February 24, 2014

Top Headline Commens 2-24-14
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

The numbers of people that Obama claims have been helped by Obamacare are unbelievable.

The numbers for political organizations raising money during the shutdown are interesting.

The photographs of different places are amazing.

The inferences of shenanigans at Old Dominion University are disturbing.

The typos in this piece on the end of Piers Morgan's CNN show are amusing.

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1 First.

Posted by: whiskey tango at February 24, 2014 02:52 AM (/mfCh)

2 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Monday, February 24, 2014..  On this day in 1803 the Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void.  They also established themselves as the sole arbiter of the Constitution which most of the founders disagreed with.   But what they failed to do was take some kind of action to nullify the ruling.  Instead they (Jefferson) elected to ignore it.  That was a mistake.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

3 Fox has now jumped on the BS income inequality bandwagon now.  We have people who don't make much money because they drop out of school.  The solution is simple.  Don't drop out of school and get married at 18.


http://tinyurl.com/q8tvl4l

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

4 The lack of YouTube songs posted by Gabe is disappointing. / kidding - glad you do what you do

Posted by: Said No One, Ever [/i] at February 24, 2014 02:53 AM (CnA98)

5 Every time a Democrat is in office they reduce the miliitary to scratch and it produces a war as a result.  


http://tinyurl.com/n2dbtyt

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

6 The Gulf Coast is set for a gas boom of their own.


http://tinyurl.com/lwz3n74

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

7 A Mexican drug lord has been recaptured and there is a fight brewing over who gets to try him.


http://tinyurl.com/l5ofv2a

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

8 Students at Boston U. want an Allen Thick concert cancelled.  Don't like someone, don't go.  Its easy.


http://tinyurl.com/ljnqlzc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

9 CNN Peirs Morgan show being canned.


http://tinyurl.com/mu8k62k

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

10 My representative is selling us out on amnesty.


http://tinyurl.com/k2rlrwb

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

11 Meanwhile Ted Cruz says AGW is BS.


http://tinyurl.com/komp2ye

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

12 Senators send a letter to the FBI questioning the arrest of Dinesh-Dsouza


http://tinyurl.com/k2kwykd

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

13 SCOTUS will hear the admin's green house gas case today.  I predict they will rule in favor of Obama.


http://tinyurl.com/keqomdl

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

14 Democrat talks out both sides of his mouth.  IOW normal.


http://tinyurl.com/n3bsdhd

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

15 NFL to penalize teams 15 yards for using the "N" word.


http://tinyurl.com/lx4jodr

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

16 Does NBC have any decent reporters?  I don't think so.


http://tinyurl.com/m7wp589

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

17 Meanwhile Ted Cruz says AGW is BS. I'm not sure who is a bigger embarrassment to Penn State University; Jerry Sandusky polishing his stick in the locker room while humming 'It's raining men', or Michael Mann fully clothed, brandishing his hockey stick in the courtroom, while humming, 'It's reigning Mann'.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 24, 2014 02:56 AM (CnA98)

18 WV Democrats raise the minimum wage for everybody but their own staff.


http://tinyurl.com/mdcfw2c

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

19 Of course we should reduce the US Military. No one is going to bomb Pearl Harbor again.

Posted by: Smythe, J. D. at February 24, 2014 02:56 AM (aVRLt)

20 DAY 480 988 to go (1,0634 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, 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 24, 2014 02:56 AM (olDqf)

21 Al Bore, "the dust bowl is coming back". I have some news for you idiot.  The dust bowl was caused by drought and stupid government policies, not high temps.


http://tinyurl.com/m7bwfj

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

22 Here are the cases that SCOTUS will hear this term.


http://tinyurl.com/kojumyo

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

23 Obamacare's medical device tax killed 33,000 jobs.


http://tinyurl.com/k2s69et

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

24 Facing growing criticism over a plan to question journalists in newsrooms around the country to assess whether those journalists are meeting government-defined "critical needs," the FCC on Friday announced that it is suspending a pilot program until the entire project can be redesigned.


So it really isn't being cancelled.



http://tinyurl.com/l77686l

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

25 We knew it was coming.  The UAW has called for the NLRB (full of Obamanites) to hold another election at the Chattanooga plant.


http://tinyurl.com/mhbo3he

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

26 People raising families on a minimum wage is a liberal myth.


http://tinyurl.com/kth273u

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

27 Someone at IBD has been reading my posts about the OFA and NOAA.


http://tinyurl.com/kgkauhr

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

28 The Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/m4lo9tv


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

29 24 Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2014 06:57 AM (T2V/1) They never stop. They never die. They will not rest until they completely destroy us. As my mother, who coincidentally died three years ago today, always said, "evil never rests." How right you are, momma. How right you are.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 02:59 AM (olDqf)

30 Morning all

Hi Vic,

Glad to see you back.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2014 03:02 AM (NHZpR)

31 22 Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2014 06:57 AM (T2V/1) Thank goodness we have Chief Justice Julia Roberts presiding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:02 AM (olDqf)

32 17 Posted by: SE Pa Moron at February 24, 2014 06:56 AM (CnA9 Well played, sir.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:03 AM (olDqf)

33 Allen Thick, Robin Thicke, what's the diff?

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 24, 2014 03:03 AM (GwLJQ)

34 Morning morons. Went to bed with a headache, woke up with a headache. Like someone drove a spike above my right eye. It's not a toomah.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 24, 2014 03:05 AM (GwLJQ)

35 We have people who don't make much money because they drop out of school. The solution is simple. Don't drop out of school and get married at 18. http://tinyurl.com/q8tvl4l Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2014 06:52 AM (T2V/1) Our state has one of the worst HS graduation rates in the nation yet our number one concern is that we don't have enough people with college degrees. How about we get every kid a basic education before we worry about college degrees?

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 24, 2014 03:06 AM (LK579)

36 Damian's lack of titles for the pics kind of ruins it.

Sure some of them can be guessed at but some are obscure as most people haven't had the chance to observe cities from all over the world from a lower (than cruising height) altitude.

Just a key at the bottom would've been nice.

So although they were kind of interesting, I'd vote them as a fail.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 24, 2014 03:06 AM (LSDdO)

37 Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 06:50 AM Hey Gabe: What's with that "photographer?" The view of Dubai is a rendering, because much of the features have either not been built or much altered. I'll assume the others are somewhat real.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:06 AM (olDqf)

38 34 Morning morons. Went to bed with a headache, woke up with a headache. Like someone drove a spike above my right eye. It's not a toomah. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 24, 2014 07:05 AM (GwLJQ) But it's alright now (in fact, it's a gas).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:07 AM (olDqf)

39 Yeah,  that's supposed to be Robin Thicke

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 03:08 AM (T2V/1)

40 Farrakhan: African Americans deserve their own courts.
http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/5765897



Detroit would be a good place to try the concept.

Posted by: Smythe, J. D. at February 24, 2014 03:09 AM (aVRLt)

41 It's alright Vic. I like the idea of an Alan Thicke concert. Nothing but tv theme songs.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 24, 2014 03:10 AM (GwLJQ)

42 New one up, webworker! Oh, thanks! Well, somebody finally had to clue you. § Morning, Glories.

Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 03:10 AM (i5xnd)

43 I'd be surprised, these days, to see an LA Times piece that lacked any typos.

Posted by: m at February 24, 2014 03:11 AM (omrQI)

44 Yay! Vic is back! Been missing your links.

Posted by: votermom at February 24, 2014 03:13 AM (/wBd9)

45 Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2014 06:52 AM (T2V/1)

You're about 20 years behind the times.

Even with a high school diploma one's chances for employment are lower as you're competing with illegals who house themselves dormitory style and will work for a lot less especially if it's paid under the counter.

Even most manufacturing jobs require being screened by some chicklet with a social workers degree (or liberal arts) in Human Resources who screens potential hirees using psychological tests and questions. The people who would be your boss no longer do the hiring so there's no chance to make an impression by knowledge.
It's all paper and rote questions. And that's if you even get an interview.

Over certain age = no hire, fat = no hire, out of work too long = no hire, just moved in = no hire.

 And that was BEFORE the job massacre of the last 5 years. Now it's even worse.

Anyone who says it's easy peasy to get a job, either already has one or doesn't need one for some other reason and hasn't had to find one within the last 10 years.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 24, 2014 03:13 AM (LSDdO)

46 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 06:56 AM (olDqf)

I certainly hope your job doesn't require math skills. (or typing)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 24, 2014 03:15 AM (LSDdO)

47 Anyone who says it's easy peasy to get a job, either already has one or doesn't need one for some other reason and hasn't had to find one within the last 10 years.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 24, 2014 07:13 AM (LSDdO)



Fox had a special on last year.  They said that jobs were going begging in the trades.  Everyone thinks they have to work in an office and they turn their noses up at outside work.  There are jobs to be had, it just may not be what people want.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 24, 2014 03:17 AM (T2V/1)

48 And that was BEFORE the job massacre of the last 5 years. Now it's even worse. Saw a good description of what the job market is like by some writer recently; like a game of musical chairs where every time the music stops more jobs are lost. The music is stopping at faster and faster intervals under Obama.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 24, 2014 03:17 AM (CnA98)

49 "CNN Peirs Morgan show being canned." My bleary morning eyes first read that as "caned".... The Return of the Vic Links is most welcome! I can begin my week filfulled.

Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 03:17 AM (i5xnd)

50 Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2014 07:17 AM (T2V/1)

Do you understand that in most places you cannot work a trade without a license?

That to get a license will require that you have been through some sort of training program and been certified?

That in some cases you will be required to have insurance? (that's if you plan to free lance)

That those jobs will also require a certain amount of time working as an apprentice or as a journeyman?

There's more but that's enough.

It's not enough to repeat anecdotal comments without some link to them and just because there's jobs in area A doesn't mean there's jobs in area B and moving isn't always easily done if you have family, home, obligations. Or are not qualified for some other reason. You implied that not having a HS Dip was a major cause and it may be for some but there are far more complicated reasons than that for the disparity of wage growth. (note I said wage GROWTH and not income. While the upper classes have improved their position, the lower classes have lost ground or stagnated.)

And it is a fact that there has been an inequality of wage growth in the country. Jobs have gone overseas for the lower classes and the upper middle and upper classes have gained more over the same amount of time.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 24, 2014 03:26 AM (LSDdO)

51 46 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 06:56 AM (olDqf) I certainly hope your job doesn't require math skills. (or typing) Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at February 24, 2014 07:15 AM (LSDdO) The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy fucking bastard what made a typo! Consider me chastised.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:27 AM (olDqf)

52 Whew. For a minute, I feared I broke the blog... again.

Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 03:27 AM (i5xnd)

53 52 Whew. For a minute, I feared I broke the blog... again. Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 07:27 AM (i5xnd) The barrel just snapped its fingers and said "shucks!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:29 AM (olDqf)

54 I didn't know Piers was involved in the slandering of British troops in those faked prisoner abuse photos. What a piece of crap. Oh, and g'morning!

Posted by: Mainah at February 24, 2014 03:32 AM (659DL)

55 Over at American Thinker. Wow. http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/02/when_black_americans_become_good_germans.html

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:35 AM (olDqf)

56 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy fucking bastard what made a typo!

Consider me chastised.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 07:27 AM (olDqf)


*throws flag*


That's a 15 year penalty and loss of down for violation of the Moron Handbook by failing to blame autocorrect. 

Posted by: alexthechick - oh great SMOD can you wait til curling's done at February 24, 2014 03:36 AM (Gk3SS)

57

Anyone happen to know if ole Piers is in the U.S. on a work visa or if he's a resident alien?

 

 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 03:37 AM (/qzu7)

58 56 Posted by: alexthechick - oh great SMOD can you wait til curling's done at February 24, 2014 07:36 AM (Gk3SS) Aw ratzafratz!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:38 AM (olDqf)

59 3 days left

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 3 days until spring training at February 24, 2014 03:40 AM (u8GsB)

60 and moving isn't always easily done if you have family, home, obligations.

When has making a living ever been easy?  Historically (by which I mean "before state and federal governments started paying people to stay in their shitholes and not work"), people moved--including their families--to where they could get work.  Black people moved north to the Rust Belt, white people moved to California, it's how we became a "nation of immigrants" in the first place--shit, that's why we've got 10-20 illegally resident foreign nationals causing problems here now.

Posted by: HR at February 24, 2014 03:42 AM (hO8IJ)

61 #3, Additionally don't go back to school at age 58 and take out 200K in student loans to become a social worker and then whine that you can't pay back the loans and can't retire. On today' Yahoo! finance page.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at February 24, 2014 03:44 AM (jQ8Uu)

62 Let's see... Vic's links ✔ Sefton's countdown ✔ I just need a hymn and some Hollywood and I can start my week. Rituals are helpful. Randomly selected cartoon from the archives http://mindfulwebworks.com/headshop/07/affordability A small lesson in free market economics.

Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 03:44 AM (i5xnd)

63 62 and the daily birthday list.

Posted by: NCKate at February 24, 2014 03:45 AM (4KFgL)

64 ABE VIGODA IS 93 TODAY!!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 03:46 AM (olDqf)

65 HR, the hillbillies left Appalachia for Detroit in droves too. Left families and homes for culture shock in order to make a better life and meet their obligations.

Posted by: NCKate at February 24, 2014 03:47 AM (4KFgL)

66 and the daily birthday list. Posted by: NCKate Aha! I knew my list was missing something!

Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 03:49 AM (wPzgV)

67

55: "Over at American Thinker. Wow."

 

Growing up as a kid, the only racism I ever encountered was some bad joke my step-dad or his brother would spout off on occasion.

 

Then when I got to high-school, I got a facefull of it. Lines were clearly drawn, and the primary racial goal was to not get jumped by "them".

 

When I enlisted at 18, the military mostly erased all that shit. In the arena in which I operated (flightline maintenance), we didn't have the time, energy, or inclination for racial BS. You were either a hacker or a slacker. Either status was completely earned.

 

Now that I'm retired and see what is going on around me, I hope and pray that I don't slide down that slope of racism. But I'm afraid. Not only for the physical safety of me and my family, but of our mental and spiritual safety as well.

 

I don't want to be a racisct. But I don't see anything that I can do on my own that would prevent moving in that direction.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 03:50 AM (LJpVo)

68 45?
Bitter Clinger and All That?

Yeah.

I started looking for work in 2007 or 2008- been so long ago I can't recall. Did not even get the courtesy of a refusal or reply.

Utter ignor-ance.

Posted by: backhoe at February 24, 2014 03:50 AM (ULH4o)

69 ABE VIGODA IS 93 TODAY!!!!!! I heard Vic told him to get off his lawn.

Posted by: EC at February 24, 2014 03:50 AM (doBIb)

70 that's why we've got 10-20 illegally resident foreign nationals causing problems here now Care to buy a vowel? Or a buncha zeroes? I'll wager that there will be 10-20 illegals working on my street alone today.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 24, 2014 03:50 AM (CnA98)

71 34 I used to get those headaches too. They went on for days. They resolved completely when I left my job in CA and moved to TX

Posted by: Drc at February 24, 2014 03:51 AM (4gk4Q)

72 If you're a Christian who has some time during the day or evening and likes to pray, the "Upper Room Living Prayer Center" has a need for volunteers. It is a very worthwhile ministry connecting you with others in the body of Christ. You receive training materials in your home and just need a recommendation from a pastor. You can volunteer as little as once a year or more than that. Details: http://prayer-center.upperroom.org/volunteer

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2014 03:52 AM (XyM/Y)

73 Good morning, Horde friends. Too busy/tired to be around the past few days. Hope you're all well! My favorite professor ever (History of Disease) asked me if I knew about Appleseed, and then we discussed shooting... Coulda knocked me over with a feather- a social sciences professor who isn't a flaming liberal douche!

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at February 24, 2014 03:54 AM (N/cFh)

74 If you are a teacher at a high school full of fail, then a newspaper writes a story about it, do not encourage a letter writing campaign by the students. http://tinyurl.com/loexz6p

Posted by: traye at February 24, 2014 03:56 AM (cs+se)

75 This has got to be a sick joke but the local Boston News Fox 25 is talking about Deval Patrick running for president. He sucks as governor & is the political twin of the SCOAMF!

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 03:57 AM (z4WKX)

76 NFL officials are now p.c. police?  What if a black guy uses it?

Posted by: Case at February 24, 2014 03:58 AM (jhRZ+)

77 Posted by: EC at February 24, 2014 07:50 AM (doBIb) Actually, Vic said to Abe "Hey, you young whippersnapper, get off my lawn!"

Posted by: Hrothgar 2+2=4 for most values of 2 and 4 at February 24, 2014 03:59 AM (o3MSL)

78 67 Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 07:50 AM (LJpVo) It's the Tim Scott's, Clarence Thomas's, Mia Love's, Star Parker's and Ben Carson's who are going to have to do the heavy lifting. Since the Great Society, black America, with the aid and assistance of the Democrat radical left as alienated and segregated itself from society and has devolved into criminality, bastardy, sloth, resentment and violence, as well as perpetual hatred and grievance of the nation. All in order to be a permanent voting bloc and to advance the aims of the Left. This is genocide. Bit by bit, piece by piece, but genocide nonetheless. And once again, the Left has blood on its hands.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 04:02 AM (olDqf)

79 Today's great hymn of the day: "All My Hope on God is founded" The story and background: http://tinyurl.com/q24nalm This hymn calls us to place our trust in God-not earthly leaders or pomp or sword but in God who is good and true. Powerful version from Westminster Abbey with majestic organ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2oYTtyBSxk. Keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2014 04:02 AM (XyM/Y)

80 When I see "The Godfather" Abe Vigoda is more or less the same age as I am now, and he looks like he could be my grandfather! Weird.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 04:04 AM (olDqf)

81 They were amazing photos, Gabe, and my favorite was the one with the mountains. However, I don't do well with heights which kicked in a bit looking at those photos. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2014 04:04 AM (XyM/Y)

82 Further to my rant at #78, I consider what the Democrats did to black America one of the greatest, if not the greatest, crimes/tragedies perpetrated in this country. And it's still happening.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 04:05 AM (olDqf)

83

Let's see...
Vic's links ✔
Sefton's countdown ✔
I just need a hymn and some Hollywood and I can start my week.

 

 

 

IÂ’m not really in the mood, but. . .

 

 

 

In the late 1950s and early 60s, there was a producer named Samuel Bronston, a sort of poor manÂ’s DeMille, who, out of a studio in Madrid, produced a series of epics – King of Kings, The Fall of the Roman Empire, El Cid -  with the hearty support of the Spanish government.  For battle scenes, Bronston always used soldiers from the army, sometimes up to as many as eight thousand for one take.

 

 

 

It seems that one day Generalissimo Francisco Franco (who remains dead) turned to the Minister of War and mused, “You know, itÂ’s been a long time since I inspected the army.  Fix a parade.”

 

 

 

“I am sorry, my Generalissimo,” the minister responded, “but it cannot be done.  The army is making a movie for Señor Bronston again.”

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 24, 2014 04:05 AM (zF6Iw)

84 I don't want to be a racisct. But I don't see anything that I can do on my own that would prevent moving in that direction. Posted by: Azenogoth Just always remember, it's not race, exactly. It's cultural. Race-id plays a part in their minds, but it need not be so for us. I once got jumped and had both eyes blackened by six black guys. This was decades ago, more friendly era & place, so I didn't get cut or killed. It was just their way of saying howdy to the stupid white kid tripping through the wrong neighborhood. I'm not excusing them. Just saying I could hold it against blacks in general, except... I can honestly testify that some of the very best people I've known, role models of loving service, duty to family, and strength in faith, have been black. I try to keep them in mind.

Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 04:05 AM (yFFC0)

85 This has got to be a sick joke but the local Boston News Fox 25 is talking about Deval Patrick running for president. He sucks as governor & is the political twin of the SCOAMF! Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 07:57 AM

A true successor to various Kennedys, Fauxcahontas Warren and John F'n Kerry! If there's one thing MA voters can do, it's pick the perfect, checks-off-every-box candidate.

Devil Patrick is perfect presidential material in the Age of Choom Boy: he has it all, except ability, honesty, patriotism and good sense.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2014 04:06 AM (ff7/5)

86 NFL to consider a 15 yard penalty for use of the "N-word."

Should it be just the N-word .. and when ??
Perhaps a penalty for saying "presidential" ? .. it must be racial.

How long before we can make "Omaha" a racial slur ?

Posted by: Broadway Joe at February 24, 2014 04:08 AM (e8kgV)

87 There are plenty of good-paying jobs out there.  But you have to have marketable skills.

Women grievance studies majors need not  apply.


Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 24, 2014 04:09 AM (V70Uh)

88 84 I can honestly testify that some of the very best people I've known, role models of loving service, duty to family, and strength in faith, have been black. I try to keep them in mind. Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 08:05 AM (yFFC0) When we lived in Brooklyn, the super of my apartment building was one of the most decent, caring wonderful people I ever knew. He and his wife grew up in poverty in North Carolina. Both of them even went out of their way to help my aged grandparents who lived down the block. When they passed away, I wept. And when I see evil scum like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, my blood boils.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 04:10 AM (olDqf)

89 How right you are, momma. How right you are. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 06:59 AM (olDqf) Good Morning J.Jl, MotherÂ’s words of wisdom are usually right. Yesterday would have been my motherÂ’s 87th birthday, but thankfully she passed in July 2011.

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 04:10 AM (z4WKX)

90 #34 and 71, I have had a headache every day since before Halloween--regular headaches and migraines. I am allergic to pain and migraine meds--anything to which I am not allergic is too mild to help. I am retiring because of it.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at February 24, 2014 04:11 AM (jQ8Uu)

91 @ 88 The "they" I refer to are the super and his wife. Bad syntax on my part. Appy-polly-logies.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 04:11 AM (olDqf)

92 I too am glad that Vic has graced us with his presence. Good Morning, Vic!

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 04:12 AM (z4WKX)

93 Job market is tough. No question. It's completely due to government's criminality and collectivizing. Mitt was right when he said "we don't have to live like this."

Posted by: votermom at February 24, 2014 04:13 AM (GSIDW)

94

NFL officials are now p.c. police? What if a black guy uses it?

 

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

 

For that matter, what if a black guy calls someone a cocksucking honky cracker ass? 

 

To someone other than that gay guy, that is.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 24, 2014 04:14 AM (PFy0L)

95 >>>> a producer named Samuel Bronston<<<<

El Cid is great. 55 Days at Peking has its moments. Fall of the Roman Empire is a dog, especially after Alec Guinness dies. I could write an Ace length review about everything that is wrong with that movie, most notably the complete lack of chemistry between Stephen Boyd and Sophia Loren. It is like they weren't even on the set at the same time when they filmed their scenes together.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at February 24, 2014 04:16 AM (P/gm7)

96 #83, MPPPP --

I'm currently re-reading A Scott Berg's excellent biography of Sam Goldwyn, which is a treasure trove of stories about the former Shmuel Gelbfisz/Samuel Goldfish's erratic behavior.

Ran across a favorite, the recounting of Goldwyn firing one of his top lieutenants (don't remember his name): Some time after the aide experienced a fiery confrontation in Sam's office, he told a mutual acquaintance about the experience. Said acquaintance replied, "did you at least shake hands after he fired you?"

The guy said: "no, we shook fists."

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2014 04:16 AM (ff7/5)

97 *shoves booze through USB port for MP4* There's a big glowy thing in the sky today. I am a bit suspicious of this. I sense that Blessed Mother Gaia is trying to lull me into a false sense of security. I'm on to you, Gaia! I have had a headache every day since before Halloween--regular headaches and migraines. I am allergic to pain and migraine meds--anything to which I am not allergic is too mild to help. I am retiring because of it. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at February 24, 2014 08:11 AM (jQ8Uu) I'm so sorry to hear that. Unless and until you've gone through that pain, you don't understand how debilitating it is. Maybe retiring will remove at least some of the stress triggers.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 04:18 AM (VtjlW)

98

Gee, what if the other team calls your mama a whore?  No penalty for that?  What about a honky whore?  What about a redneck whore?  Is there a line somewhere?  The NFL better find one because what they are suggesting sounds racist.

Posted by: Case at February 24, 2014 04:18 AM (jhRZ+)

99 Let's be honest. The penalty will be 15 yards, loss of all endorsements, a lifetime of disgrace and at least two tearful media apologies. I assume it will be enforced only against non-black players and that locker rooms will continue to feature rap music containing more N-bombs than adverbs. Great job, PC police, can't wait for the unforeseen consequences of this one.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 24, 2014 04:20 AM (ZshNr)

100

Abe Vigoda is 93?!

 

Huh - I  thought  he was on his 93rd birthday for about 20 years now.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 24, 2014 04:21 AM (PFy0L)

101 75 This has got to be a sick joke but the local Boston News Fox 25 is talking about Deval Patrick running for president. He sucks as governor & is the political twin of the SCOAMF!

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 07:57 AM (z4WKX)


Just look at him -- he's Obama with executive experience. Run him and you've got the black vote locked in, which you don't have with Hillary or Slow Joe.


Good morning Horde. Busy week at work plus more snow and appointments to get both my teeth and my nether regions poked make for a grumpy joncelli. Apologies in advance.

Posted by: joncelli at February 24, 2014 04:21 AM (RD7QR)

102 Sherry, so sorry to hear about your headaches. I hope you find some relief soon.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 24, 2014 04:22 AM (euACX)

103

88: "When we lived in Brooklyn, the super of my apartment building was one of the most decent, caring wonderful people I ever knew."

 

In the neighborhood in which I now live, one of the black families seems to be of a mixed blessing. The single father appears to be the kind of guy you would want as a neighbor. He keeps his place clean and well organized. He is professional in appearance and demeanor. No loud music from the house. If he was a block or so closer, I'd have no qualms about inviting him over for a BBQ.

 

His two teenage sons however, look and act like the sadly typical sterotypes from a rap video. You can hear their cars before you see them. The manner in which they walk, stand, and carry themselves gives an air of menace. There is nothing that gives proof, but you get the nothing good will come of this kind of vibe.

 

When the troubles start, how can we quickly and easily identify good men and women of character to others who may not know them personnaly? Do we use armbands or colors? How can we prevent the seemingly inevitable tribalism that comes from strife?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 04:23 AM (Kh+vp)

104 Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes CÂ’est Magnifique at February 24, 2014 08:11 AM (jQ8Uu) Sherry, IÂ’m sorry you have had such headaches and/or migraines for so long. Have you been throughly checked out to rule out anything else? I like BarleanÂ’s coconut oil, itÂ’s more of a thick crew, but I have used it every night since last Sunday. Thanks for the tip.

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

105 Morning all. obama's lap dog hagel is going to take aim at the Military today and further destroy it by cutting and slashing including the Commissary System. But remember liberals lover the Military. I had a tough weekend and they can all go fuck themsleves

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:24 AM (t3UFN)

106

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2014 08:16 AM (ff7/5)

 

Berg's book is marvelous.  I've always enjoyed it.  If you haven't, you should read the latest bio of DeMille, Empire of Dreams.  Much better than the Louvish bio of him, IMO.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 24, 2014 04:25 AM (zF6Iw)

107 Just look at him -- he's Obama with executive experience. Run him and you've got the black vote locked in, which you don't have with Hillary or Slow Joe. Posted by: joncelli at February 24, 2014 08:21 AM

Any sentient being in MA might disagree about Devil Patrick's "executive experience." He has never met a problem, or an issue, he couldn't fuck up.

But he is a kind of miniature Choom Boy. No matter whether he puts lives at risk, wastes money or appoints some crooked hack pal to a high-paying, no-show job, he is covered by teh Boston Glob's Teflon coating. He's got the Black Invulnerability Cloak thing down to a science.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2014 04:27 AM (ff7/5)

108 I need to go talk to my nasty bitch of a coworker about this project and I just don't have it in me to do it this morning.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 24, 2014 04:27 AM (euACX)

109 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel plans to shrink the United States Army to its smallest force since before the World War II buildup and eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets in a new spending proposal that officials describe as the first Pentagon budget to aggressively push the military off the war footing adopted after the terror attacks of 2001. The officials acknowledge that budget cuts will impose greater risk on the armed forces if they are again ordered to carry out two large-scale military actions at the same time: Success would take longer, they say, and there would be a larger number of casualties. Officials also say that a smaller military could invite adventurism by adversaries. The fiscal 2015 budget will also call for slowing the growth of tax-free housing allowances for military personnel and would reduce the $1.4 billion direct subsidy provided to military commissaries, which would most likely make goods purchased at those commissaries more expensive for soldiers. Assholes. Making goods more expensive for Soldiers to purchase is in effect a wage cut. Let's not sugar coat it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:28 AM (t3UFN)

110

*shoves booze through USB port for MP4*

 

Thank you, Imperial One.  Just Monday morning blues.  Also revamped a chapter yesterday and don't like it, so that's gnawing at me.

 

Weather here in northern MA is cold, though sunny.  Some snow is expected midweek, but with luck, it will pass to the south.  This month can't end soon enough.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 24, 2014 04:28 AM (zF6Iw)

111 >>>Fox had a special on last year. They said that jobs were going begging in the trades. Everyone thinks they have to work in an office and they turn their noses up at outside work. There are jobs to be had, it just may not be what people want.


As a carpenter with more than 20 yrs exp, your statement made me laugh. Sorry, but in my neck of the woods, almost nobody is looking to hire anything but illegals for the reasons already stated and for the fact that they can be abused and expect nothing better.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 04:29 AM (IVgIK)

112

>>>>How can we prevent the seemingly inevitable tribalism that comes from strife?

 

You can't. Well, you can redefine "tribe". The thuggish rap style is an attempt to do so, taking tribe out of the usual extended family concept towards a larger group of like-minded thugs. Christians do something of the same.

Posted by: Bigby's Pokey Finger at February 24, 2014 04:29 AM (3ZtZW)

113 NFL To Penalize Use Of Racial Slur That's called censorship

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:30 AM (t3UFN)

114 #106, MPPPP --

Thanks for the suggestion re De Mille. Having a past (and somewhat tenuous) connection to Tinseltown, I love reading about the Greats, Near-Greats and even the Not-So-Damn-Greats.

You got any suggestions for a good read on Jack Warner?

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2014 04:30 AM (ff7/5)

115 Devil Patrick's black?

I had no idea. Guess I need to adjust my "race-hatey glasses" better....

Posted by: backhoe at February 24, 2014 04:31 AM (ULH4o)

116 Samantha Power Says Daniel PearlÂ’s Death Was Part Of A Cycle Of Violence What cycle of violence was he a part of? Being an innocent guy who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered? My head is bursting and my heart is breaking

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:31 AM (t3UFN)

117 108 I need to go talk to my nasty bitch of a coworker about this project and I just don't have it in me to do it this morning -- Dangergirl, will it help if you imagine her in footie pajamas while talking to her?

Posted by: votermom at February 24, 2014 04:32 AM (GSIDW)

118 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will reportedly propose a Pentagon budget that will shrink the U.S. Army to its smallest number since 1940 and eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets. But we have nothing to fear from an obama Presidency right you senile old bastard from AZ?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:32 AM (t3UFN)

119 Devil Patrick's black? Posted by: backhoe at February 24, 2014 08:31 AM

That's what they say. He's one of those "clean, articulate" type like President Historic First©, and his parents must have known he would wind up in MA, 'cause they gave him what sounds like a foine old Irish name.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2014 04:34 AM (ff7/5)

120 118 Nevergiveup-  Clearly you are a racist who would must be penalized 15 yards.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 04:34 AM (IVgIK)

121

I don't want to be a racisct. But I don't see anything that I can do on my own that would prevent moving in that direction.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 07:50 AM (LJpVo)

Its going to take more than you and me, but we can do what we can to push society beyond the idiocy of colonial European skull-measuring.

 

There is no race. There is only DNA, and no 2 people have the same DNA. This seems to be an obvious, undeniable fact that nobody wants to admit. I think its time to shout it from the rooftops.

Posted by: Aggressive Micropenis at February 24, 2014 04:35 AM (NNVL0)

122 Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at February 24, 2014 08:11 AM Sherry, I feel for you. IIRC, I've mentioned before, Milady Webworker suffered migraines from around puberty up to a relatively few years ago. They were so bad I swear sometimes I could feel them. They ended, completely and immediately, after she had an upper cervical adjustment from Dr Brooks, whom I believe I've recommended to you before. There are many other possible causes, of course, but I still thank God for her relief from that. I've been meaning to email you for weeks. I'll follow up that way when I get to the desktop, if I can remember to get a round tuit — sometimes when I sit down at the All Purpose Calculating Machine, with too much to do, I get attention surfeit disordered. God bless you, Sherry McGoodness.

Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 04:35 AM (6B4ha)

123 Sorry you're having headaches and migranes, Sherry. Have you been checked for food allergies? This is an article of them. I removed some of these things from my diet and have a lot less bad headcahes http://tinyurl.com/ogb3sn3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2014 04:35 AM (XyM/Y)

124 Dangergirl, will it help if you imagine her in footie pajamas while talking to her? Posted by: votermom at February 24, 2014 08:32 AM (GSIDW) That will just make me want to punch someone.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 24, 2014 04:35 AM (euACX)

125 Glade Plug ins now available in new "Wood Must" scent!


Typo Dynamo indeed.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 04:36 AM (IVgIK)

126 You got any suggestions for a good read on Jack Warner?

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2014 08:30 AM (ff7/5)

 

Not him per se, but you get a lot about the Warners in An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood by Neal Gabler and The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930 by Scott Eyman (who also wrote Empire of Dreams).

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 24, 2014 04:36 AM (zF6Iw)

127 Nevergiveup- Clearly you are a racist who would must be penalized 15 yards. Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 08:34 AM (IVgIK) If you could read my mind that would be a penalty of a mile and 1/2

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:37 AM (t3UFN)

128

The only people Obammycare has helped are those people it's helped to an early grave.

 

Morning, all.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 24, 2014 04:37 AM (4df7R)

129 Abe Vigoda is alive

Page loaded Monday February 24 2014 5:36:59 AM PT

Posted by: Abe F'n Vigoda at February 24, 2014 04:37 AM (9GG/0)

130

109: "Assholes. Making goods more expensive for Soldiers to purchase is in effect a wage cut. Let's not sugar coat it."

 

Depending on location, stateside commissaries are already a 50/50 shot at any savings compared to off base.

 

My family already gets about half of our groceries (mostly fresh meats and veggies) from the local grocery store, and the other half at the commissary (canned and boxed goods).

 

This is just the sticker price which doesn't count the 5% surcharge that the commissaries charge.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 04:37 AM (OJn3e)

131 The manner in which they walk, stand, and carry themselves gives an air of menace. There is nothing that gives proof, but you get thenothing good will come of this kind of vibe. When the troubles start, how can we quickly and easily identify good men and women of character to others who may not know them personnaly? Do we use armbands or colors? How can we prevent the seemingly inevitable tribalism that comes from strife? Posted by: Azenogoth That "vibe" you get? Go with it. That's your subconcious, your "gut", "sixth-sense", telling you something isn't right.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2014 04:39 AM (cB3Ay)

132 I do non liike this Pearch Gorgon fellow.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 24, 2014 04:39 AM (tmFlQ)

133
>>>There is no race. There is only DNA, and no 2 people have the same DNA.


They can divine race from your bones when you die, you have differing vulnerabilities to disease due to race.

The only way to prevent racism is to recognize the divine in all human beings who are made in "the image and likeness of God". SoCon for the win!

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 04:40 AM (IVgIK)

134 124 Dangergirl, will it help if you imagine her in footie pajamas while talking to her?
Posted by: votermom at February 24, 2014 08:32 AM (GSIDW)

That will just make me want to punch someone.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 24, 2014 08:35 AM (euACX)


[cowering] Please be gentle.

Posted by: Pajama Boy at February 24, 2014 04:40 AM (RD7QR)

135 119?
MrScribbler?

I had no idea- then again, I did not know the color of that Holder sleaze until I saw a pix of him. I just hate what has happened to Ø-Merica under the Jug-earred Eff Stick.

Post racial?

Nope- Most Racial. Than I have ever seen it.

Posted by: backhoe at February 24, 2014 04:41 AM (ULH4o)

136 Depending on location, stateside commissaries are already a 50/50 shot at any savings compared to off base.

THIS

As much as I hate to see bennies cut, I stopped going to the PX in 1998.  Wal-Mart and Target were cheaper by far.  It really depends what you're there for.  Buying a HDTC?  Go to the PX.  Buying anything else?  Go off post.

I stopped going to commissaries for anything fresh about the same time, because they couldn't touch off-post grocery stores.   I stayed in the commissaries for packaged stuff.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 04:41 AM (6T8Ay)

137 Depending on location, stateside commissaries are already a 50/50 shot at any savings compared to off base. My family already gets about half of our groceries (mostly fresh meats and veggies) from the local grocery store, and the other half at the commissary (canned and boxed goods). This is just the sticker price which doesn't count the 5% surcharge that the commissaries charge. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 08:37 AM (OJn3e) That's not true. On average a family can save an estimated 30% of their food bills for the year by shopping at Commissaries. And if you shop wisely it can even be more because, I am sure as you know, sometimes certain items are almost 50% or more off. And not what the savings is, it still results in a "pay cut". And why should ONLY the Military be getting pay cuts? When the dems start cutting entitlement programs get back to me and I might agree to some cuts to the Military reimbursement, but until then, not one more dime

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:42 AM (t3UFN)

138 Nevergive-  If mere dislike for the person and policies of our current POTUS does the trick, I wouldn't be aloud in the stadium. Or the state the stadium was in. Or the country.....

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 04:43 AM (IVgIK)

139 Oh, and if Her Serene Highness AtC is around I advise her to NOT read today's Dilbert strip. Don't.

Posted by: joncelli at February 24, 2014 04:43 AM (RD7QR)

140

They can divine race from your bones when you die, you have differing vulnerabilities to disease due to race.


Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 08:40 AM (IVgIK)

Skull measuring? When they measure Obama's skull, what "race" will they determine him to be?

Posted by: Aggressive Micropenis at February 24, 2014 04:44 AM (NNVL0)

141 s much as I hate to see bennies cut, I stopped going to the PX in 1998. Wal-Mart and Target were cheaper by far. It really depends what you're there for. Buying a HDTC? Go to the PX. Buying anything else? Go off post. I am not talking about the PXs or Exchanges. They are no cheaper than off base save the tax savings. But the Commissaries are cheaper for many things.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:44 AM (t3UFN)

142 Agreed, the commissaries are worth a 30 min drive for my family and I. 

Posted by: Draki at February 24, 2014 04:44 AM (L8r/r)

143 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will reportedly propose a Pentagon budget that will shrink the U.S. Army to its smallest number since 1940 and eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets.

Calling the A-10 an "attack jet" is charitable.  But it will make you popular among A-10 pilots!

USAF has been trying to cut A-10s for decades.  We need to keep them because USAF has consistently proven that they have absolutely no interest in CAS otherwise.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 04:44 AM (6T8Ay)

144

I second rickb223. Go with your gut.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 24, 2014 04:44 AM (eZlVW)

145 (Today is the 381st anniversary of the birth of the great English diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) I went out to Charing Cross, to see Major-general Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. - Samuel Pepys (Diary, 13 October 1660)

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 24, 2014 04:44 AM (aDwsi)

146 I stopped going to commissaries for anything fresh about the same time, because they couldn't touch off-post grocery stores. Fruits and veggies, yeah you can get as cheap or cheaper off base in some places. But things like chicken can be 30-50% cheaper on base

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:45 AM (t3UFN)

147 >>But he is a kind of miniature Choom Boy Actually, Obama is sort of a miniature Patrick. Patrick was an Axelrod puppet before Obama. Obama even stole a lot of Patrick's material during his 2008 campaign. And Patrick worked in Bubba Clinton's Justice Dept helping to force banks to give loans to minorities cause of social justice under the CRA so he sort of helped blaze the trail for Holder as well. Amazing that Dems can cause so much harm to the country and continue on to larger offices. No wonder they have no idea how the private sector works.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2014 04:45 AM (g1DWB)

148 #126, MPPPP --

Thanks again.

Teh Biz has a fascinating history (well, at least up to recent years where the corporations have fully taken over), but there are metric tons of b.s., hype and out-and-out lies to wade through to find anything even remotely factual.

Which is, I'm sure, exactly what the old-time Movie Moguls would have wanted.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2014 04:46 AM (ff7/5)

149 aloud-- And me having never been anything other than a Loud in a stadium.

Fingers fail me again.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 04:46 AM (IVgIK)

150 Yeah, the PX is a hit or miss.  A lot of the big end items aren't cheaper at the PX.  It's the small things that from my anecdotal evidence.

Posted by: Draki at February 24, 2014 04:46 AM (L8r/r)

151 I am not talking about the PXs or Exchanges. They are no cheaper than off base save the tax savings. But the Commissaries are cheaper for many things.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 08:44 AM (t3UFN)

I said as much.

But I'm not much into "cheap meat" or "cheap produce,"  which is what you get at the Commissary.

This is mostly because I am not a fan of e.coli or c. difficile

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 04:46 AM (6T8Ay)

152

136: "I stopped going to commissaries for anything fresh about the same time, because they couldn't touch off-post grocery stores. I stayed in the commissaries for packaged stuff."

 

I'm amazed by the number of fellow ORFs (that's Old Retired Farts) that I see coming to the base commisary. Any savings that MIGHT have been there easily get eaten up by fuel costs if you don't live on base or very close by.

 

Maybe it's just a form of brand loyalty.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 04:47 AM (LJpVo)

153 Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 08:40 AM (IVgIK) Amen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2014 04:47 AM (XyM/Y)

154 As a carpenter with more than 20 yrs exp, your statement made me laugh. Sorry, but in my neck of the woods, almost nobody is looking to hire anything but illegals for the reasons already stated and for the fact that they can be abused and expect nothing better. Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 08:29 AM (IVgIK) Fox was interviewing Mike Rowe over the weekend and he was describing a trade school he was visiting last week in , I think it was GA, that had 800 job openings available from employers for it's students when they graduate. http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/08/04/mike-rowe-dirty-jobs-alternative-college-degree

Posted by: Jen at February 24, 2014 04:48 AM (CKkBt)

155 100 Abe Vigoda is 93?! Huh - I thought he was on his 93rd birthday for about 20 years now. Posted by: @JohnTant at February 24, 2014 08:21 AM (PFy0L) My grandfather was 82 for about 14 years!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2014 04:48 AM (olDqf)

156 I'm amazed by the number of fellow ORFs (that's Old Retired Farts) that I see coming to the base commisary. Any savings that MIGHT have been there easily get eaten up by fuel costs if you don't live on base or very close by.  Maybe it's just a form of brand loyalty.

Funny you say that because I was going to mention that when I posted.  That's exactly true.

I say this as an ORF, of course.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 04:48 AM (6T8Ay)

157 Any savings that MIGHT have been there easily get eaten up by fuel costs if you don't live on base or very close by. Maybe it's just a form of brand loyalty. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 08:47 AM (LJpVo) Just the Kitty Litter and Cat Food pays for my gas and the surcharge. The rest is gravy. And As for e-coli Sean Bannion, the Perdue chicken is the same as off base, we don't see any difference unless we buy Kosher Chicken off base.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:50 AM (t3UFN)

158 140- skull structure is different at a minimum
What would Sickle Cell Anemia determine Obama to be?

We could argue but we don't have to if we are all "made in the image and likeness of God".




Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 04:50 AM (IVgIK)

159 So, is Piers Morgan going to "self-deport?"

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 24, 2014 04:50 AM (V70Uh)

160 159 So, is Piers Morgan going to "self-deport?"

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 24, 2014 08:50 AM (V70Uh)


I'm hoping he tries to swim back to the UK.

Posted by: joncelli at February 24, 2014 04:51 AM (RD7QR)

161

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I'dl ike to nominate this as one of the top ten    most bizarre,    uniquely disturbing album covers ever to come out of Japan.

 

Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku's single, "Mikakunin    Chuugakusei    X -    Subculture  Edition   (Regular   Edition)"

http://bit.ly/1jtDZCR

 

I don't know what's more disturbing:  the penile    squid's razor teeth   and glowing eyes (considering that's not where a squid would have teeth and eyes), the jolly look on the one fleeing schoolgirl's face down in the lower left corner, or the fact that one of the fleeing Westerners appears to be a badly made CG character      with    only one leg and    an awful combover    (lower right).

 

Of course, that's nothing compared to the promotional poster:  http://bit.ly/1epqgYt

 

Anyway, just wanted to share that.   Talk amongst yourselves.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 24, 2014 04:51 AM (4df7R)

162

137: "That's not true."

 

My personal experiance would contradict your claim. But then it all depends on locality. My local HEB has better prices (and FAR superior qulaity) on produce and meats than the commissary, while the commissary has better prices on canned goods and cereals.

 

The trick is to compare prices and go where the actual savings are. This includes gas. 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 04:51 AM (OJn3e)

163 MPPPP & FenelonSpoke, I watched It Happened One Night Saturday afternoon & loved it. You both are right about it. Thank you,

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 04:52 AM (z4WKX)

164 Regarding the military budget cuts.

Back in 2000, the Cold War was over and we weren't going to face a major conflict again and the future of warfare was supposed to be lighter, nimbler forces with lots of fancy gadgets.

Back in 2006, Donald Rumsfeld was an idiot for thinking that the future of warfare would be lighter, nimbler forces with lots of fancy gadgets and he should have pushed for a larger military.

Now we're back to the very same people arguing that the future of warfare is going to be lighter, nimbler forces with lots of fancy gadgets.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 24, 2014 04:52 AM (lr3d7)

165 Just the Kitty Litter and Cat Food pays for my gas and the surcharge. The rest is gravy. And As for e-coli Sean Bannion, the Perdue chicken is the same as off base, we don't see any difference unless we buy Kosher Chicken off base.  Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 08:50 AM (t3UFN)

Yeah, some of the bulk packed stuff is the same.  However, the cuts of fresh beef and pork are very inferior in my experience.

...and the produce is consistently the worst, bar none, of any grocery store I've ever been in. YMMV

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 04:52 AM (6T8Ay)

166 Jen- That is good. I do know that there are a good many Americans who look down on working with your hands but I also know how many jobs were taken from locals by immigrants here in my border state of DE.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 04:53 AM (IVgIK)

167 164 Yeah, letÂ’s shrink our military! ItÂ’s not like there are flashpoints going off all over the world right now! All we have to worry about is global warming! Top. Men.

Posted by: votermom at February 24, 2014 04:55 AM (GSIDW)

168 Am I the only one who keeps having my spaces eaten by Pixy?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 04:56 AM (/qzu7)

169

Maybe it's just me ... but these rumors of possible force reductions don't bother me a bit. Then again, I figure the likelihood of using the military domestically is higher than ever.

 

I say cut away.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 24, 2014 04:56 AM (eZlVW)

170 Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 08:52 AM (z4WKX) I'm glad that you liked it Carol. Thanks for letting us know :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2014 04:56 AM (XyM/Y)

171 Remember, you can't spell 'conflict' without 'NFL'.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2014 04:57 AM (g4TxM)

172 Not sure if anyone's posted it yet, but I just read this piece published in the Harvard Crimson titled, The Doctrine of Academic Freedom: Let's give up on academic freedom in favor of justice. It is a serious piece, not parody. The best and the brightest, ladies and gentlemen. Some of the comments are fantastic though, truly Moron worthy.

http://tinyurl.com/jvh56o6

Posted by: mugiwara at February 24, 2014 04:57 AM (W7ffl)

173 Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 08:29 AM (IVgIK)

The plumber I have used for years is unable to find anyone who wants to apprentice.

This guy makes $200k.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2014 04:57 AM (QFxY5)

174 I read most of that Alec Baldwin piece over at drudge. It's what you would expect. 100%. And, it comes full circle as he talks about all of the vitriol and hate now in the country. Even though he goes thousands of words in describing the entire liberal media being the ones destroying his life and attacking him, it's really Roger Ailes, Breitbart, and Fox News. LOL He just can't understand all the "hate" towards the SCOAMF. Yet, the country is more divisive than ever. He can't put 2 + 2 together. He just cannot. Unbelievable. I will plant a new tree if he ends up on Fox.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 24, 2014 04:57 AM (IXrOn)

175 MPPPP & FenelonSpoke,

I watched It Happened One Night Saturday afternoon & loved it. You both are right about it.

Thank you,

 

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 08:52 AM (z4WKX)

 

You're welcome, Carol.  Now that you've seen it - Colbert didn't want to show her leg in the hitchhiking scene, so Capra hired a double.  When Colbert saw the double's gams, she cried, "Those aren't my legs!" and did the scene herself.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 24, 2014 04:57 AM (zF6Iw)

176 Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 24, 2014 08:52 AM (6T8Ay) Well we mostly stock up on the caned goods, rice, pasta, spices and such. Other than deli, which is cheaper and the same as on the outside, there is not a huge meat selection anyway and the only "meat" other than deli we buy is chicken. But we load up the above and cleaning supplies and such and does save money. And as I said before when they start cutting entitlements also then i got no problem with cut to the Military, but until then, nope

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 04:58 AM (t3UFN)

177 168 Am I the only one who keeps having my spaces eaten by Pixy? Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 08:56 AM (/qzu7) **** Idon'tbelieveihaveeverseenthatonthisblogbefore.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2014 04:58 AM (g4TxM)

178 Followed the peers Morgan link to another link and found this http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79384236/ Arsenio Hall has a show?

Posted by: scottst at February 24, 2014 04:58 AM (1NLhy)

179 Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 24, 2014 08:52 AM (6T8Ay)

DoD shouldn't be in the grocery business unless absolutely necessary (overseas).

Save the money and give back a portion to the troops.

That is the conservative way.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2014 04:59 AM (QFxY5)

180 178 Followed the peers Morgan link to another link and found this
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79384236/
Arsenio Hall has a show?

Posted by: scottst at February 24, 2014 08:58 AM (1NLhy)


Not so you'd notice.

Posted by: joncelli at February 24, 2014 04:59 AM (RD7QR)

181 Now we're back to the very same people arguing that the future of warfare is going to be lighter, nimbler forces with lots of fancy gadgets. First, we have to decide what our strategic interests are. Our national strategy documents are laundry lists rather than priorities, so we get caught trying to divide a constant/smaller pie among all things. We do have a revolution in the kill capability of our minutions making finding the enemy far more important than flanking the him these days. Of course, the reverse is also true--I'm becoming increasingly concerned about our carriers, for instance. We're not being open and honest about likely adversaries or our ability to be really nimble in the face of a black swan event. What is it that we want to be able to do?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 24, 2014 04:59 AM (659DL)

182 DoD shouldn't be in the grocery business unless absolutely necessary (overseas). Save the money and give back a portion to the troops. That is the conservative way. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2014 08:59 AM (QFxY5) But they are not going to "save money and give it back to the troops". It will go back into the gov coffers into entitlements. It is a pay cut for the troops.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 05:00 AM (t3UFN)

183 You gotta love dedicated lefty Glenn Kessler at WaPo describing his attempts to get the Obama administration to stop deliberate lying on Medicaid expansion as "whack a mole". He's a little surprised they won't stop bullshitting people on healthcare numbers. He doesn't understand this is the SOP on all things, but maybe there is some hope.

Posted by: MTF at February 24, 2014 05:00 AM (F58x4)

184

The plumber I have used for years is unable to find anyone who wants to apprentice.

This guy makes $200k.

 

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

 

Friend of mine had a plumber over at their house for a seven hour job and paid enough money to book a week stay at an all inclusive Jamaican resort.

 

I'm telling my kids to seriously think about trades instead of college.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 24, 2014 05:01 AM (PFy0L)

185 DoD shouldn't be in the grocery business unless absolutely necessary (overseas).  Save the money and give back a portion to the troops.  That is the conservative way.  Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2014 08:59 AM (QFxY5)

That is the libertarian way.

The "conservative way" has always taken care of the troops.

And frankly, I don't really care one way or the other.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 05:01 AM (6T8Ay)

186 Oh, and if Her Serene Highness AtC is around I advise her to NOT read today's Dilbert strip. Don't. Posted by: joncelli at February 24, 2014 08:43 AM (RD7QR) See, now, that is helpful. Here, have this lemon bar. The discussion about who do you trust and how do you know who you should trust come the Burning Times is interesting since I was reading a sci-fi book last night where that is a major plot point. There's an alien invasion and part of the plan is that it is impossible to tell who has and who has not had their existence hijacked by an alien. There is no way to tell until the other person suddenly turns and kills you. There's no outward sign, there's no brand or mark or any other indicator. Our Heroine discusses how successful that is because it forces each survivor to be on his/her own and prevents not only organized resistance but basic human interaction. It also forces the survivors to kill each other without the aliens having to get their hands dirty doing it themselves. It's very diabolic and, given the context, very realistic. That's the true destruction of society. That's what will actually tear everything apart. No one can trust anyone else. That's when the center no longer holds.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 05:02 AM (VtjlW)

187 For the Record I will never be able to put in 20 so once I "retire" I will lose all Commissary benefits.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 05:02 AM (t3UFN)

188 Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 24, 2014 08:56 AM (/qzu7) As best as I can determine, Pixy has several random formatting algorithms that kick in at unknowable times. One is the arbitrary line feed eater, and another is the "long-string-of-text" rejector. The space eating algorithm may be another one that hasn't happened to me (yet), but looks to have clobbered many other comments I have seen from tohers.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2014 05:02 AM (o3MSL)

189 ...looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. - Samuel Pepys (Diary, 13 October 1660) Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 24, 2014 08:44 AM (aDwsi) *** ...and so to bed.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2014 05:03 AM (g4TxM)

190

Hello from a warm night in Sydney

 

Firstly about the router discussion on previous threads - we have a Netgear and it's working well

 

The previous one was a Belkin which carked it when we had an ant invasion - the little ratbags invaded the router and bloody well wrecked it!

 

When I shook it about a zillion ants fell out of it - they were using it as their nest of choice

 

Secondly I met a couple from Tucson Arizona on Sunday - they had been a cruise around the Pacific and extended their holiday to see a bit of OZ

 

Very nice people and they were lost - I did my bit of Sydney tourism advice for them!

 

Thirdly we're going to the footy on Saturday night!!!! Rugby game and I'm taking my gorgeous 17 month old grandchild with me - never to early to introduce the boy to some good old  footy

 

As long as he's kept well fed with snacks....of course he'll want the wine that I'll be drinking so I'll get a plastic wine glass and fill it up with his apple juice - that'll fool him!

 

Fourthly - talking about tradies jobs - my dear son chucked in a job in graphic design and has his own business connecting new homes to the main gas line

 

He usually knocks off work in time to go surfing every day - he lives right near the beach in Surfers Paradise and he will never ever work in an office again he reckons

 

He is a tradie and that's where the $$$$$$ are.....

Posted by: aussie at February 24, 2014 05:04 AM (nP3cM)

191 I didn't watch the Winter Olympics, except for hockey games in real time during the past week, but is it too much to ask to have the trumpet-filled fanfare "signature" music retired at long last? It is blaring annoyance brought to life - I think John Williams is its composer. I am not referring to the musical piece that begins with the kettle drums, BTW.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 24, 2014 05:06 AM (akLGN)

192 ...and the produce is consistently the worst, bar none, of any grocery store I've ever been in. YMMV Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 24, 2014 08:52 AM (6T8Ay) Look, Wegmans haver, you are just rubbing your Wegmans having in people's face. Don't lie. You are. Not that I'm bitter or anything. Because I'm not. Bitter. Or anything. *goes back to sticking pins on voodoo doll*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 05:06 AM (VtjlW)

193 We are all arguing the about the trades from our localities. Where I am there were already  tons of Americans doing the jobs Americans won't do before the invasion of cheaper labor. Your locality may vary.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 05:06 AM (IVgIK)

194 tudents at Boston U. want an Allen Thick concert cancelled. Don't like someone, don't go. Its easy. http://tinyurl.com/ljnqlzc Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2014 06:54 AM (T2V/1) I assume the standard caveats of "unless it's being paid for with forced student dues" applies. This one looks like it isn't (surprisingly.) But frankly I got tired of my college paying comedians to bash conservatives with my fees.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 24, 2014 05:07 AM (hq5sb)

195 Our Heroine discusses how successful that is because it forces each survivor to be on his/her own and prevents not only organized resistance but basic human interaction. It also forces the survivors to kill each other without the aliens having to get their hands dirty doing it themselves. It's very diabolic and, given the context, very realistic.  Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 09:02 AM (VtjlW)

::: shifty eyes :::

::: scratches AtC off from the NoVAMoMee invitation list :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 05:07 AM (6T8Ay)

196 Look, Wegmans haver, you are just rubbing your Wegmans having in people's face. Don't lie. You are.  Not that I'm bitter or anything. Because I'm not. Bitter. Or anything.  *goes back to sticking pins on voodoo doll*  Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 09:06 AM (VtjlW)

Hey, I still have to drive 27 miles to a Wegmans

Jus' sayin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 05:08 AM (6T8Ay)

197 It is a pay cut for the troops.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2014 09:00 AM (t3UFN)

Oh, I realize that, and that is the intent...but they could save more money by simply closing the commissaries where there is an off-base alternative and returning some of the savings to the troops.

That makes financial sense, so they will never do it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2014 05:08 AM (QFxY5)

198 ...we mostly stock up on the caned goods... *** Caned goods? You mean like whipped cream, creamed corn, mashed potatoes, fruit punch and squash?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2014 05:09 AM (g4TxM)

199 Hey, I still have to drive 27 miles to a Wegmans Jus' sayin' Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 24, 2014 09:08 AM (6T8Ay) *shinkicks so very very very hard* That's still far closer than my nearest one. And fine. Fine! I didn't want to come anyway! *storms off in huff*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 05:11 AM (VtjlW)

200 He is a tradie and that's where the $$$$$$ are.....

Posted by: aussie at February 24, 2014 09:04 AM (nP3cM)

 

Howdy, aussie!  Sounds like you've had a busy week already!     We're due another round of Polar Vortex of DOOOOOM later thsi week, so if you wouldn't mind shipping some of that Oz warmth up this way, I'd be appreciative.  ^_^

 

 

He is a tradie and that's where the $$$$$$ are.....

 

Posted by: aussie at February 24, 2014 09:04 AM (nP3cM)

 

THIS is what so many people don't understand. 

 

"I don't wanna be a plumber!"

"Did you ever unclog that pipe?"

"Nah, I had to call a plumber.  Cost me a mint!"

 

It's like the wires don't connect.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 24, 2014 05:11 AM (4df7R)

201 ::: scratches AtC off from the NoVAMoMee invitation list :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 24, 2014 09:07 AM (6T8Ay)

 


noooo, she has to be there so I can give her Stabby the Unicorn!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/b][/i] at February 24, 2014 05:12 AM (4df7R)

202

I'm reminded of this brownie cheesecake I bought from Wegmans a couple of weeks ago.  Very good.  May need to stop there on my way home and get another.

 

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 24, 2014 05:13 AM (PFy0L)

203 Dump up!

Posted by: TiminAL at February 24, 2014 05:14 AM (A9c4d)

204 By the way; Plumbing a Electrical work have been insulated from the immigration issue due to their regulation. It's hard to take a test in a  language that is not your first language and impossible for those who barely function in English.


Everyone who advises their young to enter a trade should also tell them to expect that they will one day have to run their own business.

I bid you all good day!

Posted by: typo dynamofo at February 24, 2014 05:14 AM (IVgIK)

205 noooo, she has to be there so I can give her Stabby the Unicorn!  Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 24, 2014 09:12 AM (4df7R)

OK, OK, I will invite her on your recognizance.

Provided that you also sign this Certificate of Humaness and also take out a $3 million surety bond against alien damage.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 05:15 AM (6T8Ay)

206 noooo, she has to be there so I can give her Stabby the Unicorn! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 24, 2014 09:12 AM (4df7R) It's fine. It is. I know when I'm not wanted. *big watery eyes* I was just looking forward to seeing you and Stabby but it's fine. *sniffles* Is any of that working at all?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 05:16 AM (VtjlW)

207 I have a small chain of produce stores in my area. They sell nothing but fresh fruit and produce. Representative prices: 6 large delicious apples $2.00 4 to 8 oranges (depending on where from) $2.00 5 big 'slicing' tomato $2.00 1 head of lettuce $.75 2# strawberries, blueberries $2.00 The stores are cash only. Parking is limited and it is a mob scene at some times of the day. Everything is the quality you'd expect from a grocery store, but at half the price. It's funny, it's the kind of store that Michello Bama would love to have in the 'inner' cities, but they're philly 'burbs only, they apparently have no interest in being in the city.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 24, 2014 05:17 AM (CnA98)

208 *sniffles* Is any of that working at all?  Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 09:16 AM (VtjlW)

::: sigh :::  Sadly, yes.

You'll be wearing the latex catsuit and stompy boots though, right?

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 24, 2014 05:18 AM (6T8Ay)

209 Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 24, 2014 09:01 AM (6T8Ay) I disagree, respectfully of course. There are multiple ways of taking care of the troops and CBD's is just another way (giving some/all of the savings back to them.) IMHO, in some respects this is just another case of confusing "warfare with welfare." We can't get rid of the commissaries because it'll "Cost jobs" or we'll "harm the troops." But why does Scott AFB, which is surrounded by suburbs and has a light rail line that runs to it (ok, "near" it) need a grocery store? (And why should my friend be able to shop there solely because his dad retired from the AF?)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 24, 2014 05:20 AM (hq5sb)

210 Any sentient being in MA might disagree about Devil Patrick's "executive experience." He has never met a problem, or an issue, he couldn't fuck up. But he is a kind of miniature Choom Boy. No matter whether he puts lives at risk, wastes money or appoints some crooked hack pal to a high-paying, no-show job, he is covered by teh Boston Glob's Teflon coating. He's got the Black Invulnerability Cloak thing down to a science. Posted by: MrScribbler at Feb ruary 24, 2014 08:27 AM (ff7/5) Mr Scribbler, I know you have to be from here. Do you remember on one of the September 11, 2011 anniversaries, Deval called it a misunderstanding? He is an Obama clone, same speeches, same us useless words, same campaign managers, both Chicago thugs, etc.

Posted by: Carol at February 24, 2014 05:20 AM (z4WKX)

211

Hi there MWR

 

He is living a very nice life funded by the shortage of qualified gasfitters on the Gold Coast

 

Of course he whinges a lot about work encroaching on his surfing time...

 

His company is the only one doing the work on the coast so work is guaranteed for many years

 

I'm still waiting for him to offer to pay back the million or so $$ we spent on keeping him alive through his childhood..

Posted by: aussie at February 24, 2014 05:20 AM (nP3cM)

212 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 24, 2014 09:11 AM (4df7R) I've said before, if I had learned a trade I'd be employed now, and frankly probably not much less happy than I have been most recently. But that ship has sailed, I don't have time to reinvent myself a third time.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 24, 2014 05:22 AM (hq5sb)

213 ...a Crimson editorial writer, is a joint history of science and studies of women, gender and sexuality concentrator in Eliot House... And there, my friends, are the academic bona fides of the Harvard Crimson "academic justice" screed first referenced in comment 172. (It is a good thing that I read this before posting - "bona fides" was turned into "boba dudes" by the spell checker.)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 24, 2014 05:22 AM (akLGN)

214 ::: sigh ::: Sadly, yes. You'll be wearing the latex catsuit and stompy boots though, right? Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 24, 2014 09:18 AM (6T8Ay) I make no promises.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at February 24, 2014 05:22 AM (VtjlW)

215 Race is an imperialist construct!!!

Posted by: sickle cell anemia at February 24, 2014 05:23 AM (Eiwo7)

216 My Theological tl;dr tl;tl Contribution for today. A seemingly deterministic material universe develops life. Life grows a brain, walks around in organized animal units. Animal mind develops until there is personality, defined by self-and-other identification, the capacity to recognize the implicit morality of a universe of fellow personalities. Personality has the capacity for both the most transcendent personal idealism and the greatest interpersonal love. Combining these qualities, people project Deity, omniscient, omnipotent, and so incomprehensibly all-encompassing that... despite the Creator's uniqueness, Godhood can also, through Trinitization, know fellowship on the highest order; despite the Creator's eternal, unchanging perfection, there is room inside infinity even for raising up imperfect, fallible, but ultimately salvageable children out of the dirt of a partial, evolutionary reality; despite the Creator's infinitude, and God only knows how many sentient fellow in Creation, God loves you, personally, and guides you, yes you, as a good human father loves and guides each unique child; that you can know forgiveness for failure, error, and willful transgression, as you would a child chastened by a wise parent; and in Great Mercy that love would see to it that the death of the flesh is just a transition, a step closer to our divine family and destiny. With thinkers made of meat and static, we can conceive of and understand and appreciate all that. The universe could turn out to be dead and all those ideals just aberrant electricity. But if you were handed a manuscript that had that ending, don't you think you'd circular-file it?

Posted by: mindful webworker — true blue at February 24, 2014 05:25 AM (VV7s1)

217 Sigh....

Never get me started on the military budget.

From Vic's link:

However, the budget proposal mandates the elimination of the entire fleet of Air Force A-10 attack aircraft...

Yeah, the Army's going to lose its shit over that one, and the AF will back them up. The A-10 is a RELIABLE aircraft. You can blow the wings off the damn thing and still land it.

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Hagel would recommend a limit on military pay raises, higher fees for health-care benefits, less generous housing allowances, and a one-year freeze on raises for top military brass.

Want to save some money in the housing allowance budget? Audit the freaking contractors that run housing. Every year the contractors charge us more and provide less services. Yes, this violates the terms of the contract, but somehow they never get punished for it. And it's not just our base, this is a common complaint. They're talking about eliminating stateside commissaries, which would mean we'd pay at least a third more in groceries every week while my husband doesn't get a pay raise. (Btw, it was sure fun to deal with all of this during the gov't shutdown!)

"Personnel costs reflect some 50% of the Pentagon budget and cannot be exempted in the context of the significant cuts the department is facing," Defense Department spokesman Adm. John Kirby told the Journal. "Secretary Hagel has been clear that, while we do not want to, we ultimately must slow the growth of military pay and compensation."

Now juxtapose that quote with this: “We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion.”– President Obama

The number is fake and yet he's still bragging about getting more people onto the government dole while making sure that military gets kneecapped.

Yeah, I know, super long rant. But this is why I've been telling people for five years not to get me started on the military budget.

Posted by: pookysgirl at February 24, 2014 05:26 AM (kMnHs)

218 "Against All Odds" observing Ukraine elections http://tinyurl.com/k2mxef3 that was then "reset" to this is now http://tinyurl.com/krgl4tn 2011 was a long time ago...2004 even a longer time ago http://tinyurl.com/l949psc The glamorous, fiery orator who helped lead Ukraine's revolt against a corrupt election in 2004, was convicted in 2011 of criminally exceeding her powers when she agreed a gas deal with Russia, seen to have disadvantaged Ukraine. She was given a seven-year sentence. Orange revolution 2004 princess also the 2009 gas princess. It would be proper to call her a gas princess who was acting in the interests of Russia when she signed the infamous deal which set up Ukraine for 10 years with ludicrously unfair gas prices," said Bogoslovskaya, who also heads the national parliament's commission to investigate the signing of the 2009 deal. At the time of signing the gas deal, companies controlled by Tymoshenko and her family owed more than $400 million to the Russian Defense Ministry for earlier deals and she was acting under foreign influence." The Russian Foreign Ministry lashed out at the verdict, emphasizing its "obvious anti-Russian implication." Russian/Ukraine gas deals are a century long ongoing process. Deals are nothing new. Who benefits, who is injured? All the difference. Her deal not only paid off her massive personal debts, but raised the price of gas to Ukrainian consumers by 30%. Whereas the recently ousted Ukraine President's deal would lower the Ukrainian's cost of gas by 33%. OF COURSE the Ukraine, being Russia's gas customer, can only arrange what Russia is willing to negotiate. HOWEVER, her deal to raise the cost too conveniently paid off her massive personal debts. A person needs to think. No one is all bad or all good. But when the charismatic leader "is" the embodiment of the political coalition bearing her name? Plenty of room for her malleable changing platform when the identity is the politician rather than a specific agenda. Nothing new, there, either. Today, is Yulia's "reset" button with Russia overcharged Ukrainians no longer her baggage? Just water under the bridge? Never judge a book by its cover. A pretty face and charismatic public speaker with a lifetime of crafting words for public support under her belt, knowing what words rally massive support from the young people. Crafty and manipulative, "with all the best intentions". Hm. Given her full history of fall-outs with allies [Yushchenko], it's best to stand back and reconsider the ball of wax being projected by today's supporters as if crystal clear.

Posted by: You Cranium at February 24, 2014 05:33 AM (MhA4j)

219 Yekhanurov, Yushchenko (who suffered poisoning and facial disfigurement), Yanukovych Who's Who 2014

Posted by: You Cranium at February 24, 2014 05:34 AM (MhA4j)

220 161  Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku's single, "Mikakunin Chuugakusei X- Subculture Edition (Regular Edition)"
http://bit.ly/1jtDZCR

I don't know what's more disturbing: the penile squid's razor teeth and glowing eyes (considering that's not where a squid would have teeth and eyes), the jolly look on the one fleeing schoolgirl's face down in the lower left corner, or the fact that one of the fleeing Westerners appears to be a badly madeCG character with only one leg and an awful combover (lower right).

Of course, that's nothing compared to the promotional poster: http://bit.ly/1epqgYt

Anyway, just wanted to share that. Talk amongst yourselves

But the gent on the bicycle in the lower right is just   RAAAicist!

Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at February 24, 2014 05:35 AM (dptrA)

221 In 1976 Yushchenko began a career in banking. In 1983, he became the Deputy Director for Agricultural Credit at the Ukrainian Republican Office of the Soviet Union State Bank. From 1990 to 1993, he worked as vice-chairman and first vice-chairman of the JSC Agroindustrial Bank Ukraina. In 1993, he was appointed Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (Ukraine's central bank). In 1997, Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, re-appointed him. As a central banker, Yushchenko played an important part in the creation of Ukraine's national currency, the hryvnia, and the establishment of a modern regulatory system for commercial banking. He also successfully overcame a debilitating wave of hyper-inflation that hit the country—he brought inflation down from more than 10,000 percent to less than 10 percent—and managed to defend the value of the currency following the 1998 Russian financial crisis. In August 1998, the Russian government and the Russian Central Bank devalued the ruble and defaulted on its debt. The 1998 Russian economic crisis cost the Ukraine a lot as well: the Hryvnia devaluated by 60%, domestic prices increased by 20%, and the National Bank of Ukraine lost 40% of its gross reserves. In 1998, Yushchenko wrote a thesis entitled "The Development of Supply and Demand of Money in Ukraine" and defended it in the Ukrainian Academy of Banking. He thereby earned a doctorate in economics. In late 2002 Yushchenko, Oleksandr Moroz (Socialist Party of Ukraine), Petro Symonenko (Communist Party of Ukraine) and Yulia Tymoshenko (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc) issued a joint statement concerning "the beginning of a state revolution in Ukraine". Though the communists stepped out of the alliance and though Symonenko opposed having one single candidate from the alliance in the 2004 presidential election, the other three parties remained allies until July 2006. The Ukraine Parliamentary Crisis 2006: Viktor Yanukovych (as part of the Alliance of National Unity) being chosen as a Prime Minister to replace Yuriy Yekhanurov, who resigned right after the parliamentary elections. Apparently President Viktor Yushchenko did not want Tymoshenko to become Prime Minister. Whilst some parties have nominated over 400 candidates, it was always unlikely that any single Party would elect over 200 members. In order to form a Government, under Ukraine's constitution, parties will need to form a coalition with two or more voting blocks within the first month following the declaration of the polls. The Ukraine Parliamentary Election of 2006 results: http://tinyurl.com/mfbqtw5 The election to the Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada, was held according to the Party-list proportional election system—that is, in a single nation-wide electoral district with votes being allocated to the political parties or election blocs rather than to individual candidates. The constitution was amended in 2005 following negotiations and agreements during the 2004 presidential elections, abolishing single member-districts and replacing them with an increased multi-member proportional representation. The amended constitution, which took effect on January 1, 2006, also transferred some power from the President to the parliament, making Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential democracy. While acknowledging some organisational problems, most parties and Western observers gave the electoral vote a largely clean bill of health. The outcome was a double humiliation for Viktor Yushchenko, the president, who defeated Yanukovich in a presidential poll re-run after December's 2004 street protests, and later fell out with Tymoshenko, his former Orange Revolution comrade. Yushchenko was widely regarded as the moderate political leader of the anti-Kuchma opposition, since other opposition parties were less influential and had fewer seats in parliament. Since becoming President of Ukraine in 2005, he has been an honorary leader of the Our Ukraine party. From 2001 to 2004, his rankings in popularity polls were higher than those of President Leonid Kuchma. In later public opinion polls, though, his support plummeted from a high of 52% following his election in 2004 to below 4%. On 2 April, 2007 (Ukrainian Political Crisis) the President, Viktor Yushchenko, following a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Speaker of the Parliament Oleksandr Moroz, signed the first decree dismissing Ukraine's Parliament sparking another political and constitutional crisis in Ukraine. Stalemate between the President and Parliament; each nullying the other. The President orders another Election, for Parliament to fund the election; Parliament refuses to fund the election and proposes to eliminate the Office of President all together; empower Parliament with all authorities, Constitution be damned. The President dismisses Parliament. Tymoshenko: "If the mafia is allowed to continue ruling the country, Ukraine will lose tens of billions of dollars, because Ukraine is being robbed today." -- Given Tymoshenko's own fiscal corruption deal and conviction, was Tymoshenko fingering Yuschenko as central government/banking "mafia"? Political payback for their mutual breach of trust? There's so much more to her than the pretty face from youth and the skills to sway the angst of Youth. And of course, so much more to him than the handsome, successful banker. After all, who was backing Yushchenko all along from without? Note well Britain's stance today in full support of the Occupy Revolution outcome, even while Britain (City of London?) dallies with pulling out of the EU.

Posted by: You Cranium at February 24, 2014 05:35 AM (MhA4j)

222 For the Record I will never be able to put in 20 so once I "retire" I will lose all Commissary benefits. That's until you turn 60 and get the "Naval Forces Retired" ID card. Once you start drawing your USNR retired pay it doesn't matter if you did 24years or 120 months total. You will be an ORF either way.

Posted by: Panhandler at February 24, 2014 05:39 AM (LqVNJ)

223 Re: unbelievable numbers: even if they were true, this leaves out the fact that the crappy Obama economy is a major cause of people being driven to use these entitlements in the first place. The administration just hopes they don't put 2 and 2 together.

The Obama administration is like a fire department that intentionally starts fires, in order to make itself appear useful in putting them out. Problem is, as in California where most physicians won't accept OCare, is that they can't even put the fires out.

Posted by: Bob at February 24, 2014 07:59 AM (xkSSa)

224 If no one else posted, here are the places in the amazing pictures: 1. Central Park, NYC 2. Eixample District of Barcelona, Spain 3. Rio de Janeiro 4. Male, capital of the Maldives 5. Niagra Falls 6. Tulip fields, Netherlands 7. Giza 8. Dubai 9. Venice 10. Santiago, Chile

Posted by: Elinor at February 24, 2014 09:29 AM (TCqhy)

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