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February 26, 2014

DOOM...and other discontents
— Monty

Here's a quick jolt of DOOM to send you off with the metallic taste of defeat, despair, and ruin in your mouth.

California is so boned: San Jose, in the heart of high-tech silicon valley, is being pushed to the brink by lavish pension and benefit costs.

Detroit has passed the "boned" stage and is now lying in state in a casket in the parlor. Visitors are encouraged to donate money to the pension fund in lieu of flowers.

Number of NJ retirees who have $100K+ pensions climbs 75 percent in three years.

Megan McArdle thinks the collapse of the Mt Gox echange will spell DOOM for Bitcoin, but I don't agree. Mt Gox is just an exchange, and there are other exchanges. The currency has always been wildly volatile, but it fills a niche. And even if the currency itself does collapse, other digital cryptocurrencies will rise to take its place because the demand is there. (The Mt Gox CEO responds with a non-response.)

More on the demise of the Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange. There's a reason that trust networks are a necessary part of a viable currency regime.

E. J. Dionne has probably never read so much as a paragraph of anything by Mises or Hayek. I think we can take that as a given. But then, there is a long-standing disdain for the Austrian School of economics in both the academic world and the public-policy world. Yet the love for Keynesianism (or modern variants thereof) continues unabated in those precincts, despite a century of miserable failure of the Keynesian principles. If you're struck by the parallels with Marxist theory, well...you're not alone. It's just more proof to me that for a leftist, ideology trumps everything else, even personal well-being.

Twinkies Bankruptcy Raises Specter of U.S. Pension Fund Failures. Wait, what? hovering cat

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1 I will go and get The Others.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 26, 2014 05:03 AM (xq1UY)

2 In a revelation missing from the official investigations of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the FBI placed a human source in direct contact with Osama bin Laden in 1993 and ascertained that the al Qaeda leader was looking to finance terrorist attacks in the United States, according to court testimony in a little-noticed employment dispute case.

The information the FBI gleaned back then was so specific that it helped thwart a terrorist plot against a Masonic lodge in Los Angeles, the court records reviewed by The Washington Times show.
Â“It was the only source I know in the bureau where we had a source right in al Qaeda, directly involved,Â” Edward J. Curran, a former top official in the FBIÂ’s Los Angeles office, told the court in support of a discrimination lawsuit filed against the bureau by his former agent Bassem Youssef.
Mr. Curran gave the testimony in 2010 to an essentially empty courtroom, and thus it escaped notice from the media or terrorism specialists. The Times was recently alerted to the existence of the testimony while working on a broader report about al QaedaÂ’s origins.

Posted by: UBL's good twin (Star Trek "The Enemy Within") at February 26, 2014 05:04 AM (e8kgV)

3 I will go and get The Others.

I hope this isn't like that ghost story with Nicole Kidman.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 26, 2014 05:05 AM (t8ySh)

4 The problem with Keynesian economics is that the state has now taken the decision from us. If we won't spend ourselves into debt in order to reflate the bubble, the state will borrow in our name and do it for us, whether we like it or not.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 26, 2014 05:05 AM (ZkzmI)

5 No Doom cat?

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 26, 2014 05:07 AM (t8ySh)

6 What a great cat pic!

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 26, 2014 05:07 AM (22bm2)

7 Just for the record, the PBGC is going broke, too.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 26, 2014 05:07 AM (ZkzmI)

8 Suction kitty.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 26, 2014 05:09 AM (jlm/B)

Detroit pension funds could see benefit cuts as part of bankruptcy agreement

And the winner for "Headline That Makes The Most Obvious Point That Everyone With Two Brain Cells Has Seen Coming For Ten Years" goes to...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:09 AM (4df7R)

10 Government benefits have become the modern Stamp Act. The parasite class is only in it for itself. No pretense of 'public service' left, unless you count forcing the public to service them.

Posted by: Beagle at February 26, 2014 05:09 AM (sOtz/)

11 Oh, it was blocked. Nevermind.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 26, 2014 05:09 AM (t8ySh)

12 Big Twinkie is behind this.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:10 AM (6bMeY)

13 As goes Twinkies, so goes the nation.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 05:10 AM (Wv+/s)

14 I admit it, I still don't understand BitCoin. I know I should try, but I just don't get it at all.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:10 AM (4df7R)

15 I also thought Keynesian philosophy dictated buying back debt during good times, not to keep government spending going. Which they do.

Posted by: Paladin at February 26, 2014 05:11 AM (YNPwP)

16 Here's something to think about:

We saw the opulence that the president of Ukraine had set aside for himself and most people when they saw it probably thought how someone could get with doing that to a country.

My be is this, everything they showed in that coverage could have been purchased multiple times for what it costs in White House expenses under Obama. Just sayin'

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 05:11 AM (BZAd3)

17 I'm pretty sure that, at this point, Keynes himself is rolling in his grave, sputtering, "No, no, no! You idiots! You're not supposed to do it like THIS!"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:11 AM (4df7R)

18 So San Jose is going bankrupt as well due to public service unions. I used to live not too far from there back in the early to mid 70s..

They get what they asked for

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 05:11 AM (T2V/1)

So, in the Twinkies story, the expert they quoted is Teresa Ghilarducci.

You might remember her as the author of the plan to take your 401K money, and give you government bonds or SS credits in return, in other words, redistribute it to those who didn't bother to save for retirement.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 26, 2014 05:12 AM (ZkzmI)

20 14 I don't either. I watched videos even. I can't get my brain wrapped around the idea.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:12 AM (6bMeY)

21 David Axelrod ✔ @davidaxelrod Harold Ramis will be remembered for his ingenious films. I'll also always appreciate him as a very early supporter of @BarackObama. R.I.P. In many ways, isn't Harold Ramis's career also the story of Barack Obama?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 26, 2014 05:12 AM (7ObY1)

22 That Detroit bankruptcy plan is already being challenged in court by the insane unions.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 05:12 AM (T2V/1)

23 Run! It's the Hover Cat of DOOOOOOOM!

Posted by: joncelli at February 26, 2014 05:12 AM (RD7QR)

24 Up-belly kitty pr0n?

Posted by: EC at February 26, 2014 05:13 AM (GQ8sn)

25 MtGox was an amateur outfit, and the only thing it showed was that people are greedy. That exchange had been having problems for over a year. Serious competency and legal problems. Anyone with half a brain held none of their coin there. Unfortunately, this episode has shown that there are a startlingly high number of idiots... which is really my only worry with regards to the future of Bitcoin. The security works... if you're not an idiot. Tech has to be idiot proof. Can idiocy be averted? Trusted hardware wallets and escrow are probably going to be the norm in the next few years for it to succeed.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at February 26, 2014 05:13 AM (09o/X)

26 Do you know the way from San Jose?

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 05:13 AM (Wv+/s)

27 Honestly, with everything going on now I'm beginning to feel like part of Leonidas' force at the pass of Thermopylae. You know shit is coming, yet surrender or retreat is unthinkable.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 26, 2014 05:13 AM (eytER)

28 There's also been some cool work on software that allows an exchange to prove it's holding your assets in reserve, to reduce the threat of fractional reserve style services.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at February 26, 2014 05:14 AM (09o/X)

29 E. J. Dionne is, and always has been, a commie liberal. I have dirt clods in the front yard where my lawn used to be that no more about economics than he does,

They also have a higher IQ.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 05:14 AM (T2V/1)

David Axelrod ✔ @davidaxelrod
Harold Ramis will be remembered for his ingenious films. I'll also always appreciate him as a very early supporter of @BarackObama. R.I.P.

The cult of Obama even tries to insert himself in other people obituaries..amazing

Posted by: McCool at February 26, 2014 05:14 AM (nCSwS)

31 I got nothing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 26, 2014 05:14 AM (zF6Iw)

32 Oh yeah. During the festivities in Kiev there was a 7% bank run. Only about 5% of U.S. Money is in physical form.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:14 AM (6bMeY)

33 I can't wait until Obama forces us into myRA and the feds can steal all my hard earned retirement money. Which was actually a portion of my salary, not a "benefit" like the union fucks' pension here.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 26, 2014 05:14 AM (jlm/B)

34 6 What a great cat pic! Best one ever.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 26, 2014 05:14 AM (oMKp3)

35 Love that weird cat picture.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 26, 2014 05:14 AM (T2V/1)

Meanwhile, in other economic fuckitude.

Obama eases penalties for businesses hiring illegal immigrants

Washington Times: http://tinyurl.com/jvtbjbk

The Obama administration regularly cuts a break for businesses that hire illegal immigrants, reducing their fines by an average of 40 percent from what they should be, according to an audit released Tuesday that suggests the government could be doing more to go after unscrupulous employers.

According to the audit, conducted by the Homeland Security DepartmentÂ’s inspector general, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cut one businessÂ’s fine from $4.9 million to slightly more than $1 million Â— a 78 percent drop.

Investigators said the reduction is legal, but it may be undercutting the administrationÂ’s goal of getting tough on businesses that hire illegal immigrants...

Oh, that's the "administration's" goal? Is it? Really? Because you could have fooled the fuck out of me.

More at the link.

I do love how this warrants FBI investigation, btw. Cute. I bet if my house got spray painted "Fuck the 1%," I'd be lucky to rate a black-and-white.

Also, hey, fucking CBS Frisco: that 1% vs 99% bullshit is just that - bullshit. Maybe do a little research next time, you bunch of assmunching dickweeds.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:21 AM (4df7R)

60 Democrats are never portrayed as evil.

House of Cards, Frank Underwood (Keven Spacey)....fun guy but I wouldn't trust him with my 401K.

Posted by: Paladin at February 26, 2014 05:22 AM (YNPwP)

61 It was the best of Dooms, it was the worst of Dooms . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 26, 2014 05:22 AM (BAS5M)

62 That cat is actually a giant balloon that will soar above the stadiums and arenas of the next Pink Floyd tour.

Posted by: tsj017 at February 26, 2014 05:23 AM (4YUWF)

63 ....and so it dooms.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl SPRING TRAINING BEGINS TODAY at February 26, 2014 05:24 AM (u8GsB)

64 It was a dark and stormy Doom . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 26, 2014 05:24 AM (BAS5M)

65 *places order for anti-grav kitteh*

Posted by: EC at February 26, 2014 05:24 AM (GQ8sn)

66 Bitcoin will be as long-lasting as this post.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 26, 2014 05:25 AM (ojOys)

67 I loves my DOOM! It's the next best thing in the morning besides coffee. Thank you Monty!

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at February 26, 2014 05:25 AM (6T8Ay)

68 When DOOM comes it will be -15 deg. F and the roof rabbit will be under glass.

Posted by: Fritz at February 26, 2014 05:25 AM (UzPAd)

69 *Monty* *DOOM* Doom Kitteh rocks

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 26, 2014 05:25 AM (aYjRw)

70 15 Paladin, That was the "real Keynes" this is Bukkakenomics. Hey liberal rich... I'm done protecting you Good luck. 1%

Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 05:25 AM (TE35l)

71 It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking Doom.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 26, 2014 05:26 AM (BAS5M)

72 Bitcoin is starting to resemble a Ponzi scheme.

Posted by: rickl at February 26, 2014 05:26 AM (zoehZ)

73 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday delayed action on legislation raising the minimum wage, the centerpiece of the DemocratsÂ’ 2014 agenda.

The Nevada Democrat made the surprising move amid escalating Democratic resistance in the wake of a Congressional Budget Office report released last week estimating that hiking the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could cost the equivalent of 500,000 jobs by late 2016.

Reid has not yet unified his caucus on the issue, which is a constant in the DemocratsÂ’ election-year playbook. Of the 55 senators who caucus with the Democrats, only 32 have signed on as official co-sponsors of Sen. Tom HarkinÂ’s (D-Iowa) bill.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi's neutered twin (Star Trek at February 26, 2014 05:26 AM (e8kgV)

74 ....and so it dooms..... As the doom in an hourglass, so are the dooms of our lives.....

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:26 AM (CRyse)

75 doom is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl SPRING TRAINING BEGINS TODAY at February 26, 2014 05:27 AM (u8GsB)

76 Any 'rons ever hiked the Appalachian Trail in southern PA, where it runs through the Michaux State Forest? - Yeah, I've hiked the Appalachian Trail. It ran through the No Tell Motel.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 05:27 AM (ee9LE)

77 The Federal Reserve is a Ponzi Scheme.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:27 AM (6bMeY)

78 who's doomin' who?

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl SPRING TRAINING BEGINS TODAY at February 26, 2014 05:27 AM (u8GsB)

79 The Doom & the Restless..... General Doom..... Marcus Welby, M. Doom

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:28 AM (CRyse)

Florida Democrat: Without Immigration Reform, Where Will We Get Our Landscapers and Maids?

Free Beacon: http://tinyurl.com/nmcc7q6

Florida Democratic congressional candidate Alex Sink said immigration reform was important at a Tuesday debate because, without it, it would be difficult for employers to find people to clean hotel rooms and do landscaping.

Â“Immigration reform is important in our country,Â” she said. Â“We have a lot of employers over on the beaches that rely upon workers and especially in this high-growth environment, where are you going to get people to work to clean our hotel rooms or do our landscaping? We donÂ’t need to put those employers in a position of hiring undocumented and illegal workers.Â”

The racism and inurement to what is essentially slavery that festers on the left is mind-boggling.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:28 AM (4df7R)

81 Huh. My IP changed and is no longer being deleted. Damn. Looks like bitcoin is here to stay.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 26, 2014 05:28 AM (ojOys)

82 Doom is my business......and business is good.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 26, 2014 05:28 AM (aYjRw)

... the metallic taste of defeat, despair, and ruin in your mouth.

Tastes like the psychosphere.

Posted by: Rustin Cohle at February 26, 2014 05:28 AM (A0sHn)

84 One Adam Doom.... Hawaii Five Doom.....

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:29 AM (CRyse)

85 I don't read much at all really....

Posted by: E. J. Dionne at February 26, 2014 05:29 AM (Aif/5)

Oh Dear Lord. California wants to start their own Social Security guaranteed pension fund?:

.>>In Sacramento, lawmakers want to create the nationÂ’s first retirement savings plan for private-sector workers in which the state manages the money and guarantees a minimum rate of return.

.Seriously?

Posted by: Registered Voter at February 26, 2014 05:29 AM (0DC/m)

87 All The DOOM! Of Our Lives

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 26, 2014 05:30 AM (BAS5M)

88 Honestly, with everything going on now I'm beginning to feel like part of Leonidas' force at the pass of Thermopylae. *** Leonidas? Leonidas da Vinci? Didn't he paint the ceiling of the Sisyphean Chapel?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 26, 2014 05:30 AM (g4TxM)

89 We need foreign parasites to take the benefits that American parasites won't take.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:30 AM (6bMeY)

90 Speaking of DOOM! Moonbeam Jerry is releasing record numbers of lifers from prison in an apparent cost cutting move. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 05:30 AM (ee9LE)

91 Posted by: UWP at February 26, 2014 09:15 AM (KAmBO) Never ascribe to conspiracy what is easily explained by stupidity. Magic the Gathering: Online eXchange was run by incompetents, and funding by greedy idiots who were hoping to "arbitrage" the higher prices.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at February 26, 2014 05:30 AM (09o/X)

.>>In Sacramento, lawmakers want to create the nationÂ’s first retirement savings plan for private-sector workers in which the state manages the money and guarantees a minimum rate of return.

BWA HA HA!

Of course, the majority of Californians will probably be stupid enough to think

A) this is a good idea

B) The government would never use their money to cover their own gubmint pension shortfalls

C) That guaranteed minimum rate of return is actually "guaranteed"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:31 AM (4df7R)

93 Quickly, over the bridge of Khazad-DOOM!

Posted by: Gandalf at February 26, 2014 05:31 AM (SO2Q8)

94 My thoughts regarding pension funds that were given even though everyone knew they couldn't be funded? Hahahahahaha on the floor crying hahahaha peeing in my pants hahahaha can't catch my breath hahahaha

Posted by: Nunyobidnezz at February 26, 2014 05:32 AM (VsGnu)

However, my problems with Keynes don't really run with that part of his fiscal policy. It's more a case of the whole "aggregate demand" concept. I don't believe such a thing exists, at least not in a way that macro policies can do anything to impact.

I believe it really boils down to the fact that our betters cannot grasp the idea that the invisible hand works. They demand central planning despite well over a century of hard data that proves central planning cannot work, and is even less efficient than allowing the individuals that make up the market to sink or swim.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 26, 2014 05:33 AM (ZkzmI)

96 I kissed a DOOM and I liked it!

Posted by: Katy Perry at February 26, 2014 05:33 AM (GQ8sn)

97 Leonidas? Leonidas da Vinci? Didn't he paint the ceiling of the Sisyphean Chapel?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 26, 2014 09:30 AM (g4TxM)

I thought that was Michael Angelo?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:33 AM (4df7R)

98 If you assume everything the government does is to increase their power and feather their personal nests it all makes sense. Economic growth, not so much.

Posted by: Beagle at February 26, 2014 05:33 AM (sOtz/)

99 Only the Doomed die young

Posted by: Red Shirt at February 26, 2014 05:33 AM (M+evy)

100 Say it like the Dragnet theme: DOOM doom doom doom DOOM doom doom doom DOOOM!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 26, 2014 05:34 AM (7ObY1)

101 Khazad Bazzak Khazad Duhm!

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:34 AM (6bMeY)

102 Monty!

Posted by: baldilocks at February 26, 2014 05:34 AM (36Rjy)

103 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 26, 2014 09:31 AM (4df7R)

The state manages the money...

That's a gut buster right there.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 05:34 AM (BZAd3)

104 All I wanna do is dooma dooma doom doom in da zoom zoom (shake shake da room!)

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 26, 2014 05:35 AM (7ObY1)

105 Also, hey, fucking CBS Frisco: that 1% vs 99% bullshit is just that - bullshit. Some real class warfare is going on in that area, though. Something to do with Google buses, Google employees, and the local poor folk that don't want 'their kind' in the neighborhood. They've been breaking the windows of the buses and spray painting them with the 1% shit. http://tinyurl.com/FluckGoogle (www.bloomberg.com)

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 26, 2014 05:35 AM (CnA98)

106 All this DOOM! happened, more or less.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 26, 2014 05:36 AM (BAS5M)

107 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 26, 2014 09:31 AM (4df7R) *** Why do I get a mental image of Lucy Van Pelt guaranteeing Charlie Brown a million dollars if she pulls the football away, then looming over him flat on his back, dropping dried leaves on his prostrate form while cackling, "Here's your million dollars, you blockhead!"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 26, 2014 05:36 AM (g4TxM)

108 "58 Any 'rons ever hiked the Appalachian Trail in southern PA, where it runs through the Michaux State Forest? "

If by hiking you mean banging a hot Argentinian chick, then yes.

Posted by: Mark Sanford at February 26, 2014 05:36 AM (IV4od)

109 President ObamaÂ’s Internal Revenue Service today quietly released a series of Obamacare Â“Health Care Tax TipsÂ” warning Americans that they must obtain Â“qualifyingÂ” health insurance Â– as defined by the federal government Â– or face a Â“shared responsibility paymentÂ” when filing their tax returns in 2015. The term Â“shared responsibility paymentÂ” refers to the Obamacare individual mandate tax, one of at least seven tax hikes in the healthcare law that directly hit families making less than $250,000 per year.

In Â“Four Tax Facts about the Health Care Law for IndividualsÂ” the agency writes:

Your 2014 tax return will ask if you had insurance coverage or qualified for an exemption. If not, you may owe a shared responsibility payment when you file in 2015.

In Â“The Individual Shared Responsibility Payment- An OverviewÂ” the agency warns Americans they must prove they were covered each and every month of the year:

For any month in 2014 that you or any of your dependents donÂ’t maintain coverage and donÂ’t qualify for an exemption, you will need to make an individual shared responsibility payment with your 2014 tax return filed in 2015.

... "Responsibility" ?? WTF ? What happened to choices and freedom ?

Posted by: Tracy Chapman at February 26, 2014 05:37 AM (e8kgV)

110 Yabba Dabba Doom!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:37 AM (CRyse)

111 108 Did they ever catch that Appalachian Trail serial killer?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:37 AM (6bMeY)

112 If you go to Z'haDOOM you will die

Posted by: Kosh at February 26, 2014 05:37 AM (GSIDW)

113 Posted by: SE Pa Moron at February 26, 2014 09:35 AM (CnA9

Class envy and strife: the only reason for many Dem's existences. I wonder if Google types will realize the left is not their friend. They could at least split the difference and go libertarian.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at February 26, 2014 05:37 AM (09o/X)

114 For a fairly large segment of society, this news could not be worse:

http://tinyurl.com/obh6rym

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 05:39 AM (BZAd3)

115 under doom!!!!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl SPRING TRAINING BEGINS TODAY at February 26, 2014 05:39 AM (u8GsB)

116
The state manages the money...

That's a gut buster right there.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 09:34 AM (BZAd3)

Don't laugh too hard, the DemonRats would love to do this to your IRA/401(k)/403(B).

Posted by: joncelli at February 26, 2014 05:39 AM (RD7QR)

117 I still maintain America's collective IQ has dropped 40-50 points since Clinton.

Yes, "we" got a lot stupider.

Yeah, Doom....

Posted by: backhoe at February 26, 2014 05:39 AM (ULH4o)

118 kaDoom! it's what's for breakfast

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl SPRING TRAINING BEGINS TODAY at February 26, 2014 05:39 AM (u8GsB)

119 Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 09:17 AM (ZshNr) I said it once and I'll say it again. The largest problem with our foster care system is that we get things entirely backwards. When we obviously should defer to the parents, we don't, and the state moves in with full force. Meanwhile, when it's clear that the parent is simply incapable of raising even a pet rock, for some odd reason they get the kid back 3-4 times (after which it's too late.) I have no idea how we got it backwards, but there it is. (It's also why it'll never be fixed, one place where there might be legitimate use of state power, protecting kids, but we can't give them any more because they've already fucked up what they have.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 05:40 AM (hq5sb)

120 If by hiking you mean banging a hot Argentinian chick, then yes. On my last camping trip (in Utah) my buddy and I hooked up with some hot German girls. Zen Vee made zee sign uff zee two-headed camel in zee tents, ja! So hey, this time Argentinian babes will do.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 26, 2014 05:40 AM (7ObY1)

121 Your 2014 tax return will ask if you had insurance coverage or qualified for an exemption. If not, you may owe a shared responsibility payment when you file in 2015. If you DID have an exemption, where's your fucking shared responsibility?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:40 AM (CRyse)

122 Hey - I know - lets gut the military!

http://tinyurl.com/lrvj97q

Seems about right.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 05:40 AM (BZAd3)

123 Doom-kopf!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 26, 2014 05:40 AM (g4TxM)

124 "58
Any 'rons ever hiked the Appalachian Trail in southern PA, where it runs through the Michaux State Forest?
"

If it's anything like the part I was on it's rocky. You need steel-toed shoes with good soles and lots of patience with climbing up rocky rises.

Posted by: joncelli at February 26, 2014 05:40 AM (RD7QR)

125

"Someone was singing underground. Or trying to sing. The chthonic voices went something like this:

"Mood, mood. Mood, moodÂ—"

"Listen, youÂ… troll! ItÂ’s the simplest song there is. Look, like this Â‘Doom, Doom, Doom, Doom, DoomÂ’?"

"Doom, Doom, Doom, DoomÂ—"

"No! ThatÂ’s the second verse!"

- "The Gold Song," rearranged for DOOM by MWR

As performed by Acting Constables Cuddy and Detritus

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:40 AM (4df7R)

126 I foressaw DOOM open for The Burning Times in 2019...in the ghettooooooooo.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at February 26, 2014 05:41 AM (LJpVo)

127 You are too stupid to handle your money or save for retirement. You are too stupid to budget for healthcare. Give your money to the Democrats and they will take care of all that pesky math stuff.

Posted by: Common Core at February 26, 2014 05:41 AM (GSIDW)

128 If it's anything like the part I was on it's rocky. You need steel-toed shoes with good soles and lots of patience with climbing up rocky rises. Thanks. That's exactly what I'm looking for as far as info. I probably would have brought my regular non-steel toed boots.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 26, 2014 05:41 AM (7ObY1)

129

Monty, the cat pics are getting old. You should give some equal time to our other furry friends. Jeeze.

http://tinyurl.com/22v6wsz

Posted by: maddogg at February 26, 2014 05:41 AM (xWW96)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 05:42 AM (PYAXX)

131 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 26, 2014 09:40 AM (4df7R) "No, no, no! Now you're singing the chorus!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 05:42 AM (PYAXX)

132 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 26, 2014 09:21 AM (4df7R) My dad's office was broken into and he was tied up and laid in a closet of spilled oven degreaser (he owned a HVAC cleaning company at the time.) 3rd degree burns in 3 places. The police interviewed him exactly once then gave up.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 05:42 AM (hq5sb)

133 Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 09:39 AM (BZAd3) Linky no worky.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 26, 2014 05:42 AM (oMKp3)

134 Don't laugh too hard, the DemonRats would love to do this to your IRA/401(k)/403(B).

Posted by: joncelli at February 26, 2014 09:39 AM (RD7QR)

This WILL happen. Somebody has to buy this country's debt. Voluntarily or otherwise.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 05:42 AM (BZAd3)

135 So, quick OT question: why am I only hearing about the latest Greenwald/Snowden breaking news via Zero Hedge?

http://bit.ly/1jyBuiK

This is one of the most damning reveals yet to come out. And yet, the very nature of the idea(that government agents basically manipulate internet commenting/opinion to reflect what they want it to reflect) suggests that the government would have been suppressing this article. Haven't seen it on Drudge or any of the usual sites.

Posted by: YourPoopyPants at February 26, 2014 05:43 AM (Y/HG5)

136 Google Translate can't do Dwarvish.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:43 AM (6bMeY)

137 Yeah, I hope this new legal team GB has been talking about can get some results. The "facts" as have been reported are indefensible, someone in the Courts/Bureaucracy has to see that eventually, right?

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 05:43 AM (ZshNr)

138

Posted by: maddogg at February 26, 2014 09:41 AM (xWW96)

Not gonna do it.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:43 AM (4df7R)

139 "Someone was singing underground. Or trying to sing. The chthonic voices went something like this: "Mood, mood. Mood, mood" Wouldn't that be the echo returning?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:44 AM (CRyse)

140 I foressaw DOOM open for The Burning Times in 2019...in the ghettooooooooo.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at February 26, 2014 09:41 AM (LJpVo)

LOL!!!!

....in the ghettooooooooo.

Posted by: EC at February 26, 2014 05:44 AM (GQ8sn)

141

Posted by: maddogg at February 26, 2014 09:41 AM (xWW96)

Ooooh, you're going to pay for that. The 'ettes will make sure of it.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 26, 2014 05:44 AM (DrWcr)

142 Linky no worky.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 26, 2014 09:42 AM (oMKp3)

Sorry.

Try this: http://tinyurl.com/k8zb6ve

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 05:44 AM (BZAd3)

143 Blue doom
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue doom
You knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a pray for
Someone I really could care for

Without a love of my own

Blue doom
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Without a love of my own
Blue doom
Without a love of my own

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2014 05:44 AM (QFxY5)

144 A screaming DOOM! comes across the sky.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 26, 2014 05:44 AM (BAS5M)

145 So anyone else hear about this NYC bus driver who was attacked and the passengers did nothing except record it? My first response was, "well, yeah; when you demonize (or even criminalize) anyone who might stand up for themselves, you make it a lot less likely that someone will stand up for *you*."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 05:45 AM (PYAXX)

146 Not gonna do it.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 26, 2014 09:43 AM (4df7R)

Come on MWR, this time it's legit.

Posted by: maddogg at February 26, 2014 05:45 AM (xWW96)

147 I look at the IRS statement about the "Individual Shared Responsibility Payment" as an act of desperation. All the media fawning, commercials and speechifying by this administration in an effort to sell this clusterfuck ain't working and they know it. So now they're easing into the threats and scare the shit out of people phase.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 26, 2014 05:45 AM (IV4od)

148 131 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

I prefer "malignant tumor," but you have it mostly right....

Posted by: backhoe at February 26, 2014 05:45 AM (ULH4o)

149 Google Translate can't do Dwarvish. *** Which dialect? Whirling Dwarvish?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 26, 2014 05:45 AM (g4TxM)

150 This is one of the most damning reveals yet to come out. And yet, the very nature of the idea(that government agents basically manipulate internet commenting/opinion to reflect what they want it to reflect) suggests that the government would have been suppressing this article. Haven't seen it on Drudge or any of the usual sites. Posted by: YourPoopyPants at February 26, 2014 09:43 AM (Y/HG5) Can't you see we need NSA agents running around destroying relationships and business deals, or the TERRORISTS WIN!?!

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at February 26, 2014 05:45 AM (09o/X)

151 "No, no, no! Now you're singing the chorus!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 09:42 AM (PYAXX)

*Discworldian high five!*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:45 AM (4df7R)

152 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 26, 2014 09:31 AM (4df7R) I actually disagree. I think CA is looking for a way out of it's budget crisis, and they think this is it. Get a bunch of rubes to pay you money on your balance sheet now to kick the problem down the road (now 100X worse) later. That pretty much sounds like CA.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 05:46 AM (hq5sb)

153 Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 09:44 AM (BZAd3) Thanks! Much better

Posted by: grammie winger at February 26, 2014 05:46 AM (oMKp3)

154 Hey, Mama Moonbat Cindy Sheehan is running for Governor of California. Somebody wants another 15 minutes...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 26, 2014 05:46 AM (7ObY1)

155 Hey - I know - lets gut the military!

http://tinyurl.com/k52ohhn

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 05:46 AM (BZAd3)

156 I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night as dead as he could be.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:47 AM (6bMeY)

157 I have no idea how we got it backwards, but there it is. Quite frequently the skin-color of the parents is... considered germane.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 05:47 AM (PYAXX)

158 Get a bunch of rubes to pay you money on your balance sheet now to kick the problem down the road (now 100X worse) later.

That pretty much sounds like CA.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 09:46 AM (hq5sb)

That's more or less what I was saying. This is just a ploy by Moonbeam and his cronies to get more money into the gubmint coffers that they can then spend.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:47 AM (4df7R)

159 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 26, 2014 09:45 AM (4df7R) Ook.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 05:47 AM (PYAXX)

160 omoD Domo mDoo oomD

Posted by: Dyslexic Doom Guy at February 26, 2014 05:48 AM (7ObY1)

161 They are grounding the warthogs?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:48 AM (6bMeY)

162 If you're part of Children's Hospital or MA DCF's Legal or Public Relations staff, you're glued to the radio right now, shaking in your boots.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 05:48 AM (ZshNr)

163 Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 09:39 AM (BZAd3)

You can't be a real Jew because all of the Jews I know trust that the government and OBama will take care of them and protect them from Iran and Texans and gun people in Americca.

Posted by: LIV with a masters in Ethnic Studies at February 26, 2014 05:49 AM (QFxY5)

164 I admit it, I still don't understand BitCoin. I know I should try, but I just don't get it at all.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 26, 2014 09:10 AM (4df7R)

It's a complex set of algorithms that computer graphics cards "solve" over time to create or mine a Bitcoin. Every round of algorithms that are solved yields a finite number of Bitcoins, and each successive round takes longer to solve and produces less yield. Eventually, the amount of processing time will become so great and cost prohibitive that the yield of Bitcoins will essentially equal zero. It's like entropy.

Some highly motivated individuals have taken upon themselves to set up very high-end GPU mining workstations with hundreds of cards all linked together to work in mining Bitcoins. I'm talking tens of thousands of dollars.

Posted by: EC at February 26, 2014 05:49 AM (GQ8sn)

165 I would gladly pay you on Doomsday for a hamburger today.

Posted by: Wimpy Muldoon at February 26, 2014 05:49 AM (g4TxM)

166 It's OK because Republicans aren't doing it. Democrats are never portrayed as evil. Therefore, even if Democrats are doing it, it can't be evil because Democrats aren't - can't be - evil. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 09:18 AM (BZAd3) Which is why the Liberal Democrat monopoly on "News" needs to be broken.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 26, 2014 05:49 AM (bb5+k)

167 Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of DOOM! on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 26, 2014 05:49 AM (BAS5M)

168
♫ Doom over Parma
Bring that SMOD to me tonight ♪

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 26, 2014 05:49 AM (t8ySh)

169 The MA girl-snatching case is unbelievable for two reasons: 1. Tufts, not the parents, made the call. 2. Her health has declined ever since DCF pulled her, or the exact opposite of every real Munchausen case.

Posted by: Beagle at February 26, 2014 05:49 AM (sOtz/)

170 They are grounding the warthogs? Pumbaa hardest hit.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:50 AM (CRyse)

171 Quite frequently the skin-color of the parents is... considered germane. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 09:47 AM (PYAXX) Perhaps. I've heard that argument made before, with less subtext actually.* Except that round these parts a huge source of foster kids is from meth country. And round these parts meth country is whiter than a lily. And yet....

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 05:50 AM (hq5sb)

172

They are grounding the warthogs?

There was a big stink in Connecticut a few years ago when the Air National Guard lost its A-10 wing.

What are we going to do for close infantry support when Rhode Island attacks?

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 26, 2014 05:50 AM (A0sHn)

173 164 If you're part of Children's Hospital or MA DCF's Legal or Public Relations staff, you're glued to the radio right now, shaking in your boots. Posted by: Lincolntf

OK. Why?

Posted by: backhoe at February 26, 2014 05:51 AM (ULH4o)

174 I love the idiot from the Public Pension Coalition in the Detroit article: "Wall Street, which posted record profits in 2013, can afford to pay for the damage it reaped on the city." The real problem here is not that people say this, but that enough people will lap that shit up. This is why the people who think we're going to win an intellectual argument with the left with the truth are self deluding.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 26, 2014 05:51 AM (gBnkX)

175 Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at February 26, 2014 09:28 AM (ojOys) Such an oddly cheery hash for the DOOM thread...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 26, 2014 05:52 AM (naUcP)

176 So now they're easing into the threats and scare the shit out of people phase. People with basic math skills will look at the annual $95.00 penalty vs spending that much every week or bi-week and decide that the penalty is not so scary, though. Irish democracy, coming to your neighborhood. Brought to you by Barack O'Bama, Irishman extraordinaire.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 26, 2014 05:52 AM (CnA98)

177 When the storm rage and the winds blow: Today's written devotional from a Christian radio station: http://www.wfil.com/devotionals/11707721/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 26, 2014 05:52 AM (XyM/Y)

178 The real problem here is not that people say this, but that enough people will lap that shit up. This is why the people who think we're going to win an intellectual argument with the left with the truth are self deluding.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 26, 2014 09:51 AM (gBnkX)

Yup

Posted by: maddogg at February 26, 2014 05:52 AM (xWW96)

179 GB has sicced a legal team on the Hospital and DCF, ginning up a big protest/call for action movement. At the very least, both agencies are about to get flooded with e-mails, phone calls, outraged protests, etc. I think he said there's already a vigil going on.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 05:53 AM (ZshNr)

180 If you're part of Children's Hospital or MA DCF's Legal or Public Relations staff, you're glued to the radio right now, shaking in your boots. Posted by: Lincolntf OK. Why? Doom?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:53 AM (CRyse)

181 40 The cult of Obama even tries to insert himself in other people obituaries..amazing

Posted by: McCool at February 26, 2014 09:14 AM (nCSwS)

They worship a man who took a selfie of himself at Mandela's funeral.
================
There are people who still, still think Obaaama is cool, hip and awesome.

Think about that--that is our DOOM.

The level of pathetic-ness of one's life that they must project upon Obaaama what they wish to be in order to hope to claim a bit of reflected light . . . .

Posted by: RoyalOil at February 26, 2014 05:54 AM (VjL9S)

182

>>>And that would be the draft.

>>>They want it's return badly.

OK no problem. Everything the Left does results in the opposite of their intent, so I expect it'll be mostly leftards that get drafted and killed, in wave after wave of stupidity.

"Kill em all, let Darwin sort em out", as it were.

Posted by: Howard Hughes at February 26, 2014 05:54 AM (3ZtZW)

183 Except that round these parts a huge source of foster kids is from meth country. And round these parts meth country is whiter than a lily. And yet.... Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 09:50 AM (hq5sb) And because of that I now need a PRESCRIPTION for Advil Cold & Sinus.....a PRESCRIPTION! Not behind the pharmacy counter...no. A friggin' PRESCRIPTION from a doctor! Die meth heads, die.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at February 26, 2014 05:54 AM (bCEmE)

184 Wall Street, which posted record profits in 2013, can afford to pay for the damage it reaped on the city." - Making us pay loans back and shit.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 26, 2014 05:54 AM (ee9LE)

185 172 naturalfake, Maybe...I aim to be every bit the patriots for them they were for us. When they screw us out of wife's pension I will never set foot on another post nor will spouse and I hope lad. I have finally accepted donkey's wisdom.

Posted by: sven10077 at February 26, 2014 05:54 AM (TE35l)

186 Dump up!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 26, 2014 05:55 AM (CRyse)

187 He referenced the "Tuskegee Experiment", but I didn't get the connection he was trying to make. Hospital performing experimental procedures on healthy kids, lying to the patients and families for years? Sounds far-fetched, but who knows.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 26, 2014 05:55 AM (ZshNr)

188 Sudafed makes it easier to breathe. It's also cheap and even works.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 05:56 AM (6bMeY)

189 Die meth heads, die.

Posted by: Tami at February 26, 2014 09:54 AM (bCEmE)

Preferably quickly, and without blowing up half the neighborhood.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 26, 2014 05:56 AM (4df7R)

190 "People with basic math skills will look at the annual $95.00 penalty vs spending that much every week or bi-week and decide that the penalty is not so scary, though."

That $95.00 minimum is for damn few. I'm looking at over $500.00 next year, $1250.00 or so after that.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 26, 2014 05:56 AM (IV4od)

191 Doom River, wider than a mile. I'm crossing you in style...

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 26, 2014 05:56 AM (g4TxM)

192 The real problem here is not that people say this, but that enough people will lap that shit up. This is why the people who think we're going to win an intellectual argument with the left with the truth are self deluding. Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 26, 2014 09:51 AM (gBnkX) This times a fucking million

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 26, 2014 05:58 AM (R8hU8)

193 Except that round these parts a huge source of foster kids is from meth country. There's that. I think with any form of drug-related reasoning (addiction, dealing, etc.) they want to give the parents as many chances as possible (which often translates into too many) because a) it gives the State some hope that they won't be on the hook for this kid for the rest of his life and b) it (supposedly) gives the parents a good reason to get (and stay) clean. I believe (though I have no first-, or even second-, hand evidence on this) the same is true for women who got to jail for prostitution. Typically, the "over reach" cases are cases where a child was physically harmed; CPS (or whatever your state calls them) are always ready to believe the worst of parents in those cases.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 05:58 AM (PYAXX)

194 Posted by: backhoe at February 26, 2014 09:51 AM (ULH4o) I've seen this story on less conservative sites as well (like CBS local.) Which is bad from a PR perspective. I have some insight into hospital PR from my current field, and if this blows up nationally, it's bad for the hospital. Assuming only a few facts alleged are true, it makes the hospital look remarkably bad. And those alleged facts are actually quite provable: 1) She was diagnosed by a doctor at Tufts 2) They're docs overruled. 3) When the parents said "we trust Doc A" they went all "DCFS NOW!" on them. If this were a case of a clear medical crank, I think the hospital could spin it pretty well. (See also: Daniel Hauser case from 2008-2009 in MI.) But Tufts is respected enough that I think that narrative isn't going to fly, which makes the case look bad for the hospital. FWIW, I'm sad to say such shit is not entirely uncommon. My MIL has a seizure disorder from a brain injury. She's being treated by the most well known seizure specialists in the area. Meanwhile she went in for some in patient PT after a fall, and the house doc went all "I AM THE KINGFISH!" and lowered her seizure meds because of a blood test result. Never called the Neurologists, got his test result back and made his call. MIL starts having petites again the next day. FWIW, I went all "YOU WILL FEAR MY WRATH" on the place but got HIPAA blocked, and by that I mean they made up things that HIPAA doesn't say to shut me down. Going any farther was going to put me on bad (worse) terms with people who control the job market here, so I backed off.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 05:59 AM (hq5sb)

195

>>Die meth heads, die.

.A significant portion of them do quite often from reading the Paper here in Kentucky. An odd thing I noticed after moving here was there are landlords who have been criminally charged for not disclosing property they are renting has been a meth lab in the past. Just had another one go down for that here in Scott County yesterday.

Posted by: Registered Voter at February 26, 2014 05:59 AM (0DC/m)

196 AAARRRGGGHHH. The fourth item in two days just crossed my desk that displayed significant errors in basic f***ing mathematics. Not complex algebra, no calculus, just failure to add, subtract, or multiply correctly. Basic. F***ing. Math. Boned...the light from boned will take a million years to reach us, we're so far past it.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 26, 2014 06:00 AM (naUcP)

197 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor. I prefer "malignant tumor," but you have it mostly right.... Posted by: backhoe at February 26, 2014 09:45 AM (ULH4o) I have always said he can't be a traitor if his loyalty was never to this country to begin with.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 26, 2014 06:01 AM (bb5+k)

198 That $95.00 minimum is for damn few. I'm looking at over $500.00 next year, $1250.00 or so after that. Compare that to the annual premium for ObamaCare and you would be saving how many thousands of dollars per year? It's a financial no-brainer for healthy people in a certain age bracket who happen to be men.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 26, 2014 06:01 AM (CnA98)

199
The annual payment amount for 2014 is the greater of: 1 percent of your household income that is above the tax return threshold for your filing status, such as Married Filing Jointly or single, or Your familyÂ’s flat dollar amount, which is $95 per adult and $47.50 per child, limited to a maximum of $285. [pro-rated]

For example, a single adult under age 65 with household income less than $19,650 (but more than $10,150) would pay the $95 flat rate. However, a single adult under age 65 with household income greater than $19,650 would pay an annual payment based on the 1 percent rate.

IRS

So, a $50k single gets hit with a $500 tax -- er fee -- no, offering! if they go without the wonder of Ocare for the year.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 26, 2014 06:01 AM (kdS6q)

200 Posted by: Tami at February 26, 2014 09:54 AM (bCEmE) ?! I haven't hit that barrier yet. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 26, 2014 09:58 AM (PYAXX) Yes, well "Brewing meth in the home with kids in the next room" meets a criteria of "you're probably not going to recover from this." I'd also note that there are a fair amount of cases where there is in fact no physical injury to the kids and yet the CPS jumps in and does weird ass shit. See: Case in point.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 06:02 AM (hq5sb)

201 If E J Dione talks for more than a minute he'll have a coating of saliva on his lispy tongue thick enough to strangle himself to death. He could run a car wash in his mouth. How anyone sounding like such a sappy twat could be so convinced of his own superior intellect is an all too familiar miracle of cultural marxism. He comes off like a kissing cousin of Truman Capote.

Posted by: ontherocks at February 26, 2014 06:03 AM (8AaQe)

202 And because of that I now need a PRESCRIPTION for Advil Cold & Sinus.....a PRESCRIPTION! Not behind the pharmacy counter...no. A friggin' PRESCRIPTION from a doctor! Die ~~meth heads~~ nanny state assholes, die. Posted by: Tam Fixed in accordance with the Style Guide.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 26, 2014 06:03 AM (naUcP)

203 191 Sudafed makes it easier to breathe. It's also cheap and even works. Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 09:56 AM (6bMeY) And it too requires a prescription here.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at February 26, 2014 06:04 AM (bCEmE)

204 Tired of living in the bone age.

Posted by: Dang at February 26, 2014 06:06 AM (MNq6o)

205 "Tell them about the Twinkie, Egon!"

Posted by: Charliedoc at February 26, 2014 06:07 AM (3/lc2)

206 Boston Children's has to know that they're about to get their asses sued back to the stone age. Damn. Murphy has an encyclopedia of laws explaining why you just don't heap stupid on stupid.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 06:07 AM (BZAd3)

207 completely unrelated 27 per cent of Wendy Davis's campaign donations come from out of state 2 per cent of Greg Abbotts do

Posted by: thunderb at February 26, 2014 06:08 AM (zOTsN)

208 "Compare that to the annual premium for ObamaCare and you would be saving how many thousands of dollars per year?"

For me, the bare bones Bronze policy is going to run about $4500.00 a year through the exchange. Just one company in my region, no options. So yeah I'm better off taking my chances for a while, especially with the $6700.00 deductible and copay.
My larger point was that they tried to underplay the tax associated with it till now, the soft sell isn't working so with one month to go they're easing into the hard sell.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 26, 2014 06:10 AM (IV4od)

209 Davis's running mate is a Hispanic woman with six kids

Posted by: thunderb at February 26, 2014 06:11 AM (zOTsN)

210 We've been through this a zillion times: there are no Keynsians. The "variants" are people who use the term "Keynsian" to shield the fact that they are actually socialists. Keynes openly stated that governments should save in times of plenty, to pay for the times of need. You might disagree with the effectiveness of this, but you can't disagree that this is what he said. And nobody, but nobody, has ever done it. Our congress and our president are power-whores, and they will spend every cent they think they can get away with. They will borrow until the people scream, and then keep on borrowing. They are no more Keynsian than the Fed is Monetarist. Friedman weeps in his grave over what the last two decades of monetary policy have done. That's the fundamental problem: there are no theories at work. There are no "schools of thought" that you can point to and say "that's what we are doing." There's a reason this post is called Doom. It's because "that's the stated policy of the USA, EU, BOJ, and damned near everywhere else." The few economies that show Austrian-School traits are doing well (Switzerland, Singapore). This means nothing. Politicians don't give a damn about the people, other than their usefulness as voting idiots. Obama, Abe, Hollande, etc. would sodomize a kangaroo on the floor of the UN General Assembly before they'd adopt this kind of policy.

Posted by: RobM1981 at February 26, 2014 06:11 AM (zurJC)

211 For immediate release: Cindy Sheehan for California Governor, 2014, is thrilled to announce that despite the attack from the political establishment in California against alternative political parties and voices, the Sheehan campaign has a combination of enough signatures and donations to qualify for the June primary ballot. ---- YAY!!!

Posted by: RWC at February 26, 2014 06:12 AM (fWAjv)

212 Boston Children's has to know that they're about to get their asses sued back to the stone age. Damn. Murphy has an encyclopedia of laws explaining why you just don't heap stupid on stupid. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 26, 2014 10:07 AM (BZAd3) They may actually claim that they should be protected as a state actor. That is, all they did is report and the state is doing all the rest of this shit. Dunno if that will fly, IIRC it's worked in the past.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 06:13 AM (hq5sb)

213 A reminder of how insane the healthcare situation has become. I have no coverage myself and my doctors wanted some updated lab work. I told the lab I was a cash customer. I received a two part bill. The first part indicated that if I had insurance it would have been billed $373 for the blood draw and lab work. The second part was to show that the cash price was $73.

WTF?

Posted by: Epobirs at February 26, 2014 06:15 AM (bPxS6)

214 the insurance bill covers you and the five other previously uninsured people you are covering the cash price is you paying only for yourself

Posted by: thunderb at February 26, 2014 06:18 AM (zOTsN)

215 Posted by: Epobirs at February 26, 2014 10:15 AM (bPxS6) The chargemaster strikes again! At least they didn't do what many hospitals do and force you to negotiate down the $373. (FWIW, your insurance probably would have paid like $30.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 26, 2014 06:18 AM (hq5sb)

216 I'm in the MOOD4DOOM

Posted by: Mr Palindrome at February 26, 2014 06:24 AM (nCSwS)

217 Cali is a good example of the failure of redistribution to make everyone "equal." CA has one of the biggest income disparities in the nation.

The lower class pays more and more taxes, and the middle class falls into the lower class, all to fund the ever growing cost of government. The rich, like the Google and Facebook crews, are silent. They are so rich they don't even feel the tax increases.

Why doesn't Zuckerberg fund the San Jose pensions or the library or the street repair? Why does he hate poor people?

Posted by: PJ at February 26, 2014 06:29 AM (ZWaLo)

218 If only everyone would break all the windows in town the economy could be saved.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 26, 2014 09:18 AM (6bMeY)

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Just think how well off we would be if every neighborhood had their own unique Ernest T Bass.

Posted by: rightlysouthern at February 26, 2014 06:37 AM (iJ0h4)

219 Just think how well off we would be if every neighborhood had their own unique Ernest T Bass. Posted by: rightlysouthern at February 26, 2014 10:37 AM (iJ0h4) I'm gonna take this here rock and bust out all these here streetlights.

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at February 26, 2014 07:05 AM (2oU2+)

220 My larger point was that they tried to underplay the tax associated with it till now, the soft sell isn't working so with one month to go they're easing into the hard sell. I can see the IRS doing that. I can also see -- and as much as we denigrate the youth that helped put Obama into office -- that they have so much computational power in their gadgets that they can do the math pretty quickly. They were all for getting 'free' health insurance. Now that it's a serious money crunch for them to actually purchase pricey health insurance they still have the option; 1. Paying for it and losing nearly every penny of disposable income they once enjoyed 2. Paying a penalty which is only some tiny percentage of paying a premium for overpriced insurance and enjoying having disposable income again One option is way, way cheaper then the other. I guess we'll see which one they choose and ObamaCare will either succeed or fail based on their choice.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 26, 2014 07:07 AM (CnA98)

221 "...the metallic taste of defeat, despair, and ruin in your mouth." that's just my toothpaste... thanks Monty, your posts keep me going.

Posted by: Shoey at February 26, 2014 08:23 AM (jdOk/)

222 Father Knows Doom

Howdy Doomy Time

Posted by: Zoltan at February 26, 2014 08:36 AM (r4hvK)

223 The Honeydoomers

Posted by: Zoltan at February 26, 2014 08:39 AM (r4hvK)

224 exit!?

Posted by: exit at February 28, 2014 10:50 PM (rrAA4)

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