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December 17, 2013

With One Week Until January 1st, Obama Still Has Not Signed Up For Obamacare
— Ace

He's putting out the word: Sign up for Obamacare, exactly like I didn't.

Apparently he's staying on his "old, crappy fake-sham Bad Apple insurance" as long as the law permits him to.

And maybe even after that -- he can always suspend that part of the law, should it become inconvenient.

Meanwhile, an ad is now running against Jean Shaheen which can be easily used against every Democrat who voted for Obamacare, which is practically every single one of them. (A couple of House Democrats in tough seats were permitted to vote against it, to fool their constituents; a few of those may still even be in office.)

Oh, and people are "poised" to gain health insurance. Like the economy is "poised" to grow.

The White House's new Obamacare progress metric: people "poised to gain coverage." pic.twitter.com/4vtDEdZqOE
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) December 18, 2013

@lachlan The new "jobs created or saved."
— Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) December 18, 2013

Posted by: Ace at 03:43 PM | Comments (237)
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1 He didn't exempt himself?

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2013 03:45 PM (zqvg6)

2 First?

Posted by: Sean at December 17, 2013 03:45 PM (nA60u)

3 Pssssst, ace, January 1st is not for another #twoweeks. Hope you don't have a New Year's Eve Party planned for Christmas Eve.

Posted by: mugiwara at December 17, 2013 03:47 PM (hpYnL)

4 Wait, he isn't on the fancy government plan?

Posted by: Lauren at December 17, 2013 03:47 PM (hFL/3)

5 It's because they ask for your birthplace.

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 03:49 PM (FcR7P)

6 If like my plan ,so I will keep my plan. You, on the other hand........

Posted by: Branco Bama at December 17, 2013 03:49 PM (BC6cY)

7 Two weeks.

Posted by: Pious Agnostic at December 17, 2013 03:49 PM (5xqg/)

8 No one told me about the Republican sponsored health insurance reform law. Let alone that I had to sign up for it.

Posted by: President Obama at December 17, 2013 03:49 PM (mETGQ)

9 Two weeks, one week, it all kind of blurs together after a while.

Posted by: John Titor at December 17, 2013 03:51 PM (JawqV)

10 It's because they ask for your birthplace.
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 07:49 PM (FcR7P)

And Social Security Number.

Posted by: mugiwara at December 17, 2013 03:51 PM (hpYnL)

11 Please, please, please sign up. All that personal information...

Posted by: hackers worldwide at December 17, 2013 03:52 PM (rn0EN)

12 I was going to call it the "five year plan" but that name was taken.

Posted by: Branco Bama at December 17, 2013 03:52 PM (BC6cY)

13 It will single payer, with a two tier result. The special snowflake class will have superb care facilities and access to the best doctors. Most of us will get the all encompassing sub-standard care where you die waiting if you have a serious illness. Just look at the NHS in the UK where this leads.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at December 17, 2013 03:53 PM (88JjH)

14 Reggie Love hasn't shown him how to operate the internets. Also, Our Betters.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 03:53 PM (lVPtV)

15 Me and the Mrs. have Obama on our plan as a dependent.

Those suckers at HHS bought it!

Ha!

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 17, 2013 03:54 PM (T0ohD)

16 Scott Brown-NH

Posted by: Jeff at December 17, 2013 03:55 PM (MOSsR)

17 I've already signed up. Got a handicapped placard and a funny looking helmet as a thank you gift.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 17, 2013 03:55 PM (mETGQ)

18 Jay Carney is a witless turdling.

Posted by: mpfs, Christmas Fishstick at December 17, 2013 03:55 PM (ocjHE)

19 I'm just waiting for New York Times and Washington Post staffers and management to sign up first. That's what all of the secret meetings with my journalists have been about.

Posted by: president o'bumbles at December 17, 2013 03:55 PM (YQUIz)

20 One of my husband's employees went onto the site a few days ago just to see what his costs would be if/when we lose our employer mandate.

He was stunned to see he will be paying three times more for the same coverage.

Then, the next morning (because he had stupidly given the site his personal info), he checked his e-mail and he had been...HACKED. *sigh*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 03:56 PM (lVPtV)

21 Gawd I despise that root lipped little shit.

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2013 03:56 PM (MAdwI)

22 No one told me about the Republican sponsored health insurance reform law. Let alone that I had to sign up for it. Read the papers. There has been a lot of ink spilled over this minor issue so that FUCKING RETARDS like yourself might, might possibly gain some edification as to what insurance is or is not & basic fucking contracts. How do they work?

Posted by: Deety at December 17, 2013 03:56 PM (ad4e8)

23 I got a serious question for the faggot portion of the GOP telling us we have to compromise. How the fuck exactly do you compromise with someone whose lying to you?

Posted by: Mr Pink at December 17, 2013 03:57 PM (c8owl)

24 Jay Carney is a witless turdling.

Is this in response to something, or just a general observation?

Posted by: toby928© from the Phantom Zone at December 17, 2013 03:58 PM (evdj2)

25 I'd pay half of my winning the Mega Millions tonight to see Jay Carney-barker living in a cardboard box under an overpass.

Swearsees.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 03:58 PM (lVPtV)

26 So we have finally found a lie Obama wont tell?

WTF

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 03:58 PM (TI3xG)

27
It's because they ask for your birthplace.
Posted by: t-bird

And Social Security Number.
Posted by: mugiwara

Security Question:

Q: What was the name of your childhood pet?

A: Lunch

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 17, 2013 03:58 PM (kdS6q)

28 How the fuck exactly do you compromise with someone whose lying to you? If someone's lying to you, lie to them right back!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 03:58 PM (gtjN1)

29 Security Question:

Q: What was the name of your childhood pet?

A: Lunch

Funny 'cause it's true.

Posted by: toby928© from the Phantom Zone at December 17, 2013 03:59 PM (evdj2)

30 that's a damn good ad so clear and simple and easily replicated in other races

Posted by: Jose at December 17, 2013 03:59 PM (zc/sw)

31 But, as I have made clear, I like my current plan, so I can just keep it, right?

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 17, 2013 04:00 PM (rn0EN)

32 Security Question: What's the name of the street you grew up on? A: Racist!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:00 PM (gtjN1)

33 How the fuck exactly do you compromise with someone whose lying to you?[/]

Beat them half-to-death.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 17, 2013 04:00 PM (JawqV)

34 How many people are poised to have their identity stolen and their bank accounts hoovered out.

Posted by: alexthechick SMODlings ho! at December 17, 2013 04:00 PM (qYrsH)

35 I'm really surprised that Barry doesn't have at least 5,000 different accounts.

Millennials are slackers.

Posted by: Fritz at December 17, 2013 04:01 PM (TKFmG)

36 >>>Posted by: Deety at December 17, 2013 07:56 PM I can't explain it, but I love it when Morons angrily argue with sock puppets.

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 04:01 PM (eQJwb)

37 What was the name of your father?

Barry: Ummm.....errrr....Frank Marshall Da....scratch that...

Err....

Posted by: Barry S. Obama at December 17, 2013 04:01 PM (lVPtV)

38 Pull my finger.

Posted by: Jay Carney at December 17, 2013 04:01 PM (VpMO0)

39 I've already signed up. Got a handicapped placard and a funny looking helmet as a thank you gift. Posted by: Joe Biden at December 17, 2013 07:55 PM (mETGQ) No, Joe. That's the Speak and Spell. Secret Service puts on your mittens and helmet BEFORE you play. You get another handicapped placard AFTER.

Posted by: Deety at December 17, 2013 04:02 PM (ad4e8)

40 Jay Carney needs deliverance.

Posted by: Banjo Billy at December 17, 2013 04:02 PM (DrC22)

41 Look I'm King Obama and I'll do what he fuck I want. Get over it peasants.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:03 PM (LsF5M)

42 Pull my finger. Posted by: Jay Carney at December 17, 2013 08:01 PM (VpMO0) ****** Which one?

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 17, 2013 04:03 PM (mETGQ)

43 Pull my finger. *swings from liar's finger like Quasimodo hanging from a bell-pull*

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:03 PM (gtjN1)

44 Daily reminder: At least Fidel actually covered his people when he socialized health care.

Posted by: WOW at December 17, 2013 04:03 PM (6j8ke)

45 Look it ain't gonna last. The fkn law is so immense and an eftarded waste of paper that Treebeard and his bro Ents are arguing about what to do even as we speak. They're gonna tear up DC like nobody's business in 3 years. Hoom motherfkr, do you speak it?

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 17, 2013 04:03 PM (RLTt1)

46 34 How many people are poised to have their identity stolen and their bank accounts hoovered out.

Posted by: alexthechick SMODlings ho! at December 17, 2013 08:00 PM (qYrsH)

Last Christmas, someone hacked into our checking accounts. SunTrust alerted us and made good, and we had to set up new accounts. Then it happened a second time. Gah. Finally had our accounts secured.

Posted by: Barry S. Obama at December 17, 2013 04:03 PM (lVPtV)

47 I wonder which SSN BarryO will use?

Posted by: Jean at December 17, 2013 04:04 PM (4JkHl)

48 Kicks Barry S. Obama to the curb. Hard.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:04 PM (lVPtV)

49 34 How many people are poised to have their identity stolen and their bank accounts hoovered out. Posted by: alexthechick SMODlings ho! at December 17, 2013 08:00 PM (qYrsH) Oh. You are going to LOVE thisÂ…. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bbuo666IUAA9sMp.jpg

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 17, 2013 04:04 PM (GEICT)

50 >>>I'd pay half of my winning the Mega Millions tonight to see Jay Carney-barker living in a cardboard box under an overpass. So after the cash option, taxes, and giving half to that worthy cause, you'd be left with only about $144 million. You poor dear. We will still be traveling to the Moron Pirate Island by private jet, right?

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 04:04 PM (eQJwb)

51 Eat your ~~peas~~ shit sandwich!

Posted by: Brakhenaten I at December 17, 2013 04:05 PM (OxnLL)

52 Dammit pixy. I didn't even notice the I M G

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 17, 2013 04:05 PM (GEICT)

53 Can I sign up as you, brother?

I mean... a little help here???

Posted by: SCOAMF's brother in his hut at December 17, 2013 04:05 PM (LDsJ6)

54 I know a lot of Barack Obamas.

Posted by: Jay Carney at December 17, 2013 04:05 PM (OxnLL)

55 At least Fidel actually covered his people when he socialized health care. Did you forget the sarc tag? There are two levels of care in Cuba. One for the tourists, Calcutta for the residents. Even Fidel went out of country for medical care.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:05 PM (gtjN1)

56
We will still be traveling to the Moron Pirate Island by private jet, right?

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 08:04 PM (eQJwb)

Private jet? Will the Horde settle for first class? I've gotta manage my millions. Don't want to end up like the losers you read about.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:06 PM (lVPtV)

57 I'll bet Aunt Zetuni is signed up.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2013 04:06 PM (OxnLL)

58 I'm waiting until Black Santa gives me the ol' Yule Log.

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 17, 2013 04:06 PM (FcR7P)

59 I'll bet Aunt Zetuni is signed up.

How about Drunkle?

Posted by: toby928© from the Phantom Zone at December 17, 2013 04:07 PM (evdj2)

60 Which SS# would he enter?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 04:07 PM (ruxvM)

61 The Ruling Class will keep a private medical industry for themselves, of course. They won't kill it all off. Just the parts that I use.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 17, 2013 04:07 PM (ZPrif)

62 Private jet? Will the Horde settle for first class? I've gotta manage my millions. Don't want to end up like the losers you read about. Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:06 PM (lVPtV) Sure we can get kicked out of first class.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:07 PM (LsF5M)

63 geez i didn't even get a mega millyuns ticket. should i put on pants to run over to the store and throw my money at them? nah

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 17, 2013 04:07 PM (RLTt1)

64 Hmm, a billion dollars. Watch wild geese, pick country with nice weather, ...

Posted by: Jean at December 17, 2013 04:07 PM (4JkHl)

65 Since Sunday, my week so far has sucked ass.

Not feeling the love any more than usual for Teh Baracka.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:07 PM (lVPtV)

66 At least Fidel actually covered his people when he socialized health care.

His people.

The guys who were running small businesses and/or working with Lansky's casinos, not so much.

Black / mulatto Cubans - the base of Batista's support - were fucked under Castro.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: für Toby Freiheit at December 17, 2013 04:07 PM (Nsoq9)

67 Wow, the ad is a blue print for every fucking democrat senator running. "You know what to do"

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 17, 2013 04:08 PM (0FSuD)

68 I've gotta manage my millions. Don't want to end up like the losers you read about. I don't know who you are, or what you want, but I will find you.

Posted by: Mike Tyson[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:08 PM (gtjN1)

69 56 We will still be traveling to the Moron Pirate Island by private jet, right? Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 08:04 PM (eQJwb) Private jet? Will the Horde settle for first class? I've gotta manage my millions. Don't want to end up like the losers you read about. For the chance to live on Moron Pirate Island, I'd even fly coach.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:08 PM (UAMVq)

70 GO BLACKHAWKS!

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2013 04:08 PM (OxnLL)

71 Private jet? Will the Horde settle for first class? I've gotta manage my millions. Don't want to end up like the losers you read about. I don't know what you mean.

Posted by: MC Hammer at December 17, 2013 04:09 PM (UAMVq)

72 70 GO BLACKHAWKS! Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2013 08:08 PM (OxnLL) Now that HAS to be raaaaacist.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:09 PM (LsF5M)

73 Are you yelling at me?

Posted by: Blackhawks[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:09 PM (gtjN1)

74 I would swim to Moron island.

Posted by: toby928© from the Phantom Zone at December 17, 2013 04:10 PM (evdj2)

75 Moron Pirate Island That sounds nice.

Posted by: Misfit Toys[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:10 PM (gtjN1)

76 Come on, Hooters Air!

Posted by: Jean at December 17, 2013 04:10 PM (4JkHl)

77 10
It's because they ask for your birthplace.
Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 07:49 PM (FcR7P)

And Social Security Number.

Posted by: mugiwara at December 17, 2013 07:51 PM (hpYnL)

And college transcripts.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 17, 2013 04:10 PM (36Rjy)

78 There are two levels of care in Cuba. One for the tourists, Calcutta for the residents. Even Fidel went out of country for medical care. Posted by: bonhomme at December 17, 2013 08:05 PM (gtjN1) ******* Let's not forget a Spanish surgical was brought in to take care comrade Fidel.

Posted by: YIKES! at December 17, 2013 04:11 PM (mETGQ)

79 TFG is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure. And a flaming hypocrite to boot.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:11 PM (UAMVq)

80 It's not that Fidel didn't have doctors that could treat him! it's that he couldn't trust any of them.

Posted by: Jean at December 17, 2013 04:12 PM (4JkHl)

81 75 Moron Pirate Island That sounds nice. Posted by: Misfit Toys at December 17, 2013 08:10 PM (gtjN1) there will be debauchery correct? because I've always loved that word.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:12 PM (LsF5M)

82 And college transcripts. Posted by: baldilocks at December 17, 2013 08:10 PM (36Rjy) Can't have mine!

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at December 17, 2013 04:12 PM (UAMVq)

83 Just to keep the Horde up to speed, my Life Coach s-i-l is her usual insane self. Has asked me to bring a "showcase cake" for Christmas night. WTF is that? Who speaks that way?? *holds gun to side of head* Also, her millionaire ass is telling everyone to bring their own alcoholic beverages, and side dishes. I've never, ever, asked ANYONE to bring dishes and beverages to my house for anything. *shoots self in head again, just to be sure*

Can't wait for Christmas Day in ATL! *vomit*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:12 PM (lVPtV)

84 geez i didn't even get a mega millyuns ticket. should i put on pants to run over to the store and throw my money at them? >>

You can buy them online now (at least in Minnesota) don't remember if there was any lag in signup though. Best part is the little winners you are likely to get just get added to you're bank. So no human contact for the win.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 04:12 PM (TI3xG)

85 And college transcripts.

This would be the part of so-called "birtherism" I'd really love to know about.

That and the college application. Because although I'm convinced Barky was born in Hawaii, I'm about equally convinced he told the college administrators he was born in Kenya.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: für Toby Freiheit at December 17, 2013 04:13 PM (Nsoq9)

86 Can't have mine! Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at December 17, 2013 08:12 PM

Mine either.

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at December 17, 2013 04:13 PM (KQp38)

87 Can't wait for Christmas Day in ATL! *vomit*

A timely flu might be in order.

Posted by: toby928© from the Phantom Zone at December 17, 2013 04:14 PM (evdj2)

88 I have a guaranteed BJ tonight. One out of 269 million.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 17, 2013 04:14 PM (0FSuD)

89 O/T From Breitbart, Peter King launches PAC to target *Cruz* and *Paul*
WTF, buddy, aren't there any DEMOCRATS you'd like to oust?
Reagan's 11th Commandment, what is that?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 04:14 PM (ruxvM)

90 Jane get a cake from the showcase at Kroger.

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2013 04:14 PM (MAdwI)

91 i did see a guy today give a mega millions ticket as a tip to the Chinese lady at the takeout. he was asking what she would do and he was disappointed when she said she'd just keep working there. "why not?" she sez.

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at December 17, 2013 04:14 PM (RLTt1)

92 I say, I don't understand what this fuss is about.

Posted by: Barry Dunham at December 17, 2013 04:14 PM (Nsoq9)

93 85 And college transcripts.

This would be the part of so-called "birtherism" I'd really love to know about.

That and the college application. Because although I'm convinced Barky was born in Hawaii, I'm about equally convinced he told the college administrators he was born in Kenya.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: fÃ¼r Toby Freiheit at December 17, 2013 08:13 PM (Nsoq9)

THIS THIS THIS ^^^^^^^^^

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:14 PM (lVPtV)

94 Showcase cake? Are you going to misunderstand and bring cardboard covered with frosting that will look pretty but can't be eaten?

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 17, 2013 04:15 PM (SUKHu)

95 83 Just to keep the Horde up to speed, my Life Coach s-i-l is her usual insane self. Has asked me to bring a "showcase cake" for Christmas night. WTF is that? Who speaks that way?? *holds gun to side of head* Also, her millionaire ass is telling everyone to bring their own alcoholic beverages, and side dishes. I've never, ever, asked ANYONE to bring dishes and beverages to my house for anything. *shoots self in head again, just to be sure* Can't wait for Christmas Day in ATL! *vomit* Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:12 PM (lVPtV) Sounds like she would help you manage your Mega millions and life after. Groovy.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:15 PM (LsF5M)

96 "61 The Ruling Class will keep a private medical industry for themselves, of course. They won't kill it all off.

Just the parts that I use.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 17, 2013 08:07 PM (ZPrif)"

Serious question. Is this even possible? Most of the advances in medicine are very capital-intensive at this point (someone correct me if I'm wrong) and there is simply no way to recoup a multi-billion dollar investment in drugs and technologies if the only market for them is the "Ruling Class", which I presume will be very, very small. The whole of modern science is dependent on the mass market. Trying to limit it to just a small market will completely undermine the economics. Then, the human resources issues will kill the industry if that doesn't. No one with a brain is going to become a doctor or go into the kinds of engineering that lead to medical device technologies. So, I know it's possible in the very short-run, but I can't see it lasting beyond that, as financial, physical and human capital gets allocated to better uses. Not to say that these idiots don't think it's possible, but I don't think it is in actual real life. You can't have Cadillac medicine, no matter how rich you are, if the industry itself is only getting Yugo-level investments.

Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 17, 2013 04:15 PM (cUbs5)

97 Love that Jean Shaheen ad! And the beauty of having Politifact's "lie of the year" displayed on the screen--priceless!

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:15 PM (PLOz8)

98 This will be the transport for all but the most important to Moron Island.

http://www.floatingcubans.com/

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 04:15 PM (TI3xG)

99 Peter King, murderous criminal, who - I saw from my heart - actually deserves to be hanged:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._King#Support_for_the_IRA

Prime Minister David Cameron, please rendition this man!

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: libera Tobiam! at December 17, 2013 04:16 PM (Nsoq9)

100 >>>Private jet? Will the Horde settle for first class? I've gotta manage my millions. Don't want to end up like the losers you read about. Sigh. Fine. But the pirate island had better have lots of scotch that is older than the native girls serving it.

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 04:16 PM (eQJwb)

101
Security Question:

Q: What was the name of your college sweetheart?*

A: Ah...ummm...err.

*One of the actual security questions for Covered-CA, if I remember correctly.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 17, 2013 04:16 PM (kdS6q)

102 90
Jane get a cake from the showcase at Kroger.

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2013 08:14 PM (MAdwI)

Lol. In the box. With the price on the box. Heh.

She's such a fucking wanna be snob since she married The Wallet.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:16 PM (lVPtV)

103 because I've always loved that word (debauchery). It's from a French word meaning to lead astray.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:17 PM (gtjN1)

104 Q: What was the name of your college sweetheart?*

A: Composite!!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 04:17 PM (ruxvM)

105 Sigh. Fine. But the pirate island had better have lots of scotch that is older than the native girls serving it. Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 08:16 PM (eQJwb) You really set up a horrible joke about 15 yr old scotch. You know that, right?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 17, 2013 04:17 PM (GEICT)

106 Because although I'm convinced Barky was born in Hawaii, I'm about equally convinced he told the college administrators he was born in Kenya.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: fÃ¼r Toby Freiheit at December 17, 2013 08:13 PM (Nsoq9)

Oh most certainly.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 17, 2013 04:17 PM (36Rjy)

107 There are still private clinics and doctors in Canada and England.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 17, 2013 04:18 PM (ZPrif)

108 saw>say.

Sorry, I get emotional when I think of the IRA.

Oh yeah, by the way, I'm part Irish, anti-Cromwell, and pro-Stewart. I just don't like murderous terrorists. And I was in the UK, and in need of using the trains, when the IRA was bombing 'em

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: libera Tobiam! at December 17, 2013 04:18 PM (Nsoq9)

109 Jane D'oh, just bring dessert for one (fancy cupcake?) and then act all surprised -- like, "I had to bring my own side and beverage, so I just assumed....? My bad!"

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 04:19 PM (ruxvM)

110 Oh, btw, Life Coach sent her millionaire, depressed husband off to a private psychiatric hospital in Boston for several weeks. Now he's home, and back to dealing with his nasty money-loving wife again.

I love my husband's family. Not.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:19 PM (lVPtV)

111 103 because I've always loved that word (debauchery). It's from a French word meaning to lead astray. Posted by: bonhomme at December 17, 2013 08:17 PM (gtjN1) Oh, I thought it was more exciting than that.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:19 PM (LsF5M)

112 My understanding in England much of the private medical industry is focused on specialist care for the wealthy. The proles get the Liverpool Pathway.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 17, 2013 04:19 PM (ZPrif)

113 23 I got a serious question for the faggot portion of the GOP telling us we have to compromise. How the fuck exactly do you compromise with someone whose lying to you? Posted by: Mr Pink at December 17, 2013 07:57 PM (c8owl) Well that's easy. We're lying to you too.

Posted by: GOP establishment at December 17, 2013 04:19 PM (aGbd1)

114 asked me to bring a "showcase cake" for Christmas night. WTF is that?>>

Put the Obamacare logo on it with the red circle and slash.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 04:20 PM (TI3xG)

115 because I've always loved that word (debauchery). That's Lord Doucheberry to you.

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 17, 2013 04:20 PM (FcR7P)

116 Serious question. Is this even possible? Most of the advances in medicine are very capital-intensive at this point (someone correct me if I'm wrong) and there is simply no way to recoup a multi-billion dollar investment in drugs and technologies if the only market for them is the "Ruling Class", which I presume will be very, very small. The whole of modern science is dependent on the mass market. Trying to limit it to just a small market will completely undermine the economics. Then, the human resources issues will kill the industry if that doesn't. No one with a brain is going to become a doctor or go into the kinds of engineering that lead to medical device technologies. So, I know it's possible in the very short-run, but I can't see it lasting beyond that, as financial, physical and human capital gets allocated to better uses. Not to say that these idiots don't think it's possible, but I don't think it is in actual real life. You can't have Cadillac medicine, no matter how rich you are, if the industry itself is only getting Yugo-level investments. Yeah eventually, the ruling class will have to do what millions of wealthy people from other countries did when they came here for treatment--find another country to get care. The only thing us that every other country is going to suffer from our Obamacare, as well. The US pharmaceutical and medical device companies fund the bulk of research that benefits everyone around the globe. Just as the rest of the world suffers (except the bad guys) when we cut our defense and are no longer the world's lone Super Power. In his quest to destroy America, Obama has screwed the rest of the world in so many ways.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:20 PM (PLOz8)

117 >>>You really set up a horrible joke about 15 yr old scotch. You know that, right? Actually, no, it never occurred to me we would have any scotch not old enough to order it's own scotch. But now that you mention it, I expect to see a Roman Polanski sock soon.

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 04:20 PM (eQJwb)

118 114 asked me to bring a "showcase cake" for Christmas night. WTF is that?>>

Put the Obamacare logo on it with the red circle and slash.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 08:20 PM (TI3xG)

Jeebus. You're right.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:21 PM (lVPtV)

119 I expect to see a Roman Polanski sock soon.

I so hope so *sweats*

Posted by: Senator Lamar Alexander, who never met Ryan Loskarn at December 17, 2013 04:21 PM (Nsoq9)

120 Jay 'Shitweasel' Carney is worth around $2.2 million, according to his last financial disclosure statement.

Shitweaselling apparently pays pretty good.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 04:22 PM (wNF3N)

121 112 "My understanding in England much of the private medical industry is focused on specialist care for the wealthy. The proles get the Liverpool Pathway.' The MP's, firemen and police are exempted by law from NHS. (Cops and firemen "negotiated" that in their contracts way back when.)

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:22 PM (PLOz8)

122 Grin and bear it Jane. My kookie sister lives in Atl too. Well Stockbridge. Close enough.

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2013 04:22 PM (MAdwI)

123 The MP's, firemen and police are exempted by law from NHS. (Cops and firemen "negotiated" that in their contracts way back when.) What do they get for medical?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:23 PM (gtjN1)

124 If the fit-up for Moron Island isn't complete, might I suggest a large pizza oven? We might need a flats boat, too. You know, so I can go fishing when we're not pillaging the surrounding islands.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2013 04:23 PM (OxnLL)

125 123 The MP's, firemen and police are exempted by law from NHS. (Cops and firemen "negotiated" that in their contracts way back when.) What do they get for medical? Posted by: bonhomme at December 17, 2013 08:23 PM (gtjN1) Veterinarians, probably.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:24 PM (UAMVq)

126 Actually, no, it never occurred to me we would have any scotch not old enough to order it's own scotch. Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 08:20 PM (eQJwb) I say we shoot for 20 year old scotch. http://youtu.be/OfQDn5BU0bQ

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 17, 2013 04:24 PM (GEICT)

127 Jay 'Shitweasel' Carney is worth around $2.2 million, according to his last financial disclosure statement.

Yes, do let's talk about income inequality, lefties.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: Tobiam libera! at December 17, 2013 04:24 PM (Nsoq9)

128 Jay 'Shitweasel' Carney is worth around $2.2 million, according to his last financial disclosure statement. Does he bite the heads off of chickens at his other job?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:24 PM (gtjN1)

129 When Obama wrote his author bio he said he was from Kenya, so probably college as well.

Posted by: Beagle at December 17, 2013 04:25 PM (sOtz/)

130 106 Because although I'm convinced Barky was born in Hawaii, I'm about equally convinced he told the college administrators Oh, I agree. I think he got admitted to Occidental and got financial aid or scholarships as a foreign exchange student.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:25 PM (PLOz8)

131 122 Grin and bear it Jane. My kookie sister lives in Atl too.

Well Stockbridge. Close enough.

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2013 08:22 PM (MAdwI)

I've been grinning and bearing it for nearly 28 years of marriage. The shitweasel assholes have actually mellowed over the 30 years I've known the pack.

I'm so fucking tired of them all. And if you only knew what the oldest, spoiled (she'll be 30 this year) niece said to our son on the eve of his deployment, your head would explode.

Anyhow, it's one miserable day a year. How sad that it's on my favorite day, Christmas. It's just one, giant cocktail party up there. How I hate it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:26 PM (lVPtV)

132 "Shitweaselling apparently pays pretty good." Yea when you are willing to clamp your rootlips on a convenient tool while bending over for easy access.

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2013 04:26 PM (MAdwI)

133 >>Serious question. Is this even possible? Most of the advances in medicine are very capital-intensive at this point.....

My MIL's husband developed drugs for a big pharmaceutical co. (now retired). Apparently his co. (and probably others) have recently been outsourcing drug development to other companies outside of the US. But yeah, it will naturally slow down if Obamacare doesn't mandate that these new drugs be covered and they can't find rich Americans/Platinum-level health plans to cover them, right?

I would assume the same holds true for medical tech advances - if hospitals can't afford to purchase them, or upgrade as often for bid expenses like an MRI machine, that should slow things down, too,

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 04:26 PM (ruxvM)

134 "What do they get for medical?" They get to go to private practice MD's and private hospitals. No waiting in line either.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:26 PM (PLOz8)

135 >>>I say we shoot for 20 year old scotch. Balvenie Portwood is a 21 year. And after I win, that will be my sole source of hydration.

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 04:26 PM (eQJwb)

136 Oh, I agree. I think he got admitted to Occidental and got financial aid or scholarships as a foreign exchange student. We're pretty sure it wasn't a baseball scholarship.

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 04:27 PM (FcR7P)

137 134 "What do they get for medical?" They get to go to private practice MD's and private hospitals. No waiting in line either. Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 08:26 PM (PLOz

So what you're saying is there's two Englands...

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:28 PM (UAMVq)

138 >>>It's just one, giant cocktail party up there. How I hate it. I don't understand those words in that order.

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 17, 2013 04:28 PM (eQJwb)

139 They get to go to private practice MD's and private hospitals. No waiting in line either. Heh. Every time there is a NHS horror story in the UK press, the commenters all complain it's a stalking horse for privatization. And that NHS will really fall apart if that ever happens.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:28 PM (gtjN1)

140 So, Sunday night my lower heating element in the oven burned out.

Yesterday afternoon, on the way home, my car overheated and died.

Yay.

Thank gawd for AAA.

Have I mentioned I'm In A Mood?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:28 PM (lVPtV)

141 We're pretty sure it wasn't a baseball scholarship. Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 08:27 PM

or bowling

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at December 17, 2013 04:28 PM (KQp38)

142 Yep. I agree. I too believe Obama was born in Hawaii but claimed to be a foreign exchange student.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 04:29 PM (BC6cY)

143 I think Obama's grades and test scores were too lousy to get in as an American student. He probably said he was ESL.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:29 PM (PLOz8)

144 exit question: can barry even enroll in the exchange with a fraudulent SSN?

Posted by: obamuh at December 17, 2013 04:30 PM (2whSJ)

145 142 Yep. I agree. I too believe Obama was born in Hawaii but claimed to be a foreign exchange student.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 08:29 PM (BC6cY)

This. Which makes him a liar and a cheater.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:30 PM (lVPtV)

146 Have we come all this way without an Umbrela Policy joke?

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2013 04:30 PM (OxnLL)

147 So what you're saying is there's two Englands... We'll be doing the same here. If you send your kids to private school, you're still paying for public school.

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 04:30 PM (FcR7P)

148 I heard what your niece said and the whole bunch sound horrid. Why are you going then?

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2013 04:30 PM (MAdwI)

149 Heh. Every time there is a NHS horror story in the UK press, the commenters all complain it's a stalking horse for privatization. And that NHS will really fall apart if that ever happens. Posted by: bonhomme at December 17, 2013 08:28 PM (gtjN1) The NHS is total shit, so why are there so many people who seem so devoted to it? Ideology, I guess?

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:30 PM (UAMVq)

150 "So what you're saying is there's two Englands..." Why yes! There is! Just like America will be--John Edwards was actually a psychic! For realz!

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:31 PM (PLOz8)

151 Hello, my darling ones! I also have not signed up for 404care, although I did have a letter than Anthem Blue Shitbirds are going to be billing me $5.97 per month for pediatric dental care. Never mind I'm a 60 year old childless woman. It's because, well, fairness!

Posted by: Peaches at December 17, 2013 04:31 PM (8lmkt)

152 Yep. I agree. I too believe Obama was born in Hawaii but claimed to be a foreign exchange student. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 08:29 PM (BC6cY) This. Which makes him a liar and a cheater. Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:30 PM (lVPtV) When he lies, he speaks his native tongue.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:31 PM (UAMVq)

153 I too believe Obama was born in Hawaii but claimed to be a foreign exchange student.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 08:29 PM (BC6cY)

No other reason, really, that the Columbia transcripts have been so tightly sequestered (if I may use that word in this context).

Posted by: Peaches at December 17, 2013 04:32 PM (8lmkt)

154 Anthem Blue Shitbirds are going to be billing me $5.97 per month for pediatric dental care. Did they promise to send you a picture of the child every month?

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 04:32 PM (FcR7P)

155 144 exit question: can barry even enroll in the exchange with a fraudulent SSN?

Posted by: obamuh at December 17, 2013 08:30 PM (2whSJ)

Bet that's the one part that works properly. The SSN would draw a red flag.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 17, 2013 04:32 PM (36Rjy)

156 141 Or skeet shooting Or basketball

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 17, 2013 04:33 PM (l0lja)

157 I have people to do things like sign me up for healthcare and I am shocked I tell you shocked that I have not been signed up yet and I want a full disclosure of why...and.... wait planes loading for vacation. later. / Obama

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:33 PM (LsF5M)

158 The NHS is total shit, so why are there so many people who seem so devoted to it? Ideology, I guess? It's all they know. The system has been in place for a long time--people have forgotten what privatized healthcare looks like. Plus the MFM props it up, and it works fine if you are healthy. And politicians always are scare mongering about reductions in benefits if the taxes don't go up to sustain it. People are scared of change.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:33 PM (PLOz8)

159 154 Anthem Blue Shitbirds are going to be billing me $5.97 per month for pediatric dental care. Did they promise to send you a picture of the child every month? Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 08:32 PM (FcR7P) I'll take the pictures. I mean, if you don't want them.

Posted by: Harry Reid at December 17, 2013 04:33 PM (UAMVq)

160 Six soldiers died in A-stan today in a helicopter accident.

Remember when everyone on the left demanded to see the flag-draped coffins? Now 3/4's of the dead in A-stan are under Preezy Choom's command.

I'm sure the families of the dead will be comforted by seeing pics of Barky, Mooch and the brats vacationing in Hawaii.

HATE.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:34 PM (lVPtV)

161 Think anyone will try to get Obama to sign up for his own program by discussing it over Christmas dinner?

Nah, who am I kidding, nobody would even dare mention 404Care during their Christmas dinner.

Nah, just kidding again, who even thinks that they are really gonna celebrate Christmas? Haha.

Posted by: just a guy full of hate at December 17, 2013 04:35 PM (LDsJ6)

162 >>No other reason, really, that the Columbia transcripts have been so tightly sequestered (if I may use that word in this context).

Could also be because he applied as Barry Sotero, since he was adlopted by Lolo Sotera (and may have never changed his name back to Obama). Possible, since his personal docs are shut down tight.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 04:35 PM (ruxvM)

163 158 The NHS is total shit, so why are there so many people who seem so devoted to it? Ideology, I guess? It's all they know. The system has been in place for a long time--people have forgotten what privatized healthcare looks like. Plus the MFM props it up, and it works fine if you are healthy. And politicians always are scare mongering about reductions in benefits if the taxes don't go up to sustain it. People are scared of change. Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 08:33 PM (PLOz

The old "the Devil you know" I guess. It's really quite sad when you think about it.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:35 PM (UAMVq)

164 Shitbirds

One of my favorite words.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 17, 2013 04:35 PM (36Rjy)

165 Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:12 PM (lVPtV) Hi Jane, Early in the thread you talked about a co-worker going to the ACA site to "see what his costs would be..." I thought you couldn't get pricing until after you enroll...?

Posted by: Meremortal, writing briefs at December 17, 2013 04:35 PM (1Y+hH)

166 155 144 exit question: can barry even enroll in the exchange with a fraudulent SSN? Posted by: obamuh at December 17, 2013 08:30 PM (2whSJ) Bet that's the one part that works properly. The SSN would draw a red flag. Exactly why he could never do it on live tv in front of reporters like Jay Carney was asked. Even if he tried to gin the website ahead of time, it's so glitchy, it would reveal that his SSN was fake.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:35 PM (PLOz8)

167 96 Serious question. Is this even possible? Most of the advances in medicine are very capital-intensive at this point (someone correct me if I'm wrong) and there is simply no way to recoup a multi-billion dollar investment in drugs and technologies if the only market for them is the "Ruling Class", which I presume will be very, very small. The whole of modern science is dependent on the mass market. Trying to limit it to just a small market will completely undermine the economics. Then, the human resources issues will kill the industry if that doesn't. No one with a brain is going to become a doctor or go into the kinds of engineering that lead to medical device technologies. So, I know it's possible in the very short-run, but I can't see it lasting beyond that, as financial, physical and human capital gets allocated to better uses. Not to say that these idiots don't think it's possible, but I don't think it is in actual real life. You can't have Cadillac medicine, no matter how rich you are, if the industry itself is only getting Yugo-level investments. Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 17, 2013 08:15 PM (cUbs5) I don't know, but the ruling class lived very well compared to the peasantry in the pre-industrial era. Maybe they think that present-day technology will allow them to live much better than that if they monopolize the world's resources for themselves. Maybe they think that progress in medical science grinding to a halt, or slowing to a crawl, is OK as long as they can have the best that today's science can offer. That is orders of magnitude better than what the ruling classes of ages past had, after all.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2013 04:36 PM (sdi6R)

168 With Obamacare we will revert back to life expectancies slightly better than the 1950-1960s. Most people need little care before they are 60.and most of the expensive advances have been for cancer and old age. My Mother lived 20 years past (due to those advances) what she would have in the 50s. My father still lives and likely would have been gone 10 years ago. The ability wont disappear just who it is used on. And advancement will have tocome from elsewhere Hahahahahahah

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 04:36 PM (TI3xG)

169 Think anyone will try to get Obama to sign up for his own program by discussing it over Christmas dinner? How would you make yourself heard over the sound of Michelle crushing live lobster in her jaws?

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 04:37 PM (FcR7P)

170 "107 There are still private clinics and doctors in Canada and England.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 17, 2013 08:18 PM (ZPrif)"

But I would imagine that most of the cutting-edge stuff they have was developed in the US originally, on account of the massive US market. I don't doubt that the US political class is stupid enough to think they can preserve what's best in the system for themselves and give the rest of us pain pills, but I just don't see how the actual real-world activities necessary for that to happen will end up working that way. Even if you eliminated all labor costs and could force scientists to work for free, you couldn't develop drugs for a market the size of the ruling class. If there's no market for it, there's no drug. You can't conjure it up by magic.

I do worry, though, that the Left's 'cargo cult' mentality extends into even the most hard-core scientific fields like medicine. If Barky just learned that buying health insurance is complicated, wait till he gets wind of how complex it is to develop a single drug or medical device. Of course, that idiot will probably say "I'm better at developing drugs than the head of drug development at a pharma company".

Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 17, 2013 04:37 PM (cUbs5)

171 The NHS is total shit, so why are there so many people who seem so devoted to it? Ideology, I guess?

Mostly in parts north of Staffordshire / Shropshire, and the Celtic fringe (including Cornwall).

The north (and west) is grim. Seriously, it's Detroit but with native-born chavs. The weather is awful, the soil is thin; there's no reason to live there, unless you like digging coal.

People who do live in these difficult parts of Britain tend to grasp at straws. The Scots, for one, are known to be heavily dependent on London cheese. They need the NHS to supplement the paltry income they get from their phony-baloney jobs.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: Tobiam libera! at December 17, 2013 04:37 PM (Nsoq9)

172 Six soldiers died in A-stan today in a helicopter accident.

Prayers up for those precious soldiers . . . and their bereft families.

And, I second the HATE, Jane.

Posted by: Peaches at December 17, 2013 04:38 PM (8lmkt)

173 Hi Jane,

Early in the thread you talked about a co-worker going to the ACA site to "see what his costs would be..."

I thought you couldn't get pricing until after you enroll...?

Posted by: Meremortal, writing briefs at December 17, 2013 08:35 PM (1Y+hH)

Actually, you can. However, my husband's idiot employee went on and stupidly gave all his personal stuff and was hacked.

My husband went on just to see what our costs would be when the employer mandate kicks in (he's a business owner) and didn't have to give any personal info.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:38 PM (lVPtV)

174 The SSN would draw a red flag. It's the hammer and sickle that's the giveaway.

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 04:38 PM (FcR7P)

175 "The old "the Devil you know" I guess. It's really quite sad when you think about it." It's a scary warning to us here in America. We are a lost generation of having more people on the gubamint dole than any other time. If people get accustomed to that and forget we had a much better, freer country when people actually worked, we will not be able to go back.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:39 PM (PLOz8)

176 it would reveal that his SSN was fake.>>

Well hell the IRS must know it's fake. Oh that's right they are wholly owned by him now so bad argument.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 04:39 PM (TI3xG)

177 169 Think anyone will try to get Obama to sign up for his own program by discussing it over Christmas dinner?

How would you make yourself heard over the sound of Michelle crushing live lobster in her jaws?

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 08:37 PM (FcR7P)

Thanks. Almost peed myself.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:39 PM (lVPtV)

178 If you like your insurance, you probably will not be able to keep it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 17, 2013 04:39 PM (aDwsi)

179 A showcase cake is a pre-made birthday cake that sits in the refrigerator case with Happy Birthday Bubba squeezed out on the top with a clown holding balloons to the side and a 50% off sticker. Empty plastic candles holders are extra.

Posted by: Lester at December 17, 2013 04:40 PM (2UPXV)

180 It's a scary warning to us here in America. We are a lost generation of having more people on the gubamint dole than any other time. If people get accustomed to that and forget we had a much better, freer country when people actually worked, we will not be able to go back. I fear that you are absolutely right.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:40 PM (UAMVq)

181 How would you make yourself heard over the sound of Michelle crushing live lobster in her jaws?

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2013 08:37 PM (FcR7P)

Thanks. Almost peed myself.

Oh, me, too. That was epic, t-bird!!!

Posted by: Peaches at December 17, 2013 04:40 PM (8lmkt)

182 Jane, you do know the obvious response to the showcase cake is to show up with a Gadsden flag one, right?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at December 17, 2013 04:40 PM (Gk3SS)

183 182 Jane, you do know the obvious response to the showcase cake is to show up with a Gadsden flag one, right? Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at December 17, 2013 08:40 PM (Gk3SS) And with "Molon Labe" written on it, although that might go right over their heads.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:42 PM (UAMVq)

184 I like the idea of the Kaboom cake

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2013 04:42 PM (MAdwI)

185 Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:38 PM (lVPtV) Thank you very much. MM

Posted by: Meremortal, hmmmmm at December 17, 2013 04:42 PM (1Y+hH)

186 Ooh, I know, how about a cake in the shape of a gun!

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:42 PM (UAMVq)

187 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at December 17, 2013 08:40 PM (Gk3SS) LOL. Great idea, but somebody might end up head first in the garden.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 04:43 PM (BC6cY)

188 "I'm sure the families of the dead will be comforted by seeing pics of Barky, Mooch and the brats vacationing in Hawaii." I find nothing more soothing than gazing upon pictures of President Obama's glistening, mocha moobs in the surf. It's my "From Here To Eternity" guilty, little pleasure. Sigh!

Posted by: Chris Hardballs Matthews at December 17, 2013 04:43 PM (PLOz8)

189 182 Jane, you do know the obvious response to the showcase cake is to show up with a Gadsden flag one, right?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at December 17, 2013 08:40 PM (Gk3SS)

O_O

Jeebus H. Thanks, AtC. Since they all hate me anyway...

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:43 PM (lVPtV)

190 161 From an old (2009) Atlas Shrugs post:

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) tells People magazine in the issue out Friday that he and his wife, Michelle, do not give Christmas or birthday presents to their two young daughters.

Obama tells the magazineÂ’s Sandra Sobieraj Westfall in a seven-page cover story that he and his wife follow the unusual practice because they Â“want to teach some limits.Â”

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 04:43 PM (wNF3N)

191 182 Jane, you do know the obvious response to the showcase cake is to show up with a Gadsden flag one, right? Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at December 17, 2013 08:40 PM (Gk3SS) This. This is why you would make a good wife. The ideas, oh the ideas you bring to the table.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 17, 2013 04:43 PM (GEICT)

192 Jeebus H. Thanks, AtC. Since they all hate me anyway... Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:43 PM (lVPtV) well you're doing something right Jane.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:45 PM (LsF5M)

193 I repeat the tweet made Sunday by NC State Senator Bob Rucho: ---- "Justice RobertÂ’s pen & Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then the swords of the Nazis,Soviets & terrorists combined." ----- How did the media report it? MSNBC: "NC state Sen. Bob Rucho likens Obamacare to Nazis"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 17, 2013 04:45 PM (aDwsi)

194 Â“want to teach some limits.Â” Risible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2013 04:46 PM (BC6cY)

195 Well, the son has already pissed off the libs (the whole husband's family) with his Christmas wish-list for stuff for his AK-47.

It makes me giggle when I think about how discombobulated they all are over pretending to appreciate the boy's service in the Marines, and how they hate his (and our) love of weaponry.

And by giggle, I mean laugh heartily.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:46 PM (lVPtV)

196 193 And Claude Pope managed to reinforce MSLSD

Posted by: NCwoof at December 17, 2013 04:46 PM (aUQgu)

197 Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) tells People magazine in the issue out Friday that he and his wife, Michelle, do not give Christmas or birthday presents to their two young daughters. Obama tells the magazineÂ’s Sandra Sobieraj Westfall in a seven-page cover story that he and his wife follow the unusual practice because they Â“want to teach some limits.Â” Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 08:43 PM (wNF3N) No he's a fucking Muslim. They don't celebrate Christmas, HELLO.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 17, 2013 04:47 PM (0FSuD)

198 Obama tells the magazineÂ’s Sandra Sobieraj Westfall in a seven-page cover story that he and his wife follow the unusual practice because they Â“want to teach some limits.Â”>>

Cause nothing says limits like Private jets and limos to Vail, Spain and Hawaii.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 04:47 PM (TI3xG)

199 176 it would reveal that his SSN was fake.>> Well hell the IRS must know it's fake. Oh that's right they are wholly owned by him now so bad argument. I wish that someone, somewhere would start leaking the truth about this lying, POS, fraudulent liar we call "President". I hope the truth eventually gets out. Even if it's after he is out of office. Truth so breath taking and so irrefutable that his usual defenders cannot explain it away. We know every politician lies. TFG is such a pathological liar, I really believe he is mentally ill.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:47 PM (PLOz8)

200 Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) tells People magazine in the issue out Friday that he and his wife, Michelle, do not give Christmas or birthday presents to their two young daughters. Speaking of lowered expectations: A bunch of tech company people went to the White House to talk about NSA surveillance. Preezy McSteezy tried to change the subject and do a sales pitch for HealthCare.gov and how it's "improving".

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 17, 2013 04:47 PM (gtjN1)

201 "I don't know, but the ruling class lived very well compared to the peasantry in the pre-industrial era. Maybe they think that present-day technology will allow them to live much better than that if they monopolize the world's resources for themselves. Maybe they think that progress in medical science grinding to a halt, or slowing to a crawl, is OK as long as they can have the best that today's science can offer. That is orders of magnitude better than what the ruling classes of ages past had, after all.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2013 08:36 PM (sdi6R)"

Until they've cured aging and death, I think there will always be room for improvement in medical science. There is the benefit of relative status, but that would be cold comfort to me as I lay dying because a drug that could help me hadn't been invented because I was part of a ruling class that cut the industry off at the knees by taxing the crap out of it and limiting its products marketability. I hate to burst the ruling class' bubble, but no one is going to invent a $100,000/year cancer drug if the only market is the 535 human cancers currently residing on Capitol Hill.

Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 17, 2013 04:47 PM (cUbs5)

202 O_O Jeebus H. Thanks, AtC. Since they all hate me anyway... Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:43 PM (lVPtV) Go big then go home.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at December 17, 2013 04:48 PM (Gk3SS)

203 190 161 From an old (2009) Atlas Shrugs post: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) tells People magazine in the issue out Friday that he and his wife, Michelle, do not give Christmas or birthday presents to their two young daughters. Obama tells the magazineÂ’s Sandra Sobieraj Westfall in a seven-page cover story that he and his wife follow the unusual practice because they Â“want to teach some limits.Â” Posted by: GnuBreed at December 17, 2013 08:43 PM (wNF3N) More likely they're cheap tightwad fuckers when it comes to spending their own money instead of someone else's.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2013 04:48 PM (UAMVq)

204 195 Well, the son has already pissed off the libs (the whole husband's family) with his Christmas wish-list for stuff for his AK-47. It makes me giggle when I think about how discombobulated they all are over pretending to appreciate the boy's service in the Marines, and how they hate his (and our) love of weaponry. And by giggle, I mean laugh heartily. Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:46 PM (lVPtV) God bless your son and THIS Jane..is priceless.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:48 PM (LsF5M)

205 Re: Obama family not exchanging gifts - They also have a habit of not being together on birthdays, too. Like, they're in separate states. This year Obama golfed with his usal WH boys plus his high school and college buddies at Camp David while I think Michelle and the girls were out West skiing.
Heck, I bet they take separate planes to Hawaii again.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 04:48 PM (ruxvM)

206 This. This is why you would make a good wife. The ideas, oh the ideas you bring to the table. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 17, 2013 08:43 PM (GEICT) One does one's humble best.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at December 17, 2013 04:50 PM (Gk3SS)

207 158 The NHS is total shit, so why are there so many people who seem so devoted to it? Ideology, I guess? It's all they know. The system has been in place for a long time--people have forgotten what privatized healthcare looks like. Plus the MFM props it up, and it works fine if you are healthy. And politicians always are scare mongering about reductions in benefits if the taxes don't go up to sustain it. People are scared of change. Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 08:33 PM (PLOz This is why I keep saying that an economic collapse could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. England and many other countries have had socialized medicine for generations. Their citizens today can no more imagine free market health care than I can imagine lighting my house with oil lamps. But we Americans have not gotten used to that, and an economic collapse will make it very clear that we as a nation can't afford it.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2013 04:50 PM (sdi6R)

208 Obama tells the magazineÂ’s Sandra Sobieraj Westfall in a seven-page cover story that he and his wife follow the unusual practice because they Â“want to teach some limits.Â” Obviously not doing a very good job because Malia was dumb enough to ask "Daddy did you fix the hole yet?" If she knew anything about limits, she would have never asked such a stupid question.

Posted by: runningrn at December 17, 2013 04:50 PM (PLOz8)

209 Maybe they think that present-day technology will allow them to live much better than that if they monopolize the world's resources for themselves. Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2013 08:36 PM (sdi6R)
A Cloud Minders/Elysium existence.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 17, 2013 04:50 PM (VpMO0)

210 One does one's humble best. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at December 17, 2013 08:50 PM (Gk3SS) Btw, did you see the link I left you upthread? White House statement on the website?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 17, 2013 04:51 PM (GEICT)

211 Well, the son has already pissed off the libs (the whole husband's family) with his Christmas wish-list for stuff for his AK-47.>>

It warms my heart that he want's AK stuff. You have brought your son up well that he is not a gun snob. The pretty stuff can come later when he has money of his own.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 17, 2013 04:51 PM (TI3xG)

212 It makes me giggle when I think about how discombobulated they all are over pretending to appreciate the boy's service in the Marines, and how they hate his (and our) love of weaponry. And by giggle, I mean laugh heartily. Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:46 PM (lVPtV) Ah, but wouldn't he be a better soldier if he too hated his weapon? -Stew Pidlib

Posted by: Meremortal, hmmmm at December 17, 2013 04:51 PM (1Y+hH)

213 205 Re: Obama family not exchanging gifts - They also have a habit of not being together on birthdays, too. Like, they're in separate states. This year Obama golfed with his usal WH boys plus his high school and college buddies at Camp David while I think Michelle and the girls were out West skiing.
Heck, I bet they take separate planes to Hawaii again.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 08:48 PM (ruxvM)

They're a weird bunch of fucking fucks. Can't wait for the girls to be grown and adding to the fuckwittery of their parents. And you know they will.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:51 PM (lVPtV)

214 I hate to burst the ruling class' bubble, but no one is going to invent a $100,000/year cancer drug if the only market is the 535 human cancers currently residing on Capitol Hill.
Woohoo!!!

Posted by: asshole cancer at December 17, 2013 04:52 PM (YQUIz)

215 They're a weird bunch of fucking fucks. Can't wait for the girls to be grown and adding to the fuckwittery of their parents. And you know they will.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 08:51 PM (lVPtV)

I expect one of the girls to get knocked up out of wedlock by some athlete or rapper.

Yes, I denounce myself.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 17, 2013 04:53 PM (lr3d7)

216 200 Obuster goes out of his way to piss off every human being on the planet.

Posted by: NCwoof at December 17, 2013 04:54 PM (aUQgu)

217 What, just a couple more hours till financial freedom?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 17, 2013 04:54 PM (0FSuD)

218 they Â“want to teach some limits.Â” --------------- So..., taxpayer funded, two week, multimillion dollar vacations in Hawaii are not 'over the limit', right?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 17, 2013 04:55 PM (aDwsi)

219 I expect one of the girls to get knocked up out of wedlock by some athlete or rapper. Yes, I denounce myself. Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 17, 2013 08:53 PM (lr3d7) Didn't BlowBama say he wouldn't want his daughter punished with a child? But secretly he would be thrilled.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:55 PM (LsF5M)

220 >>.I hate to burst the ruling class' bubble, but no one is going to invent a
$100,000/year cancer dru...

Other countries can insist on reduced prices from drug companies because the drug co.' know they can recoup their development expenses from full-price sales in the US. Once Americans stop paying for drugs (because most are no longer covered), then what? Maybe countries like Brazil will be pissed that they can no longer get things like AIDS drugs on the cheap.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2013 04:56 PM (ruxvM)

221 217 Best of luck, Nip

Posted by: NCwoof at December 17, 2013 04:56 PM (aUQgu)

222 NCwoof - Did you see my post re WWNC on-the-air broadcast of Gabe's morning thread?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 17, 2013 04:56 PM (aDwsi)

223 @221 It's not luck, Jugdish TOLD me I was going to win!

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 17, 2013 04:57 PM (0FSuD)

224 222 Mike -- *shamefully* no, I'll look for it

Posted by: NCwoof at December 17, 2013 04:58 PM (aUQgu)

225 I hope with all my heart, neither Obama princess ever punishes Barry with a grandchild.

This country has endured the only Obama we can handle.

I wonder where the grifters plan to send the precious princesses this year for spring break? Paris? Milan?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 17, 2013 04:58 PM (lVPtV)

226 Off topic. I am now a bionic man. One month after double knee replacement surgery. Still laughed at you nitwits as I was struggled with the pain. The morphine made you 'guys' (unisex word) much more witty. and thank you for your lunacy when I was down.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at December 17, 2013 04:59 PM (LsF5M)

227 NCwoof - http://tinyurl.com/m3ldr7n

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 17, 2013 05:00 PM (aDwsi)

228 227 Mike H = Am listening to Pete. Maybe a new fan here. Thanks

Posted by: NCwoof at December 17, 2013 05:03 PM (aUQgu)

229 You should read us on laudanum instead, Guido. CAC swears by it on his astronomy threads.
I hope you recover quickly.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 17, 2013 05:04 PM (YQUIz)

230 Edgeways

Posted by: EveryOneWillLoveACA -- it's Affordable at December 17, 2013 05:06 PM (3qVIz)

231 201 Until they've cured aging and death, I think there will always be room for improvement in medical science. There is the benefit of relative status, but that would be cold comfort to me as I lay dying because a drug that could help me hadn't been invented because I was part of a ruling class that cut the industry off at the knees by taxing the crap out of it and limiting its products marketability. I hate to burst the ruling class' bubble, but no one is going to invent a $100,000/year cancer drug if the only market is the 535 human cancers currently residing on Capitol Hill. Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 17, 2013 08:47 PM (cUbs5) I'm just trying to guess what the ruling class might be thinking. Throughout history, elites have been satisfied with economic and technological stagnation as long as they had the best of what the world had to offer. It was only the rise of capitalism that allowed an acceleration in technological progress, and rapid increase in the standard of living for the majority of people. But the rise of a comfortable, independent middle class also reduced the power of the elites. It seems to me that the hereditary nobility has hated and resented America from the beginning. Modern-day Marxist and socialist ideology seeks to destroy the middle class and create a sort of "neo-feudalism", in which the elites will once again lord it over the "masses" and enjoy the best that the world has to offer. These people seem to value power over all else. In a competitive society their position is not assured, but is constantly threatened by innovation from below. Maybe they would accept technological stagnation in exchange for assuring an iron grip at the top of society's heap.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2013 05:13 PM (sdi6R)

232 These people seem to value power over all else. In a competitive society their position is not assured, but is constantly threatened by innovation from below. Maybe they would accept technological stagnation in exchange for assuring an iron grip at the top of society's heap. Posted by: rickl That's exactly what Henry Ford thought. He was a tremendous "capitalist" when rising. But when he was at the top, he wanted socialism to guarantee his place and his family's continued place in society. And yes, most Europeans of the wealthy class HATE Americans because of the back and forth and ebb and flow of fortunes.

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at December 17, 2013 05:22 PM (dCwZe)

233 T. Coddington Van Vorhees you bastard.

Posted by: simplemind at December 17, 2013 05:23 PM (hTeQK)

234 I've read all the comments tonight, and I've got to say.....Lizzie is en fuego tonight.

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at December 17, 2013 05:23 PM (dCwZe)

235 230 I suppose Milton called it. "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven".

Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 17, 2013 05:24 PM (cUbs5)

236 227 Mike H - Great exposition of the decision in the Church's favor. If I remember rightly, Belmont Abbey College (my NC hometown, and where both my brothers attended) was the first to file a lawsuit against the ACA. More powerful entities backed them up -- and voila. Right now catching the Bob Rucho section.

Posted by: NCwoof at December 17, 2013 05:30 PM (aUQgu)

237 The White House's new Obamacare progress metric: people "poised to gain coverage."

Just like the Chicago Cubs are poised to win the World Series

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 17, 2013 05:58 PM (JivuR)

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