 15, 2013 09:24 AM (2jJKZ)

17 Dicks, Game Stop, McDonalds, sports events, porn websites

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 09:24 AM (zOTsN)

18 Bars on ladies night, Wing Stop

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 09:25 AM (zOTsN)

19 Back in the Days of Choom, we always went to Denny's. Gotta fight the munchies with cheap, idle calories.

Posted by: Barack O'Failure, President of the United States of America at December 15, 2013 09:27 AM (x/lJo)

20 Most guys named "Denny" are rapists. The incorporation papers for Denny's actually list the company's name as Denny's Violent Penis, Inc.

Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at December 15, 2013 09:30 AM (x/lJo)

21 ""Hispanics are a linchpin of the health-care law because they constitute more than a third of the estimated 29 million people who are eligible to buy coverage on the online insurance exchanges."

Lynchpin, you say? But isn't the narrative that these people couldn't afford it before - so they'll be using a lot of subsidies to purchase a plan and/or go on Medicaid? Bring on the death spiral!!

But, hey, if they really are that important to the program's success, maybe HHS should have completed the Spanish language version of the site before December 13th?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2013 09:30 AM (JRmiD)

22 Gotta fight the munchies with cheap, idle calories. Posted by: Barack O'Failure ---------------- Moon Over My Hammy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 09:31 AM (aDwsi)

23 Maybe they should send their "educators" (and I've come to loathe that term since it seems to have originated w/teachers unions) to the Apple store and GameStop. I'm sure some hip, plugged in youngin' would love to hear why they should forgo their iPad, iPhone, PS4 and/or XBox One to pay top dollar for a plan that supplements Jose undocumented American's health coverage.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2013 09:32 AM (JRmiD)

24 I was once beaten senseless by a guy named Denny. I asked him if it was part of the Knockout Game and he said "no, you're just such a dick".

Posted by: Matt Yglesias at December 15, 2013 09:32 AM (x/lJo)

25 So this black Santa kerfuffle is really becoming a thing isn't it? CNN is discussing it and I even saw a dumb article about it on one of my local news sites. Anything to keep the ginned up outrage fueled and distract people from abysmal holiday retail season and the disaster of Obamacare.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 15, 2013 09:38 AM (RZ8pf)

26 Fun in Photoshop with the Presidential Selfie.
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/selection-du-weekend-66-36.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 09:39 AM (vjloV)

27 Educators Like re education camps So soviet

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 09:40 AM (zOTsN)

28 Well I finished Once An Eagle. Now started on the last three Wheel of Time books on the Kindle.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 15, 2013 09:41 AM (T2V/1)

29 Good sidebar piece by Goodman about how the Mandela funeral selfie shows just how far we have fallen over the last 80 years.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 09:42 AM (sQ0LB)

30 As an under 35, I can say a Denny's is my favorite hang out. Wait, no it's not, I haven't set foot in a Denny's in years. And IIRC, the last time I did was with my wife's grandparents. So...WTF? Government can't even propaganda right.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 15, 2013 09:44 AM (GaqMa)

31 Santa kerfluffle? What happened?

Vic just offloaded all my Jordan books. They did serve admirably as bricks.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 09:45 AM (vjloV)

32 It's Sunday so it must be time to fly back to work. Sigh... 16 days left until 1/1/2014, aka "the day someone blinks".

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at December 15, 2013 09:45 AM (R5qgD)

33 Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 15, 2013 01:38 PM (RZ8pf) Eh, bash the competition (who is currently kicking your ass.) In all honesty, Kelly should have just ignored the story to begin with. It's the amateur webzine Slate. People only know about it when you tell them.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 15, 2013 09:46 AM (GaqMa)

34 Anna, where Megyn Kelly said Santa just is white in response to that Slate or Salon (honestly who can keep those two straight?) article by the woman who couldn't relate to Santa growing up because he was white and she was an African American. So she suggested making Santa a penguin instead.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 15, 2013 09:47 AM (RZ8pf)

35 I meant that last post for the book thread. Oh well, too late now.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 15, 2013 09:47 AM (T2V/1)

36 >>So this black Santa kerfuffle is really becoming a thing isn't it?

Saw the snarky story on CNN, too, and they took such glee in showing Megyn being mocked on SNL and Comedy Central. The CNN host and the Slate writer who started this all then joked about what a racist idiot Megyn was - all while piously lamenting that Megyn just wasn't taking the racial sensitivities of others seriously.

They're using the Destroy Palin template: Back in 2008, the MSM would put out a Palin is stupid/silly/crazy story, then SNL and Comedy Central would do a bit mocking her, then the MSM "news" programs (especially MSNBC) would replay these clips over and over.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2013 09:48 AM (JRmiD)

37 PGiS, really? Can't make Soc-Progs happy at all. In Holland one of Santa Claus' helpers is soot covered so naturally their Soc-Progs think its racist.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 09:50 AM (vjloV)

38 You know who else is black? The Tooth Fairy. Yeah, that's right. A black man is in your daughter's bedroom putting money under her pillow.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 15, 2013 09:50 AM (QAtJ+)

39 >.You know who else is black? The Tooth Fairy. Yeah, that's right. A black man is in your daughter's bedroom putting money under her pillow.

The Rock, right? I saw that movie....

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2013 09:51 AM (JRmiD)

40 Samuel Jackson as the tooth fairy " what's under your pillow?"

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 15, 2013 09:52 AM (RZ8pf)

41 Sooner or later, everyone says something stupid or silly or ill-considered or easily twisted. But it's usually only news if that person isn't a leftist. Because journolists are corrupt.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2013 09:52 AM (qyfb5)

42 Wasn't it the Slate writer who started with bitching that Santa was a creepy-ass cracker?

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 09:54 AM (MMC8r)

43 You know who else was a black guy? Paul Bunyon. It's true. And Babe? Not really blue. Black.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 09:54 AM (aDwsi)

44 Samuel L. Jackson asking "What's in your wallet?"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 09:54 AM (vjloV)

45 Snow White? Nope. Sorry.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 09:55 AM (aDwsi)

46 You say you can't relate to a holiday symbol because he doesn't share your skin color, and you think someone ELSE has a problem?

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 09:55 AM (MMC8r)

47 Samuel L. Jackson as Santa Claus "what's under your tree?"

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 15, 2013 09:56 AM (RZ8pf)

48 They are trying to teach her that as an attractive white woman she is not allowed to comment on race in any fashion, especially to point out the ridiculous slights generated by the race baiting industry

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 09:57 AM (zOTsN)

49 So Paul Ryan (a True Conservative) thinks pissing away money to "fix" ChoomCare is more important than military pensions?

Yeah, those military-types spend years lazing around the pool sipping drinks and vacationing in paradises like Iraq, Afghanistan and all the other 'Stans. Damn, they got it good, don't they?

I won't say what I'd like to see done with Ryan. He wouldn't like it. Not unless he really digs some serious discomfort, that is.

Oh, and fuck you, Mutt Romney, for choosing that twisted little shitweasel as your running mate.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 15, 2013 09:59 AM (veRXo)

50 The same people who would waste time bitching that Santa is white are the same peole who will defend ebonics, thug lifestyle, and the inner cities as 'cultural values.'

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 09:59 AM (MMC8r)

51 48 They are trying to teach her that as an attractive white woman she is not allowed to comment on race in any fashion, especially to point out the ridiculous slights generated by the race baiting industry

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 01:57 PM (zOTsN)

Yeah, I don't think Megyn is going to back down on this. More likely she'll continue to highlight the idiotic race-baiting every single night.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 09:59 AM (sQ0LB)

52 Look..., these are mythical characters. They have a source. There was nothing racist about them, they just evolved as characters. All of the hoopla is just over-sensitive hyperbole calculated to lead to divisiveness.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 10:00 AM (aDwsi)

53 Peter O'Toole has died. He was a pro to the end.He was great in Dean Spanley when he was very old.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 15, 2013 10:01 AM (v68t8)

54 Santa Claus (not Saint Nick ) is part of Germanic/Norse legend. Of course he isn't black. It's silly. Like complaining that folk heroes in African legends aren't white. Get over it. If you can't relate to him, fine. It's no great tragedy.

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:01 AM (zOTsN)

55 Peter O'Toole has died. RIP, Allan Swann.

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 10:02 AM (MMC8r)

56 Does this sum up what we all would like see happen to these people and their outrage over Megyn?

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/selection-du-weekend-66-14.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 10:03 AM (vjloV)

57 Peter O'Toole? Portrayed Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia rode a JAP motorcycle Ergo, O'Toole was a racist. Got it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 10:03 AM (aDwsi)

58 The "Santa is White" hyperventilating is ridiculous to anyone with an IQ above room temperature. The idiot in the situation is the person who wants to make Santa into a penguin. That is mockworthy.

Posted by: Lauren at December 15, 2013 10:04 AM (hFL/3)

59 Santa Penguin or Penguin Claus just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 15, 2013 10:06 AM (RZ8pf)

60 If you are 13 per cent of the population, you can't insist that the other 87 per cent of the population adopt all your customs, legends, tastes, culture and looks. It's stupid

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:06 AM (zOTsN)

61 John Cleese, "And now your Santa Penguin will explode."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 10:06 AM (vjloV)

62 I bet she relates to hyperventilating enviro Santa in the spider hole

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:08 AM (zOTsN)

63 Moron News Alert - BCochran is trapped in traffic with family. Accident on I-95 is causing the delays. Says it will be 2 hours before he gets home.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 10:08 AM (vjloV)

64 Just imagine saying that you really couldn't relate to Mandela because he wasn't white.

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 10:08 AM (MMC8r)

65 Lawrence was killed on a Brough Superior motorcycle. It was called the Rolls Royce of motor cycles. It was built in England.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 15, 2013 10:09 AM (T2V/1)

66 Imagine the hue and cry if awhite writer said they couldn't relate to The JEF cause he isn't white

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:12 AM (zOTsN)

67 Conservative Crank, Have you made any decisions about your niece?

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 10:17 AM (z4WKX)

68 Lawrence was killed on a Brough Superior motorcycle. It was called the Rolls Royce of motor cycles. It was built in England. Posted by: Vic ---------------------------- I didn't say that he was killed while riding a JAP. As far as I know, the Brough used a JAP engine. http://cybermotorcycle.com/euro/brands/jap.htm

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 10:18 AM (aDwsi)

69 What color is Kwanza Klause?

Just curious

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 15, 2013 10:19 AM (GztZn)

70 Remember you might be having a discussion with Mike's cat.

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/selection-du-weekend-66-46.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 10:20 AM (vjloV)

71 Wait till Jan. 1 when the Obunglescare panacea starts. Millions with no insurance will be suffering. We will get to see just how many doctors and hospitals are going to opt out.

Posted by: Carlos Dangerfield at December 15, 2013 10:20 AM (m0le6)

72 Since I don't know if I'll be able to hang out during the gaming thread: If any WoW gamers would be willing to create an Alliance toon on Rexxar I'd appreciate it. I'm trying to get a guild called "Val U Rite Pudding" started there. Son and WeirdDave have signed already and I'd be happy to pay 50 gold a piece.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 15, 2013 10:24 AM (GDulk)

Carol, not yet, thanks for asking. My inclination is to pack her things and move her out. Mrs. Crank seems to be coming around to that view as well, but I have to give her time to get there on her own. How's Paul doing?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 10:24 AM (sQ0LB)

74 The Virgin Mary had blond hair and blue eyes.

I know this is true because I have seen so many portraits of her.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 15, 2013 10:25 AM (V70Uh)

75 This Santa Claus thing reminds me of the kerfluffle when Bert and Ernie were reported to be gay.

The makers of Sesame Street came out and essentially said "No. They are puppets."

Posted by: Jimbo at December 15, 2013 10:26 AM (V70Uh)

Kwanza Klause is obviously a racist dog whistle, since it's only one K away from being KKK.

However, if Kwanza Klause did exist, he'd be a black man dressed in a Che T-shirt and one black glove, and instead of giving presents he'd encourage children to either take them from white kids.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 10:27 AM (sQ0LB)

77 Since I am older than kwanzaa, I feel perfectly entitled to say it's bullshit.

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 10:28 AM (MMC8r)

78 Gah, proofreading, how does it work? I was going to say either take them from white kids or ask the government to do the same, but that didn't feel consistent with the whole Black Power motif I was going for.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 10:28 AM (sQ0LB)

79 If you hear the dog whistle, your the dog. Isn't it the idea, and not the skin color, that's the point?

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:30 AM (zOTsN)

80 Ugh, Kwanzaa, like Earth Day, was created by a guy who abused women (like, tortured them). Also based on Socialism and the Black Liberation Movement.

http://www.examiner.com/article/socialist-principles-of-kwanzaa

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2013 10:32 AM (JRmiD)

81 Thanks for asking about Paul, CC. He's still in the hospital, he went last Friday because he couldn't breathe. He told me later he thought that was it. Friday we played phone tag, & when I called him yesterday, nurses came in & he had to hang up. He hasn't called me back. They did tests to watch him eat & drink, to make sure he isn't accidentally getting food in his lungs, he's not. They looked into his lungs with camera, but only found mucus. He got pneumonia Tuesday, again. Can you take your niece in as a foster child? She might change if she knew she had people that love her.

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 10:33 AM (z4WKX)

82 I am creating Happy Horde-a-day, a celebration. Of the Moronic Code

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:34 AM (zOTsN)

83 I just put out an executive order to make Santa black.

Posted by: King Barky the Liar at December 15, 2013 10:35 AM (WGm5T)

84 CC
I brought up the topic of Kwanza and Kwansa Klause due to the nature of people not being able to make declarative statements as to the race of legends and folk lore characters.

Last I checked, there were not a lot of black Nordic types several hundred years ago.

But, I am certain that if a character emerged from African culture as a saint, and giver of presents and gifts, their skin and physical features would be presented as black.

Funny that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 15, 2013 10:35 AM (GztZn)

85 I am creating Happy Horde-a-day, a celebration. Of the Moronic Code Posted by: Thunderb ---------------- I propose that we co-opt 'The Airing of Grievances' from Festivus as our own.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 15, 2013 10:36 AM (aDwsi)

86 VIA,

St. Augustine was pretty dark skinned. But as a Doctor of the Church, libtards are loathe to acknowledge his existence.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 15, 2013 10:37 AM (V70Uh)

87 ItÂ’s official Â— the government of the United States of Obama consists of boobs and bores and is led by a narcissist. It is no consolation that Great Britain joins us in racing to the bottom.

President ObamaÂ’s flirting with DenmarkÂ’s prime minister would be shameful on any occasion. That it happened at the memorial for Nelson Mandela only adds to the embarrassment.

But the Â“selfieÂ” episode also symbolizes the greater global calamity of Western decline. With British prime minister David Cameron playing the role of ObamaÂ’s giggling wingman, the Â“look at meÂ” moment confirms we have unserious leaders in a dangerously serious time.

Posted by: Julia at December 15, 2013 10:37 AM (e8kgV)

88 I'm not dead.

Posted by: Peter O'Toole at December 15, 2013 10:38 AM (2pc1N)

89 Peter O'Toole isn't dead but he is black.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 15, 2013 10:39 AM (2pc1N)

90 I just called Paul, he'll be in the hospital at least until the middle of the week & only talked to me for two minutes, if that.

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 10:41 AM (z4WKX)

91 St Augustus was born in Algeria, Africa

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:41 AM (zOTsN)

92 >>> Consider this the Open Thread for purposes of the Football Thread above. Pajama bottoms aren't defined as pants, a they?

Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2013 10:42 AM (Ua6T/)

93 I don't want to go on the cart.

Posted by: Peter O'Toole at December 15, 2013 10:42 AM (2pc1N)

81 "Can you take your niece in as a foster child? She might change if she knew she had people that love her. "

Are you willing to wager the corpses of your wife and child to find out???

Posted by: DAve at December 15, 2013 10:43 AM (b7yum)

Thunderb, I was just pointing out the absurdity of racist dog whistling, or rather the claims of such.

Carol, the problem is her being in the house. Pulling a knife on Mrs. Crank and my unborn son? Yeah, not exactly eager to give that a second chance. Friend of a friend had a similar thing, her son tried to smother the baby when it was 3 months old and is now in a group home. I'm not saying we'll turn our backs on her completely--but I would never forgive myself if something happened to my family because I tried to fix the unfixable.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 10:45 AM (sQ0LB)

96 Posted by: Jimbo at December 15, 2013 02:37 PM (V70Uh) Wasn't there an African soldier (general?) who became a martyr saint sometime in the early years of Christianity? St. Nicholas was Turkish and Father Christmas was Germanic so it's hardly any wonder that the combination for a Coca-Cola add would be light skinned.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 15, 2013 10:46 AM (GDulk)

97 >>> St. Augustine was pretty dark skinned. He considered himself to be Punic, so sayeth Wiki.

Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2013 10:46 AM (Ua6T/)

98 St. Nicholas was ~~Turkish~~ Greek. FIFY

Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2013 10:48 AM (Ua6T/)

99 St Augustine is dark skinned you say?

Well, most people from Florida have a tan.
It's the sunshine state, after all.

Posted by: Confused, yet sincere Libtard at December 15, 2013 10:49 AM (GztZn)

100 CC I knew what you meant. Just liked to repeat it. About your niece, I know its hard, but maybe a residential treatment facility is the best thing for her and what she needs. Easy for me to say, I know, but maybe that's best for everyone. It doesn't mean you are cutting her off, you could still be a positive influence, write, visit, encourage. If she were having a stroke or heart attack, no one would question the need for hospitalization. It's the same thing. She needs it

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:50 AM (zOTsN)

101 OH GOODIE! Now I'm gonna go to a Footlocker and Denny's just to annoy the effing sheet outta these morons. Thanks for the Tip!

Posted by: Pelosi Schmelosi at December 15, 2013 10:50 AM (2mR8s)

102 Posted by: fluffy at December 15, 2013 02:48 PM (Ua6T/) My mistake, knew his bishopric was in *modern* day Turkey and forgot how much that area had changed.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 15, 2013 10:51 AM (GDulk)

103 Not even a hospital, but a therapeutic placement in a group home or school

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:54 AM (zOTsN)

104 CC, To paraphrase my boss when I bring up Paul, he knows not to ask unless I bring it up first, it's a horrible situation. I read Friday's ONT in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep. I missed that Mrs. Crank was pregnant. You can't take any chances with your family. Who is she living with now?

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 10:55 AM (z4WKX)

105 Here I am reading a random open thread when I should be dressing for my son's wedding later tonight. Wonder what I'm going to wear? I'll find something. Funny. The womenfolk have been wondering what they're going to wear for what seems like months now.

Posted by: Toasty Pineneedles, Santa's mindful webworker at December 15, 2013 10:56 AM (U13jb)

106 I just put out an executive order to make Santa black.

Posted by: King Barky the Liar at December 15, 2013 02:35 PM (WGm5T)

Another year of coal for you, asshole.

Posted by: S. Claus (who doesn't even have a tan this time of year) at December 15, 2013 10:57 AM (hO9ad)

107 Oh Toasty congratulations! Enjoy the day

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 10:57 AM (zOTsN)

108 Moar clusterfucks ...

Washington State health plan site is erroneously debiting bank accounts

http://tinyurl.com/n2fhhuc

Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2013 10:59 AM (aTXUx)

109 Thunderb, she's in an adolescent inpatient facility right now, we'll see for how long. Fortunately for my wallet, we didn't have custody yet and she's on Medicaid.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 10:59 AM (sQ0LB)

110 It's getting cloudy and overcast here.
Time for a nap maybe?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 15, 2013 11:00 AM (GztZn)

111
I know this is true because I have seen so many portraits of her.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 15, 2013 02:25 PM (V70Uh)

You can tell? Those tortillas never seem to have enough detail.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 11:00 AM (lr3d7)

112 CNN Atlanta Dec 15 2013 -

In a stunning movie, the EPA has announced they have raided Santa Claus' workshop. They are citing him with multiple counts of pollution due to improper storage and use of coal. Charging that such negligent activity endangers the fragile Arctic eco-system.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 11:01 AM (vjloV)

113 We don't know what to do when the mind is broken. So we try, fitfully, often unsuccessfully. Because what else can we do? From out here, we can only wish for luck, pray, hope.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 15, 2013 11:02 AM (qyfb5)

114 CC I hope you have a peaceful Christmas. FWIW, I'll send some prayers for you, and her

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 11:03 AM (zOTsN)

115 CC, How long has your niece been in facility?

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 11:06 AM (z4WKX)

116 gradewise, I'd give King Barky a F for "Forward"

Posted by: Mallfly at December 15, 2013 11:06 AM (bJm7W)

117 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 03:01 PM (vjloV) When is PETA going to free the reindeer from their slavery? They are chained up and get whipped by a white guy and everything!

Posted by: model_1066 at December 15, 2013 11:08 AM (x5Ei/)

118 When is PETA going to free the reindeer from their slavery? They are chained up and get whipped by a white guy and everything! Posted by: model_1066 at December 15, 2013 03:08 PM

Never. PETA is a leftist outfit and they love their Free Shit too ...

Posted by: kbdabear at December 15, 2013 11:11 AM (aTXUx)

119 They are chained up and get whipped by a white guy and everything!

You make that sound like a bad thing.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 11:11 AM (lr3d7)

120 gateway pundit has a link to a Moslem site that says Mohammad said Jesus was white. Your move.

Posted by: Mallfly at December 15, 2013 11:12 AM (bJm7W)

121 Toasty Chestnuts, Congratulations. It's after 3 you'd better start to think about what to wear.

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 11:12 AM (z4WKX)

122 Happy RamaHanuKwanzMas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5IIfmEDOXE

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 15, 2013 11:13 AM (VpMO0)

123 Shhhh Don't tell them but Jesus was a Jew

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 11:13 AM (zOTsN)

124 "120 gateway pundit has a link to a Moslem site that says Mohammad said Jesus was white. Your move." Pops popcorn

Posted by: Lauren at December 15, 2013 11:14 AM (hFL/3)

125 Have the mullahs in Iran realized yet that Fargam the Space Monkey has been compromised by the Mossad?

Posted by: Fritz at December 15, 2013 11:16 AM (TKFmG)

126 Pants. I'm pretty sure I'm going to need some pants....

Posted by: Toasty Pineneedles, Santa's mindful webworker at December 15, 2013 11:17 AM (U13jb)

127 Congratulations. It's after 3 you'd better start to think about what to wear.
Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 03:12 PM (z4WKX)

Cowboy boots and a codpiece. If it's a more formal occasion, you can add a bow tie.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 11:17 AM (lr3d7)

128 Can anyone tell me how to access the ace of spades yahoo photos ?

Posted by: awkward davies at December 15, 2013 11:17 AM (WK8VM)

129 Pants. I'm pretty sure I'm going to need some pants....
Posted by: Toasty Pineneedles, Santa's mindful webworker at December 15, 2013 03:17 PM (U13jb)

Hi, you must be new here...

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 11:17 AM (lr3d7)

130 Don't scare the bride or shame your wife. Anything else goes

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 11:18 AM (zOTsN)

131 Set a record today, came into a poker match an hour late. The 1500 starting chips had dwindled to $75 while everyone else had about an average 5K by then. Went all in on the next three hands and hit a straight on the three hands. Was up to 6k. Finished 5th in the 800 person tourney. Yet I still kind of suck.

Posted by: UWP at December 15, 2013 11:19 AM (2hQRj)

132 We placed her around 3 am Saturday morning. We were told to expect her to be there for about a week.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 11:21 AM (sQ0LB)

133 Hey about those debit card hits, we're the gov'ment and don't make any mistakes so suck it

Posted by: Washington State at December 15, 2013 11:22 AM (aeZx0)

134 We placed her around 3 am Saturday morning. We were told to expect her to be there for about a week. Posted by: Conservative Crank
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Godspeed CC.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 11:23 AM (4Mv1T)

135 Can anyone tell me how to access the ace of spades yahoo photos ? Posted by: awkward davies at December 15, 2013 03:17 PM (WK8VM) you on the yahoo group?

Posted by: Washington State at December 15, 2013 11:23 AM (aeZx0)

136 Okay, seriously, thanks for the congrats & jokes, gang. Time to go make sure my son says "I do" loud and clear. Two funny little words that change your life forever. They have nooooooo idea.... -mindful webworker-

Posted by: Toasty Pineneedles, Santa's mindful webworker at December 15, 2013 11:25 AM (U13jb)

137 They bother them at the mall and at Denny's because if they bother them at home, like the Jehovah's Witnesses, they'll just turn the sprinklers on like I do . . .

Posted by: Ned at December 15, 2013 11:26 AM (sJH4q)

138 16 more days till 'Inshuance-ogedon' good times good times

Posted by: The Blue Camera at December 15, 2013 11:27 AM (aeZx0)

139 128 Can anyone tell me how to access the ace of spades yahoo photos ? Posted by: awkward davies at December 15, 2013 03:17 PM (WK8VM) Hide posts from (WK8VM) No, no one can tell you that. (goes to delete photos on Yahoo group)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 15, 2013 11:30 AM (qyfb5)

140 No washington state . Do I have to be ?

Posted by: awkward davies at December 15, 2013 11:31 AM (WK8VM)

141 That was awkward, Davies

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 11:32 AM (zOTsN)

142 Just kidding

Posted by: Thunderb at December 15, 2013 11:33 AM (zOTsN)

143 No washington state . Do I have to be ? Posted by: awkward davies at December 15, 2013 03:31 PM (WK8VM) go here and sing up http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AceOfSpadesHQ/info

Posted by: The Blue Camera at December 15, 2013 11:35 AM (aeZx0)

144 Yes, davies, you have to be a member of both Yahoo and the group.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 15, 2013 11:35 AM (qyfb5)

145 Awkward davies, you have to join the Yahoo group first. If you do it within the next hour, I'll approve you and get you in.

Posted by: L, elle at December 15, 2013 11:35 AM (0xqKe)

146 You don't actually have to sing but I hear it helps.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 15, 2013 11:36 AM (qyfb5)

147 >>> Samuel Jackson as the tooth fairy " what's under your pillow?" I am tired of these muthfuckin teeth under these muthafukkin pillows!!

Posted by: Samuel L Winnfield at December 15, 2013 11:41 AM (Ua6T/)

148 Thanks L,elle but I don't have time right now . Hopefully next week sometime . Thanks , anyway .

Posted by: awkward davies at December 15, 2013 11:44 AM (WK8VM)

149 Yes, davies, you have to be a member of both Yahoo and the group.

Also, there's a written test and an oral interview.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 15, 2013 11:45 AM (2pc1N)

150 CC, I had to admit my mother to a mental hospital because she was at home with Alzheimer's & was violent & home alone 3-4 hours a day. Doctor told us what hospital to take her to. It was a scary place, locks on all the doors, we couldn't get in or out unless they let us in. They told us not to visit for four or five days, and my mother must have been scared. We listened to her doctor. I wish I had called one of my older cousins because there is a similar unit for elderly psychiatric patients that does not have locked doors & encouraged us to visit & often. I found that out almost a year later, my mother was in a nursing home & I won't bring up all the issues at that place because it will make my BP go up, & they wanted to send her for an evaluation. That time I called my cousin first& she told me about the other hospital & I insisted my mother go there. She had no behavioral issues, she had a urinary tract infection & that can make elderly people, especially with Alzheimer's act up. Please make sure your niece is in the second type of hospital.

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 11:50 AM (z4WKX)

151 Since this is an open thread: I think my sisters Bug (Boston Terrier-Pug mix) just ate a rat. It sure looked like a naked grey tail slurping into his mouth at least. Should I be worried? Both for him and the fact that there appears to have been a rat outside my house.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 15, 2013 12:25 PM (GDulk)

152 @ 151

"I think my sisters Bug (Boston Terrier-Pug mix) just ate a rat. It sure looked like a naked grey tail slurping into his mouth at least. Should I be worried? Both for him and the fact that there appears to have been a rat outside my house."

Probably want to worm him. Get the medication from a vet, not Safeway.

Posted by: jbarntt at December 15, 2013 01:36 PM (UNFot)

153 @ 151

"Probably want to worm him. Get the medication from a vet, not Safeway."

Also, Mrs. jbarntt, who is a licensed vet tech, said to watch for sickness. If the rat had eaten rat poison, so has the dog.

Posted by: jbarntt at December 15, 2013 01:40 PM (UNFot)

154 Best advice would be get the dog to a vet. Rat poison is usually a massive dose of blood thinner, which causes internal bleeding.

Posted by: jbarntt at December 15, 2013 01:43 PM (UNFot)

155 "Hispanics are a linchpin of the health-care law because they constitute more than a third of the estimated 29 million people who are eligible to buy coverage on the online insurance exchanges." Really? What kind of linchpin do they constitute - the part where the subsidies come from, or the part where the subsidies go?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at December 15, 2013 05:15 PM (AsEOB)

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