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1 Howdy

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at January 20, 2014 03:31 AM (pq1E5)

2 First. And good morning.

Posted by: whiskey tango at January 20, 2014 03:31 AM (xSuCq)

3 Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, January 20, 2014. On this day in 1981 Ronald Reagan became the oldest President to take office. Oh how I miss those days.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:32 AM (T2V/1)

4 The United Nations nuclear watchdog reported Monday that Iran had halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment work as part of a deal struck with six world powers last November.

Isn't this the same stupid outfit that said Saddam Hussein had quit all his crap?

http://tinyurl.com/mookhq7

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:33 AM (T2V/1)

5 Democrat Mayor of Hoboken says the Fat Man told her she would be denied aid unless she signed off on one of his projects. I don't believe her or the Fat Man.

http://tinyurl.com/mtrd377

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:33 AM (T2V/1)

6 Karzia making more demands. He knows Cheney is no longer around with his big war cock. Instead we have a pussy in office wearing mom jeans.

http://tinyurl.com/kfypd9p

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:33 AM (T2V/1)

7 Corrupt Holder has moved his corrupt civil rights lawfare to Miami now.

http://tinyurl.com/m3nuegx

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:33 AM (T2V/1)

8 Chicago has 180 days to rewrite their anti-gun law.

http://tinyurl.com/qfu7s8q

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:34 AM (T2V/1)

9 Queen Elizabeth is beginning the handoff to idiot Charles.

http://tinyurl.com/lonjalm

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:34 AM (T2V/1)

10 The Europeans are giving up on the phony AGW scam.

http://tinyurl.com/k2xe9vw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:34 AM (T2V/1)

11 Obama throws the race card on drug laws. One wonders where he got a deck with 10E99 race cards in it.

http://tinyurl.com/kxmuh9a

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:34 AM (T2V/1)

12 Democrat controlled schools in Philly are rife with cheating.

http://tinyurl.com/lwdf3g8

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:35 AM (T2V/1)

13 Avowed commie Bernie Sanders has introduced a bill to replace Obamacare with single payer. I see the news people are still calling him an "independent" and placing an "I" after his name. He is an admitted communist people.

http://tinyurl.com/mf5d7th

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:35 AM (T2V/1)

14 Fiftieth! No wait, seventy-fifth! Or something. So today we celebrate a holiday for a phony historical figure, a man who was a plagiarist, a womanizer and a communist sympathizer. Well, for Owebama, two out of three ain't bad.

Posted by: RickZ at January 20, 2014 03:35 AM (PpAf4)

15 Inhofe calls Obama a liar on his global warming scam.

http://tinyurl.com/mf5d7th

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:35 AM (T2V/1)

16 Megyn Kelly asks Bitch McConnell why they don't go ahead and impeach Obama over his lawless actions. I notice she is letting her hair grow out again. At least that is worthwhile.

http://tinyurl.com/mjam4vw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:36 AM (T2V/1)

17 Obama plays another race card on why people do not like him.

http://tinyurl.com/m7ehkry

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:36 AM (T2V/1)

18 Don't be fooled by the calls for "temporary workers". They will not be temporary and it just another method of advancing amnesty.

http://tinyurl.com/mfbvr6s

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:36 AM (T2V/1)

19 Instead we have a pussy in office wearing mom jeans. http://tinyurl.com/kfypd9p Vic, you cracked me up with that comment! Thank you.

Posted by: Carol at January 20, 2014 03:37 AM (z4WKX)

20 Kindle Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/lbqrjy3

That's it for today folks.

And I have a Dr's appointment in an hour so I'll be dropping out shortly.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 03:37 AM (T2V/1)

Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

No story today, and probably not for the week. Why? Two reasons:

1. I'm sick. And no, not hung over, sick. Whatever bronchitis / flu crap has been floating around finally got me. I couldn't sleep all this weekend and now I'm waiting for the boss to come in so I can ask to go home.

2. First draft of the new Theda Bara book was finished at 1.18pm yesterday. Now it's all just backfill. I need to put the old brain in neutral for a while.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 20, 2014 03:37 AM (zF6Iw)

22 Pretty decent SF/Seattle game last night. And the guy Peyton has a future in football.

Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 03:37 AM (oKs5r)

23 Obama plays another race card on why people do not like him. http://tinyurl.com/m7ehkry Posted by: Vic at January 20, 2014 07:36 AM (T2V/1) ThatÂ’s the reason the fools elected him, because he is black or half black to be more accurate.

Posted by: Carol at January 20, 2014 03:40 AM (z4WKX)

24 ThatÂ’s the reason the fools elected him, because he is black or half black to be more accurate. Posted by: Carol at January 20, 2014 07:40 AM

What about the millions of people Choom Boy hates because they're white?

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 20, 2014 03:42 AM (ff7/5)

25 MPPPP, I hope you donÂ’t stay sick for long. I was sick for over a week, got better and then much worse for two weeks. I didnÂ’t think of it until it was probably too late but if you take vitamins, double up on them.

Posted by: Carol at January 20, 2014 03:43 AM (z4WKX)

26 What about the millions of people Choom Boy hates because they're white? Posted by: MrScribbler at January 20, 2014 07:42 AM (ff7/5) Not to mention the Jooos.

Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 03:45 AM (DrC22)

27 What about the millions of people Choom Boy hates because they're white?
Posted by: MrScribbler

If they are like some of the people I know, they will try to be less white.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2014 03:45 AM (xvzKS)

28 Read Jed Babbin's article on American Spectator about how Obama and Kerry are intent upon throwing Israel under the bus. And we have three more years of this? http://spectator.org/articles/57474/israel-kerry-back

Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 03:47 AM (DrC22)

29 This race card sure sounds like a "Get out of Personal Responsibility Card"

Posted by: billypaintbrush at January 20, 2014 03:47 AM (9/iF+)

30 If they are like some of the people I know, they will try to be less white. I need a serious Coppertone tan.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 20, 2014 03:47 AM (JQuNB)

31 C'mon people, i'll be spending the day in a hospital waiting room. Commence with the funneh!!

Posted by: dananjcon at January 20, 2014 03:47 AM (TXHOY)

32 Can anyone explain to me how John Kerry, a known traitor to his county and his fellow vets, could be our Secretary of State?

Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 03:48 AM (DrC22)

33 Morning!

I got nuthin.. and it's Monday..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 20, 2014 03:48 AM (b/lt+)

34 Not to mention the Jooos. Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 07:45 AM

You gotta admit President Historic FirstÂ© loves him some Muzzie Bros, though.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 20, 2014 03:49 AM (ff7/5)

35 What's going on, dananjcon?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 20, 2014 03:49 AM (b/lt+)

36 I need a serious Coppertone tan.
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron

You also must denounce your whiteness, and all things white, and any white heritage and history that you have no means nothing.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2014 03:50 AM (xvzKS)

37 Can anyone explain to me how John Kerry, a known traitor to his county and his fellow vets, could be our Secretary of State? Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 07:48 AM

Can you explain how someone who's eligibility for the office, life story, patriotism and associations with known criminals and terrorists can (or at least should) be questioned gets elected President? And twice, at that?

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 20, 2014 03:51 AM (ff7/5)

38 35 minor plumbing job on my wife.

Posted by: dananjcon at January 20, 2014 03:51 AM (TXHOY)

39 G'morn, morons.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 20, 2014 03:52 AM (pUAXu)

40 Seeing that MPPPPP has let us all down again, I searched out Mark Evanier's great story, for a different kind of Hollyweird insider tail. "One day, I decided I deserved an elephant..... " http://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col226/ Oh, and... Good Morning!

Posted by: webworker at January 20, 2014 03:52 AM (ndxIr)

41 Well, I hope everything turns out ok. Bring a good book.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 20, 2014 03:52 AM (b/lt+)

42 Queen Elizabeth is beginning the handoff to idiot Charles. ***** Great! Now the U.S. will be surpassed in the last remaining category in which we led the free world-- head of state ear size.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 20, 2014 03:53 AM (g4TxM)

43 You also must denounce your whiteness, and all things white, and any white heritage and history that you have no means nothing. ------- And give up your guns and religion.

Posted by: Choomin at January 20, 2014 03:53 AM (Aif/5)

44 On a fun note. Me and the Mrs. and SIL went to lock 13 (by Fulton, Ill) on the Mississippi River yesterday. Hundreds of Bald Eagles for the viewing. Spent about an hour watching them feed by the locks.
A little chilly, but well worth the drive.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2014 03:53 AM (xvzKS)

45 Just a hearty howdy-fek-you to all our rulers and wannabe rulers. Fuckers never quit fucking. Secede now. Republic of Texas.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at January 20, 2014 03:54 AM (71z/e)

46 "I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!"

Posted by: Prince Charles, Playing Pocket Pool at January 20, 2014 03:55 AM (JQuNB)

47 What about the millions of people Choom Boy hates because they're white? Posted by: MrScribbler at January 20, 2014 07:42 AM (ff7/5) Mr. Scribbler, Those white people also voted for him. They are the LIVs who donÂ’t know any better and wanted the Â“first blackÂ” president! What a bunch of idiots & I hope they pay for their ignorance.

Posted by: Carol at January 20, 2014 03:56 AM (z4WKX)

48 38 days

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 38 days until spring training at January 20, 2014 03:57 AM (u8GsB)

49 Thanks jerry, fortunately we dont have Ocare yet and everthing has gone smoothly. Valet parking, free fresh coffee and fox news on the tv.

Posted by: dananjcon at January 20, 2014 03:57 AM (TXHOY)

50 I spend not a great amount of time reading comments from other sites.
Typically I read the ones from news magazines and newspapers.

And it's not hard to sense the pulse of commenters, as well as the ratio of liberal and conservative comments.

Unless it's the NYT's, it seems that Obama supporters are fleeing the comment sections just about everywhere you look.
Can't speak for Kos and DU, as I refuse to wade into those swamps, but they are not representative of general comment populations.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2014 03:58 AM (kFCo1)

51 Great! Now the U.S. will be surpassed in the last remaining category in which we led the free world-- head of state ear size. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 20, 2014 07:53 AM (g4TxM) You guys are cracking me up this morning!

Posted by: Carol at January 20, 2014 03:59 AM (z4WKX)

52 By the way, Secede is on my license plate. My car stays parked in airport lots. It has never been keyed. That is remarkable. It's Texas.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at January 20, 2014 04:00 AM (71z/e)

53 32 Can anyone explain to me how John Kerry, a known traitor to his county and his fellow vets, could be our Secretary of State?

Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 07:48 AM (DrC22)

The same way the corrupt and serial perjurer got it before him.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 04:01 AM (T2V/1)

54 51 Great! Now the U.S. will be surpassed in the last remaining category in which we led the free world-- head of state ear size. My record will stand forever.

Posted by: Lyndon Baines Johnson at January 20, 2014 04:01 AM (JQuNB)

55 "I'm sick. And no, not hung over, sick. Whatever bronchitis / flu crap has been floating around finally got me."

The dominant flu this season is the H1N1 strain. Swine flu.

It's a nasty business. If you look up the CDC morbidity/mortality reports, you will learn that it's killing more people than is usually the case for seasonal flu, and it is hitting earlier.

I had it during its last big season five years ago. (There hasn't been a major outbreak from then till now.) It was a bitch. I was ill for months, really badly so, to the point where I could barely even accomplish ordinary life maintenance at times, e.g., dressing and feeding myself. Relapsed repeatedly. And I'm someone in absolutely excellent baseline health!

This year's vaccine strain selection does include H1N1. I don't know to what extent it may confer immunity to what's actually circulating. The medical system is still administering and encouraging the vaccine. Nota bene.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 20, 2014 04:01 AM (gqT4g)

And that's it. I'm out. See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 20, 2014 04:02 AM (zF6Iw)

57
>>>>Secede now. Republic of Texas.

http://is.gd/P3qYaQ

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hnds at January 20, 2014 04:02 AM (KgN8K)

58 "One day, I decided I deserved an elephant..... "
http://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col226/

Oh, and... Good Morning!
Posted by: webworker

Thanks for the link. Great story.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2014 04:03 AM (xvzKS)

59 55 My record will stand forever.

Posted by: Lyndon Baines Johnson at January 20, 2014 08:01 AM (JQuNB)

What about me?

Posted by: LBJ's Puppy at January 20, 2014 04:03 AM (T2V/1)

60 Go hawks!

Posted by: runningrn at January 20, 2014 04:07 AM (o6g4X)

61 I had it during its last big season five years ago. (There hasn't been a major outbreak from then till now.) It was a bitch. I was ill for months, really badly so, to the point where I could barely even accomplish ordinary life maintenance at times, e.g., dressing and feeding myself. Relapsed repeatedly. And I'm someone in absolutely excellent baseline health! This year's vaccine strain selection does include H1N1. I don't know to what extent it may confer immunity to what's actually circulating. The medical system is still administering and encouraging the vaccine. Nota bene. Posted by: torque wrench at January 20, 2014 08:01 AM (gqT4g) Torque Wrench, thatÂ’s what I had? I had a flu shot on December 3 and got sick on December 13. In total I was sick for over three weeks. Now I know and the people I work with should be thankful that I do not think IÂ’m being tough by going into work when I know that what I have is probably contagious. MPPPP, Take care of yourself. You might not be back for a few days.

Posted by: Carol at January 20, 2014 04:10 AM (z4WKX)

62 63 Why are these guys still playing football....don't they know its golf season?

Posted by: Tony Romo at January 20, 2014 08:10 AM (OWjjx)

I remember when football season ended in the first week in Dec or the last week in Nov.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 04:12 AM (T2V/1)

63 "Secede now. Republic of Texas."

If momentum can ever seriously be built up for that, I'm pulling up stakes and getting my ass to Texas as fast as I can.

Hell, if it even looks as though there's a _chance_ of building up momentum, I'll show up there, ready to stake my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor (as some dead old white guys once put it).

But, um, is it really feasible? In a state where a transparent phony like Abortion Barbie can actually pull forty percent plus in the polls?

I know she is horribly unlikely to get elected with those numbers unless Abbott pulls a Clayton Williams and gaffes massively about rape (funny how Republican candidates have been exploding and sinking on that mine for a long time now).

Merely for her to poll that high on the basis of one (1) obviously orchestrated filibuster and a nondescript legislative career seems not to be a good omen for TX.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 20, 2014 04:13 AM (gqT4g)

64 Can't speak for Kos and DU, as I refuse to wade into those swamps, but they are not representative of general comment populations.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
.............
Kos is way down on number of commenters. A couple years ago, a front-page story would easily have hundreds of comments. Now? most only have 30 or 40. And the mood has decidedly turned anti-Obama in some comments... it's still a lefty site.. but I was surprised how much anti-Obama comments there are.

Of course, some of the anti-Obama stuff is that he's not liberal enough!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 20, 2014 04:14 AM (b/lt+)

65 Obama claims people hate him because he's black. I guess I hate Andrew Cuomo, Martin O'Malley, and Terry McAuliffe because they're black, right?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 20, 2014 04:14 AM (QXlbZ)

66 DAY 442 1,019 to go (1,090 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 04:15 AM (olDqf)

67 Queen Elizabeth is beginning the handoff to idiot Charles. His Majesty Nigel Incubator-Jones the I.

Posted by: --- at January 20, 2014 04:15 AM (MMC8r)

68 I remember when football season ended in the first week in Dec or the last week in Nov.
Posted by: Vic
...........
That was when they played with leather caps?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 20, 2014 04:15 AM (b/lt+)

69 "Secede now. Republic of Texas."

Currently reading Seems George Kennan, the architect of post-WWII strategy of containment of the USSR, thought the USA would be better off being broken up into 12 countries, with NYC, Shitcago, and El Lay becoming independent city states.

I was thinking four or five, but 12 works.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 20, 2014 04:17 AM (QXlbZ)

70 Happy Birthday to MLK. I'm sure he'd be pleased to see that his dream of content of character over color of skin has been reversed by those who have hijacked his movement. And his niece, Alveda (who understands this completely) has been all but shunned.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 04:17 AM (olDqf)

71 "Kos is way down on number of commenters."

Yew....you stepped in a fresh steaming pile of Kos?

You're a better man than I Gunga Dinn.
(Or however that saying goes)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2014 04:17 AM (kFCo1)

72 Ugh... "Rethinking the American Union" is what I was reading.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 20, 2014 04:18 AM (QXlbZ)

73 Why are these guys still playing football....don't they know its golf season? Lol!

Posted by: runningrn at January 20, 2014 04:18 AM (o6g4X)

74 71 I remember when football season ended in the first week in Dec or the last week in Nov. Posted by: Vic ........... That was when they played with leather caps? Vic was playing when they still just tossed a pig around...

Posted by: runningrn at January 20, 2014 04:19 AM (o6g4X)

75 "Seems George Kennan, the architect of post-WWII strategy of containment of the USSR, thought the USA would be better off being broken up into 12 countries"

Kennan was a prophet.

He also said that uncontrolled mass immigration into the USA would be a long term disaster, the worst outcome he could imagine for the country.

(Would that the guy had written a second Long Telegram on just that subject.)

Posted by: torquewrench at January 20, 2014 04:20 AM (gqT4g)

76 I know she is horribly unlikely to get elected with those numbers unless Abbott pulls a Clayton Williams and gaffes massively about rape (funny how Republican candidates have been exploding and sinking on that mine for a long time now). Merely for her to poll that high on the basis of one (1) obviously orchestrated filibuster and a nondescript legislative career seems not to be a good omen for TX. Posted by: torquewrench at January 20, 2014 08:13 AM (gqT4g) Greg Abbott is young, intelligent, and has been a very good AG. He won't explode. What they will attack him on is the death penalty. Unfortunately for Davis, the majority of Texans, including many donks, support capital punishment.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 20, 2014 04:20 AM (E4MKN)

77 72 Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 20, 2014 08:17 AM (QXlbZ) The problem with secession is that they need our money to fund their sloth. Besides, what's to stop rats fleeing their sinking stinking ships? Ah ha! Real Israeli type border fences and guards armed to the teeth!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 04:20 AM (olDqf)

78 Why are these guys still playing football....don't they know its golf season? It's always golf season!

Posted by: President Hook and Slice at January 20, 2014 04:20 AM (PpAf4)

79 They just took my wife into surgery, half hour ahead of schedule.

Posted by: dananjcon at January 20, 2014 04:20 AM (TXHOY)

80 I hate people I don't like.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2014 04:21 AM (o00SF)

81 Secret treaties are the shiznizzle, bro.

Posted by: King Barky at January 20, 2014 04:21 AM (JQuNB)

82 Just went out to start the car and melt all the ice off the windows. Found I left my desert rose plant out on the steps overnight while I was trying to give it some sun. Hope it doesn't die.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 04:22 AM (T2V/1)

83 " I guess I hate Andrew Cuomo, Martin O'Malley, and Terry McAuliffe because they're black, right?"

I hate Martin Owe'Malley cause he's my Governor...
And he tells me I can't have certain firearms.
And he insures that a greater percentage of students are shielded from inclusion in the State test averages, in order to drive our statewide education scores artificially higher.
And he speaks with a really stupid accent.

But I hear rumors that he's white.
So maybe I shouldn't hate him.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2014 04:22 AM (kFCo1)

84 Reading that expose on Davis' alleged single motherhood, I notice not only does she lie and exaggerate, she uses a lot of weasel words. She probably thinks it makes her look better but she really makes herself look sleezy.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 20, 2014 04:23 AM (E4MKN)

85 Egypt approves their constitution by 98 percent. My friend there hopes it will bring stability. --no thanks to Kerry

Posted by: AE at January 20, 2014 04:23 AM (K1YFF)

86 Time to go folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 20, 2014 04:23 AM (T2V/1)

87 dananjcon
Good luck.
Keep us posted if you wish.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2014 04:24 AM (kFCo1)

88 "Kos is way down on number of commenters. A couple years ago, a front-page story would easily have hundreds of comments. Now? most only have 30 or 40."

A few years ago, back when his site was riding high on page views and generating lots of ad revenue, Moulitsas bought himself a nice house here in the SF Bay Area.

It's longstanding liberal doctrine that the stand-alone single-family home is a wicked tool of Satan and must be extirpated by any means necessary, using the power of government to force everyone to live in high-density insect hives instead.

So of course what Kos bought for himself was a stand-alone single-family home.

Fen's Law again. The left really don't believe any of the things that they so earnestly lecture the rest of us about.

Oh, and Brad DeLong, another member of the Obama-rimjobbing blogger left who also lives here in the Bay Area, did the same thing that Kos did, and brags about his nice domicile on his blog.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 20, 2014 04:25 AM (gqT4g)

89 Walter Williams: Going Our Separate Ways Citizen Blog: http://goo.gl/9rFkoW

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 20, 2014 04:26 AM (JQuNB)

90 But, um, is it really feasible? In a state where a transparent phony like Abortion Barbie can actually pull forty percent plus in the polls? I know she is horribly unlikely to get elected with those numbers unless Abbott pulls a Clayton Williams and gaffes massively about rape (funny how Republican candidates have been exploding and sinking on that mine for a long time now). Merely for her to poll that high on the basis of one (1) obviously orchestrated filibuster and a nondescript legislative career seems not to be a good omen for TX. Posted by: torquewrench at January 20, 2014 08:13 AM (gqT4g) Remember, if it ever came about millions of those rats would be desperate to get aboard the sinking ship, while millions more like you (myself amongst them) would be headed for the life raft. I think the ideological balance in the Lone Star Republic would be just fine.

Posted by: Weirddave at January 20, 2014 04:27 AM (N/cFh)

91 12 Vic, Said one principal, "they told us we had to raise scores they didn't give us a manual saying how...." Hey genius how about by not cheating, and doing your goddamned job? Take a bow schools of education at the collegiate level you've earned it.

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2014 04:28 AM (TE35l)

92 Alert: Cities are going broke, and hiding those facts from citizens. http://bloom.bg/1kPYbm3

Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 04:29 AM (oKs5r)

93 dananjcon I hope your wife is okay after surgery. Keep us posted.

Posted by: Carol at January 20, 2014 04:29 AM (z4WKX)

94 Torque, I think I just inadvertently called both of us rats. Need coffee.

Posted by: Weirddave at January 20, 2014 04:30 AM (N/cFh)

95 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2014 08:22 AM (kFCo1)

Heard one of the two idiots vying to be MOM's successor --- Doug "Speed Racer" Ganzler --- being interviewed on the radio, and wanted to ask, "I'm a middle class homeowner in your state making in the low six figures. In the last four years, your party has raised my taxes, enacted a rain tax, gerrymandered my congressional district, and attacked my right to keep and bear arms. Give me one good reason I should remain in this one-party state?"

West Virginia looking pretty good about now. [Did you ever in your life think it would get to the point where West Virginia looks like a step UP?]

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 20, 2014 04:31 AM (QXlbZ)

96 Vic was playing when they still just tossed a pig around... Posted by: runningrn at January 20, 2014 08:19 AM (o6g4X) Pigs had fur back then. Mornin', all.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 20, 2014 04:31 AM (tcK++)

97 Merely for her to poll that high on the basis of one (1) obviously orchestrated filibuster and a nondescript legislative career seems not to be a good omen for TX. Posted by: torquewrench +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There will always be that 40% Dem vote here in Texas. While a lot of them are liberal, there's also a good sized chunk who are old school Democrats (think segration, etc), but will always vote Democrat because they always have.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 04:31 AM (LSJmV)

98 90 will do. I'm in a Catholic hospital; no baby slaughter going but lots of religiousy stuff and the wifi works so all is well.

Posted by: dananjcon at January 20, 2014 04:31 AM (TXHOY)

99 Kos has a dacha in Florida, also.

Posted by: Case at January 20, 2014 04:31 AM (o00SF)

100 102 Case, Havana Florida del sur yes?

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2014 04:34 AM (TE35l)

101 Day off? The liberal scum never take a day off? Oh Morning all. And for the record I am working today

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 20, 2014 04:35 AM (t3UFN)

102 "And [O'Malley] insures that a greater percentage of students are shielded from inclusion in the State test averages, in order to drive our statewide education scores artificially higher."

Wait, what?

Absolutely amazing. And precisely the sort of cynical gaming of the system I predicted was going to become commonplace when that idiot Bush teamed up with Ted Kennedy (!) to pass No Child Left Behind.

Also on the cynical gaming of NCLB, Vic upthread alluded to how "Democrat controlled schools in Philly are rife with cheating." Yep.

Add to that the massive criminal case down in Atlanta. Dozens of AfAm school teachers and principals in the dock for doctoring test scores.

http://tinyurl.com/kedqtqc

Posted by: torquewrench at January 20, 2014 04:35 AM (gqT4g)

103 Not quite a day off today, but limited to only administrative functions, so less stressful. I'm going to MLK the day for all it's worth.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 20, 2014 04:35 AM (g4TxM)

104 As a Pats fan, yesterday wasn't that surprising--wish it had been a better game. But SF-SEA more than made up for it. Now my rooting interest is for SMOD to hit N.J. on Stupor Bowl day. I'm not sure which team I dislike more, but I'm sure it'll get ramped up in the next two weeks.

Posted by: jakeman at January 20, 2014 04:36 AM (vH4YP)

105 92 Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 20, 2014 08:26 AM (JQuNB) Walter Williams is terrific. The problem is is that the left will never agree to an amicable divorce because their half of the country would rapidly turn into a large version of Detroit. This has already happened in Zimbabwe, where desperate people and criminals flee to South Africa and pillage that country (which is now on the fast track to turning into its northern neighbor now that Mandela is gone). Which brings me to a conundrum that has me stymied. In order to restore a republic whose principles are freedom and the rule of law, we will have to resort to extreme measures and the abandonment of our principles for some period of time in order to get us back to normal. And even then, evil never rests as my sainted mother always said. I truly hate the left because they are forcing us into a corner and will make us do things that we find abhorrent. May they all go straight to Hell.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 04:38 AM (olDqf)

106 "Torque, I think I just inadvertently called both of us rats. Need coffee."

Squeak!

Posted by: torquewrench at January 20, 2014 04:38 AM (gqT4g)

107 "Fen's Law again. The left really don't believe any of the things that they so earnestly lecture the rest of us about." True about every lefty I know. I know a man who spouts all the usual lefty claptrap he hears out of Jon Stewart's ironic pie-hole....but he means all the crap he says in re: everyone else. In his own mind, he should be exempt from the crap he thinks should apply to the rest of us. The real kicker was when he finally read Atlas Shrugged and announced to everyone that he identified strongly with Reardon. I just about pissed myself laughing.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 20, 2014 04:39 AM (qFpRI)

108 Jewish Democrats' surrender on Iran Op-ed: It seems Jewish Democratic senators will choose President ObamaÂ’s agenda every time over IsraelÂ’s survival, and are even willing in the process to throw the Jewish state under the bus http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4478640,00.html Damn Right.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 20, 2014 04:39 AM (t3UFN)

109 Just a hearty howdy-fek-you to all our rulers and wannabe rulers. Fuckers never quit fucking. Secede now. Republic of Texas. I second the motion.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 04:39 AM (pHivF)

110 Speaking of the Seattle/SF game, any guesses on whether the Erin Andrews interview with Richard "Dick" Sherman will be disappeared by the league? I'm thinking the NFL sh*t a collective corporate brick when he started ranting on live TV.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 20, 2014 04:40 AM (g4TxM)

111 This guy Richard Sherman on Seattle might be a good CB, but he is huge asshole and classless

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 20, 2014 04:40 AM (t3UFN)

112 Hey, psssssst! Speaking of Kosland, they're running a little poll over there on "how great is TFG?" and my earnest recommendation is for everyone to quietly slide over to vote F- while voting is still open. http://bit.ly/1hFHVzk

Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 04:41 AM (oKs5r)

113 Walter Williams is terrific. The problem is is that the left will never agree to an amicable divorce because their half of the country would rapidly turn into a large version of Detroit.Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 08:38 AM (olDqf) I agree, JJ: the Left will never allow it. I think the proposal has value, though, as a gesture of peace before the shooting starts.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 20, 2014 04:42 AM (JQuNB)

114 Kos also co-founded SBNation (very good sports blog network) and made money there although he's out of that now I believe. You'd think with that much exposure to successful capitalism he'd have some amazing internal conflict, but it's Fens Law all the way down.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2014 04:42 AM (102Hx)

115 110 Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 20, 2014 08:39 AM (qFpRI) Wifey, the lib professor (bless her pointy head [and elbows!]) was reading the paper and went nuts when she saw an ad for a $30,000 watch. I tried using logic, reason, economics and every other reasonable point, all of which she rejected. And then I pointed out that she has a $300 Mont Blanc Pen. Maybe she should write with a Bic and use the rest of the money to feed the poor. Silence. And death rays from her eyes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 04:42 AM (olDqf)

116 Test. Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 08:42 AM (pHivF) **** You failed. But take heart, we are not including your score in the average, so the blog will still pull in all that sweet federal money!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 20, 2014 04:43 AM (g4TxM)

117 Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 08:41 AM (oKs5r)

That was a depressing side trip. At least I tried to right the scales of injustice.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 20, 2014 04:44 AM (o3MSL)

118 So big party at White House, Our House?, but I guess my invitation got lost in the mail? Not that I would have gone

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 20, 2014 04:45 AM (t3UFN)

119 111 Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 20, 2014 08:39 AM (t3UFN) I knew it. There was no way in hell Schumer and the rest of the YIBBO's (Yids By Birth Only) would oppose the Golden Calf of the State and it's spawn, SCOAMF. If there is a G-d in Heaven - and there is - He will get them. No mercy for the wicked and the traitor.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 04:45 AM (olDqf)

120 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 08:42 AM (olDqf) Lol!

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 20, 2014 04:46 AM (qFpRI)

121 No mercy for the wicked and the traitor. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 08:45 AM (olDqf) Amen brother, Amen

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 20, 2014 04:47 AM (t3UFN)

122 Can anyone explain to me how John Kerry, a known traitor to his county and his fellow vets, could be our Secretary of State?

Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 07:48 AM (DrC22)

*sigh* no, I can't.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 20, 2014 04:47 AM (yh0zB)

123 West Virginia looking pretty good about now. [Did you ever in your life think it would get to the point where West Virginia looks like a step UP?]

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 20, 2014 08:31 AM (QXlbZ)

What a turn of events. WV used to be a real dump, now it appears to be an improvement over many lib controlled areas.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 20, 2014 04:48 AM (o3MSL)

124 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 08:42 AM (olDqf) ====================== My wife too is a pointy headed Democrat and while there are many things I love about her (mostly elbows), her politics weren't one of those things. Happily, having witnessed the train wreck that is the Obama administration and fearing for the future of the economy and world peace, I've about got her converted from Evil. She still goes a little goo-goo eyed over Hillary but given 404Care's daily punch in the face to America I think she is goingto reluctantly conclude Hillary for Preezy is a really bad idea.

Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 04:48 AM (oKs5r)

125 125 GGE, We CAN! //Graham, McCain, McConnell, et al...

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2014 04:48 AM (TE35l)

126 Can anyone explain to me how John Kerry, a known traitor to his county and his fellow vets, could be our Secretary of State? Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 07:48 AM (DrC22) democrats- obama- bar- low

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 20, 2014 04:49 AM (t3UFN)

127 "...has admitted ... she lied ... may even have lied under oath... 'My language should be tighter,' she said, admitting her campaign biography has been less than truthful." All those inconvenient truths don't matter to those for whom truth is valueless. The D'evil lubs him some lies. Looser the better.

Posted by: webworker at January 20, 2014 04:49 AM (bDqG/)

128 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRjBhbH3y38 richard sherman destroys skip bayless

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 38 days until spring training at January 20, 2014 04:49 AM (u8GsB)

129 Can anyone explain to me how John Kerry, a known traitor to his county and his fellow vets, could be our Secretary of State? Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 07:48 AM (DrC22) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sure, this is what happens when the inmates run the asylum.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 04:50 AM (LSJmV)

130 Hey phoenixgirl, how's your handyman's wife and baby doing?

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 04:51 AM (LSJmV)

131 Went over and voted F at Kos. Majority gave him B/B+

Posted by: Whig at January 20, 2014 04:52 AM (i7KmQ)

132 We CAN!

//Graham, McCain, McConnell, et al...

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2014 08:48 AM (TE35l)

not helping...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 20, 2014 04:52 AM (yh0zB)

133 @markknoller At noon today, Pres Obama begins the 6th year of his presidency. "This is going to be a year of action," says the president.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 20, 2014 04:52 AM (bCEmE)

134 Pixy h8ing on my hash. Keeps dumping me.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 04:53 AM (pHivF)

135 "Fen's Law again. The left really don't believe any of the things that they so earnestly lecture the rest of us about."

A lefty friend of my wife is one of those. Screeches loud and long on her Facebook page about the rethuglicans to the point that my wife had to unfriend her. Yet she and her husband, both retired school teachers, have a 300,000 dollar home up here, and a 3 bedroom place in Texas near Austin. Yet she wants everyone else to give up their stuff.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2014 04:53 AM (xvzKS)

136 Today 29 years ago I reported to Great Lakes Navy RTC. It was f'n cold.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 20, 2014 04:54 AM (yh0zB)

137 Nooooooood.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 20, 2014 04:55 AM (SUKHu)

138 Sleepy time. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 20, 2014 04:55 AM (yh0zB)

139 APOLOGIES TO THE HORDE: How the fuck did my countdown clock go kerflooee??? One year down and three more to go. It has been reset and I am duly chastised.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 04:56 AM (olDqf)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 20, 2014 04:57 AM (PYAXX)

141 Speaking of Kosland, they're running a little poll...

"B" and "B+" are currently the top scores.

Seriously - what kind of idiot tool would think Oblammo is doing a B-rated job killing The Republic?

I say that rates an "A".

For "Asshole".

Posted by: Isaac Clarke at January 20, 2014 04:57 AM (yEPRN)

142 Don't be fooled by the calls for "temporary workers". They will not be temporary and it just another method of advancing amnesty. http://tinyurl.com/mfbvr6s Posted by: Vic at January 20, 2014 07:36 AM (T2V/1) 92 million without jobs and we need temporary guest workers. That makes sense. I say tell the chronically unemployed, "Here's a job. Take it or we cut off unemployment."

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at January 20, 2014 04:57 AM (nj9sX)

143 Also, are y'all aware of the new thread and are just ignoring it, or are you unaware?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 20, 2014 04:57 AM (PYAXX)

144 147 AllenG, Yes...

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2014 04:59 AM (TE35l)

145 Bruce, I think it comes down to one word...GREED. The majority of voters want to protect what they've got or are getting and the hell with everyone else. They only care what's good for them not what's good for the country. That is why we are totally boned.

Posted by: Whig at January 20, 2014 04:59 AM (i7KmQ)

146 122 Posted by: Gran at January 20, 2014 08:46 AM (nPMjI) I'm imagining a giant Oreo cookie. Stacy Dash and Pam Grier (circa 1972) on the outside and me as the creamy white filling. Fap.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 04:59 AM (olDqf)

147 That makes sense. I say tell the chronically unemployed, "Here's a job. Take it or we cut off unemployment." Speaking as one who has one of those "chronically unemployed" living in his house- it's not always that easy. Why hire someone for $7.25/hr when you can get someone of other-than-legal status to do it for $5.00? Further, the longer you're unemployed, the less employable you become. It becomes a lethal spiral. Now, if someone *is* turning down jobs, that can actually have their unemployment taken away. In TX you get something like 4 weeks to look for "comparable work" and then it goes down from there. After a couple of months, if you turn down *any* job, you're considered voluntarily unemployed, and unemployment stops.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 20, 2014 05:01 AM (PYAXX)

148 133 Hey phoenixgirl, how's your handyman's wife and baby doing? Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 08:51 AM (LSJmV) thank you for asking....she is "ok" right now....they sent her home after they were able to stop the bleeding...she is on medication to stop the contractions ...her parents came to help out while he finishes this job ...he thinks today he'll be done and then he'll send her parents back home and take as much time off as necessary to take care of her .... thank you for the prayers ...

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 38 days until spring training at January 20, 2014 05:02 AM (u8GsB)

149 That's good news, thanks.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 05:05 AM (LSJmV)

150 Your Updated Aphorism du jour: Give a Regressive a fish... and you'll have two Regressives on your doorstep the next day demanding fish. Teach a Regressive to fish... ...or try to... it won't take, but they might go away. Or, you might get sued, because rayciss or something and anyway teaching is a Union job....

Posted by: webworker at January 20, 2014 05:09 AM (3ky+E)

151 Also, are y'all aware of the new thread and are just ignoring it, or are you unaware?

Posted by: Allen G. at January 20, 2014 08:57 AM (PYAXX)

I did see that Gabe really likes his hash.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 20, 2014 05:11 AM (gHDMy)

152 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 08:59 AM (olDqf)

Oy!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 20, 2014 05:12 AM (o3MSL)

153 By the way, just to confirm, Emma Thompson is a CUNT. She supports the Boycott Israel movement. And because I found this out mere days after seeing "Saving Mr. Banks" she's a running, smelly evil cunt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 20, 2014 05:14 AM (olDqf)

154 And then I pointed out that she has a $300 Mont Blanc Pen. Maybe she should write with a Bic and use the rest of the money to feed the poor. Silence. And death rays from her eyes. Posted by: J.J. Sefton My first thought, unavoidably, was the similar exchange with Judas which led that fellow Jesus to make his famous remark that we'll always have the poor around. Second thought was, Crazy Russian Hacker has a video how to fit those expensive refills into a cheapo pen body. Both thoughs were beating each other up to be first past the turnstile. I think Hacker let Jesus win, tho. Probably Russian Orthodox.

Posted by: webworker at January 20, 2014 05:20 AM (3ky+E)

155 Jump to the dump.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 20, 2014 05:23 AM (SUKHu)

156 Harold Gray (no pupils) bdy Hahaha! Wonder how many will miss that. "And her little dog, too!" Dondi got all the pupil.

Posted by: webworker at January 20, 2014 05:24 AM (3ky+E)

157 Is today a holiday?

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 20, 2014 05:24 AM (E4MKN)

158 Also, are y'all aware of the new thread and are just ignoring it, or are you unaware? -AllenG Aware of it now, thanks. ((peeks at post)) It's just Gabe posting out of jealousy that Andy did the morning post.

Posted by: webworker at January 20, 2014 05:29 AM (3ky+E)

159 My last birthday, I got smug remarks from imbeciles celebrating the second inauguration of Captain Fucktard.

This year, I'm dishing out double helpings of "Told you so, asshole."

It is better to give than to receive.

In that spirit, third-year students are volunteering their holiday to give the first-years a post-mortem on how they botched their December exams. Someone has complained that it's both racist and sacrilegious do do this on Dr King's birthday. I dare not complete this paragraph, but I denounce myself anyway for the forbidden thoughts that I would have had to think.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at January 20, 2014 05:54 AM (a5ljo)

160 Speaking as one who has one of those "chronically unemployed" living in his house- it's not always that easy. Why hire someone for $7.25/hr when you can get someone of other-than-legal status to do it for $5.00? Further, the longer you're unemployed, the less employable you become. It becomes a lethal spiral. Now, if someone *is* turning down jobs, that can actually have their unemployment taken away. In TX you get something like 4 weeks to look for "comparable work" and then it goes down from there. After a couple of months, if you turn down *any* job, you're considered voluntarily unemployed, and unemployment stops. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 20, 2014 09:01 AM (PYAXX) I'm not saying anyone turned down jobs. I'm saying that we should be looking at getting those unemployed at least somewhat back to work before we start importing more foreign workers. Recently, CNN ran a piece about how the evil Republicans were trying to starve poor folks by not extending UE benefits. They interviewed a woman who was a chemist and whose benefits were set to run out. She made the statement, "They just don't understand how hard it is to find a job IN MY FIELD." Not any job; a job in her field. She felt entitled to that, and we, the taxpayers, should support her until she got what she was entitled to. That's the mentality I object to. I share an office with a guy (a Gen Y/Millenial cusp guy) who constantly complains about how they don't pay him enough to do all the things they ask him to do. His work history indicates that this is the norm for him. He stays somewhere for a while then decides he deserves better and leaves. He will never be happy until someone pays him what he thinks he's worth to do less and less. That thought process is becoming more and more prevalent.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at January 20, 2014 06:01 AM (nj9sX)

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