March 20, 2014

Senate Report: EPA Official Convicted of Bilking Government Out of Nearly a Million Dollars Was Critical Player in Crafting EPA's "Playbook" on Regulations
— Ace

Remember this guy? He skipped out of work constantly, and, at one point, collected a steady paycheck despite not showing up for work for a year and a half.

Between 2000 and 2012, Beale skipped work for at least 616 days. But his fraud wasnÂ’t discovered until last year when it was found out that he was still getting paid for a year and a half but hadnÂ’t shown up for work in that whole time. Under McCarthy, Beale missed at least 18 consecutive months of work, costing taxpayers more than $239,000.

He covered his absences by claiming he was working for top men in the CIA.

Who?

Top. Men.

But despite his chronic absenteeism, he did manage to do Big Things when he troubled himself to show up at work.

A report by Senate Republicans contends that the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory “playbook” was written by known agency fraudster John Beale, who put into place major air quality regulations that set the stage for “the exponential growth of the agency’s power over the American economy.”

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“This report will reveal that within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), some officials making critically important policy decisions were not remotely qualified, anything but neutral, and in at least one case — EPA decision making was delegated to a now convicted felon and con artist, John Beale,” wrote Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

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“Together, Brenner and Beale implemented a plan, which this report refers to as ‘EPA’s Playbook,’” the senators continued. “The Playbook includes several tools first employed in the 1997 process, including sue-and-settle arrangements with a friendly outside group, manipulation of science, incomplete cost-benefit analysis reviews, heavy-handed management of interagency review processes, and capitalizing on information asymmetry, reinforced by resistance to transparency. Ultimately, the guiding principal behind the Playbook is the Machiavellian principal that the ends will justify the means.”

By the way, Beale got his job through a friend.

It's nice and friendly to have nice and friendly friends working nicely in the government.

Posted by: Ace at 12:41 PM | Comments (393)
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1 As it should be.

Posted by: NCKate at March 20, 2014 12:42 PM (y7PFk)

2
It's almost like they're trying to provoke a reaction from the rest of us.

Almost.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 20, 2014 12:43 PM (nELVU)

3 Another obama scandal down the drain.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 12:44 PM (GiDKn)

4 The whole lot of them are just looting the entire place because there is no accountability and they know there never will be under Chicago on the Potomac.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2014 12:45 PM (XyM/Y)

5 They gave him comp time in    return for screwing the country over

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 20, 2014 12:45 PM (AskuI)

6 If only the Repubicans could recognize political value..

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 12:45 PM (GiDKn)

7 Zero accountability in DC.

It's a entire city dedicated to tempting Fate and taunting Nemesis.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 20, 2014 12:45 PM (nZiT2)

8 It's nice and friendly to have nice and friendly friends working nicely in the government.-Ace Hey, we are from the EPA and we are here to help you. Move along little minions, peasants, nothing here to see. And oh how scary that the GOP will do something

Posted by: Misanthopic Humanitarian at March 20, 2014 12:45 PM (HVff2)

9 Now let's have Mitt or Johnny or Bush1, 2 or 3 do an op-ed on how it's time to abolish the EPA....any takers it doesn't happen?

Posted by: IrishEd at March 20, 2014 12:45 PM (D0NZx)

10 Hey that's my game asshole!

Posted by: Used Car Salesman Bill Paxton at March 20, 2014 12:45 PM (Aif/5)

11 Maybe we should have paid him to stay away all the time ...

Posted by: White House Press Corpseman at March 20, 2014 12:46 PM (qoKTg)

12 So they started this shit under the Clinton Admin.  Shocked, I tell ya.

Posted by: Infidel at March 20, 2014 12:46 PM (Z1SI2)

13 Sigh, wouldn't it be nice if somebody with balls in Congress would stand up and say that his fraud had made their insane regulations null and void. If only... If only...

Posted by: nnptcgrad at March 20, 2014 12:46 PM (Opyrm)

14 "It's nice and friendly to have nice and friendly friends working nicely in the government" Yes it is.

Posted by: IRS, EPA, FEMA, DHS, HHS at March 20, 2014 12:46 PM (gOoFi)

15
Holy Shit.


Think of the damage he COULD have done if he'd showed up the other 616 days......

Posted by: fixerupper at March 20, 2014 12:46 PM (nELVU)

16 Brenner & Beale should start a B&B, in Vermont, after they've finished their government hijinx.

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2014 12:46 PM (WBJeV)

17 The Playbook includes several tools first employed in the 1997 process, including sue-and-settle arrangements with a friendly outside group, manipulation of science, incomplete cost-benefit analysis reviews, heavy- handed management of interagency review processes, and capitalizing on information asymmetry, reinforced by resistance to transparency.

So you'll cut this insane agency's nuts off if/when you end up controlling Congress this fall, right?

Right?

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 20, 2014 12:46 PM (FrfNj)

18 This man is a genius. An evil genius, but a genius still.

Posted by: some guy at March 20, 2014 12:47 PM (EsxAc)

19 Government work. Don't have to produce and you get paid nicely for not doing so.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 20, 2014 12:47 PM (gOoFi)

20 Shocker, this one is.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 20, 2014 12:47 PM (GrtrJ)

21 Serious you guys, you are just jealous you can't get a sweet government gig like this!  Best part is he'll probably still get his pension with COLA, unlike you suckers that believed in Social Security!!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 20, 2014 12:48 PM (o3MSL)

22

What is a sinecure, Alex?  I'll take "Synonyms for Government" for $1200.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 12:48 PM (sQ0LB)

23
>>> He covered his absences by claiming he was working for top men in the CIA.

I have to admit, part of me is impressed by this. I guess it's the evil half of me, but still, this is kind of badass.

Posted by: dan-O at March 20, 2014 12:48 PM (D0bIN)

24 The epa is a creation of congress when republicans had control of both houses and the presidency did they reign it in? No they did not. It seems to me that we need to elect people that are of the ideological bent to reign in leviathan. Or is that too trucon to suggest.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 20, 2014 12:48 PM (obTkq)

25 Not the hill to die on!!!

Posted by: John "Orange ya glad I control the purse strings" Boehner at March 20, 2014 12:48 PM (9duOQ)

26
"By the way, Beale got his job through a friend."

Beale was hired in 1988 by Robert Brenner, the former deputy director of the Office of Policy Analysis, and Review within the EPAÂ’s Office of Air and Radiation. Brenner was also a close friend with Beale and gave him the lead role of crafting major air-quality regulations in 1995, including the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone and Particulate Matter.

From 1988 to 2011, Brenner was Director of the Office of Policy Analysis and Review, at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Both President George H.W. Bush in 1993 and President Clinton in 1998 conferred on Rob the rank of meritorious senior executive.  In 2003, he received the Distinguished Executive Award for “sustained extraordinary accomplishment” from President George W. Bush.



Bi-partisan! Big tent!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 20, 2014 12:48 PM (kdS6q)

27 it gets worse-  his idiot boss now runs the whole  crooked  agency.  

Posted by: MTF at March 20, 2014 12:48 PM (LISuA)

28 Kind of has a Mark Whitacre vibe.

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2014 12:49 PM (WBJeV)

29 ha! CNN just showed video of Russians busting through barricades. Russians used a rubber-tired backhoe-loader to push a Ukrainian little tank out of the way.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 12:49 PM (GiDKn)

30

Nixon's biggest crime was creating the EPA.

 

 

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 12:50 PM (PYbdS)

31 Let. The. Whole. Enchilada. Burn.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 12:50 PM (KvM9d)

32 It's dirtbags, all the way down.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 12:50 PM (cHZB7)

33 Boy oh boy, this could trigger a reaction.

Posted by: Bruce at March 20, 2014 12:50 PM (igJW1)

34 Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 04:49 PM (GiDKn)

Nerf balls don't cut it when the Vlad comes to town!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 20, 2014 12:50 PM (o3MSL)

35 All the measure of corruption show that America has grown much more corrupt in recent years and decades. This was predictable and was predicted. Ethnic diversity has many positive things, but it reliable increases corruption. So does socialism. As government control of the American economy has risen, so has corruption. And as Diversity (also known as Not Having Things In Common With Each Other) has increased, so has corruption. I predict corruption will continue to increase. It's good to do what we can to clamp down on it. At the same time, I'd advise making friends with important people who have pull and are willing to help you. And all the rules we are forced to put in place to try to control corruption ... will just make it that much more important that you have connections to help you get around all the rules. Everybody else is gonna try to game the system. If you don't then that's noble, but it will hurt your family. Here's one simple way to game the system -- check the "hispanic" or "mixed-race" box.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 12:51 PM (ZPrif)

36

By the way, Beale got his job through a friend.

It's nice and friendly to have nice and friendly friends working nicely in the government.

 

 

I need better friends. Friends that can get me almost $300 grand for work I don't show up for kind of friends. Hey NSA guy reading this, do you have any openings? I can totes not do any work and I promise not to defect.

Posted by: Jollyroger at March 20, 2014 12:51 PM (t06LC)

37 See...this is where I have to push the anger way deep down inside.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 12:51 PM (GXZgZ)

38 A corrupt agency full of retards? Sounds like a great talent pool for Obamacare and the TSA to pull from.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 20, 2014 12:52 PM (+lsX1)

39 I predict corruption will continue to increase. Bold.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 12:52 PM (GiDKn)

40 Nixon's biggest crime was creating the EPA.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 04:50 PM (PYbdS)



An early advocate of doing something for the chirrun and a foretaste of compassionate tyranny!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 20, 2014 12:52 PM (o3MSL)

41 Learning to work the bureaucracy is an increasingly important life skill.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 12:52 PM (ZPrif)

42 CNN just showed video of Russians busting through barricades.

Russians used a rubber-tired backhoe-loader to push a Ukrainian little tank out of the way.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 04:49 PM (GiDKn)


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So...... Barracks presser this morning did not have the deterring effect he thought it would.


o_O  <----- this is my SHOCKED face....

Posted by: fixerupper at March 20, 2014 12:52 PM (nELVU)

43 Just a local crime story.

Posted by: Furious George at March 20, 2014 12:52 PM (yFb77)

44 He should write a book about being a shithead.  He seems to be an expert.

Posted by: Dang at March 20, 2014 12:53 PM (MNq6o)

45 This type of fraud goes on more than you think. Got a cousin who filed paperwork that he worked for a year in Texas when he was never there. Retired a year early from the Dept of Labor at a higher pension (at age 59) as a result. And brags about it.

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 20, 2014 12:53 PM (1Y+hH)

46 Indeed. Look at how much damage he's done to the country. No wonder his bosses believed him about his sekrit outside work. He's like a hero over there.

And the chances he'd ever get into trouble, for either end of this career?
Shirley, you must be joking.

I knew a state EPA guy once. Nicest guy you'd want to meet. Referred to tire-burners as "some of our bad actors." And when he'd go through case details, he'd say incredible Eagle Scout stuff like "Now, we can't be unfair about this, but..."

And there's a hundred or so schlubs like that in cubicles on the same floor with this guy, just folks who wanted to do a little good, who were on to him from the first, and now with ten years to go until retirement just realized for the first time that they really are The Enemy.

Rather than turn them, we'll squeal all night about how many pieces we want their guts cut into. And, being impotent, and mostly employed by rent-seekers who are in the game, we will fail at even getting that one single fraudster's expense account audited.  That piss you off? Just watch the subcommittee hearings.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 20, 2014 12:53 PM (xq1UY)

47 I should start a business college. There's one course and only one class.

Learn to Suck Government Dick 101

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 20, 2014 12:53 PM (nZiT2)

48 I'm sure he did it for the children. If we truly were a civilized society this guy would be getting the Cincinnati Turkey Drop.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 12:53 PM (GXZgZ)

49 Another government agency run by Democrats. I did not see this coming at all.

Posted by: Wichita State at March 20, 2014 12:54 PM (88xKn)

50

Fie on you, unaccountable insensitive clod! Fie, and away!

 

['bout as effective as anything else]

Posted by: Bigby's Slappy Hand at March 20, 2014 12:54 PM (3ZtZW)

51 This Senate report signed off on by Democrats?

Posted by: steevy at March 20, 2014 12:54 PM (zqvg6)

52 51 Of course not.

Posted by: steevy at March 20, 2014 12:54 PM (zqvg6)

53 >>>Here's one simple way to game the system -- check the "hispanic" or "mixed-race" box.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 04:51 PM (ZPrif) <<<



If you've got the cheek bones for it, check Indian (feather). Works like a charm.

Posted by: Lizzy "Suckagawea" Warren at March 20, 2014 12:55 PM (9duOQ)

54 "CNN just showed video of Russians busting through barricades.!



I call bullshit.  There's no way that happened.  Obama signed a fucking executive order!  An EXECUTIVE ORDER!

Posted by: Dang at March 20, 2014 12:55 PM (MNq6o)

55 I wonder what would happen if we just created entire agencies through executive fiat instead of legislative action...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 20, 2014 12:55 PM (yh0zB)

56 modern day drew thompson?

Posted by: concrete girl at March 20, 2014 12:55 PM (LU3lG)

57 Dissolve the fucking EPA. Too rotten to save. To corrupt to redeem. Fire the whole load of shiprats and start from scratch.

Posted by: maddogg at March 20, 2014 12:55 PM (xWW96)

58 If only the Repubicans could recognize political value.. Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 04:45 PM (GiDKn) I have reached the point where I regard the "go along to git along" Republicans as a more serious problem than Democrats. We need to have a Decimation in the Roman understanding of the term.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 12:56 PM (bb5+k)

59 In other news, General McInerny's theory is still alive. The wreckage off Perth is a bust.

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 20, 2014 12:56 PM (1Y+hH)

60 It's the Corruption, Stupid!

Posted by: Fantasy Election Campaign Slogan at March 20, 2014 12:56 PM (6Z9cJ)

61

I guess if you know somebody who knows somebody else you get to work in local government. If you've ever pet-sat for somebody, that earns a State appointment

Posted by: Bigby's Slappy Hand at March 20, 2014 12:56 PM (3ZtZW)

62 nice work if you can get it http://tinyurl.com/k75dcmd

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 12:56 PM (/vO0r)

63 It's like trying to reform your local schools. That's nice and all, but it will take so long and changes you make probably won't take effect until after your kid graduates. So you can spend your time trying to reform the school --- or spend your time learning the bureaucracy and figuring out how to game the system to benefit your kid. Most people rationally choose to focus on what can directly help their family.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 12:56 PM (ZPrif)

64 This kind of stuff makes the little guy (me) feel like we have absolutely no control/imput/impact on our own government. The EPA needs to be torn down, demolished. If states choose to develop their own, fine, otherwise burn the MFer down.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 12:57 PM (A98Xu)

65 Never met the guy. In my defense, I've been on vacation since 1998.

Posted by: Top.Man. at March 20, 2014 12:57 PM (ZVZLb)

66 The Playbook includes several tools first employed in the 1997 process, including sue-and-settle arrangements with a friendly outside group, manipulation of science, incomplete cost-benefit analysis reviews, heavy-handed management of interagency review processes, and capitalizing on information asymmetry, reinforced by resistance to transparency.


This shit is criminal, IMO.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 20, 2014 12:57 PM (8ZskC)

67 There are no Russians in the Crimea and the Ukraine. They are dying outside the walls! Blind Lemon Bob Banfield.

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 20, 2014 12:57 PM (1Y+hH)

68


24...It seems to me that we need to elect people that are of the ideological bent to reign in leviathan.

 

Or is that too trucon to suggest.

 

 Posted by: Kreplach

 

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I agree. And no, it's not too trucon to suggest.

 

That's what I've liked about ole Rick Perry...he's said he wants to eliminate the EPA, and "Make the government as inconsequential in our lives as possible".

 

But he's a Texan.

And some seem to think that's a liability. 

 

 

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 12:58 PM (PYbdS)

69 The EPA needs to be torn down, demolished. If states choose to develop their own, fine, otherwise burn the MFer down. Posted by: Seems legit

Nuke the Dept. of Education while you're at it.

Posted by: Dang at March 20, 2014 12:59 PM (MNq6o)

70 Rick Perry has that icky accent. Romney deserves another shot.

Posted by: New Hampshire Primary Voters at March 20, 2014 01:00 PM (Aif/5)

71 I'm not seeing the debris off Australia is a bust. I'm seeing they haven't found it yet. A bust would be if they found it and it turned out to be a container ship.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 01:00 PM (ZPrif)

72 Jesus God. I shoulda just switched parties.

Posted by: Scooter Libby at March 20, 2014 01:00 PM (RHLfG)

73 We need to have a Decimation in the Roman understanding of the term. If decimate is 1 out of 10, what's 5 out of 10? We need that.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 01:00 PM (KvM9d)

74 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at Hang on, let me check again...

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 20, 2014 01:01 PM (1Y+hH)

75 70 Thanks New Hampshire. Thanks for the EPA Dick.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:01 PM (VhqUZ)

76 That bastard is not the only criminal in the EPA.  If it was up to me every body in there from the top down to the first level supervisors would be joining him in jail.  The rest would simply be fired when I completely dismantled the criminal enterprise.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 01:01 PM (T2V/1)

77 Hell, I'd let him steal $2mm if we could go back to a world where the EPA isn't allowed to regulate the stuff we breathe out and trees breathe in.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 01:02 PM (JtwS4)

78 Learning to work the bureaucracy is an increasingly important life skill.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 04:52 PM (ZPrif)

 

 

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As I said a few days ago, my older brother and his wife were professionals at this.  They could make the bureaucrats dance  to their tune.

 

All one has to do is become completely dishonest  and have no conscience.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:02 PM (SxpmN)

79 In other news, General McInerny's theory is still alive. Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 20, 2014 04:56 PM (1Y+hH) Again, this was my first thought when I heard it was a Malaysian (Islamic) country who's plane has gone missing. "Yup." Islamists are going to do something terroristic with it." I thought.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 01:02 PM (bb5+k)

80 coming up on CNN Wolf Blitzer: the "Zombie Plane Theory" No, really.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:03 PM (GiDKn)

81

73 We need to have a Decimation in the Roman understanding of the term.


If decimate is 1 out of 10, what's 5 out of 10? We need that.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 05:00 PM (KvM9d)

 

My Latin is very rusty, but I think ducimate would be close.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 01:03 PM (sQ0LB)

82 This post should have come with a trigger warning for rage strokes.

Posted by: rickl at March 20, 2014 01:04 PM (zoehZ)

83 Most people rationally choose to focus on what can directly help their family. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 04:56 PM (ZPrif) For Liberals, politics and government control is a means to make a living and stroke their egos. For conservatives, it is a means of self defense.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 01:04 PM (bb5+k)

84 You can just turn 'em around and pretend they're a boy. Rats are flying that thing to Great Britain as we speak.

Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2014 01:04 PM (MBSB6)

85 Pentimate?

Posted by: Fantasy Election Campaign Slogan at March 20, 2014 01:05 PM (6Z9cJ)

86 Just a few minutes CNN showed a father of one of passengers who believes his son/daughter is still alive, as are all the passengers. Gee, I wonder what gave him that deluded idea?? And now...the Zombie Theory. Are you watching, Dad? I hate the Media.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:05 PM (GiDKn)

87 ...damn, that was an old quote from the punchline thread.

Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2014 01:05 PM (MBSB6)

88 Nuke the Dept. of Education while you're at it. Posted by: Dang at March 20, 2014 04:59 PM (MNq6o) Yes, and throw the Department of Energy on the bonfire as well.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 01:05 PM (bb5+k)

89 Thankfully we have folks dedicating themselves to public service instead of taking their skills to the private sector.

Posted by: RWC at March 20, 2014 01:05 PM (EXVtP)

90

Pentimate would be to kill one in 5.  Decimate is one in 10.

 

Duo/bi are the prefixes that correspond to 2, which is what you want, since five in 10 is the same as one in 2.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 01:06 PM (sQ0LB)

91 Public Service

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:07 PM (VhqUZ)

92 If decimate is 1 out of 10, what's 5 out of 10? We need that. Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 05:00 PM (KvM9d) We can work our way up to that, I think.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 01:07 PM (bb5+k)

93 Flatbush Joe correct, this is as close as they come to saying, "no dice". The sat photo is from March 16, so the debris could have moved away or sunk: But some analysts said the debris is most likely not pieces of Flight 370. "The chances of it being debris from the airplane are probably small, and the chances of it being debris from other shipping are probably large," said Jason Middleton, an aviation professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 20, 2014 01:07 PM (1Y+hH)

94 Just think.... they make about 2 times the average salary that us rubes make In the private sector. Here in Suburban MD there are a lot of very wealthy government employees who really don't work all that much. True

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 20, 2014 01:07 PM (32Ze2)

95 Note... this went on under both Repub and Dem Administrations... and then some wonder why there are the 'Plague on both their houses' folks like me out there...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 20, 2014 01:08 PM (84gbM)

96 Hey Allen G., if you're still hot and horny to burn something to the ground and scatter some stones, you can't do much better than the EPA. And by burn something to the ground, I mean metaphorically speaking, of course.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:08 PM (olDqf)

97 It's time to provide a paid vacation to the EPA. I think Malaysia will do. And the taxpayer gets a discount because only one-way tickets needed.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 20, 2014 01:08 PM (1CroS)

98 The ocean is full of shit floating around. Wild goose chase.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (VhqUZ)

99 >>Learn to Suck Government Dick 101 Honey, I got my PhD in that field.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (3rrMW)

100 You idiots are pretty gullible. What would be the perfect cover for a spy? How about a guy that got arrested for claiming to be a spy so he could skip out on work. It was right in front of you the whole time.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (+lsX1)

101 85 Pentimate? Posted by: Fantasy Election Campaign Slogan at March 20, 2014 05:05 PM (6Z9cJ) I'm pretty sure "Penta" is Greek, not Roman.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (bb5+k)

102

Pentimate would be to kill one in 5. Decimate is one in 10.

 

Duo/bi are the prefixes that correspond to 2, which is what you want, since five in 10 is the same as one in 2.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 05:06 PM (sQ0LB)

 

 

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To solve this tangle of definitions, I have a suggestion........

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (SxpmN)

103 Of course, if we're going for 50%, I suppose we could just use exterminate instead of a neologism.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (sQ0LB)

104 80 coming up on CNN Wolf Blitzer: the "Zombie Plane Theory" No, really. Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:03 PM (GiDKn) Fast zombies or slow zombies?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (mx5oN)

105 Any candidate who publicly announces he wants to abolish both the EPA and the IRS will get a 57-state landslide.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (olDqf)

106 Of course, working the bureaucracy ends up, in many ways, being an IQ test. People with below average IQs find it all very confusing. The Left gets upset when Tiger Moms figure out how to game the system and get more and better resources from the State for their child and their family. But that's inevitable. The more complex and confusing the rules, the more it becomes a test of IQ and willpower. You seem some school districts now wanting to just get rid of their Gifted programs entirely because the Tiger Moms of America are so much better than other families at gaming the system. Tiger Moms take that shit seriously.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (ZPrif)

107

89 Thankfully we have folks dedicating themselves to public service instead of taking their skills to the private sector.

 

Posted by: RWC

 

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Hah.

 

The concept of 'public service' died with the advent of Public Service Unions.

 

Public servants no longer 'serve the public'.

They prey on the public.

 

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 01:09 PM (PYbdS)

108 Perfectly still zombies, I think.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:10 PM (GiDKn)

109 Thank you Richard Nixon for the EPA and thank you Bush I for the ADA. If we could get Republicans to stop boning us we might survive.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 20, 2014 01:10 PM (0FSuD)

110 99 >>Learn to Suck Government Dick 101 Honey, I got my PhD in that field. Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 20, 2014 05:09 PM (3rrMW) Who's the annoying schmuck who wears the Riddler outfit and hocks books about how to get filthy Federal lucre?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:10 PM (olDqf)

111 Here in Suburban MD there are a lot of very wealthy government employees who really don't work all that much. True

Wish there was some way to turn the Federal Information Gathering Leviathan Total Information machine on them and find out what each does all day, and what benefit their work product is.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 20, 2014 01:10 PM (P7Wsr)

112 "That piss you off? Just watch the subcommittee hearings." That's why November offers the best chance to clear out the DC dead wood.

Posted by: Decaf at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (6PRTl)

113 rickb223: "If decimate is 1 out of 10, what's 5 out of 10?"

A good start.

Barump-ump. Try the veal.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (1CroS)

114 >>>If decimate is 1 out of 10, what's 5 out of 10? We need that.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 05:00 PM (KvM9d)<<<


Half?

Dammit, Rick, I'm a doctor, not a linguist.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (9duOQ)

115 I'm pretty sure "Penta" is Greek, not Roman.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 05:09 PM (bb5+k)


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Latin would be .... quin???   Quincimate???  


Sounds mean.....

Posted by: fixerupper at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (nELVU)

116

We can work our way up to that, I think. 

 

If you decimate 7 times you get up to half-of-them-ate.   I just did the math. 

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (JtwS4)

117 110 99 >>Learn to Suck Government Dick 101 Honey, I got my PhD in that field. Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 20, 2014 05:09 PM (3rrMW) Who's the annoying schmuck who wears the Riddler outfit and hocks books about how to get filthy Federal lucre? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 05:10 PM (olDqf) Matthew Lesko

Posted by: Insomniac at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (mx5oN)

118 And by burn something to the ground, I mean metaphorically speaking, of course.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 05:08 PM (olDqf)

 

 

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Well, that's a disappointment.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (SxpmN)

119 It's amazing what can be accomplished when you go into a little Turkish town and crucify the first five guys you see to make an example of them.

Posted by: Fritz at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (UzPAd)

120

Hey, he's in jail now. So at this point, what does it matter?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (TIIx5)

121 D-Lamp is correct--Quinque is 5 in Latin.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (sQ0LB)

122 "So you'll cut this insane agency's nuts off if/when you end up controlling Congress this fall, right? Right?"

Matters have gone so far that what is needed now are officeholders from the right who are willing and able to stand up each day, every day, to openly question and viciously mock the key premises of the Leviathan state. At every appearance.

No one thinks it's unusual when leftists like Obama stand up and give 45-minute speeches praising Big Government and asking the audience to support its continued expansion. So why is it considered radical and verboten for conservative officeholders to make the same sort of forceful consistent argument in the other direction?

Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (gqT4g)

123 In my nic is a link to a blog called The Conservative Treehouse, and they have a lot of good info on the Malaysian airplane.

Posted by: Chillin the most at March 20, 2014 01:11 PM (gxtMZ)

124 97 It's time to provide a paid vacation to the EPA. I think Malaysia will do. And the taxpayer gets a discount because only one-way tickets needed. Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 20, 2014 05:08 PM (1CroS) We can appoint that guy Diego Garcia as commissioner.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:12 PM (olDqf)

125 moar lulz! CNN screen chiron: BREAKING: obama Being Briefed On Debris Images

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:13 PM (GiDKn)

126 fuckers, the lot of them.

Posted by: eureka! at March 20, 2014 01:13 PM (06U7A)

127 123 In my nic is a link to a blog called The Conservative Treehouse, and they have a lot of good info on the Malaysian airplane. Posted by: Chillin the most at March 20, 2014 05:11 PM (gxtMZ) Everything but the location, I assume. ;-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:13 PM (olDqf)

128 ---- Latin would be .... quin??? Quincimate??? Sounds mean..... Posted by: fixerupper at March 20, 2014 05:11 PM (nELVU) That's probably not far off, but I defer to the Latin experts among us.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 01:13 PM (bb5+k)

129 125 moar lulz! CNN screen chiron: BREAKING: obama Being Briefed On Debris Images Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:13 PM (GiDKn) Or more accurately: OBAMA BEING DE-PANTSED BY ROGER DEBRIS

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:14 PM (olDqf)

130 And nothing will happen to the E.P.A.

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 20, 2014 01:14 PM (R8hU8)

131

Really, 0.9^7 = 0.478.

 

Just keep decimating and you'll get there.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 01:15 PM (JtwS4)

132 Maria Obama is being moved to his vacated position.

Posted by: RWC at March 20, 2014 01:15 PM (WwToK)

133 Tar & feathers?
Or tumbrels & guillotines?
It's long past time....

Posted by: backhoe at March 20, 2014 01:15 PM (ULH4o)

134 F u autocorrect.

Posted by: RWC at March 20, 2014 01:15 PM (WwToK)

135 obama today on Russia: "Nations do not simply re-draw their borders.." Apparently, some nations neither secure nor enforce their borders.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:15 PM (GiDKn)

136 "In my nic is a link to a blog called The Conservative Treehouse, and they have a lot of good info on the Malaysian airplane."

If there were a Nobel Prize for Facts, the crew over at TCT should get one for the huge amount of shoe-leather detective work they did on Trayvon Martin, exposing the very different and very sordid backstory from the "innocent honor student kid from a good family" narrative.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 01:15 PM (gqT4g)

137 118 Well, that's a disappointment. Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 05:11 PM (SxpmN) I forgot to add "nudge-nudge-wink-win-say no more-say no more!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:15 PM (olDqf)

138  So why is it considered radical and verboten for conservative officeholders to make the same sort of forceful consistent argument in the other direction?

Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 05:11 PM (gqT4g)

 

 

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Too many triggers.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:15 PM (SxpmN)

139 123 In my nic is a link to a blog called The Conservative Treehouse, and they have a lot of good info on the Malaysian airplane. Posted by: Chillin the most at March 20, 2014 05:11 PM (gxtMZ) I've read them before. Not one of my regular stops, but i've found good material there the times i've been.

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 01:16 PM (bb5+k)

140 obama today on Russia: "Nations do not simply re-draw their borders.."


*pulls out magic marker, map*

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 20, 2014 01:16 PM (8ZskC)

141 And NATO is warily eyeing Russia, boy that will stop Putin. But not until he has all of the former USSR back in the fold.

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 20, 2014 01:16 PM (R8hU8)

142 This bumper sticker of the day from "Conservative Treehouse" just seems appropriate for any number of threads: http://tinyurl.com/nljencc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2014 01:16 PM (XyM/Y)

143 133 Tar feathers? Or tumbrels guillotines? It's long past time.... Posted by: backhoe at March 20, 2014 05:15 PM (ULH4o) GunsÂ… and butter. But mostly butter (for Brando).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:17 PM (olDqf)

144 What we need now is an EPA Oversight Administration. I'll start a committee on that immediately.

Posted by: 99% of Congress at March 20, 2014 01:17 PM (1CroS)

145  Tar feathers?
Or tumbrels guillotines?
It's long past time....

Posted by: backhoe at March 20, 2014 05:15 PM (ULH4o)

 

 

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And rope.  We'll need a lotta rope.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:17 PM (SxpmN)

146 82 This post should have come with a trigger warning for rage strokes. Posted by: rickl at March 20, 2014 05:04 PM (zoehZ) hahahÂ….yes, yes it should.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:17 PM (A98Xu)

147 I feel a triggering coming on.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 20, 2014 01:17 PM (P1WNR)

148

Actually, I propose instead we defenestrate the entire upper level management of the EPA.

 

(No, not really.)

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 01:17 PM (sQ0LB)

149 Shhhhh, don't bring it up, don't make a fuss, it might ruin our perfect strategy of saying/doing nothing and taking the focus off letting Obamacare sit there by itself. The RNC says there's tsunami coming so we shouldn't make waves!

Posted by: BossyBodine at March 20, 2014 01:17 PM (2LJqa)

150 Ha, good one! obama: I have a pen and phone. Putin: I have a Sharpie and a map.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:18 PM (GiDKn)

151 If there were a Nobel Prize for Facts, the crew over at TCT should get one for the huge amount of shoe-leather detective work they did on Trayvon Martin, exposing the very different and very sordid backstory from the "innocent honor student kid from a good family" narrative. Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 05:15 PM (gqT4g) If only we could take away a network and give it to them. If facts are discovered but cannot make it into mass media, do they make a sound?

Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 01:18 PM (bb5+k)

152 "Nations do not simply re-draw their borders.." Hahahahahaha

Posted by: History at March 20, 2014 01:18 PM (Oa0CG)

153 Tar, feathers and gibbet... ...after all, the ends justify the means.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 20, 2014 01:18 PM (HsTG8)

154 obama today on Russia: "Nations do not simply re-draw their borders..

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Da.... This true my friend.

But.... Think of soldiers as "undocumented worker program".

We much alike..... Da????

Posted by: Vlad the Invader at March 20, 2014 01:18 PM (nELVU)

155
Taxpayers are not suckers.

Posted by: teh government teat at March 20, 2014 01:19 PM (0Kobm)

156 Bilked the Feds out of a million clams? In the words of Hyman Roth. He's small potato's W G A F ? Now Old Dirkson had it right A billion here a Billion there and pretty soon your talkin real money.

Posted by: 7 Days in May at March 20, 2014 01:19 PM (WYUAi)

157 Richard Nixon is dead but his diabolical bastard agency lives on.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 20, 2014 01:19 PM (8ZskC)

158 Posted by: backhoe at March 20, 2014 05:15 PM (ULH4o) Forest of Judas Cradles

Posted by: RWC at March 20, 2014 01:19 PM (HP/rB)

159 Semimat -> taken as a half in Latin (I think).

Then to anglicize it, semimate.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 20, 2014 01:19 PM (P7Wsr)

160 BREAKING : Obama briefed on Tahiti versus South of France vacation options.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 20, 2014 01:19 PM (P1WNR)

161 Hahahahahaha Posted by: History the rest of the quote: "...or make decisions at the expense of their neighbors simply because they are larger or more powerful." Yeah, dummy obama, they do.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:20 PM (GiDKn)

162 BREAKING: Obama calls high-level emergency meeting to confirm that he's got game, like LeBron, baby.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 20, 2014 01:20 PM (8ZskC)

163 The next step for Obama to help his comrades rebuild the USSR is to remove US troops from Europe because of budget cuts forced by the GOP.

Posted by: Old Hat at March 20, 2014 01:20 PM (6Z9cJ)

164 Then to anglicize it, semimate.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 20, 2014 05:19 PM (P7Wsr)


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No effin way Im inseminating half of Congress.


Im out.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 20, 2014 01:21 PM (nELVU)

165
Pentimate would be to kill one in 5. Decimate is one in 10.

Duo/bi are the prefixes that correspond to 2, which is what you want, since five in 10 is the same as one in 2.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 05:06 PM (sQ0LB)








I'm confused. I was told that there would be no math on this blog.

Fuck it. Kill them all, Jupiter will know his own.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 20, 2014 01:21 PM (TIIx5)

166 obama really is a student body president.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:21 PM (GiDKn)

167 obama today on Russia: "Nations do not simply re-draw their borders..

Wait, what?

Posted by: Tommy Jefferson at March 20, 2014 01:21 PM (0Kobm)

168 Again I'm a fucking idiot for getting up and going to work.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 20, 2014 01:21 PM (15qFH)

169

I love my leetle Barky puppet. He is so flexible now.

 

Next, I will make heem bark like dog. 

 

HaaaHaahahaha.

 

Posted by: Vladimir Pootin at March 20, 2014 01:21 PM (5jdPE)

170 If the GOP ever retakes the Presidency, turnabout would be fair play, but the MSM would go crazy and declare the de-politicization of the bureaucracy to be hyper-partisan with the invocation of the Koch Bros. thrown in for the heck of it.

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 20, 2014 01:22 PM (CTCNK)

171 But this is the 21st century?

Posted by: Ambassador Power at March 20, 2014 01:22 PM (Aif/5)

172 BREAKING : Obama briefed on Tahiti versus South of France vacation options.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 20, 2014 05:19 PM (P1WNR)

 

 

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Please stay on  this.  This is an important story.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:22 PM (SxpmN)

173 When I'm elected President I'll have the marshals securing all EPA facilities and systems before my hand comes off the Bible. Then I will MAKE IT ALL PUBLIC, EVERY LAST DOCUMENT, EVERY LAST EMAIL, EVERY LAST RECORDED WORD any EPA staffer has written, read, sent or received in the past two decades. I might do the same for at least three other agencies, as well as parts of yet another half-dozen.

Posted by: JEM at March 20, 2014 01:22 PM (o+SC1)

174 We should invade er liberate Mexico... I know a lot of Nationals who might go home..

Posted by: 7 Days in May at March 20, 2014 01:22 PM (WYUAi)

175 *twitches on ground by my brackets*

Delegation doctrine motherfucker. Speak it. *twitches more*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 20, 2014 01:23 PM (VtjlW)

176 An excessively centralized Government will always be excessively corrupt.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:23 PM (9W+0f)

177 obama really is a student body president. 1st grade.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 01:23 PM (KvM9d)

178 BREAKING : Obama briefed on red wine options at pricey D.C. beefstro.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 20, 2014 01:23 PM (P1WNR)

179 Anyone know how you get one of these friends who can get you a job? Because it seems like that's the only way to get one in Barky's economy. Asking for a friend myself.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 20, 2014 01:24 PM (HDwDg)

180 The EPA always sucked.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:24 PM (9W+0f)

181 Our felons save polar bears.

Posted by: The EPA at March 20, 2014 01:24 PM (Dwehj)

182 "Thank you Richard Nixon for the EPA and thank you Bush I for the ADA."

In fairness to Nixon, the country did need some federal environmental oversight.

It's just that successive administrations have either passively allowed or actively encouraged the EPA to grow cancerously. And to arrogate huge decision-making power to itself, rather than limiting itself to enforcing policies and laws set by Congress.

As for Bush the Lesser (distinct from his son Bush the Lesser Still), retch gag. Most especially the ADA.

I am still ashamed to this day about having voted Republican in 1988. I had no idea how aggressively the Bush family intended to flush the Reagan legacy down the toilet, but boy howdy, they got going on that project from day one, hour one.

ADA. David Souter on the SCOTUS. "Read my lips, no new taxes," followed by... new taxes.

Should have just voted for the Massachusetts midget in the Snoopy helmet. At least that way, the flood tide of liberal nonsense policies would have been explicable.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 01:24 PM (gqT4g)

183 The next step for Obama to help his comrades rebuild the USSR is to remove US troops from Europe because of budget cuts forced by the GOP.

Posted by: Old Hat at March 20, 2014 05:20 PM (6Z9cJ)

 

 

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We know it's coming.  Baraka needs a war.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:24 PM (SxpmN)

184
Hahahahahaha

Posted by: History



the rest of the quote: "...or make decisions at the expense of their neighbors simply because they are larger or more powerful."


Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:20 PM (GiDKn)











*snort*

Posted by: Zombie Sir Mark Sykes and Zombie François Georges-Picot at March 20, 2014 01:25 PM (TIIx5)

185 It was always Unconstitutional. Given the Founding Patriarchy's intent.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:25 PM (9W+0f)

186 Beale walks into a bar, orders a drink and couple of hookers, says the CIA will pick up the tab. The punchline is that I STILL GET UP AND GO TO WORK. fuck me.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 20, 2014 01:25 PM (15qFH)

187 It seems to me that we need to elect people that are of the ideological bent to reign in leviathan.

Or is that too trucon to suggest.
===

No, you stupid teatard. Think of the optics! "Repuclicans want to destroy the environment!!!!!!" they'll say. Can't have that! We're already the anti-science party! Best to leave it be and choose another fight!!!!!

Posted by: TruSQUISH!!!!!1!1!!!1! at March 20, 2014 01:25 PM (YmPwQ)

188 Pentimate would be to kill one in 5. Decimate is one in 10.

This is right. 

Deci - mat -> To take one in ten.
Penti - mat -> To take one in five.
Bi - mat ->  To take one in two.

So bimate would be to take one in two.

Semimate would be to take half.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 20, 2014 01:26 PM (P7Wsr)

189 the rest of the quote: "...or make decisions at the expense of their neighbors simply because they are larger or more powerful." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: History at March 20, 2014 01:26 PM (Oa0CG)

190 The whole Federal Government has become quite Unconstitutional.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:26 PM (9W+0f)

191 Anyone know how you get one of these friends who can get you a job?

Because it seems like that's the only way to get one in Barky's economy.


Err, have you met Mohammed, Jugdish, Sidney and Clayton yet?  

Posted by: Greg Marmalard at March 20, 2014 01:26 PM (8ZskC)

192 So if the debris is down there off of Australia, does that lean toward pilot suicide mission? I tend to think so. I guess it could be catastrophic electric/mechanical failure.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 20, 2014 01:26 PM (ZshNr)

193 Hey. Well I'm done with this Phelps guy for a while anyone else want a go.

Posted by: A Hitler in Hell at March 20, 2014 01:26 PM (/rlXg)

194 Nations do not simply re-draw their borders.

Sounds like your speechwriters are riffing off of Internet memes there, Barry, i.e. "One does not simply walk into Mordor."

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 20, 2014 01:26 PM (FrfNj)

195 NASA is now being tasked with hunting down the Pink Panther. At least rocket scientists can burn before reading.

Posted by: neal at March 20, 2014 01:26 PM (X2BAI)

196 Why all the hate on the ADA? Are you an Anti-Dentite?

Posted by: Dental Hygenist at March 20, 2014 01:27 PM (6Z9cJ)

197

I can just see Obama and Putin playing cards:

 

Dealer: The bet is to you, Mr. President.

 

Obama: Thanks, uh, Vlad, um, do you have any 3s?

 

Putin (looks at hole cards): Nyet.  All in.

 

Obama: Say, um, ah, Vlad, eh, Mr. Putin, could you not splash the pot?  And, uh, since this is a, um, friendly game?  I call.

 

Putin: I will splash the pot whenever the f*ck I want!  (shows cards)  I have full house, aces over nines.  You have 2 pair, nines and 3s.  I will take Ukraine now, and you can keep those ABMs up your @ss!

 

Obama: Say, um, that's, uh, disrespectful.  You, um, can't have any of my pretzels, um, next week when the game is at my place.

 

Putin: Tool.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 01:27 PM (sQ0LB)

198 A Government insufficiently devoted to actual Imperialism, i.e. annexing more land, will always attract people prone to parasitism.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:27 PM (9W+0f)

199 Pri-mate.

Posted by: Magilla Gorilla at March 20, 2014 01:27 PM (Dwehj)

200 145?
Soona?
I just don't know what to do about it. We all on the Right knew what a braying jackass TGEG was. Tried to warn people. He got elected and re-elected anyway. The economy on the GA coast is stone dead. All I can do is look out for me, and mine now.

Posted by: backhoe at March 20, 2014 01:27 PM (ULH4o)

201 obama today on Russia: "Nations do not simply re-draw their borders.. Then explain this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYKrNptzXw

Posted by: rickl at March 20, 2014 01:27 PM (zoehZ)

202 Is there anything this administration (I know the EPA started under Nixon) does that is not rage inducing? It's as though the players in this farce know they can get away with it from the top down. Thank you free press for all you do for the republic.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:28 PM (A98Xu)

203 Yeah. But did he hire himself as a consultant?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 20, 2014 01:28 PM (bitz6)

204

We can thank Bob Dole for the ADA...he was the one who pushed for it.

 

Once it reached Bush's desk, what was he supposed to do? ...Veto it?

*gasp!*

"Republicans are against the disabled!"

 

I'm no big fan of Bush, but the real culprit on the ADA was Bob Dole.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 01:29 PM (5jdPE)

205 *wipes tears* Whew...good stuff. Hey, does 'historic first' mean this is the first time he's ever heard of history?

Posted by: History at March 20, 2014 01:29 PM (Oa0CG)

206 It is still government (governance) of the people. I.e. the people are still being governed. Albeit poorly. And certainly "illiberally." But it is no longer by or for the people, but rather by and for social networks, interest groups, lobbyists, and lawyers.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:30 PM (9W+0f)

207 EPA: Money grows on trees, redistribute trees HAPPY SPRING The Garden Song: David Mallett http://tinyurl.com/l86hgj5

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 01:30 PM (/vO0r)

208 There was a time when this could have been the stories of fiction. If you can think of it, the left is doing it. Corruption through their veins.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:30 PM (IXrOn)

209 I'm no big fan of Bush, but the real culprit on the ADA was Bob Dole.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 05:29 PM (5jdPE)


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Ah.... the ADA....


Make a protected victim out of just about anyone and triples the cost of any commercial building project.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 20, 2014 01:31 PM (nELVU)

210 And seriously, I think it's possible that Obama is entirely unschooled in history. His statements only support his ignorance. CORPSE

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:31 PM (A98Xu)

211 The ADA was pushed by college students spending a day in a wheelchair. For tranny rights, will students whack off their dick for a day? Or wear a strap-on for a day?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 01:31 PM (ZPrif)

212 Yeah. But did he hire himself as a consultant?

I took some classes at a private University recently.  I found out the founder made a deal when he sold the thing that required all the University printing go through his family's print shop.  Of course that shop charged 5x what any other nearby shop would.  Naturally. 

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 20, 2014 01:31 PM (P7Wsr)

213 And most of them tend to be extremely "Machiavellian" about it. Although to be Machiavellian one generally needs to have an actual goal worth pursuing, and most of them certainly don't.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:32 PM (9W+0f)

214 Let's hope that lil' Tea Party write-in win over yonder (PA) is the crack that broke the dam.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:33 PM (IXrOn)

215 Bob DoleÂ….pffffffft. Can you believe we ran that guy? "Hey, how's my boner looking?" But per the rules, he was next in line.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:33 PM (A98Xu)

216 184 We know it's coming. Baraka needs a war. Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 05:24 PM (SxpmN) Nook-lurr combat toe to toe with the Rooskeez!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 01:33 PM (olDqf)

217 Hey hey Albany....

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:33 PM (GXZgZ)

218 But, Darwinism predicts that man will act as little more than an immoral predator toward all other men. And that certainly seems to bear out in these cases.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:34 PM (9W+0f)

219 We can thank Bob Dole for the ADA...he was the one who pushed for it.

Preface: I'm no expert on the ADA, at all.

Isn't the real problem with the ADA their vague "reasonable man" standard legal beagles are in love with?

Leftist judges have been expanding the ADA by interpreting reasonable accommodation for the disabled so it costs businesses more and more as the law ages.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 20, 2014 01:34 PM (P7Wsr)

220 Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:34 PM (9W+0f)

221 Ah.... the ADA.... Make a protected victim out of just about anyone and triples the cost of any commercial building project. Posted by: fixerupper at March 20, 2014 05:31 PM (nELVU) Yeah I got me couple of ADA recipients here at the Guido condo complex. Put a pack a cigarettes and a 6 pack in a tree and they'll be the first ones up...but disabled you guys. Oh yeah and motorcycles.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 20, 2014 01:34 PM (15qFH)

222 TBS network, 16 seed Albany in a one-point game with 1 seed Florida. 15 mins left in game.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 20, 2014 01:35 PM (ZshNr)

223 Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it's also pretty frickin' cool too.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 01:36 PM (yz6yg)

224

All the measure of corruption show that America has grown much more corrupt in recent years and decades.

This was predictable and was predicted. Ethnic diversity has many positive things, but it reliable increases corruption. So does socialism.

As government control of the American economy has risen, so has corruption. And as Diversity (also known as Not Having Things In Common With Each Other) has increased, so has corruption.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 04:51 PM (ZPrif)

 

I can never get this sort of thing to format right.  Sigh.  Anyway, some of what Joe says here is true, some not.  As for "Ethnic diversity" having "many positive things...um, no.  Not really.

I'm old enough now to have been in the workplace/business world for over 40 years.  Been through all this "diversity" crap; worked with people of every race, creed color and hat size.  All it has done is give the usual suspects on the Left the power to continue corrupt and break down the American culture, which is what they had in mind all along.

Actually, when people say "ethnic", they usually mean "race".  Race is irrelevant.  What matters is the culture the person or group comes from.  And I can tell you that pretty much regardless of what culture this or that person came from, it really does not make much difference where the rubber meets the road.  Been there, seen that.  Although yes, the level of corruption and "gaming the system" has increased a LOT over the past 40 years, and this enforced "diversity" has had a lot to do with it.

Posted by: The Oort Cloud at March 20, 2014 01:36 PM (NKoXJ)

225 OT NewsBreaker ‏@NewsBreaker 37s NEW: Federal judge denies Tennessee's request to halt recognition of same-sex couples' marriages http://bit.ly/1iHXQ1N - @chrisgeidner So, even if you don't grant same-sex marriage, you must recognize them.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 01:36 PM (DmNpO)

226 And there is no justice, for the system has been too corrupted, in its entirety, by the very people who would have to administer that justice.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:36 PM (9W+0f)

227 And most of them tend to be extremely "Machiavellian" about it. Although to be Machiavellian one generally needs to have an actual goal worth pursuing, and most of them certainly don't.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 05:32 PM (9W+0f)

 

 

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When a government employee can get a  free  Carribean vacation on our dime, he doesn't need any goals.

 

We're being played for suckers.  And it's working.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:36 PM (SxpmN)

228 Well, Bush signed the ADA, right? Ultimately a president is responsible for the things he signs into law.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 01:37 PM (ZPrif)

229 We can work our way up to that, I think.


Posted by: D-Lamp at March 20, 2014 05:07 PM (bb5+k)


I say we decimate three times running (sort of a lather rinse repeat scenario) to give them more time to think about the error of their ways.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 20, 2014 01:37 PM (o3MSL)

230 "BREAKING: Obama Being Briefed On Debris Images"

Chris Rock is unfortunately an Obamabot (given his niche in the entertainment industry, if he did not publicly back Obama, he'd never get work again), but he has at times in the past said some stuff in his gig that still has to hit uncomfortably close to home for Obama.

CR said from the stage that some black people make a point of boasting about how on the ball they are, simply for doing ordinary things that people who aren't black just assume is stuff you do without comment.

::: proud pose :::   "I take care of my kids."

"You're SUPPOSED TO take care of your kids!"

In Obama's case, there's this nonsense with the ordinary duties and events of the Presidency being made over by the administration flacks (and the fan club masquerading as a press corps) into a string of Historic Firsts and Urgent Breaking News. No, these things are not actually super-amazing accomplishments to be reported as breathtaking triumphs. They're the job, that's all.

"This just in. The President has for the first time ever used the john in his cabin at Camp David to take a dump. For more on these exciting new developments, let's go to Shep Smith."

Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 01:37 PM (gqT4g)

231 So, things go from bad to worse with no real end in sight. Until the whole mess collapses under its own corruption. That should be fun.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:38 PM (9W+0f)

232 The Onion ‏@TheOnion 16m "I totally owe you one, no question about that." http://onion.com/1erg6Ll pic.twitter.com/pZsWdcwwhU

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 01:38 PM (DmNpO)

233 otie Gym Tells Hot, Fit Woman to Cover Up Because SheÂ’s Intimidating Others Check her out. I don't get it. She looks fine. http://tinyurl.com/onz63wz pjmedia

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:38 PM (IXrOn)

234 But, Darwinism predicts that man will act as little more than an immoral predator toward all other men.

Eh?  The survival of the most adaptable means one has to act immorally to survive?  Generations of Christians getting along just fine doesn't seem to bear that out.  In fact, the more a society adopts Christian virtues, the better that society seems to thrive.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 20, 2014 01:38 PM (P7Wsr)

235 Couldn't he just say that work triggered a "work-aversion" response that made it difficult to, you know, show up for work?

Posted by: Travis McGee at March 20, 2014 01:38 PM (xtby2)

236 JEM, you're truly outrageous.

Posted by: Random 80s reference the youngsters won't get at March 20, 2014 01:39 PM (vgIRn)

237 "Yeah I got me couple of ADA recipients here at the Guido condo complex. Put a pack a cigarettes and a 6 pack in a tree and they'll be the first ones up...but disabled you guys. Oh yeah and motorcycles. " Ah, that's a slightly different class of the disabled. They are known as the "convenient cripple."

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 20, 2014 01:39 PM (gOoFi)

238 Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 05:34 PM (9W+0f) All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.

Posted by: Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto) at March 20, 2014 01:39 PM (CTCNK)

239 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 05:33 PM (olDqf)


Somehow, I don't think an Obama war will be a uniting experience for the US.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 20, 2014 01:39 PM (o3MSL)

240 Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 05:27 PM (sQ0LB) Teaser for Professor Mom Jeans, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love an Administrative Bomb... amirite?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 20, 2014 01:39 PM (HsTG8)

241
Well, Gators finally turned up the juice, that'll be the end of Albany.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 20, 2014 01:40 PM (0Kobm)

242  And there is no justice, for the system has been too corrupted, in its entirety, by the very people who would have to administer that justice.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 05:36 PM (9W+0f)

 

 

----------------------------------------------

 

 

THIS is the biggest problem we have.  Unless this nest of serpents is completely cleaned out, nothing will change. 

 

I like  Allen G's proposal.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:40 PM (SxpmN)

243 Her gym must be on the low end of the bell curve.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:40 PM (GXZgZ)

244 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 05:38 PM (IXrOn)



Trigger appearance!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 20, 2014 01:40 PM (o3MSL)

245 Gross economic mismanagement and exorbitant deficits don't seem like sound principles of governance.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:40 PM (9W+0f)

246 Any other team beat their opponent by 40 points today, or was that just Wisconsin?

Posted by: grammie winger at March 20, 2014 01:41 PM (oMKp3)

247 Just a single bad apple among the multitudes of government employees working tirelessly for your benefit. Serious you guys.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at March 20, 2014 01:41 PM (dvRYt)

248

221...Isn't the real problem with the ADA their vague "reasonable man" standard legal beagles are in love with?

 

Leftist judges have been expanding the ADA by interpreting reasonable accommodation for the disabled so it costs businesses more and more as the law ages.
 

Posted by: bonhomme

 

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The ADA started out as being 'optional' for the most part.

 

Businesses could take tax deductions for those Parking Slots that they established.

 

Same with all the other expensive modifications to their locations...such as wheelchair access.

 

But then, yeah...through the courts...the disabled became a new 'protected class'.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 01:41 PM (5jdPE)

249 Her gym must be on the low end of the bell curve. Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 05:40 PM (GXZgZ) Ah. I see that you've been to Richmond, California.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 01:41 PM (yz6yg)

250 I'd love to see the EPA obliterated, but how do you reach a bunch of LIV's who think that Gasland is the gospel truth? We're doomed.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at March 20, 2014 01:41 PM (+hPIb)

251 Gym Tells Hot, Fit Woman to Cover Up They're doing it wrong.

Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2014 01:42 PM (MBSB6)

252 But, primates are not really capable of governance. And people seem to have mostly devolved to that state. Even, and especially, the elites.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:42 PM (9W+0f)

253 202 rickl, good Obama had no idea Hawaii wasn't always an American State in the Union. Or that the Virginias and Carolinas for instance weren't always divided into two of each. That Arizona (his favorite State!) wasn't originally part of the New Mexico Territory. Or that the USA didn't always reach from sea to shining sea...or something. Being the avowed anti-colonialist like his dreamy daddy, Barry had not idea that Britain especially liked redrawing world maps to suit its own designs. I guess he's still clueless about nations changing their names as well as their boundaries/borders. He skipped school, and hasn't transcripts to produce. So when he became a Senator, he made a point, though he never did homework, to occasionally attend in order to vote "PRESENT".

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 01:42 PM (/vO0r)

254 Her gym must be on the low end of the bell curve. Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 05:40 PM (GXZgZ) I don't think so. Here's the NYDaily News piece on it. http://tinyurl.com/ou5ffu5 They have a video. It doesn't make sense.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:42 PM (IXrOn)

255 No, I'm saying there is a lot of academic evidence. All things being equal, the more more Diversity a country has the more corrupt it is. The least corrupt countries tend to be the most culturally monolithic. Race/ethnicity matters, language matters, religion matters. Transparency International does a good job of tracking corruption. Diversity (aka Citizens Not Having Much In Common With Each Other) is not the only factor that increases corruption, of course. But it is a major factor. The death of the Melting Pot is a major part of splintering of American culture into separate and often hostile sub-cultures.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 01:42 PM (ZPrif)

256 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 05:38 PM (IXrOn) Trigger appearance! Or it's some silly publicity stunt. But hey....if it works....

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:42 PM (GXZgZ)

257 "Gym Tells Hot, Fit Woman to Cover Up " She's not that hot. Nothing special.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 20, 2014 01:43 PM (gOoFi)

258 Governance necessitates foresight and maturity. Both of which are fundamentally Patriarchal values. And therefore Unprogressive.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:43 PM (9W+0f)

259 Doubleplusungood.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:43 PM (9W+0f)

260 Doubleplusunprogressive.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:44 PM (9W+0f)

261 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 05:38 PM (IXrOn) That can't be real. She's average when you stack her up to women in my gym, she has too much fat around the middle and her boobs are too small.* Most fit women at my gym wear what she's wearing or less. * to be "intimidating"

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:44 PM (A98Xu)

262 Doubleplusunpossible!

Posted by: Travis McGee at March 20, 2014 01:44 PM (xtby2)

263 Ha,Piers Morgan challenged Jeremy Clarkson to a fight,for charity.

Posted by: steevy at March 20, 2014 01:45 PM (zqvg6)

264 Ace's post yesterday on food triggered this: Glenn Beck is poisoning himself with what he eats. He loves him some ice cream and processed food. Beck proceeded to read a list of some of the products he can no longer eat: “Any kind of sugar, including agave, candy, chocolate, corn syrup, honey, maple syrup, molasses or sucrose … Dried fruits … Grains, including amaranth, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, corn, couscous, comet, millet, oats, rye, rice, spelt, wheat … All nuts and seeds … Cold cuts, condiments, emulsifiers, fillers, chewing gum … All dairy products and eggs, including butter, cheeses, cow’s milk, creams, any frozen dessert, goat milk, margarine, mayonnaise … All beans and legumes … Tomatoes, tomato sauce, all canned foods, coffee, and processed foods.” He probably has an enzyme problem in his stomach.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:46 PM (IXrOn)

265 ]i]That can't be real. She's average when you stack her up to women in my gym, she has too much fat around the middle and her boobs are too small.* Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 05:44 PM (A98Xu) :::Looks at the body language of the 'Ettes in the thread ::: ::: backs away slowly ::: :::: grabs popcorn :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 01:46 PM (yz6yg)

266 That gym deal is similar to the headline bait from the Daily Mail UK that Ace has mentioned before. No one, I mean no one, is telling that lady she's intimidating because she's so fit and needs to cover up.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:46 PM (A98Xu)

267 241 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 05:33 PM (olDqf) Somehow, I don't think an Obama war will be a uniting experience for the US. Posted by: Hrothgar at March 20, 2014 05:39 PM (o3MSL) And it isn't intended to unite. Chaos

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 01:46 PM (/vO0r)

268 Quick query: were quarters involved in this? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 01:46 PM (x3YFz)

269 266 Geesh,what the fuck CAN he eat?

Posted by: steevy at March 20, 2014 01:47 PM (zqvg6)

270 Watch it, we can't use the term "bell curve" any more. It's racist.

Posted by: Paul Ryan at March 20, 2014 01:47 PM (YmPwQ)

271 oh here's the link Glenn Beck’s Docs Tell Him What No Patient Wants to Hear: ‘Well, Basically, You Are Being Poisoned http://tinyurl.com/oy3spsf

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:47 PM (IXrOn)

272 I see 3 women a day that are hotter than that.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:47 PM (VhqUZ)

273

265 Ha, Piers Morgan challenged Jeremy Clarkson to a fight,for charity.

 

Posted by: steevy

 

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Heh. Jeremy Clarkson doesn't fight fair.

He would bring a flame-thrower and toast Piers Morgan like a marshmallow.

 

 

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 01:47 PM (5jdPE)

274 Watch it, we can't use the term "bell curve" any more. It's racist. Posted by: Paul Ryan at March 20, 2014 05:47 PM (YmPwQ) ButÂ….. "two standard deviations to the left" uses too many words.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 01:47 PM (yz6yg)

275 That can't be real. She's average when you stack her up to women in my gym, she has too much fat around the middle and her boobs are too small. /casually steps into secure bunker /presses button /27 armored doors secure bunker

Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 20, 2014 01:48 PM (naUcP)

276 "269 241 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 05:33 PM (olDqf) Somehow, I don't think an Obama war will be a uniting experience for the US. Posted by: Hrothgar at March 20, 2014 05:39 PM (o3MSL) And it isn't intended to unite. Chaos Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 05:46 PM (/vO0r)" Divide and conquer. Kyrocracy 101.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:48 PM (9W+0f)

277 Geesh,what the fuck CAN he eat? Posted by: steevy at March 20, 2014 05:47 PM (zqvg6) so much on the list is junk what did he expect...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:48 PM (IXrOn)

278 do not worry  the govt. will make up the funds  and fix this by taking another bite out of citizens asses.


Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 01:48 PM (nqBYe)

279 Peers needs work, so any publicity will be good publicity—possibly a reality show for ex-CNN anchors with OAD(obsessive @$$h0l3 disorder) featuring Dr. Drew.

Posted by: Travis McGee at March 20, 2014 01:48 PM (xtby2)

280 Hey, DICKS, didn't you see my asterisk?

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:49 PM (A98Xu)

281 You would lose most leftards at the word "deviations". Scratch that, probably at "two".


Posted by: Paul Ryan at March 20, 2014 01:49 PM (YmPwQ)

282 I kinda think Beck is a hypochondriac.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 01:50 PM (ZPrif)

283 I kinda think Beck is a hypochondriac. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 05:50 PM (ZPrif) agree

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:51 PM (IXrOn)

284 "280 do not worry the govt. will make up the funds and fix this by taking another bite out of citizens asses. Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 05:48 PM (nqBYe)" Printing more money is also recommended by 10/7 economists.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:51 PM (9W+0f)

285 Tomatoes, eggs, oats, seeds and beans don't sound like junk.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 20, 2014 01:51 PM (oMKp3)

286 her boobs are too small.* Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 05:44 PM (A98Xu) Small boobs are first and foremost: boobehs. No such thing as "too small."

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 01:51 PM (x3YFz)

287 Tomatoes, eggs, oats, seeds and beans don't sound like junk. Posted by: grammie winger at March 20, 2014 05:51 PM (oMKp3) no, but, most of the list is (I didn't say all.) He eats horribly.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:52 PM (IXrOn)

288 >>>Heh. Jeremy Clarkson doesn't fight fair.
He would bring a flame-thrower and toast Piers Morgan like a marshmallow. <<<




Back off, Stig. You can have him when I'm done.

Posted by: Jezza at March 20, 2014 01:52 PM (9duOQ)

289 ]That can't be real. She's average when you stack her up to women in my gym, she has too much fat around the middle and her boobs are too small. In a real gym, perhaps, but Planet Fitness sells $10 a month annual memberships to people who have little intention of actually going to the gym in the long run. They make money because fatties like me sign up and then only go a few times before dropping out.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 01:53 PM (DmNpO)

290 Small boobs are first and foremost: boobehs. No such thing as "too small." And I believe it's derogatory to refer to a woman's breasts as "boobs", "jugs", "winnebagos" or "golden bozos".. and that you should only refer to them as "hooters".

Posted by: Steve Martin [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 01:53 PM (yz6yg)

291 If we were playing Ace of Spades Dungeons and Dragons, every action I would take would begin with "I bite the boobeh!"

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 01:53 PM (x3YFz)

292 It's a Planet Fatness? Not surprised.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:53 PM (GiDKn)

293 That Carrick place does not seem legit. They are, what?, chiropractic neurologists? wtf?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 01:54 PM (ZPrif)

294 Planet Fitness is not a gym; it's a judgement free zone.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:54 PM (GiDKn)

295 >>>Peers needs work, so any publicity will be good publicity—possibly a reality show for ex-CNN anchors with OAD(obsessive @$$h0l3 disorder) featuring Dr. Drew.

Posted by: Travis McGee at March 20, 2014 05:48 PM (xtby2)<<<




I'm available.

Posted by: Rick Sanchez at March 20, 2014 01:54 PM (9duOQ)

296 Planet Fitness is not a gym; it's a judgement free zone. Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:54 PM (GiDKn) Evidently it's a hotness free zone too.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 01:54 PM (yz6yg)

297 And I believe it's derogatory to refer to a woman's breasts as "boobs", "jugs", "winnebagos" or "golden bozos".. and that you should only refer to them as "hooters". Look at Mr. fancy schmancy.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:55 PM (GXZgZ)

298 Are we sure Mr. Beale was not on the Malaysian airliner?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 01:55 PM (rh481)

299 In a real gym, perhaps, but Planet Fitness sells $10 a month annual memberships to people who have little intention of actually going to the gym in the long run. They make money because fatties like me sign up and then only go a few times before dropping out. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 05:53 PM Ahh, I see, all is made clear.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:55 PM (A98Xu)

300 Evidently it's a hotness free zone too. Posted by: Sean Bannion at March 20, 2014 05:54 PM (yz6yg) So Walmart changed it's name to Planet Fitness? No one ever tells me this stuff.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 01:56 PM (x3YFz)

301 297 Planet Fitness is not a gym; it's a judgement free zone. Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:54 PM (GiDKn) Supports NDH's theory of Planet Fitness being a no fat shaming trigger zone.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:56 PM (A98Xu)

302 Hey did you see what I did today. I authorized myself to possibly sanction Russia! Take that Pooty!

Posted by: Barakakan at March 20, 2014 01:56 PM (Aif/5)

303 "298 >>>Peers needs work, so any publicity will be good publicity—possibly a reality show for ex-CNN anchors with OAD(obsessive @$$h0l3 disorder) featuring Dr. Drew. Posted by: Travis McGee at March 20, 2014 05:48 PM (xtby2)<<< I'm available. Posted by: Rick Sanchez at March 20, 2014 05:54 PM (9duOQ)" What happened to Rick Sanchez anyway? He had such a promising career ahead of him.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:56 PM (9W+0f)

304 Small boobs are first and foremost: boobehs. No such thing as "too small."

***

Indeed.  And small boobehs are preferable to fake boobehs simply because the former have no scars.

Posted by: cool arrow at March 20, 2014 01:56 PM (Dqdyh)

305 Is Jeremy Clarkson going to have to punch a bitch?!?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Jeremy Clarkson at March 20, 2014 01:56 PM (gOoFi)

306 Planet Fitness is not a gym; it's a judgement free zone. Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:54 PM (GiDKn) That's the irony. haha I think someone just didn't like her.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 01:57 PM (IXrOn)

307  I kinda think Beck is a hypochondriac.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 05:50 PM (ZPrif)

 

 

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Agree.  Plus the place  he's getting this advice seems to be a bit "new age".

 

I'm surprised the docs there didn't try to sell him a crystal.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 01:57 PM (SxpmN)

308 The Planet Fitness I go to now has quite a few 7's and 7.5's. My old location was full of 4 and 5's.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 01:57 PM (GiDKn)

309 It's been a long time since my Philosophy 101 class, but I think it was in The Republic that Plato wrote that the ruthless are most likely to rise to the top, where we say we want the compassionate, but we need the ruthless at the top to be the protector, hence the Benevolent Dictator. Or something.

I think it was called Plato's Dilemma.

Posted by: Socrataunt at March 20, 2014 01:57 PM (6Z9cJ)

310 Seriously though, Clarkson is loving the Morgan firing. Mentions it damn near every show this season. Awesome.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 20, 2014 01:57 PM (gOoFi)

311 A pack of morons: http://goo.gl/Q1i8sI

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 20, 2014 01:57 PM (r7mtu)

312 "301 Are we sure Mr. Beale was not on the Malaysian airliner? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 05:55 PM (rh481)" Hey. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 01:58 PM (9W+0f)

313 The Planet Fitness I go to now has quite a few 7's and 7.5's. My old location was full of 4 and 5's.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:57 PM (GiDKn)


what do the majority of the guys range?

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 01:58 PM (nqBYe)

314 Indeed. And small boobehs are preferable to fake boobehs simply because the former have no scars. Posted by: cool arrow at March 20, 2014 05:56 PM (Dqdyh) I will never turn down a free boobeh. There are drinks I won't drink. Food I won't eat. Alleys I will not tread down. But never will I stare a boobeh directly in the eye and say "Nope."

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 01:58 PM (x3YFz)

315 311 The Planet Fitness I go to now has quite a few 7's and 7.5's. My old location was full of 4 and 5's. Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:57 PM (GiDKn) Well, la dee da. Throwing your 7's in our faces.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 01:58 PM (A98Xu)

316 Looks like Beck kept going to regular docs and they said it was in his head maybe or not anything to worry about. But Beck is rich as hell so it looks like he's going to more and more "alternative" docs until he finds one that tells him what he wants to hear. Radical diet changes are a fairly reliable sign of quackery. Not always, of course. Steve Jobs was a big fan of crazy diets. I have a buddy of mine who goes on insanely stupid diets. He doesn't trust normal medicine - then he'll read some stupid book and be on some new quack diet that claims it can cure everything. he self-diagnoses everything -- but won't get blood tests for some reason. Annoying as hell. If you think you have X, go to a fucking doctor and get the blood tests. Don't self-diagnose and go on same insane diet -- which we both know you'll give up in 3 weeks and order two large pizzas. He's a good guys, but he's stupid as shit when it comes to medicine. He won't listen to actual doctors and believes every quack with a website and book to sell. He's rational in every other aspect of his life. I've given up trying to talk him out of his stupidity.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 01:59 PM (ZPrif)

317 Florida not running away with this.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 20, 2014 01:59 PM (oMKp3)

318 Hah....puppies on strike.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 01:59 PM (VhqUZ)

319 273. We went through that several times, various years; Beck's problem is representative of what sort of breakdowns in health happen more frequently these days to typical lifestyle Americans. non-GMO, organic vegetables and grains provide the bulk of our meals that usually feature chicken -- avoiding foods that we know from experience cause us severe inflammatory discomfort. NEVER use processed when you can do "scratch". Avoid all the chemically altered and genetically altered shit they label as "natural ...." and by shit, no kidding: fecal matter as natural flavors (sweeteners). Word to the wise, #1 begin each day with the probiotics and keep the digestive tract healthy.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 01:59 PM (/vO0r)

320 Obligatory... Your government atwerk.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 20, 2014 01:59 PM (0HooB)

321 Steve Jobs was a big fan of crazy diets. And he died of pancreatic cancer. Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 02:00 PM (yz6yg)

322 321 Hah....puppies on strike. Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 05:59 PM (VhqUZ) Sweater Puppies! yes that was what I couldn't remember!

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 02:00 PM (x3YFz)

323 "305 Hey did you see what I did today. I authorized myself to possibly sanction Russia! Take that Pooty! Posted by: Barakakan at March 20, 2014 05:56 PM (Aif/5)" If Hillary or Tipper or Michelle were President, WWIII would have started already.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 02:00 PM (9W+0f)

324 If Hillary or Tipper or Michelle were President, WWIII would have started already. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 06:00 PM (9W+0f) Hardly.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 02:01 PM (yz6yg)

325 The best kind of gym to go to is one where the only people are people who have had heart issues (not that I'm recommending people have heart issues) at a cardiac rehabilitation unit Nobody is there is there to pick up anybody or judge how anybody looks. They just want to gain strength and stamina and if you have problems there are medical personal available. Best experience at a gym I ever had and the bonus is if you're at least 10 years younger than anybody else they're really impressed if you run 2.5 miles an hour on the treadmill. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2014 02:02 PM (XyM/Y)

326 That's the irony. haha I think someone just didn't like her. **** Did you see the vid? the chick in the car talking about it being unfair to show off your body?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 02:02 PM (DmNpO)

327 If Hillary or Tipper or Michelle were President, WWIII would have started already. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 06:00 PM (9W+0f) You are aware of this event related to Benghazi, yes?

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 02:02 PM (x3YFz)

328 The best kind of gym to go to is one where the only people are people who have had heart issues (not that I'm recommending people have heart issues) at a cardiac rehabilitation unit Nobody is there is there to pick up anybody or judge how anybody looks. They just want to gain strength and stamina and if you have problems there are medical personal available. Best experience at a gym I ever had and the bonus is if you're at least 10 years younger than anybody else they're really impressed if you run 2.5 miles an hour on the treadmill. :^) *** Absolutely. And I'd still be going to that gym if it weren't now 20 minutes each way.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 02:02 PM (DmNpO)

329 yeah, stay away from those "inorganic vegetables". Always get the ones with carbon. Organic food is bullshit. There's zero evidence of any health benefit. None. There aren't even any real standards. The "organic" bs is quackery. The paranoia about "chemicals" is ignorance. Everything is a chemical. All food is made of chemicals.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 02:03 PM (ZPrif)

330 Capt. Tita and Elisa relaxing in the sauna.  Tita finds out Elise has bigger boobehs.   From the anime Plastic Little who's DVD has a jiggle counter. 

NSFW probably - http://tinyurl.com/kj3nftf

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 02:03 PM (rh481)

331 "310 I kinda think Beck is a hypochondriac. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 05:50 PM (ZPrif) ----------------------------------------------- Agree. Plus the place he's getting this advice seems to be a bit "new age". I'm surprised the docs there didn't try to sell him a crystal. Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 05:57 PM (SxpmN)" Dat's ignorant! Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 20, 2014 02:03 PM (9W+0f)

332 Okay off to gymnastics. To watch, not do. That's the kind of exercise I like best.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 20, 2014 02:04 PM (oMKp3)

333 319. Yes, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing (jump from pan into the fire). We collected our advice from our own research, from the surgeons who removed the septic matter, and with the MD Nutritionists, pharmacists and allergy specialists. A body is a beautiful but complicated thing. Everything affects everything.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 02:04 PM (/vO0r)

334 328 The best kind of gym to go to is one where the only people are people who have had heart issues (not that I'm recommending people have heart issues) at a cardiac rehabilitation unit Nobody is there is there to pick up anybody or judge how anybody looks. They just want to gain strength and stamina and if you have problems there are medical personal available. Best experience at a gym I ever had and the bonus is if you're at least 10 years younger than anybody else they're really impressed if you run 2.5 miles an hour on the treadmill. :^) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2014 06:02 PM (XyM/Y) Sorry. I'm going to go ahead and hang out with SEALS that do pull ups with tractor tires attached to their waist with a logging chain. Makes me feel like a pussy but I'm working on it.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 02:04 PM (x3YFz)

335 Word to the wise, #1 begin each day with the probiotics and keep the digestive tract healthy. Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 05:59 PM (/vO0r) Yep. Even my hubby does this.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 20, 2014 02:04 PM (IXrOn)

336 "Organic food is bullshit. There's zero evidence of any health benefit. None. There aren't even any real standards. The "organic" bs is quackery. The paranoia about "chemicals" is ignorance. Everything is a chemical. All food is made of chemicals." Heh. Kind of like "all natural." What, like we have a food system based upon eating things that fall out of space or something.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 20, 2014 02:06 PM (gOoFi)

337 Anything that advertises itself as "detoxifying" is 99% likely to be quackery. quackwatch.com is a good site.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 02:06 PM (ZPrif)

338 I'm going to go ahead and hang out with SEALS that do pull ups with tractor tires attached to their waist with a logging chain. Makes me feel like a pussy but I'm working on it.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 06:04 PM (x3YFz)


now this is something i would watch.

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 02:06 PM (nqBYe)

339 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 06:02 PM (DmNpO) I understand; The one I went to is 30 minutes each way.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2014 02:06 PM (XyM/Y)

340 He's a good guys, but he's stupid as shit when it comes to medicine. He won't listen to actual doctors and believes every quack with a website and book to sell. He's rational in every other aspect of his life. I've given up trying to talk him out of his stupidity.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 05:59 PM (ZPrif)

 

 

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You've just described a good friend that I have.  No amount of logic is going to change  his mind. 

 

He takes handfuls of vitamins and supplements every day because he read something on the internet that said it was something the evil  medical doctors don't want him to have because it would ruin their profession.

 

He'll believe every diet fad and foible out there.  He is a fan of moderation, but he thinks he needs all the other pill and capsular enhancements.....just because.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 02:06 PM (SxpmN)

341 Heh. Kind of like "all natural." What, like we have a food system based upon eating things that fall out of space or something. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 20, 2014 06:06 PM (gOoFi) Right? radiation is "natural." That phrase (all natural) makes wayne brady wanna choke a bitch.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 02:07 PM (x3YFz)

342 Okay, just watched the video and if it is a "dress code" violation then fine, but they showed women doing Zumba like dance wearing the same crap she was so what's the deal? The idiot that said athletics is inherently discriminatory should be flogged. Ah, yeah, that's the idea. It's called competition.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 02:08 PM (A98Xu)

343 only march and i already would like to package this year and toss it into the garbage.

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 02:08 PM (nqBYe)

344 Yeah, every quack does that -- "What the doctors don't what you to know!", "The medical secret They are hiding from you!".

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 02:08 PM (ZPrif)

345 Anything that advertises itself as "detoxifying" is 99% likely to be quackery.

quackwatch.com is a good site.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 06:06 PM (ZPrif)

 

 

---------------------------------------

 

 

Anti-oxidants.  That's code for being afraid of going to the doctor  for regular check-ups. 

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 02:09 PM (SxpmN)

346 OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a senator [Carl Levin] that tested positive for the poisonous ricin and set the nation’s capital on edge a day after the Boston Marathon bombings. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested at 5:15 p.m. at his apartment in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line about 100 miles east of Memphis. It wasn’t immediately known where he was being held.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 20, 2014 02:10 PM (e8kgV)

347

347 only march and i already would like to package this year and toss it into the garbage.

 


Yeah, willow.

I'm dreading the Spring this year...

 

After last year's tornadoes, I have a sinking feeling that we're in for a rough ride this year too.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 02:11 PM (5jdPE)

348 Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested at 5:15 p.m. at his apartment in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line about 100 miles east of Memphis. It wasnÂ’t immediately known where he was being held.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 20, 2014 06:10 PM (e8kgV)


people are crazy pants.

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 02:11 PM (nqBYe)

349 What are you sorry about? I'm o.k. :^) My heart issue came from having a congenital heart defect that was only detected in my 50's. It was fixed and I'm still here. I'm glad it didn't happen under Obamacare and the staff were nicer than many gym folks would probably be.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2014 02:11 PM (XyM/Y)

350 I, for one, enjoy looking at the fit and attractive people at my gym. It's a nice counterbalance to my Walmart shopping. I'm not there to pick anyone up, but I'm looking, just try and stop me.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 02:12 PM (A98Xu)

351 105--- Any candidate who publicly announces he wants to abolish both the EPA and the IRS will get a 57-state landslide. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2014 05:09 PM (olDqf) -------------------- Yes. Sadly, that is true. (Of course I assume you meant he would be DEFEATED in a 57-state landslide.) Without the media on our side, we can't even present the evidence or frame an argument. The fact is that we can do very little to reform, much less abolish, this corrupt system. It's what the people want.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 20, 2014 02:12 PM (dfYL9)

352

Word to the wise, #1 begin each day with the probiotics and keep the digestive tract healthy.
Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 05:59 PM (/vO0r)

 

 

-------------------------------------------------

 

 

I started the day with hot 'n spicy brauts.  My digestive tract is fine.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 02:12 PM (SxpmN)

353 So, last we knew, zombie plane turned west. Then, satellites tell us it either turned north and west or south and west at the next navigation beacon and continued flying for a total of seven and a half hours. After that, nothing is known, right? Except for the black hole chowing it into another dimension of course.

Posted by: MTF at March 20, 2014 02:12 PM (UGWs/)

354 This fuckstick even lied about contracting malaria in Vietnam so he could have a hadicapped parking spot at work, when he was there

Posted by: The Jackhole at March 20, 2014 02:13 PM (nTgAI)

355 It is to laugh:

"Zero Oregon Obamacare Enrollees After Four Months and $305 Million"


Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 20, 2014 02:13 PM (nZiT2)

356 "This fuckstick even lied about contracting malaria in Vietnam so he could have a hadicapped parking spot at work, when he was there " Top. Man.

Posted by: EPA at March 20, 2014 02:14 PM (gOoFi)

357 Okay, just watched the video and if it is a "dress code" violation then fine, but they showed women doing Zumba like dance wearing the same crap she was so what's the deal? *** that video was an example of what they don't tolerate. They call hem "lunks".

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 02:14 PM (DmNpO)

358 >> what do the majority of the guys range? How can you tell how much money they have just by looking at them?

Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2014 02:14 PM (3M7lV)

359 Just about time for God to drop a big rock on Washington DC - so we can start over.  But, have we learned anything from our mistakes?

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at March 20, 2014 02:15 PM (ylhEn)

360 "Zero Oregon Obamacare Enrollees After Four Months and $305 Million" We have failed Him.

Posted by: eleven at March 20, 2014 02:15 PM (GXZgZ)

361 Was the Zombie Rat Ship a Carrier?

Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2014 02:15 PM (3M7lV)

362 After last year's tornadoes, I have a sinking feeling that we're in for a rough ride this year too.

Posted by: wheatie at March 20, 2014 06:11 PM (5jdPE)

 

 

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I don't know.  Usually there's a prelude of things to come in the Feb-March timeframe in the deep south states.  So far this year it's been a big flat zero.

 

We'll see, I guess.

Posted by: Soona at March 20, 2014 02:15 PM (SxpmN)

363 And I haven't seem much scientific evidence to support probiotics use by a normal, healthy adult. http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/probiotics/ Probiotics are useful for the prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhea. Probiotics may be helpful in preventing other overgrowth syndromes or diseases associated, perhaps, with perturbations of the gut microbial flora such as IBS and colic. Probiotics are foreign bacteria that are not a normal part of your gi tract, they do not enhance your immune system and, in normal people do not promote the nebulous bowel health. If you are a normal human, with a normal diet, save your money. Probiotics have nothing to offer but an increased cost.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 02:15 PM (ZPrif)

364 @364 That is clearly the way he will look upon it. Not him. Not his program. You. You.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 20, 2014 02:16 PM (gOoFi)

365 How can you tell how much money they have just by looking at them?

Posted by: garrett at March 20, 2014 06:14 PM (3M7lV)


their sneakers? and cleanliness of socks? they own their own washing machine and drier, perhaps in their own Home, that they had to drive miles from in their paid for but nice car, which meant they have enough for inssurance.

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 02:16 PM (nqBYe)

366 Organic food is bullshit. There's zero evidence of any health benefit. None. There aren't even any real standards. The "organic" bs is quackery. The paranoia about "chemicals" is ignorance. Everything is a chemical. All food is made of chemicals. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 20, 2014 06:03 PM (ZPrif) Sorry, Joe. But I beg to differ. Notice I did NOT write that organic vegetables are "more nutritious". Radio active waste is a chemical I wouldn't advise consuming. Nor would I want to eat food grown/raised/processed in heavy metals. And if you think that there's no difference between heirloom and GMO, that would be due to a lack of research on your part. But think as you like.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 20, 2014 02:16 PM (/vO0r)

367 dryer.. ^#!@W%

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 02:17 PM (nqBYe)

368 HATBORO A Hatboro man was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly sending a scratch-and-sniff birthday card laced with ricin to a man now dating his ex-girlfriend, authorities said. Nicholas Todd Helman, 19, was charged with attempted murder and risking catastrophe after lab tests allegedly showed that the card he placed in the man's family mailbox March 6 was discovered this week to have contained traces of the toxic substance, Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler said.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 20, 2014 02:17 PM (e8kgV)

369 The Planet Fitness I go to now has quite a few 7's and 7.5's. My old location was full of 4 and 5's.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of the underscore at March 20, 2014 05:57 PM (GiDKn

 

Old crowd at my gym. There are a lot of 70s and 75s.

 

The old men insist on walking around the locker room butt naked talking about whatever and drying their old streched out nuts with the community hair dryer while putting their feet on the couter to do so. WTF. Old people don't give a shit 

Posted by: The Jackhole at March 20, 2014 02:17 PM (nTgAI)

370 nevermind.

Posted by: willow at March 20, 2014 02:17 PM (nqBYe)

371 So in closing, the failures of a president Obama are not truly his failures. They are ours. He will go down in history as the greatest president of a nation that just wasn't ready for him.

Posted by: Newsweek January 2017 at March 20, 2014 02:18 PM (Aif/5)

372 Anybody know if probiotics helps with H Pylori?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 20, 2014 02:18 PM (0HooB)

373 I'm not joining The Jackhole's gym.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 02:18 PM (A98Xu)

374 drying their old streched outnuts with the community hair dryer God I miss my membership to the House Gym.

Posted by: Eric Massa at March 20, 2014 02:19 PM (3M7lV)

375 Nood Paul Ryan

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 20, 2014 02:20 PM (ojnk6)

376 I want to join the gym where the very fit are putting oil on their bodies in slow motion. Don't ask me why they're doing that.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 02:20 PM (A98Xu)

377 "Zero Oregon Obamacare Enrollees After Four Months and $305 Million" THERE is your free government job. Show up, slap a keyboard, collect a check. It's not like they know you don't know what you are doing.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 02:21 PM (KvM9d)

378 @375 Precisely. You bunch of boobs.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 20, 2014 02:21 PM (gOoFi)

379 drying their old streched outnuts with the community hair dryer ... that is called a Blow Job

Posted by: derp at March 20, 2014 02:22 PM (W6iIX)

380 I'm here to summon the others - Nood

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at March 20, 2014 02:23 PM (V40IZ)

381 The one good thing about my gym. They have beer

Posted by: The Jackhole at March 20, 2014 02:23 PM (nTgAI)

382

Not only was Beale getting paid and not showing up - they discovered that his pay was above the rate that he was hired on for.  Sweet Jesus.

 

 

 

OT:  The reporter that said that Carney was fed questions prior to press briefings has now recanted her story and said that it isn't true.  It didn't take the WH too long to contact CBS and have her recant.  Don't worry dearheart, no one in the MFM will ask you why you would lie in the first place.  We all know you didn't.

Posted by: Cheri at March 20, 2014 02:24 PM (G+Wff)

383 OT, but the UK judge threw out that LDS fraud case, citing it a gross misuse of the courts. Good, some sanity prevails. But the idiot what brought the suit is still looking for other avenues to address his grievances, apparently.

If you leave a church, just leave, don't get all bitterly obsessive about it, dude. Not good for the soul.

Posted by: LizLem at March 20, 2014 02:25 PM (BF+2f)

384 Travis McGee?

Are you the same guy I used to chat with on Free Republic?

If so, kind regards. I am "moving on with my life" after losing Miss Emily, my wife of 25 years. Yeah, it hurts like a Son of a Bitch, and I am poor, and old. But I have my Border Collie beside me, who loves me with his whole heart. Got my one & only tattoo I designed back when I rode choppers. I wish life had turned out differently, but I'm OK.

Posted by: backhoe at March 20, 2014 02:31 PM (ULH4o)

385 "Who's the annoying schmuck who wears the Riddler outfit and hocks books about how to get filthy Federal lucre"

Michael Mann

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at March 20, 2014 02:31 PM (kUgpq)

386 I'm going to go ahead and hang out with SEALS that do pull ups with tractor tires attached to their waist with a logging chain. Makes me feel like a pussy but I'm working on it.

SEAL Fit? 

When I did CrossFit there was a real-life Navy SEAL that used to come in sometimes.  Walking on the street you probably wouldn't look at him twice.  He was 5'11" or so, had sort of a bulky runner's body.  But holy smokes he could do the workouts without breaking a sweat.  He'd just bounce around, do everything 10% harder than anyone else in there, and walk out fresh.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 20, 2014 02:44 PM (P7Wsr)

387 I'm not there to pick anyone up, but I'm looking, just try and stop me. Posted by: Seems legit at March 20, 2014 06:12 PM (A98Xu) Um... you know this is AoS you're posting on, right? I did a ride along with my friend last week and we soooo threw traffic patrol out the window and cruised the local university for hotties in yoga pants.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:00 PM (x3YFz)

388 He was 5'11" or so, had sort of a bulky runner's body. But holy smokes he could do the workouts without breaking a sweat. He'd just bounce around, do everything 10% harder than anyone else in there, and walk out fresh. Posted by: bonhomme at March 20, 2014 06:44 PM (P7Wsr) Those guys are... well, shoot there's just no good way to describe it. If they're full on team guys then they're fit, for certain. Olympians fail BUDS, to put it in perspective. Me? I'm AF. I get winded just imagining a pull up bar.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:06 PM (x3YFz)

389 I always figured, in government agencies that really don't produce any useful goods and services except an endless stream of pestilent regulations, being a con artist was one of the essential job requirements.

Posted by: Socratease at March 20, 2014 03:24 PM (82qVG)

390 Speaking of BS, I went to our new Whole Foods store. Amazing what LIV's will buy. Free range beef, like they pen up cows? Hormone free, blah blah blah. $27.95 a pound for tenderloin steak. 1,000s of packages of organic shit from company's I had never heard of. The mark up must be amazing. Looked to me the employee to customer ratio was close to one to one. Absolutely amazing the profile of the customers. I didn't see many Republicans but a lot of Obama voters being cool. They even have a pub in the store. In a upper class shopping area, lots of transplanted Yankees.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 20, 2014 03:49 PM (0FSuD)

391

About everything you need to know about the EPA you can find in C.J. Box's novels, where a strong subtext is always how the federal government oppresses average people in Wyoming with its fascistic bureaucracy.   Invariably in the novels we meet a fed bureaucrat for the EPA who is solely in it for the pension, and for how he can work the system to get the most perks.

Posted by: The Regular Guy at March 20, 2014 03:59 PM (nov+8)

392 By the way, Beale got his job through a friend. Which job: EPA or CIA?

Posted by: oldirishpig at March 20, 2014 04:33 PM (uZxOj)

393 If you find an endangered animal on your farm, remember: "Shot, Shovel, and Shut up"

Posted by: burt at March 21, 2014 01:39 PM (1+kJ5)

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