February 20, 2014

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— andy

Being married and having a child at age 23 is now an "alternative lifestyle".

Well done, NBC. Well done.

Posted by: andy at 02:59 AM | Comments (345)
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1 Firstest!  Morning you buncha morons!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:01 AM (b/lt+)

2 First! For some definitions of first.

Posted by: RolandTHTG at February 20, 2014 03:01 AM (qyoyx)

3 Hey, it's NBC.  Rachel Maddow is considered the norm.  So, compared to a 40 yr old lesbo, being hetero married and having a kid at age 23 is very "alternative"!

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

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

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 20, 2014 03:03 AM (GjPnA)

5 Today's celebrity birthdays: Ansel Adams (visionary) Gloria Vanderbilt (90 today) Robert Altman (USAAF) Richard Matheson (something on the wing) Roy Cohn (hypocrite?) Sidney Poitier (father of 6) Marj Dusay (brain and brain! what is brain?) Larry Hovis (one of the heroes) Richard Beymer (http://youtu.be/_A0fVWomF90 ) Mitch McConnell (on the ropes?) Brion James (wake up... time to die) Sandy Duncan (yummy crackers) John W. Geils Jr. (my memory has just been sold) Peter Strauss (miniseries man) Ivana Trump (65 today) Edward Albert (didn't roll out in time) Patty Hearst (60 today) Joel Hodgson (exchanged inventions) Charles Barkley (22.1) Cindy Crawford (mother of 2) Kurt Cobain (stupid and contagious) Andrew Shue (where?) Lili Taylor (Six Feet Under's Lisa) Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under's Claire) Robyn Rihanna Fenty (overrated)

Posted by: Gran at February 20, 2014 03:03 AM (nPMjI)

6 So....sleepy....... *nods off*

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:05 AM (osdNx)

7 Morning all.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 20, 2014 03:05 AM (vVOWk)

8 Good morning everyone! Release the Vic!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 20, 2014 03:06 AM (60Vyp)

9 Fine with me. Soon being in a hetronormative patriarchal relationship will qualify me for disability payments. Winning!

Posted by: RolandTHTG at February 20, 2014 03:06 AM (qyoyx)

10 Well only seven more early mornings to go where I try and teach a large group of Jr. High Boys how to put the round, bouncy ball in the net thingy up on the wall! Fun times, fun times. 

Posted by: southdakotaboy at February 20, 2014 03:06 AM (yh4lQ)

11 When you consider all the 20- and 30-somethings living off their parents while they complain that they can't find jobs in their major of underwater basket weaving, a 23 yo with a wife and child is alternative.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 20, 2014 03:07 AM (nj9sX)

12 Where's Vic?  I need to find out if the cocksucker in chief and his mashed potato faced Jew hating SoS have made any dumbass statements about the situation in Ukraine that would be the complete opposite of what Reagan would say.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 03:07 AM (2RiXU)

13
Sucking the cock is normal, and I'm proud to be in the forefront of making it mainstream. 

Posted by: Richard Simmons at February 20, 2014 03:08 AM (nQjHM)

14 Sucking the cock is normal, and I'm proud to be in the forefront of making it mainstream. Posted by: Richard Simmons at February 20, 2014 07:08 AM (nQjHM) too early for that

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 03:10 AM (XvrTA)

15

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  TodayÂ’s story isnÂ’t a movie story, but as it was told by the great Orson Welles, it falls into the category anyway.  It concerns the drama critic George Jean Nathan, whom Welles described as “the tightest man who ever lived, even tighter than Charles Chaplin.”*

 

 

Nathan lived for forty years in the residential Hotel Royalton at 44 West 44th Street, across from the famed Algonquin Hotel.  He was notorious for never tipping, for anything – not when his breakfast was brought up, not when his cleaning was delivered and certainly not at Christmastime.  So, according to Welles, after ten years of never getting tipped, “the room-service waiter peed slightly in his tea.  Everybody in New York knew it but him.”  As the years went on and the light never dawned on Nathan, there got to be more and more urine and less and less tea.

 

 

LetÂ’s let Welles finish the story:  “And it was a great pleasure for us in the theatre to look at a leading critic and know that he was full of piss.  And I, with my own ears, heard him at the “21” complaining to a waiter, saying, ‘Why canÂ’t I get tea here as good as it is at the Royalton?’”

 

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

 

 

*Nathan was the inspiration for George SandersÂ’ waspish Addison DeWitt, the critic escorting a then-unknown Marilyn Monroe, in 1950s All About Eve.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 03:10 AM (zF6Iw)

16 DAY 476 992 to go (1,067 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, 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 February 20, 2014 03:11 AM (olDqf)

17 That was a good one, MP4!  Thanks!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:12 AM (b/lt+)

18 Alternative to what? Living in his parents basement, while on their insurance policy until age 25 and going to college and a grant for his Wimmez Studies degree while waiting for the day he is old enough to enroll in Obamacare? Oh, wait, I get it. It's an alternative lifestyle because a "normal" 23 year old athlete would not be married and his girlfriend would have aborted the kid after her free Obamacare condoms broke (that she was inspired to get from the "Nothing between me and hot guys" ad). Forget it. I give up on civilization. Let the burning begin.

Posted by: Damiano at February 20, 2014 03:13 AM (j0wOO)

19 I, a self-admitted geography idiot, found out yesterday that Slovakia and Slovenia are not the same country.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:13 AM (x1L8S)

20 If I cum on my interns dress, and no one is in the room, does it make a sound?

Posted by: bill clinton at February 20, 2014 03:13 AM (WCnJW)

21 Today's a day of sucky meetings.  First one in 15 minutes.  See you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 03:14 AM (zF6Iw)

22 I, a self-admitted geography idiot, found out yesterday that Slovakia and Slovenia are not the same country. --- Not yet...

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at February 20, 2014 03:15 AM (FpHdx)

23 They are very close, though, DG

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:17 AM (b/lt+)

24 Oh and today, in 1792, the United States Postal Department and Pawn Shoppe was established.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:17 AM (x1L8S)

25 Lili Taylor was excellent in I Shot Andy Warhol. I highly recommend it.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 03:18 AM (6Nj7A)

26 Yes, Chi-Town, I looked them up and did see that. Also learned that Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia and Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:18 AM (x1L8S)

27 19 I, a self-admitted geography idiot, found out yesterday that Slovakia and Slovenia are not the same country. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 07:13 AM (x1L8S) But Lower Slobovia is next to Peruvia.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:18 AM (olDqf)

28

Sniff...snifff.

 

Something smells different this morning. As if something were missing.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 20, 2014 03:19 AM (f6ZLT)

29 15 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 07:10 AM (zF6Iw) Did you ever see "Urinetown?" Entertaining, but stupid.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:20 AM (olDqf)

30 (nQjHM), that's bullshit.  Simmons never talked about his sexuality, and when asked he said it was unimportant to his work.

Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 03:20 AM (hO8IJ)

31 Wow, I was an 'early adopter' of an 'alternative lifestyle'. So now, decades later, I'm still relatively healthy and fit and can play with my grandchildren for hours. They usually give up playing from fatigue before I do.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 20, 2014 03:20 AM (CnA98)

32 "Postal Department"?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2014 03:21 AM (xq1UY)

33 This poat promotes a rape culture.

Posted by: soothie at February 20, 2014 03:21 AM (0zKHM)

34 I, a self-admitted geography idiot, found out yesterday that Slovakia and Slovenia are not the same country. *** I tried to look that up just now, but my atlas shrugged.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, United Mime Workers local #555 at February 20, 2014 03:22 AM (F+PhO)

35 Yes, Chi-Town, I looked them up and did see that. Also learned that Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia and Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia. Posted by: DangerGirl
..........
Yes.. and my grandparents on my father's side were from those two countries.

As a kid, I used to love hearing them talk to their cronies in their native languages.. I would imitate the languages pretty good talking gibberish!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:23 AM (b/lt+)

36 I, a self-admitted geography idiot, found out yesterday that Slovakia and Slovenia are not the same country. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 07:13 AM (x1L8S) As long as you can find Peruvia on a map, you'll be fine.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 03:23 AM (XvrTA)

37 45 year old middle school football coach/in-school suspension supervisor, kidnaps and shoots 10 year old girl.

No previous indication of violent behavior, no indications the school district missed something by employing the  guy (other than that he LOOKS like a creep).

What's missing?  What did we overlook? 

Posted by: BurtTC at February 20, 2014 03:24 AM (BeSEI)

38 No map can contain the greatness of Peruvia.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:26 AM (LP0Fj)

39 37 I read he had drug issues/arrests in his past. No other details given about that though.

Posted by: NCKate at February 20, 2014 03:26 AM (4KFgL)

40 To make sure the Women's Biathlon champ was not "Bi" (in response to a way-too-clever viral FB like), I looked up the history of Belarus. I'm giving everybody a pass on European borders for a while. It's a moving target.

Whenever a Yerp Ian sneers about how young a nation we are, aks'em about when the borders of their nationhood were last adjusted. Nationhood is a pretty new idea. Even the major countries there happened around the time of our centennial. 

Now, their "tribes," some of them, go back quite a way. So do some of ours. 

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2014 03:27 AM (xq1UY)

41 MPPP -  Orson Welles is from my hometown, which by all accounts he hated.  Next year there will be a celebration here commemorating his 100th birthday, whether he likes it or not.

Here's a picture of his house.  It's in an older neighborhood near the lake.  I go by it a lot on my way to estate sales.

http://tinyurl.com/kv45cu6

Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 03:28 AM (oMKp3)

42 I don't remember what linked me to this page, but this morning I surfed on to Jerry Seinfeld's "comedians in cars getting coffee" page where he interviews Jay Leno.

http://tinyurl.com/mdyugag

It's kinda interesting and, at times, pretty funny.. I'll have to watch more of these episodes when I get time.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:28 AM (b/lt+)

43 And yes, prior to becoming the Postal Service, the USPS was actually a cabinet-level department. It was reorganized as a separate entity, the Postal Service, in 1971 by Nixon.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:29 AM (LP0Fj)

44 I read he had drug issues/arrests in his past. No other details given about that though. In my state, everyone* gets background checks from local police and FBI. Unless those reports are squeaky clean, no job. * teachers, aides, volunteers, office staff, etc.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 20, 2014 03:29 AM (CnA98)

45 39 -

Yep, a possession charge  (probably pot)   in 1990, that was it. 

Posted by: BurtTC at February 20, 2014 03:29 AM (BeSEI)

46 As to the alternative lifestyle, the athlete also says that someday he might like to be a pastor.  Talk about weird.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 03:30 AM (oMKp3)

47 LATimes:
Between 2010 and 2099, climate change can be expected to cause an additional 22,000 murders, 180,000 cases of rape, 1.2 million aggravated assaults, 2.3 million simple assaults, 260,000 robberies, 1.3 million burglaries, 2.2 million cases of larceny and 580,000 cases of vehicle theft, the study published this week in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management says.

... why does this story remind me of the employee who tells his boss that they can't screw their customers, only to be told that, by the time they cycle through the entire Fortune 500 list, everybody they would have screwed will either be dead, moved on, or retired ?

Posted by: Hank "Guam capsizing"Johnson at February 20, 2014 03:31 AM (e8kgV)

48 "At such a young age, Wise has the lifestyle of an adult." Hasn't he been an adult for oh, five years? Facepalm.

Posted by: Mainah at February 20, 2014 03:31 AM (659DL)

49 Here in NJ, a bunch of stupid HS wrestlers did this:

http://tinyurl.com/lfm5gxt


Its going viral and I'm sure Al Sharpton will be on it 24/7


Posted by: McCool at February 20, 2014 03:31 AM (gBIa3)

50 37 Who knows? It's possible that he just snapped, or even had a brain tumor. But that's not likely. It's much more likely that he crossed the line with other children, but they either never told, weren't believed, or that people (*cough*, unions, *cough*) covered his ass. Child molestation very often doesn't leave physical evidence, so it comes down to a troubled child's word against an adult's. Plus these monsters seek out children whose credibility is suspect---people are going to believe that a kid who is in ISS is a liar, ditto for the at-risk kids Sandusky preyed on.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at February 20, 2014 03:32 AM (hbefS)

51 Levin skewered Lurch for his dumbass statements about climate change while there's so much real man made suffering in the world.  Maybe Mashed Potato Face is doing his best to make Rodham look like a smart SoS.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 03:33 AM (2RiXU)

52 Climate change....is there anything it can't do?

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:34 AM (LP0Fj)

53 Climate change....is there anything it can't do? Show proof.

Posted by: EC at February 20, 2014 03:35 AM (doBIb)

54 Being married and having a child at age 23 is now an "alternative lifestyle". This might be a good thing. Now those married with kids in a stable relationship could declare themselves one of the many "protected class" that can't be criticized. Although I doubt that was NBCs intent.

Posted by: ExSnipe at February 20, 2014 03:35 AM (LKJt3)

55 I think Thomas Sowell has lost his marbles. Cruz Control? Part I and II. His final conclusion in part II may be true but how he got there is confounding and very unlike him ... or so I thought. Et tu Sowell?

Posted by: dogfish at February 20, 2014 03:35 AM (nsOJa)

56 Climate change can't make me any smarter. I'm already the smartest and bestest in the world.

Posted by: Barky at February 20, 2014 03:35 AM (Aif/5)

57 Obamacare Macht Frei.

Posted by: Fat Freddy's Cat at February 20, 2014 03:35 AM (OsheA)

58 The problem is that employers and voters are too stupid to understand the unique philosophical and moral underpinnings that feminist quiltmaking studies PhDs can bring to our economy and government. So long as people spending their own money dictate what's useful, our economy will never recover.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at February 20, 2014 03:36 AM (a5ljo)

59 Between 2010 and 2099, climate change can be expected to cause an additional 22,000 murders, 180,000 cases of rape, 1.2 million aggravated assaults, 2.3 million simple assaults, 260,000 robberies, 1.3 million burglaries, 2.2 million cases of larceny and 580,000 cases of vehicle theft, the study published this week in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management says. Judge: Do you have anything to say before I sentence you? Rapist: Yeah, the climate made me do it. Judge: Alright, charges dismissed.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 20, 2014 03:36 AM (CnA98)

60 Re 49 and the lynching of the wrestling dummy.

The high school aged males of my acquaintance seem to have become allergic to any sensitivities through the constant pounding of PC police.

They also happen to be mocking a team that (at least in the past) will likely beat them half to death on the mat.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 20, 2014 03:37 AM (IVgIK)

61

49: "Here in NJ, a bunch of stupid HS wrestlers did this:"

 

Tiny URL killed the link for "abuse".

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 20, 2014 03:37 AM (LJpVo)

62 I guess by there standards I was messed up. My youngest was born when I was 23 while I was stationed at lovely Shemya, AK!

Posted by: Old Dog at February 20, 2014 03:37 AM (tQYJH)

63 Married to the opposite sex and having children is counter-culture now. Interesting Times indeed.

Posted by: puddleglum at February 20, 2014 03:38 AM (5r7hd)

64 I, a self-admitted geography idiot, found out yesterday that Slovakia and Slovenia are not the same country. *** Somebody really ought to double czech the accuracy of this statement.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, United Mime Workers local #555 at February 20, 2014 03:38 AM (saAOc)

65 38 No map can contain the greatness of Peruvia. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 07:26 AM (LP0Fj) "Some folks try to get away, plan a getaway from the welfare state, Sneak away from DeBlasio and escape that fate. But I'm downing the Valu-Rite, about a gallon at a time. I'm in a Peruvia state of mindÂ…"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:38 AM (olDqf)

66 Did Vic take off Washington's birthday and forget to come back?

Posted by: Gmac at February 20, 2014 03:39 AM (4pjhs)

67 Tiny URL killed the link for "abuse". It worked for me the second time.

Posted by: --- at February 20, 2014 03:39 AM (MMC8r)

68 55 I think Thomas Sowell has lost his marbles. Cruz Control? Part I and II. His final conclusion in part II may be true but how he got there is confounding and very unlike him ... or so I thought. Et tu Sowell? Posted by: dogfish at February 20, 2014 07:35 AM (nsOJa) So okay. There's footage of Sowell in Zimbabwe with Mel Reynolds????

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:39 AM (olDqf)

69 66 Did Vic take off Washington's birthday and forget to come back? Probably looking at some old paintings of themselves.

Posted by: EC at February 20, 2014 03:40 AM (doBIb)

70

>>I guess by there standards I was messed up. My youngest was born when I was 23 while I was stationed at lovely Shemya, AK!

.

.

.Nice I spent 4 years on the tropical paradise Island of Adak.  I loved it so much I extended their twice!

Posted by: Registered Voter at February 20, 2014 03:40 AM (kYfFr)

71 Between 2010 and 2099, climate change can be expected to cause an additional 22,000 murders, 180,000 cases of rape, 1.2 million aggravated assaults, 2.3 million simple assaults, 260,000 robberies, 1.3 million burglaries, 2.2 million cases of larceny and 580,000 cases of vehicle theft, the study published this week in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management says. *** The science is addled.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, United Mime Workers local #555 at February 20, 2014 03:40 AM (JrGTO)

72 70 >>I guess by there standards I was messed up. My youngest was born when I was 23 while I was stationed at lovely Shemya, AK! . . .Nice I spent 4 years on the tropical paradise Island of Adak. I loved it so much I extended their twice! Posted by: Registered Voter at February 20, 2014 07:40 AM (kYfFr) Jeez, what colonel did you piss off?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:42 AM (olDqf)

73 Could you see Russia from your house?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:44 AM (b/lt+)

74 Brion James passed away several years ago. He was a great character actor. A good villain type.

Posted by: EC at February 20, 2014 03:44 AM (doBIb)

75 73 Could you see Russia from your house? Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 07:44 AM (b/lt+) If there is such a thing as a clear day on the Bering Sea, I imagine she could.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:44 AM (olDqf)

76 7 days (1wk) left

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 7 days (1wk) until spring training at February 20, 2014 03:45 AM (u8GsB)

77 I'm in a Peruvia state of mind�"
.............
Pretty good!

I'll have to hit you up for help next time I'm stuck on some lyrics, JJ!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:45 AM (b/lt+)

78 70 As far as we were concerned Adak was civilization! I could not wait to leave the Rock!

Posted by: Old Dog at February 20, 2014 03:46 AM (tQYJH)

79

>>If there is such a thing as a clear day on the Bering Sea, I imagine she could.

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.There aren't many clear days.  I do remember getting "Sunshine" Liberty while stationed on Adak a few times.

Posted by: Registered Voter at February 20, 2014 03:46 AM (kYfFr)

80

67: "It worked for me the second time."

 

Wierd. I keep getting this:

 

"The TinyURL (lfm5gxt) you visited was used by its creator in violation of our terms of use. TinyURL has a strict no abuse policy and we apologize for the intrusion this user has caused you. Such violations of our terms of use include:"

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 20, 2014 03:46 AM (OJn3e)

81 Brion James passed away several years ago. He was a great character actor. A good villain type.
Posted by: EC
................
He was good in Blade Runner.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:47 AM (b/lt+)

82 I graduated college and got married when I was 22.  First child was born when I was 23.  Religious. 

Yep.  I'm a freak.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 20, 2014 03:47 AM (V70Uh)

83 7 days (1wk) left

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The two most beautiful words in the English language are "Play ball!"

Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 03:47 AM (oMKp3)

84 Whenever a Yerp Ian sneers about how young a nation we are, aks'em about when the borders of their nationhood were last adjusted. Nationhood is a pretty new idea. Even the major countries there happened around the time of our centennial.

Now, their "tribes," some of them, go back quite a way. So do some of ours.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2014 07:27 AM (xq1UY)

=========

A friend of mine, who was a history major, has a map of  pre-WWI Europe on his office wall.  He insists that the world in general, and Europe in particular, will remain completely screwed up until the borders on that map are re-established.  He also asserts that most of the problems of the Western Hemisphere can be blamed on Queen Victoria and her stubborn refusal to "Just DIE already!"

Oh, and good morning!

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 03:47 AM (OtQXp)

85 79 The 14 months I was on Shemya Summer was on a Tuesday morning! 56 straight hours stuck at work in 100 MPH Fog was fun also!

Posted by: Old Dog at February 20, 2014 03:48 AM (tQYJH)

86 I think Thomas Sowell has lost his marbles. Cruz Control? Part I and II. His final conclusion in part II may be true but how he got there is confounding and very unlike him ... or so I thought. Et tu Sowell? Posted by: dogfish at February 20, 2014 07:35 AM (nsOJa) Sowell's body of work speaks for itself and he made some decent points. It's OK to disagree on tactics sometimes. These are interesting times and it's not always easy to discern what actions by elected officials will achieve desired results. It's not like Sowell's becoming Frum or Brooks.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 03:49 AM (XvrTA)

87 77 I'm in a Peruvia state of mind�" ............. Pretty good! I'll have to hit you up for help next time I'm stuck on some lyrics, JJ! Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 07:45 AM (b/lt+) Change the second line in the first stanza to "…hide their money from the welfare state" and that would nail it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:49 AM (olDqf)

88 Good Morning, I know MPPPP is probably in a meeting now but that story cracked me up. IÂ’m glad I left my coffee in the kitchen or I probably would have spit it out laughing!

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 03:51 AM (z4WKX)

89 Well done on the lyrics, Sefton. I think I'll make some soft pretzels this weekend....

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:51 AM (LP0Fj)

90 84 He also asserts that most of the problems of the Western Hemisphere can be blamed on Queen Victoria and her stubborn refusal to "Just DIE already!" Oh, and good morning! Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 07:47 AM (OtQXp) "Substitute 'the Jooz' for Queen Victoria and I think you've got something there!" The Left, Islam, Old Europe, The UN.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:51 AM (olDqf)

91
Minn. man claims 'victory' over NSA after feds drop bid to block parody merchandise

Federal authorities have dropped an attempt to stop a Minnesota man from marketing merchandise poking fun at the National Security Agency for its surveillance of citizens.

Dan McCall, of Sauk Rapids, sued the NSA and Department of Homeland Security last fall after they issued cease-and-desist orders over the merchandise, which includes T-shirts bearing the NSA's official seal and the slogan, "The only part of the government that actually listens."

"It's a victory for First Amendment rights," said Dan McCall, of Sauk Rapids, who operates LibertyManiacs.com. He told the St. Cloud Times he was notified earlier this week that the NSA and DHS had dropped in their quest to block him from selling the material.


http://tinyurl.com/n72dlaw


I know Dan.  He's a good guy.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 03:51 AM (oMKp3)

92 ain't that the truth... socialism for thee, not me...

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

93 89 Well done on the lyrics, Sefton. I think I'll make some soft pretzels this weekend.... Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 07:51 AM (LP0Fj) Alvayz mit de Vize Crackerz!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:52 AM (olDqf)

94 Not that one thing has anything to do with the other. I'm just rambling.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:52 AM (LP0Fj)

95 Alternative lifestyle?  Interesting for me, considering Ma & Pa Scrummy were married at 22, and had little ol' me at 23.  I guess they would be considered "weird" according to those "geniuses" over at NBC...

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at February 20, 2014 03:52 AM (Yd7xQ)

96 Yes, I disagree with Sowell on his Cruz articles but inevitably I disagree with just about anybody on one or two items through time.  I'm sure not gonna throw out the rest of his work and trash him in a momentary fit of spite over tactics.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 03:53 AM (2RiXU)

97 Morning all. Don't laugh, those of us who get married have kids and try to live our lives honorably are a dying breed. America was once.......Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 03:53 AM (t3UFN)

98 91 I know Dan. He's a good guy. Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 07:51 AM (oMKp3) Pyrrhic victory. The IRS, EPA, OSHA and whoever else are going to make his life a living hell.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:53 AM (olDqf)

99 Pyrrhic victory. The IRS, EPA, OSHA and whoever else are going to make his life a living hell.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 07:53 AM (olDqf)


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They have been, for years. 

Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 03:54 AM (oMKp3)

100 Princeton University To Honor Anti-Semitic, Anti-American 9/11 Truther Richard FalkÂ… Weasel Zippers: Spit!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 03:54 AM (t3UFN)

101

I guess I'm more "normal" than you lot. I didn't get married and have kids until I was all of 25.

 

Waaait a minute.....

 

 

Yaaay! I'm actual more normal than someone!!

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 20, 2014 03:55 AM (v6cwT)

102 Especially the IRS. 

He works from home, so I don't know if OSHA can step on him.  Yet.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 03:55 AM (oMKp3)

103 Ok.. time to get off my ass and head to work.. later!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 03:56 AM (b/lt+)

104 Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 7 days (1wk) until spring training at February 20, 2014 07:45 AM (u8GsB) *** Doing some quick calculations that leads me to conclude that there are therefore only six days until the Colorado Rockies are mathematically eliminated from postseason play.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 20, 2014 03:56 AM (g4TxM)

105 Truce crumbles in the Ukraine. I guess obama's "red lines" don't mean shit

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 03:56 AM (t3UFN)

106 I got married at 33, have no children. Oh wait, I married a man. I am abnormal. What a freak.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 03:56 AM (LP0Fj)

107 Oops, my calculations were off, make that eight days.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 20, 2014 03:56 AM (g4TxM)

108 Hey JJ what time tonight?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 03:57 AM (t3UFN)

109 102 Especially the IRS. He works from home, so I don't know if OSHA can step on him. Yet. Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 07:55 AM (oMKp3) To quote a bit from "Sexy Beast" (cockney accent) Where there's a will - and there IS a will - there's a way. And there IS a fucking way." My momma always said, evil never rests.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 03:57 AM (olDqf)

110

105:"Truce crumbles in the Ukraine. I guess obama's "red lines" don't mean shit"

 

I know, right?

Posted by: Bashar al Assad at February 20, 2014 03:57 AM (v6cwT)

111 "Substitute 'the Jooz' for Queen Victoria and I think you've got something there!"

The Left, Islam, Old Europe, The UN.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 07:51 AM (olDqf)
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Well, he actually has a logical line of reasoning for the Queen Victoria accusations- he blames most of the world's ills on WWI and he blames WWI on Victoria's mad plan to insure world peace by inserting her daughters into every royal family in Europe. Which, of course, had exactly the OPPOSITE effect.

As for the Left, Islam, Old Europe, UN axis- the unifying factor there, IMHO, is a certain entity which would be very antagonistic towards a people chosen by God...

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 04:00 AM (OtQXp)

112 My mom had me when she was 17.  And I have an older brother.  So what did my dad do when he knocked up a 9th grader?  He quit school, and worked his ass off in a machine shop.  18 years later, started a biz with his sons.  Worked our asses off.  Now have a biz with 32 employees that's doing very well.  And my mom and dad would still be married if my dad didn't die of brain cancer at 68.  Both his (divorced) parents died of alcoholism by the time he was 20.  And the man never made an excuse in his fucking life.  He just made it happen for his family.  So needless to say, when I see shit like this, I say WTF.

Posted by: Pipeholder at February 20, 2014 04:00 AM (VTeUD)

113 Married at 26, first kid at 27. So, only sorta weird.

Posted by: jakeman at February 20, 2014 04:01 AM (vH4YP)

114 108 Hey JJ what time tonight? Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 07:57 AM (t3UFN) 5:30-5:45 Do you know the venue?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:01 AM (olDqf)

115 5:30-5:45 Do you know the venue? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 08:01 AM (olDqf) yes Thanks

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 04:02 AM (t3UFN)

116

111: "he blames most of the world's ills on WWI and he blames WWI on Victoria's mad plan to insure world peace by inserting her daughters into every royal family in Europe. Which, of course, had exactly the OPPOSITE effect."

 

Imagine that. Dudes getting into fights because their women start some shit.

 

When has this NOT happened in history?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 20, 2014 04:02 AM (OJn3e)

117 111 Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 08:00 AM (OtQXp) the Left, Islam, Old Europe, UN should've been a sock. But you get the idea.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:03 AM (olDqf)

118 I need to find out if the cocksucker in chief and his mashed potato faced Jew hating SoS have made any dumbass statements about the situation in Ukraine that would be the complete opposite of what Reagan would say. Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 07:07 AM (2RiXU) Captain Hate, If they havenÂ’t yet,they will say something today. The SCOAMF said something yesterday. I pretty much ignore him as often as possible. It was a noncommittal comment & did not make an impression on me. I looked at WSJ & they havenÂ’t quoted him.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 04:03 AM (z4WKX)

119 There was an Israeli caller to Levin's show last night who talked about listening to Jordanian radio where they were mocking Gaylord Focker for trying to lean on HBO to get an advance preview of Game of Thrones.  Everybody in the world know what a fucking fraud this lazy insignificant dickhole is yet the MFM here continues to prop him up with nonstop propaganda.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 04:04 AM (2RiXU)

120 David Wise will give exactly two figs that the media portrays him this way, and I say this with authority. I grew up in the same (small) town as his father although Tom Wise was a good deal older than me. His uncle however was my classmate, later at Fresno State on scholarship. His grandfather was a former NFL linebacker and the highschool football coach and also my 10th grade biology teacher. We all used to ski at our small local hill on Saturdays; the school had a program and they'd bus us up there. Coach Wise was a big part of keeping that program alive for us: we were an isolated High Sierra Northern Calif. High School but we could ski and we had first rate competive well rounded athletic teams thanks in part to this family. They come from a very strong traditional Catholic background. Those of us from that community as well as the (near by) Reno crowd will not be negatively affected my media drivel and we could not be more proud of this kid.

Posted by: small town girl in wyoming at February 20, 2014 04:05 AM (n10od)

121 the Left, Islam, Old Europe, UN should've been a sock. But you get the idea.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 08:03 AM (olDqf)
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I'm more dense than usual this morning- I need moar coffee!

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 04:06 AM (OtQXp)

122 http://tinyurl.com/lm6djn4 Here is this from Powerline Blog, TFG enters talks with Iran with one hand willingly tied behind his back!

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 04:06 AM (z4WKX)

123 Alright, which one of you Morons let Ace out of his cage??

Discovered: The 'very hairy' marsupial which dies from 'frantic' mating

http://tinyurl.com/mxsy3ca

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 04:08 AM (MPIX5)

124 Good morning racist patriarchal Joo lovers! Today I'm going to try to persuade the woman with whom I am presently living an alternative lifestyle to go more mainstream, and accept Kate Upton as the junior wife. So far I'm not making any positive headway with my current "partner" and I haven't even started yet on Ms. Upton. Whew, what a burden of labor is laid upon us. Maybe the government can help me...

Posted by: MTF at February 20, 2014 04:08 AM (F58x4)

125 Got married at 28. Why so long? I wasn't holding down a full time job for any length of time. Worked a few, didn't like them and quit, or got laid off, twice. I didn't know that I could suck on the gubmints teat until I found a gainful high paying minimum wage job. Found a good job and the wife came along about the same time. Married the next year.  32 years ago. How fast it's gone by.

Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2014 04:08 AM (RYr6b)

126 Paying your bills, abiding by laws, living within your means? How very alternative of you!

Posted by: Your Betters in Washington at February 20, 2014 04:08 AM (FcR7P)

127 111 -

Sorry, that strikes me as an odd thing to get hung up on.  Victoria's family was  a quaint, ancient world concept, and Euro royals had been playing those games for centuries. 

You could list the reasons WWI occurred, and your list would be a mile long before you got to Victoria and her meddling kids  (and grandkids).

Posted by: BurtTC at February 20, 2014 04:09 AM (BeSEI)

128 Carol, here's what the WSJ editorial writers, who returned to sanity momentarily as long as the subject isn't immigration and Ted Cruz, had to say in part (hopefully this cut and paste won't cause any barrel worthy snafus):

With his studied detachment from foreign affairs, Mr. Obama has shown zero interest in this strategic confrontation. He dispatched his Secretary of State to focus on unlikely peace missions to the Middle East when the chances for making a difference in Ukraine were far greater. He deferred to the EU, which is too diffident and divided to do anything without U.S. leadership. And he has refused to admit that Mr. Putin, his supposed partner in Syrian peace, wants mainly to reduce U.S. influence across Europe and the Middle East.

The Ukraine uprising is an alarm that the world's trouble spots won't wait for the attention of the next U.S. President. They need active U.S. leadership now to prevent them from blowing up into larger and more violent disputes that become much more costly to settle. Mr. Obama may want to retreat from the world, but the world won't retreat from America.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 04:10 AM (2RiXU)

129 Here is this from Powerline Blog, TFG enters talks with Iran with one hand willingly tied behind his back!

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 08:06 AM (z4WKX)
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For him that's a feature, not a bug.  It helps him lead with his chin- which is his normal opening position when negotiating with anybody who is not a Republican.

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 04:10 AM (OtQXp)

130 from  David Wise's interview in Powder Magazine:



I used to think I was a total anomaly because the ski industry is kind of infiltrated with people—we go out, we’re in the limelight, we get to do what we love—and then you go and party.

ThereÂ’s nothing unique about people who go out and party every weekend. ItÂ’s almost more rebellious to be a person of faith in this world than to be the opposite.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 20, 2014 04:11 AM (oMKp3)

131 Oh, look, we're in the red, SEVERE thunderstorm tornado end of times section of the weather map. I'll be under the bed if anyone needs me.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 04:11 AM (SUKHu)

132

I'm twice his age and have a baby boy. I'm living the alternative lifestyle, not him.

 

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at February 20, 2014 04:12 AM (3ZtZW)

133 I'm twice his age and have a baby boy. I'm living the alternative lifestyle, not him.  Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at February 20, 2014 08:12 AM (3ZtZW)

Ditto.

Only I have a baby girl.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 04:12 AM (MPIX5)

134 I'll be under the bed if anyone needs me. Posted by: Mama AJ

While you're there, feed the dust bunny please.

Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2014 04:12 AM (RYr6b)

135 Did Vic take off Washington's birthday and forget to come back?

--

I do remember him saying something a couple weeks ago about being called for jury duty.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2014 04:13 AM (22bm2)

136 I always assumed WWI was more or less a continuation of the many and varied wars Europe had always fought (30 years war, 100 years war, Napoleanic wars, etc., etc.) but ended up blowing up out of control because this time they had automatic weapons, better artillery, and chemical warfare.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at February 20, 2014 04:13 AM (74e4R)

137 I didn't get married until I was 30, didn't have first kid until 39 - second kid just over a year later. So there you have it.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 04:13 AM (XvrTA)

138 Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 07:07 AM (2RiXU) "We hold the Ukrainian government primarily responsible for making sure that it is dealing with peaceful protesters in an appropriate way, that the Ukrainian people are able to assemble and speak freely about their interests without fear of repression," Obama said soon after arriving in Toluca, Mexico, for a summit. "And I want to be very clear as we work through these next several days in Ukraine that we're going to be watching closely and we expect the Ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to violence in dealing with peaceful protesters." Obama added that the United States expects protesters to remain peaceful. "The United States will continue to engage with all sides in the dispute in Ukraine, and ultimately our interest is to make sure the Ukrainian people can express their own desires," Obama said. Regardless, when TFG speaks the world hears 'Wanh, wanh, wanh,wuh-wahn, wahn.' (said in a Charlie Brown teacher voice)

Posted by: RWC at February 20, 2014 04:15 AM (fWAjv)

139 Ahh, killer dust bunnies!!!1! Gonna be that kind of day...

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 04:15 AM (SUKHu)

140 Mr. Obama may want to retreat from the world, but the world won't retreat from America. Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 08:10 AM (2RiXU) Thank you Captain Hate, The world used to wait for the words of the US POTUS as the most powerful man in the world. But SCOAMF is ruining our reputation as the most powerful country in the world, purposely, I might add.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 04:15 AM (z4WKX)

141 136 I always assumed WWI was more or less a continuation of the many and varied wars Europe had always fought (30 years war, 100 years war, Napoleanic wars, etc., etc.) but ended up blowing up out of control because this time they had automatic weapons, better artillery, and chemical warfare. Posted by: nnptcgrad at February 20, 2014 08:13 AM (74e4R) Well, you could say that today's conflicts and all subsequent conflicts are continuations of the one started 5 million years ago between the two apes in the beginning of "2001-A Space OdysseyÂ…"

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

142 You could list the reasons WWI occurred, and your list would be a mile long before you got to Victoria and her meddling kids (and grandkids).

Posted by: BurtTC at February 20, 2014 08:09 AM (BeSEI)
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That may be so, I wouldn't know.  He's the historian, I'm an engineer.  Afterburners I understand, but alas the reasons for WWI are a mystery to me.

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 04:16 AM (OtQXp)

143 62 I guess by there standards I was messed up. My youngest was born when I was 23 while I was stationed at lovely Shemya, AK! Posted by: Old Dog at February 20, 2014 07:37 AM (tQYJH)[/] Cobra Dane?

Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at February 20, 2014 04:16 AM (Nk6GS)

144 I was alternate before alternate was kool.

Posted by: toby928© at February 20, 2014 04:16 AM (QupBk)

145 Anybody have a link to the two former SEALS found dead story?

Posted by: RWC at February 20, 2014 04:16 AM (fWAjv)

146 I didn't get married until I was 30, didn't have first kid until 39 - second kid just over a year later. Heh...one year ahead of you at each point.

Posted by: --- at February 20, 2014 04:17 AM (MMC8r)

147 >>And the man never made an excuse in his fucking life. He just made it happen for his family. That says it all.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 04:17 AM (SUKHu)

148 119 Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 08:04 AM (2RiXU) Trouble is he, that is to say his utter stupidity, narcissism and ideology, is all too significant both here and abroad.

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

149 Married with a child? You mean there are now three people living in his bedroom at his parents' house?

Posted by: Pajama Boy at February 20, 2014 04:17 AM (FcR7P)

150 I always assumed WWI was more or less a continuation of the many and varied wars Europe had always fought (30 years war, 100 years war, Napoleanic wars, etc., etc.) but ended up blowing up out of control because this time they had automatic weapons, better artillery, and chemical warfare.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at February 20, 2014 08:13 AM (74e4R)



I read Keegan's book on the war and the way it started, as he reported it, was a diplomatic clusterfuck of incredible proportions where nobody seemed to be aware of what was going on as they lurched toward an unnecessary confrontation that ultimately had a life of its own.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 04:19 AM (2RiXU)

151

Hello from Friday early morning in Sydney

 

I confess - was living the alternative (almost)  lifestyle by having a baby at 24yo

 

Goodness can someone point out to NBC a few facts about optimal age for women to have kidlets? It's a known biological fact..

 

However as much of what passes for science these days needs no proof eg nightmare inducing climate "science" see lists of what AGW causes...,

 

 I reckon real facts mean nothing for many these days

 

BTW I'm now  watching the 2nd cricket Test (South Africa v Aussies) and looking forward to the first rugby game this season - we're off to see some footy on Sunday!

 

 

 

 

Posted by: aussie at February 20, 2014 04:19 AM (nP3cM)

152 Being married and having a child at age 23 is now an "alternative lifestyle". = Why am I not surprised? Being married and having a child at age 25 had already become the outmoded lifestyle of American women with a higher education and career motivation back in 1980. That was our experience. Most of our peers who weren't regular church goers waited until their 30s to begin the pregnancy to full term and birthing for entering parenthood, a lifetime profession of motherhood. Since 1970, the Womens Lib and ERA feminist movement activists had already abandoned families, divorced husbands and left children to raise themselves whilst the woman pursued her own full potential. Outside of church congregations, it wasn't only the professional world that was most prejudiced against the conservative married women who chose to birth babies while yet physically best adept to naturally provide the optimal outcome for the child, and to be "young" enough to cope with teenagers when the time came, and to not be old and senile by the time grandchildren might arrive. Libbers who chose to "sacrifice" family in order to "prove" themselves more "deserving" of a career have always exuded utter contempt for any person who would yet propagate any affection for traditional role models. Libbers go out of their way to hinder conservative women from attaining any opportunity. To date, the most scathing contempt is poured upon the conservative woman who IS "rogue" -- the Sarah Palins in the world. Even conservative Republican women like Barbara Bush and Peggy Noonan despise the raw vitality from an independent Western State newcomer to the unwelcoming elitist ranks (unless your father is the insider, Vice President for instance). That men got caught in the cross hairs is no surprise. Even the most brilliant artistic, philosophical and compassionate of independent career women who've emerged during the last half century (Joni Mitchell for example) don't hate men, but know full well that the '60s "Free Love" movement was, as ever, stacked in favor of the male's sexual promiscuity. The "War on Women" is nothing new. The female gender has dealt with the patriarchal order for thousands of years in the world's majority of regional tribes. However, the "War on Men" is new territory, given only a few decades to grow and fester. And whether contemporary men identify their ego within the patriarchal type or even the metromale (bisexual) or homo-centric, it is difficult for everyone. If it were only between adults, and constricted to philosophical debate within a mutually tolerant society? Hardly possible, as we see subsequent generations tainted, Western Civilization neutered and sterilized of IDENTITY beyond perverted and pernicious. All Americans, irrespective of age or ability to comprehend, are wallowing in cultural cesspools. Whatever tiny corner we call "home" as our personal sanctuary is being inundated by our dark Zeitgeist tsunami of Death permeating all realms of consciousness EXCEPT for that which we maintain from WITHIN. Integrity. Accountability. It's a war on Gender, being augmented and enforced by authoritarian government officials in league with opportunists throughout societies, and what we have here is a failure to communicate. We Americans, specifically our ANCESTORS, fought and proved the ideal success of mutual respect that begins with Personal Sovereignty, and balanced as society with the late-18th Century US Constitutional Republic that LIMITS GOVERNANCE. 1908, in his last address to Americans published posthumously, former President Grover Cleveland shouted his last hurrah: THE PEOPLE MUST THINK! [Individualism Must Not Be Lost] THE CRAFTSMAN (1908-1909 archive volume) http://tinyurl.com/lfprcpf /Cleveland, fiscal conservative, anti-corruption, pro-business "Bourbon" Democrat whose life encompassed the 19th Century, his administration weathered the Panic financial collapse, and lived to see the first decade of the 20th Century, addressing us all, you and I today. And yes, what he had to say about our society determining marriage isn't what you'd expect off the top of your head.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 04:19 AM (MhA4j)

153 Regular coffee or caramel macchiato....hmmm

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 04:20 AM (z+Xap)

154 150 I read Keegan's book on the war and the way it started, as he reported it, was a diplomatic clusterfuck of incredible proportions where nobody seemed to be aware of what was going on as they lurched toward an unnecessary confrontation that ultimately had a life of its own. Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 08:19 AM (2RiXU I think it was linked in yesterday's morning dump, but VDH has an incredible piece on the misconceptions of how "The Great War" started. It was at Nat'l Review and well worth a read.

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

155 Why does Peter Johnson Jr. have a job in broadcasting? I can't listen to his halting, um...er...his halting...um...speech...speech patterns....those patterns....it's not like he has anything unique...um...anything unique...or...interesting...um...to....to say.

Posted by: Just some guy at February 20, 2014 04:21 AM (mTM2n)

156 What on earth happened to Thomas Sowell? I did not expect something like that from him about Ted Cruz. Cruz was on LevinÂ’s show last Wednesday or Thursday. Levin said that the media attack Cruz with the expectations that he is going to run for president in 2016.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 04:21 AM (z4WKX)

157 Posted by: small town girl in wyoming at February 20, 2014 08:05 AM (n10od) Great story. And it sounds like a great place to live.

Posted by: MTF at February 20, 2014 04:21 AM (F58x4)

158 155 Posted by: Just some guy at February 20, 2014 08:21 AM (mTM2n) Peter Johnson. The joke writes itself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:22 AM (olDqf)

159 Mr. Obama may want to retreat from the
world, but the world won't retreat from America.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 08:10 AM

Don't want to disagree with you -- and teh WSJ -- Cap, but given the current state of our Congress and political parties, might be better for us (and the rest of the world) if Choom Boy sticks to the golf links and the celeb-filled paaaaahhh-taaaaays at the White House.

If President Historic First© chose sides in a conflict in Ukraine, the ME or anywhere else, chances are he'd pick the side most opposed to our interests. Throw in Muzzie terrorists and he'd definitely choose wrong.

And after he chose wrong, would he be held accountable? Yeah, the answer has to be "no". Congress would suck his toes, and our Poppin' Fresh Brigade might titter and giggle a bit, but maintain their resolute eunuch stance.

So let the Chicago Jesus play in his friggin' sandbox while the world goes to Hell. We'll fix it later. If there's anything left to fix.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 20, 2014 04:22 AM (ff7/5)

160 My parents lived an alternative lifestyle for 60 years. Think of them as pioneers of the revolution.

Posted by: fairweather bill at February 20, 2014 04:23 AM (x3bBv)

161 VDH on W.W. 1 http://www.nationalreview.com/article/371300/lessons-world-war-i-victor-davis-hanson

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:23 AM (olDqf)

162 Wonders never cease. Good morning, y'all.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 04:24 AM (MhA4j)

163 160 My parents lived an alternative lifestyle for 60 years. Think of them as pioneers of the revolution. Posted by: fairweather bill at February 20, 2014 08:23 AM (x3bBv) America from 1789 to circa 1960 was an alternative lifestyle to most of world history.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:25 AM (olDqf)

164 GERMANY ARRESTS 3 AUSCHWITZ GUARD SUSPECTS After delaying arrest for 70 years, what are they going to do? Take away their cocoa? You can bitch all you want about US justice but in other countries there is none. Of course, if it were France, they would probably be given a chair at some university.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 04:25 AM (6Nj7A)

165 I guess families are an alternative lifestyle for communists....

Posted by: Draki at February 20, 2014 04:25 AM (L8r/r)

166 Goodness can someone point out to NBC a few facts about optimal age for women to have kidlets? It's a known biological fact.. Yeah, my wife dropped off a couple of nine pounders before the age of 25. Natural births both, no scars, stretch marks gone in months. Try that at 40 years of age and I guarantee the outcome is reversed.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 20, 2014 04:25 AM (CnA98)

167 I see where Lurch held peace talks on Syria in Munich. Didn't we try that about 70 years ago? How'd that work out for you?

Posted by: Fat Freddy's Cat at February 20, 2014 04:25 AM (OsheA)

168 159 given his long record of precedence, he'd be the one throwing in the Muts

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 04:26 AM (MhA4j)

169 From Twitter - let the backpedaling begin: Cindy Cooper @CindyCoops Calling this an "alternative lifestyle" is tongue in cheek, I'm guessing? @nbcwashington NBCWashington @nbcwashington @CindyCoops Yes.

Posted by: Gran at February 20, 2014 04:26 AM (nPMjI)

170 Piece in our time, our time in pieces.

Posted by: Zombie Chamberlain at February 20, 2014 04:27 AM (Aif/5)

171 Scary pictures of Kiev all over Twitter: >>On Polish live-TV; riot police firing kalashnikovs into the crowd

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 04:28 AM (SUKHu)

172 I think it was linked in yesterday's morning dump, but VDH has an incredible piece on the misconceptions of how "The Great War" started. It was at Nat'l Review and well worth a read.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 08:20 AM (olDqf)



Thanks for mentioning that.  Ah yes, the Schlieffen Plan which had the Krauts steamrolling France and then doing the same to the Rooskis.  That great fucking plan didn't work out so well.  Idiots.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 04:31 AM (2RiXU)

173 171 Scary pictures of Kiev all over Twitter: >>On Polish live-TV; riot police firing kalashnikovs into the crowd Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 08:28 AM (SUKHu) Wait until they fire Baryshnikov's...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:32 AM (olDqf)

174 Of course, if it were France, they would probably be given a chair at some university. Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 08:25 AM (6Nj7A) Princeton University To Honor Anti-Semitic, Anti-American 9/11 Truther Richard FalkÂ… You were saying?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 04:32 AM (t3UFN)

175 Is NBC calling it an 'alternate lifestyle' an example of homo-norming?

Posted by: --- at February 20, 2014 04:32 AM (MMC8r)

176 I had 3 children by 23...all by the same man. My husband. And he was my husband before any of them were born. *rocks the alternative lifestyle like a boss*

Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 04:32 AM (WZQdF)

177 It's not our business to pick winners and losers in Ukrainia.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 20, 2014 04:33 AM (JQuNB)

178 Tongue in cheek, my ass. They know exactly what they wrote and why.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 04:33 AM (z+Xap)

179

Ditto.

Only I have a baby girl.

 

=================

 

They're going to be the death of us, you know. 

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at February 20, 2014 04:33 AM (3ZtZW)

180 172 That great fucking plan didn't work out so well. Idiots. Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 08:31 AM (2RiXU) It almost did, at least in the west. The Brits stopped them just outside Paris, IIRC. So stalemate in the west. And then the commies stabbed Imperial Russia in the back. Were it not for the Spanish Flu pandemic and the Yanks, things might be somewhat different.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:34 AM (olDqf)

181 As long as you can find Peruvia on a map, you'll be fine. It's right next to the Italic Republic.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 04:35 AM (7ObY1)

182 Speaking of alternative lifestyle, there's a Dear Abby going around where some mean meanies rant about how much they dislike their gay neighbors. Like every other bit of anti-gay meaness story that we've seen in the past, oh 15 years, I'm calling bullshit on this one right now.

Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 04:35 AM (WZQdF)

183 Jeez, Walter Duranty, Jimmy Durante. I get confused...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:36 AM (olDqf)

184 NBC is trying to say it was tongue in cheek humor, but I really doubt that.  If that's the case it's a terrible joke.

Posted by: Draki at February 20, 2014 04:36 AM (L8r/r)

185 143 All Cobra Dane did for me was ruin anything I tried to record. I was Army, ASA (nominally Army Security Agency but as we called it Assholes Sign Anything) so did not work with the DEW people!

Posted by: Old Dog at February 20, 2014 04:36 AM (tQYJH)

186

166 Se Pa Moron

Hi there - younger women do have the advantages - proven beyond a doubt!

 

However with the great advances in medical research/care etc older women do have a chance these days

 

 

Posted by: aussie at February 20, 2014 04:36 AM (nP3cM)

187 Peter Johnson Jr. You can call him P, or you can call him PJ, or you can call him PJJ or you can call him PJ Jr. But you doesn't have to call him Johnson.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 04:37 AM (7ObY1)

188 Best documentary on WW1 The First World War (2003) http://goo.gl/YHI7yZ You can also find it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zViwCUtQ5o&noredirect=1 I like to blame the anarchists and the Black Hand for starting shit.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 04:37 AM (6Nj7A)

189 I had 3 children by 23...all by the same man. My husband. What a strange world you live in. Who tucks everybody in at night, is it your mom or is it his mom?

Posted by: Pajama Boy at February 20, 2014 04:37 AM (FcR7P)

190 178 Tongue in cheek, my ass. I am getting so turned on.

Posted by: Andi Sullivan at February 20, 2014 04:38 AM (7ObY1)

191 No way it's a joke.  There's a whole article to go with it if you click the other link.

Posted by: Draki at February 20, 2014 04:39 AM (L8r/r)

192 >>Wait until they fire Baryshnikov's... Hmm, I thought I saw a tutu on one of the killer dust bunnies. Everything is starting to make sense now.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 04:39 AM (SUKHu)

193 #176

Back around 1965, my mother shocked her friends (and herself) by saying she was so boring all five of her children had the same father.

I guess she has to change that assessment now.

Posted by: Epobirs at February 20, 2014 04:39 AM (bPxS6)

194 184 NBC is trying to say it was tongue in cheek humor, but I really doubt that. If that's the case it's a terrible joke. Posted by: Draki at February 20, 2014 08:36 AM (L8r/r) Sure. They are advancing an agenda, not reporting news. To me, this is second nature. It's so glaring to me now. Every MFM headline just screams "propaganda" whereas in the not too distant past, I wouldn't even thought twice.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:39 AM (olDqf)

195 the media attack anything constitutionally conservative and fiscally responsible NETFLIX attacks the Tea Party Deck of Marked Cards That "House" show is sheer propaganda exquisitely executed. Disturbing? How do a few unintelligent people persuade an entire population of sane people to embrace insanity? THE PEOPLE MUST THINK! Grover Cleveland, 1908 The conditioning of the audience to both abhor and EMBRACE the degree of cruel savagery and CORRUPTION without the viewers' response of being insulted. Our American cultural response to the propaganda line (entertainment) not only accepts complete corruption as the expected "reality" of our life, but to crave more. "Please sir, may I have more?" next episode...next season... Hell, the voters are being fed where to line up and mark the box, and popularly commit acts of violence against constitutional conservatives.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 04:39 AM (MhA4j)

196 Honestly, it makes sense that NBC would view a married 23 year old with a daughter saying he's interested in being a pastor as an alternative lifestyle.  It's completely rebelious from their world view.

Posted by: Draki at February 20, 2014 04:40 AM (L8r/r)

197 Where is Vic? Has anyone heard from him? He is almost always here in the morning. IÂ’m a bit worried. Now that I think about it, he missed a few days in a row in November or December. I love the way spellcheck or autocorrect doesnÂ’t work on this compeer. It doesnÂ’t fix it when I accidentally capitalize the first two letters of a name or sentence. I will have to change the settings. It fixes that on iPad.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 04:40 AM (z4WKX)

198 Pajamaboy, I'm going to rock the foundation of your world. None of our parents even live in the same state as us. Bam. Now go ask mommy for a sammy.

Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 04:40 AM (WZQdF)

199 Posted by: MrScribbler at February 20, 2014 08:22 AM (ff7/5)



I can't argue with anything you say.  I'm just pissed off that the hawt Ukranian doll, who could make me blow a load ten seconds from a dead hang, deserves the type of support that Ronald Reagan would provide when we had a real President who understood the desire for freedom in oppressed people.  This isn't an aggregate of moooooslim vermin where you can't separate the decent people from the head choppers and splodeydopes.  These are people of the Bloodlands who've had the boot of totalitarianism on their necks for well over half a century through no fault of their own.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 04:40 AM (2RiXU)

200 Judging by their ratings, NBC watching is an alternative lifestyle.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 20, 2014 04:40 AM (ZshNr)

201 More tolerance from the university: "“What really bothered me is, the whole idea is that at a liberal arts college, we need to be hearing a diversity of opinion. I don’t think we should be tolerating conservative views because that dominant culture embeds these deep inequalities in our society. http://bit.ly/1hydmiC

Posted by: MTF at February 20, 2014 04:41 AM (6o8TS)

202 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 07:10 AM (zF6Iw) ouch

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 04:42 AM (IXrOn)

203 Tolerance for me but not for thee!

Posted by: Liberal Arts College Dummy at February 20, 2014 04:42 AM (WZQdF)

204 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 08:32 AM (olDqf) 173. taking a flying leap// on the flip side, one step for mankind...

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 04:43 AM (MhA4j)

205 Same for the gal down south in Tommy Boy Maduro's neck of the woods, A slightly different take, Underwood's greatest contempt is for goo goo liberals like the President he deposes, weak congressmen and annoying girl reporters

Posted by: coriolianus snw at February 20, 2014 04:43 AM (Jsiw/)

206

Very distressing pic from Venezuela...

 

I can't manage tiny at all here - one day I'll yell out for help...

 

Have a look at the UK Daily Mail Online  and there is a pic of a motorbike rider holding a woman - she's been shot in the head and he's taking her to hospital

 

She is 22 years old and beautiful - just awful and how anyone can support the regime there is beyond me

Posted by: aussie at February 20, 2014 04:43 AM (nP3cM)

207 It almost did, at least in the west. The Brits stopped them just outside Paris, IIRC. So stalemate in the west. And then the commies stabbed Imperial Russia in the back.

Were it not for the Spanish Flu pandemic and the Yanks, things might be somewhat different.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 08:34 AM (olDqf)



Yeah but it took far more time for them to march across Belgium and they didn't plan on the Brits helping as quickly as they did.  When you read what they were expecting in terms of lack of resistance and the ability to transport logistical support over large distances, it was just insane.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 04:44 AM (2RiXU)

208 Good morning, haterz!

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at February 20, 2014 04:44 AM (zDsvJ)

209 Violence is worsening in Kiev, Ukraine, and alpine skier Bohdana Matsotska and her father Oleg announced she will no longer compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. A group in favor of the opposition posted a picture on Facebook of Oleg and Bohdana in front of the Olympic rings with this message: (Translated from page) We, members of the National Olympic Team of Ukraine: Matsotska Bogdan and Matsotskyy Oleg extremely indignant recent actions of President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, who, instead of negotiations to resolve the conflict Square (where we had hoped to end leaving the Olympic Games in Sochi) , sank the most recent Ukrainian hopes levels. Breaking with the eternal principle of the Olympic Games - during the Peace. solidarity with fighters on the barricades Square, and a protest against gang action on protesters, irresponsible spine president and his creeping government, we give up further performances at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014. Eternal memory to the heroes who fell for freedom in Ukraine! Glory to Ukraine and its Heroes!

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

210 It's right next to the Italic Republic. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 08:35 AM (7ObY1) I hate those slanty bastards

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 04:45 AM (XvrTA)

211 None of our parents even live in the same state as us. Isn't that insurance fraud?

Posted by: Pajama Boy at February 20, 2014 04:45 AM (FcR7P)

212

NJ wrestler story in  nic

(Not sure what happened with TinyURL this morn ?!)

Posted by: McCool at February 20, 2014 04:45 AM (nCSwS)

213 The U.S. Navy is holding a ceremony Friday to mark the upcoming launch of the sixth warship named for the city of Detroit. The USS Detroit is under construction at the Lockheed Martin Marinette Shipyard in Marinette, Wis., and will be launched and christened this summer. The Littoral Combat Ship is set to join the fleet in 2016. The shipÂ’s official crest is being unveiled at 2 p.m. at Port Detroit. Participants include Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority chief John Jamian, County Executive Robert Ficano, Deputy Mayor Ike McKinnon and Barbara Levin, wife of U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin. The British built the first USS Detroit at Malden, Canada, in 1813. The U.S. Navy captured the 12-gun vessel in the Battle of Lake Erie that year. Will this USS Detroit immediately go into hock?

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

214 Democrat running for Congress is on Twitter: >>I'm sure there a LGBT person in Kansas that wants to write a letter to the editor to come out but fears death JWF is retweeting his..."thoughts". NRA = KKK and other pearls of wisdom...or pearls of something...

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 04:47 AM (SUKHu)

215 I'm sure obama has some more useless red lines to draw around Ukraine and Venezuela.

Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 04:48 AM (WZQdF)

216 The local paper here in Bergen County NJ which is far left wing is printing nothing by the Christie and the GWB "scandal"? Nobody cares. What a bunch of fucks

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 04:48 AM (t3UFN)

217 >>"“What really bothered me is, the whole idea is that at a liberal arts college, we need to be hearing a diversity of opinion. I don’t think we should be tolerating conservative views Honey, that's not what "liberal arts" means.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 04:48 AM (SUKHu)

218 Paying your bills, abiding by laws, living within your means? How very alternative of you!

 

Posted by: Your Betters in Washington at February 20, 2014 08:08 AM (FcR7P)

 

Change "alternative" to "sucker" and I'll agree.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 04:48 AM (zF6Iw)

219 If only David Wise were living in a pansexual Wiccan nudist commune; maybe NBC would consider that "mainstream."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 20, 2014 04:49 AM (6GRz5)

220 Thanks Cap'n Hate for the WW1 insights. Will delve more deeperer. Later kids!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 04:49 AM (olDqf)

221 Grammie Winger, My boss was really pissed off at me on Tuesday. He was at the office late because he had to go pick up one of his daughters. I try to stay quiet about how late I’m there. I have a curfew of nine pm. It was after 11 and he told me that my curfew is 9 and he’s told me that I shouldn’t be there that late. I told him that I have been coming in a little later than usual in the morning because I am and have gained 3 or 4 pounds by making myself eat two blueberry scones in the morning. I am not hungry in the mooring & I have to force them down. There was one time I was doing something he should do and I sent him an email around midnight & told him it was on my desk if he wanted to finish it the next morning before I got there. He replied with “are you at the office” but I left. The next mooring the file was off my desk & when I opened my email that was there. He wanted to know if I was working from home or at work. He must not have thought it through because I couldn’t put file on my desk at the office if I was doing ti from home. So now I don’t email anyone past nine pm. I get more work done when no one is there. I also usually have Mark Levin on but he was off Tuesday & I had downloaded Ace’s podcast from Friday and another one and I was listening on my iPhone with the ear buds. I never listened to the podcast at the office except for one other time & there are too man F words in it. I put it on speaker phone. I found two podcasts yesterday of Johnny Carson’s show. I downloaded them but don’t know if they’ll be any good or if they have Johnny on it. We were talking about Carson on Tuesday’s ONT & Laurie David’s Cervix put a link to Carson’s show in one post & I watched several that night & yesterday.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 04:50 AM (z4WKX)

222

Will this USS Detroit immediately go into hock?

 

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Stay out of the lower deck...it's uninhabited except for a pack of feral dogs.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 20, 2014 04:51 AM (PFy0L)

223 Welp, time to start school with my horde. See all you gray box friends later.

Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 04:51 AM (WZQdF)

224 VDH on W.W. 1 That barely seems to be an article on WWI, it's more like "The Wages of Fecklessness"

Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2014 04:51 AM (FcR7P)

225 "“What really bothered me is, the whole idea is that at a liberal arts college, we need to be hearing a diversity of opinion. I don’t think we should be tolerating conservative views Honey, that's not what "liberal arts" means. Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 08:48 AM (SUKHu) actually, these days, I think it kinda is

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 04:52 AM (XvrTA)

226

Jeez, Walter Duranty, Jimmy Durante. I get confused...

 

Everybody wants ta get inta the act!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 04:52 AM (zF6Iw)

227 The U.S. Navy is holding a ceremony Friday to mark the upcoming launch of the sixth warship named for the city of Detroit. Don't forget to undercoat that thing!

Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2014 04:53 AM (FcR7P)

228 Morning dose of schadenfreude http://tinyurl.com/lfdqnes ALAMEDA COUNTY (KPIX 5) — California’s health care exchange promised potential customers they would have enough physicians to choose from. But some new enrollees, including an Alameda County woman, are discovering that their doctor choices are extremely limited. Julia Turner is surprised that she even has to search for a doctor. When she signed up for a policy through Covered California late last year, her long-time physician was listed as participating in her Blue Shield plan. It turned out; however, that he is not accepting patients with her Blue Shield policy, purchased on the Covered California exchange. When Turner called around to find someone else to treat her, she got more frustration. “The only doctors accepting new patients are urgent care clinics,” Turner told KPIX 5 ConsumerWatch. None of the doctors are located in the city in which she lives. Instead, Turner said, “They are in areas of East Oakland that have a lot of violence.” Have fun honey.

Posted by: RWC at February 20, 2014 04:53 AM (fWAjv)

229 Gold medal Olympic Hockey, bitchez be crazy edition, coming up at noon.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 20, 2014 04:53 AM (ZshNr)

Posted by: RWC at February 20, 2014 04:54 AM (fWAjv)

231 Not only is he married-to a woman-but he i sa father who hasn't gone AWOL-and he goes to church regularly. How deeply upsetting to NBC/ snark

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2014 04:55 AM (XyM/Y)

232 Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2014 08:45 AM (t3UFN)


Everybody should boycott Sochi.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 04:55 AM (2RiXU)

233 Nevergiveup Well wishes for them. God, what tragedies require personal sacrifices. The Ukraine President is Putin's puppet. That of itself did not necessitate the Ukraine Putin poodle to be so obtuse in escalating the violence via utter obtusion. At this point, given the Ukraine team participants premature departure from the Suchi Olympics, certainly Putin is not at all happy with his Ukraine poodle's idiocy. The point was TRADE in order for Ukraine to prosper mutually with Russia; NOT for civil war; certainly not for military interventionism from without the Ukraine unitary semi-presidential Republic. Viktor Yanukovych will be replaced, to be sure, and sooner than later. The Occupy protesters for liberty need only organize for the upcoming election, and eschew murder. Yanukovich has already removed himself from office, whether he knows it or not.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 04:57 AM (MhA4j)

234 What really bothered me is, the whole idea is that at a liberal arts college, we need to be hearing a diversity of opinion. I donÂ’t think we should be tolerating conservative views What a dunce.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2014 04:57 AM (XyM/Y)

235

Surprised nobody has commented on the newest FCC plan to embed inspectors in news agencies.

 

All voluntary, of course.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2014 04:59 AM (PdJhk)

236 Yanukovich shares similar characteristics with Karzai. Too "fool" of himself.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 04:59 AM (MhA4j)

237

>>Surprised nobody has commented on the newest FCC plan to embed inspectors in news agencies.

All voluntary, of course.

.

.They backed off from that plan.

Posted by: Registered Voter at February 20, 2014 05:00 AM (AiKJm)

238 The U.S. Navy is holding a ceremony Friday to mark the upcoming launch of the sixth warship named for the city of Detroit. =Imported from Detroit?

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 05:00 AM (MhA4j)

239 "I read Keegan's book on the war and the way it started, as he reported it, was a diplomatic clusterfuck of incredible proportions where nobody seemed to be aware of what was going on as they lurched toward an unnecessary confrontation that ultimately had a life of its own.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 08:19 AM (2RiXU)"



The diplomatic clusterfuck that resulted in WW I was aided in no small part by the European tradition of going on vacation for a whole fucking month in the summer.  All the responsible people were out of town and their underlings, who thought it would be cool to have a war, were in charge.



And, of course, the President of France was in Russia poking at the Russians to not let the Austrians get away with insulting them again.  When President Poincarre returned to France he said, "This war, I did that."  Well, actually he said something like that in French.  Poincarre was hoping that while Germany was busy fighting the Russians, the French could recapture Alsace and Lorraine which they had lost in the Franco-Prussian War.  As it turned out, human wave bayonet attacks by troops in brightly colored uniforms against dug in troops on high ground with lots of accurate, quick firing artillery was a suboptimal tactic. 

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at February 20, 2014 05:01 AM (BcCwi)

240 Posted by: aussie at February 20, 2014 08:43 AM (nP3cM) http://tinyurl.com Aussie, Above is link for tiny. You just copy page to there & make a tiny url. Someone here told me how to do it a year or so ago. I canÂ’t do it from iPad but thatÂ’s because of my hands.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 05:02 AM (z4WKX)

241 Best documentary on WW1 The First World War (2003) Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 08:37 AM (6Nj7A) Seconded! I have this series on DVD and it's great. Highly recommended.

Posted by: Mainah at February 20, 2014 05:03 AM (659DL)

242 Surprised nobody has commented on the newest FCC plan to embed inspectors political kommisars in news agencies.

All voluntary, of course.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2014 08:59 AM (PdJhk)

=======

What difference, at this point, does it make?!

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 05:04 AM (OtQXp)

243 I have to get ready for work. I hope everyone has a nice day. I also hope Vic shows up today. I wasnÂ’t here yesterday morning because I slept late.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 05:04 AM (z4WKX)

244 Surprised nobody has commented on the newest FCC plan to embed inspectors in news agencies. All voluntary, of course. . .They backed off from that plan. Posted by: Registered Voter at February 20, 2014 09:00 AM (AiKJm) Lotta that going around these days. Float totalitarian shit like DHS collecting license plate tracking info, then back off the next day. I call it "Fluking".

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 05:04 AM (XvrTA)

245 NBC is retarded and their shit is all fucked up.


Haven't watched a second of the Olympics.


**spit**


Posted by: dananjcon at February 20, 2014 05:04 AM (NpXoL)

246 Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at February 20, 2014 09:01 AM (BcCwi)



Very well stated; it was a truly "who's in charge here" situation.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 05:05 AM (2RiXU)

247 Voter, I'm not so sure we won't see it again. Nothing is beneath this bunch. Absolutely nothing.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2014 05:05 AM (PdJhk)

248 Surprised nobody has commented on the newest FCC plan to embed inspectors political kommisars in news agencies. All voluntary, of course. Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2014 08:59 AM (PdJhk) ======= What difference, at this point, does it make?! Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 09:04 AM (OtQXp) We must keep our news agencies free and objective. Shit, I need a new keyboard.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 05:07 AM (XvrTA)

249 206 Very distressing pic from Venezuela... -- aussie and of the Iranian naval route through the Atlantic, even further interventionist alliance for the Venezuelan regime?

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 05:07 AM (MhA4j)

250 NBC has gone so stridently left that at this point Nuthin' But Commies is about all it stands for.

Posted by: ontherocks at February 20, 2014 05:07 AM (S7c6z)

251 @235 Inspectors in every newsroom are a good first step.

Posted by: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin at February 20, 2014 05:08 AM (sOtz/)

252

Being married and having a child at age 23 is now an "alternative lifestyle".

Maroons. No, seriously....

Posted by: backhoe at February 20, 2014 05:08 AM (ULH4o)

253 I think NBC clumsily was trying to say this is an alternate lifestyle for snowboarders. Shaun White is the "normal" lifestyle for those dudes.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 20, 2014 05:08 AM (0LHZx)

254 Lotta that going around these days. Float totalitarian shit like DHS collecting license plate tracking info, then back off the next day. I call it "Fluking". I call it probing. Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2014 05:08 AM (XCfYI)

255 19 I, a self-admitted geography idiot, found out yesterday that Slovakia and Slovenia are not the same country. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 07:13 AM (x1L8S) _________ Shockingly, there are also no kangaroos in Austria.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 20, 2014 05:09 AM (0LHZx)

256 It appears then, that LCS are the new cruisers, in naming convention. That Freedom and Independence thing threw me for a while. Except where in the world is Gabrielle Giffords City?

What will we name fast attack subs after, now? Or is it the plan that we will never need another new one of those?

I for one date the decline of the Fleet, and with it, American influence in the world, from the abandonment of the WWII system of naming ships. I for one, it goes without saying, consider an Iowa-class with a bone in her teeth to be the most beautiful aspect the sea has ever borne -- and, shipmate, friends of mine sank the Ostfriesland. 

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2014 05:10 AM (xq1UY)

257

Surprised nobody has commented on the newest FCC plan to embed inspectors political kommisars in news agencies.



All voluntary, of course.



Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2014 08:59 AM (PdJhk)

 

This plan was floated last week, and then they promptly backed off.  But it will come back.  They're testing the waters, you see.  They're waiting until they can put the idea out there and NOT get a bitter, virulent backlash.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 20, 2014 05:10 AM (4df7R)

258 238 The U.S. Navy is holding a ceremony Friday to mark the upcoming launch of the sixth warship named for the city of Detroit....

So this means she sinks as soon as she slips off the ways?

Posted by: backhoe at February 20, 2014 05:11 AM (ULH4o)

259 Bernhardt-Henri Levy in the WSJ, calling for the West to pull out of the Sochi Games.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 20, 2014 05:11 AM (ZshNr)

260 Heh, and then the idiot who wrote the article bitches on facebook about how right wingers took his story and ran with it. Poor baby.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 05:12 AM (B2fm1)

261 This plan was floated last week, and then they promptly backed off. But it will come back. They're testing the waters, you see. They're waiting until they can put the idea out there and NOT get a bitter, virulent backlash. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 20, 2014 09:10 AM (4df7R) ____________ The sad and frightening part is the GOP knew of this plan for a month and did shit. It was only a backlash when Drudge put it up.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 20, 2014 05:12 AM (0LHZx)

262 Jean Luc Picard came out. That's a surprise. The whole Next Generation smoked the baloney Tony.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 20, 2014 05:12 AM (6bMeY)

263 245. I usually watch SOMETHING from the Olympics. Just haven't this time. It's the coverage that would irritate -- and I've already developed my own personal intervention habit to refuse viewing (adding to ratings) that which is designed to offend me. If there were NO commentary, I'd enjoy watching good sportsmanship in contest. But I'm not going to wade through commercials, with the tv on mute. Given the times, there's so much research to undertake personally just to get an idea of what's happening outside of the USA.

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 05:12 AM (MhA4j)

264 Friendsh, you have nothing to fear from those Obamabots monitoring your news...

Posted by: Juan McCain at February 20, 2014 05:13 AM (JQuNB)

265 Man, I wish tomorrow's USA-Canada game was on in the evening after work. The FSA can sit home on their asses watching it on my dime, while I slave away to support them and watch it on crappy streaming. But anyway, go USA! I really like this team this year. Can't wait for noon tomorrow! USA! USA! USA!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 05:13 AM (7ObY1)

266 Richard Cabela, co-founder of the CabelaÂ’s retail chain that caters to outdoor enthusiasts and a prominent supporter of the National Rifle Association, has died. He was 77.

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at February 20, 2014 05:13 AM (e8kgV)

267 Shockingly, there are also no kangaroos in Austria. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 20, 2014 09:09 AM


What is the Austrian word for kangaroo?

Posted by: Barry Obama at February 20, 2014 05:14 AM (bAGA/)

268 they take what is "normal" and try to make it "odd" whilst taking their "odd" way of living and forcing us to accept it as "normal"

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 7 days (1wk) until spring training at February 20, 2014 05:14 AM (u8GsB)

269 I think Austrians speak Nazi.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 20, 2014 05:14 AM (6bMeY)

270 If there were NO commentary, I'd enjoy watching good sportsmanship in contest. But I'm not going to wade through commercials, with the tv on mute. Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 09:12 AM (MhA4j) __________ That's the prime time bullshit. During the day the coverage is actually pretty good on NBC Sports. Limited commentary, with a lot of variety of events. And there's also the BBC and CBC online streaming options. I agree though, watching NBC's prime time coverage is unbearable. It's 70-30 split of yammering by Costas and actual sporting events.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 20, 2014 05:14 AM (0LHZx)

271 >>I think NBC clumsily was trying to say this is an alternate lifestyle for snowboarders. But this is a quote from the article: >>At such a young age, Wise has the lifestyle of an adult. That may have been written by a snowboarder who has never seen such a thing, but it's not saying "this is diff for these guys". They were probably trying to get clicks and it sure has worked.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 20, 2014 05:14 AM (SUKHu)

272 Picard is not out. Some article labeled him as gay but he's not and they have corrected.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 20, 2014 05:15 AM (B2fm1)

273 My phather ith on thtun

Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at February 20, 2014 05:16 AM (7ObY1)

274 Scientists in Australia have discovered a new "very hairy" mouse-like marsupial variety of a species whose males are known for dying after overly strenuous mating sessions.

The new creature is a black-tailed variety of the antechinus, which made international headlines last year when it was discovered that the male has been dying from stress due to intensive copulation.

The black-tailed antechinus is believed to inhabit a small region covering high-altitude wetlands across northern New South Wales and Queensland's Gold Coast.


Dr Andrew Baker, from the Queensland University of Technology, said the antechinus typically has a "frenzied mating period" when they are 11 months old and "all males will die before the young are born".

Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 20, 2014 05:16 AM (e8kgV)

275 271 Picard is not out. Some article labeled him as gay but he's not and they have corrected. Bastard.

Posted by: Perez Hilton at February 20, 2014 05:16 AM (JQuNB)

276 I think NBC clumsily was trying to say this is an alternate lifestyle for snowboarders. Shaun White is the "normal" lifestyle for those dudes.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 20, 2014 09:08 AM (0LHZx)

 

IOW, he's a looneytune SoCon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 05:16 AM (zF6Iw)

277 I ran a cross this little gem from the beautiful Robin Wright, ex wife of Sean "Red" Penn, who is acting in the show "House of Cards". "“D.C. is more corrupt than Hollywood. It really is. It’s more sleazy than Hollywood… how much infidelity goes on.” If she thinks infidelity is the worst they dole out in DC she must have missed the Stimulus, ObamaCare, Solyndra and all the other fascist give-aways to friends and supporters.

Posted by: MTF at February 20, 2014 05:17 AM (F58x4)

278

240 Carol

 

Hi there and thanks! However for some reason my computer just won't do it for me - but I'll try again - it's just that I hate stuffing up without a preview feature here

 

Anyway best wishes to you and your dear brother - I've been following your posts and I do wish your brother all the best - what an awful blow to your poor brother

 

 

 

Posted by: aussie at February 20, 2014 05:17 AM (nP3cM)

279 NBC has gone full retard

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 20, 2014 05:17 AM (XvrTA)

280 270?

Quite a few of my Aunts and Uncles married at 16. Stayed married for life. Used to be common, long ago.

Posted by: backhoe at February 20, 2014 05:17 AM (ULH4o)

281 Aaaand, let's go to the transcript: (Doctor, laughing): Right, kick ass. Well, don't want to sound like a dick or nothin', but, ah... it says on your chart that you're fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded. What I'd do, is just like... like... you know, like, you know what I mean, like...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 05:18 AM (7ObY1)

282

The FCC thing must have come down while I was brewing a new viral strain in my chest last week. Thanks for the catch-up, Horde.

 

The current pace of news, culture, and the like is just friggin' staggering.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2014 05:18 AM (PdJhk)

283 From Media Research Center: During NBC's Saturday coverage of the Winter Olympics, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw spun the United States' worldwide campaign against communism during the Cold War: "In Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and space, the U.S. spared little to defeat communism – at times, it seemed like a national obsession." Tom The Greatest Generation Mutherfucking Brokaw

Posted by: ontherocks at February 20, 2014 05:18 AM (S7c6z)

284 261. JLP Pat Stew hardly needed to "come out" -- as if he hadn't made it perfectly obvious already (post Next Gen). Hide and go seek, "Come out, come out, where ever you are." His career drooped, and he needs the industry-publicity "we love you for being homocentric" boost for better offers. the predictable

Posted by: panzernashorn at February 20, 2014 05:19 AM (MhA4j)

285 Somebody said NBC had jumped the fart, but I don't really know what that means.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 20, 2014 05:19 AM (JQuNB)

286 Jean Luc Picard came out. That's a surprise. The whole Next Generation smoked the baloney Tony.

 

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 20, 2014 09:12 AM (6bMeY)

 

If Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden come out, there will be a great disturbance in the Force.

 

(and yes, I know I'm mixing galaxies)

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 05:19 AM (zF6Iw)

287 Olympics boycotts in lieu of an actual foreign policy plan are pointless. Not sure why otherwise intelligent people latch on to meaningless symbolism. I figure fairly soon we will either arm the opposition with anti-tank weapons or watch them slaughtered. Military loyalty to the brutal regime, as always, the deciding factor.

Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 05:20 AM (sOtz/)

288 I am not a homosexual, Jim. I'm a doctor, dammit.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at February 20, 2014 05:20 AM (7ObY1)

289
If Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden come out, there will be a great disturbance in the Force.

(and yes, I know I'm mixing galaxies)

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 09:19 AM (zF6Iw)



Someone cue up the Counselor Troi and Doctor Crusher "excercise" clip.



Posted by: EC at February 20, 2014 05:21 AM (GQ8sn)

290 OT,
But still Rich,
Wife went to Doc for a little check up and was axed,
"Does your husband force you to have sex?"
My Jaws got so tight when she told me that I have to drink my Joe through a straw this AM.

2nd...
That Mutt in da WH should have studied his HC Folly as closely as his appropriation for Keystone...

Posted by: Doc Savage at February 20, 2014 05:24 AM (aNW9+)

291

Marina Sirtis ... possibly the most dramatic improvement I've ever seen in a hairstyle.

 

Then again, the Sirtis 1.0 Bun Thingy really, really sucked ... things could only improve from there.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2014 05:24 AM (PdJhk)

292 At the risk of losing my moron card, the only thing I got out of the NBC story is that it is indeed "alternative" for a 23 year - old snowboarder to be a settled, married father, given that their perception of snowboarders tends to be along the lines of the Spicoli-type, constantly in search of the next fresh powder. Maybe I'm just dense, but that's the only impression I got. Although, NBC's generalization here is what is typically ignorant to me.

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at February 20, 2014 05:25 AM (P9ya5)

293 Fox News Breaking News: Judge strikes down Nebraska law that allowed Keystone pipeline to proceed through state. http://tinyurl.com/kqbj3bz Like · · Share · 2,3572,5311,224 · 17 hours ago ·

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 05:26 AM (7ObY1)

294 ttp://tinyurl.com/kh5e9bw This is from The Right Scoop. IÂ’m not so sure that SCOAMF has backed down on motoring news. If this happens, we had better burn the phone lines up to every single member of Congress, not only ours,but every single one. I live in MA,therefore mine are useless.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 05:27 AM (z4WKX)

295 @ 293 Â…Â….that share number is off the freakin' charts

Posted by: ontherocks at February 20, 2014 05:28 AM (S7c6z)

296 Someone cue up the Counselor Troi and Doctor Crusher "excercise" clip.

 

Posted by: EC at February 20, 2014 09:21 AM (GQ8sn)

 

I'm reminded of the line from Star Trek: Insurrection when - because they're on a planet that is a veritable Fountain of Youth, Crusher asks Troi, "Are your breasts getting firmer?"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 05:28 AM (zF6Iw)

297 Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 09:26 AM (7ObY1) The judicial system exists to perform those state functions that even the legislature cannot be bribed enough to do!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 20, 2014 05:28 AM (o3MSL)

298 Yoko Ono learns an interesting lesson about the passage of time and it's relationship to the deterioration of the human body: Yoko Ono This was a surprising birthday. I was 80 the day before, and today I'm 81? There was no change in the air.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 05:28 AM (7ObY1)

299 If you're watching NBC, you're not exactly concerned with content. Plenty-O-Curling Olympic coverage. It's very easy to skip by any NBC affiliate.

Posted by: Charlie Brown at February 20, 2014 05:29 AM (rGAnP)

300 MPPPP, I loved your story of the critic having his tea peed in. Thanks for the morning laugh.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 05:29 AM (z4WKX)

301 The USS Detroit. Can you launch a ship that everyone is abandoning?

Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2014 05:30 AM (FcR7P)

302 >>I live in MA,therefore mine are useless. Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 09:27 AM (z4WKX) Used to live there, grew up on the South Shore. Â…..couldn't take anymore and move Up Country

Posted by: ontherocks at February 20, 2014 05:30 AM (S7c6z)

303 Well, Wise *is* an icky Christian, and we all know how outside of mainstream that is. Well, outside of the MSM and Hollywood mainstream, so you know, "alternative."

Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2014 05:30 AM (POpqt)

304

You're welcome,  Carol.  Glad to be of service.

 

Second suck meeting  of the day.  Bbl.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 20, 2014 05:31 AM (zF6Iw)

305 This dude's lifestyle is alternative for 99% of his peers on the snowboard circuit. It's also fairly alternative-ish for most 23 year olds. I can't think of anyone I know that was married with a kid at 23, myself included. Earliest age I can think of is a friend who had a kid at 27. And he was living the "alternate" lifestyle as far as I was concerned back then. I didn't think less of him, I just thought, whoa dude, a kid, so young? It's a stupid way to headline it, but it's not that far from the truth.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 20, 2014 05:31 AM (0LHZx)

306 Â…Â….I also movED Up country as wellÂ…...

Posted by: ontherocks at February 20, 2014 05:31 AM (S7c6z)

307 241 Best documentary on WW1 The First World War (2003) Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 08:37 AM (6Nj7A) Seconded! I have this series on DVD and it's great. Highly recommended. Posted by: Mainah at February 20, 2014 09:03 AM (659DL) Absolutely. It is beautifully filmed and it contained archive footage I hadn't seen before. Plus, the present day footage was gorgeous. Some of it looked like paintings it was so stunning. The narration was intelligent and not lefty b.s. Also, they didn't get mired down in the "war is baaaaad" stuff. Yes, we know war is bad but there are reasons why people go to war -- talk about that.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 05:31 AM (6Nj7A)

308 Second suck meeting of the day. Bbl. I had a suck meeting scheduled but I'm sending my assistant in my place. I just can't take another meeting right now.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 05:32 AM (7ObY1)

309 293?

Tar
Feathers
Rail
The so-called 'judge..."
Some ass'y required....

Posted by: backhoe at February 20, 2014 05:33 AM (ULH4o)

310 I'm surprised they mentioned David Wise at all, he's a Christian.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 20, 2014 05:33 AM (A98Xu)

311
   Little something here for y'all--check HA for the post about Bush helping our vets.

   Then let me see some bashing of a man I proudly voted for twice--because he met my prime criteria--unabashed love of country and all that entails.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 20, 2014 05:34 AM (SAMxH)

312 I covered the Patrick Stewart OBE thing yesterday, and nobody paid attention.
I'd go out and eat worms now, but they're so expensive at McDonald's. Remember how ghey David Bowie was, and then, suddenly, wasn't? PR agents, wow.

Wise The Iconoclast: Relate it to "The Paranoid Style" if you will, but I think it's important for young straight-arrow Christians to be able to see their way of life as transgressive. In the beginning, it really really was (though the reasons for why that was are uncomfortable). A stable, grounded worldview got to be so well-accepted, it bored a generation. Then two. Then three.

Now most people can't remember why a small town, family centered life seems so boring and oppressive; they've never seen it. But that's what they believe. Wonder where they picked that up.

Arrogant young Christians I know have an awful lot of fun, and seem to play off their own ideas and feelings a lot more than their, well, goth counterparts. And they can recruit, too, without being "evangelistic" about it. I do feel that if you dropped them into a mainline congregation such as most were 40 to 60 years ago, though, they'd quickly become as "athiest" (because nobody says "atheist" here) as I am. I never met anybody in my old religion who lived as if they took the idea of God very seriously. I did, and it left me the odd man out.  

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2014 05:34 AM (xq1UY)

313 Did you see that the Chavistas murdered a beauty queen in Venezuela? If you read the news articles about it, she was killed by "violent antigovernment protests" That's how the liberal media (1) portrays the anti-tyrant protests in a negative way, when they support a protest they don't call it "anti-government" (2) turns the blame around from the regime-backed killers to the protesters. Chavista thugs murder a protester, and the protesters get blamed for it. That's the media we have right now in America. We can't get a fair shake. We need to establish our own "mainstream" media.

Posted by: Daryl Herbert at February 20, 2014 05:35 AM (VMODY)

314 Happy almost Friday...sigh.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at February 20, 2014 05:36 AM (vJFfv)

315 All you California Morons, check your Powerball lottery tickets.  The winning ticket was sold in California and is worth an annuity of $420 million+.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 05:36 AM (QDvfw)

316 I'm surprised they mentioned David Wise at all, he's a Christian. You'd think they'd concentrate more on the other married American, the one who married a Russian girl and lives in and competes for Russia now. It has the whole 'story of Obama' angle going for it.

Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2014 05:36 AM (FcR7P)

317 I want to be very clear as we work through these next several days in Ukraine that we're going to be watching closely and we expect the Ukrainian government to show restraint, to not resort to violence in dealing with peaceful protestors,” the president said. Captain Hate, I left to get clothes out of dryer & to eat. Someone may have posted this, but above is SCOAMF’s response to Ukraine. I’m sure he’s afraid to say much because of Putin & we know he effed up with Syria & red lines & Putin saved what sat bit US reputation is left. by the time we’re rid of him, we will be the weakest country in the world instead of the world leader we were.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 05:36 AM (z4WKX)

318 312 Little something here for y'all--check HA for the post about Bush helping our vets. Then let me see some bashing of a man I proudly voted for twice--because he met my prime criteria--unabashed love of country and all that entails. I voted for him twice myself and I have never doubted that he's a good man who loves his country. Bush may have had his faults, but at least we always knew who's side he was on, unlike the current occupant of the WH.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 20, 2014 05:37 AM (7ObY1)

319 306 The average age of first-time parenthood is 25. So, yeah, this guy was a little earlier than average having his first kid at 21. I think it was a dumb thing to marvel about, but it's also kind of odd to act as though its completely ordinary, especially for this group. Oddly though Bode Miller is another one who had kids young and had a bizzare custody battle with a baby-mama while married to someone else, but that's not "alternative".

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at February 20, 2014 05:37 AM (ta0Qf)

320 Cock in my ass? Make it so.

Posted by: Jean-Luc "Trixie" Picard at February 20, 2014 05:37 AM (MMC8r)

321 261 Jean Luc Picard came out. That's a surprise. The whole Next Generation smoked the baloney Tony.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 20, 2014 09:12 AM (6bMeY)

 

Someone better tell his new wife that he married just last year.

Posted by: buzzion at February 20, 2014 05:38 AM (LI48c)

322 The winning ticket was sold in California and is worth an annuity of $420 million+. And thus continues a remarkable streak of matching not a single number...

Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2014 05:38 AM (FcR7P)

323 316 All you California Morons, check your Powerball lottery tickets. The winning ticket was sold in California and is worth an annuity of $420 million+.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 09:36 AM (QDvfw)




The ticket was sold in Milpitas, FWIW

Posted by: My Sharia Moor at February 20, 2014 05:39 AM (P9ya5)

324 317?

The story of Duh!1 is a tale told by an idiot.
About an idiot.
Signifying not a damn thing....

Posted by: backhoe at February 20, 2014 05:39 AM (ULH4o)

325 317 Just saw that -he got gold & his wife got bronze.

Posted by: votermom at February 20, 2014 05:40 AM (GSIDW)

326 the 26 part 1964 BBC WW1 doc The Great War is a good one. available on youtube.

Posted by: X at February 20, 2014 05:40 AM (KHo8t)

327 by the time weÂ’re rid of him, we will be the weakest country in the world instead of the world leader we were.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 09:36 AM (z4WKX)



I doubt that we'd be the weakest in the world since that would include the third world shithole that his alkie polygamist father crawled out of into the reeking lap of his cum dumpster nympho tramp mother.  But it will be close enough to get a "Mission Accomplished".

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 05:41 AM (2RiXU)

328 The narration was intelligent and not lefty b.s. Also, they didn't get mired down in the "war is baaaaad" stuff. Yes, we know war is bad but there are reasons why people go to war -- talk about that. Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 09:31 AM (6Nj7A) Yeah, in addition to the points you made, I really liked how- despite being a long, but very interesting series- it does a superb job of giving you an excellent understanding of the totality of the factors that led up to the war and how the different nations played a part. One of my grad school professors professors liked to say that WW1 was the most important event of the 20th Century because it set the stage for WW2, conditions in the Middle East (borders, etc), the Cold War, etc.

Posted by: Mainah at February 20, 2014 05:41 AM (659DL)

329 Stumbled across that about Patrick Stewart being gay.  And that the whole thing was a mistake.

Go watch Lifeforce where an alien possessed Patrick Stewart kisses a guy.   

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 05:42 AM (QDvfw)

330 My sperm qualify as an underserved population.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 20, 2014 05:44 AM (JQuNB)

331 I do fear that anyone who thinks that the "news monitors" program, (or the universal license plate scanning program) has been "dropped" is, shall we say, a bit optimistic. Remember "Total Information Awareness" from about 10 years ago ? Looks like the NSA just ran with that plan without any inconvenient publicity. I'm thinking that the same thing will happen again (and again and again and again ....). It is all getting so very Old Soviet Union so quickly these days.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 20, 2014 05:44 AM (+jyzN)

332 Ever see I, Claudius? Patrick Stewart was very good in it. It was pretty racy stuff for its time.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 20, 2014 05:44 AM (6Nj7A)

333 Nood

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 20, 2014 05:45 AM (OtQXp)

334 The question persists then, which Patrick Stewart has the goatee?

The First World War had absolutely terrific music, and touching narration. You could get through the whole thing, as I did, without scratching down into what the guy was really saying. The ideology was as conventional as PBS' Civil War. It's what VDH is arguing against in his article.

But I still like it, and re-watch the episodes whenever they're on.
Grain of salt though, old man.  

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2014 05:48 AM (xq1UY)

335 I don't get the outrage over this story.  It was obvious to me that the article was comparing Wise to his fellow Olympic competitors.  In very favorable terms, I might add.  Being married and a father at age 23 is apparently outside the norm for that particular subset of people.  Do we really need to waste time making up things to get riled up over?   

Posted by: Paul at February 20, 2014 05:49 AM (1U0k+)

336 That "average age of parenthood" (25) includes a lot of 13-year-old miraculous virgin births. I don't think it reflects the norm for married couples.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2014 05:51 AM (xq1UY)

337 337 Well, sure but it also includes Steve Martin, first-time dad at 60-ish, and plenty of ticking-clock forty-year-olds. Wise is decidedly outside the average any way you slice it. Which really shouldn't be a huge deal, anyway.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at February 20, 2014 05:56 AM (ta0Qf)

338 I doubt that we'd be the weakest in the world since that would include the third world shithole that his alkie polygamist father crawled out of into the reeking lap of his cum dumpster nympho tramp mother. But it will be close enough to get a "Mission Accomplished".

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 20, 2014 09:41 AM (2RiXU)

 

 

 

I  love  my  morning  cup  of  Captain  Hate. 

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at February 20, 2014 05:58 AM (rXcBX)

339

So this means she sinks as soon as she slips off the ways?

---

But after she capsizes, you will have an excellent view of the union label...

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2014 05:58 AM (SO2Q8)

340 Well said, Captain Hate.

Posted by: Infidel at February 20, 2014 06:02 AM (6bvBO)

341 329 One of my grad school professors professors liked to say that WW1 was the most important event of the 20th Century because it set the stage for WW2, conditions in the Middle East (borders, etc), the Cold War, etc. Posted by: Mainah at February 20, 2014 09:41 AM (659DL) And the atomic age, and the space age, and the computer revolution, etc.

Posted by: rickl at February 20, 2014 06:09 AM (zoehZ)

342 @336 Do we really need to waste time making up things to get riled up over? Why yes. Yes we do. My particular rilage concerns not the inversion of "alternative" to mean heterosexual/married, but the tone of being surprised that a 23 year old is all growed up n sh*t. Men not older than 20 have led other men into battle and died for their country, run family farms, struck out for careers in new cities, etc etc and not just (routinely) married, worked and raised families. The stay-on-your-parents-insurance till 26 and pursue doctorates in doctorish stuff until 35, and this story, are all symptomiat of the progressive extension of adolescence until middle age. Mark Steyn has written insightfully and extensively on this. It's very far advanced in Europe, and increasingly taking hold here. resetting the traditional boundaries of adulthood, our boy/man culture has also played a big role in defining young adult deviancy way, way down as well: think of a a sitting Congress Critter referring to a 6-foot 17 year old killed while committing a battery as a "sweet innocent boy" This is a real and pervasive thing in the culture, and I think not at all good.

Posted by: NYC Parent at February 20, 2014 06:18 AM (HEo6y)

343 However with the great advances in medical research/care etc older women do have a chance these days I agree, they have a chance. BUT, it comes at tremendous cost in dollars. Fertility specialists, in-vitrio, etc, etc, etc. In the good old USA now, Obama and minions have shifted that cost to men through ObamaCare. I get no say in the matter. Some women will now make a conscious decision to delay childbirth through their prime years, knowing that options (expensive though they may be) now await her. I will accept gender neutrality in medical insurance the day that my 16 year old grandson (in a few years) pays the same amount for car insurance as a 16 year old female. The 'War on Women' is (as always with the liberals) classic projection. While in psychology projection is a perhaps difficult term, in math it's easy to explain; x = what they say projection = -1 times x

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 20, 2014 06:28 AM (CnA98)

344 "A friend of mine, who was a history major, has a map of pre-WWI Europe on his office wall. He insists that the world in general, and Europe in particular, will remain completely screwed up until the borders on that map are re-established ."

Bring back the Austro-Hungarian Empire! That's the ticket!

Posted by: Brown Line at February 20, 2014 08:22 AM (VrNoa)

345 So if being married and having a child is an alternative lifestyle, does that mean that it is going to be heavily promoted and portrayed favorably now?

Posted by: Joshua at February 20, 2014 08:37 AM (oCZ4e)

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