January 28, 2014

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— andy

Mark Steyn has some thoughts on the SOTU for you.

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1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Tuesday, January 28, 2014.  And in keeping with our impending snowmagedden today we have this for our day in history.  On this day in1887 in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes were reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.  They are predicting a high today of 32F and the snow to start around noonish (however the high will have already occurred at midnigh when it was about 45F).  But we haz global warming.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:04 AM (T2V/1)

2 And Andy is here to save the day

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:05 AM (T2V/1)

3 Pharaoh Obama Seti I will use an illegal executive order to raise the minimum wage of federal contractors to the Democrat desired $10.10/hour.  If I am not mistaken federal workers, including contractors, minimum wage is set by an Act of Congress and it is tied to the prevailing wages of the area.  Fox/AP here says he doesn't have the power to arbitrarily raise private worker raises.  Well he doesn't have the power to raise federal workers either.  When is Congress going to reign this corrupt SOB in?


http://tinyurl.com/m56rln4

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:06 AM (T2V/1)

4 A Republican in Utah wants to defy the Mormon church and loosen the liquor laws some.  I say good luck with that one.


http://tinyurl.com/ke7m364

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:06 AM (T2V/1)

5 Three Republicans tout their own Obamacide.  Two RINOs and the third is retiring.  Lets retire all three.


http://tinyurl.com/p9y37zd

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:06 AM (T2V/1)

6 DAY 450 1,015 to go (1,088 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 28, 2014 03:06 AM (olDqf)

7 Al Jazeera asks the FSA: "What other Free Shit do you want from the President?"

http://tinyurl.com/kalwecv

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 28, 2014 03:06 AM (QXlbZ)

8
Fox discusses the targeting of Dinesh D'Souza but get a load of this horse shit from a federal prosecutor.



U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that the office and FBI take a "zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process."



Since when you lot of screaming assholes.  Of course they will try him in federal court in NYC where they can pack the jury with a bunch of liberal Obama worshipers.  Hey, I've got jury duty coming up in March.  Bring him to SC for trial.


http://tinyurl.com/o2kw7nx

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:07 AM (T2V/1)

9 Morning all. Colder than Mooches love in D/FW this morning. 24 atm.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 03:07 AM (ndIek)

10 We should quit taking prisoners in Afghanistan.  We should get out of that shithole.  We have no intention of doing anything worthwhile except covering Obama's political ass and Karsai is doing everything he can do to piss us off.


http://tinyurl.com/nzzknoe

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:07 AM (T2V/1)

11 The Feds are reducing the water flow going into Lake Mead.  I am surprised Hairy Ass Reid isn't raising Hell.  Of course he may be doing that and the MFM is hiding it.


http://tinyurl.com/nk3uzmo

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:07 AM (T2V/1)

12 Barbara Walters will also be remembered for doing Roy Cohn.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 03:07 AM (olDqf)

13 Republicans cave in on the BS farm bill.  They keep food stamps in the bill and reduce it by a whopping 1%.


http://tinyurl.com/nk3uzmo

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:08 AM (T2V/1)

14 Chucky Cheasedk proposes another stupid socialist law.  He wants to spend tax dollars putting tracking devices on autistic kids.   Hey asshole, you live in a socialist State.  Do it in NY and lets see how much it costs and whether it will work or not.


http://tinyurl.com/p8vsnz7

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:08 AM (T2V/1)

15 We had Mrs O'Leary's cow starting a fire that burned down Chicago now we have German cows starting a fire in a barn due to farting.


http://tinyurl.com/nhex6d3

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:08 AM (T2V/1)

16 Remember that 84 year old who the NYC cops beat bloody for jaywalking?  He's about to get rich as expected.


http://tinyurl.com/n2ols46

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:09 AM (T2V/1)

17 And today's "happy news" is from cute overload.  It's Mr Fat Cat


http://tinyurl.com/q6amszu

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:09 AM (T2V/1)

18

>>A Republican in Utah wants to defy the Mormon church and loosen the liquor laws some. I say good luck with that one.
.

.

.It can happen.  The County I live in Kentucky just voted in liquor sales three years ago.  This (and other) County has been dry since the end of the Civil War.

Posted by: Registered Voter at January 28, 2014 03:09 AM (Rm+rQ)

19 The University of Michigan has caved to the racist black students who demanded all kinds of shit from the university.  I expected this.   I say take the costs out of teacher's and administrators salaries.


http://tinyurl.com/pc88qhc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:09 AM (T2V/1)

20 Sarah Palin says Republicans should spend more time going after Obama than attacking McShitty.  Sarah honey, its time to give it up.   You don't owe this jowly SOB anything else.


http://tinyurl.com/knhhckv

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:09 AM (T2V/1)

21 Off to get my teeth varnished. Check back in with you kids later.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 03:09 AM (olDqf)

22 Demonrats will parade a bunch of unemployed around at the SOTU address.  This would be a perfect time for the Republicans to attack on this saying our 37% UE is because of the Democrats.   But like CBS and Cruz the MFM would probably censure it.


http://tinyurl.com/pcx2ttb

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:10 AM (T2V/1)

23 Morning!

I just can't wait to hear what King Putt I will propose tonight to improve my "opportunities".. oh boy.. this oughtta be fun!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 28, 2014 03:10 AM (b/lt+)

24 Chucky Cheasedk proposes another stupid socialist law. He wants to spend tax dollars putting tracking devices on autistic kids. Hey asshole, you live in a socialist State. Do it in NY and lets see how much it costs and whether it will work or not. 10 million won't even get the office furnished of the new department to run it, much less staff it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 03:10 AM (ndIek)

25 McShitty responds to his censure saying that he has "polling data" that shows overwhelming support for his back stabbing BS.


http://tinyurl.com/pdllokg

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:10 AM (T2V/1)

26 RIP Pete Seeger at 94.  I liked his music even though he was a hard core commie.


http://tinyurl.com/nvx8l8h

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:10 AM (T2V/1)

27 The overwhelming majority of Americans think the economy is shit despite the massive propaganda efforts of the corrupt Obama regime and his ass kissing sycophants in the MFM.


http://tinyurl.com/o6cmfhc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:11 AM (T2V/1)

28 Govt tracking devices on autistic farting cows? What? hurry, coffee machine, hurry!

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 03:11 AM (bDqG/)

29 When is Congress going to reign this corrupt SOB in?

Well, this happened...

http://tinyurl.com/ku94427

But *that* still won't happen.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 28, 2014 03:11 AM (QXlbZ)

30 The PC Marine Corps leadership continues to hound a sergeant with a third murder trial.


http://tinyurl.com/nm8tu3p

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:11 AM (T2V/1)

31 Good article by Thomas Sowell on income inequality BS.


http://tinyurl.com/qgso437

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:11 AM (T2V/1)

32 The Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/pb2wc2o


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:12 AM (T2V/1)

33 Wanted to wait till Vic was done, but....

When you care enough to send the best.

I present you with

http://tinyurl.com/255j5f

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2014 03:13 AM (kFCo1)

34 Commie bastard Pete Seeger is dead. Good riddance you red POS

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 28, 2014 03:13 AM (FE/sZ)

35 Good Morning, I have myself on list of Powerline Blog emails, last nightÂ’s included SOTU preview. Empty Speech by an Empty Suit, itÂ’s short & funny. I put in a thread last night but was too tired to see if anyone commented on it. http://tinyurl.com/lxj8ycf

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:15 AM (z4WKX)

36 18  .It can happen. The County I live in Kentucky just voted in liquor sales three years ago. This (and other) County has been dry since the end of the Civil War.

Posted by: Registered Voter at January 28, 2014 07:09 AM (Rm+rQ)



KY isn't run by the Mormons.  Southern Baptists are more amenable to a little drinking.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:15 AM (T2V/1)

37 Pharaoh Obama Seti I will use an illegal executive order to raise the minimum wage of federal contractors to the Democrat desired $10.10/hour. If I am not mistaken federal workers, including contractors, minimum wage is set by an Act of Congress and it is tied to the prevailing wages of the area. Fox/AP here says he doesn't have the power to arbitrarily raise private worker raises. Well he doesn't have the power to raise federal workers either. When is Congress going to reign this corrupt SOB in?


http://tinyurl.com/m56rln4

Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:06 AM (T2V/1)



Well we're just flowing in money these days. Why not add more expense to the government. The Republicans in Congress are utterly useless

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 28, 2014 03:15 AM (FE/sZ)

38 The University of Michigan has caved to the racist black students who demanded all kinds of shit from the university.

Same sh-t as when I was an undergrad there. This is why I don't donate to their alumni fund.

When I was a student there, a leftist friend observed that Asian students went to the University Administration with "recommendations," Hispanic students went to the University Administration with "concerns."

Blacks went to the Administration with "demands."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 28, 2014 03:16 AM (QXlbZ)

39

Since the dedicated tenther isn't around yet.

 

Obama is a stuttering clusterf**c of a miserable traitor.

 

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 28, 2014 03:16 AM (xWgW3)

40 29  Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 28, 2014 07:11 AM (QXlbZ)


LOL, I like that.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:17 AM (T2V/1)

41 "Striding bravely forward into hostile territory our heroic dear leader waves his mighty hand and raises the Federal Minimum Wage to $10.10" and it is good.

That extra ten cents is important. A nice round figure, a nice even dollar amount (1, 2, 50, 100) would seem arbitrary, capricious even and setting the amount to pennies less than a whole dollar amount would seem mean spirited as if our beloved President for Life, the Mighty and oh so courageous Bwaaak were trying to chisel a few pennies out of the pockets of the working poor.

But raising that additional ten cents and hour clearly demonstrates how generous our masterful Commander in Chief really is.

There is one small, slight, tiny little problem. [soto voce], don't tell anyone but it's still the minimum wage, after everyone makes their adjustments. Those who can demand more because they have some talent, some skill, some experience, some tool who can demonstrate some ability will get more than the minimum.

Posted by: Flambe, its what's for dinner! at January 28, 2014 03:18 AM (bnhnD)

42 Today's celebrity birthdays: Charles Nash (roadsters) John Banner (raus!) Arnold Moss (more blood on my hands!) Jackson Pollock (http://youtu.be/z0xiovbDML0 ) Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo (a.k.a. Alan Alda) John M. Fabian (USAF, STS-7, STS-51-G ) Joel Crothers (Collinsport hunk) Susan Howard (70 today) Karen Lynn Gorney (danced with Travolta) Barbara Lynn Klein (a.k.a. Barbi Benton) Rick Warren (60 today) Sarah McLachlan (The night is my companion and solitude my guide) Elijah Wood (whiny hobbit)

Posted by: Gran at January 28, 2014 03:19 AM (mw0FO)

43 I just can't wait to hear what King Putt I will propose tonight to improve my "opportunities".. oh boy.. this oughtta be fun! Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 28, 2014 07:10 AM (b/lt+) You can stomach him? I have never watched one of his speeches & am proud of it!

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:20 AM (z4WKX)

44 Heh, Mark Steyn phoning it in, as only Mark Steyn can. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 28, 2014 03:21 AM (BeSEI)

45 On this day, Henry VII kicked the bucket. Poor Catherine Parr must have cried tears of joy.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 03:22 AM (E4MKN)

46 36  Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 07:15 AM (z4WKX)


LOL, too bad we can't get it on the MFM.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:22 AM (T2V/1)

47 Whoops! Henry VIII.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 03:22 AM (E4MKN)

48 34 -

I don't have any desire to dance on anyone's grave, but one thing we can take comfort  in is that every communist will eventually die, never having seen communism succeeding in his or her lifetime. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 28, 2014 03:23 AM (BeSEI)

49 Most people remember Susan Howard from Dallas, but it wasn't until I was researching the birthday list that I discovered that she also has the distinction of playing the 1st female Klingon, in the original Star Trek episode Day of the Dove. I've seen that episode countless times and I never would have guessed that was her. Mind. Blown.

Posted by: Gran at January 28, 2014 03:24 AM (mw0FO)

50 Who's giving the pansy-ass GOP response to Barky?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 28, 2014 03:25 AM (zF6Iw)

51 45 -

They could, you know, speak up.  Rather than  genuflecting in front of him, or talking up how much they really really like Amnesty, and how much they really really want to fix Obamacare, they could actually call this White House on its shenanigans.

But no, coasting toward the 2014 elections, hoping they don't lose their seats.  That's the Republican way! 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 28, 2014 03:25 AM (BeSEI)

52 ahh. coffee. brain cells stretching, yawning, starting their little mitochondrial calisthenics. And today's "happy news" is from cute overload. It's Mr Fat Cat http://tinyurl.com/q6amszu Posted by: Vic That was not cynical, sardonic, or ironic. It was actually a happy cat. Who are you and what've you done with Vic? § Mrs didn't go in yesterday for her 9am crown fitting 'cause the dentist called and said they had no suction. Most businesses don't want to suck; this one's out of business if it doesn't. § and it's a balmy 15°F here. Think I'll go sunbathing, if the sun would show up.

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 03:26 AM (bDqG/)

53 Fox discusses the targeting of Dinesh D'Souza but get a load of this horse shit from a federal prosecutor.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that the office and FBI take a "zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process."


Since when you lot of screaming assholes. Of course they will try him in federal court in NYC where they can pack the jury with a bunch of liberal Obama worshipers. Hey, I've got jury duty coming up in March. Bring him to SC for trial.


http://tinyurl.com/o2kw7nx

Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:07 AM (T2V/1)

--------

 

Zero tolerance? Yeah right. It's an open secret in Hollywood that what D'Souza is accused of (giving money to others who then make political donations to D'Souza's candidate) is done often. I read an article that said that Harvey Weinstein is well known for it. 

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 28, 2014 03:26 AM (xWgW3)

54 Vic, IÂ’m glad you liked it. IÂ’m going to send it to every TFG hater that I know. It may not be the good news NDH requested yesterday but it is amusing.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:27 AM (z4WKX)

55 Who's giving the pansy-ass GOP response to Barky? Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I'm thinking instead of a PA GOP, maybe Capt. Hate should be the one to reply to Oblabla. In the dulcet tones the Capt. is known for.

That would be worth watching.

Posted by: Bruce at January 28, 2014 03:27 AM (rr895)

56 26 RIP Pete Seeger at 94. I liked his music even though he was a hard core commie. http://tinyurl.com/nvx8l8h Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:10 AM (T2V/1) My dad liked Wagner's music and Japanese calligraphy. Pete Seeger can play his banjo for Stalin.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 03:27 AM (olDqf)

57 52  A R woman from WA, Cathy Morris.


She is part of the R leadership so she is probably a RINO


http://tinyurl.com/kglmg94


Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:28 AM (T2V/1)

58 RIP Pete Seeger at 94. I liked his music even though he was a hard core commie.

Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:10 AM (T2V/1)

----

 

Meh. Bob Seeger was more my speed.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 28, 2014 03:28 AM (xWgW3)

59

“I know how important the virtue of loyalty is because in politics it’s pretty much nonexistent,” she said. “I stand on that most important virtue and answer those asking today: ‘Yes, I am proud to have been asked to run with him in 2008, and he is my friend.’”

 

That's it.  The bitch is dead to me.


And you think that silly-ass picture was the only one Daily Caller could find of her and McStain?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 28, 2014 03:28 AM (zF6Iw)

60 Vic, I think the Utah thing will happen.  The Mormons seem to have decided to shed their uptight image.

Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 03:29 AM (4JkHl)

61 54  That was not cynical, sardonic, or ironic. It was actually a happy cat. Who are you and what've you done with Vic?



One of the 'ettes requested some "Happy News" be placed in the middle of the links because all the news was so depressing.  It gives a short break.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:29 AM (T2V/1)

62 When I was a student there, a leftist friend observed that Asian students went to the University Administration with "recommendations," Hispanic students went to the University Administration with "concerns."

Blacks went to the Administration with "demands."
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale

and White students went with checks.

Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 03:30 AM (4JkHl)

63 Morning, MPPPP. I cut & pasted from email from Speaker Boehner: House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), which will also include graphics and information you wonÂ’t get anywhere else; ItÂ’s too bad Speaker doesnÂ’t include contact me form in the email!

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:31 AM (z4WKX)

64

Most people remember Susan Howard from Dallas, but it wasn't until I was researching the birthday list that I discovered that she also has the distinction of playing the 1st female Klingon, in the original Star Trek episode Day of the Dove. I've seen that episode countless times and I never would have guessed that was her.

Mind. Blown.

 

Posted by: Gran at January 28, 2014 07:24 AM (mw0FO)

 

That was her?  She was hotter than ten thousand Devonian suns in that one.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 28, 2014 03:32 AM (zF6Iw)

65 Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 07:30 AM (4JkHl) Ding Ding Ding!

Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 28, 2014 03:32 AM (/djtm)

66 White students went with checks.

Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 07:30 AM (4JkHl)


The U/M will never get a check from this alum.  I do give money to Michigan Tech, though. That's where I should have gone.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 28, 2014 03:32 AM (QXlbZ)

67 Three Republicans tout their own Obamacide. Two RINOs and the third is retiring. Lets retire all three. http://tinyurl.com/p9y37zd -Vic Sorry about ol' Tom. Good guy in so many ways, but where he's wrong, he's McCainly wrong. Won't really miss him if we can do better. Ans if recent elections are any indication, we will. Dr Coburn is a deferrent gentleman of the old school. We need unyielding warriors of the new civil war.

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 03:32 AM (bDqG/)

68 Blacks went to the Administration with "demands." Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 28, 2014 07:16 AM (QXlbZ) “demands?” Approximately what year were they “demanding?”

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:33 AM (z4WKX)

69 Pete Seeger can play his banjo for Stalin. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 07:27 AM (olDqf) I think he did but in this life. Stalin murdered millions. Many were murdering commies like himself but most weren't. This included children. And no it was not some big fucking secret. Seeger et al, just didn't give a shit. But we are now going to be subjected to what a great guy he was when in reality who would have imposed stalinism, including the mass murders. Remember, commminism requires a culling of 10% of the top. Stalinism adds another 10-20% on top of that.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 03:33 AM (E4MKN)

70 Well, I'm not going to listen to President Wonderful tonight.  Or any other time for that matter.  I don't even want to hear the sound of his voice.

Posted by: Case at January 28, 2014 03:33 AM (o00SF)

71 The Republicans in Congress are utterly useless

If anyone is looking for a metaphor for Republican uselessness, I'm available.

Posted by: Bob Dole's Genitalia at January 28, 2014 03:34 AM (QXlbZ)

72 That should have been Cathy McMorris from WA.  And yes she is a RINO.  Last two ratings were 84 and 80.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:36 AM (T2V/1)

73 Back in the 60s, didn't Ayers say around 25 million Americans would have to be killed?

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 03:36 AM (E4MKN)

74 Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your Holy will which is love and mercy itself. Prayer of St. Faustina Kowalska.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2014 03:36 AM (7kkQJ)

75

>>KY isn't run by the Mormons. Southern Baptists are more amenable to a little drinking.

.

.

.Well I am not too sure about that.  We didn't live here at the time the law was overturned, but to hear some people talk, it was quite nearly the end of the world times stuff if the liquor prohibition was overturned in Scott County.

Posted by: Registered Voter at January 28, 2014 03:37 AM (Rm+rQ)

76 Someone at NRO has coded a 'redirect loop'.
Does anyone care?

Posted by: Flambe, its what's for dinner! at January 28, 2014 03:38 AM (bnhnD)

77 Back in the 60s, didn't Ayers say around 25 million Americans would have to be killed? Ayers first.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 03:39 AM (ndIek)

78 Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 28, 2014 07:13 AM (zF6Iw)


Gah I want Swanson's hat.   Among, you know, other things.



Posted by: alexthechick - We besearch thee of great SMOD at January 28, 2014 03:40 AM (Gk3SS)

79 77  Posted by: Registered Voter at January 28, 2014 07:37 AM (Rm+rQ)



The entire time  was growing up my home county was dry.  When I got out of the Navy and went home for a while they had gone wet.  My brother told me the three major churches in the county  had all changed out their preachers at the same time and while the pulpits were empty the country passed an ordinance to lift the ban on liquor.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:40 AM (T2V/1)

80 Good morning from the frozen tundra. Minus 14 here now, with wind chills expected to be between -35 and -45 thru this afternoon. It's dark, it's cold, it's miserable. I may not get out of bed today.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 03:40 AM (P6QsQ)

81 Ayers first. Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 07:39 AM (ndIek) Rickb223, You beat me to that one. I was going to write the same & add his wife.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:41 AM (z4WKX)

82 Vic?

27 The overwhelming majority of Americans think the economy is shit despite the massive propaganda efforts of the corrupt Obama regime and his ass kissing sycophants in the MFM.

All I know is what I see. As soon as it was obvious Duh!1 would be coronated businesses here started closing. Whole shopping centers emptying out. Real Estate? Stone dead. 20-50% jobless. No work- not even the meanest & cheapest kind. It is bloody awful. Since 2008....

Posted by: backhoe at January 28, 2014 03:42 AM (ULH4o)

83 82  Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 07:40 AM (P6QsQ)



We aren't exactly basking in the heat here either.  It is 31.8F now and still dropping.  We have had our high for today already.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:42 AM (T2V/1)

84 Thanks for the news as always Vic. BTW the link at 13 is the same as 11.

Posted by: waelse1 at January 28, 2014 03:42 AM (RUu4M)

85 Back in the 60s, didn't Ayers say around 25 million Americans would have to be killed?

I'm beginning to find myself in agreement, of a sort, with Mr. Revolutionary. We do differ on who it is that needs killin'.

Too much? Let's be practical here. Ayers and his fellow travelers think the world would be a better place if he gets to choose who lives in it. I disagree with his selection process, that's all I'm sayin'

Posted by: Flambe, its what's for dinner! at January 28, 2014 03:43 AM (bnhnD)

86 Just off the top of my head, but I thought federal contractor wages were governed by the Federal Acqusition Regulation based on Congressional action. I don't see how an executive order can arbitrarily raise the minimum wage in that setting.

Posted by: @johntant at January 28, 2014 03:43 AM (Ohheg)

87 It's mainly a ceremonial decision, as I doubt federal contractors can find anyone to work for less then $10 an hour already. Posted by: Regular Moron
...........
Not really.   This is a gift to the unions.

There are some unions that have their minimum hourly based off of the minimum wage.. like minimum plus 2.50..  so Barky's voting block gets a raise even if their making $15 bucks an hour.

http://tinyurl.com/kpkwc9m

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 28, 2014 03:43 AM (b/lt+)

88 Chucky Cheasedk proposes another stupid socialist law. He wants to spend tax dollars putting tracking devices on autistic kids. Hey asshole, you live in a socialist State. Do it in NY and lets see how much it costs and whether it will work or not. http://tinyurl.com/p8vsnz7 Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:08 AM (T2V/1) Here's a game we haven't played in a while. Let's speculate on what the MFM would say if there was an R behind his name instead of a D.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at January 28, 2014 03:44 AM (nj9sX)

89 30 days until spring training

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 30 days until spring training at January 28, 2014 03:46 AM (u8GsB)

90 Link fix for post #13


http://tinyurl.com/mzhw7mm

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:47 AM (T2V/1)

91 Commie bastard Pete Seeger is dead. Good riddance you red POS Posted by: TheQuietMan Yeah, one of those old-school Commies who thought "real Communism has never been tried." But that song about, I get up and check the obits, and if I'm not there, I go back to bed? It's kind-of grown on me over the years. Sigh. He did have a smile, a voice, skill at playing. And you know, I grew up with the beatniks and the folkies and LadyW came from the Chicago folk scene. I like the sound, and the wannabe idealism. What a terrible tragedy folk music was so STUPID!

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 03:47 AM (bDqG/)

92 Palin should not defend McAmnesty. She should remember what his campaign team did to her, when she was his VP Candidate. Steven Schmidt & Nicholle Wallace were the most responsible for giving out false info on Palin.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:48 AM (z4WKX)

93 88 
88 Just off the top of my head, but I thought federal contractor wages were governed by the Federal Acqusition Regulation based on Congressional action. I don't see how an executive order can arbitrarily raise the minimum wage in that setting.

Posted by: @johntant at January 28, 2014 07:43 AM (Ohheg)



That's what I thought.  And I am familiar with it since most of my immediate family had been a federal worker at one time or another (at military bases)



Fox "trusted" AP.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 03:48 AM (T2V/1)

94 It's SotU time, and time for my annual wish that we had adopted some of the characteristics of the British Parliament.

I would actually listen to Choom Boy's yammerings if members of Congress were disposed to yell "shame!," "no!" and "resign!" when he opens his America-hating yap. Following this with a motion of no confidence and a dissolution of his regime would be the best thing that has happened to our country in years.

The only thing better would be to see armed police enter the chamber in the middle of his treasonous ranting and arrest President Historic First©, Boner, Hairy Reid and about 200 members of Congress on charges ranging from treason to violations of RICO statutes.

Since neither of my dreams will come true, you'll find me checking out Discovery Channel, History, HGTV and/or Animal Planet around 9:00 EST tonight.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 28, 2014 03:49 AM (ff7/5)

95 15 here this morning after 55 (in the sun) yesterday afternoon. But at least it's in the positive double digits, which is a lot better than some of you folks. (I refuse to look at the wind chill, though!)

Posted by: Empire1 at January 28, 2014 03:50 AM (rQgVT)

96 It is 11 here w/in a few miles of Boston. I keep waking up very early from the noise of the radiators trying to keep the heat at 64 during the night. I finally pulled out an old, I believe, cashmere afghan I made over 20 years ago. I should have been using it all winter. it is very warm.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:51 AM (z4WKX)

97 Why wouldn't Dipshit raise the minimum wage? It isn't his money.

Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 03:51 AM (MMC8r)

98 egad! I'm only up to #15. I need a temporal relativity compression to catch up, but I left them all in town.

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 03:52 AM (bDqG/)

99 All this rap music shit: is anyone going to be playing it in years to come? You still hear much of the music from the 60s, 70s, 80s but I can't imagine the crap that wins awards today being even remembered let alone played.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 03:52 AM (E4MKN)

100 Gah I want Swanson's hat. Among, you know, other things.



Posted by: alexthechick - We besearch thee of great SMOD at January 28, 2014 07:40 AM (Gk3SS)

 

Mmm.  It is nice.  I want the shoes and stockings in the second picture - with or without Swanson, it doesn't matter.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 28, 2014 03:52 AM (zF6Iw)

101 up to #35 I meant... which isn't much better...

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 03:53 AM (bDqG/)

102 Link fix for post #13 http://tinyurl.com/mzhw7mm Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:47 AM (T2V/1) Vic, Those republicans really do put up a good fight (sarc.) One percent is nothing.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:54 AM (z4WKX)

103 98 It is 11 here w/in a few miles of Boston.

I keep waking up very early from the noise of the radiators trying to keep the heat at 64 during the night. I finally pulled out an old, I believe, cashmere afghan I made over 20 years ago. I should have been using it all winter. it is very warm. Posted by: Carol

Funny- for whatever reason that reminded me of ERB's Barsoom and sleeping silks and furs....

Posted by: backhoe at January 28, 2014 03:54 AM (ULH4o)

104 So, are we going to draw straws to see which moron has to watch the SOTU and report back?

Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 03:54 AM (8VPPr)

105 I'm still having nitemares from seeing Madonna in her Guy Fawkes/Spy vs Spy get up.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 03:55 AM (E4MKN)

106 94 -

I  think what Sarah Palin does is forgive people, and not hold grudges.  It doesn't sit well with some people, but I think it's just part of her character.  Not some phony political persona, but her actual character. 

It doesn't satisfy the red meat types, and those who think she's too soft (especially those who are supremely skeptical of ALL women in politics), it gives them ammunition. 


Posted by: BurtTC at January 28, 2014 03:56 AM (BeSEI)

107 So, are we going to draw straws to see which moron has to watch the SOTU and report back? Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 07:54 AM

Whoever draws confinement in teh Barrel tonight should get that assignment.

Miscreants should pay for their crimes....

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 28, 2014 03:57 AM (ff7/5)

108 KY isn't run by the Mormons. Southern Baptists are more amenable to a little drinking. Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:15 AM (T2V/1) You know what the difference is between Catholics and Baptists? Catholics will say hello to each other at the liquor store.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at January 28, 2014 03:58 AM (nj9sX)

109

88: "Just off the top of my head, but I thought federal contractor wages were governed by the Federal Acqusition Regulation based on Congressional action. I don't see how an executive order can arbitrarily raise the minimum wage in that setting."

 

The FAR, like any other regulation, is a minimum standard. There is nothing to prevent more stringent requirements at the behest of the Agency Director. Or in this case, the president.

 

Example: The EPA has minimum vehicle emmision standards established. The President (I think it was W.) enacted an Executive Order mandating that all Executve Branches (including DoD) must abide by a higher standard with the exception of tactical vehicles.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 03:59 AM (OJn3e)

110 Funny- for whatever reason that reminded me of ERB's Barsoom and sleeping silks and furs.... Posted by: backhoe at January 28, 2014 07:54 AM (ULH4o) Backhoe, I donÂ’t get it. It must be something I missed. My house is old. The noise drives me crazy. I was waking up cold on top of the noise, now itÂ’s just the noise.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 03:59 AM (z4WKX)

111 Latest prediction says 3-5 inches of snow today/tonight. That will effectively paralyze the City. Hasn't started yet, but it "feels like" snow already. 29 degrees.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2014 04:00 AM (ZshNr)

112 I think what Sarah Palin does is forgive people, and not hold grudges. It doesn't sit well with some people, but I think it's just part of her character. Posted by: BurtTC at January 28, 2014 07:56 AM

Nice attribute for a minister. Lousy for someone who will have to clean up after Choom Boy has vomited all over the country.

And, in McCain's case, it shows lousy judgment. It's one of the reasons I'm glad to see her on the outside looking in.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 28, 2014 04:00 AM (ff7/5)

113 Morning, morons. I will be abstaining from listening to the Twink In Chief bloviate tonight. I've already had one migraine this week, I don't need to ragestroke myself into another.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 28, 2014 04:00 AM (euACX)

114 55 Fox discusses the targeting of Dinesh D'Souza but get a load of this horse shit from a federal prosecutor.U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara

Isn't that the same prosecutor that went after the Indian diplomat and created the hash of US/India diplomatic relations? He was full of baloney and went ape on that one too. He must have political ambitions or a book to peddle.


Posted by: Lester at January 28, 2014 04:03 AM (2UPXV)

115 Cats are rampaging all over the house chasing each other.  Foul weather stirs them up. They are weird.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 04:06 AM (T2V/1)

116

114: "And, in McCain's case, it shows lousy judgment. It's one of the reasons I'm glad to see her on the outside looking in."

 

Originally, I was very fond of Palin. She seemeed to exude authenticity and honesty.

 

As the campaign wore on, my like for her waned. She kept repeating the same lines that were refreshing the first time or two, but became hackneyed and stale. Like a comedian who gets a laugh with a joke and then continues to repeat the punch line over and over hoping to get the same results.

 

After the campaign failed, I wanted here to stay away. Not because she is a bad woman or would be a bad politician, but because she seems to have grown too enamored with herself. Every thing she does anymore seems to be centered around gaining or keeping publicity for herself.

 

She has grown much too fond of the lights and cameras I think.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 04:07 AM (LJpVo)

117 116  Posted by: Lester at January 28, 2014 08:03 AM (2UPXV)


I would have liked to be on the Grand Jury for that one.  I would have indicted the prosecutor. And you can actually do that on a Federal Grand Jury.


Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 04:08 AM (T2V/1)

118 I didnÂ’t open my email last night. I had one from Dick Morris. I used to go to his website when W was POTUS because he had one called Vote.com and if you would vote, heÂ’d send letters from us to proper authorities, like W, etc. TFG must have shut him out. I had email with video to watch his impression before Choom BoyÂ’s SOTU. I unsubscribed from all mailings. I was pissed in 2011 when he was supposedly sending lunchtime videos with all GOP candidates but conveniently did not include Rick Perry, even before Perry bombed in the debates. IÂ’m sure he left Rick out because he was working for FNC at the time & Rove hates Perry. I unsubscribed 2 1/2 years ago, so IÂ’m surprised that I had one from him. If I get another I will report as SPAM. Anyone remember his prediction that the 2008 election would come down to Condi & Hillary?

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:08 AM (z4WKX)

119 118  Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 08:07 AM (LJpVo)



Her speeches were being written and directed by the McShitty people. Look at the difference her speeches now are from what they were then.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 04:10 AM (T2V/1)

120 HHmmm, looking at temperature, I see an opportunity here. I should call Cabellas, and see if they have any arctic gear that needs field testing in extreme conditions.

Posted by: When it's twenty below, it's time to flambe o. at January 28, 2014 04:10 AM (GPkxs)

121 She has grown much too fond of the lights and cameras I think. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 08:07 AM

Naaah. I don't begrudge anyone's success. She has made a comfy niche for herself, and hasn't hurt anyone else to do it. Worked for Jay Leno. Doctor Phil, too.

My sole complaint is with people who mistake Palin for someone who should actually be president. Saying things is a long way short of doing things.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 28, 2014 04:12 AM (ff7/5)

122 omeone at NRO has coded a 'redirect loop'. Does anyone care? Posted by: Flambe, its what's for dinner! at January 28, 2014 07:38 AM (bnhnD) I will only go to NRO website on this Mac because I have an ad blocker installed on it. If I open on iPad, they open a page with ads. I am happy I read in the WSJ years ago that they track you. I didnÂ’t realize they were tracking every movement. I have to clear cookies on iPhone. IÂ’ll do it at work.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:13 AM (z4WKX)

123 Sorry, just found this reply... One of the 'ettes requested some "Happy News" be placed in the middle of the links because all the news was so depressing. It gives a short break. -Vic Yeah, I know. But... in Star Trek IV where Kirk advises Spock against trying to curse... or what movie scene is it where they try to get some character to smile, but when he does, it's scary and a mistake? Or that 21st C girl in Dr Who trying to speak in Olde Englishe prithee forsooth etc to Shakespeare (Dr Who: "don't do that... just... just don't.") I'm not saying this well, but I expected Vic Happy News to be more of the Pete Seegar died, 2nd Amendment hero offs intruder, congresscritter punches self in face kind of good "news." And lo, Vic tried, but it was not really news, just a cat pic. Plus, the cat didn't really look all that happy.....

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 04:13 AM (bDqG/)

124 121 -

Not just the speeches, but they forced her to wear the clothes they picked out for her, they decided where she went, and whenever she went off-script they screamed at her to just stick with their plan.  Literally screamed at her. 

To some extent, I think she still thinks of McCain as the one guy in that campaign who was decent to her, so if she has loyalty to him, I'm not going to criticize her for it. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 28, 2014 04:14 AM (BeSEI)

125 Anyone remember his prediction that the 2008 election would come down to Condi & Hillary? Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 08:08 AM (z4WKX) oooffftttt.....gladly haven't seen him around in a while...

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 30 days until spring training at January 28, 2014 04:14 AM (u8GsB)

126 Anyone remember his prediction that the 2008 election would come down to Condi & Hillary?

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 08:08 AM (z4WKX)

------

 

Yeah, he even wrote a book about it.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 28, 2014 04:15 AM (xWgW3)

127

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 08:13 AM (bDqG/)

 

Now that's authentic frontier gibberish!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 28, 2014 04:16 AM (zF6Iw)

128 Q. For the horde that may become a blog post. What would Hilldog McCankles be doing today if she hadn't married BJ McHorndog?

Posted by: Bob Dole's Genitalia at January 28, 2014 04:17 AM (QXlbZ)

129 oooffftttt.....gladly haven't seen him around in a while... Posted by: phoenix girl @phxazgrl 30 days until spring training at January 28, 2014 08:14 AM (u8GsB) I saw him in my email but deleted it!

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:17 AM (z4WKX)

130

The FAR, like any other regulation, is a minimum standard. There is nothing to prevent more stringent requirements at the behest of the Agency Director. Or in this case, the president.

 

---------

 

It was bugging me so I went to look it up.   I'm looking at subpart  22.10 where it's applying The Service Contract Act of 1965, under Statutory Requirements.

 

There's language in there under Statutory Requirements (22-1002-2) that says:

 

"Contractors performing on service contracts in excess of $2,500 to which no predecessor contractorÂ’s collective bargaining agreement applies shall pay their employees at least the wages and fringe benefits found by the Department of Labor to prevail in the locality or, in the absence of a wage determination, the minimum wage set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act."

 

It's further hammered home in 22-1002-4:

 

"No contractor or subcontractor holding a service contract for any dollar amount shall pay any of its employees working on the contract less than the minimum wage specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 USC 206)."

 

So in my reading at least, arbitrarily changing the standard at the executive level doesn't sound right to me.

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 04:17 AM (PFy0L)

131 Nothing says 'happy' like a fat cat.
Unless there are psychological problems that are compensated for by overindulgence.

Fat people are happy people, just talk to them, you'll see.

and once you render the fat, add in a little secret sauce, herbs and spices, they're delicious. Skinny people, on the other hand, are tough and stringy, not much meat, and takes all day to slow roast.

Posted by: When it's twenty below, it's time to flambe o. at January 28, 2014 04:18 AM (GPkxs)

132 I'm experiencing the odd sensation of deja vu

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:18 AM (DmNpO)

133 What would Hilldog McCankles be doing today if she hadn't married BJ McHorndog?
Posted by: Bob Dole's Genitalia

Showing off her bottom biscuits on the People of Walmart site?

Posted by: Bruce at January 28, 2014 04:20 AM (rr895)

134

130: " Q. For the horde that may become a blog post. What would Hilldog McCankles be doing today if she hadn't married BJ McHorndog?"

 

She'd be a junior partner with an ambulance chaser and would go home to around 12 cats. 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 04:21 AM (v6cwT)

135 deja vu
"it's a glitch in the matrix, when they cut the hard line"

Posted by: When it's twenty below, it's time to flambe o. at January 28, 2014 04:21 AM (GPkxs)

136 What would Hilldog McCankles be doing today if she hadn't married BJ McHorndog?  Posted by: Bob Dole's Genitalia

She would probably be in partnership with Gloria Allred.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 28, 2014 04:22 AM (ff7/5)

137 Good Morning Morons. Today is Tuesday, January 28, 2014. And in keeping with our impending snowmagedden today we have this for our day in history. On this day in1887 in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes were reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. They are predicting a high today of 32F and the snow to start around noonish (however the high will have already occurred at midnigh when it was about 45F). But we haz global warming. *** What?! The 15" wide is amazing enough but I can't fathom the 8" thickness. I presume they took out a few cows and cars too. I can't imagine those just fluttering lightly to the ground.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:22 AM (DmNpO)

138
An update to the rules of Calvinball:

Stephen Glass, ex-journalist who made up magazine articles, can't be a lawyer in California court rules.

http://lat.ms/1cmtmjr



But Mexicans who lie about being here legally can.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2014 04:22 AM (kdS6q)

139 Look at the difference her speeches now are from what they were then.

Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 08:10 AM (T2V/1)

Good point, and all the more reason why she should stay away from organized politics and remain on the outside, where her particular skills can be best utilized.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2014 04:23 AM (QFxY5)

140

Q. For the horde that may become a blog post. What would Hilldog McCankles be doing today if she hadn't married BJ McHorndog?

 

Aileen Wuornos.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 28, 2014 04:23 AM (zF6Iw)

141

I should have also added that the authority for the Federal Acquisition Regulation comes from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1974   (41 USC 425).

 

I don't see a section that says the Executive Authority has the ability to just raise a wage, especially given the language in 22-10. 

 

Interesting.

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 04:23 AM (PFy0L)

142 What would Hilldog McCankles be doing today if she hadn't married BJ McHorndog?

She made her bones working as a staff lawyer on the 'get Nixon' committee. She would have married some other democrat with a bright future in politics.

Posted by: When it's twenty below, it's time to flambe o. at January 28, 2014 04:24 AM (GPkxs)

143 One year ClintonÂ’s SOTU was upstaged by something in the OJ case. I donÂ’t remember if it was the verdict. I hope something big happens to upstage SCOAMF! That would really piss him off & lower his ratings than the will be.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:24 AM (z4WKX)

144 I presume they took out a few cows and cars too. I can't imagine those just fluttering lightly to the ground. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 08:22 AM

Cars in those days were pretty much unaffected by snow.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 28, 2014 04:24 AM (ff7/5)

145 Chucky Cheasedk proposes another stupid socialist law. He wants to spend tax dollars putting tracking devices on autistic kids. In The Know : Is The Government Spying On Schizophrenics Enough? http://youtu.be/FzoXQKumgCw

Posted by: toby928© at January 28, 2014 04:24 AM (QupBk)

146
It looks like the run-up to the 2016 presidential election is shaping up really well for the GOP!:

How Rick Santorum is laying the groundwork for another presidential run

...Santorum’s last-minute rise as a presidential candidate left him emboldened, and he never really left the stage in conservative circles or ceded his role as an advocate for a certain set of social views. Now he’s eying another run for the White House—a move that could upend 2016 calculations by such high profile potential candidates as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie or Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

http://tinyurl.com/lq4muod

The cream of the GOP is already rising to the top!

Posted by: Ed Anger at January 28, 2014 04:24 AM (tOkJB)

147 So, Wendy Davis will drag her sorry ass to the election, lose, and then write a poor me book. Between the book sales and speeches, she'll make enough money to retire.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 04:25 AM (E4MKN)

148

>>So in my reading at least, arbitrarily changing the standard at the executive level doesn't sound right to me.

.

.

.He isn't raising anything.  There isn't a single Federal Contract worker who makes $10 bucks an hour.  When I retired we had almost 60 contractors working with us as Clerk Level I.  They started at $14 an hour.  The Level II Clerks made almost $16 IIRC when they started.  Almost everyone who worked there was entry level and making double the current minimum wage and well over this "raise".

 

He isn't raising anyone's pay, this is a hand out to his base to make it look  like he is doing something.

Posted by: Registered Voter at January 28, 2014 04:26 AM (Rm+rQ)

149 Good point, and all the more reason why she should stay away from organized politics and remain on the outside, where her particular skills can be best utilized. Posted by: CharlieBrownÂ’sDildo at January 28, 2014 08:23 AM (QFxY5) Palin is good at energizing a crowd for a great candidate like Ted Cruz. She should keep quiet and come out when sheÂ’s needed.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:26 AM (z4WKX)

150 The TX gubernatorial election isn't until Nov. 4, 2014. That's a long time to hear all this bullshit.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 04:27 AM (E4MKN)

151 Wendy Davis will drag her sorry ass to the election, lose, and then write a poor me book. Between the book sales and speeches, she'll make enough money to retire.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 08:25 AM (E4MKN)


I think she'll be offered a position under Hillary, IYKWIMAITTYD

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 28, 2014 04:27 AM (QXlbZ)

152 One bright side to the mini ice age? We won't lose any more ships on the Great Lakes. Once they freeze solid & become glaciers, we can drive on them.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 04:28 AM (ndIek)

153

What would Hilldog McCankles be doing today if she hadn't married BJ McHorndog?

 

Angry militant lesbian  "Womyn's Studies" college professor.

Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 04:28 AM (G0ITZ)

154 How about we let Ms. Palin decide for herself how she wants to invest her time and talents?

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 04:28 AM (P6QsQ)

155 Vatical plans to auction off Pope's Harley Davidsons to help poor. The Pope had Harley Davidsons? Who knew? http://tinyurl.com/nuf67bg

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2014 04:29 AM (7kkQJ)

156 Q. For the horde that may become a blog post. What would Hilldog McCankles be doing today if she hadn't married BJ McHorndog? Cleaning motel rooms.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 04:29 AM (ndIek)

157
And in unpaid network Hillary '16 advertising news:

Female Secretary of State Drama Lands Pilot Order at CBS

The drama centers on the personal and professional life of a maverick female Secretary of State as she drives international diplomacy, wrangles office politics and balances a complex family life.

Madam Secretary marks the latest pilot featuring a female politician. Last week, Sharon Stone signed on to play the vice president in TNT's Agent X. Julia Louis-Dreyfus also plays the VP on HBO's Veep and Kate Burton holds the same office on ABC's Scandal.

HollywoodReporter

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 28, 2014 04:29 AM (kdS6q)

158 U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that the office and FBI take a "zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process." *** I assume his head then exploded into a million pieces of confetti because a statement this ridiculous could only have been uttered on a Laugh-In type of show.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:29 AM (DmNpO)

159 Showing off her bottom biscuits on the People of Walmart site? Posted by: Bruce at January 28, 2014 08:20 AM (rr895) Bruce- IMHO you win the answer to that question!

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:29 AM (z4WKX)

160

132: "at least the wages" and  " less than" are the operative terms.

 

I've been party to the management of programs that stipulated more than these minimum requirements on a routine basis.

 

Contracts given to vendors through the SBA or 3PL frequently have higher standards as well.

 

Congressionally mandated (or "advised") purchases or service contracts also frequently have higher than minimum requirements in order to satisfy their pet project or cause.

 

I'm currently managing a program that has standards much higher than the governing Agency's regulations as a direct result of Executive Order.

 

It happens all the time. The thing to keep in mind that the regulations and statutes have minimim standards. The Executive can go above and beyond at any time so long as the minimum is maintained. 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 04:29 AM (f6ZLT)

161 HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAY!!1!

Posted by: Mighty Mouse at January 28, 2014 04:30 AM (3ZtZW)

162 HollywoodReporter Posted by: Laurie DavidÂ’s Cervix at January 28, 2014 08:29 AM (kdS6q) I donÂ’t think many people watch those shows. I know that Scandal has a following but I have never watched it.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:31 AM (z4WKX)

163 Lived here in Oklahoma when "Liquor by the drink" finally passed. One would've thought the End Times were upon us, but, it actually normalized things. Instead of hauling one's own liquor to a club or buying a membership to a bottle club, a person could jyst buy one drink. Liquor stores fought it as hard as the churches.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, Think Mink! at January 28, 2014 04:31 AM (MYBDW)

164 She should keep quiet and come out when sheÂ’s needed.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 08:26 AM (z4WKX)

That's not at all what I meant.

Sarah Palin is a fantastic extemporaneous speaker, can skewer, with humor, anyone whom she confronts, and has an excellent sense of the feeling of the nation.

She should be loud and boisterous and constantly in the faces of the Dems.

As an inside-the-beltway pol? Terrible.

As a gadfly? Perfection.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2014 04:31 AM (QFxY5)

165 "I keep waking up very early from the noise of the radiators " -Carol You've mentioned this before. Are you talking just the hissing? If they're banging, there's air in the system. Nearly 15 years running two old Chicago apartment buildings with steam radiators. Don't miss that part! But we did have great furnace maintneance & repair guys.

Posted by: webworker at January 28, 2014 04:32 AM (bDqG/)

166

Today is the 28th anniversary  of the  Challenger disaster.  Surprised Vic didn't mention it, but I think we should remember and honor those lost souls.

 

Crew members 

Francis R. Scobee – Mission Commander

Michael J. Smith – Pilot

Ellison S. Onizuka – Mission Specialist 1

Judith A. Resnik – Mission Specialist 2

Ronald E. McNair – Mission Specialist 3

Christa McAuliffe – Payload Specialist 1, Teacher

Gregory B. Jarvis – Payload Specialist 2

 

Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 04:32 AM (GYTqM)

167 Well, Sarah is a sentimental favorite of mine because she was the first and only politician my late Miss Emily got enthused over. I have no idea what was behind that, except somehow she identified with her. I do wish Sarah well.

Posted by: backhoe at January 28, 2014 04:32 AM (ULH4o)

168 U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that the office and FBI take a "zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process." ================================ Unless that corruption is in Ohio, during recent Presidential campaigns, Millwaukee, St. Louis, Chicago, Philadelphia (and carried out by properly deputized Justice Department Black Panthers), California or other Democrat strongholds. Then its OK with Preet. Because its ok with Eric and TFG.

Posted by: MTF at January 28, 2014 04:32 AM (5ujLp)

169 Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:42 AM (T2V/1)

A toasty 11.5 º F (overnight low was 8.1 º F)  here in the New McAuliffe Dominion. 


I couldn't believe my electric bill for Dec-Jan and that was with a wood stove going 24/7 that still couldn't keep the house warm by itself.


Thanks to Prez Obama for essentially shutting down major portions of a carefully constructed electrical power generation and distribution system that took decades to establish.  We really didn't need the capacity of those dismantled coal fired plants after all, coal is dirty besides, and those coal miners don't even have college degrees.  Good thing that global warming (sure to kick in any century now) means we don't need the XL pipeline either.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 04:33 AM (o3MSL)

170

143: "I don't see a section that says the Executive Authority has the ability to just raise a wage, especially given the language in 22-10."

 

It's put into the Performance Description (PD) of the contract.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 04:33 AM (LJpVo)

171 U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that the office and FBI take a "zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process." Black Panthers.

Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 04:33 AM (MMC8r)

172 HaHa. Wendy Davis was a "homemaker" who donated to GW Bush, per Breitbart/Election records.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2014 04:33 AM (ZshNr)

173 Republicans cave in on the BS farm bill. They keep food stamps in the bill and reduce it by a whopping 1%. **** But c'mon, Vic! they are requiring stores who accept food stamps to stock at least seven of each staple category in their stores. Of course, there's no law that says recipients actually have to purchase those staples.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:33 AM (DmNpO)

174 I've seen snow fall in clumps, but individual flakes that big ?

Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 04:34 AM (3hIs0)

175 I just love Pixy's formatting randomness.  It adds that je ne sais quoi to one's writings.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 04:34 AM (o3MSL)

176 A great prayer from Paul's Letter to the Ephesians: For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. -Ephesians 3:14-21

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2014 04:35 AM (7kkQJ)

177 FAR 22-1002:  "Contractors performing on service contracts in excess of $2,500 to which no predecessor contractorÂ’s collective bargaining agreement applies shall pay their employees at least the wages and fringe benefits found by the Department of Labor to prevail in the locality or, in the absence of a wage determination, the minimum wage set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act."

Honest question:  Can Obama change the Fair Labor Standards Act with just his pen?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 28, 2014 04:36 AM (fwARV)

178 I don't know if anyone mentioned this already, but I just saw a bit on Fox news... that there are people who want proof that Greg Abbott in Texas really needs to be in a wheelchair.

Posted by: mallfly at January 28, 2014 04:36 AM (zjcTL)

179

I dunno Azengoth, I'm still unsold - to me it seems there should be a statutory grant of authority for a contracting officer or agency to override those subsections and say the contractor has to pay "at least" something that's higher than what's in the actual FAR.

 

After all, doesn't the contract have to live by what's in the FAR, which has to live by what's in the USC?

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 04:36 AM (PFy0L)

180 47 On this day, Henry VII kicked the bucket. Poor Catherine Parr must have cried tears of joy. Posted by: Judge Pug at January 28, 2014 07:22 AM (E4MKN) --- I'm very sure she did. She had no wish to re-marry after her husband's death, but there was no refusing the King. He was a tyrannical megalomaniac with a penchant for disposing of his wives. I've got a book that explains this tyranny with a medical theory. It's called "Blood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of King Henry VIII" by Kyra Cornelius Kramer. It would also explain why none of his wives ever successfully carries a second child of his.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 28, 2014 04:36 AM (N/cFh)

181 >>He isn't raising anyone's pay, this is a hand out to his base to make it look like he is doing something. Not necessarily true. Lots of union contracts have clauses written into them that trigger wage renegotiation or indexing based on a rise in the minimum wage. Here's a study from AFSCME that estimates this will raise the wages of 35 million workers. That's a lot more than nobody. http://tinyurl.com/my93auy

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2014 04:36 AM (g1DWB)

182 Yay Vic! Happy news today. Actually, two pieces of it, one behind the other. I also consider it good news that the assholes who beat up an old man due to jaywalking will be called on the carpet.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:36 AM (DmNpO)

183 Of course, there's no law that says recipients actually have to purchase those staples.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 08:33 AM (DmNpO)


If they purchase Staples, wouldn't that give business to Mitt Romney's BAIN Capital Group?

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 04:37 AM (o3MSL)

184 >>> How about we let Ms. Palin decide for herself how she wants to invest her time and talents? No! She must consult me, America's most judged womyn.

Posted by: Wendy fuckin Davis! at January 28, 2014 04:37 AM (Ua6T/)

185 Can anyone spare some Global Warming?

Its snowing here.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2014 04:37 AM (DIg/e)

186 good morning, all!   I've got   my annual physical later this   morning,   which I'm really looking forward to.  [/sarc]    But hey, at least it'll be better than having to listen to the SoTU tonight,  something I intend to miss like nobody's business.  Everyone'll be all, "Did you watch the SoTU?" and I'll be all, "I was washing my hair.  For HOURS."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 28, 2014 04:38 AM (4df7R)

187 Honest question: Can Obama change the Fair Labor Standards Act with just his pen?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 28, 2014 08:36 AM (fwARV)



If the President does it, it's not illegal.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 04:38 AM (o3MSL)

188

Posted by: mallfly at January 28, 2014 08:36 AM (zjcTL)

 

I want proof the Hildabeast actually has a va-jay-jay.  ...or at least something that resembles one.

Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 04:38 AM (G0ITZ)

189 The overwhelming majority of Americans think the economy is shit despite the massive propaganda efforts of the corrupt Obama regime and his ass kissing sycophants in the MFM. *** So, it's been 20 years since Hillary drove a car? When's the last ckufing time she wheeled a cart around a supermarket, trying not to crave the non-sale items?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:38 AM (DmNpO)

190 HaHa. Wendy Davis was a "homemaker" who donated to GW Bush, per Breitbart/Election records. When ambition called, she dropped the Republican party like an inconvenient child.

Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 04:38 AM (MMC8r)

191

179: "Honest question: Can Obama change the Fair Labor Standards Act with just his pen?"

 

He doesn't have to. He just increases the requirement when the contract goes out for bid.

 

So long as the requirement is equal to or above the minimum established in the statute, nothing is violated or changed.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 04:39 AM (v6cwT)

192 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 28, 2014 08:38 AM (4df7R)

Don't let your doc talk you into a prostate exam.  That's how pron videos start.

...So I've heard...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 28, 2014 04:39 AM (fwARV)

193 I want proof the Hildabeast actually has a va-jay-jay. ...or at least something that resembles one. Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 08:38 AM (G0ITZ) I'll take her word for it. Besides, what difference, at this point, does it make!

Posted by: RWC at January 28, 2014 04:39 AM (fWAjv)

194 She should be loud and boisterous and constantly in the faces of the Dems. As an inside-the-beltway pol? Terrible. As a gadfly? Perfection. Posted by: CharlieBrownÂ’sDildo at January 28, 2014 08:31 AM (QFxY5) CBD, I meant that she shouldnÂ’t have something to say about everything. Especially defending McAmnesty!

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:39 AM (z4WKX)

195 So long as the requirement is equal to or above the minimum established in the statute, nothing is violated or changed.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 08:39 AM (v6cwT)

In that case, I think he screwed up.  He could have made sure they got $20.10/hr.  THAT'S a living wage, and would have pleased his base.

What is it about Obama and half-measures?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 28, 2014 04:41 AM (fwARV)

196 Cars in those days were pretty much unaffected by snow. *** Uh yeah.... I just checked the date on that again. DUh!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:41 AM (DmNpO)

197 If the President does it, it's not illegal. *** You forgot the Nixon sock

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:42 AM (DmNpO)

198 Anna Puma All global warming must be channeled thru me first. It's currently 15 below here. I'm not even going to mention the wind chill number, as I do not wish to give myself an aneurism.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 04:42 AM (P6QsQ)

199 Posted by: web worker at January 28, 2014 08:32 AM (bDqG/) Webworker, it is the hissing in the radiators. We get the burners serviced every year.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:42 AM (z4WKX)

200 Correction, this EO will not raise wages for all 35 million, only a national rise in the minimum wage would do that. But this will affect workers on any federal contract whose wages are indexed to the minimum wage.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2014 04:43 AM (g1DWB)

201 Don't let your doc talk you into a prostate exam. That's how pron videos start.

...So I've heard...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 28, 2014 08:39 AM (fwARV)

 

I'll remember that.  Good advice.  *nod*    It also helps that I don't have a prostate,  so it'll make it easier to say no.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 28, 2014 04:43 AM (4df7R)

202 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 28, 2014 08:38 AM (4df7R) Don't let your doc talk you into a prostate exam. That's how pron videos start. ...So I've heard... Posted by: Washington Nearsider If he has one hand on your shoulder, no problem. Two hands........

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2014 04:43 AM (ndIek)

203 10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 1:00 pm || Choom Break 3:00 pm || Relaxation Therapy with Reggie Love 7:00 pm || Couple of lines and choom to mellow out 9:00 pm || Delivers the State of the Union address; House of Representatives 11:00 pm || Serviced by the MSM on their knees

Posted by: RWC at January 28, 2014 04:43 AM (fWAjv)

204 It's nice to hear the overpaid federal workers will get another increase from other people's money.

Posted by: --- at January 28, 2014 04:44 AM (MMC8r)

205 26 RIP Pete Seeger at 94. I liked his music even though he was a hard core commie.


http://tinyurl.com/nvx8l8h

Posted by: Vic at January 28, 2014 07:10 AM (T2V/1)


My dad liked Wagner's music and Japanese calligraphy.

Pete Seeger can play his banjo for Stalin.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2014 07:27 AM (olDqf)



Boring sing songy tripe; taking the music that was formed throughout the country and using it for his commie overlords.  He can strum it for Satan now with the barbed cock shredding his lower intestines.  Bob Dylan realized the folkie apparatchiks for what they were which is why he said "fuck this shit" and went electric on their senile asses, which drove them crazier than they already were.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2014 04:44 AM (7FFZz)

206 >>> I want proof the Hildabeast actually has a va-jay-jay. ...or at least something that resembles one. Think twice about that. You'll go blind, and not in a good way.

Posted by: fluffy at January 28, 2014 04:45 AM (Ua6T/)

207 grammie winger, where are you? I hope your are warm inside & do not have to go out. That is brutal. A woman I work with in PA has two kids. Our company manages shopping centers & I keep track of vacation time. They closed schools in PA yesterday for today for the cold but itÂ’s only minus 5 with the windchill. IÂ’ll ask her later what the real temp is.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:46 AM (z4WKX)

208 We've got a "virga" storm coming into NC, per the only weather guy I like down here. Precipitation falling but evaporating before it hits the ground. So on the radar it looks like we're getting snow, but we won't be seeing any of it until this afternoon.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2014 04:46 AM (ZshNr)

209 Today is the 28th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Surprised Vic didn't mention it, but I think we should remember and honor those lost souls. Crew members Francis R. Scobee – Mission Commander Michael J. Smith – Pilot Ellison S. Onizuka – Mission Specialist 1 Judith A. Resnik – Mission Specialist 2 Ronald E. McNair – Mission Specialist 3 Christa McAuliffe – Payload Specialist 1, Teacher Gregory B. Jarvis – Payload Specialist 2 Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 08:32 AM (GYTqM) It's been 28 years? Wow. I know Owl City can be more than a bit twee for many people's taste but I really like this: http://youtu.be/djHvGHiBqFI

Posted by: alexthechick - Please SMOD. Just for me? at January 28, 2014 04:46 AM (VtjlW)

210 Don't let your doc talk you into a prostate exam. That's how pron videos start....So I've heard... *** I read this little tidbit on my local news site last night: A Jacksonville man is considered the creator of gay pornography. Another Jville native was the most expensive male prostitute in the world http://bit.ly/1dKOn3a I just feel so proud!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:47 AM (DmNpO)

211 168 Today is the 28th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Surprised Vic didn't mention it, but I think we should remember and honor those lost soul


Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 08:32 AM (GYTqM)


I covered it last year and I try not to repeat.



Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 04:47 AM (T2V/1)

212 Carol - I'm in Wisconsin. All the schools are closed in my town too, even the college campuses. Yesterday I had to go to the hospital for some tests, and the air was so cold it was painful to breathe. My lungs ached for a long time. I don't have to go anywhere today, thank goodness.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 04:48 AM (P6QsQ)

213

181: "After all, doesn't the contract have to live by what's in the FAR, which has to live by what's in the USC?"

 

As long as the minimums are adhered to, they are abiding by the FAR.

 

I'd have to defer to a JAG or one of the lawyers here for the legal points of order. But from my experience in the logistics and acquisitions arenas, Executive Orders have been used to increase the requirements in performance, pay, and timelines above and beyond what is contained in the FAR.

 

I'll offer the caviat that I don't have the expertise to determine the legality of such action, and I'll have to give that aspect to better than me to pontify on. But from personal experience, it DOES happen.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 28, 2014 04:49 AM (LJpVo)

214

I read this little tidbit on my local news site last night:

A Jacksonville man is considered the creator of gay pornography. Another Jville native was the most expensive male prostitute in the world

http://bit.ly/1dKOn3a


I just feel so proud!

 

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

 

I wonder if there's a monument somewhere in Jacksonville.

 

On second thought, no I don't actually want to know that.

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 04:49 AM (PFy0L)

215 Today is the 28th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Surprised Vic didn't mention it, but I think we should remember and honor those lost souls. *** I worked in the cashiers office at Rhodes Furniture. There were TVs everywhere in the store, all tuned to the blastoff. Suddenly there was dead silence. Then there were tears. Still unbelievable to this day.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:49 AM (DmNpO)

216 Grammie Winger, well propane company finally visited house yesterday to check on heater after I had called them on Wednesday.  The heater is bad, emitting carbon monoxide like Gaylord spews in front of the TV.  So as it snows outside I stay warm with electric heaters and very bundled up in layers of clothing.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2014 04:49 AM (DIg/e)

217 Posted by: alexthechick - Please SMOD. Just for me? at January 28, 2014 08:46 AM (VtjlW)

Twee?

That's an understatement.

But at least I know who you really are....Gabe Malor's angry conservative sock.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2014 04:50 AM (QFxY5)

218 All the schools are closed And the sky is grey But I have to go to work On a winter's day

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 28, 2014 04:50 AM (7ObY1)

219 Oooh, Seeger the Commie is dead?  I'm not going to celebrate, but I'm sure as hell not going to mourn.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 28, 2014 04:50 AM (4df7R)

220 A great prayer from Paul's Letter to the Ephesians:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2014 08:35 AM (7kkQJ)



I prefer the Serenity prayer:


Lord grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change


The courage to change what I can change


And the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I had to kill cause they just pissed me off.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 28, 2014 04:50 AM (yh0zB)

221 I wonder if there's a monument somewhere in Jacksonville. On second thought, no I don't actually want to know that. *** Heh! The article is about the seedy history of prostitution in Jax and is actually quite interesting.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:51 AM (DmNpO)

222 I continue to be in awe of the things closed-for-the-cold. I never once had a school or work day closed for weather of any kind. I like snow days just fine. I don't have to roust and get Little out to school, we can sleep a little longer, and I don't need to worry about getting hit by a driver who doesn't know how to drive in anything that isn't dry weather. Love, Token Canadian

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 28, 2014 04:51 AM (N/cFh)

223 I'll remember that. Good advice. *nod* It also helps that I don't have a prostate, so it'll make it easier to say no. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at January 28, 2014 08:43 AM (4df7R) Did I link you to dorkstar yesterday? If not, haz. http://bit.ly/1k0YfeS

Posted by: alexthechick - Please SMOD. Just for me? at January 28, 2014 04:51 AM (VtjlW)

224 Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 08:32 AM (GYTqM) Thank you, Icedog. I did not remember date but know that Reagan gave one of his best speeches & it was from his heart. So unlike most of the bullshit they say today, that no one pays attention. I thought it was 1985 but IÂ’m sure youÂ’re right. I almost typed in 2015 last week instead of 2014, do you think it may have been a bit of wishful thinking?

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:51 AM (z4WKX)

225 184 Yay Vic!

Happy news today. Actually, two pieces of it, one behind the other. I also consider it good news that the assholes who beat up an old man due to jaywalking will be called on the carpet.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 08:36 AM (DmNpO)



As usual the only one t be held accountable are the taxpayers.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 04:51 AM (T2V/1)

226 But at least I know who you really are....Gabe Malor's angry conservative sock. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2014 08:50 AM (QFxY5) I'm going to go with no on that.

Posted by: alexthechick - Please SMOD. Just for me? at January 28, 2014 04:52 AM (VtjlW)

227 @218. Anna Puma Oh my goodness!! Thank God you had that checked out! I'm so sorry - here, take my portion of global warming. You deserve it.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 04:52 AM (P6QsQ)

228 221 Oooh, Seeger the Commie is dead? I'm not going to celebrate, but I'm sure as hell not going to mourn. Let's not forget that the decrepit old Commie performed at Obama's inauguration. Not that palling around with Commies makes Obama a Commie, of course. //sarc off

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 28, 2014 04:52 AM (7ObY1)

229 Challenger is probably the first distinct memory I have as a school-kid.  All the tvs had the launch on, and all the teachers were so elated to see one of their own shot into space.

Having no reference point for what a shuttle launch should be, it was difficult to understand why everyone went from excited to sobbing in just a few seconds...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 28, 2014 04:52 AM (fwARV)

230 I want proof the Hildabeast actually has a va-jay-jay. ...or at least something that resembles one.

Posted by: Icedog at January 28, 2014 08:38 AM (G0ITZ)

You saw it Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. 

Jabba the Hutt was feeding people into the mighty Saarlac.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2014 04:53 AM (DIg/e)

231

As long as the minimums are adhered to, they are abiding by the FAR.

 

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I'm more referring to the statutory authority of an agency to demand something that's higher than what the FAR identifies.  In other words, the FAR says if I don't pay at least the minimum wage, my bid will be denied.  Fair enough.  But then I'm being told an Agency can arbitrarily set its own wage floor and deny contracts that are compliant with the FAR but not compliant with the Agency's demand.  That's the part I'm having trouble with - where's the authority for an Agency to set that new minimum standard?

 

On the other point, I'm quite sure EOs have been used thusly before, and they will likely be used again, but I don't think that's an argument as to whether it is statutorily kosher.

Posted by: @JohnTant at January 28, 2014 04:53 AM (PFy0L)

232 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 08:36 AM (DmNpO) NDH, Did you watch link I put in early in thread from Powerline Blog? Empty Speech from Empty Suit. #36.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:54 AM (z4WKX)

233 IÂ’m sure he left Rick out because he was working for FNC at the time & Rove hates Perry.


I'm surprised the ghost of Lee Atwater hasn't strangled Rove in his sleep.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2014 04:54 AM (7FFZz)

234 So much for being the most expensive Super Bowl ever. With ticket prices in a freefall, seats for SundayÂ’s MetLife Stadium matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos could end up being the least expensive for a Super Bowl since the post-9/11 game of 2002. After hitting record highs last week, ticket prices took a nose dive over the weekend, with the cheapest prices plummeting nearly 50 percent, to a low of $1,150 from about $2,200 at 9 a.m. on Jan. 19. While the cold weather had been a concern, thatÂ’s now been factored into prices and isnÂ’t expected to have much of an effect going forward, unless there is a snowstorm, market watchers said. ... Instead, limited travel demand by fans of the two Western teams, a glut of available tickets and sluggish interest in the New York metropolitan area are contributing to the tailspin. How many Ultra-Green Commercials will there be during one of the coldest SB's evah? Irony.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 04:55 AM (IXrOn)

235

Today is the 28th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Surprised Vic didn't mention it, but I think we should remember and honor those lost souls.

 

I've told the story before, but I was 6 at the time of the Challenger disaster.  Since Christa McAuliffe was from NH, pretty much every TV in the state was tuned to the liftoff.  I was lying on my stomach on the living room floor in front of our    TV watching it go, and I remember when it split apart and    the picture changed to those two curling smoke trails.  I didn't know anything had gone wrong so I kept watching.   It's so crystal clear in my memory, watching those bits of debris fall through the sky   and    not knowing what it meant.  It makes for a very strange, sad memory.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 28, 2014 04:55 AM (4df7R)

236 The Challenger disaster was the last time my school ever aired shuttle take-offs. Before then, we would watch every one.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 28, 2014 04:55 AM (Ryac4)

237 FAR 22-1002: "Contractors performing on service contracts in excess of $2,500 to which no predecessor contractorÂ’s collective bargaining agreement applies shall pay their employees at least the wages and fringe benefits found by the Department of Labor to prevail in the locality or, in the absence of a wage determination, the minimum wage set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act."

He can lower the wages, but he can raise them.  The real impact will be in increased costs to every program and agency budget.  What will they cut to make up the difference?

Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 04:55 AM (4JkHl)

238 As usual the only one t be held accountable are the taxpayers. *** And there's the letdown...

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:55 AM (DmNpO)

239 NDH, Did you watch link I put in early in thread from Powerline Blog? Empty Speech from Empty Suit. #36. *** Missed it. Will go look now.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 04:56 AM (DmNpO)

240 217 Today is the 28th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Surprised Vic didn't mention it, but I think we should remember and honor those lost souls. I was 20 years old and working as an apprentice at a print shop in Kerrville, Texas at the time. The boss brought in a little TV so we could watch the takeoff. I was finishing up a job and missed the liftoff. Then I heard the cries coming from the bosses office. Schools all across America had it on TV because the flight had the schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian astronaut. TVs in schools were rare then. What an awful tragedy. President Reagan was magnificent when he addressed the nation.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 28, 2014 04:56 AM (7ObY1)

241 Not aired...watched on tv. Geez, mush brain again today.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 28, 2014 04:56 AM (Ryac4)

242 Did I link you to dorkstar yesterday? If not, haz.


http://bit.ly/1k0YfeS

Posted by: alexthechick - Please SMOD. Just for me? at January 28, 2014 08:51 AM (VtjlW) [./i]

 

 

WHY SO MUCH DORKY    CUTENESS, KARL?     WHY?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 28, 2014 04:56 AM (4df7R)

243 I thought it was 1985 but IÂ’m sure youÂ’re right. I almost typed in 2015 last week instead of 2014, do you think it may have been a bit of wishful thinking?

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 08:51 AM (z4WKX)




86. I remember it well. I was checking out of tech school at NAS Memphis, the clerk was watching the launch on the TV, and all of a sudden there were four contrails where before there was only one...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 28, 2014 04:57 AM (yh0zB)

244 Morning Horde. I've got nothing save for my contempt for Obama and all his works. Well, I've got coffee too, but mostly contempt.

Posted by: joncelli at January 28, 2014 04:57 AM (RD7QR)

245 Commented about Stephen Glass yesterday--the Left will never forgive him helping to expose the blatant bias. His articles are actually pretty enjoyable to read, especially given the passage of time. Stock market--my theory is that the latest stock market plunge was brought about by the targeting of D'Souza, as the 2000 plunge was instigated by Janet Reno's investigation of Microsoft and their indispensable browser.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 28, 2014 04:57 AM (Ec6wH)

246 Most people remember Susan Howard from Dallas, but it wasn't until I was researching the birthday list that I discovered that she also has the distinction of playing the 1st female Klingon, in the original Star Trek episode Day of the Dove. I've seen that episode countless times and I never would have guessed that was her.

--

I believe she's also a pretty staunch Republican and pro-life supporter.  I remember reading a while ago that, in Dallas it was written into the script that she was pregnant with a Downs Syndrome baby and she would abort it.  She was so against it and argued the storyline with the writers/directors.  Not long after, her character got written out of the show.  She felt her conservative views led to her dismissal.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 28, 2014 04:57 AM (Oa7B2)

247 U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that the office and FBI take a "zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process."






If that's so, he's going to have to throw the Democrat Party in the clink.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 28, 2014 04:58 AM (1Jaio)

248 LetÂ’s put a tracking device on Schmucky Schumer! It would be cheaper & we would always know where he is. I hate it when I donÂ’t go online much & canÂ’t remember where I read it. Is he trying to replace Reid?

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:58 AM (z4WKX)

249 Well folks.  I think I will retire to the rocking chair.  bbt

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 28, 2014 04:58 AM (T2V/1)

250 Sorry, he cant

Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 04:58 AM (4JkHl)

251 I have to get ready to go to work. I hope everyone has a good day.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 04:59 AM (z4WKX)

252 GGE_Just make sure you don't trip on any bodies as you're fixing your or anybody elses heating system. ;^) May you have a blessed day! This is the full serenity prayer (I like the whole version) probably Written by Reinhold Neibuhr who was an American pastor, theologian. and ethicist who died in 1971: God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it, Trusting that You will make all things right, If I surrender to Your will, So that I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2014 04:59 AM (7kkQJ)

253 Thanks Grammie Winger.  Can't scream too loudly at propane company.  This series of cold snaps has them running ragged with people going 'oh my gosh! I'm out of propane!  Fill me up now!' 

Price of propane is now running $3.55/gallon when just a few months ago it was under $3/gallon.

Now I get to wait and see if I get another bill in the mail.  Had called them once before on this heater.  They came out and cleaned it and did leak test.  Everything seemed okay until a few hours after they left.  And the smoke alarm went off.  So another service call and this time, after I requested them to bring a CO monitor, guess what the heater is bad.  *thud*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2014 05:00 AM (DIg/e)

254 LetÂ’s put a tracking device on Schmucky Schumer! It would be cheaper & we would always know where he is.

It would be easier to stick one on a TV camera, chucky will show up quickly enough

Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 05:00 AM (4JkHl)

255 I have myself on list of Powerline Blog emails, last nightÂ’s included SOTU preview. Empty Speech by an Empty Suit, itÂ’s short & funny. I put in a thread last night but was too tired to see if anyone commented on it. **** Freedom!!!! It reminds me of this: http://bit.ly/M9tWXH

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 05:00 AM (DmNpO)

256 Off to bed with me, everybody try to stay warm. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 28, 2014 05:01 AM (yh0zB)

257 Seeger did a coupla good songs, but only when other people covered them. His voice and arrangements left a lot to be desired.

Posted by: Bigby's Cuervo-Pounding Hands at January 28, 2014 05:01 AM (3ZtZW)

258 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2014 08:59 AM (7kkQJ)

Niebuhr was a fairly intelligent leftist. He was anti-communist, which in his day was uncommon.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2014 05:02 AM (QFxY5)

259 @255...Propane Emergency!

Posted by: Hank Hill, Assistant Manager, Strickland Propane at January 28, 2014 05:02 AM (Ec6wH)

260 so far in Houston, 42 and drizzling. Kids all out of school anyway. Fauxmageddon

Posted by: thunderb at January 28, 2014 05:03 AM (zOTsN)

261 Seeger did a coupla good songs, but only when other people covered them. His voice and arrangements left a lot to be desired.

Posted by: Bigby's Cuervo-Pounding Hands at January 28, 2014 09:01 AM (3ZtZW)




He was awful from start to finish. I'd rather listen to toilets flushing for 10 hours than anything that commie POS did.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 28, 2014 05:03 AM (1Jaio)

262 Anna Puma We have a propane shortage here in Wisconsin. Gov. Walker has declared a state of emergency because of that, combined with the brutal cold. National Guard put on alert too I believe. I hope you don't have to wait a long time to get your heater fixed. This is no time to be without heat. Yikes.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 28, 2014 05:03 AM (P6QsQ)

263 I remember it well. I was checking out of tech school at NAS Memphis, the clerk was watching the launch on the TV, and all of a sudden there were four contrails where before there was only one... Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 28, 2014 08:57 AM (yh0zB) GGE I remember it too, I forgot year, excuse Commander GGE. How is it being a Commander?

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 05:04 AM (z4WKX)

264 Meanwhile, the WWII Museum in New Orleans is getting a Curtiss P-40E for display.  Aircraft had been written off in Alaska in 1942 and has now been restored for static display.  It is painted in the markings of Col. Robert Scott, CO of the 23rd Fighter Group, CATF.

http://news.yahoo.com/restored-fighter-plane-salutes-flying-tigers-094004731.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2014 05:04 AM (DIg/e)

265 I was sitting in a high school history classroom when I heard some kids out in the hall talking about it. The teacher, Mr."Wizzer" White, told me to go out and ask what was up. I did, reported back, about two minutes later Brother Fahey came over the intercom with the announcement/prayer.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 28, 2014 05:05 AM (ZshNr)

266 Anna Puma, I hope they get right out to you to fix your heat. I bitch about the hissing waking me up but it doesnÂ’t bother me in the day time.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 05:05 AM (z4WKX)

Posted by: willow at January 28, 2014 05:06 AM (nqBYe)

268 Just thinking....why is Chucky Cheese**** suddenly going with a push for a "voluntary" tracking law on autistic children?  First off, if this one boy set the cogs turning in this putrid man's mind, what about the thousands of kids that have been abducted and murdered over the years?  My guess?  He's got a nice, little friend in the ankle bracelet business and, coincidentally, he's been looking to buy into their stock. When is someone going to delve into this devil man's connections and evil doings?  I can only imagine what's in his history.  

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 28, 2014 05:06 AM (Oa7B2)

269 One for the record books. So awesome. EVE Online wages largest war in its 10 year history A massive battle involving more than 2,200 players in main battle is underway in CCP's massively multiplayer online game Eve Online, easily the largest battle in the game's decade-long history, according to Alexander "The Mittani" Gianturco, the CEO of Goonswarm Federation. An exact real-life currency figure of the in-game damage is not currently cemented, but unconfirmed estimates put the amount at more than $200,000. An automated battle report will be generated from server data once the battle concludes. The current battle stems from 'The Halloween War' which instigated multiple warfares between unofficial political alliances. http://tinyurl.com/n52gru5

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 05:07 AM (IXrOn)

270 woops, .

Posted by: willow at January 28, 2014 05:07 AM (nqBYe)

271 Houston city services, schools and public transit are closed, so most downtown businesses are as well, though in hindsight everyone should have waited until this morning to make the call. Wasted productivity but safety first I guess. On the other hand, the local weather fox on our CBS affiliate has been coming on to me all morning, the little vixen.

Posted by: Blacksheep at January 28, 2014 05:07 AM (bS6uW)

272 fine,  tea and blueberry muffins all around.

Posted by: willow at January 28, 2014 05:08 AM (nqBYe)

273 Winter can now bite my ass.

That is all.....

Posted by: Vortex Lovera at January 28, 2014 05:08 AM (wtvvX)

274 Going to watch Mitt on Netflix tonight because I do not want to rage stroke when TFG says he is going to go it "alone" with his pen!!

Posted by: KC at January 28, 2014 05:09 AM (i7KmQ)

275 I'm not understanding why there's a propane shortage since with the supplies of natural gas and oil being up thanks to the wonders of fracking, propane should fall in line I'd think.  Hmmmmm, I'm detecting a thought that the cockwipes in the EPA may have had something to do with this...

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2014 05:09 AM (7FFZz)

276 that is an insult to cock wipes everywhere

Posted by: thunderb at January 28, 2014 05:10 AM (zOTsN)

277 Artisanal'ette, The Dude was talking about that battle on the ONT.  I think he quoted a $300k figure for the cost of the fight.  Too bad we can't get Iran to fight the US on the EVE servers.

Grammie Winger, we shall see on the heater.  According to the propane techs where the heater is now does not meet current code.  So got to measure to see if they are right.  If they are, it becomes a bit moot getting new one.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2014 05:10 AM (DIg/e)

278 Can't wait for the Global Warming portion of O's hagiography.

Posted by: Blacksheep at January 28, 2014 05:10 AM (bS6uW)

279 277 I'm not understanding why there's a propane shortage since with the supplies of natural gas and oil being up thanks to the wonders of fracking, propane should fall in line I'd think. Hmmmmm, I'm detecting a thought that the cockwipes in the EPA may have had something to do with this...

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2014 09:09 AM (7FFZz)


Not enough refinery capacity + arctic cold = shortage would be my guess.

Posted by: joncelli at January 28, 2014 05:11 AM (RD7QR)

280 Willow's here!   *goes to see if the Dump has been posted*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/u][/b] at January 28, 2014 05:11 AM (4df7R)

281 Awesome New Video: #EmptySuit http://therightscoop.com/awesome-new-video-emptysuit/ lol

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 05:11 AM (IXrOn)

282 How many Republicans are going to join in the customary standing ovation presidents receive when entering the House chamber? They'll say they're just showing respect for the office not the man but in this case the man has defiled the office and is so narcissistic he'll interpret any semblance of approval, no matter how pro forma, as an endorsement of his leadership.  And even though the Tea Party contingent isn't likely to play the role of accessory in his atrocities it's all too likely the other Congressional Republicans will display the abject cowardice we've come to expect of them.

Posted by: Bob Pilpel at January 28, 2014 05:11 AM (MUQAr)

283 I was working for a really small aerospace consulting firm back in 1985 when the Challenger tragedy occurred. There happened to be a meeting of the local AIAA chapter that same evening.

Needless to say it was a very somber gathering....

Posted by: Vortex Lovera at January 28, 2014 05:12 AM (wtvvX)

284 It reminds me of this: http://bit.ly/M9tWXH Posted by: NiedermeyerÂ’s Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 09:00 AM (DmNpO) ItÂ’s funny. I watched instead of getting ready for work. I canÂ’t copy & paste on iPad. ItÂ’s just me. One last note,I really do hope something happens in the news, maybe an arrest of some big celebrity, anything that will take attention from The SCOAMFÂ’s SOTU. IÂ’m glad I have on demand. I would rather watch that most of the time instead of when itÂ’s on. I will probably be at work & listen to podcast from Friday at nine. No one will be in the office and I wonÂ’t have to look for earbuds. I canÂ’t find them.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 05:12 AM (z4WKX)

285 274 I can make tea, but have no blueberry muffins. Todays high is a balmy 22 funloving degrees. Am I in the right thread?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 28, 2014 05:13 AM (LAN8Y)

286 Words of wisdom from Ruth Buzzi on Twitter: If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be practically unstoppable.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 28, 2014 05:13 AM (ee9LE)

287 I know I'm a little early (or late) for the book thread, but for the history buffs out there, I'd like to recommend "The Plantagenets" by Dan Jones. I've been staying up late each night to finish it. As the saying goes, history doesn't repeat itself--it rhymes. Obama's just a less regal version of King John.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 28, 2014 05:13 AM (Ec6wH)

288 52 Who's giving the pansy-ass GOP response to Barky?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 28, 2014 07:25 AM (zF6Iw)

 

It should be Cruz or Rand. However, it can be very brief, and should be renamed. Instead of the SOTU response, it should be called the STFU.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 28, 2014 05:13 AM (+/C3g)

289 a morning troll? this early, did someone have a bad night?

Posted by: willow at January 28, 2014 05:13 AM (nqBYe)

290 Hat tip to the cobs for that rapid ban-hammering.

Posted by: joncelli at January 28, 2014 05:14 AM (RD7QR)

291 And it is!


Come on, willow!   The Dump's up!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at January 28, 2014 05:14 AM (4df7R)

292 It should be Cruz or Rand. However, it can be very brief, and should be renamed. Instead of the SOTU response, it should be called the STFU. *** Rand will be, as become is becoming tradition, giving his own rebuttal.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 05:14 AM (DmNpO)

293 When little Barry Leipzig is done pounding the bully pulpit tonight with his tiny girl fists, it may be time to double down on firearm industry investments.

Posted by: Fritz at January 28, 2014 05:14 AM (TKFmG)

294 In Medieval Total War Plantagenet is a common name for Generals and Petty Nobles.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 28, 2014 05:14 AM (LAN8Y)

295 Save the polar bears!

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Da%C3%AFkon-Art-japon-5.jpg

For lunch.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 28, 2014 05:14 AM (DIg/e)

296 I TOTALLY screwed up that sentence. Rand will be, as is becoming tradition, giving his own rebuttal.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 05:15 AM (DmNpO)

297 I'm being thankful that I ordered heating oil Friday and it was delivered Saturday. It's still 15 here, windy, and the heater is running almost constantly just to keep the house at 65.

Posted by: Empire1 at January 28, 2014 05:16 AM (rQgVT)

298 Morning all. I did not watch Challenger on TV in school because my teachers were on strike. From the link in the ONT: >>Only a few weeks into this midterm election year, the right-wing political zeppelin is fully inflated with secret cash and is firing malicious falsehoods at supporters of health care reform. Good grief.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 28, 2014 05:16 AM (SUKHu)

299 Artisanal'ette, The Dude was talking about that battle on the ONT. I think he quoted a $300k figure for the cost of the fight. Too bad we can't get Iran to fight the US on the EVE servers. And, it was triggered because someone didn't pay a bill on time. lol It's been ongoing, of course, but, this triggered the massiveness of the cost and fight so far. Security was dropped, and a window of opportunity opened.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 28, 2014 05:16 AM (IXrOn)

300 And even though the Tea Party contingent isn't likely to play the role of accessory in his atrocities it's all too likely the other Congressional Republicans will display the abject cowardice we've come to expect of them.

Posted by: Bob Pilpel at January 28, 2014 09:11 AM (MUQAr)



Some tv station over the weekend showed a previous beginning where Gaylord Focker was walking to the podium and in his wake was Eric the Weasel Cantor doing his gladhanding best to be part of the whole fucking charade.  There is no doubt that Top Men have that gelded eunuch in line to take over for Boehner when he cashes out for those sweet sweet lobbying gigs.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2014 05:16 AM (7FFZz)

301 68 White students went with checks. Posted by: Jean at January 28, 2014 07:30 AM (4JkHl) The U/M will never get a check from this alum. I do give money to Michigan Tech, though. That's where I should have gone. --------- I agree that Michigan Tech is a much better school tham U of M, but the temp today at Tech is -26 and that is not wind chill!

Posted by: Chilling the most at January 28, 2014 05:17 AM (gxtMZ)

302 Posted by: Captain Hate at January 28, 2014 09:16 AM (7FFZz)

Cantor is yet another abomination from my once great State.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 28, 2014 05:19 AM (o3MSL)

303 Well, there's a pink line between Hot-lanta and Macon, and living on the alternate truck route I see lots of propane trucks zipping by.

Posted by: backhoe at January 28, 2014 05:21 AM (ULH4o)

304 Captain Hate, I canÂ’t stand it when all the pols line up to have their picture taken with the SCOAMF. I can understand when the president is a decent man but this one is an embarrassment to the United States. Someone couldnÂ’t pay me enough to have my picture taken with him. I would only do it if I could take only the money to try to have my now quadriplegic brother moved from Maine to Massachusetts and to try to rehab him. I would take the money but only to help him because heÂ’s helpless now. Friday it will be ten months since he got sick, it started with a strep infection.

Posted by: Carol at January 28, 2014 05:21 AM (z4WKX)

305 @125 or what movie scene is it where they try to get some character to smile, but when he does, it's scary and a mistake?

Terminator 2, I think.

Posted by: Null at January 28, 2014 05:23 AM (DuH+r)

306 It's like an unspoken rule in our house that whoever is closest to the remote has to immediately change the channel at the sight of O's lying face or the sound of his pansy-ass whining voice. I despise that cocksucker. I can't believe we have to live with his ass for another three years. What's most pathetic about his reign of error (and there's a lot) is that we've had to go through all of this because it was more important to the liberals and media elites to have a half-black president than a good president. With all the problems we have we actually elected (or he stole) this POS over a business turnaround specialist and a budget wonk. Unfuckingbelievable.

Posted by: Blacksheep at January 28, 2014 05:23 AM (bS6uW)

307 Let the brown little man from Louisiana give the rebuttal. Or Rubio, as long as he's well hydrated.

Fucking retards. Good luck in November.

Posted by: CPAC Welcome Committee at January 28, 2014 05:23 AM (Cs2tJ)

308 309?

That^ X1000

Posted by: backhoe at January 28, 2014 05:25 AM (ULH4o)

309 On this day in 1887 in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes were reported[...]




I presume they took out a few cows and cars too. I can't imagine those just fluttering lightly to the ground.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 28, 2014 08:22 AM (DmNpO)


Cars? Hmm, guess they started a lot earlier than I thought...

Posted by: [/b]KG at January 28, 2014 06:08 AM (p7BzH)

310 Washington Times: DIY State Of The Union Barf Bag - 1/28/2014 http://tinyurl.com/mdzg9o6

Posted by: RickZ at January 28, 2014 06:55 AM (PpAf4)

311 To Add to a post, Sarah Palin says Republicans should spend more time going after Obama than attacking McShitty. Sarah honey, its time to give it up. You don't owe this jowly SOB anything else. A little about what an Alaskan, thinks about the FOX Monkey, Sarah Palin, when the Republicans were looking high and low, [Very Low], for candidates who Obama-Biden, could beat, [clearly Candidates that bad were hard to find, Sarah-McCain, were the same as putting up Dole, to get Clinton, in], in Alaska, I was trying to get Tina Fay, into Alaska, so when Sarah, was down below we could replace Sarah, with Tina, [if anyone even noticed the switch, no one in Alaska, would have said anything, we would have had the best of the deal], Sarah, was a joke in Alaska, and has became a Gross Embarrassment to Alaska, and to the Nation right along with the Vietnam Penyata, John McCain, remember.

Posted by: Trapper at January 28, 2014 09:41 AM (QchC1)

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