January 21, 2013
— Monty
Walter Russel Mead has been beating "death of the blue model" drum pretty hard for the past year or so, and here are three recent pieces that deserve a mention: IllinoisÂ’s Blue Robin Hoods Stealing from the Young to Give to the Old; The Gray Lady Confirms Blue Civil War; Life After Blue.
Yeah, I'd like the New York Stock Exchange, please. And...I guess a milkshake. And fries.
A primer on contract law in Middle Earth.
THIS is how you say "screw you" to the taxman without going to jail. Petty revenge is sometimes the best we can do.
Teh Krugman announces that our financial problems are "already, to a large degree, solved". Monty declares that Teh Krugman's head is, to a large degree, roughly the same size and shape as Sputnik. Spherical, but quite pointy at parts. (That was offsides, wasn't it? He'll be cryin' himself to sleep tonight on his huge pilla.)
And while we're on the topic of problems that were supposedly solved but are just as big a disaster as ever: Greece asks Europe to please send more money.
I've long said that one of the biggest stories of the 21st century will be the demographic and economic implosion of Japan. China will be eyeing the Japanese closely to spot weakness, and the Chinese themselves face an unprecedented demographic and fiscal crunch soon. There's a lot of potential for bad things to happen in that part of the world.
California is boned: Moody's new pension rules could immediately bankrupt six counties. Or, rather, the new rules would make it clear that at least six counties are already bankrupt. If states and municipalities had to adhere to the same accounting rules as businesses do, two-thirds of the damned country would be declared bankrupt.
Inigo Montoya to Governor Moonbeam: You keep using the word "balanced". I do not think it means what you think it means.
Wait, wait, wait...I thought the Chinese were supposed to be bailing us out!
The Fed "underestimated" the 2007-2008 financial crisis in much the same way that George Armstrong Custer "underestimated" the forces arrayed against him at Little Big Horn.
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(Thanks to Jane D'oh for the DOOM kitty)
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It's a beautiful day in Choom Boy's neighborhood....
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 21, 2013 03:56 AM (yKUrR)
Posted by: Jones in CO at January 21, 2013 03:59 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 03:59 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:00 AM (XkWWK)
The ignorance. It burns.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:00 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 04:00 AM (XXIrM)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:00 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: somejoe at January 21, 2013 04:01 AM (SSWdi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 04:01 AM (da5Wo)
It's like that country song "Dear Mom and Dad / Please send money..."
Except without the part at the end where the singer finally actually gets rich.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:02 AM (/eBe8)
he will once again be decorated as a Hero of the Soviet-like Union, triple arugula cluster with "I Won" device
and his wife Jaws will be lowered by crane into a 6000 gallon vat of live lobsters to eat her way out
Posted by: Jones in CO at January 21, 2013 04:02 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Vic
And then it will be done quickly, and stupidly, and without reading the fine print.
See Oblablacare, and weapons, semiautomatic
Posted by: Bruce at January 21, 2013 04:03 AM (oZrAv)
Posted by: Case at January 21, 2013 04:04 AM (vVmp0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:04 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Icedog at January 21, 2013 04:05 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:05 AM (XkWWK)
8 Speaking of the SCOAMT... some moron (not the good kind) the other day claimed today was "Presidents' Day."
The ignorance. It burns.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 08:00 AM (/eBe
Just remember, HE VOTED.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 04:06 AM (da5Wo)
The OTA networks will be carrying it, I bet.
Just remember, HE VOTED.
Yeah, I know. It pains me.
On the other hand, he voted in Texas so the amount of damage his ignorance could do was fairly limited.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:07 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 08:07 AM (/eBe
Problem is, the stupid ones breed. Like rabbits. So in 15 years or so.....
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 04:08 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Dr. Occluder at January 21, 2013 04:10 AM (ptlfZ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:10 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Case at January 21, 2013 08:04 AM (vVmp0)
When will it be White History Month? Instead we have yet another phony celebration over a phony event. Why not go whole hog and call it Kwansaa-II?
Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2013 04:10 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Case at January 21, 2013 04:10 AM (vVmp0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:11 AM (XkWWK)
Inauguration 2013: 1 2-day, $100-million event where rich liberals and Hollywood elites wear all their bling and go to high society parties to celebrate the ascension of a man who spent the last 4-years demonizing wealth.
"Progressives": completely immune to their own irony.
Posted by: DocJ at January 21, 2013 04:11 AM (A5uiv)
Posted by: Case at January 21, 2013 08:10 AM (vVmp0)
And he wasn't "honest".
Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2013 04:12 AM (53z96)
Posted by: zmdavid at January 21, 2013 04:12 AM (YpsAi)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at January 21, 2013 04:12 AM (kqFXz)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:13 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Al at January 21, 2013 04:13 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:13 AM (XkWWK)
>>some moron (not the good kind) the other day claimed today was "Presidents' Day."
As declared by President Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr. back in the 60s?
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 21, 2013 04:14 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: rickl at January 21, 2013 04:15 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 04:15 AM (k4ET0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:17 AM (XkWWK)
Inauguration Schedule
11:55 a.m.
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts administers the presidential oath of office to President Obama.
11:56 a.m.
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts administers a presidential high-hive to President Obama.
11:57 a.m.
Then low and slow on the rebound.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 21, 2013 04:19 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: 'Ette in training at January 21, 2013 04:19 AM (zvxqj)
And he wasn't "honest".
Wasn't he the dude that started the first civil war?
Maybe we can have a "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" Inauguration event since it's so cold. I don't wish for a death, just a really bad case of lung gunk like i had all last week.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 21, 2013 04:19 AM (sHqf1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:20 AM (XkWWK)
They're "fixing" every ability we have to influence the outcome. King Putt is going to rule by diktat. I will probably not get to eat pie.
The lack of pie bothers me the most.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:20 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:21 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: somejoe at January 21, 2013 04:21 AM (SSWdi)
Posted by: zmdavid at January 21, 2013 04:22 AM (YpsAi)
Posted by: 'Ette in training
That is what your going to get. Wifes libby teacher friends winter in the Austin area for the last 10 years. They are always flabbergasted at how you inbred sumbitches have survived this long without the knowledge that we here in Illinois possess. Ohhh you make them soooo mad with your guns and stuff.
Posted by: Bruce at January 21, 2013 04:22 AM (oZrAv)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 04:22 AM (QbxUg)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:22 AM (XkWWK)
It is like a bukake of irony, AGW footprint, litter, congestion, celebrating imperial Presidential power....
Katie Couric will not be needing her face getting a protien mask for at least a year.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:23 AM (LRFds)
It's why I am telling Red people to run to Texas and Louisiana, we Red minded folk better be ready to aid our own in starting over or they WILL devour us.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:24 AM (LRFds)
12:26 p.m.
Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco reads a poem
No Maya Angelou or Stevie Wonder this time. Maybe they couldn't get a cheap flight.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 21, 2013 04:24 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Case at January 21, 2013 04:24 AM (vVmp0)
Posted by: 'Ette in training at January 21, 2013 04:26 AM (zvxqj)
and Chris Matthews will lecture us on why being forced to lick Barack's ass is a Republican idea and why can't we just all go gay and love him like Chris Matthews does?
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:26 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:27 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2013 04:27 AM (GFM2b)
China will be eyeing the Japanese closely to spot weakness, and the Chinese themselves face an unprecedented demographic and fiscal crunch soon. There's a lot of potential for bad things to happen in that part of the world.
Let's see. A large, struggling country with an excess of young men with not enough women and a political/military leadership that is desperate to keep said young men's attention focused outward not inward. What could possibly go wrong? *taps chin*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 04:28 AM (Gk3SS)
A friend of ours was telling us to go and visit the Biltmore estate this spring. She then said how amazing it is and to think that "it was all built by slaves" I had to look up when it was built. Did we still have slavery in 1890 in North Carolina?
Posted by: Bruce at January 21, 2013 04:29 AM (oZrAv)
My personal experience gives me a little bit of hope, here. I know a bunch of transplants, many of them from Blue States. There's something about Texas that seems to mellow out the stupider/more vociferous moonbats. The ones who are even sort of conservative move further that way, too.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:29 AM (/eBe8)
Maybe she thinks that the last 150 years have been built on the fumes of slavery?
They are not very good with dates, geography, political affiliation involved in civil rights, etc etc etc
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:30 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:31 AM (XkWWK)
They can't settle on a single set of rules for Monopoly. Japan wants to go with the "X times around the board" variant, while China wants to go until all but one player are bankrupt. They also can't decide on who gets to be the bank. Or the shoe.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:32 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 08:29 AM (LRFds)
With +7 of bukkake
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 04:32 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 08:28 AM (Gk3SS)
Mandatory Teh Gay?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 04:32 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:33 AM (XkWWK)
Well, yes. Austin seems to be Berkly Southeast. But, really, its one city. Just as importantly, once you break out of that bubble, it's hard to maintain the illusions necessary to believe some of the moonbattier things people there believe.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:33 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:33 AM (/eBe8)
74 Meh, the Japs have anime tentacle penises that will kick China's ass.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 08:33 AM (XkWWK)
There was an awesome visual I didn't need.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 04:33 AM (da5Wo)
The Lesbian and Gay Band Association, the country's first openly gay marching band, will be among the school and military bands strutting down Pennsylvania Avenue on Monday as part of President Barack Obama's second inaugural parade.
The four songs the band will perform were selected for their significance to America, the Obama administration and the gay community.
They will play a combination of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Simple Gifts," a Shaker tune. Also on the playlist: "Give Me Everything (Tonight)" by Miami rapper Pitbull, who was active in Obama's campaign; "Edge of Glory," by Lady Gaga, who identifies as bisexual; and "Tonight" from "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein, who struggled with his homosexuality.
With music selections resolved, all that remained was to settle on a uniform. Four years ago, band members were clad in black shoes, slacks and beret, with thin silver sateen jackets. Due to the cold, however, many members layered warmer clothing under their jackets. A fashion no-no.
"A lot of people were not happy about the way we looked," Begley said. "Some people said we looked like the Michelin Man, or foil-wrapped baked potatoes."
New uniforms — and fundraising to cover their $8,000 cost — were painstakingly debated. The band opted for black shoes and slacks, with two-tone purple over black jackets. Capping it off: a black Australian cowboy hat and snowy plume. The letters LGBA are emblazoned on the jackets' back.
"The look is very sharp, but it wasn't to the point of looking flamboyant," Begley said. "Purple's a very gay color. We wanted to look gay, but we didn't want a set of boas."
Sun-Sentinel
Gay guys. Fighting over their outfits.
Not a stereotype.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 21, 2013 04:34 AM (kdS6q)
Jeez, I take a moment to look over the Friday night / weekend threads - you morons were en fuego, weren't you? Almost makes me sorry I unplug from the web on the weekends.
And somebody tell Dave In Texas that movie posts are my wheelhouse, 'mkay?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 21, 2013 04:35 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:35 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Case at January 21, 2013 04:36 AM (vVmp0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 08:32 AM (da5Wo)
I'm leaning towards the Sheer Numbers vs. Technological Advantage wargame with the Megalomaniac Dictator adding in a Surprise! Nukes! variant. That's when I'm feeling cheery and optimistic. Otherwise it's we're all gonna diiiiiiiiiieeeeeee.
At the moment, though, India and Pakistan are shooting up the charts with their pick me, pick me attitude towards the what part of the world will go glowy first game.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 04:36 AM (Gk3SS)
At the moment, though, India and Pakistan are shooting up the charts with their pick me, pick me attitude towards the what part of the world will go glowy first game.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 08:36 AM (Gk3SS)
Well, sure, if you wanna get all logical and realistic and fact-y about it.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 04:38 AM (da5Wo)
It's a lot like Star trek online's Gay fleet's using pink energy weapons....
"set your phasers to stunning!'
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:38 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: and irresolute at January 21, 2013 04:38 AM (DBH1h)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 21, 2013 04:40 AM (XkWWK)
Barcka Doc seems to hate India and love him some Jackie the Paki, some journalist is gonna have a farmboy leak to them just how Muslimy our intel services are having to get with their focus and deference and the Journalist is gonna have some choices to make.
I am not confident they will be correct ones.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:40 AM (LRFds)
Yeah you missed one of "us" explaining that our Bill of Rights rests on his wife's comfort zone.
Great hilarity ensued.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:41 AM (LRFds)
Unless, of course, TFG decides to tell the truth about his 2nd term agenda in his inaugural address. Then great hilarity will ensue.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:44 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: Mindfulguy passing by waving hi at January 21, 2013 04:46 AM (1zmtP)
Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2013 04:46 AM (53z96)
Next up: war on the 3rd Amendment. You WILL let Obamacorps members sleep in your house and drink your beer.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at January 21, 2013 04:47 AM (ZKzrr)
He's such a suave speaker, and Constiutional Scholar he needed a do-over 1st term. David Plouffe admitted "yes barry wants more of your money," and the news yesterday. King Math says Barry can take all of the Rich's income and run the Govt at his "subdued" rate for about 8 days.
A lot of people who think sucking Barry's dick will save them are in for a shock.
Enjoy this year's tax rate and "refund."
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:47 AM (LRFds)
Ha! Joke's on them, I don't have beer! And if they force me to buy some, I'll buy Keystone Light!
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:48 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: VIA, on the tiny keyboard at January 21, 2013 04:48 AM (g4pPy)
Yep. I know.
It's going to suck big time. The only thing that makes it bearable is that I can see it coming and the people who voted for him mostly can't.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:49 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2013 04:49 AM (GFM2b)
I give you all a reason to live:
Meghan McCain @McCainBlogette
Tune into andersonlive today! I guest host the inauguration episode with @andersoncooper
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 21, 2013 04:49 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:50 AM (/eBe8)
They can have it. Part of "survival" is going to be "hidden wealth."
I plan on learning to build conexes into "sustainable living."
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:50 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Mindfulguy wins the tech lottery at January 21, 2013 04:51 AM (rf20m)
Huh. I grew up hearing "You can't do that! What will the neighbors/the ladies at church/your teachers/etc think!"
I'm still trying to deprogram.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at January 21, 2013 04:52 AM (ZKzrr)
I still go to the old hometown occasionally. I haven't seen anyone from my old HS in any of those trips. I think everyone has left town. They have even torn the old HS down.
From what I can tell the town is collapsing and everyone has moved out of town into the county.
Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2013 04:52 AM (53z96)
You realize that, with few exceptions, the only difference between the ONT crowd and the morning crowd is that the morning crowd paused long enough to bathe and put on pants, yes? They're really the same people, mostly.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 04:52 AM (/eBe8)
(NBC) Is the nation better off than it was four years ago?
The answer largely depends on the statistics you pick.
With President Barack Obama beginning his second term, there are plenty of numbers suggesting that the country is on more solid footing than it was when he first took office on Jan. 20, 2009.
Comrades, we're so much better off as long as you cherry pick the data and ignore the awful economy. And shouldn't this question have been asked during the campaign and not after it?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 21, 2013 04:52 AM (1Jaio)
agenda in his inaugural address. Then great hilarity will ensue.
Ur..um..oh..ah
I was just messing with y'all the last four years. That was just the tip. Now comes the real fuckin', and I ain't got the money for lube.
Posted by: Bruce at January 21, 2013 04:53 AM (oZrAv)
and in some cases are the same people straight in darker hours for our nation's destiny.....
I did sleep for about 5 hours, am about to bathe and darn it I do in fact wear pajama pants at least for most of the ONT!
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:54 AM (LRFds)
Comrade UE3 being lower only by slamming folk into U6 is now a GOOD THING!
"applause!"
It reminds me of that scene in the original V where the visitors have their guns pointing at the ball guests to applaud.
Comrade Wall $treet, do not look at that little punk with the printer behind the curtain!
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:56 AM (LRFds)
Like when Marion Barry was mayor of DC: "Except for the killings, crime is pretty low"
Posted by: Jones in CO at January 21, 2013 04:57 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 04:57 AM (hnFK/)
Learned my lesson.
Posted by: Bruce at January 21, 2013 04:58 AM (oZrAv)
It's like the Depression was for zany fun, except we lack the fallow industrial base and technical skills to bring us back!
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 04:59 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Jones in CO at January 21, 2013 04:59 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 08:56 AM (LRFds)
Here's another line from that NBC story:
And a larger percentage of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction (but a majority still think itÂ’s on the wrong track).
And they could be taking the number going from 25% to 26% and spin it as a larger percentage this it's getting better. But damn that majority for thinking it's on the wrong track. And if the majority thinks it's on the wrong track, where in the sexual intercourse were they on November 6th?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 21, 2013 05:00 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 05:01 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 05:01 AM (hnFK/)
Posted by: sven10077
Maybe it'll be like the mid 70's when the rust belt jobs were disappearing.
"We all learn computers and be the computerinist people ever. We don't need no stinkin' dirty worky jobs.
Posted by: Bruce at January 21, 2013 05:01 AM (oZrAv)
Well Rasmussen is showing that despite the fact that he has been carried on a magic carpet of lies enough of the muddled are giving barry the usual "hope" based bounce that he can probably burn the country down and never fall below 40%.
If Anarchy ever reigns in this nation on a large scale like in Africa I am settling accounts with the press if I don't flee.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:02 AM (LRFds)
Yeah you missed one of "us" explaining that our Bill of Rights rests on his wife's comfort zone.
Great hilarity ensued.
In the words of John Adams in 1776, "oh, good God."
Here’s another one – in yesterday’s Boston Globe (I know, I know, but I can’t get the wife to cancel the rag), there was a gushing story about all the wonderful kiddehs writing letters to Dear Leader, telling him what a wonderful preezy he is, and why don’t those racist Rethuglicans like him?
There was a quote from a preening “occupational counselor” mentioning a letter one dumb shit had written asking Cocoa Shickelgruber to hurry up and ban all guns. Hey, here’s a thought – why don’t we take the money wasted on the “occupational counselor” bint and use it to fund a class on basic civics? Constitution, muthafuckas, do you know it?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 21, 2013 05:04 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Jones in CO at January 21, 2013 05:04 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2013 05:05 AM (GFM2b)
I give you all a reason to live:
Meghan McCain þ@McCainBlogette
Tune into andersonlive today! I guest host the inauguration episode with @andersoncooper
He better watch his sausage.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 21, 2013 05:05 AM (zF6Iw)
Someone had something to say about sacrificing liberty for security (especially false security). If only I could remember what it was.
No matter, it was probably said by an old white guy. It couldn't possibly be important.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 05:06 AM (/eBe8)
right, no seriously I figure we'll literally have a Starbucks every four buildings selling bottled water for imaginary money....
They finally got an at least closeted Marxist red diaper baby in charge and have made up their mind he can literally play "do whatever the fuck I want!" and they will shamelessly spin it.
Until he reaches a critical mass of blood or treasure spilled to no gain he is in like Flynn.
Take care of as many as you can, if you know of a conservative/libertarian type person who has stumbled help as much as you can.
We must keep people from coupling safety with him as people fall to his idiocy.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:06 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2013 05:07 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 21, 2013 05:07 AM (l86i3)
>>You realize that, with few exceptions, the only difference between the ONT crowd and the morning crowd is that the morning crowd paused long enough to bathe and put on pants, yes?
Doom needs pants??
I never got that memo.
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 21, 2013 05:07 AM (SUKHu)
Jason Whitlock's column yesterday was about how the AFC game represented blacks vs whites...so the Super Bowl must be blacks vs gheys.
Meh.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at January 21, 2013 05:07 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2013 05:08 AM (MBqvE)
1) I said "few exceptions."
2) Pants are always strictly optional for the 'ettes.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 05:08 AM (/eBe8)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 09:02 AM (LRFds)
Well we do have our own little Robert Mugabe in office. And I'm betting if Barry thought he could get away with it, just like Mugabe, he be throwing people out of their homes and land and giving it to the "poor" to make things more "fair"
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 21, 2013 05:08 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 21, 2013 05:08 AM (l86i3)
You lost me right there. I'm not even sure why that blatant racist still has a job.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 05:09 AM (/eBe8)
LOL, and math, thery don't know shit about math.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 21, 2013 09:07 AM (l86i3)
They are, in General, Horrendously ill-informed.
Posted by: DiogenesLamp at January 21, 2013 05:09 AM (bb5+k)
They know it's racist. And they can journal about how they feel about that.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at January 21, 2013 05:09 AM (ZKzrr)
Hey, OSP, Gary Aldrich wrote a book about his time at the FBI during the Clinton administration.
Posted by: Mama AJ, on topic, just not today's topic at January 21, 2013 05:09 AM (SUKHu)
Must be why TFG is always wearing a purple tie.
Posted by: Miss Marple at January 21, 2013 05:10 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 21, 2013 05:10 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at January 21, 2013 05:11 AM (GVxQo)
He doesn't know math I suspect in more than economics.
The GOP needs to cut a deal with the Hispanics perhaps even offering them popular sovereignty in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and El Paso on the sly.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:11 AM (LRFds)
The media will gush it represents "one america of red and blue together" I recall that purple is the imperial color.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:12 AM (LRFds)
It's aggravating.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 05:12 AM (/eBe8)
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, who twice ran for president, will be on stage at the U.S. Capitol when Obama recites his oath of office publicly.
As vice chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Alexander has the job of introducing Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who will administer the oath to Vice President Biden.
Alexander will talk about the "American tradition" of "reaffirming immense power" at the 57th inauguration of an American president.
"We do this in a peaceful, orderly way," he will say, according to excerpts of his remarks released by his office. "There is no mob, no coup, no insurrection."
BRB. Signing a few executive orders before I go on stage.
Posted by: President "No Coups" Obama
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 21, 2013 05:12 AM (kdS6q)
You do realize that in a few short months, even the ravage won't dare go near them, right?
No force on earth as vicious as a pack of 13 yo girls.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 05:13 AM (Gk3SS)
Purple was, historically, the color of the rich. Yes, the Emperor wore purple, but so did other rich folks (ancillary question: did the Romans have more liberty than we do?) at the time.
Laws limiting the colors you could wear didn't come until later, I think. I know they were in place by the Renaissance, but I'm not sure how far back they go.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 05:15 AM (/eBe8)
and have gummed up the machine so hard that what is "failing" can hardly be called 'capitalism' were I writing a Dystopian Sci-Fi I'd have the heroic insurgent leader allow the captive free shit army types to literally buy back their freedom with work and showing an understanding of Wealth of Nations....
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:15 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Mindfulguy never served :-P at January 21, 2013 05:15 AM (9Zci/)
I wasn't kidding. Jason Whitlock is an abject racist, not to mention he has all the writing skill of a remedial 10th grader.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 05:16 AM (/eBe8)
Jackson, MS - A 23yr old man was shot in the chest during the MLK parade on Saturday.
http://tinyurl.com/anpo49k
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 05:17 AM (MoP0k)
Posted by: gigg at January 21, 2013 05:18 AM (41VCE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 05:19 AM (MoP0k)
2) Pants are always strictly optional for the 'ettes.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at January 21, 2013 09:08 AM (/eBe
So are shirts.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 05:19 AM (da5Wo)
>>Outstanding, I will look that up. Thank You.
Twas my husband's brain that is well-cataloged and could instantly name a book about the FBI...I will pass on the thanks.
(My brain is more visually organized. "What was the name of that book I read when we were at the hotel with the purple couch?" or something.)
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 21, 2013 05:20 AM (SUKHu)
161 Did BCochran receive his AtC special delivery box?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 09:19 AM (MoP0k)
Wait. What? What did I miss?
And btw, there's an absolutely filthy joke in there. Not that I noticed or anything.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 05:20 AM (da5Wo)
Matches his lips.
And his wife's gown, designed and produced by Broyhill.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at January 21, 2013 05:20 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 05:21 AM (MoP0k)
Mornin' all you couch people.
As Monty so aptly proves, we're still screwed. SNAFU, with the emphasis on the F and the U.
Luv teh Doom kitteh.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 21, 2013 05:21 AM (yiIja)
if you have the recipe it may be your path the riches in the new America...you know the one where we are the Sioux?
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:22 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Mindfulguy too stunned to laugh at January 21, 2013 05:23 AM (F3WsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 05:23 AM (MoP0k)
You need a Mediterranean mollusk for 1BC purple.
Modern purple dyes were discovered in coal-tar derivatives. Some German dude was trying to do something else and realized everything in his lab was turning mauve.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at January 21, 2013 05:25 AM (ZKzrr)
http://en.bijin-snap.com/2013/01/17/no-840/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 05:25 AM (MoP0k)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 05:25 AM (hnFK/)
We're going to Chicago's Pizza up in Greenwood to get told how many tens of thousands less our house is worth in this glorious economic hotrod Barry is creating.
WINNING!
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:26 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 09:19 AM (MoP0k)
Shhhhh. That's a secret.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 05:26 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: gigg at January 21, 2013 05:26 AM (41VCE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 05:27 AM (MoP0k)
They probably did have more basic freedoms. A lot of people think that Democracy is freedom. It is not as the preacher from Boston famously said and it was misquoted in The Patriot.
"Which is better - to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants one mile away? - Mather Byles (a loyalist)
We here in the US are now governed by tens of thousands of laws and regulations with hundreds of new ones being added everyday. Of course back then, unless you were part of the ruling elites or the merchant class you were lucky to get one full meal a day so "freedom" to do what you wanted had little meaning.
Posted by: Vic at January 21, 2013 05:27 AM (53z96)
176 Did BCochran receive his AtC special delivery box?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 09:19 AM (MoP0k)
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Shhhhh. That's a secret.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 09:26 AM (Gk3SS)
Shit. The one weekend I basically unplug from AoS and this happens. If a box shows up and it's ticking, I'm gonna be pissed.
Oh, and AtC? There was no way I was making Top 10 this week. So of course Maet's off and there is no list. *awesomeness*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 05:29 AM (da5Wo)
Yup. In Uncharted Waters New Horizons that is part of the reason why the Hanseatic League ports having "Dye" as a developed commodity to sell. I researched it when I was playing the game as a young'n.
I guess perhaps that is the difference between now and 20 years ago, I had new ad budding toys that tempted me to make use of old and tried and true study techniques and these kids have more knowledge than I ever did as close as a bing bar and research nothing.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:29 AM (LRFds)
Trust me, it won't be ticking.
Oh, and AtC? There was no way I was making Top 10 this week. So of course Maet's off and there is no list. *awesomeness*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 09:29 AM (da5Wo)
I would just like to note that I am, in fact, laughing at you, not with you.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 05:30 AM (Gk3SS)
We here in the US are now governed by tens of thousands of laws and regulations with hundreds of new ones being added everyday. Of course back then, unless you were part of the ruling elites or the merchant class you were lucky to get one full meal a day so "freedom" to do what you wanted had little meaning.
Vic
It's funny how politicians and bureaucrats place so very many restrictions upon capitalism, then turn around and have the audacity to proclaim that it doesn't work.
No shit, Sherlock. I wonder why?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 21, 2013 05:31 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: Golan Globus at January 21, 2013 05:31 AM (XPkdL)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 05:32 AM (m4AUe)
We should encourage the democrats into sex robot addiction and hand one free to every illegal immigrant in the nation.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:32 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 09:30 AM (Gk3SS)
I never assumed otherwise. 
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 05:32 AM (da5Wo)
Ha. It's the Stooges. And a Curly to boot!
Posted by: Bruce at January 21, 2013 05:33 AM (oZrAv)
Finally! A kitteh pic of which I approve.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 21, 2013 05:33 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 21, 2013 05:34 AM (jE38p)
BCochran, that you will have to discuss with AlextheChick on whether you want to open the box or not.
BCochran, I'd google the end of the movie Kiss Me, Deadly if I were you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 21, 2013 05:34 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 05:35 AM (MoP0k)
Posted by: CarolT at January 21, 2013 05:35 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 21, 2013 05:35 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: TexasJew at January 21, 2013 05:36 AM (lD8ju)
Posted by: Mindfulguy too stunned to laugh at January 21, 2013 05:36 AM (kUq7A)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 21, 2013 05:37 AM (MoP0k)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 21, 2013 05:37 AM (jE38p)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 21, 2013 09:34 AM (zF6Iw)
I'll do that. I'm a little concerned about a "Seven" ending. A head in a box is no good.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 21, 2013 05:37 AM (da5Wo)
I posted this over the weekend, but thought I would add it again now that this thread is over 200. Just in case anybody is interested in my approach to push-back. I still try to be a reasonable person, probably to my detriment.
The American Academy of Pediatrics' rather predictable letter to the President and Congress following Sandy Hook pleading for assault weapons and high-capacity magazine ban:
One Pediatrician's (i.e. my) rather lengthy response:
(Copies of my response are being sent to the AAP and to my elected representatives, and yes, I am using my real name, though there may be professional repercussions.)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 21, 2013 05:39 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Mindfulguy too stunned to laugh at January 21, 2013 09:36 AM (kUq7A)
Some of us use Jagger or Rum and Coke. Same caffeine, more buzz.
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at January 21, 2013 05:40 AM (wR+pz)
Nice article at your blog. I'm sorry we couldn't protect you from the Feds Dr. Muldoon. My sister in law the Dr in Dallas is getting nailed hard as well. 25% pay cut *boom.*
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:45 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: TexasJew at January 21, 2013 05:45 AM (lD8ju)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 21, 2013 08:19 AM (kdS
Will they have to do it twice, once publicly and once in an undisclosed chambers room with a glass of wine and feast spread before him ?
Posted by: ette at January 21, 2013 05:47 AM (nqBYe)
Pretty much how I learned to make peace with secession TJ.
The Federal Government has been ignoring the law vis a vis the Senate is preparing to change the rules in the Senate, on and on.
Time to part company.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:48 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 21, 2013 05:48 AM (jE38p)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at January 21, 2013 05:49 AM (kqFXz)
Posted by: Mindfulguy is too old for that at January 21, 2013 05:49 AM (u57y4)
Posted by: CarolT at January 21, 2013 05:51 AM (z4WKX)
That sure mattered for 2012 didn't it?
My bright and sunny demeanor such as it is is in making peace with the fact that enough of the GOP is retarded we're doomed.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:51 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: gigg at January 21, 2013 05:51 AM (41VCE)
Posted by: TexasJew at January 21, 2013 05:53 AM (lD8ju)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 21, 2013 05:54 AM (jE38p)
Thanks Sven- The healthcare bubble will meet up with reality very soon. I saw that writing on that wall in 2009 and made some adjustments. The younger docs are gonna feel the brunt of it. More importantly, patients will feel the pain of shortages and rationing.
My biggest gripe with organizations like the AAP is they attain a pseudo-official status and then left-leaning leadership purports to "speak for" all pediatricians.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 21, 2013 05:55 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: TexasJew at January 21, 2013 05:55 AM (lD8ju)
Posted by: SurferDoc at January 21, 2013 05:55 AM (6H6FZ)
Holy shit, smart people in the horde. When did this shit start?
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at January 21, 2013 09:42 AM (wR+pz)
*****
Don't let the superficialities fool you. I still like fart jokes and potato cannons!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 21, 2013 05:56 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: gigg at January 21, 2013 05:57 AM (41VCE)
One thing you can take heart in is that you will be able to escape easier than me.
Canada still respects rule of law, has a prosperous economy, and is trending towards a freer market in healthcare.
Escape.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 21, 2013 05:57 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: CarolT at January 21, 2013 05:57 AM (z4WKX)
...and besides, being a "fellow" of the American Academy of Pediatrics is designated as FAAP!
Just sayin'
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 21, 2013 05:58 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 06:01 AM (zSyar)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 21, 2013 06:03 AM (sZzZC)
Posted by: teej at January 21, 2013 06:05 AM (wIEXv)
Posted by: gigg at January 21, 2013 06:08 AM (41VCE)
Posted by: SurferDoc at January 21, 2013 06:45 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: barbarausa at January 21, 2013 07:00 AM (WWeoI)
I'll bet he has a log cabin built entirely out of toenail clippings in his house, and maybe several ships in bottles.
Posted by: K-Bob at January 21, 2013 09:12 AM (+hBHL)
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