February 10, 2014
— Gabriel Malor Happy Monday.
Rep. Bachmann joins other conservatives on a clean debt ceiling bill. "YouÂ’ve got to know when to hold them and when to fold them. My assessment is that most of us donÂ’t think itÂ’s the time to fight." Reps. Labrador and Amash shared similar sentiments last week.
Only Washington, D.C. had a positive "economic confidence index" last year—that is, Gallup's composite of a economic conditions in the U.S. combined with residents' perceptions of those conditions. Gallup notes that political sentiment appears to play a role in economic perception.
Washington Free Beacon's Alana Goodman investigates "the Hillary Papers," unpublished documents contained in the archive of one of Clinton's best friends and advisers. It is must-read.
Geeks with significant others, I've got a a Valentine's Day possibility for you.
NYTimes' Opinionator blog has an excellent column on single motherhood from Kay Hymowitz.
RCP's Scott Conroy dug deep into Gov. Christie's college years. Good stuff.
Toyota announced it will shut down its Australian manufacturing by 2017. Quite simply, it's cheaper to manufacture elsewhere (especially here in the U.S.) and ship to Australia. The company had been trying to reduce its labor costs by amending contracts, but that got nixed by the country's court system. Toyota was the last of the automakers to announce that it is leaving Australia. Once it pulls out, Australia will have no consumer carmaker.
Ya'll be good to each other today.
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Posted by: Navycopjoe at February 10, 2014 02:49 AM (fA5xz)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 02:50 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: wing.....and a prayer at February 10, 2014 02:50 AM (dLNm7)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 02:53 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: wing.....and a prayer at February 10, 2014 02:54 AM (dLNm7)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 02:55 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Jenny Likes Her Phone Today at February 10, 2014 02:55 AM (5q6zz)
Posted by: Jenny Likes Her Phone Today at February 10, 2014 02:56 AM (5q6zz)
Posted by: Gem at February 10, 2014 02:57 AM (zw+pb)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 10, 2014 02:58 AM (euACX)
Posted by: Adam at February 10, 2014 03:00 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:01 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Gem at February 10, 2014 03:02 AM (zw+pb)
- pg 63. American Evita - Hillary Clinton's Path to Power. Christopher Andersen. William Morrow/Harper Collins. 2004
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:02 AM (Z/g31)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 10, 2014 03:02 AM (lwkv9)
got a belly laugh out of this
>>>Geeks with significant others, I've got a a Valentine's Day possibility for you.<<<
almost bedtime.
morning and good night.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 10, 2014 03:02 AM (ga+7c)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:02 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 06:53 AM (olDqf)
my condolences to you and your family.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 10, 2014 03:04 AM (ga+7c)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:04 AM (Z/g31)
Posted by: Jenny Likes Her Phone Today at February 10, 2014 03:04 AM (5q6zz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:04 AM (xSRwo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:05 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Jenny Likes Her Phone Today at February 10, 2014 03:06 AM (5q6zz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:06 AM (Z/g31)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:06 AM (xSRwo)
The official GOP motto.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 10, 2014 06:55 AM (JpC1K) <<<
because they have to get to work on an ocare patch and amnesty.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 10, 2014 03:07 AM (ga+7c)
J.J., my deepest sympathies. May her memory be for a blessing.
Today in 1892 was the birthday of Alan Hale, the Skipper's dad. Here's a clip of him with Errol Flynn in 1938s The Adventures of Robin Hood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXHVDRgAFMk
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 03:08 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:09 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:10 AM (xSRwo)
You'll only think you know Hillary Clinton. I was the benefactor of her crazy bitch syndrome when she fired all seven members of the travel office. I sued the bitch and won.
Elect the crazy to office and if you believe Obama is bad for America, simply wait for Hillary to get into high gear with her storm troops.
Posted by: Billy Dale, WH Travel Office Mgr. at February 10, 2014 03:10 AM (nQjHM)
... last year this time, the papers in DC were reporting that DC had been completely unaffected by the recession. If anything, there had been growth since the beginning of the recession.
Posted by: Frankie Goes To DC at February 10, 2014 03:10 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:11 AM (olDqf)
- pg 170. ibid. Christoper Andersen.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:12 AM (Z/g31)
Washington D.C. is the only place with a positive economic index last year.
Why does this not suprise me? The place is the leach of the country. The rest of the country would be doing a lot better without them.
Posted by: Case at February 10, 2014 03:13 AM (jhRZ+)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:14 AM (pkNRJ)
Posted by: Gran at February 10, 2014 03:14 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:16 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:17 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:17 AM (Z/g31)
Posted by: Gran at February 10, 2014 03:18 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:18 AM (olDqf)
Ever see "Somewhere In Time?" An average film but elevated by many degrees because of Barry's wonderful, haunting score.
Barry was great at coming up with musical earworms. The titles to Raise the Titanic!, Out of Africa and The Scarlet Letter always bring a lump to my throat.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 03:20 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:21 AM (pkNRJ)
Posted by: Billy Dale, WH Travel Office Mgr. at February 10, 2014 07:10 AM
In some way, I imagine Shrillery is absolutely thrilled by America's slavering support for Choom Boy. His experience (who woulda thought you could use those two words together?) has surely shown her that she can force much more of her communistic, man-hating, revenge-seeking agenda down the public's throats.
After all, there was enough public push-back over her "health care" plan that it had to be abandoned. President Historic First's© "plan" got through, and so have enough illegal actions to convince her she can run roughshod over us all without fear of negative consequences.
The Chicago Jesus was Just the Tip©....
Posted by: MrScribbler at February 10, 2014 03:22 AM (ff7/5)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:25 AM (pkNRJ)
42: " "Bill may not have liked it," said a law school classmate and frequent White House guest, "but if he was going down, she had no intention of going down with him..."
I couldn't help but read that as a sexual thing.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 10, 2014 03:28 AM (/qzu7)
It was the latest blow to the chances for immigration reform, which now hang on the very question of whether Republicans can trust President Obama to enforce the laws.
“Yet again, this administration is abusing the powers granted it by Congress,” Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, said after he had a chance to digest the changes. As chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Goodlatte likely would be the chief Republican negotiator on any immigration bill, and his evaluation of the president’s willingness to reinterpret the law is indicative of where many of his colleagues stand.
Posted by: Frankie Goes To DC at February 10, 2014 03:28 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 10, 2014 03:29 AM (nj9sX)
Don't government employees need "freedom" and the joys of FUNemployment too.
.. or was it that they still got paid after the shutdown that ruined it for them ?
Posted by: Frankie Goes To DC at February 10, 2014 03:30 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: The Swiss at February 10, 2014 03:31 AM (vbK1S)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:31 AM (pkNRJ)
Our spellchecker ducks too.
Posted by: The Swiss at February 10, 2014 03:33 AM (vbK1S)
“Yet again, this administration is abusing the powers granted it by Congress,” Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, said after he had a chance to digest the changes.
And yet again, you and your nickelfucking, pustulent, chancre-ridden asshole buddies won't do a damned thing to bitch-slap the dog-eating crackhead so hard his dental X-rays would have fingerprints on them.
Die already, GOP. Just. Fucking. Die.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 03:35 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:36 AM (pkNRJ)
The agents were equally disturbed by the Clinton's predilection for squabbling in public. William Bell, a former member of the White House detail, recalled yet another pitched battle as Bill and Hillary rode together in a limousine - he in the front, she in the back. Once again, an enraged Hillary flung a briefing book at Bill, inadvertently hitting the agent behind the wheel in the back of the head.
- pg 120. Ibid Christopher Andersen.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:36 AM (Z/g31)
The official GOP motto.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 10, 2014 06:55 AM (JpC1K)
Isn't that only line on the only page of the official GOP Congressional Handbook?
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 10, 2014 03:36 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 06:53 AM (olDqf)
69 years after the entire might of the 3rd reich wanted her dead, she was still kicking up her heels.
RIP
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2014 03:36 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 07:01 AM (olDqf)
Condolences, JJ, she sounds she had a well lived life.
I hope all my fellow morons have watched the clip in the sidebar of Laura Ingraham slattering George Will and the open border turds on FNS. I don't listen to Laura any more because I find Levin and Tammy Bruce more to my liking, but she nearly turned that twat Juan Williams autistic with his pathetic whining about "OMG they'll deport grandmothers". The Forbes article on it is good as well.
I'm listening to Levin from Friday blasting those WSJ eunuchs for being consistently wrong on this subject since the 80s. I think he's off today but I hope when he returns he plays the clip on his show and gives her credit for fighting the fight very effectively.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 10, 2014 03:36 AM (AKxhE)
Posted by: HR at February 10, 2014 03:37 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 10, 2014 07:36 AM (o3MSL)
Don't forget page 2, which has something about never wearing underwear because the Democrats find it slows them down.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2014 03:37 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:38 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 17 days (2wks 3days) until spring training at February 10, 2014 03:38 AM (u8GsB)
Now I have this image of Hillary in the movie Gremlins and when they sabotaged the mean old lady's chair.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:38 AM (Z/g31)
Hamakom yenachem etchem b'toch she'ar avelai Tziyon Vi'yerushalayim.
Posted by: alexthechick - We beseech thee of great SMOD at February 10, 2014 03:39 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:39 AM (olDqf)
1) Nothing wrong with being a spinster.
2) Plenty of stupid harpy scrunts with spouse and child(ren). Pelosi, Hillary, Gwen Moore...
Posted by: HR at February 10, 2014 03:41 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:41 AM (Z/g31)
MPPPP--good to see you've mellowed out.
You're right, Goodlatte is another worthless PoS from Virginia. I see the Old Dominion turning into a Chicago style cesspool now that we have professional criminals at the wheel in Richmond and idiots (Kaine and Warner) representing us at the Federal level.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 10, 2014 03:42 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 03:43 AM (zF6Iw)
... the most transparently incompetent Administration EVAH
Posted by: Frankie Goes To Fast Food at February 10, 2014 03:43 AM (e8kgV)
They misspelled "intentional."
Posted by: HR at February 10, 2014 03:44 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:44 AM (olDqf)
Heh, The Black Hole is a magnificent score in search of a movie--sort of like the 70's King Kong.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at February 10, 2014 03:45 AM (P/gm7)
Posted by: traye at February 10, 2014 03:46 AM (S1KDS)
And to think that prized piece of crap was once a Republican.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 07:04 AM (xSRwo)
Hillary is 100% about ambition and power. She tolerated Bill because she knew he was her stepping stone to her own dreams.
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 10, 2014 07:29 AM (nj9sX)
Remember, she's a "feminist icon" although she's never failed to defend her predator "husband" against all these "nuts and sluts" who have thrown themselves at his hilljack romeo so called charms.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 10, 2014 03:46 AM (AKxhE)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:47 AM (olDqf)
We'll enjoy our victory in that brilliant contest known as curling. And our sexy sexy chocolates. And our sexy sexy cheese (well to at least a few of your deviant countrymen). And of course, the aforementioned sexy sexy Miss Carmen Schaefer.
Posted by: The Swiss at February 10, 2014 03:48 AM (vbK1S)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 03:48 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:49 AM (olDqf)
http://tinyurl.com/c8kavsa
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:49 AM (Z/g31)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:50 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:51 AM (olDqf)
I really hope the idea of a Black Hole remake falls into a gravitational singularity...
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What, the first one didn't suck enough?
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 10, 2014 03:51 AM (eytER)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:51 AM (Z/g31)
women's curling team has Carmen Schaefer.
I had to look her up. There are pics in a bikini, and also much less.
Another sport that would hit the big time if you include it in the Summer games and start it with Beach.
Beach Curling??
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 03:52 AM (ldUl0)
Did I miss anything else?
Posted by: BurtTC at February 10, 2014 03:52 AM (BeSEI)
JohnTant, considering back in 13 they hired one of the guys who inflicted Prometheus upon the movie going audience to help write the remake... I have a bad feeling about this.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:53 AM (Z/g31)
Sorry, I keep reading the original Constitution, not the living one.
Sorry for your loss. She sounds like a great person to have had in your life.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 10, 2014 03:53 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 10, 2014 03:54 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 03:54 AM (Z/g31)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 10, 2014 03:54 AM (pkNRJ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 07:48 AM (zF6Iw)<<<
Should've known Carmen and her (often visible) piercing would have a fan in MPPPP.
Posted by: The Swiss at February 10, 2014 03:54 AM (vbK1S)
Posted by: BurtTC
I know the womens bi-athlon was NOT what I was thinking/hoping it would be.
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 03:55 AM (ldUl0)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 03:55 AM (VT6w5)
JohnTant, considering back in 13 they hired one of the guys who inflicted Prometheus upon the movie going audience to help write the remake... I have a bad feeling about this.
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Yeah, Prometheus was just sloppy everything - sloppy story, sloppy script, sloppy production.
Remakes work best if there's something about the original movie that had potential but was never developed. I can't think of one damned thing about The Black Hole that was just screaming for a proper treatment.
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 10, 2014 03:56 AM (eytER)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 10, 2014 03:56 AM (olDqf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee2Y1LVHG3E
is pretty much the definitive James Bond action music.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at February 10, 2014 03:58 AM (P/gm7)
I am traveling to Savannah Ga. this spring for a couple of days. Anything to see or avoid there? Wife and I try to see some different areas on our way to Florida every year. I have heard good things about it. We are interested in the history, but not fanatics about it.
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 03:58 AM (ldUl0)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 10, 2014 03:58 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Case at February 10, 2014 03:58 AM (jhRZ+)
Posted by: Draki at February 10, 2014 03:59 AM (L8r/r)
All RINOs have "There is No hill to die on!" tee shirts. It's also on page 3 of the GOP Congressional Handbook. See above notes for the contens of pages 1 and 2.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 10, 2014 04:00 AM (o3MSL)
As for the Black Hole no VINCENT vocied by Roddy McDowell or BOB the Slim Pickens of 'bots. Yeah be bad.
Cygnus is Pequod. And the Black Hole is the White Whale.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 04:01 AM (Z/g31)
Posted by: Hrothgar
They were going to consolidte it all on one page to save money. They decided that it wasn't a hill to die on.
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 04:02 AM (ldUl0)
Posted by: Daybrother prays for SMOD at February 10, 2014 04:02 AM (j/kby)
That's the 007 Theme. It was only used in 5 movies, first in From Russia From Love, lastly in Moonraker (the boat chase through the Amazon).
Posted by: Gran at February 10, 2014 04:04 AM (mw0FO)
A three page handbook? I find that hard to believe.
When was the last time anything was published out of Washington that didn't run into the thousands of pages, and cost several billion dollars?
Posted by: BurtTC at February 10, 2014 04:05 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: RM at February 10, 2014 04:06 AM (fRppw)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at February 10, 2014 04:06 AM (8sqvd)
The first was written by Monty Norman and arranged by John Barry. The second is all Barry.
Posted by: Gran at February 10, 2014 04:07 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: Kanye West at February 10, 2014 04:08 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at February 10, 2014 04:08 AM (8sqvd)
Posted by: Daybrother prays for SMOD at February 10, 2014 04:08 AM (0ZtCW)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 10, 2014 04:09 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 10, 2014 04:09 AM (AKxhE)
Think I'm going to follow J.J.s lead. No kitteh, but black doggeh of the mind.
See you all around the threads.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 04:10 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Gran at February 10, 2014 04:10 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: Lincolntf at February 10, 2014 04:10 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the truth at February 10, 2014 04:10 AM (52lgb)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 04:13 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: mindful webworker at February 10, 2014 04:13 AM (ZX0Je)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 04:14 AM (VT6w5)
Hiring decisions should be based on candidates' merits, including their ability to vigorously present in the classroom and criticize conservative as well as progressive views. If the Eighth Circuit protects Teresa Wagner's constitutional rights, the court will also bolster legal education in America by promoting its depoliticization.
... first, Associate Dean Jon Carlson should be fired, nothing else, for putting in writing something that should never have been recorded, if even uttered .. and this fool works at a Law School of all places. I wouldn't hire him to represent my cat.
Posted by: Frankie Goes To Law School at February 10, 2014 04:14 AM (e8kgV)
And I'll leave you with this stroke-inducing comment, which Ben will probably have on the morning dump - Gen. Petraeus praised Shrillary's performance during Benghazi.
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Heard that this was in return for Hillary coming out to support Petraeus during his affair with that "journalist."
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 10, 2014 04:15 AM (eytER)
Will is a bit of an elitist ass. Anyone else ever notice that?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2014 04:16 AM (QFxY5)
The original story, I think it was called, "The Engineers" is online somewhere as a pdf. It is supposedly an excellent screenplay that was thrown out at the last minute to make something 'the masses could understand' or something.
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Thanks, I'll go check it out!
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 10, 2014 04:17 AM (eytER)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 10, 2014 04:17 AM (6nLyj)
Is it now possible for employees to fear getting a raise, because the raise might jeopardize their Healthcare subsidy?
And what happens when contractual requirements cause a raise, and the employee doesn't want it?
Does the employee ask for reduced hours to stay below the income cap?
Will the employer be required to hire another employee to cover the reduced hours of the original employee?
Does the Union,if involved, force the employee to accept the raise, and collide with the income cap?
Could this be another unintended consequence of this rolling goat f*ck of a plan?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 10, 2014 04:18 AM (DHj6D)
What do they stand for except some vague idea of moderation that is really Dem Lite?
* * * * * *
Skimmed the Hillary article and, ugh, do we really want that level of crazy back in the national spotlight? I remember the last months of the Clinton's presidency - the sketchy loan from McAuliff for the NY home, the post-presidential NYC office scandal, the WH furniture scandal, the last minute pardons/Hillary campaign money for pardons, etc. - and it seemed like everyone in DC just wanted them to go already.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2014 04:19 AM (POpqt)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 04:20 AM (VT6w5)
Heard that this was in return for Hillary coming out to support Petraeus during his affair with that "journalist."
The propaganda report on the morning "news" suggested this was a good thing for Cankles, since Petraeus is "popular with Republicans."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 10, 2014 04:20 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2014 08:16 AM (QFxY5)
I was hoping it was only crabs he caught from sitting next to Katranny vanden Trustfund on that witless ABC Sunday gab show.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 10, 2014 04:21 AM (AKxhE)
147: " Stoopid 404Care question for the Horde."
Generic answer to anything choomcare related: No one knows. Everything keeps getting pushed back until AFTER the next election. Infinitum ad nauseum.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 10, 2014 04:21 AM (OJn3e)
http://tinyurl.com/lql95su
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 10, 2014 04:21 AM (DHj6D)
Posted by: Usedtocould at February 10, 2014 04:24 AM (ETLQ1)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 10, 2014 04:24 AM (6nLyj)
Posted by: Marty Cloggenstein at February 10, 2014 04:25 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the truth at February 10, 2014 04:25 AM (52lgb)
Posted by: backhoe at February 10, 2014 04:25 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: Jean at February 10, 2014 04:27 AM (4JkHl)
They're starting to sound like Billy May and the Shamwow guy.
Why on earth is it OK to encourage federal peer pressure ("nudging" as Cass Sunstein likes to call it) on individuals to purchase something - anything? This is not America.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2014 04:27 AM (POpqt)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 10, 2014 08:21 AM (OJn3e)
Is it too much to ask any of the Republican stalwarts to make the point that if 404Care is so fucking great, why is its implementation always being pushed back after elections and why are there any exemptions to this sterling piece of wonderfulness? I think most of the dumbasses already get this but you can't be too sure these days.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 10, 2014 04:28 AM (AKxhE)
I hear you.
But imagine the dinner table discussion for a moment.
Dad: Boss offered me a fifteen thousand dollar a year raise today.
Mom: That's great Honey!
Dad: Had to turn it down.
Mom: ?
Dad: It would have cost us money in the end by losing our healthcare subsidy.
Mom: Sure dodged a bullet on that one.
Dad: Remember kids, do your homework. Make a success out of your lives.
Kids: I don't want to be punished by a successful job.
Mom: Now where did you ever come up with that silly idea?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 10, 2014 04:28 AM (DHj6D)
Posted by: mindful webworker at February 10, 2014 04:28 AM (pEOD8)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 04:29 AM (VT6w5)
Weird... it just played for me, I didn't get any copyright messages. Are you outside of the US?
Posted by: Gran at February 10, 2014 04:30 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: RWC at February 10, 2014 04:30 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 10, 2014 04:32 AM (AKxhE)
162: " I think most of the dumbasses already get this but you can't be too sure these days."
I would suggest that by virtue of Choomsauce getting a second term, it has been proven that the dumbfucks (who seem to outnumber us now) are beyond the ability to get anything beyond "I want".
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 10, 2014 04:32 AM (f6ZLT)
Posted by: the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the truth at February 10, 2014 04:33 AM (52lgb)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 10, 2014 04:33 AM (6nLyj)
Posted by: AmishDude at February 10, 2014 04:34 AM (xSegX)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 04:34 AM (VT6w5)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 10, 2014 08:32 AM (f6ZLT)
In defense of the dumbfucks, they may have been confused by Saint Willard of the Latter Days campaign of "he's just like me only a bit misguided" which did wonders to define the differences.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 10, 2014 04:35 AM (AKxhE)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 10, 2014 04:36 AM (jNNPU)
Hmm.. well if you go to YouTube and search for "Moonraker boat chase music", you can at least hear that version of it.
Posted by: Gran at February 10, 2014 04:36 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 17 days (2wks 3days) until spring training at February 10, 2014 04:36 AM (u8GsB)
"Funny that nobody takes an in-depth look at Barry's college days."
Cause they be stuff there they don't want us to know.
Posted by: Case at February 10, 2014 04:36 AM (jhRZ+)
And the Great Lakes just set a new record for ice coverage at 92%.
At this rate we will burn to death in less than one billion years!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 10, 2014 04:38 AM (QFxY5)
179: "It's as bad as (doom voice) BLACK ICE!!!!!!"
Now why does it have to be BLACK ice? Why can't it be purple ice?
RAAAYCISSS!!11one!eleventy1!
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 10, 2014 04:39 AM (f6ZLT)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 04:40 AM (VT6w5)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 10, 2014 04:40 AM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, Think Mink! at February 10, 2014 04:41 AM (PEw11)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 10, 2014 04:41 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Azenogoth
My sister now calls all ice black ice. She is of the mind that somehow it's super secret slipperyer then regular ice. I explained to her that it's mainly ice on blacktop, with maybe a little melt on it, that you can't tell is there because..well it's black because of the BLACKtop. No she still thinks it's the most evil of all ices.
Arrhgghhh
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 04:43 AM (ldUl0)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 04:43 AM (VT6w5)
Posted by: votermom at February 10, 2014 04:43 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 10, 2014 04:44 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Gran at February 10, 2014 04:45 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: blindside at February 10, 2014 04:45 AM (WzWmY)
Posted by: RWC at February 10, 2014 04:45 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 10, 2014 04:45 AM (jNNPU)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 10, 2014 04:45 AM (r+7wo)
First off: Denim Day remember that?
Is Christie just a politician without any principals or is he a politician with some core value and if so what are they? Nothing he did at U-Delaware really bothers me. I wrote my own congressman when they threatened financial aid even though I never got a nickle of it. When you are in college and especially when you represent other college kids as their student president of course you want good things for your peeps. This quote kind of bothered me:
“He was interested in politics but not principle,” said Abbott, now a Delaware-based attorney. “Part of the evidence of that, in my opinion, would be that he, in my two years that overlapped his, was never involved in the College Republicans.”
However, that seems a little like Rich Abbot was a former butt hurt College Republicans himself. Let's face it no one likes the College Republicans. The guys doing that are always the ones that want to sit on your bed at 2 am and go on and on about the Reagan Revolution when you just want to go to sleep or drink or find some girls.
Earlier there were some nice quotes about him sticking up for other students right to speak which I liked. It's not easy to stand up for a someones right to speak in the echo chamber that is a college campus.
Posted by: bestie21 at February 10, 2014 04:46 AM (AzO5R)
P&G is honoring the mothers of the olympic athletes because, well you know, worked hard and nobody works harder then a woman/mother who has a kid..blah blah blah.
The fathers weren't involved?
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 04:47 AM (ldUl0)
And WTF is this 'team gold medal' shit for figure skating now? WTF?
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Endorsements and such...trying to turn figure skating into gymnastics.
And yep, got into an argument over whether such things are actually "sports." I agree with you that if there's no objective measure of performance, like a time, it isn't a sport. If you have to cater to some guy's opinion, then it's not a fair contest.
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 10, 2014 04:47 AM (eytER)
Posted by: blaster at February 10, 2014 04:48 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 10, 2014 04:48 AM (AKxhE)
Posted by: MTF at February 10, 2014 04:48 AM (F58x4)
Posted by: Dan Quayle at February 10, 2014 04:48 AM (mzjAp)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, Think Mink! at February 10, 2014 04:48 AM (PEw11)
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2014 04:48 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the truth at February 10, 2014 04:49 AM (52lgb)
Posted by: chique d'afrique
A number of towns around here in No. Ill. are limiting the amount of salt on the roads now as they are running out.
People are finding out that we don't know how to drive on ice/snow any better then the people in Atlanta!
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 04:49 AM (ldUl0)
I've always been aware.
I'm especially aware of boobehs.
Posted by: The Barrel [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 10, 2014 04:50 AM (JpC1K)
The fathers weren't involved?
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 08:47 AM (ldUl0)
All fathers are dumb, inept bumbling idiots. None of them could possibly contribute to the raising or development of an Olympic athlete.
If you watched more tv, you'd know that.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 10, 2014 04:50 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 10, 2014 04:50 AM (r+7wo)
199: "When did the barrel become self-aware!?"
Do you have any idea of what has been growing in there?
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 10, 2014 04:51 AM (v6cwT)
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2014 04:51 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Hillary at February 10, 2014 04:51 AM (F58x4)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 10, 2014 08:41 AM (V70Uh)
That was my reaction to the NYT perceptatron mirror article, but was too low on caffeine.
It just looked too much like the left's use of envy and jealousy to fuel rage the left could use as levers to manipulate masses of people. Only in the case of single mothers, the left fuels the self indulgent search for self gratification while destroying the family, then applies the guilt cudgel to everyone else to manipulate the masses. As though it's our fault.
Posted by: Jose Can U. C. at February 10, 2014 04:51 AM (SGVvE)
Posted by: blindside at February 10, 2014 04:52 AM (WzWmY)
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2014 04:52 AM (z4WKX)
If I can't tell which one of you is the guy and which of you is the girl, you're disqualified.
If you fall on any of your jumpy spinny things, you're disqualified. Stop the music, get off the ice. (Think of the time we'll save).
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 10, 2014 04:53 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 10, 2014 04:53 AM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Mainah at February 10, 2014 04:53 AM (659DL)
Posted by: blindside at February 10, 2014 04:54 AM (WzWmY)
I see you still look like a fifteen year old girl...but not hot.
Posted by: Chazz Michael Michaels [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 10, 2014 04:54 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: votermom at February 10, 2014 04:54 AM (GSIDW)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 10, 2014 04:55 AM (32Ze2)
People are finding out that we don't know how to drive on ice/snow any better then the people in Atlanta!
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 08:49 AM (ldUl0)
In Ithaca, NY, they don't put salt down because 'the water table'. Every winter, the city council was stunned to see that traffic accidents skyrocketed.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 10, 2014 04:55 AM (fwARV)
Huh?!?!?!
What was goin' on on 395?
Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 10, 2014 04:55 AM (JpC1K)
lotta places have a 'bare roads' policy where the first snow flake sighting ignites a logistics monster that pours tons of salt on the road surface. The result is a trace of snow generates salty road slime that destroys automobiles, and this is called 'public safety'.
Posted by: Jose Can U. C. at February 10, 2014 04:55 AM (SGVvE)
Posted by: Bigby's Mittens at February 10, 2014 04:56 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: blaster at February 10, 2014 04:56 AM (4+AaH)
Posted by: chique d'afrique
I have a SIL that lives near Ephrata. I don't like driving that area in the dark. I can't imagine it being snowy also. She has taken a few snow days because of it.
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 04:56 AM (ldUl0)
The requirements would still be the same though. I demand a quintuple can opener with a double camel toe.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 10, 2014 04:56 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2014 04:56 AM (gUoN4)
Nancy Kerrigan. You an official here? Cause you've officially given me a boner!
Posted by: Chazz Michael Michaels [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 10, 2014 04:57 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 04:57 AM (VT6w5)
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2014 04:58 AM (z4WKX)
231:
My burg is using beet juice to pretreat roads. It's supposed to make the salt stick better or something.
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 10, 2014 04:58 AM (eytER)
Posted by: Mainah at February 10, 2014 04:58 AM (659DL)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 10, 2014 04:59 AM (r+7wo)
I admit to occasionally being less than charitable in those situations
::: shifty eyes :::
Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 10, 2014 04:59 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 10, 2014 08:15 AM (eytER)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 10, 2014 05:00 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 10, 2014 05:00 AM (Z/g31)
Nobody seemed to care- not even there.
Posted by: backhoe at February 10, 2014 05:00 AM (ULH4o)
>>>A lot of potholes, some pretty deep, have appeared on our local roads within the past week. Is it the snow clearing that causes it?
Sinkholes. You better stop driving that little car. You'll fall through.
Posted by: Bigby's Mittens at February 10, 2014 05:01 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2014 05:01 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 05:01 AM (VT6w5)
Because everyone expects Dems to be scumbags.
It's only surprising when they're not.
That's why it's OK for Dems to have scandals, but not Republicans.
Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 10, 2014 05:02 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: chique d'afrique
The plows don't help. The freeze thaw cycle really makes the road pop though.
I saw a sign the other day to warn of an area coming up that was thick with potholes, Caution. Road Lane Separation next 5 miles.
Awww sounds much better then TIRE POPPING DITCHES AHEAD!!!
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 05:02 AM (ldUl0)
"The fight to change the Redskins name won't die. And it's become an issue among the nation's lawmakers.
Two members of Congress will send a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday, telling him to publicly announce support for a name change -- and that the NFL can no longer ignore the issue.
Redskins spokesman Tony Wyllie said in a statement, "With all the important issues Congress has to deal with such as a war in Afghanistan to deficits to health care, don't they have more important issues to worry about than a football team's name? And given the fact that the name of Oklahoma means 'Red People' in Choctaw, this request is a little ironic."
Posted by: Icedog at February 10, 2014 05:02 AM (and2K)
I love reading Codevilla, but unexpectedly I always feel like drinking heavily after I do.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 10, 2014 05:02 AM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Bigby's Mittens at February 10, 2014 05:03 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: votermom at February 10, 2014 05:04 AM (GSIDW)
In areas that get a lot of snow, dirt is more important than salt. Plow the snow, leave dirt behind the 'salt' truck. The grit in the snow gives better traction than ice with salty snow melt on top of it.
The plow truck really isn't a 'salt' truck it's a 'sand' truck, and the salt prevents the sand from freezing into sandstone in the truck.
Posted by: Jose Can U. C. at February 10, 2014 05:04 AM (SGVvE)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 10, 2014 05:04 AM (VT6w5)
Posted by: Daybrother at February 10, 2014 05:04 AM (xXvOa)
They drop down after a thaw, but cracks remain. Posted by:
ontherocks
Always a fun stretch to hit when your coffee has finally cooled down enough to drink.
Posted by: Bruce at February 10, 2014 05:06 AM (ldUl0)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, Think Mink! at February 10, 2014 05:06 AM (PEw11)
Sean Bannion?
That is when America started to "ride the decline." Like Duh!1, they elected the rotten SOB- twice. When that happened I knew "The Music's Over."
Damn it....
Posted by: backhoe at February 10, 2014 05:07 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: Libtardo at February 10, 2014 05:08 AM (AXvO6)
Posted by: CNN Anchor at February 10, 2014 05:09 AM (Aif/5)
Job security.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 10, 2014 05:11 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 10, 2014 05:12 AM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Null at February 10, 2014 05:22 AM (P7hip)
Toyota announced it will shut down its Australian manufacturing by 2017. Quite simply, it's cheaper to manufacture elsewhere (especially here in the U.S.) and ship to Australia. The company had been trying to reduce its labor costs by amending contracts, but that got nixed by the country's court system. Toyota was the last of the automakers to announce that it is leaving Australia. Once it pulls out, Australia will have no consumer carmaker.
As Monty would say, DOOM! The story of the Aussie car manufacturing collapse is a bit more complex.
The "large car" market, which includes the Aussie-designed Holden Monaro/Commodore/Caprice (seen in the US as the Pontiac GTO/G8 and the Chevrolet SS/Caprice Police Interceptor), the Aussie-only Ford Falcon, and the Toyota Camry, collapsed starting in 2008. At the same time, the Australian dollar began to strengthen against other currencies, especially the American dollar. All three companies received bailouts from the socialist Australian government at the time, with Holden seeking a second bailout over the summer of 2013 in the leadup to the Australian federal elections.
Predictably, none of them really realigned their Australian production to reflect the changed car market. Ford was the first to call it quits in May. Government Motors waited until the new anti-corporate welfare government was installed to announce its departure. Toyota hung on until the courts fucked their plan to cut costs by A$3800 (US$3387) per vehicle.
Posted by: steveegg at February 10, 2014 05:31 AM (o44nj)
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2014 05:32 AM (z4WKX)
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