May 01, 2014

1 Dark Money?

Is that like Dark Matter?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 04:57 AM (hu74e)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 01, 2014 04:58 AM (PYAXX)

3 D@mn! Missed it by that much!

Posted by: Hadoop at May 01, 2014 04:59 AM (Ph479)

4 2.45 million out of 8.1 million is not two thirds. There was a story earlier about two thirds of Obamacide enrollees paying the first month's premium.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 04:59 AM (LJ7Ze)

5 Another Video Of Rob Ford Smoking Crack Has Been Released Saw on the news this morning he was taking a leave for alcohol addiction.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 05:00 AM (z/J+t)

6 Hey Anna, you must have self-esteem and a life for not having to type "first"! Bless you!

Posted by: Hadoop at May 01, 2014 05:00 AM (Ph479)

7 4 2.45 million out of 8.1 million is not two thirds. Common Core math.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2014 05:00 AM (AHzA7)

8 PA Cops No Longer Need A Warrant To Search Vehicles Bad juju.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 05:00 AM (z/J+t)

9 >>MSM Claiming Obamacare Saved The Moribund American Economy Instead of the broken window fallacy, it's the high premium fallacy.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 01, 2014 05:01 AM (SUKHu)

10 Dark Money sounds RACIST!!!

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:01 AM (LJ7Ze)

11 re: Nightmare of a Defenseless America.

Could be.  Another way to disrupt the power grid.  Stage panel vans in say FedEx livery to have breakdowns next to sub-stations.  And say at loss of GPS signal, there is a click and a boom.  Do similar strikes at where the natural gas pipelines have a control station or two.  Game over.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:02 AM (hu74e)

12
Name and shame:

The 54-42 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate rejected a bill to raise the federal minimum wage.

Republicans Yes
Corker, Tenn.

Democrats Not Voting
Pryor, Ark.

Republicans Not Voting
Boozman, Ark.; Cochran, Miss.; Wicker, Miss.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 05:02 AM (kdS6q)

13 Okay... and rather than blow a gasket (as I want to do over that PA warrant-less search piece), I think I'll start working at work now. Check in later.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 01, 2014 05:03 AM (PYAXX)

14 House.Gov is banned?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:03 AM (LJ7Ze)

15

Morning all.

Why does my Senator (Cruz) want to make John Boehner cry (even more)?

Posted by: Countrysquire at May 01, 2014 05:03 AM (eEBON)

16 PA Cops No Longer Need A Warrant To Search Vehicles "This case gives the police simpler guidelines to follow and (it) finally and clearly renders our law consistent with established federal law,¡± Stedman said. ¡°It is a ruling that helps law enforcement as they continue to find people in possession of illegal drugs,¡± National divorce or there will be blood.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 05:04 AM (z/J+t)

17 Yay!  Dump!

Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 05:04 AM (GQ8sn)

18 *sends EC to the cis-gender non-normative changing station since he had a dump*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:05 AM (hu74e)

19 Has Star Wars Episode VII been discussed here yet?  Dose the script keep any of the history writing by the plethora of books that have come out?  I burned out on them early, and only read 10 or so.

Posted by: Paladin at May 01, 2014 05:05 AM (WujO7)

20 re: Nightmare of a Defenseless America. Could be. Another way to disrupt the power grid. Stage panel vans in say FedEx livery to have breakdowns next to sub-stations. And say at loss of GPS signal, there is a click and a boom. Do similar strikes at where the natural gas pipelines have a control station or two. Game over. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 09:02 AM (hu74e) While I don't think it is that bad yet, we are already cutting it dangerously close.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 01, 2014 05:05 AM (t3UFN)

21 You think having them search your car is bad? Harumph.

Posted by: Some Arizona Guy's Colon at May 01, 2014 05:05 AM (ILBCY)

22 GEFMONGOOSE dot Blog spot dot com is a nice little blog about the talking mongoose mentioned in today's WSJ. When you get sick of news and people in general, give it a peek.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2014 05:05 AM (ZshNr)

23 This seems appropriate here. And it's about damn time. This is mainly for Vic. Third Circuit strips officers and prosecutors of qualified immunity for framing a guy for the rape, torture and murder of two children and sending him away for 22 years. http://bit.ly/1ksdkWe I breezed through the decision and holy hell the Court was *pissed*. I mean really really super pissed at everyone involved in this. In case you're hoping for the happy ending that the guy who tortured and killed the children was then caught and executed, nope. He was indicted but died in custody before trial. You know what this guy should get? Every single person involved's pensions. Hopefully that will drive home the point that you can't do this.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 05:06 AM (mf5HN)

24 Copyright law (Congress) likewise has ignored the Copyright Clause’s requirement that these monopoly instruments be granted only for “limited times.” There are entirely too many laws already on the books that ignore the plain language of the Constitution. Copyright of life plus 75 years is just another example.

Posted by: Old Ned at May 01, 2014 05:06 AM (4/pkQ)

25 Re: Graduates must pay to attend Pelosi graduation speech. My sister was a fundraiser for an East Coast ivy league school. One year they offered a former VP the honor of speaking at the graduation, which was especially thoughtful since the VP's own offspring would be part of the graduating class. He then quoted them his price. Their response? Uh, speaking at a graduation ceremony is an honor - we don't pay people to do it. Bu-bye!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 05:07 AM (8zTpe)

26 Good morning, Horde. It's Maryland Sheep and Wool festival this weekend, which means I'm knitting a sample and trying to prep for a friend who's arriving today AND doing homework due Monday AND assorted other things. Can't do the homework as I can't seem to install ArcGIS because I guess I'm an idiot or something. It's also the anniversary of my immigration. Yay me.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at May 01, 2014 05:07 AM (N/cFh)

27 What's this about triple coupon day at the Outrage Outlet?   OUTTA MY WAY!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:07 AM (4df7R)

28 The Copyright Laws are really just guidelines.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:08 AM (LJ7Ze)

29 In case you're hoping for the happy ending that the guy who tortured and killed the children was then caught and executed, nope. He was indicted but died in custody before trial. He's dead. I'll take it. Beats him living for 30 years on the public ' dime.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 05:08 AM (z/J+t)

30 The union-owned Amalgamated Bank, which is still owed millions by the Democratic National Committee, was introduced as a new partner of the Democracy Alliance at its annual meeting in Chicago this week, according to Politico. Amalgamated Bank, often referred to as “America’s Labor Bank,” became the DNC’s “primary banking relationship” during the summer of 2012. The DNC took out two loans worth a total of $15 million from Amalgamated to support its campaign efforts leading into the 2012 elections. The DNC was unable to pay back those loans for months. The DNC is still in the hole for $8.5 million to Amalgamated, according to its most recent Federal Election Commission filing. Crooks dealing with crooks. More please.

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:08 AM (fWAjv)

31 You know, I keep hearing about this Peaches Geldof person, but I have absolutely no idea who she was; only that she died young and left children behind.  Am I supposed to know    her?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:09 AM (4df7R)

32 If New Jersey (?) had the death penalty, I assume that innocent man would be long dead.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2014 05:09 AM (ZshNr)

33 Affirmative Action {comment redacted by moderators. . . warning issued}

Posted by: Old Ned at May 01, 2014 05:09 AM (4/pkQ)

34
The cast of Little House on the Prairie reunites for 40th anniversary

http://tinyurl.com/lnujtpf



Melissa Sue Anderson holding up well.

Melissa Gilbert, dressed in black, layers AND distracting jewelry.  Still doesn't help.


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 05:09 AM (kdS6q)

35 Is the new Star Wars the Postquel?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:09 AM (LJ7Ze)

36 He's dead. I'll take it. Beats him living for 30 years on the public ' dime.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 09:08 AM (z/J+t)



Is there a grave or a body somewhere on which shit can be copiously smeared?   Asking for a friend.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:10 AM (4df7R)

37 Nevergiveup, not there.  Yet.  But what is delineated in that article is a coordinated decapitation of how to hit all the American sinews for war fighting in one fell swoop.  Pearl Harbor on steroids.  But it is overblown a bit.  And misses ways to strike that do not involve catastrophic loses on their side which I probably should not have talked about, but after all the IRA would do such attacks so all I did was update the trigger to VBIED technology.


What is the problem with the ArcGIS install Gingy?  What is the error message?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:11 AM (hu74e)

38
Melissa Sue Anderson holding up well.

Melissa Gilbert, dressed in black, layers AND distracting jewelry. Still doesn't help.


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 09:09 AM (kdS6q)



I guarantee you that everyone spells their first names   wrong.   How is "Melissa" hard to spell?  Seriously?  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:11 AM (4df7R)

39 Gingy- jealous! And congrats.

Posted by: Sal at May 01, 2014 05:12 AM (2v393)

40 It's also the anniversary of my immigration. Yay me.



Congrats Gingy! 



Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 05:12 AM (GQ8sn)

41

Did my jury duty yesterday and had a LOVELY time start to finish.  Was empaneled for a criminal case   for  which the  trial was dismissed as we were walking in our 60-person group from the jury  assembly room to the courtroom.

 

Two observations about my fellow citizen peers:

 

My, aren't we a  supersized,  ill-dressed, and freaky-looking people; and

 

Downtown  around the courthouse has quite a number of street people denziens living the dream life immersed in their hallucinations and who ought to be getting help/treatment in a care facility  for their own safety.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2014 05:13 AM (BAS5M)

42 The PA Supremes can go eff themselves with a pineapple. Sideways!

Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at May 01, 2014 05:13 AM (rdiUQ)

43 Is the new Star Wars the Postquel? The Geritol Tour.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 05:13 AM (z/J+t)

44 Dark Money Dilemma Liberals decry ‘dark money’ in politics despite left’s reliance on the same

@ Washington Free Beacon

/rrrrrracists

Posted by: panzernashorn at May 01, 2014 05:14 AM (gmrH5)

45 I breezed through the decision and holy hell the Court was *pissed*. I mean really really super pissed at everyone involved in this.



GOOD.   I like it when courts   get  pissed at things which should make     anyone with a pulse angry.   It makes me think maybe there's a spark of hope for humanity.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:14 AM (4df7R)

46 Am I supposed to know her? No. She's known because she's Bob Geldof's kid. Hell, I wouldn't even know who he is if it wasn't for "Do They Know it's Christmas" because I hate that stupid song.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 05:14 AM (ILBCY)

47 Victims of Communism Day, 2014 Today is Victims of Communism Day. It is also “May Day,” where “useful idiots” march and demonstrate in free countries, while those who have to actually live under Communism are made to march lest they face dire consequences. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=5672

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 01, 2014 05:15 AM (K1sEu)

48 Melissa Gilbert, dressed in black, layers AND distracting jewelry. Still doesn't help.



She was married to Tron!


Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 05:15 AM (GQ8sn)

49 PA Cops No Longer Need A Warrant To Search Vehicles Constitution? We don't need no steenking Constitution!

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:15 AM (DrWcr)

50

2.45 million out of 8.1 million is not two thirds. There was a story earlier about two thirds of Obamacide enrollees paying the first month's premium.

 

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 08:59 AM (LJ7Ze)

 

How many times do I need to point out that the 8.1 million supposedly on all PlaceboCare exchanges doesn't matter because the House committee that took in the records from every application to the federal-run PlaceboCare exchange didn't look at the state-run exchanges?  Actually, it's the first time here.

 

There are about 3.65 million who signed up on the federal-run PlaceboCare exchange, and out of those 3.65 million, only 2.45 million made their first month's payment by April 15th.

Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2014 05:15 AM (o44nj)

51 New Jersey Turnpike, one alert state trooper, and the Japanese Red Army failed to carry out three attacks.

http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2009/01/terrorists-as-criminals-meme.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:15 AM (hu74e)

52 I can't seem to find a vehicle exemption in the Fourth Amendment.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:17 AM (LJ7Ze)

53 Dark Money, if we know who they are we can organize mobs to show up at their home and business, trash the place and throw bricks through their windows. If we don't know who owns our politicians how can we judge the politicians policies? It'sa pickle, no doubt about it.

Posted by: Old Ned at May 01, 2014 05:17 AM (4/pkQ)

54 No. She's known because she's Bob Geldof's kid. Hell, I wouldn't even know who he is if it wasn't for "Do They Know it's Christmas" because I hate that stupid song.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 09:14 AM (ILBCY)



Still no idea who Bob Geldof is, but agreed, I despise that fucking song.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:17 AM (4df7R)

55 That Venn diagram the Free Beacon did is absolutely hilarious. Insanity in ink.

Posted by: 'Ette in training at May 01, 2014 05:17 AM (zvxqj)

56 So I read Cooke's article on the shrinking private sphere. Sound about accurate. There was some blowhard on CNN earlier this week saying this was a *good* thing, that we all need to be more careful about what we say in private. I immediately went: "Da Fuq?!" The whole point of the private is that it allows you to not have to put on as much of a mask as you do in the public.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at May 01, 2014 05:18 AM (HDwDg)

57 Well Bob Geldorf is stuck in the brain bucket for a different reason.  Him and his Boomtown Rats made a song about a California girl who flipped out and opened fire on the nearby school killing people.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:18 AM (hu74e)

58 The Conservative Case Against TodayÂ’s Copyright Law



Sneaked in a new thread.  Copyright law in this country is an absolute mess and there are two groups you can blame for that.  Disney and Democrats.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 05:18 AM (T2V/1)

59 This is mainly for Vic. Third Circuit strips officers and prosecutors of qualified immunity for framing a guy for the rape, torture and murder of two children and sending him away for 22 years. http://bit.ly/1ksdkWe Everyone who was involved in framing and prosecuting that poor bastard should get 22 years in prison. It's only fair.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:19 AM (DrWcr)

60 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:09 AM (4df7R)

If you're as half-british as you claim to be, then yes!

Posted by: Mega at May 01, 2014 05:19 AM (hHFOx)

61 Is the new Star Wars the Postquel?

From what I read "Episode VII" is set 36 years after Return of the Jedi.  It's just that so much has been written, I kind of ...Hopeful.  Looks like Lucas will have nothing to do with it...yea!

Posted by: Paladin at May 01, 2014 05:19 AM (WujO7)

62 Why do I get the impression you need MSNBC like Dean Martin needed Jerry Lewis. What other reason is there for constantly giving those clowns the free pub?

Posted by: pc at May 01, 2014 05:20 AM (PJTW5)

63 In TFG's glorious Amerika you too can own your own luxury home. http://tinyurl.com/lk5ms6s 3D Printer Builds 10 Small Houses a Day for $5,000 Each ----- But hell, I would definitely live in this one - http://tinyurl.com/pd2a68k A revolutionary 3D concrete printer can build a 2,500-square-foot home layer by layer in a single day

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:20 AM (fWAjv)

64 They can have my free virtual copies of everything when they pry them from my cold dead hands.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:20 AM (LJ7Ze)

65
Melissa Gilbert...

She was married to Tron!
Posted by: EC




Then married to Captain John Sheridan.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 05:20 AM (kdS6q)

66 The End of Affirmative Action



Will never happen as long as Republicans are afraid of assholes like that Black Democrat from Mississippi.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 05:20 AM (T2V/1)

67 There was some blowhard on CNN earlier this week saying this was a *good* thing, that we all need to be more careful about what we say in private. Someone watched "The Lives of Others" one too many times.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 05:20 AM (ILBCY)

68 Two pay or not Two Pay, that is the question. Too million, five million, too thirds, one half what does it matter? We were told there were thirty million without insurance and that was why we had to do something.

Posted by: Old Ned at May 01, 2014 05:20 AM (4/pkQ)

69 *ponders*

Star Wars Episode VII: Grumpy Old Jedi.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:20 AM (hu74e)

70 I can't seem to find a vehicle exemption in the Fourth Amendment. It's under #waronsomedrugs

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 05:21 AM (z/J+t)

71 Gaffe:  A clumsy social mistake or breach of etiquette.

A leftist expressing their antisemitism to signal inclusion in the group hate think isn't a gaffe.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at May 01, 2014 05:22 AM (L02KD)

72

Nothing makes me smile more than seeing happy faces!

http://tinyurl.com/ax4jmws

Posted by: maddogg at May 01, 2014 05:22 AM (xWW96)

73

I keep hearing about this Peaches Geldof person.... Am I supposed to know her?

 

Bob Geldof's daughter.  He's the singer from the Boomtown Rats ("I don't like Mondays") and he's mostly known now for organizing those mega-concerts for causes du jour.

 

I never heard of the daughter in her own right until she croaked.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 05:22 AM (JtwS4)

74 Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 09:20 AM (ILBCY) I never want to live in a world where I can't tell the occasionally off color joke to friends. Or bitch about my wife to friends because I might say something like "well, you know, women."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at May 01, 2014 05:22 AM (HDwDg)

75 GOOD. I like it when courts get pissed at things which should make anyone with a pulse angry. It makes me think maybe there's a spark of hope for humanity. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:14 AM (4df7R) When the first sentence of the opinion refers to the facts being hardly believable, that's not going to end well for someone. I'll translate the 72 pages of legalese for everyone. Third Circuit to the people who framed the guy - What the actual fuck is wrong with you, you idiots, no, you can't do this and, yes, you are going to have to give him all your money you fucknuggets. I am wholly unsurprised by the PA Supreme Court ruling on car searches. The chief justice loves him some police unions. The whole oh a driver refusing a search is not reasonable grounds in an of itself language is adorable. Oh, you're refusing? I smell me some pot, oh, yes, I do. Reasonable grounds ahoy!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 05:22 AM (mf5HN)

76 Didn't Geldof own Woodstock or something?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:22 AM (LJ7Ze)

77 I would urge to remember this: Nixon was forced to resign for much, much less criminal activity than has occurred under Obama. Clinton (and I typically have nothing good to say about Clinton) was impeached for crimes not even scratching the surface of what Obama and his administration have committed. But the reality is that in the grand scheme of things, relatively little - next to nothing in reality - has been done about abject criminal activity in this administration. I believe that the answer to why this is so is that it is because having Obama remain in power, in a raft of strange and incomprehensible ways, it serves the purposes of everyone in national politics that he remain in his position. With the entire world descending into, if not chaos, some form of pre-chaotic state and with this country more divided than at anytime that I remember in my life, nothing good appears to be in the cards for the prospects of 'average', non-ruling class Americans. Yet politics continues as usual. It appears almost a certainty at this point that absolutely nothing will change in the next election with respect to changing the trajectory of this country. If what is happening to this country is not an urgent issue for the electorate of this country than how is it even possible for hope even cross our minds as even a fleeting thought? If nothing is going to be done than the debate over whether the 'let it burn' stream of thought is really moot. It will burn. "Letting it" become idle words.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 05:22 AM (BZAd3)

78 Oh, I forgot about that, Anna Puma. "I Don't Like Mondays" is the song.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 05:23 AM (ILBCY)

79 Peaches' mom, Paula Yates, died of heroin overdose. Yates was dating Michael Hutchence (INXS) when he committed suicide. I'm going to go out on a limb and say Peaches probably had a dysfunctional upbringing w/an unstable mom and an early exposure to drugs.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 05:23 AM (8zTpe)

80 If you're as half-british as you claim to be, then yes!

Posted by: Mega at May 01, 2014 09:19 AM (hHFOx)



*snort!*   You say this to a person whose    British mother doesn't like the Beatles    or Monty   Python.       My Brit cultural history is    a checkerboard   at best.  lol!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:23 AM (4df7R)

81 Nixon had to resign because the leaders of the GOP got tired of the bad press and tired of defending the president.

Posted by: Old Ned at May 01, 2014 05:24 AM (4/pkQ)

82 PA Cops No Longer Need A Warrant To Search Vehicles



Another part of the Constitution lost due to the senseless war on drugs that we lost decades ago.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 05:24 AM (T2V/1)

83 What the actual fuck is wrong with you, you idiots, no, you can't do this and, yes, you are going to have to give him all your money you fucknuggets.


Is it too much to hope that some of them are going to go to jail themselves, for a very, very long time?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:24 AM (4df7R)

84 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 09:22 AM (mf5HN) Question: If that PA thing happens, would there be a way I could submit a hair sample (which is as far back as I can produce any data) showing that I haven't done pot in as far back as that shows. Plus the repeated communications to friends expressing my distaste for potheads, (Sorry CAC) and my general aversion to the drug and it's culture as evidence that the officer couldn't have possibly smelled pot? My guess is: no.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at May 01, 2014 05:25 AM (HDwDg)

85 Nothing makes me smile more than seeing happy faces! http://tinyurl.com/ax4jmws Posted by: maddogg at May 01, 2014 09:22 AM (xWW96) Such pretty eyelashes.

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:25 AM (fWAjv)

86

There was some blowhard on CNN earlier this week saying this was a *good* thing, that we all need to be more careful about what we say in private.

 

Remember, after 9/11, Ari Fleischer noted that people needed to be careful of what they said, and every asshole leftist in America (BIRM) went apeshit?

 

Good times, good times.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 05:25 AM (zF6Iw)

87 Was out the other day and heard an anthem for AoS...

Ellie Goulding. "Burn". Mostly for the chorus.

-------------------------------
We, we don't have to worry 'bout nothing
'Cause we got the fire, and we're burning one hell of a something
They, they gonna see us from outer space, outer space
Light it up, like we're the stars of the human race, human race

When the light started out they donÂ’t know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn

Posted by: Mega at May 01, 2014 05:25 AM (hHFOx)

88 67 There was some blowhard on CNN earlier this week saying this was a *good* thing, that we all need to be more careful about what we say in private. Someone watched "The Lives of Others" one too many times. Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 09:20 AM (ILBCY) These fuckers really do believe in thoughtcrime, don't they?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:25 AM (DrWcr)

89 The Wars on Drugs and Poverty are over. They won.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:26 AM (LJ7Ze)

90 "Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2014 09:13 AM"

So you know Lynn District Court, then?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 05:26 AM (knoK7)

91 *snort!* You say this to a person whose British mother doesn't like the Beatles or Monty Python. My Brit cultural history is a checkerboard at best. lol! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:23 AM (4df7R) But do you like spotted dick?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:26 AM (DrWcr)

92 Peaches' mom, Paula Yates, died of heroin overdose. Yates was dating Michael Hutchence (INXS) when he committed suicide.



Ah!   Now that I recall.  I vaguely recognize the name "Paula Yates," so that's something I guess.



Honestly, if you name your child after a fruit, there is a good chance that child is going to grow up to have a very turbulent adulthood.      *looks at    Gwyneth Paltrow's  kid, Apple*       Poor thing.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:27 AM (4df7R)

93 Then married to Captain John Sheridan.




Garibaldi:  "How many wives does Sheridan have?!?!?!?!"



Answer:  Three.

Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 05:27 AM (GQ8sn)

94 Posted by: maddogg at May 01, 2014 09:22 AM (xWW96) That one is getting old. Find one of a momma Wolf with her babies on her back. Those are neat.

Posted by: ExSnipe at May 01, 2014 05:27 AM (hzpoi)

95 Completely unrelatedly to my immediate above post: 2 of 3 of my new hop plants (the Centennial and the Fuggle) have broken above the ground. The 3rd (Cascade) has not, but it's only been a week and a half. My friends are all taking bets as to how long until my nosey neighbor calls the cops insisting I've started growing pot on my street facing garage wall .

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at May 01, 2014 05:27 AM (HDwDg)

96 Paula Yates named all her children odd names and Peaces carried on the 'tradition' when naming her two children.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:28 AM (hu74e)

97 But do you like spotted dick?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:26 AM (DrWcr)



Depends who's offering it. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:28 AM (4df7R)

98 Does this surprise anyone? "For the Obama White House, tweets from reporters are a kind of early warning system. It’s up to Jessica Allen, 24, to sound the alarm. Allen, whose official title is “media monitor,” tracks journalists’ tweets and flags them in mass emails that land in the in-boxes of more than 80 Obama aides, including chief of staff Denis McDonough, White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler, press secretary Jay Carney and senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer. The result? Reporters who regularly cover Obama have become familiar with seemingly out-of-the-blue emails or telephone calls from officials taking issue with their tweets — often thoughtfully and constructively, sometimes with obscenity-laced yelps of outrage."

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 05:28 AM (8zTpe)

99 Two observations about my fellow citizen peers: My, aren't we a supersized, ill-dressed, and freaky-looking people; and Downtown around the courthouse has quite a number of street people denziens living the dream life immersed in their hallucinations and who ought to be getting help/treatment in a care facility for their own safety. Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2014 09:13 AM (BAS5M) Do you live in passaic County? Sounds like the Paterson courthouse!

Posted by: RondinelaMamma at May 01, 2014 05:28 AM (EJ/Tn)

100 Honestly, if you name your child after a fruit, there is a good chance that child is going to grow up to have a very turbulent adulthood. *looks at Gwyneth Paltrow's kid, Apple* Poor thing. Safe bet? Pole dancer. NTTAWWT.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 05:29 AM (z/J+t)

101 You know what this guy should get? Every single person involved's pensions. Hopefully that will drive home the point that you can't do this.


Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 09:06 AM (mf5HN)



The older I get, the more I've come to believe that almost all of the major problems which occur on a local level happen because of the actions of crooked prosecutors.  In addition to cases where they decline to share evidence that would exonerate the perp, I know of some cases that they decline to take to trial because it deals with somebody with political juice.  There should be no immunity from prosecution if you knowingly railroad somebody.  And the punishment should be severe.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 01, 2014 05:29 AM (a6Pc1)

102 "Star Wars Episode VII: Grumpy Old Jedi.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 09:20 AM


No Planet for Old Jedis?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 05:29 AM (knoK7)

103 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:23 AM (4df7R)

Hey, did you see that show Utopia? It's British and it was on last year. A little gory in parts, but I think you'd like it. They're making a US version, but I'm sure it'll suck.

Posted by: Mega at May 01, 2014 05:29 AM (hHFOx)

104 RACIST!! Feldman ‏@EvgenyFeldman 1h Communists marched in Moscow today saying "Darwin was wrong! Eared black monkey tries to rule the world"

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:30 AM (fWAjv)

105 My friends are all taking bets as to how long until my nosey neighbor calls the cops insisting I've started growing pot on my street facing garage wall $10 on #twoweeks.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 05:30 AM (z/J+t)

106 Star Wars VII. Get off my lawn jackwad!!!

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:31 AM (LJ7Ze)

107 23  You know what this guy should get? Every single person involved's pensions. Hopefully that will drive home the point that you can't do this.


Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 09:06 AM (mf5HN)


No, what should happen is the cops and prosecutors who framed him should go to jail for 22 years.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 05:31 AM (T2V/1)

108 "PA Cops No Longer Need A Warrant To Search Vehicles" We can't have freedom unless the police have expanded powers to conduct searches anywhere all the time for "drugs". The police aren't your friends conservatives. Google "botched police raids" or "botched swat raids" and keep on fucking that war on drugs chicken to oblivion.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 05:31 AM (7M8hQ)

109
Game Of Thrones airs in China but viewers are left baffled after broadcasters edit out the fight scenes and nudity

http://tinyurl.com/n4ndeps



Related

MadTV - The Sopranos, edited for PAX

http://youtu.be/A8FUUzmaCxc

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 05:31 AM (kdS6q)

110 Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 09:28 AM (8zTpe Fairly standard Marcomm technique though. Albeit a bit more disturbing when it's the leader of the most powerful country on earth.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at May 01, 2014 05:31 AM (HDwDg)

111 the odd thing, Ford is the sanest person in Toronto municipal government, still.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at May 01, 2014 05:32 AM (Jsiw/)

112 What difference, at this point, does it make?!?1/1!?!?!?1/1///1??

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 01, 2014 05:32 AM (Lktpy)

113 62 Why do I get the impression you need MSNBC like Dean Martin needed Jerry Lewis. What other reason is there for constantly giving those clowns the free pub? Posted by: pc at May 01, 2014 09:20 AM (PJTW5) The Joe Scarborough rant this morning on Benghazi was pretty good. Video is at Hot Air.

Posted by: jwest at May 01, 2014 05:32 AM (u2a4R)

114 For the Obama White House, tweets from reporters are a kind of early warning system. It’s up to Jessica Allen, 24, to sound the alarm. Allen, whose official title is “media monitor,” tracks journalists’ tweets and flags them in mass emails that land in the in-boxes of more than 80 Obama aides, including chief of staff Denis McDonough, White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler, press secretary Jay Carney and senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer. The result? Reporters who regularly cover Obama have become familiar with seemingly out-of-the-blue emails or telephone calls from officials taking issue with their tweets — often thoughtfully and constructively, sometimes with obscenity-laced yelps of outrage. Longtime CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller estimates that he’s sent out some 77,000 tweets over the past five years and has received just a few “rockets from Carney.” If obama and his merry band of fellow travelers spent more time governing rather than trying to manipulate the News, the County would not be going to down the shitter

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 01, 2014 05:32 AM (t3UFN)

115 Peaches Geldof heroin overdose. Color me shocked.

Posted by: DangerGirl at May 01, 2014 05:32 AM (0MVzQ)

116 97 But do you like spotted dick? Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:26 AM (DrWcr) Depends who's offering it. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:28 AM (4df7R)

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:32 AM (DrWcr)

117

Pic of the day.

http://tinyurl.com/8wrcqco

Posted by: maddogg at May 01, 2014 05:32 AM (xWW96)

118 77 I would urge to remember this: Nixon was forced to resign for much, much less criminal activity than has occurred under Obama. Clinton (and I typically have nothing good to say about Clinton) was impeached for crimes not even scratching the surface of what Obama and his administration have committed. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 09:22 AM (BZAd3) The media was beating the drum to ostracize Nixon back in the 1970s. I would suggest that they were more concerned with criminality and outrage back then because the press at that time had more integrity and a sense of decency, but I have long ago come to the conclusion that their outrage has always been highly dependent upon which party is being Skewered by their power. There is no Objective Press willing to beat the drum regarding Obama's criminality. I have come to realize that the existing One Party press represents the enabler for tyrannical/criminal behavior so long as it comes from their preferred party. Therefore, the most dire threat this nation has been facing has long been the Monolithic Socialist minded Media industry. It is a greater threat than terrorists, because while terrorist groups may blow up buildings and kill thousands, the Media distortion of information, which is necessary for the public to make informed decisions regarding the direction of it's governance, is bringing "The Terror" to us all.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 05:33 AM (bb5+k)

119 21 You think having them search your car is bad? Harumph. Posted by: Some Arizona Guy's Colon at May 01, 2014 09:05 AM (ILBCY) Get your facts straight, that was in New Mexico.

Posted by: Killerdog at May 01, 2014 05:33 AM (Zdgjo)

120 Game Of Thrones airs in China but viewers are left baffled after broadcasters edit out the fight scenes and nudity That leaves about, what, five minutes of episode?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:33 AM (DrWcr)

121 *puts cell-phone down with wry and puzzled expression*

County Health Dept was given my phone number.  Calling about forms needing filling out for a new Mexican restaurant in Brandon.

Told her I had no idea I was opening a restaurant.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:34 AM (hu74e)

122 >>Albeit a bit more disturbing when it's the leader of the most powerful country on earth ....and they follow up with secretly subpoenaing reporters' call records.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 05:34 AM (8zTpe)

123 Hey, did you see that show Utopia? It's British and it was on last year. A little gory in parts, but I think you'd like it. They're making a US version, but I'm sure it'll suck.

Posted by: Mega at May 01, 2014 09:29 AM (hHFOx)



I've heard of it though I've not seen it.  And yeah, I bet the American version will be awful.   "Being Human" was pretty good, but mostly because the cast is good, not because they get much to work with.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:34 AM (4df7R)

124 No, what should happen is the cops and prosecutors who framed him should go to jail for 22 years. Posted by: Vic at May 01, 2014 09:31 AM (T2V/1) That's exactly what I think.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:34 AM (DrWcr)

125 How would cutting out a few minutes of floppy wieners confuse the Chicoms?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:34 AM (LJ7Ze)

126

Allen, whose official title is “media monitor,” tracks journalists’ tweets and flags them in mass emails that land in the in-boxes of more than 80 Obama aides, including chief of staff Denis McDonough, White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler, press secretary Jay Carney and senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer.

 

Actors who are secure about their work don't read reviews. 

 

It betrays an utter lack of dignity to have a professional organization dedicated to managing the buzz about his preening Eminence. 

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 05:35 AM (JtwS4)

127 "Depends who's offering it.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:28 AM"

How *you* doin'?

Posted by: Giant Purple Spotted Snorklewhacker at May 01, 2014 05:35 AM (knoK7)

128 Everyone who was involved in framing and prosecuting that poor bastard should get 22 years in prison. It's only fair. Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:19 AM (DrWcr) Here's the truly horrifying thought. The guy who did it? How many other children did he rape during those 22 years.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 05:35 AM (mf5HN)

129 The Real Al Sharpton: “Homos,” “Faggots,” “Chinamen” And More… Note to Barack Obama and Eric Holder: This is the guy you two have allied yourself with. Weasel Zippers: ??? And this bigot is calling for the hanging for Sterling? And he still has a paying yob at MSNBC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 01, 2014 05:35 AM (t3UFN)

130 106 Star Wars VII. Get off my lawn jackwad!!!

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 09:31 AM (LJ7Ze)

Old Man Vader would have nailed you with a garbage can while sitting on the porch if you messed up his grass.

Posted by: Bruce Lee's Fist at May 01, 2014 05:35 AM (M+evy)

131 When the "Benghazi was because of video" line was released, and they went after the film maker, one of my friends was all for it. She was worried the for the safety of the troops overseas and said no one should make videos to offend the muslim sensibilities. Now, I understand why she said it. All of us at the table were military spouses with husbands deployed. I told her, "you know what else offends the extremists' sensibilities, sending our little girls to school. Should we stop doing that too?" I'm still a little pissed about it.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 05:35 AM (ILBCY)

132 The result? Reporters who regularly cover Obama have become familiar with seemingly out-of-the-blue emails or telephone calls from officials taking issue with their tweets — often thoughtfully and constructively, sometimes with obscenity-laced yelps of outrage." Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 09:28 AM (8zTpe) Can't have the party organ contradicting Maximum Leader.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 05:36 AM (bb5+k)

133 119 21 You think having them search your car is bad? Harumph. Posted by: Some Arizona Guy's Colon at May 01, 2014 09:05 AM (ILBCY) Get your facts straight, that was in New Mexico. Posted by: Killerdog at May 01, 2014 09:33 AM (Zdgjo) Oh great, I'm going to be driving through both of those states next Monday.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 05:36 AM (HVff2)

134 Sterling never wrote racial slurs in fecal matter on anyone.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:36 AM (LJ7Ze)

135

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:32 AM (DrWcr)



What?!    You want to make sure you get your spotted dick from someone who knows how to make it!   Custard and dried fruit are not to be trifled with.   Get it wrong and     it'll sit in your stomach like a brick.   


Why, what did YOU think I was talking about?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:36 AM (4df7R)

136 "Another part of the Constitution lost due to the senseless war on drugs that we lost decades ago.

Posted by: Vic at May 01, 2014 09:24 AM (T2V/1)"



I am starting to think that since the IRS is obviously an out of control Democrat thug squad, we should probably come up with an alternative method of collecting government revenue.  My current thinking goes that we should finance the federal government entirely by import taxes on petroleum products and taxes on tobacco, liquor and drugs - including marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and crack.



One of the best features of such a system of taxes is that, from my limited exposure to the drug culture, most of the taxes would be paid by Democrats.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 05:36 AM (PD6iL)

137 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 09:35 AM

Thanks, Empress for making me hate humanity even more than this morning's commute did.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 05:37 AM (knoK7)

138 Sterling never lost a defamation case like Al Sharpton did, remember Pagano?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:37 AM (hu74e)

139

The media was beating the drum to ostracize Nixon back in the 1970s. I would suggest that they were more concerned with criminality and outrage back then because the press at that time had more integrity and a sense of decency, but I have long ago come to the conclusion that their outrage has always been highly dependent upon which party is being Skewered by their power.

 

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 09:33 AM (bb5+k)

 

Considering they covered for JFK a decade before Nixon, good call.

Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2014 05:37 AM (o44nj)

140 Oh great, I'm going to be driving through both of those states next Monday.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 09:36 AM (HVff2)




Watch your ass!

Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 05:37 AM (GQ8sn)

141 So I read Cooke's article on the shrinking private sphere. Sound about accurate. There was some blowhard on CNN earlier this week saying this was a *good* thing, that we all need to be more careful about what we say in private. I immediately went: "Da Fuq?!" The whole point of the private is that it allows you to not have to put on as much of a mask as you do in the public. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at May 01, 2014 09:18 AM (HDwDg) When Everything is a Public Issue, Then You Have No Private Existence http://tinyurl.com/pod9b4c

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 01, 2014 05:38 AM (K1sEu)

142 No, what should happen is the cops and prosecutors who framed him should go to jail for 22 years. Posted by: Vic at May 01, 2014 09:31 AM (T2V/1) I'm a firm believer in prosecuting/convicting governmental officials who abuse the powers of their positions.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 05:38 AM (bb5+k)

143 "Custard and dried fruit are not to be trifled with."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:36 AM


ISWYDT....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 05:38 AM (knoK7)

144 MadTV - The Sopranos, edited for PAX Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 09:31 AM (kdS6q) That's one of the funniest bits they ever did.

Posted by: ExSnipe at May 01, 2014 05:38 AM (hzpoi)

145 No, what should happen is the cops and prosecutors who framed him should go to jail for 22 years.
Posted by: Vic at May 01, 2014 09:31 AM (T2V/1)

That's exactly what I think.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:34 AM (DrWcr)/i]



Nope, not long enough.  Not only did they ruin this man's life, they also left the real criminal out on the streets where he could cause more harm and ruin MORE lives.   And they put   the innocent man's life in danger by putting him in prison with inmates who, as a whole, are NOT kind to pedophiles.


44 years minimum for all involved.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:38 AM (4df7R)

146

Oh great, I'm going to be driving through both of those states next Monday.

 

Bring cash.  The medical center billed the guy for his ass rape.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 05:39 AM (JtwS4)

147 If you're in Ohio better keep an eye on the family pet. http://tinyurl.com/ob49kty 39 Ohio agencies have been given MRAPS for 'war on drugs.'

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:39 AM (fWAjv)

148 @133, you will be fine in Arizona, be careful of the commie-run state of New Mexico, it is a FSA state.

Posted by: Killerdog at May 01, 2014 05:40 AM (Zdgjo)

149 Hey TPH
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/contest/2014-04-28/hayao-miyazaki-book-collection

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:40 AM (hu74e)

150 "Custard and dried fruit are not to be trifled with."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:36 AM


ISWYDT....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 09:38 AM (knoK7)



I was wondering if anyone would catch that...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:40 AM (4df7R)

151 If obama and his merry band of fellow travelers spent more time governing rather than trying to manipulate the News, the County would not be going to down the shitter Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 01, 2014 09:32 AM (t3UFN) I disagree. We should be thankful that they are rather cavalier in their responsibilities. If they took them seriously, they would likely fuck up things even worse. What was it they said about the worst sort of officer being the energetic incompetent?

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 05:40 AM (bb5+k)

152 "I was wondering if anyone would catch that...
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:40 AM"

;-)

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 05:41 AM (knoK7)

153 It is a greater threat than terrorists, because while terrorist groups may blow up buildings and kill thousands, the Media distortion of information, which is necessary for the public to make informed decisions regarding the direction of it's governance, is bringing "The Terror" to us all. Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 09:33 AM (bb5+k) The point is though that yes, the media has become a propaganda arm of government, especially leftist government. But Republicans are complicit. In many cases, they willingly participate in what is happening and their resistance to the decline of the country is token at best. It is in their self interest to take all they can while the trough from where they feed continues to overflow with taxpayer money and printed money sponsored by the Quantitative Easing of the Fed.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 05:41 AM (BZAd3)

154 Here's the truly horrifying thought. The guy who did it? How many other children did he rape during those 22 years. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 09:35 AM (mf5HN) Shit, I didn't even think of that. Ugh.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:41 AM (DrWcr)

155 My favorite part of the War on Drugs is asset seizure. We think this is drug money. We'll just take that right now.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 05:41 AM (ILBCY)

156 65 Melissa Gilbert... She was married to Tron! Posted by: EC Then married to Captain John Sheridan. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 09:20 AM (kdS6q) And her sister has married a couple of chicks...but not at the same time.

Posted by: Pug of the North at May 01, 2014 05:41 AM (8c12T)

157 Beth, you should be forced to remove the close tags in your nick and face the wrath of the barrel like regular morons.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 05:42 AM (JtwS4)

158 It's unusual to see Sharpton gagging on his own bile particularly since 99.99% of what comes out of the man is pure bile.  It's almost like he's consuming his own fat racist ass.

Posted by: Fritz at May 01, 2014 05:42 AM (UzPAd)

159 Melissa Gilbert...
She was married to Tron!
Posted by: EC

Then married to Captain John Sheridan.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 09:20 AM (kdS6q)

And her sister has married a couple of chicks...but not at the same time.

Posted by: Pug of the North at May 01, 2014 09:41 AM (8c12T)



Now she's married to Poindexter from "Revenge of The Nerds".



He was the guy who played the violin.



Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 05:42 AM (GQ8sn)

160 135 Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:32 AM (DrWcr) What?! You want to make sure you get your spotted dick from someone who knows how to make it! Custard and dried fruit are not to be trifled with. Get it wrong and it'll sit in your stomach like a brick. Why, what did YOU think I was talking about? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:36 AM (4df7R)

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:42 AM (DrWcr)

161 Posted by: The Political Hat at May 01, 2014 09:38 AM (K1sEu) Yeah I couldn't finish that. It's not that it wasn't good Hat, quite the opposite. It's that it was far to accurate and I decided that I didn't want to be made any more sad

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at May 01, 2014 05:43 AM (HDwDg)

162 Thanks, Empress for making me hate humanity even more than this morning's commute did. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 09:37 AM (knoK7) One does one's humble best. 39 Ohio agencies have been given MRAPS for 'war on drugs.' Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 09:39 AM (fWAjv) Help me, distributed Horde knowledge, you're my only hope! My God have mercy on my soul shaped place for that. I think it was here that I read that there's a wee tiny problem with police departments getting all the military vehicles, namely maintenance is a bitch. I hadn't considered that. Is that true? It seems like it would be true.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 05:43 AM (mf5HN)

163 He then quoted them his price. Their response? Uh, speaking at a graduation ceremony is an honor - we don't pay people to do it. Bu-bye!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 09:07 AM (8zTpe)


Did he come back with his tail between his legs or did he hold out?

Posted by: [/i]KG at May 01, 2014 05:43 AM (p7BzH)

164 I think it was here that I read that there's a wee tiny problem with police departments getting all the military vehicles, namely maintenance is a bitch. I hadn't considered that. Is that true? It seems like it would be true.


Yes, that and parts.


As far as I know, the deal wasn't for parts and labour.  If they break down, they are on their own to acquire both, meaning taxpayer money.


Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 05:44 AM (GQ8sn)

165 Oh great, I'm going to be driving through both of those states next Monday. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 09:36 AM (HVff2) When the cop comes at you with a speculum, run.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:44 AM (DrWcr)

166 Remember, Geldorf has done all this charity work. IOW, he induces slugs with a fraction of the amount of money he has to give it him so it can be distributed to poor starving african warlords. The most successful charity work in Africa was by George Bush.

Posted by: Pug of the North at May 01, 2014 05:45 AM (8c12T)

167

My favorite part of the War on Drugs is asset seizure. We think this is drug money. We'll just take that right now.

 

Right, and unlike criminal law where you have a (theoretical) presumption of innocence, under asset forfeiture laws the burden is on you to prove that your property is not guilty.  So, you win at trial and you still don't get your shit back.

 

And many police departments get 1/3 or more of their funding from the proceeds of asset forfeiture.  It is inherently corrupt.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 05:45 AM (JtwS4)

168 I seem to be getting no commercials on YouTube with IE. Mozilla is loaded with them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:45 AM (LJ7Ze)

169 Does police departments getting military hardware left and right scare the shit out of anyone else?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:45 AM (DrWcr)

170 When Everything is a Public Issue, Then You Have No Private Existence http://tinyurl.com/pod9b4c Posted by: The Political Hat at May 01, 2014 09:38 AM (K1sEu) In Soviet controlled countries, you couldn't say anything in private either. Informers were everywhere.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 05:45 AM (bb5+k)

171

The union-owned Amalgamated Bank, which is still owed millions by the Democratic National Committee, was introduced as a new partner of the Democracy Alliance at its annual meeting in Chicago this week, according to Politico.

Amalgamated Bank, often referred to as “America’s Labor Bank,” became the DNC’s “primary banking relationship” during the summer of 2012.

The DNC took out two loans worth a total of $15 million from Amalgamated to support its campaign efforts leading into the 2012 elections.

The DNC was unable to pay back those loans for months. The DNC is still in the hole for $8.5 million to Amalgamated, according to its most recent Federal Election Commission filing.

 

I noted that Amalgamated bank is a state chartered (NY) commercial bank, which is not a member of the Federal Reserve.  That means it's supervised by the FDIC.

 

This highlights a very real issue in bank regulation...this bank is very politically connected with the Democratic Party, which just so happens to be at the levers of regulatory power.  In a just world, those DNC loans would be classified as problem assets and the FDIC would force AB to reserve against them.  For some reason I'm not all that confident that such a thing is really happening. 

 

Obviously there's no good solution...you can't tell a bank that they can't lend to an entity if it's in their business strategy, so a law saying a bank cannot make a loan to a political party is a non-starter.  But the entire regulatory apparatus here relies on good faith, which this Administration has carelessly frittered away.  That's why I keep saying the GOPe and the Dems don't really understand the kind of fire they are playing with when it comes to things like this.

Posted by: @JohnTant at May 01, 2014 05:46 AM (PFy0L)

172 151 If obama and his merry band of fellow travelers spent more time governing rather than trying to manipulate the News, the County would not be going to down the shitter Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 01, 2014 09:32 AM (t3UFN) Au contraire

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 05:46 AM (HVff2)

173 It's hilarious when I read liberals respond to Donald Sterling.. then I remember listening to Robert Byrd radio/tv interviews - and how he was a hero to these same people.

Posted by: Reality Man at May 01, 2014 05:47 AM (obXkJ)

174 133 119 21 You think having them search your car is bad? Harumph. Posted by: Some Arizona Guy's Colon at May 01, 2014 09:05 AM (ILBCY) Get your facts straight, that was in New Mexico. Posted by: Killerdog at May 01, 2014 09:33 AM (Zdgjo) Oh great, I'm going to be driving through both of those states next Monday. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 09:36 AM (HVff2) the pinal county sheriff is interested in colons.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 01, 2014 05:47 AM (u8GsB)

175 >>Did he come back with his tail between his legs or did he hold out? Nah, they told him to pound sand. He was also asking for access to their alumni address list for campaign purposes. BIG no-no. He was just an all around arrogant prick, making demands and expecting them to be thrilled he would deign to grace them with his presence.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 05:47 AM (8zTpe)

176 North Carolina: Illegal aliens charged with 250 child molestations in March http://tinyurl.com/p5onsaf I guess a lot of fucked up shit happens living in the shadows. Don't deport them. Fucking shoot 'em.

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:47 AM (fWAjv)

177 Read about this on PJM.19 year old with Downs tried to stay abd watch a movie without a ticket( he watched an earlier showing). He had a handler with him who wanted to call his mother and get him calmed down.4 off duty cops grabbed him and cuffed him face down.He died of a crushed larynx.Review found officers not at fault,no disciplinary,back on the streets.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 05:47 AM (zqvg6)

178 the pinal county sheriff is interested in colons..... Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 01, 2014 09:47 AM (u8GsB) And vaginas.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:47 AM (DrWcr)

179 Donald Sterling (D).

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:48 AM (LJ7Ze)

180 Military vehicles are generally designed with the idea that they'll receive daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual maintenance. In the Army motor pool, the four letters you hear most are "PMCS", Preventative Maintenance, Checks and Service. I don't know how eager union cops are going to be to get down on the ground and find those grease fittings in the middle of winter.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2014 05:48 AM (ZshNr)

181 167  Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 09:45 AM (JtwS4)


The courts are starting to rule against them on the more egregious cases.  Recall the women who took $10 or $20K to the beach to buy a store they were going to open.  The cops stopped them for speeding, searched them and their car and confiscated the money.   The court made them give it all back plus pay all court costs.


Which means the taxpayer was punished again.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 05:48 AM (T2V/1)

182 176 North Carolina: Illegal aliens charged with 250 child molestations in March http://tinyurl.com/p5onsaf I guess a lot of fucked up shit happens living in the shadows. Don't deport them. Fucking shoot 'em. Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 09:47 AM (fWAjv) Raping the children Americans won't rape.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:48 AM (DrWcr)

183 The MRAPs for cops are dumb, but they aren't building them for the the cops, right? My understanding is that it's war surplus. Maybe it's better to have the MRAPs just rust in a warehouse somewhere instead, but a lot of it is just trying to get some value out of the tens of billions we spent building them in a crash program -- and many never even made it to Iraq. We have huge #s of these. Many at the time said it would be wasteful to ramp up production as the war itself was being ramped down.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 01, 2014 05:48 AM (ZPrif)

184

So you know Lynn District Court, then?

 

 

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 09:26 AM (knoK7)

 

 

 

Do you live in passaic County? Sounds like the Paterson courthouse!

 

 

Posted by: RondinelaMamma at May 01, 2014 09:28 AM (EJ/Tn)

 

 

 I'm  in Harris County (Houston),  Texas.   You mean it's like this everywhere?  Tell me again why outside is so great [locks doors and closes blinds].

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2014 05:49 AM (BAS5M)

185 Is that true? It seems like it would be true. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 09:43 AM (mf5HN) Yep. Vehicle is free. Upkeep sure ain't.

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:49 AM (fWAjv)

186 Elijah Cummings is trying to sound reasonable today. I don't understand what quoting John McCain and Lyndsey Graham has to do with emails from Ben Rhodes, but he sure isn't screaming "how dare you" at Issa.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 05:49 AM (ILBCY)

187 But Republicans are complicit. In many cases, they willingly participate in what is happening and their resistance to the decline of the country is token at best. It is in their self interest to take all they can while the trough from where they feed continues to overflow with taxpayer money and printed money sponsored by the Quantitative Easing of the Fed. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 09:41 AM (BZAd3) I have come along to this line of thinking myself. Nothing else makes any sense as to why they don't advance their claimed goals when they have the opportunity. Yes, I think that is exactly part of the problem, but I feel the Media distortion of information is a problem of a more serious nature. The Vichy Republicans would be called to heel if the media were not made up of Liberal Democrats. In other words, the one problem exacerbates the other.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 05:50 AM (bb5+k)

188 A revolutionary 3D concrete printer can build a 2,500-square-foot home layer by layer in a single day Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 09:20 AM (fWAjv) Yeah, but global warming. So forget that.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 05:50 AM (BZAd3)

189 Photo and ability to carry 15 adults sounds like they got the medium MRAP.  Wait until that thing starts to destroy curbs and other things as it tries to race to a scene. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:51 AM (hu74e)

190 177 Read about this on PJM.19 year old with Downs tried to stay abd watch a movie without a ticket( he watched an earlier showing). He had a handler with him who wanted to call his mother and get him calmed down.4 off duty cops grabbed him and cuffed him face down.He died of a crushed larynx.Review found officers not at fault,no disciplinary,back on the streets. Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 09:47 AM (zqvg6) Like those cops in California that killed Kelly Thomas.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:51 AM (DrWcr)

191

I don't know how eager union cops are going to be to get down on the ground and find those grease fittings in the middle of winter.

 

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2014 09:48 AM (ZshNr)

 

Can you see union cops doing 112-day, 224-day, 1,000-hour et al. inspections?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, who does NOT speak for the Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General at May 01, 2014 05:52 AM (fwARV)

192 The Shrinking Private Sphere



I can't believe   CW Cooke is defending Sterling!      I don't understand why anyone would leap to this man's defense.   He's a    racist bigot and not someone we should close ranks around.  This is why we lose elections!


[/sarc]


Sorry.     Channeling my inner Hollowpoint    and Naes1984.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:52 AM (4df7R)

193 Don't deport them. Fucking shoot 'em. Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 09:47 AM (fWAjv) Hmmm, here in WI we have Large Game Season, Small Game Season and possibly Illegal Alien Season......wonder what the license will cost for that?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 05:52 AM (HVff2)

194 They were doing a Faux terrorist preparedness thingee here and our Gubmint Center entrance can't even handle school buses.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:53 AM (LJ7Ze)

195 I assume they'll run them into the ground before they get any real value out of them. Better to plastic wrap them all and wait until the military can use them.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2014 05:53 AM (ZshNr)

196 Raping the children Americans won't rape. Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:48 AM (DrWcr) In February there were only 154 counts.

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:54 AM (fWAjv)

197 Sorry. Channeling my inner Hollowpoint and Naes1984. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:52 AM (4df7R) Sounds like you could use an exorcism.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:54 AM (DrWcr)

198 155 My favorite part of the War on Drugs is asset seizure. We think this is drug money. We'll just take that right now. Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 09:41 AM (ILBCY) The War on Drugs has reached into dangerous territory, but we need to halt the abuses, not the war. I put forth an argument that I don't believe most people have ever considered. The war on drugs is necessary, because without it Addiction would climb to a level such that the Nation would collapse. And what evidence do I have for this assertion? It's already happened once before, and we can learn from the mistakes of the Past. China legalized drugs back in the 19th century. By the end of the Century, China had a 50% addiction rate in Manchuria, and had become so weak that it couldn't even stop an invasion from the much smaller Japan. Drugs wiped out China, and very likely paved the way for Mao. A Nation that does not have a "War on Drugs", dies.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 05:54 AM (bb5+k)

199 114 - If obama and his merry band of fellow travelers spent more time governing rather than trying to manipulate the News, the County would not be going to down the shitter

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 01, 2014 09:32 AM (t3UFN)

Contraire mon frere. We'd be in the treatment plant by now instead of riding the pipes.


Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at May 01, 2014 05:54 AM (rdiUQ)

200 Wouldn't it be cheaper to make the Krispy Kreme's into a green zone?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 05:55 AM (LJ7Ze)

201 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 09:52 AM (HVff2) No limit I presume.

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 05:55 AM (fWAjv)

202

Nah, they told him to pound sand. He was also asking for access to their alumni address list for campaign purposes. BIG no-no. He was just an all around arrogant prick, making demands and expecting them to be thrilled he would deign to grace them with his presence.

 

I'm betting Algore.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 05:55 AM (zF6Iw)

203 "You mean it's like this everywhere? Tell me again why outside is so great [locks doors and closes blinds]. Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2014 09:49 AM"

Not everywhere, but I'm sure the NE Morons got the reference.

*ponders next month's jury duty*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 05:55 AM (knoK7)

204 Sterling took the Eye of Judgement off Bundy, at least.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 01, 2014 05:55 AM (Eflez)

205 Hey MWR, is this a picture of Beth??

http://tinyurl.com/mdb6srn

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 05:56 AM (hu74e)

206 "But Republicans are complicit. In many cases, they willingly participate in what is happening and their resistance to the decline of the country is token at best. It is in their self interest to take all they can while the trough from where they feed continues to overflow with taxpayer money and printed money sponsored by the Quantitative Easing of the Fed." Of course they are. 8 years after GW Bush our debt was larger and our government was larger. He supported govt bail outs, increased social spending, and the increased homeland security spending inadvertently became fantastically wasteful for some government agencies who have since outfitted themselves with SWAT and all sorts of military gadgets they don't need. Establishment Republicans are not the political right; they are simply slightly right of wherever the Dems are this year. How many Reps are even serious about removing Obamacare now?

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 05:57 AM (7M8hQ)

207 North Carolina: Illegal aliens charged with 250 child molestations in March

http://tinyurl.com/p5onsaf

I guess a lot of fucked up shit happens living in the shadows.

Don't deport them. Fucking shoot 'em.
Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 09:47 AM (fWAjv)



Shooting them wastes bullets.      Tie their hands   and feet to four    bent down,   springy trees,    and let   the power of nature take it's course.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:57 AM (4df7R)

208

A Nation that does not have a "War on Drugs", dies. 

 

Fuck that.

Posted by: the very notion of Self-Soverignty at May 01, 2014 05:57 AM (JtwS4)

209 Beth, you should be forced to remove the close tags in your nick and face the wrath of the barrel like regular morons.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 09:42 AM (JtwS4)



Nuh-uh!   Not gonna do it!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 05:57 AM (4df7R)

210 Hey TPH http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/contest/2014-04-28/hayao-miyazaki-book-collection Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 09:40 AM (hu74e) Looks nice.

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 01, 2014 05:57 AM (K1sEu)

211 In February there were only 154 counts. Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 09:54 AM (fWAjv) And these are only the ones we know about.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 05:58 AM (DrWcr)

212 "Tie their hands and feet to four bent down, springy trees, and let the power of nature take it's course.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:57 AM"


Oooo!  Renewable energy!  The lefties have to get behind that one, amiright?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 05:58 AM (knoK7)

213 If obama and his merry band of fellow travelers spent more time governing rather than trying to manipulate the News, the County would not be going to down the shitter ----- Doubtful since that is their objective in power (reducing the country that is).

Posted by: RioBravo at May 01, 2014 05:58 AM (Syulp)

214 UK has no freedom of speech.Nor does Canada or all of Europe.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 05:59 AM (zqvg6)

215 Boy that botched execution has sparked outraged and huff 'n puffery all over. The irony! The Agony! Oh My! Why people are actually indignant! "He's dead, Jim".

Posted by: Old Ned at May 01, 2014 06:00 AM (4/pkQ)

216 Shooting them wastes bullets. Tie their hands and feet to four bent down, springy trees, and let the power of nature take it's course. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:57 AM (4df7R) You're in a better mood I see

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 06:00 AM (fWAjv)

217 They should fill the Civilian Inmate Labor Camps with illegal immigrants. I bet they could undercut the slave laborers of China.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:00 AM (LJ7Ze)

218

Nuh-uh! Not gonna do it!

 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:57 AM (4df7R)

 

Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: Pappy Bush at May 01, 2014 06:00 AM (o44nj)

219 It was the war on drugs that started the militarization of police,9/11 sped it up and all the surplus from the wars afterwards .

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 06:01 AM (zqvg6)

220 As a number of people have said,a botched execution would have left the guy alive.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 06:01 AM (zqvg6)

221 They botched the resuscitation once they called off the execution.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2014 06:02 AM (ZshNr)

222 When people say 'war on drugs', I tend to growl in frustration.


 I would think of 'war' as cruise missiles aimed at a few coca fields somewhere in central America, and utilization of some of that impressive data-mining available to the Fed in landing a few not-so-pretty assassinations of known Cartel affiliates; and by 'a few', I mean, slash and burn every house and man involved from the bottom up.  Fear of retribution will do a good job in crippling the structure of those organizations. 


What we're doing?  Not a war.  Cannot even be qualified as a skirmish.  If we were to actually throw down the gauntlet and tell Central America get your shit together and stop wrecking our citizenry or we will do it for you, things would change drastically.


That will not happen, though, far too much corruption in the system and way too many people in the States eager to defend any and all illicit substances, and all, disgustingly, in the name of "liberty". 


War on Drugs, indeed... what a pretty little farce.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at May 01, 2014 06:04 AM (9LuAk)

223 Obama is just starting his busy day: 10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 12:30 pm || Lunch with Biden 2:25 pm || Honors the 2014 National Teacher of the Year and finalists

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 06:04 AM (8zTpe)

224 124 No, what should happen is the cops and prosecutors who framed him should go to jail for 22 years.
Posted by: Vic at May 01, 2014 09:31 AM (T2V/1)

That's exactly what I think.


Typically fraud is treble damages. I think execution is more appropriate. Destruction of the public trust and faith in the "fairness" of the legal system is a huge, huge blow to a civilized society.

Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at May 01, 2014 06:05 AM (rdiUQ)

225 AWA 2013 cosplay.

The Mobile Suits are kinda spiffy.  Far too many Fetts though.
http://youtu.be/msxvtxxB7TA

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 06:06 AM (hu74e)

226 Obama is just starting his busy day: 10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing Just the tip.......

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 06:06 AM (z/J+t)

227 Benghazi hearing Carter Hams number 2 says the great shame is we didn't even try to help them. We didn't know how long it would last, we knew it was not a demonstration, we knew it was terrorism. We did not go to the sound of the guns ARrrrrgyaggaggagha

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:06 AM (zOTsN)

228 Obama is just starting his busy day: 10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 12:30 pm || Lunch with Biden 2:25 pm || Honors the 2014 National Teacher of the Year and finalists Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 10:04 AM (8zTpe) _______________ All this while the country is slowly burning.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 01, 2014 06:06 AM (32Ze2)

229 223 The man is a dynamo.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 06:07 AM (zqvg6)

230 City prosecutors railroad people every day. Building cases and proving things is hard.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:07 AM (LJ7Ze)

231 I'm thinking Sharpton finally choked on his own words.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 06:07 AM (aDwsi)

232 This guys has not testified before

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:08 AM (zOTsN)

233 Boy that botched execution has sparked outraged and huff 'n puffery all over.

The irony! The Agony! Oh My!

Why people are actually indignant!

"He's dead, Jim".

Posted by: Old Ned at May 01, 2014 10:00 AM (4/pkQ)



Fuck that turd; I wish they could bring him back to life to kill him again, only more painful.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 01, 2014 06:08 AM (a6Pc1)

234 No, what should happen is the cops and prosecutors who framed him should go to jail for 22 years.

Posted by: Vic at May 01, 2014 09:31 AM (T2V/1)


No, all of the above should happen. Pensions given to the victim AND them going to prison for the amount of time they set him up for, unparolable.

Posted by: [/i]KG at May 01, 2014 06:09 AM (p7BzH)

235 This general might be the guy who was wanting to testify before

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:09 AM (zOTsN)

236 Destruction of the public trust and faith in the "fairness" of the legal system is a huge, huge blow to a civilized society. Posted by: Drill_Thrawl ------------------------------ Don't go there buddy...

Posted by: Eric 'The Red' Holder at May 01, 2014 06:09 AM (aDwsi)

237 Actual Obama and Media Spin: Only ObamaCare Saved Moribund Economy From Contracting

Lucia Mukitani (Reuters)




If by saving they mean that he drove stake through its heart, burned it and scattered the ashes then yes he saved it. Lucia Mukitani is one of the biggest propagandist out there. All of her articles are flat out lies and spin

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 01, 2014 06:10 AM (1Jaio)

238 "No, all of the above should happen. Pensions given to the victim AND them going to prison for the amount of time they set him up for, unparolable." This would assume the purpose of the police force is to protect individual rights of Americans. It's not. Their purpose is to provide a cushy government job for public union employees.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 06:10 AM (7M8hQ)

239 General Lovell of Africom.

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:10 AM (zOTsN)

240 You can tell he is grieving over this. Stricken

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:11 AM (zOTsN)

241 "It's a duty to be here"

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:11 AM (zOTsN)

242 If they botched the execution the miserable Ckuf would still be alive. Practice makes perfect.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:11 AM (LJ7Ze)

243 From what I read "Episode VII" is set 36 years after Return of the Jedi. It's just that so much has been written, I kind of ...Hopeful. Looks like Lucas will have nothing to do with it...yea! Posted by: Paladin at May 01, 2014 09:19 AM (WujO7) The only hope that I hold out for the new Star Wars is that Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote the screenplays for Empire and Raiders of the Lost Ark, is involved. That and no fucking George Lucas.

Posted by: Timon at May 01, 2014 06:12 AM (kAniV)

244 No George Lucas but you get JJ Abrams.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 06:13 AM (zqvg6)

245 I know it's wrong, but I'm sitting here hoping Gen. Lowell has an impecable personal life. He's about to get the anal probe from the media.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 06:13 AM (ILBCY)

246 Regarding Sterling and the hypocrisy of the left, Ann Coulter had an excellent take on Sterling's past history with prostitutes, which wound their way through the courts system, and how no one in the NBA batted an eye about it. http://tinyurl.com/k5gtbop

Posted by: Jen at May 01, 2014 06:13 AM (/CN/i)

247 He was in charge of threat assessment

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:13 AM (zOTsN)

248 Sorry, Gen. Lovell.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 06:14 AM (ILBCY)

249 As a number of people have said,a botched execution would have left the guy alive. Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 10:01 AM (zqvg6) Once they "botched" it why didn't they just leave the body in a closet to die, kind of like the survivors of "botched abortions" Maybe our wonderful Preezy can vote present on this as well...

Posted by: Timon at May 01, 2014 06:15 AM (kAniV)

250 It was not about a video tape or the protests in Egypt.

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:15 AM (zOTsN)

251 I hate that term" war on drugs" too but that is what they call it.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 06:15 AM (zqvg6)

252 "When people say 'war on drugs', I tend to growl in frustration." To say "war" implies two active participants with an undecided outcome. That isn't the case; the war is over, and the government and police lost. Drugs are everywhere, and easily available. The War on Drugs is exactly analogous in every way to the War on Poverty. It failed its fundamental goal spectacularly, yet instead of questioning the validity or practicality of said goal, the government simply invests more resources into the program while it steadily undergoes mission creep. To win the War on Poverty we need more taxes, more spending, more government programs, more everything government and more private citizens being picked clean for money. To win the War on Drugs we need more police, more military gadgets, more SWAT, broader police powers, more botched raids on houses.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 06:16 AM (7M8hQ)

253 They could make Benghazi "bipartisan" by mentioning that Powell was in on the coverup when that cocksucker was with Rodham and the JEF, even though he had no official position, when the bodies returned and they were still yammering like a bunch of fucking retards about the video.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 01, 2014 06:16 AM (a6Pc1)

254 No link on Mo Senate passing law thumbing their nose at fed gun laws? If no ones brought it up yet, Breitbart has it.

Posted by: teej at May 01, 2014 06:16 AM (xhr2b)

255 From the Coulter article. What exactly is community property?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:16 AM (LJ7Ze)

256 He was the highest ranking person in theater working this issue. He always knew it wasn't about the video or egypt

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:16 AM (zOTsN)

257 Latest liberal exclusionary rhetoric going around on facebook: "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, don't say you want a Christian country, because you don't." -Jimmy Carter

Posted by: Meremortal. at May 01, 2014 06:17 AM (1Y+hH)

258 Shorter Elijah Cummings, I'm going to ask and talk about everything else but why you are actually here to testify.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 06:17 AM (ILBCY)

259 This man is grief stricken

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:18 AM (zOTsN)

260 Sorry. Channeling my inner Hollowpoint and Naes1984. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 09:52 AM (4df7R) Sounds like you could use an exorcism. Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:54 AM (DrWcr) The Power of the Hiddleston Compels! http://bit.ly/1kmz5p5

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 06:18 AM (mf5HN)

261

That isn't the case; the war is over, and the government and police lost.

 

For certain values of lost.  Drugs still find drug users (and it's not Central America's fault that we like drugs.)

 

But the police and government have won a tremendous amount of additional authority and mil-spec hardware to throw it around.

Posted by: the very notion of Self-Soverignty at May 01, 2014 06:19 AM (JtwS4)

262 War on Drugs, indeed... what a pretty little farce. Posted by: Kinley Ardal at May 01, 2014 10:04 AM (9LuAk) You have taken the words right out of my mouth. Indeed, my harshest criticism for the "War on Drugs" is that we have not been fighting it as if it were really a war. We should have long ago blown to smithereens any foreign facilities which grow or manufacture these substances, and we should have been killing the chain of command of the drug distribution networks. Dealers? Kill em.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 06:19 AM (bb5+k)

263 114 - If obama and his merry band of fellow travelers spent more time governing rather than trying to manipulate the News, the County would not be going to down the shitter Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 01, 2014 09:32 AM (t3UFN) You mean that more people would realize that the country is going down the shitter.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 06:19 AM (BZAd3)

264 259 If you want your tax dollars to help the poor give them to them. It isn't the Governments job to rob you for people that are too lazy to rob you themselves.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:19 AM (LJ7Ze)

265

Never could understand the appeal of Star Wars, honestly. And Star Trek is much more kitsch than anything else. Yeah, I've watched them both. blah whatever

 

The terrible thing is I really love sci fi and space opera. Why they have to bore the shit out of me is inexcusable.

Posted by: Bigby's Okey-Doke at May 01, 2014 06:19 AM (3ZtZW)

266 "China legalized drugs back in the 19th century. By the end of the Century, China had a 50% addiction rate in Manchuria, and had become so weak that it couldn't even stop an invasion from the much smaller Japan.

Drugs wiped out China, and very likely paved the way for Mao.

A Nation that does not have a "War on Drugs", dies.



Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 09:54 AM (bb5+k)"



When the communists came to power in 1949 they shot the opium addicts.  I don't believe that was 50% of the population but something less than 10%.  Still it was a lot of people they executed. 



There are really only two approaches to drugs that seem to avoid the problems of having large and rich criminal organizations operating outside the law while courts, police and government are distorted by the drug trade.  You can make drugs illegal or you can execute everybody involved in buying, selling or consuming drugs.


Given the hysteria over executing mass murderers, my guess is that the United States is not yet ready to start executing junkies.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 06:20 AM (PD6iL)

267 Today's The Day!

New York/New Jersey Moron Meet-up

Thursday, May 1st
6pm-9pm
West Village

All Morons and their handlers are welcome. For additional info, email me at:

nynjmeet at optimum dot net

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 06:20 AM (QFxY5)

268 And going to Project A-kon 25 just went out the window.  Unless I want to stay at the hotel near Love Field that Jim in Galveston said 6 years ago rented out by the hour...

My late late night reservation apparently never went through.  Because the hotel was looking out, the only rooms they have left are $399/night.  And next cheapest is $159/night.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 06:21 AM (hu74e)

269 From the Coulter article. What exactly is community property? Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 10:16 AM (LJ7Ze) When you are married, all assets acquired during the marriage belong to both individuals in the marriage regardless of who purchased them. The only exception to this in most states is an inheritance, which belongs only to the decedent. So Sterling bought his girlfriend all this stuff, including real estate that technically then belonged to the wife also, who wanted it back and out of the hands of the girlfriend. This is why marriage laws matter....

Posted by: Jen at May 01, 2014 06:21 AM (/CN/i)

270

Nah, they told him to pound sand. He was also asking for access to their alumni address list for campaign purposes. BIG no-no. He was just an all around arrogant prick, making demands and expecting them to be thrilled he would deign to grace them with his presence.

 

At least with Biden, all you'd have to worry about is having enough crayons for him to shove up his nose.



Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 06:21 AM (zF6Iw)

271 From Weasel Zippers: Feminist Loon: There are no genders. http://tinyurl.com/lodook4

Posted by: rickb223 at May 01, 2014 06:21 AM (z/J+t)

272 Greetings and salutations, pixel people. It would appear that, despite our best efforts, we're still screwed. SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 06:21 AM (0HooB)

273

Self-sovereignty sock off.  The War on Some Drugs post was supposed to be under my name.

 

Now, "Dealers? Kill em."

 

Would you have felt the same way about bootleggers under Prohibition?

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 06:22 AM (JtwS4)

274 Jimmy Carter isn't a Christian. He consorted with the PLO. Two out of the three of the original leaders of the PLO were homo pederasts.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:22 AM (LJ7Ze)

275 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 10:18 AM (mf5HN)

That's a bit disturbing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 06:22 AM (QFxY5)

276 Anna - Sleeping bag. Overpass.

Posted by: Eric 'The Red' Holder at May 01, 2014 06:23 AM (aDwsi)

277
My, aren't we a supersized, ill-dressed, and freaky-looking people; and

Downtown around the courthouse has quite a number of street people denziens living the dream life immersed in their hallucinations and who ought to be getting help/treatment in a care facility for their own safety.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2014 09:13 AM (BAS5M) 


Yeah, we're a large people now. And nobody dresses for anything anymore, including flying, church, and court.

As for the homeless...yet more benefits from the joys of de-institutionalization.

Posted by: Teddy at May 01, 2014 06:23 AM (RD7QR)

278
Raping the children Americans won't rape.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 09:48 AM (DrWcr)


Dude, if you would drop the silly charges I would gladly come back.

Posted by: Roman Polanski at May 01, 2014 06:23 AM (M+evy)

279 *shoots the Holder sock*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 06:23 AM (hu74e)

280 Shit. Ruxpin sock off.

Posted by: joncelli at May 01, 2014 06:24 AM (RD7QR)

281 "At least with Biden, all you'd have to worry about is having enough crayons for him to shove up his nose.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 10:21 AM"


Don't forget the paste.  If the ceremony runs long he'll need a snack.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 06:24 AM (knoK7)

282 A married couple is a community? Seems like a poor choice of words. Did she win?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:24 AM (LJ7Ze)

283 The problem with putting pretty airheads on the air: http://tinyurl.com/n7ln9uh They're AIRHEADS. Shouldn't take a genius...

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 06:25 AM (BZAd3)

284 Doh!

I meant to say that you can either make drugs legal or you can execute anybody who buys, sells or consumes them.


Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 06:26 AM (PD6iL)

285 Yeah, we're a large people now. And nobody dresses for anything anymore, including flying, church, and court. As for the homeless...yet more benefits from the joys of de-institutionalization. Posted by: Teddy at May 01, 2014 10:23 AM (RD7QR) This is the point where I tell my story about having to take a client to the store to buy underwear before going to court. That was fun.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 06:26 AM (mf5HN)

286 I hate that every stupid fucking member gets to question Who is this toupeed dumb ass

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:27 AM (zOTsN)

287 I wonder if its too late to do a Kickstarter or something to fund going to A-kon?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 06:27 AM (hu74e)

288 287 Britney Spears?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:27 AM (LJ7Ze)

289 Never could understand the appeal of Star Wars, honestly. And Star Trek is much more kitsch than anything else. Yeah, I've watched them both. blah whatever I totes grokked the very first Star Wars flick. There were obvious good and bad guys and gals. There was a brand spanking new universe with all types of futuristic gadgets and things we'd never seen before and a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. A formula which was abandoned immediately afterwards by George Lucas. It was plainly obvious that he made up the rest of it as he went along for the rest of the franchise. IMO, too much success.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 06:27 AM (0HooB)

290 To say "war" implies two active participants with an undecided outcome. That isn't the case; the war is over, and the government and police lost. Drugs are everywhere, and easily available. Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 10:16 AM (7M8hQ) About this, you are very much mistaken. The war on drugs has been quite successful, because the normal evolution of drugs in a society is increasing addiction following a logistic growth pattern. That Addiction was 2% 100 years ago, and is still 2% today, is the result of interdiction. Had there been no war on drugs, addiction would be north of 30% of the population, just as had occurred in the past history in China. Now you can argue that "drugs are everywhere" but this is a simpleminded understanding of the larger picture. They are everywhere sufficient to supply a 2% piece of the population, they are not "everywhere" sufficient to supply a larger demand than that. If we wanted to get rid of that 2% of drug usage, we could do so, but I think most people look at the cost vs benefit equation and decide it is not worth it. We are willing to put up with this small percentage of addiction, because the costs of pushing that number to zero is simply too great to be worth it. (Both in dollars and in Social upheaval.) Do not mistake what a "Success" in the "War on Drugs" is supposed to look like. Not having a steadily increasing addiction rate *IS* a success.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 06:27 AM (bb5+k)

291

This is the point where I tell my story about having to take a client to the store to buy underwear before going to court.

 

That seems harsh.  And insulting to the commando community.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 06:27 AM (JtwS4)

292 "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, don't say you want a Christian country, because you don't." -Jimmy Carter ----------------------------- So Caesar represented a Christian charity. Who knew?

Posted by: Eric 'The Red' Holder at May 01, 2014 06:28 AM (aDwsi)

293 AlextheChick, underwear?  Eeeewww.

"Here's your boxers you smelly stinking super freak.  Now go in that little cubicle over there, close the door, and see if they will do.  Or I will rip your throat out."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 06:28 AM (hu74e)

294 My late late night reservation apparently never went through. Because the hotel was looking out, the only rooms they have left are $399/night. And next cheapest is $159/night. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 10:21 AM (hu74e) That's happened to me before. Bastards.

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 01, 2014 06:28 AM (K1sEu)

295 "This is the point where I tell my story about having to take a client to the store to buy underwear before going to court.
That was fun.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 10:26 AM"

Did you have to explain that the court never waives the rule of semper ubi sub ubi?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 06:28 AM (knoK7)

296 >> "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, don't say you want a Christian country, because you don't." -Jimmy Carter ----------------------------- So America is a theocracy? Who knew?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 06:29 AM (8zTpe)

297 This is another fucking crime: http://tinyurl.com/ovlnzdw What they are doing at the very least is theft. At worst, it's murder. Murder of veterans who deserve not better, but the best from this country. Instead, they're being fucked BY THIS COUNTRY.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 06:30 AM (BZAd3)

298 Jimmy Carter makes Uncle Joe Biden look like a genius.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:30 AM (LJ7Ze)

299 I there a Ways & Means Committee going on now?

Posted by: Eric 'The Red' Holder at May 01, 2014 06:30 AM (aDwsi)

300 That seems harsh. And insulting to the commando community. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 10:27 AM (JtwS4) In her defense, she had fantastic legs so I can see why she wore her skirt that short and I did nearly ask for the name of her waxer because boy howdy did she do a good job. It's just that, you know, there's no reason for everyone in the court to know that. The sad thing was that you could tell she was trying to dress in her nicest stuff for court.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 06:30 AM (mf5HN)

301 Feminist Loon: There are no genders.

--

Can you imagine the pitiful life you'd lead if this was your obsession*?  It's mind-boggling that there are people that are so fixated on gender and wanting nothing more than for the human race to become one big gender blob. 

*or if you spit painted eggs out of your hoohah?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2014 06:30 AM (tsGZY)

302 I don't think enforced "charity" counts. That sounds like robbery. I think Jimmuh is the muzz.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:31 AM (LJ7Ze)

303 "About this, you are very much mistaken. The war on drugs has been quite successful, because the normal evolution of drugs in a society is increasing addiction following a logistic growth pattern. That Addiction was 2% 100 years ago, and is still 2% today, is the result of interdiction. Had there been no war on drugs, addiction would be north of 30% of the population, just as had occurred in the past history in China. " About this War on Poverty you are very much mistaken. If not for the War on Poverty and massive government spending, then unemployment and poverty would be much higher than it is currently. That unemployment and poverty has remain frozen in the face of massively escalating government spending is in fact a testament to the profound success of the War on Poverty. The same could be said about our wonderful Public Schools. Sure we've been spending more and more while the kids get dumber; but they would have been even dumber without the Public Schools. Big Gov for the win!

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 06:32 AM (7M8hQ)

304 Gender is a social construct, sexual preference is somehow genetic though. It will soon be heresy to question this nonsense.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 01, 2014 06:32 AM (PVNda)

305 One area where you can see  some  success  on   the War On Drugs is Miami and Columbia.    Put  Crockett and Tubbs out of a job. 

Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2014 06:32 AM (m2CN7)

306 * removes Holder sock, ponders the hole in it *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 06:32 AM (aDwsi)

307 I bet you never thought you'd see this guy again: http://tinyurl.com/ljyrrel He is an ex-con, but then so is her husband.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 06:33 AM (BZAd3)

308 You're in a better mood I see

Posted by: RWC at May 01, 2014 10:00 AM (fWAjv)




Nothing like a good indulgence of bloodlust to really get the positive endorphins pumping.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:33 AM (4df7R)

309 Oh dear....   AlextheChick...

The Great and Mighty Saarlac was peeking out from under a micro mini-skirt?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 06:33 AM (hu74e)

310 The poor you will always have with you, so rob the rest and give it to them?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:33 AM (LJ7Ze)

311 The military needs to feel empowered to take the action it can So. I am sure the executive reserved the power to act to himself, like any good soviet

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:33 AM (zOTsN)

312 "If we wanted to get rid of that 2% of drug usage, we could do so" The majority of everyone I know has tried marijuana at least once in their life. Marijuana is ubiquitous. I don't know where you are getting these fantasy numbers.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 06:34 AM (7M8hQ)

313 In her defense, she had fantastic legs so I can see why she wore her skirt that short and I did nearly ask for the name of her waxer because boy howdy did she do a good job. It's just that, you know, there's no reason for everyone in the court to know that. Which reminds me of the sweet young thing in the grocery store the other day. Very well built with legs that'd crush your head like a grape, in a very short skirt and a thong, which was apparent when she bent over in front of me. I grinned like an idiot for about an hour afterwards. Did I mention that I really, really like going to the grocery store?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 06:34 AM (0HooB)

314

In her defense, she had fantastic legs so I can see why she wore her skirt that short and I did nearly ask for the name of her waxer because boy howdy did she do a good job. It's just that, you know, there's no reason for everyone in the court to know that.   

 

Well then!  My comment was worth it just for eliciting that story.

 

I've been in court way to many times.  The RMV and I just couldn't understand each other for a while.  I always wear a suit.  I never wear underwear. 

 

So I was feeling touching about your Haynes-normativeness.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 06:34 AM (JtwS4)

315 "I don't think enforced "charity" counts. That sounds like robbery. I think Jimmuh is the muzz. Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 10:31 AM"

Yeah, my copy of the New Testament must have left out the verse in Matthew where Christ said "I was thirsty and you did not put a gun to your neighbor's head for money to give Me a drink."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 06:34 AM (knoK7)

316 Shit, moar coffee.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 06:34 AM (0HooB)

317 I don't think enforced "charity" counts. That sounds like robbery. Posted by: Boss ----------------------------- Why? Just because nice government men with guns come and take it from you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 06:35 AM (aDwsi)

318 The Barrel awaiteth.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 06:35 AM (zF6Iw)

319 You didn't Italicize us again did you boy?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:35 AM (LJ7Ze)

320 Communality property States.  There are not that many.


    Arizona
    California
    Idaho
    Louisiana
    Nevada
    New Mexico
    Texas
    Washington
    Wisconsin


SC may as well be because it is actually worse. In divorce court wife gets to keep everything she bought plus half of your stuff, along with the house and kids if you bought one. That is besides child support and maintenance.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 06:35 AM (T2V/1)

321 No George Lucas but you get JJ Abrams.

Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2014 10:13 AM (zqvg6)



JJ Abrams is actually a good director.  So long as he doesn't get near the script in more than minor ways, I'm happy.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:35 AM (4df7R)

322

>>>I totes grokked the very first Star Wars flick.

 

It came out, what, 77-78? I saw it when it came out in a packed theatre, so I must've been around 11-12. Didn't see the draw of it then, but my ~10 year old friend what dragged me there is a Star Wars freak to this day. I admit, it's just me, but I'm completely mystfied that it's still around and that people care anything at all about it.

Posted by: Bigby's Okey-Doke at May 01, 2014 06:35 AM (3ZtZW)

323 ATC, I was at the courthouse getting my title registered for my car, and I saw a woman wearing a nightshirt and slippers go into court. I guess she was making the change to the orange jumper a little easier after her appearance.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 06:35 AM (ILBCY)

324 "The Great and Mighty Saarlac was peeking out from under a micro mini-skirt?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 10:33 AM"


Well there's a heckuva mental image for the morning....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 06:36 AM (knoK7)

325 "There are really only two approaches to drugs that seem to avoid the problems of having large and rich criminal organizations operating outside the law while courts, police and government are distorted by the drug trade. You can make drugs illegal or you can execute everybody involved in buying, selling or consuming drugs. Given the hysteria over executing mass murderers, my guess is that the United States is not yet ready to start executing junkies." Or you could legalize Marijuana and watch all the pot heads become fantastic gardeners. If random hillbillies could brew up alcohol during prohibition, and even dumber rednecks can chemistry up tremendous amounts of Meth faster than the police can stop them, then it stands to reason that if legalized people could supply themselves and sidestep the drug cartel completely. You have the violent black market because the commodity is illegal.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 06:36 AM (7M8hQ)

326 touchy

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 06:36 AM (JtwS4)

327 Thank the Horde for closing tags in my nic. They've saved me from more than one self-embarreling.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 06:36 AM (0HooB)

328 "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, don't say you want a Christian country, because you don't." -Jimmy Carter Posted by: Meremortal. at May 01, 2014 10:17 AM (1Y+hH) I don't think it's very Christian to steal money from the people who earn it by the fruits of their labor. Beyond that, why do you think it's reasonable that I should be *FORCED* by government power to be a Christian?

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 06:36 AM (bb5+k)

329

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 10:34 AM (7M8hQ)

 

He said addiction. 

Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2014 06:36 AM (m2CN7)

330 "moar coffee. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 01, 2014 10:34 AM"


It's in the barrel.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 06:36 AM (knoK7)

331 The Power of the Hiddleston Compels!


http://bit.ly/1kmz5p5

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 10:18 AM (mf5HN)



It should be   illegal to be that adorable.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:37 AM (4df7R)

332 So in my state if I want to give all my stuff to the ugliest hooker in Christendom I am free to do so.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:37 AM (LJ7Ze)

333 Today's The Day!

New York/New Jersey Moron Meet-up

Thursday, May 1st
6pm-9pm
West Village

All Morons and their handlers are welcome. For additional info, email me at:

nynjmeet at optimum dot net

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 10:20 AM (QFxY5)



We demand drunk!posting and embarrassing stories!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:37 AM (4df7R)

334

Or you could legalize Marijuana and watch all the pot heads become fantastic gardeners. If random hillbillies could brew up alcohol during prohibition, and even dumber rednecks can chemistry up tremendous amounts of Meth faster than the police can stop them, then it stands to reason that if legalized people could supply themselves and sidestep the drug cartel completely. You have the violent black market because the commodity is illegal.

 

This.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 06:37 AM (JtwS4)

335 It came out, what, 77-78? I saw it when it came out in a packed theatre, so I must've been around 11-12. Didn't see the draw of it then, but my ~10 year old friend what dragged me there is a Star Wars freak to this day. I admit, it's just me, but I'm completely mystfied that it's still around and that people care anything at all about it. Posted by: Bigby's Okey-Doke at May 01, 2014 10:35 AM (3ZtZW) it's not just you....i saw it in the theatre when it came out....my best friend's bday party...i thought it was a good movie when i was 12....but having watched it since with my kids....and the sequels/prequels....bored out of my skull.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 01, 2014 06:38 AM (u8GsB)

336

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 10:37 AM (JtwS4)

 

You want to legalize Meth?

Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2014 06:39 AM (m2CN7)

337 Well TPH, going to wait a couple days.  Try the Reservation Kabuki Theatre one more time to see what happens.  If only thing is the one by Love Field for less than $100/night, well then reach for the online Magic Eight Ball to consult.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 06:39 AM (hu74e)

338 SC may as well be because it is actually worse. In divorce court wife gets to keep everything she bought plus half of your stuff, along with the house and kids if you bought one. That is besides child support and maintenance.

--

My neighbors recently got divorced.  You are right.  She got the house, half his pension (they both worked full time), $1200/mo child support for 2 kids and she got $400/mo alimony...again, having a full time good job.  He got to move back in with his mother. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2014 06:39 AM (tsGZY)

339 This is incredibly ironic when you consider the source - WashPo: http://tinyurl.com/mxtd2kc From being a person who nobody knew anything about - with the active participation and acquiescence of this paper - to a person who nobody yet knows a goddammed thing about.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 06:39 AM (BZAd3)

340 It's in the barrel. Coffee glows in the dark and moves about under its own power?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 06:39 AM (0HooB)

341

OK gots to go, yo

 

BBL

Posted by: Bigby's Okey-Doke at May 01, 2014 06:40 AM (3ZtZW)

342 There are really only two approaches to drugs that seem to avoid the problems of having large and rich criminal organizations operating outside the law while courts, police and government are distorted by the drug trade. You can make drugs illegal or you can execute everybody involved in buying, selling or consuming drugs. Given the hysteria over executing mass murderers, my guess is that the United States is not yet ready to start executing junkies. Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 10:20 AM (PD6iL) You articulate the fallacy of false choice. There are other potential answers that do not fall under either of your two assertions. Beyond that, the addiction rate in 1900 was 50%. Of course by 1949, there were a lot fewer addicts. China took steps to reduce their numbers for decades leading up to 1949, but it still remains that were it not for massive addiction, Japan would have been unlikely to invade China, and much of the subsequent misery and death would likely have never happened. I would advise you to read up on the subject. China had legalized drugs imposed upon it by England, and it wasn't until after 1900 that they began to start ameliorating the disaster that had been caused by massive opium addiction.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 06:41 AM (bb5+k)

343

No George Lucas but you get JJ Abrams.

 

You don't want George Lucas.

You'll take JJ Abrams.

You get Joss Whedon.



Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 06:41 AM (zF6Iw)

344 Drill_Thrall

"The PA Supremes can go eff themselves with a pineapple. Sideways!"

I fear the SCotUS won't far much better.... the way they trod their muddy feet on it these days, the Constitution seems little more than a suggestion, than our guiding frame-work

Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at May 01, 2014 06:41 AM (zL/eJ)

345 CIA and Military both agreed it was Ansar Al sharia The video story came from the white house

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:41 AM (zOTsN)

346 "Coffee glows in the dark and moves about under its own power? Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 01, 2014 10:39 AM"

Chock Full of OMGWTFISTHAT!!??? does.  There's a fresh pot brewing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 06:41 AM (knoK7)

347 I was all of 8 when Star Wars came out. The rentals said I was too young for the violence. The truth is my Dad was a cheap bastard because his Dad lived through the depression.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:42 AM (LJ7Ze)

348 "Do not mistake what a "Success" in the "War on Drugs" is supposed to look like. Not having a steadily increasing addiction rate *IS* a success.


Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 10:27 AM (bb5+k)"



I think it was Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle who wrote science fiction stories win which "wireheading" addiction was common.  Cheap computers, cat scans and robotics made it possible for people to have wires implanted into the pleasure centers of their brains and then stay blissed out for a few cents worth of electricity until the timer turned off so that they could feed themselves and rehydrate before turning the electricity back on.



They postulated that eventually, people with a genetic predisposition to that sort of thing eventually removed themselves from the gene pool.



The current population of China may be far less prone to addiction than the Chinese population of 1949.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 06:42 AM (PD6iL)

349 We demand drunk!posting and embarrassing stories!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 10:37 AM (4df7R)

They have been surprisingly staid affairs. Lots of drinking, but very little nudity, and only a few instances of public fornication.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 06:42 AM (QFxY5)

350

You want to legalize Meth?

 

The post I was endorsing was using meth cooks as an example of how gardening entrepreneurs would take advantage of legal pot, which I thoroughly endorse.

 

I'm a little conflicted on legalizing meth, heroin, crack because of how bad they are, but I'm philosophically pro-legal-everything.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 06:42 AM (JtwS4)

351 Something else to take away from the 'Animal Farm' clip-- "It was only under the Reagan Era that these rates were brought crashing down...." They pretend liberal icon JFK never cut taxes.

Posted by: --- at May 01, 2014 06:43 AM (MMC8r)

352 Ugh! Chaffetz gets to heart of the matter. State Department wouldn't give the go ahead.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 06:43 AM (ILBCY)

353 "There was desperation in the room". To save the people in Benghazi. But they did nothing "Basically, there was a lot of looking to the state department for what to do, in deference to the Libyan people"

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:43 AM (zOTsN)

354 if legalized people could supply themselves and sidestep the drug cartel completely. You have the violent black market because the commodity is illegal. Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 10:36 AM (7M8hQ) Legalizing drugs won't get rid of the cartels. They'll still find a way to make money in illegal and violent ways. Once they've tasted those sweet sweet black market profits, they won't give it up.

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 01, 2014 06:43 AM (K1sEu)

355 Would you have felt the same way about bootleggers under Prohibition? Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 10:22 AM (JtwS4) I'm sure some of them needed to have been killed. The Kennedy family comes to mind. That being said, As many people as are killed by alcoholism and drunk driving, that drug still does not represent the same degree of threat as does the other mind altering narcotics.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 06:44 AM (bb5+k)

356 "And in deference to the state department"

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:44 AM (zOTsN)

357 Considering they covered for JFK a decade before Nixon, good call. Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2014 09:37 AM (o44nj) Yep, they worshiped JFK and gladly turned a blind eye to his drug abuse and womanizing--because he was both a Democrat and charming. They have repeated this with Clinton and Obama. There is an unwritten rule that such men are to be allowed their foibles in order to leave them in power.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 01, 2014 06:44 AM (kXoT0)

358

Time for my Vic impression...

 

Soviet Russia reinstates Red Square May Day parade

 

http://on.freep.com/1u94Xph

 

Bonus item - Putin is expected to spend either May Day or Victory Day (known among non-Soviets as V-E Day, May 9) in Crimea celebrating the second phase of the Ïîäêëþ÷åíèå (or if you prefer, Anschluss).

Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2014 06:44 AM (o44nj)

359 223 Obama is just starting his busy day: 10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 12:30 pm || Lunch with Biden 2:25 pm || Honors the 2014 National Teacher of the Year and finalists Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 10:04 AM (8zTpe) The 10AM "Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing" is space filler/ decoration. It's well established that the PDB is sent to his iPad, 'cause he's so smart and stuff that he doesn't need to ask questions of a live person. In other words, his day starts at 12:30- Lunch with Biden. Prior Presidents used to get the PDB early in the AM, often before or during breakfast, thus preparing them for the day and setting an agenda for stuff to follow up on. In the case of TFG, this alone explains why he's always the last to know anything and has used the excuse about getting his updates from CNN like everybody else. Remember when the President used to know about stuff, then would instruct the Press Secretary to inform the media/ public at the Daily Press Briefing? Yeah... it's the other way around now... except the press doesn't actually inform anyone of anything except the latest news about Justin Bieber.

Posted by: Damiano at May 01, 2014 06:44 AM (j0wOO)

360

You get Joss Whedon.

 

You have broken the meme, sir.  Joss Whedon is an epic font of awesome epicness.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 06:44 AM (JtwS4)

361 They pretend liberal icon JFK never cut taxes.

Posted by: --- at May 01, 2014 10:43 AM (MMC8r)


JFK and his policies would be mocked today by the Dems.

Posted by: Bruce Lee's Fist at May 01, 2014 06:44 AM (M+evy)

362 it's not just you....i saw it in the theatre when it came out....my best friend's bday party...i thought it was a good movie when i was 12....but having watched it since with my kids....and the sequels/prequels....bored out of my skull..... IMO, that flick had a lot of things going for it. Even the way parts of it was filmed with the DykstraFlex camera gave us geeks something new to see. It was groundbreaking technology at the time. The best thing about the pre/sequels was General Greivous. Four arms and four lightsabers was pretty inventive. Too bad he didn't use them on Jar-Jar Binks.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 06:44 AM (0HooB)

363 Fundamental change in America. http://tinyurl.com/mdhfbb9 You will not hear about this on national news... because that would be racist.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 01, 2014 06:45 AM (BZAd3)

364 We demand drunk!posting and embarrassing stories!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 10:37 AM

I still think we need a good NE MoMee.  It's been, what, almost 4 years? 

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 06:45 AM (knoK7)

365 IMO, Lovell just pointed the finger for the lack of action at Hillary

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:45 AM (zOTsN)

366 I meant to say that you can either make drugs legal or you can execute anybody who buys, sells or consumes them. Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 10:26 AM (PD6iL) Or you could just focus on the distributors. Users are victims of a mind altering substance.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 06:45 AM (bb5+k)

367 Can I just say-apropos of nothing-that I hate filling out paperwork for Seminary grants. "Please give a compelling description of yourself in 60 words or less." Uggh! If I was at all compelling to begin with I couldn't describe it in 60 words. "What are your handicaps in being the best possible person you can be? You really don't want to know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2014 06:45 AM (XyM/Y)

368 What the hell is Norton laughing about?

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 06:45 AM (ILBCY)

369 I'm pleased that the hamsters reject the Cyrillic alphabet.

Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2014 06:45 AM (o44nj)

370 Oh dear.... AlextheChick... The Great and Mighty Saarlac was peeking out from under a micro mini-skirt? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 10:33 AM (hu74e) Yuppers. Good times, good times.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 06:45 AM (mf5HN)

371 After what J.J. Abrams did to the last Star Trek, the new Star Wars is going to out-suck even Lucas.

Posted by: --- at May 01, 2014 06:46 AM (MMC8r)

372 My Father took us to about 3 different wrestling matches a week, but Star Wars is too violent.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:46 AM (LJ7Ze)

373 JJ Abrams is actually a good director. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 10:35 AM (4df7R) I have three words in rebuttal. Lens Flares.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2014 06:46 AM (TIIx5)

374

Yep, they worshiped JFK and gladly turned a blind eye to his drug abuse and womanizing--because he was both a Democrat and charming.

 

That was the times, not the (D).  They covered up Ike's affair and the fact that FDR was a cripple. 

 

It was nothing like the perpetual fellating of Obama.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 06:47 AM (JtwS4)

375 Can you imagine the pitiful life you'd lead if this was your obsession*? It's mind-boggling that there are people that are so fixated on gender and wanting nothing more than for the human race to become one big gender blob. *or if you spit painted eggs out of your hoohah? Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2014 10:30 AM (tsGZY) Devolution back to the bacteria colony level of existence.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 06:47 AM (bb5+k)

376 To the mighty Sarlac. Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:47 AM (LJ7Ze)

377

Obama is just starting his busy day:

 

10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

12:30 pm || Lunch with Biden

2:25 pm || Honors the 2014 National Teacher of the Year and finalists

 

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 10:04 AM (8zTpe)

 

I'm surprised it takes Teh SCOAMT 2 1/2 hours to watch SportsCenter.

Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2014 06:47 AM (o44nj)

378 Have to go. Later peeps.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 06:47 AM (bb5+k)

379

345 -

 

Odd, I might run that equation exactly the opposite.  Whedon is one of the few entertaining  producers of popular culture these days.  Most  everyone else, including  Hack Lucas, aren't worth the time or effort to even pay attention to what they are doing.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 01, 2014 06:48 AM (TOk1P)

380 Sorry; I can't get to the Moron Meet up. I give CBD permission to tell embarrassing stories about me that don't involve too many people or animals of any kind. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2014 06:48 AM (XyM/Y)

381 Legalizing marijuana here hasn't gotten rid of the cartels, they are still doing a steady business in heroin. Just had a drug bust here of two lily white suburban young adults who were drug running for one of the cartels. Guns are a good example in my mind, even though guns are legal here, the cartel is doing a bang up job of gun trafficking, and not just the oooo scary illegal ones. Cartels gotta cart...

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 06:48 AM (+0txR)

382 "And in deference to the state department"

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 10:44 AM (zOTsN)



Is it just me, or is that a big ole BURN by Lovell against the State Department?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:48 AM (4df7R)

383 I'm sure some of them needed to have been killed. The Kennedy family comes to mind. That being said, As many people as are killed by alcoholism and drunk driving, that drug still does not represent the same degree of threat as does the other mind altering narcotics. Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 10:44 AM (bb5+k) Ive never been an asshole while stoned. But drink several gimlets and you will call me Mr. Asshole.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 06:49 AM (HVff2)

384 "What are your handicaps in being the best possible person you can be? You really don't want to know. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2014 10:45 AM (XyM/Y) My crippling lack of ability to Scanners people who think that questions such as these are in any way helpful to the admissions process.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 06:49 AM (mf5HN)

385 "Legalizing drugs won't get rid of the cartels. They'll still find a way to make money in illegal and violent ways. Once they've tasted those sweet sweet black market profits, they won't give it up." A Cartel only exists because of government enforced monopoly on the commodity. How many cell phone and computer cartels are there right now? If marijuana was legalized why would any pot head pay more money to buy pot from a long chain of distributors coming from cartels in other countries if he can grow it himself or buy directly from a gardener across the street. Would this person inexplicably continue to buy from a more expensive and remote and violent source rather than direct from a gardener he knows? For being supposed defenders of the free market, you guys strategically forget how it works on some key issues.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 06:49 AM (7M8hQ)

386 MWR, that's my takeaway. State Department wouldn't give the go ahead. But what difference does it make? What a BITCH!

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 06:49 AM (ILBCY)

387 I still think we need a good NE MoMee. It's been, what, almost 4 years?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 10:45 AM (knoK7)



That would be fun!   


But don't look at me to organize it.  I SUCK at organizing things.   My filing system alone     is probably guilty of several    war crimes   punishable under the     Geneva Convention.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:49 AM (4df7R)

388 Whedon is fine. Until he isn't. Am re-watching the Buffy series with my kid and frankly when Whedon goes off the rails he blows up a train station or two along the way as well.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 06:50 AM (+0txR)

389 General Lovell just testified that the military did nothing because they were waiting for the state department to tell them what they were permitted to do. And they never did Very clear our military has adopted the soviet style of decision making in the battle field

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:50 AM (zOTsN)

390 Or you could just focus on the distributors. Users are victims of a mind altering substance. ----- We're all victims now!

Posted by: RioBravo at May 01, 2014 06:51 AM (Syulp)

391 Yet politics continues as usual. It appears almost a certainty at this point that absolutely nothing will change in the next election with respect to changing the trajectory of this country.
===========
We passed that point in 2012.
You even may make the case it was 2008.

It's not Obaaama--it's a country that could elect, and reelect, Obaaama.

Either way, all we are doing here is clinging to the worst aspect of human nature: Hope.

We're the team down 25-7 with 5 minutes to go in the 4th. We scored the TD in 1:09 in the 1st. Haven't crossed the 50 yard line since.
Yet, we're pretending that we have a chance.
"Oh, maybe their QB will break his leg and their all-star defense is gassed. And the refs will start calling the game fair."

Yeah. Fuck it.

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 01, 2014 06:51 AM (VjL9S)

392 I have three words in rebuttal.

Lens Flares.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2014 10:46 AM (TIIx5)


I must be the only person who watched the first "Star Trek" reboot movie and didn't notice the lens flares.  lol!  


Can you blame me?  I mean,  KARL URBAN.   'Nuff said.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:51 AM (4df7R)

393 Moron meetups? Are the Feds there?

Posted by: Old Ned at May 01, 2014 06:51 AM (4/pkQ)

394

Odd, I might run that equation exactly the opposite. Whedon is one of the few entertaining producers of popular culture these days. Most everyone else, including Hack Lucas, aren't worth the time or effort to even pay attention to what they are doing.

 

OK, I got the meme wrong.  SF  and fantasy  isn't my cup of tea.  But I wasn't sure the Horde would grok Herschell Gordon Lewis.

 

Now get off my lawn.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 06:51 AM (zF6Iw)

395 State dept was in the lead, and they never got back to them

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:52 AM (zOTsN)

396 I can't defend the failed war on drugs. It came about because they wanted to keep the increased budgets they got from prohibition. There really wasn't a problem when they banned everything under the sun that worked.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:52 AM (LJ7Ze)

397 This is an RPG aimed at Clinton

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:52 AM (zOTsN)

398
JJ Abrams is actually a good director.
Posted by: MWR

I have three words in rebuttal. Lens Flares.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur




I have one word and a numeral.  Super 8.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (kdS6q)

399 Jim Jordan: Was this the first time in your 33 years in the service that you couldn't respond....couldn't run to the sounds of the guns? Gen. Lovell: Yes. Jim Jordan: What specifically prevented you from responding? What did the State dept do? Gen. Lovell: It's not what they did...it's what they didn't do.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (v0/PR)

400 I must be the only person who watched the first "Star Trek" reboot movie and didn't notice the lens flares. lol!


Were you wearing polarized sunglasses inside the theater?





Good lord, they were obnoxious.  I didn't think it could be possible for someone to invent a way to spam lens flares!


Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (GQ8sn)

401 Jordan bringing it

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (zOTsN)

402 I see that Math! is, once again, whatever the Lords up in the castle say it is. Rather unfortunate they neglected to take any at indoctrination.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (NLG8u)

403 365 -

The offspring are under Family Standing Order #1 - Win, fighting fair is for suckers.

A well placed #2 Ticonderoga inserted in the neck, ear, eye, or other soft tissue would have ended this attack. Other applications may have been needed, but one example would (generally) show business is meant - F with me and die


That is all....

Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (zL/eJ)

404 "It's not Obaaama--it's a country that could elect, and reelect, Obaaama." It's not just Obama; It's Obama and Bush and McCain and everyone in Washington. If you do a dry summary on paper of what has happened under the different administrations, the differences get pretty small. Both sides are growing the government, growing the debt. Neither is serious about individual rights and a balanced budget.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (7M8hQ)

405 "What are your handicaps in being the best possible person you can be? You really don't want to know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2014 10:45 AM (XyM/Y)


My crippling lack of ability to Scanners people who think that questions such as these are in any way helpful to the admissions process.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 10:49 AM (mf5HN)/i]



Dear Santa,


I have been a very good girl this year,   especially considering I am a soulless ginger with a   hollow space where my heart should be.   As a reward for not vaporizing people who annoy me using just the power of my mind,  please give me the ability    to   "Scanners" people who ask stupid    questions   on  application forms.    I promise to use it wisely.



Sincerely,


alexthechick

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (4df7R)

406 Very clear our military has adopted the soviet style of decision making in the battle field Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 10:50 AM (zOTsN) ----- Really? They should be like the Japanese Army in the 30's and make their own foreign policy?

Posted by: RioBravo at May 01, 2014 06:53 AM (Syulp)

407 Hamm wanted to take action, but state never told them what they could do

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:54 AM (zOTsN)

408 "That would be fun!
But don't look at me to organize it. I SUCK at organizing things. My filing system alone is probably guilty of several war crimes punishable under the Geneva Convention. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 10:49 AM"

Sounds like mine.  What do we need?  Date? Venue?....um...Pants?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 06:54 AM (knoK7)

409 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2014 10:48 AM (XyM/Y)

The next one will be in NJ.

What's your travel radius?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 06:54 AM (QFxY5)

410

>>At least with Biden, all you'd have to worry about is having enough crayons for him to shove up his nose.<<

 

All I need is six.

 

Wingnut.

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 01, 2014 06:54 AM (S+el1)

411 Can you blame me? I mean, KARL URBAN. 'Nuff said. Did you see where Almost Human got cancelled? B'Gal was greatly disappointed, she likes KU a lot too. I'll miss Minka Kelly. She is Teh Hot.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 06:54 AM (0HooB)

412 The best thing about the pre/sequels was General Greivous. Four arms and four lightsabers was pretty inventive. And totally wasted by making Greivous' fighting style "Flashy Laser Weed Whacker"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2014 06:55 AM (TIIx5)

413

390 -

 

Buffy is the greatest television series in  the history of television, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a communist.

 

Had Whedon  been able to hook up with   FX, rather than  have to deal with  the traditional  networks,  Firefly might STILL  be on the air.  And if not, then Dollhouse, which  is  another  great television show that never stood a chance  on network tv. 

Posted by: BurtTC at May 01, 2014 06:55 AM (TOk1P)

414 Jim Jordan: Was this the first time in your 33 years in the service that you couldn't respond....couldn't run to the sounds of the guns?


Gen. Lovell: Yes.

Jim Jordan: What specifically prevented you from responding? What did the State dept do?

Gen. Lovell: It's not what they did...it's what they didn't do.

Posted by: Tami at May 01, 2014 10:53 AM (v0/PR)



OUCH.  


You tell 'em, Lovell.  No mercy.  No prisoners.   It's time to take some    heads.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:55 AM (4df7R)

415 Lovell is does not seem angry. He is sorrowful, and....ashamed.

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:56 AM (zOTsN)

416 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 10:49 AM (mf5HN) It's part of a group grant so every time I submit work to the other people in my group to review, I say "Here's my compelling contribution." They're probably not amused.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2014 06:56 AM (XyM/Y)

417 We're all victims now!

Posted by: RioBravo at May 01, 2014 10:51 AM (Syulp)

Yeah, I noticed that too.

What a crock of shit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 06:56 AM (QFxY5)

418 Buffy us the greatest series on television for seasons 1-4, agreed, season 5 begins a suck fest of epic proportions. Dawn? I mean come on, really?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 06:57 AM (+0txR)

419 The Scene: WH Situation Room. Frantic reports and calls for assistance can be heard over various comms gear. Present: Obama, Hillary, misc. advisers, aides ---------------- Hillary ( Casually filing her nails ) - "Hmph. Sounds like the military has stepped on their dick again." Obama ( His chair tipped back, his feet propped on the Comms console ) - "Huh.... is that who that is?" Hillary - "Yeah. They're always making trying to make a big deal out something or other." (Sounds of automatic weapons and explosions come through Comms channels, more frantic shouting.) Obama - "Well..., I've got a card game under way, I'll see you in the morning..., but not before 10:00, got it?" Hillary - "Yeah, I'm out too..." Aides/advisors - "Uh...., uh....

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 06:57 AM (aDwsi)

420 A married couple is a community? Seems like a poor choice of words. Did she win? Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 10:24 AM (LJ7Ze) I believe this is still in court. In Michigan, there is a little known marital law that grants the wife the ability to purchase real estate in her name only(she can use her husband's funds, heh)and he has no claim on it. However, the husband CANNOT do the same. Any real estate he purchases automatically becomes shared property(or the slang term is community property). I believe Michigan may be the last state with this statute, which has been upheld by courts... http://www.milawyers.net/76.question For lawyer types on here that want a more detailed analysis and critique of the law, here is a law profs review http://tinyurl.com/k5kq8ns

Posted by: Jen at May 01, 2014 06:57 AM (/CN/i)

421 Isn't there supposed to be parades today, comrades?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 06:57 AM (LJ7Ze)

422 415 390 - Buffy is the greatest television series in the history of television, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a communist Them some strong words for a fucking stupid tv show. Me a commie? You fucking nuts?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 06:58 AM (HVff2)

423
Did you see where Almost Human got cancelled? B'Gal was greatly disappointed, she likes KU a lot too.

I'll miss Minka Kelly. She is Teh Hot.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 01, 2014 10:54 AM (0HooB)



I do not want to speak of it.  It hurts too much.   *WHIMPER*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:58 AM (4df7R)

424 WTF is Duckworth doing? Is this her book report in geography class on Libya. Focus. What is it.

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 06:58 AM (zOTsN)

425 Our parades will be mostly peaceful here today, according to the precognition police.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 06:59 AM (+0txR)

426 For being supposed defenders of the free market, you guys strategically forget how it works on some key issues.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 10:49 AM (7M8hQ)


No, because we know how gov't actually works. Making pot legal means the gov't will want to regulate it, which means compliance costs. So, making it legal doesn't exactly eviscerate the cartels as you think.

Posted by: [/i]KG at May 01, 2014 06:59 AM (p7BzH)

427 He is sorrowful, and....ashamed. Exactly. I swear any minute he is going to cry, and it won't be the self serving tears of John Boehner. It will be genuine regret. I'm so pissed off right now.

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 06:59 AM (ILBCY)

428 Ahem. *rifles through files* Okay, let us presume that Whedon Rant #12,327 is here. That's the one with the giant squid and Bat Boy and lava as lube. Hell hath no fury like a fangirl betrayed.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 06:59 AM (mf5HN)

429 Buffy us the greatest series on television for seasons 1-4, agreed, season 5 begins a suck fest of epic proportions. Dawn? I mean come on, really?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 10:57 AM (+0txR)/i]



Seasons 1-3 are awesome.  Season 4 sucked, except for "Hush."   Seasons 5 and 6 rocked.  Season 7 was meh.  Season 8 sucked donkey balls.  I wanted to kill pretty much every one of the pseudo-Slayers, especially that annoying bitch who wanted to hook up with    Willow.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 06:59 AM (4df7R)

430 So, making it legal doesn't exactly eviscerate the cartels as you think. Posted by: KG at May 01, 2014 10:59 AM (p7BzH Some bullies just wear suits and ties.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 01, 2014 07:00 AM (HVff2)

431 Giant squid?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 07:00 AM (+0txR)

432 He is the only one I have seen who seems to have the sense of duty and shame the incident requires

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 07:00 AM (zOTsN)

433 Whedon, meh. The rabid Whedon fanboys are as bad as rabid Mac fanboys.

Posted by: --- at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (MMC8r)

434 That was the times, not the (D). They covered up Ike's affair and the fact that FDR was a cripple. It was nothing like the perpetual fellating of Obama. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 10:47 AM (JtwS4) Yes, they covered for Ike, but, the man had just won WWII and the affair was carried out overseas in a war zone, so that was understandable. A lot of marital infidelity during WWII got overlooked because of how horrible the war was and many people thought the world was ending. It was FDR himself who forced everyone to ignore his handicap. He was too ill for his last terms, but, as a power mad demigod, he would not relinquish the reins.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (kXoT0)

435

No, because we know how gov't actually works. Making pot legal means the gov't will want to regulate it, which means compliance costs. So, making it legal doesn't exactly eviscerate the cartels as you think.

 

Compliance costs < risk premium. 

 

It's the illegality that drives the profits.  Legal, pot will cost more or less a market price.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (JtwS4)

436 429 He is sorrowful, and....ashamed. Exactly. I swear any minute he is going to cry, and it won't be the self serving tears of John Boehner. It will be genuine regret. I'm so pissed off right now. Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 10:59 AM (ILBCY) it's hard to watch & listen to...but it's necessary....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (u8GsB)

437
The Woman Who Could Beat Scott Walker
Eleanor Clift - The Daily Beast



Eleanor's been sipping the cooking sherry again.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (kdS6q)

438 "especially that annoying bitch who wanted to hook up with Willow.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 10:59 AM"

This wasn't that one time at band camp, was it?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (knoK7)

439

420 -

 

Dawn was supposed to be irritating as all heck.   Finest piece of acting  ever! 

 

I mean, come on, were you or were you not rooting for  Joel Grey to make the cuts just a weeeee bit deeper?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (TOk1P)

440

Buffy us the greatest series on television for seasons 1-4, agreed, season 5 begins a suck fest of epic proportions. Dawn? I mean come on, really?

 

Buffy was good while the monsters were basically manifestations of high-school and teenaged problems.  After that it turned stupid quickly.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (tIvOy)

441 And totally wasted by making Greivous' fighting style "Flashy Laser Weed Whacker" Yeah, well, um, about that. I suppose Obi-Wan should've been in many bloody pieces what with being outnumbered like that. Still, that was the last thing I expected to see.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (0HooB)

442 Wait!  Ignore that season 8 comment.  I meant season 7 sucked donkey balls.   There was no season 8.  


it's been too long since I watched   Buffy.  *is sad*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 07:01 AM (4df7R)

443 I am sure Obama thought he is a better General than his Generals

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 07:02 AM (zOTsN)

444 Giant squid?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 11:00 AM (+0txR)

And giant cartwheeling spiders.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 07:02 AM (QFxY5)

445 I liked the early and last Season of Buffy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 07:02 AM (LJ7Ze)

446 For being supposed defenders of the free market, you guys strategically forget how it works on some key issues. Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 10:49 AM (7M8hQ) Cigarettes are still legal (for now), and mob makes money off of black market cigarettes. Even if all regulation is taken away and stuff like heroin or tobacco becomes so cheap that black markets disappear, these organizations will just find something else to make money on, such as human trafficking, protection rackets, and bribing politicians. This is neither an argument for or against legalizing drugs. Just pointing out that doing so ain't no panacea.

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 01, 2014 07:02 AM (K1sEu)

447 445 I am sure Obama thought he is a better General than his Generals Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 11:02 AM (zOTsN) smartest man in the room™

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 01, 2014 07:02 AM (u8GsB)

448 I don't think much of the new Rob Ford movie. It's derivative, we've seen it all before. Like Jim Carey, Ford's mugging amuses for only so long. Is Hollywood completely out of new ideas?

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 01, 2014 07:03 AM (AlvKA)

449 Respectfully disagree with D-Lamp #198, "The war on drugs is necessary." Appreciate your concerns, but... ((dusts off soapbox, straightens tie)) Any prohibitionism is tyranny. All the temperance, Putritan, Muslim, and Communist 'morals' laws, regarding drugs, sex, gambling, dancing, eating, and other 'vice' habits collectively known as the AoSHQ lifestyle. No. Real, legally-enforceable transgressions will occur soon enough if someone has a problem, with booze, drugs, shopping, whatever. Traffic hazard, threat to children, public nuisance, all involve transgressive behavior. Possessing or using substances, not. (Manufacturing meth? Well, if you are safely away from everyone and have toxic waste cleanup insurance....) Every life is interconnected, as is well discussed in suicide threads. Abuse is not a victimless crime. Social and familial support is supposed to precede and, one hopes, obviate involving the law — to help people before their problems become truly criminal. Therefore, better to do away with all the un-Constitutuonal, selectively-enforced, and corruption-riddled class 'war' on some politically-incorrect behaviors-of the-week, and instead turn our guns (metaphorically speaking of courssssse) on that infinitely more destructive addiction, pluralist-socialist thinking — manifest in the maze of laws, regulations, taxes, and welfare which discourages individual initiative, achievement, and responsibility, and which punishes, hobbles, and undermines good social organizations, congregations, communities and families who would otherwise stave off the culture of indulgence and despair which foments self-destructive pursuits. One does not have to endure the streetwalker plying her trade on main street, the needle addict shooting up in the public park, the pot peddler in the schoolyard, or the drunk drooling on your shoes at the mall, to permit them individual liberty in their own spheres - the right to do even things we might find distasteful. Your right to smoke your cigar does end where my nose begins, depending heavily on where I stick my nose, of course. Just FTR. When my great-aunt caught the clap, her husband and the entire crew of the whore house were put on the next train out of town. My grandfathers were likely involved in this act of community vigilantism. Possibly had sanction of some with badges. Note that what had been tolerated had its threshholds. But, enforcing community standards by whatever means does presume a preponderance of the community has standards, which gets us to moral and spiritual education.... If I want a beer, or the right to have a beer even if I never have one again (mmmm... beer....), I must extend that potentially self-destructive alcoholic right to others. I don't have any interest in renting sex, and I would not recommend it to my sons, and would do whatever I could to help any woman out of the life as if she were my own daughter, but if some old widower geezer can afford to spend his casino winnings on gifts for that lady who doesn't go to church, well, if they just don't make me watch, endorse, clean up after, or pay for it, then I guess it's just none if my business. M'k? /rant ©mww 2014 all rights reserved for life +75 years soon to be a major motion picture starring Cheech & Chong.

Posted by: mindful webworker — just enforce just laws at May 01, 2014 07:03 AM (uAcgi)

450 What's today's outrage gonna be about? How is the Left gonna make us rage-dance, today?

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:03 AM (WUrck)

451
rabid Whedon fanboys are as bad as rabid Mac fanboys.
Posted by: ---




rabid Whedon fanboys U rabid Mac fanboys

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 07:04 AM (kdS6q)

452 Agree to disagree on Buffy.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 07:04 AM (+0txR)

453 This wasn't that one time at band camp, was it?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 11:01 AM (knoK7)



No.  No it wasn't.



She had a stupid as fuck name, too.   Something like   Cameron or Cassidy or Kennedy.   Something  deliberately pretentious   and    irritating as hell.   Oh how I wished for her to die a painful death.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 07:04 AM (4df7R)

454 Whenever I think I have nothing to atone for? I examine my own "good deeds". Dear Santa: Please don't allow AtC's ability for "'splodey-brain". That would be a huge mistake. Huge. Mistake. -God?

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 07:04 AM (lq3Ak)

455 Choom and Chong. Maybe Obama can make movies with Tommy Chong after he is done playing golf.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 07:04 AM (LJ7Ze)

456 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 10:53 AM (4df7R) It was very compelling. Unfortunately it was over 60 words so instead of giving you the money we are going to give it to the people who have the cutest group name, mention progressive throughout their proposal and don't roll their eyes when the seminary describes us as a "cohort". That's the breaks!.

Posted by: Grant Review Board at May 01, 2014 07:05 AM (XyM/Y)

457 99 97 The GOP is useless. Posted by: eman at May 01, 2014 07:19 AM (MQEz6) Worse - they're collaborators. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 01, 2014 07:21 AM (CMkNk) ^^ these ^^

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 01, 2014 07:05 AM (MmiWV)

458

430 -

 

Alex, I have a fundamental disagreement with you  regarding Whedon and Tara, but even I  have  better  sense than to try and make that argument. 

Posted by: BurtTC at May 01, 2014 07:05 AM (TOk1P)

459 Compliance costs < risk premium.

It's the illegality that drives the profits. Legal, pot will cost more or less a market price.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 11:01 AM (JtwS4)


Perhaps that's true for now, may not remain that way if gov't thinks that it can squeeze ever more out of it....

Posted by: [/i]KG at May 01, 2014 07:05 AM (p7BzH)

460

Yes, they covered for Ike, but, the man had just won WWII...

 

Taking that out of context, this is an awesome phrase.  Our president?  Yeah, the guy who just won WWII.  That's who we pick as a president!

 

Law review guy who didn't write law reviews, did have two autobiographies ghost written for him before he had done anything of note, organized a community in some nebulous way?  Not so much. 

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 07:05 AM (JtwS4)

461 Also, what's the latest; are we letting it burn, or are we revolting? I need to know so I can make plans.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:06 AM (WUrck)

462 Washington (AFP) - New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits rose last week but remained on a downward trend as the job market slowly improves, government data released Thursday showed.



No matter how bad the news is it's always good news comrades.


Claims last week were at their highest level since late February.

Most analysts expected claims to fall to 315,000. But they cautioned that weekly volatility was particularly difficult to assess because of the Easter holiday and school break periods.



Oh I see, now Easter and spring break are to blame for increasing unemployment


Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 01, 2014 07:06 AM (1Jaio)

463 On the PA cops and warrants, without reading the comments, is it safe to assume MilitarizedThugCops!!!! and there'll be blood and freedom is dead!!!11!! rants yet? Ugggh, it was the right decision

Posted by: MilitarizedThugCopJoe at May 01, 2014 07:07 AM (/fhBu)

464 465 The Bears still suck.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 07:08 AM (LJ7Ze)

465 "368
I meant to say that you can either make drugs legal or you can execute anybody who buys, sells or consumes them.


Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 10:26 AM (PD6iL)


Or you could just focus on the distributors. Users are victims of a mind altering substance.


Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 10:45 AM (bb5+k)"



Well, you seem to feel that approach works and that the current situation with rich and powerful criminal organizations twisting our legal and political system as well as the countries where drugs are produced and transported is a reasonable price to pay for a limited success.



My opinion is that what we are doing and have been doing for decades is not working very well and that we should try a different approach.  For myself, I don't really care whether we go the legalization or mass execution route.  However, I can guess which would be more likely to happen in present day America. 



Will there be additional addiction? Yes.  As you point out, it is a trade off between costs and benefits.  In order to make the drugs available without encouraging use, I would push for government operated drug distribution centers modeled on state liquor stores and off track betting parlors since government is not particularly good at providing services.  I would require registration of drug users with the information available to employers, lenders and pretty much anybody else.  I would not be adverse to having drug use be a bar to firearms ownership, piloting an airplane or driving a truck.


China was not able to resist the Japanese because it had been in a state of political chaos since early in the 20th century with a shooting war between the KMT and Communists and a whole lot of local warlords carving out little fiefdoms.  I doubt that drug addiction contributed that much to their national weakness.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 07:08 AM (PD6iL)

466 Horsford sounds like he is reading of something someone else prepared for him and he has no idea what it means

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 07:08 AM (zOTsN)

467 /rant ©mww 2014 all rights reserved for life +75 years soon to be a major motion picture starring Cheech & Chong. Also, patent pending, all rights reversed.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 07:08 AM (0HooB)

468 Horsford sounds like he is reading of something someone else prepared for him and he has no idea what it means

Posted by: Thunderb at May 01, 2014 11:08 AM (zOTsN)



IN many ways, this is the story of Obama.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (4df7R)

469
Buffy trivia -  Robia LaMorte who played teacher Jenny Calendar was one of the dancers for singer Prince.

www.jennifer-lien.com/robia/robia5.html

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (kdS6q)

470 Ugggh, it was the right decision /shake, shake, shake Magic 8-Ball says: Probably Not

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (WUrck)

471 ...."Oh how I wished for her to die a painful death." Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 11:04 AM (4df7R) 'Member me, God? We just went over this. No "Powers" for these chicks, please. -Jesus refuses to create favorites. ...that Guy!

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (lq3Ak)

472 On the PA cops and warrants, without reading the comments, is it safe to assume MilitarizedThugCops!!!! and there'll be blood and freedom is dead!!!11!! rants yet?
Ugggh, it was the right decision

Posted by: MilitarizedThugCopJoe at May 01, 2014 11:07 AM (/fhBu)



Predictable.



Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (GQ8sn)

473 >>Very clear our military has adopted the soviet style of decision making in the battle field. Wasn't some military leader relieved of duty on the spot when he decided to save the Benghazi folks despite not receiving the OK to do so?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (8zTpe)

474 466. It's so sad that I laughed over that

Posted by: MilitarizedThugCopJoe at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (/fhBu)

475 Like Pigford with horses.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (LJ7Ze)

476 Taking that out of context, this is an awesome phrase. Our president? Yeah, the guy who just won WWII. That's who we pick as a president! Law review guy who didn't write law reviews, did have two autobiographies ghost written for him before he had done anything of note, organized a community in some nebulous way? Not so much. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 11:05 AM (JtwS4) Yes, in just a few short decades we went from a guy who looked so dashing in a uniform that the jacket still bears his name to Mr. Mom Jeans Baffled by Umbrella.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 01, 2014 07:09 AM (kXoT0)

477 "IN many ways, this is the story of Obama.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at May 01, 2014 11:09 AM"

Never. Gets. Old.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 07:10 AM (knoK7)

478 Wasn't some military leader relieved of duty on the spot when he decided to save the Benghazi folks despite not receiving the OK to do so?


Was that Gen. Hamm?

Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 07:10 AM (GQ8sn)

479 For the nerdish among you, I point out that today is the 50th Anniversary of the introduction of the BASIC programming language.

Posted by: Occasionally nerdish Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 07:10 AM (aDwsi)

480 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 10:54 AM (QFxY5) My travel radius is probably 60 miles but could we possibly have it in Hunterdon, Somerset Union or Mercer Counties which are easier for me to get to? I guess that would count out everybody that isn't near those counties

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2014 07:10 AM (XyM/Y)

481 I think many would not stand down and were relieved that day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 07:11 AM (LJ7Ze)

482 Hey has anyone heard from Cochran lately? From what my friends in his neck of the (back)woods tell me, it's been nasty as hell down there.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at May 01, 2014 07:12 AM (HDwDg)

483 Alex, I have a fundamental disagreement with you regarding Whedon and Tara, but even I have better sense than to try and make that argument. Posted by: BurtTC at May 01, 2014 11:05 AM (TOk1P) I don't have a problem with other people liking Whedon's stuff. Hell, the (late, lamented) BFF liked the Tara storyline. I just reserve the right to be all arrrrggghhhh rageyrage about it. I will admit that my Whedonhate may be a tad irrational.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at May 01, 2014 07:12 AM (mf5HN)

484 For being supposed defenders of the free market, you guys strategically forget how it works on some key issues.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 10:49 AM (7M8hQ)

 

So  every 'commodity/product'   should be legal to sale  or exchange ?   You  sure  about that?

Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2014 07:12 AM (m2CN7)

485 I thought rabid Whedon fanboys were girls?

Posted by: New Ted's most excellent randomizer at May 01, 2014 07:12 AM (JgWXS)

486 Yes, in just a few short decades we went from a guy who looked so dashing in a uniform that the jacket still bears his name to Mr. Mom Jeans Baffled by Umbrella.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 01, 2014 11:09 AM (kXoT0)

 

To paraphrase Mort Sahl, in 200 years we've gone from George Washington  and John Adams to Barack Obama and Joe Biden.  One has to wonder how much of that kind of progress a nation can stand.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 07:13 AM (zF6Iw)

487 For the nerdish among you, I point out that today is the 50th Anniversary of the introduction of the BASIC programming language. 10 Print "Happy Birthday BASIC!" 20 Goto 10

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 07:13 AM (0HooB)

488 Ok, but I think we can agree Hush is a great creepy episode. Love the overheads Giles draws. So funny.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 07:13 AM (+0txR)

489 "For the nerdish among you, I point out that today is the 50th Anniversary of the introduction of the BASIC programming language." Posted by: Occasionally nerdish Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 11:10 AM (aDwsi) <10> Elseprint

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 07:13 AM (lq3Ak)

490 Yes, it was Gen. Ham (had to bing it). http://preview.tinyurl.com/corg2c2

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 07:14 AM (8zTpe)

491 BackwardsBoy, I almost made the exact same comment!

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 07:14 AM (+0txR)

492 Robia LaMorte who played teacher Jenny Calendar Yeah, was she Diamond or Pearl?

Posted by: no good deed at May 01, 2014 07:14 AM (ILBCY)

493 You know George Washington grew hemp and developed tricks to increase its potency. Cross pollination? Or at least separating out the female plants.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 07:15 AM (LJ7Ze)

494 35 years ago my older sister printed out Snoopy for me on a dot matrix printer and I thought it was the best thing ever.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:15 AM (WUrck)

495 >>Ok, but I think we can agree Hush is a great creepy episode. Love the overheads Giles draws. So funny. yes, especially the overhead slide presentation scene. Buffy making stabby gesture w/out stake.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2014 07:15 AM (8zTpe)

496 sometimes i dont realize how long a rant has run 'til i see it posted. i am abashed and lower-cased. also, i see there's a whole lotsa comments posted while i was ranting which, now that my so-called real life calls, i prob'ly won't have time to read. Have a day, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker — keyboard ranneth over at May 01, 2014 07:15 AM (uAcgi)

497 PA used to be a great state. It is sliding further into the abyss with the vile ruling which will open the door to more police state tactics. Great work SCOTSOP.

Posted by: Baldy at May 01, 2014 07:15 AM (2bql3)

498 Free markets and marijuana/tobacco. Inflation adjusted cost of marijuana in US decreased by 58% from 1990 to 2007. The inflation-adjusted pre-tax cost of cigarettes increased by 33% from 1990 to 2007. The inflation adjusted pre-tax cost of cigarettes increased by 280% from 1955 to 2006.

Posted by: RioBravo at May 01, 2014 07:16 AM (Syulp)

499 Can roadside colonoscopies be far behind?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 07:16 AM (LJ7Ze)

500 25 years ago I was gifted with a Commodore 64 and a floppy disk of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, both of which collected dust for 10 years until they were discarded.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:17 AM (WUrck)

501 Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC 30 Stop

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 07:17 AM (lq3Ak)

502 He was too ill for his last terms, but, as a power mad demigod, he would not relinquish the reins. Posted by: Sherry McEvil -------------------------- Be thankful that Wallace was not still VP when Roosevelt died. Truman wasn't perfect, but he did a pretty good job of dealing with the post WWII mess. I know, I know..., Marshall, McArthur, etc., etc. Still, Harry at least had the well-being of the Republic at heart.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 07:17 AM (aDwsi)

503 Heh, PGIS. I wish I still had my little Radio Shack TRS-80 with that whopping 2K RAM module that hung off the back with the spotty connection. Got that in the early '80's. Remember BASIC magazine? I had a subscription. brb, my pocket protector's getting hard...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at May 01, 2014 07:17 AM (0HooB)

504 501 Can roadside colonoscopies be far behind? Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 11:16 AM (LJ7Ze) Cops will start keeping gyno exam chairs in their cruisers.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 07:18 AM (DrWcr)

505

485 -

 

I  have  given some  thought  to  your perspective, and I think it needs to be considered.  The question needs to be asked.

 

I just happen to think Whedon allows himself enough emotional distance from his characters that if it serves the storyline, he will destroy them unmercifully. 

 

 

Posted by: BurtTC at May 01, 2014 07:18 AM (TOk1P)

506 18 years ago I signed up with Compuserve.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:18 AM (WUrck)

507 Can roadside colonoscopies be far behind? ------ We've got that.

Posted by: State of New Mexico at May 01, 2014 07:19 AM (Syulp)

508 25 years ago I was gifted with a Commodore 64 and a floppy disk of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, both of which collected dust for 10 years until they were discarded.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 11:17 AM (WUrck)



Raid On Bungeling Bay pwned me.


Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 07:19 AM (GQ8sn)

509 Way back at 12, Sen Boozman didn't vote because he's in the hospital after heart surgery. He's very consistent on our side.

Posted by: Bill at May 01, 2014 07:19 AM (uvyrw)

510 "So every 'commodity/product' should be legal to sale or exchange ? You sure about that?

Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2014 11:12 AM (m2CN7)"



Well, I am kind of down on the idea of human flesh for sale at the deli counter of the supermarket.



The thing is that it requires an enormous amount of effort to prevent people from buying things that they want from people who want to sell those things to them and you need to be willing to pay the price that is required to prevent those sales before you agree to prohibit selling something.  Sometimes the cost of enforcement is greater than the harm done by the activity.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 07:19 AM (PD6iL)

511 Cops will start keeping gyno exam chairs in their cruisers.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 11:18 AM (DrWcr)



More ways for women to get out of tickets?



Posted by: EC at May 01, 2014 07:20 AM (GQ8sn)

512 505 Heh, PGIS. I wish I still had my little Radio Shack TRS-80 with that whopping 2K RAM module that hung off the back with the spotty connection. Got that in the early '80's. Remember BASIC magazine? I had a subscription. brb, my pocket protector's getting hard... Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 01, 2014 11:17 AM (0HooB) Oh Lordy. I used to subscribe to a magazine, I forget the name, that had BASIC games in the back you could program into your computer. Spent a LOT of time typing that crap in, and then saving to, of all things, cassette tape.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 07:20 AM (DrWcr)

513 10 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 20 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 30 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 40 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 50 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 60 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 70 Stop Posted by: Slapweasel ------- FIFY All programmers are critics.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 07:20 AM (aDwsi)

514 "Cops will start keeping gyno exam chairs in their cruisers." Posted by: Insomniac at May 01, 2014 11:18 AM (DrWcr) Again? A man can only be "swabbed" twice before he starts Finding Other Things to Do.

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 07:21 AM (lq3Ak)

515 Somebody PLEASE wake Ace up: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmjqMONIcAERysr.jpg Damn, that boy can sleep...

Posted by: Pug of the North at May 01, 2014 07:21 AM (8c12T)

516 503 Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC Happy Birthday BASIC 30 Stop Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 11:17 AM (lq3Ak) --- Pretty sure there should be a GOTO in there, but it's been 30 years since I programmed any BASIC.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at May 01, 2014 07:21 AM (N/cFh)

517 9 years ago I found AoS

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:21 AM (WUrck)

518 398 I can't defend the failed war on drugs. It came about because they wanted to keep the increased budgets they got from prohibition. There really wasn't a problem when they banned everything under the sun that worked. Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 10:52 AM (LJ7Ze) The Pure food and Drug labeling act, as well as the Harrison Narcotics act Preceded Prohibition. They created these acts because thousands of people were DYING from, at that time, Legal narcotics.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 07:22 AM (bb5+k)

519

Posted by: mindful webworker — just enforce just laws at May 01, 2014 11:03 AM (uAcgi

 

That was a righteous rant.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 07:22 AM (JtwS4)

520 10 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 20 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 30 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 40 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 50 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 60 PRINT "Happy Birthday BASIC" 70 Stop Posted by: Slapweasel ------- FIFY All programmers are critics. Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 11:20 AM (aDwsi) -------- I am surprised that didn't reformat this website.

Posted by: RioBravo at May 01, 2014 07:22 AM (Syulp)

521 "FIFY All programmers are critics." Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 11:20 AM (aDwsi) *HAH!* /endprint

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 07:22 AM (lq3Ak)

522 2 minutes ago I finished a piece of corn bread.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:22 AM (WUrck)

523 495 You know George Washington grew hemp and developed tricks to increase its potency. Cross pollination? Or at least separating out the female plants.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 11:15 AM (LJ7Ze)



Yes, he grew hemp, along with a thousand other farmers.  It was a popular money crop because it was used for rope at the time.  In fact, when I was a kid hemp rope was still popular because it was much cheaper than cotton or nylon.  In Washington's day it was called "naval stores".

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 07:22 AM (T2V/1)

524 And that's my life story.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:22 AM (WUrck)

525 Be thankful that Wallace was not still VP when Roosevelt died. Truman wasn't perfect, but he did a pretty good job of dealing with the post WWII mess. Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 11:17 AM (aDwsi) True. He was far from perfect and make some huge blunders, but, all in all, he did a workmanlike job during his tenure. I do remain grateful that FDR's many terms ensured that modern Presidents only get two. I shudder to think what four terms of BJ Clinton or Obama would do to us.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 01, 2014 07:23 AM (kXoT0)

526 I subscribed to BASIC magazine as well! Our computer was an Atari. With a cassette tape drive! I loved typing out the programs and seeing them run. Sadly a computer science degree required way too much math so I got an English degree instead. And ended up working for a "small" software company located in Redmond Washington anyway.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 07:23 AM (+0txR)

527 smallbasic.com still alive

Posted by: New Ted's most excellent randomizer at May 01, 2014 07:23 AM (JgWXS)

528 18 years ago I signed up with Compuserve. Posted by: Soothsayer --------------- GEnie, 1985.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 07:24 AM (aDwsi)

529 "In Michigan, there is a little known marital law that grants the wife the ability to purchase real estate in her name only(she can use her husband's funds, heh)and he has no claim on it. However, the husband CANNOT do the same. Any real estate he purchases automatically becomes shared property(or the slang term is community property)." So that's why my wife constantly has that shit-eating grin...

Posted by: jwest at May 01, 2014 07:24 AM (u2a4R)

530 A few of you know BASIC well ...LOL! 110 END

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 07:24 AM (lq3Ak)

531 It's not just Obama; It's Obama and Bush and McCain and everyone in Washington. If you do a dry summary on paper of what has happened under the different administrations, the differences get pretty small. Both sides are growing the government, growing the debt. Neither is serious about individual rights and a balanced budget. Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 10:53 AM (7M8hQ) And this is spot on. You know what hasn't changed? The Media. Any attempts to actually CUT government has them going into full outrage screaming mode. Our problems start with the control of information fed to the American Public, meaning it starts with those people who are CONTROLLING the information flow to the public. The Media.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 07:25 AM (bb5+k)

532 Now that I have once more fully revealed my nerd self (Buffy? Atari computer? What will she confess to next?) I suppose I should go get ready for my day.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at May 01, 2014 07:25 AM (+0txR)

533 Grrr. When good jokes go bad.... Try this. Ace sleeping au natural: http://goo.gl/P7L5wb

Posted by: Pug of the North at May 01, 2014 07:25 AM (8c12T)

534 Posted by: Vic at May 01, 2014 11:22 AM (T2V/1)

Hemp makes excellent rope, and is still used in a few places.

It beats the shit out of your hands though.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 07:25 AM (QFxY5)

535 120 *static* GOTO /end

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 01, 2014 07:25 AM (lq3Ak)

536 GEnie, 1985. You, Vic, and, what, 5 others?

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:25 AM (WUrck)

537

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 11:19 AM (PD6iL)

 

I completely understand what you are saying .  We  just disagree on the benefit vs harm ratio.    The point of my comment was  in  response to  roadrunners reprimand that we  were hypocrits on  being  free market advocates. 

 

There are a number of things that government ,  based on the general welfare,  rightly restrict the sale of.    Nothing is absolute though and requires constant monitoring by the people. 

Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2014 07:25 AM (m2CN7)

538 I liked Pascal better.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 01, 2014 07:26 AM (LJ7Ze)

539 Nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 01, 2014 07:26 AM (knoK7)

540

True. He was far from perfect and make some huge blunders, but, all in all, he did a workmanlike job during his tenure. I do remain grateful that FDR's many terms ensured that modern Presidents only get two. I shudder to think what four terms of BJ Clinton or Obama would do to us.

 

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 01, 2014 11:23 AM (kXoT0)

 

Roughly what 3+ terms of FDR did, rearrange the country so that nobody from prior to the Great Depression recognizes it.

 

BTW, Teh SCOAMT is now FDR's fifth term.

Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2014 07:26 AM (o44nj)

541 My first programming language was FORTRAN. ** Shudder **

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 01, 2014 07:26 AM (kXoT0)

542 10 ? "Hello, world." 20 g 10 Special, abbreviated Radio Shack BASIC Level I for the 4K mem unit. My first programming language.

Posted by: mindful webworker — sub Sig(name, joke) at May 01, 2014 07:27 AM (uAcgi)

543 *HAH!* /endprint Posted by: Slapweasel --------------------- Actually I restrained myself. Line 70 ought to be (by my hyper egoist estimation) 70 END

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 07:27 AM (aDwsi)

544 520  They created these acts because thousands of people were DYING from, at that time, Legal narcotics.


Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 11:22 AM (bb5+k)


The act was created in 1906 primarily because the interstate shipment of beef and other commodities was unsanitary.  It originally had nothing to do with narcotics. It was primarily a "labeling" act requiring any subject that was deemed as harmful to be listed on the package.  Yes narcotics were included in that but they were not prohibited. You just had to label it.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 07:28 AM (T2V/1)

545 It's the illegality that drives the profits. Legal, pot will cost more or less a market price. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at May 01, 2014 11:01 AM (JtwS4) In the initial financial transaction. It's social and future economic costs will likely dwarf any benefit from making it legal.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 07:28 AM (bb5+k)

546 www.freepascal.org also still alive

Posted by: New Ted's most excellent randomizer at May 01, 2014 07:29 AM (JgWXS)

547 540 I liked Pascal better. Posted by: Boss ---------------- I have nil to say about that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 01, 2014 07:29 AM (aDwsi)

548 536  It beats the shit out of your hands though.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 11:25 AM (QFxY5)


Kids have tough hands and little money (at least in my day).

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 07:30 AM (T2V/1)

549 I never imagined it would be this easy for the Left to destroy conservatism and conservative values.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 07:30 AM (WUrck)

550 9 years ago I found AoS

 

Posted by: Soothsayer § at May 01, 2014 11:21 AM (WUrck)

 

For the life of me - or, perhaps, it's the booze - I cannot remember when I first came across the HQ or how.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 01, 2014 07:30 AM (zF6Iw)

551

Hey, I was in a band named BASIC.

It was a tribute to Devo.

We opened for the Blues Brothers at the Palace Hotel Ballroom.

Posted by: steveegg at May 01, 2014 07:30 AM (o44nj)

552 Just to restate the thought from waaaaay upthread: National divorce or there will be blood. And this is not merely a response to PA ignoring the 4A. It's pretty much every single news story anymore.

Posted by: Jaws at May 01, 2014 07:30 AM (eKZp1)

553 yep, Fortran and Cobol too.

Posted by: New Ted's most excellent randomizer at May 01, 2014 07:30 AM (JgWXS)

554 538
GEnie, 1985.

You, Vic, and, what, 5 others?

Posted by: Soothsayer � at May 01, 2014 11:25 AM (WUrck)


My first experience with modem traffic was with GEnie.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 07:31 AM (T2V/1)

555 Posted by: Vic at May 01, 2014 11:28 AM (T2V/1)

And it was the beginning of the end of freedom.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2014 07:31 AM (QFxY5)

556 Posted by: mindful webworker — just enforce just laws at May 01, 2014 11:03 AM (uAcgi) You mischaracterize the nature of the problem, and therefore your subsequent understanding is flawed. Tolerance of mind altering drugs is an existential threat to any nation. You are simply looking at the problem down at the very small scale. Gain some altitude and look at the bigger picture. A nation which tolerates drugs, will die.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 07:32 AM (bb5+k)

557 National divorce or there will be blood. And this is not merely a response to PA ignoring the 4A. It's pretty much every single news story anymore. Posted by: Jaws at May 01, 2014 11:30 AM (eKZp1) ----- Ah, refreshments.

Posted by: Tree of Liberty at May 01, 2014 07:32 AM (Syulp)

558 new one

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 01, 2014 07:32 AM (T2V/1)

559
Nood.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState




GOTO New Thread

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 01, 2014 07:37 AM (kdS6q)

560 China was not able to resist the Japanese because it had been in a state of political chaos since early in the 20th century with a shooting war between the KMT and Communists and a whole lot of local warlords carving out little fiefdoms. I doubt that drug addiction contributed that much to their national weakness. Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 01, 2014 11:08 AM (PD6iL) A form of government several thousand years old, suffering from a 50% addiction rate among it's male populace gets overthrown, and you don't think drugs had anything to do with it? With such a huge quantity of people impaired in their production of goods and services, and you don't think this created massive social upheaval and chaos? Well what do you think did it then?

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 07:40 AM (bb5+k)

561 So every 'commodity/product' should be legal to sale or exchange ? You sure about that? Posted by: polynikes at May 01, 2014 11:12 AM (m2CN7) One of the characteristics of Libertarian philosophy is that it's consistent, right down to the bare insanity.

Posted by: D-Lamp at May 01, 2014 07:43 AM (bb5+k)

562 "So every 'commodity/product' should be legal to sale or exchange ? You sure about that?" It's already for sale; you can either let the blackmarket handle it with all its associated crime and violent, illegal behavior, or you can legalize it and let the market handle it in a safer, less destructive way. Think about prostitution. Prostitution is never going away, ever. It's the most timeless universal trade in human culture. The women who want to engage in this sad trade will do so regardless of whether it's legal or illegal. The difference though is: if it's illegal she will do it on shady street corners in dangerous conditions. If it's legal she can at least work in a clean brothel where there could be attention for security and medical hygiene. A seedy underground activity would be brought into the light of day and made at least somewhat civilized. And spare the silly straw man arguments about selling "human meat", which would necessarily involve butchering human beings and therefore violating their individual rights. If you want to be consistent about liberty, then there's no reason the government should be concerned with what mutually consenting adults do with their lives.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 08:19 AM (7M8hQ)

563 "You mischaracterize the nature of the problem, and therefore your subsequent understanding is flawed. Tolerance of mind altering drugs is an existential threat to any nation. You are simply looking at the problem down at the very small scale. Gain some altitude and look at the bigger picture. A nation which tolerates drugs, will die." Alcohol and caffeine are both addictive mind altering drugs. There is no objective line in the sand that you can draw which separates meth from caffeine or alcohol. They are fundamentally stimulating or depressing chemical agents, and the only separating issue is gradation of power. This is an extremely narrow and subjective way to interpret why some civilizations fall and while others remain free and prosperous. In fact, you could equally well argue that pornography is addictive, destroys the nuclear family, and therefore is an even greater than to civilization than drugs; therefore the government should ban marijuana. I'm sure inevitably we could cherry-pick some data to prove this point, just like anyone can with gun-control or drugs.

Posted by: Roadrunner at May 01, 2014 08:25 AM (7M8hQ)

564 He's the singer from the Boomtown Rats ("I don't like Mondays") and he's mostly known now for organizing those mega-concerts for causes du jour. And for those of you old enough to remember, Pink Floyd's The Wall.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 01, 2014 08:43 AM (PMGbu)

565 Had a mo to check back in. S'pose this thraid b daid, but anyway... "You mischaracterize the nature of the problem, and therefore your subsequent understanding is flawed." Really? That broad charge doesn't specify what that is supposed to mean. Heh. Reminds me of spam I was deleting just today, tonally inverted from "I agree with this post and want to subscribe to your newsletter," but similarly inspecific content. "You're wrong and your s#!+'s all f'd up" is not persuasive. § Uplifting personal moral behavior is simply outside the purview of good government. Big Nanny is not an appropriate substitute for spiritual, community, and familial influence. Cops should be the absolute last resort, when the drinker turns threatening, not the front line because some Carrie Nation has a delusion of righteousness about beer. Mmmmm.... mind-altering beeeeerrrr.... Here come de Judges... Here come de Judges... Think of the children...! #waronwill bye

Posted by: mindful webworker — radically inclined at May 01, 2014 08:56 AM (rY8rX)

566 I wish they could bring him back to life to kill him again, only more painful.
Posted by: Captain Hate

I can tell ya that really sucks.

Posted by: Capt. Malcom Reynolds at May 01, 2014 08:57 AM (hxLER)

567 The Great and Mighty Saarlac was peeking out from under a micro mini-skirt?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 01, 2014 10:33 AM (hu74e)


Yuppers.


Good times, good times.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016


I've heard of lawyers giving their ties to clients that did wear one to court.   Just saying....or is it asking...dreaming?

Posted by: Capt. Malcom Reynolds at May 01, 2014 09:16 AM (hxLER)

568 562 D-Lamp The Qing Dynasty lost the Mandate of Heaven. That is kind of flip but China has experienced a number of changes of dynasty over its long history. They are almost always traumatic and they have often been characterized by chaotic and sometimes rather long periods of transition. The Tai Ping Rebellion in the 1860s was an indication that all was not well in the Chinese governing system. A significant part of the problem was that the Chinese leadership did not want to acknowledge that events could be initiated by barbarians from outside of China. Chinese today accept that this is true but they seem pretty unhappy about it.

Posted by: Obnoxious A Hole at May 01, 2014 11:55 AM (TKk/U)

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