March 20, 2014

Top Headline Comments 3-20-14
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Thursday.

Democrats' long-stated, but little-evidenced claim that voter fraud at the polls doesn't exist took another blow yesterday.

England and France failed to anticipate and thereby prevent World War II, in part, because the English and French leadership failed to take Hitler at his word. They thought he was irrational and unserious, but he meant exactly what he had said about the Anschluss. Here we are again, refusing to consider that Putin might mean to do exactly what he says he wants to do. Note the "first in line," language.

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1 Morning.

Posted by: NCKate at March 20, 2014 02:50 AM (y7PFk)

2 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Thursday, March 20, 2014.  On this day in 1933 Giuseppe Zangara was executed in Florida's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak (Chicago's Mayor) during an assassination attempt against President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Four other people were shot during the attempt.   Here's the rub, the assassination attempt was made on Feb 15 and he was executed on Mar 20th.  Fast justice eh when you try to pop a pol.  Zangara was an Italian communist who immigrated to the US.  Here's another rub, if he had succeeded in popping FDR would we still be as socialist as we are now, or was it inevitable?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:50 AM (T2V/1)

3 Latest on the jet mystery: Australia says two objects have been sighted in the Indian Ocean that may be parts of the missing jet.


http://tinyurl.com/ozuxyxj

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

4 The US natural gas rent seekers tell congress to hurry up and approve exporting natural gas to the Ukraine so we can "help" them.


http://tinyurl.com/ogg44gc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

5 So, what fresh hell hath the Presentdent dreamed up for us peasants today?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 20, 2014 02:51 AM (si68n)

6 Meanwhile the Ukraine is pulling its troops out of Crimea and surrendering it to the Russians.


http://tinyurl.com/n7tdznb

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

7 WTF??  Watchdog agency says we are paying fake "police officers" in Afghanistan.  Karzia wants us out of there so we need to oblige him.  We need to remove all troops and cut off all money going there.  We also need to tell Karzai that the next time terrorists are found in that shit hole we will kill every politician in the country above the level of Mayor.  And why are we paying their police officers to begin with?


http://tinyurl.com/ldmk9u9

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

8 More shit from CT.  A woman came home to find her apartment broken into and her two puppies missing.  Volunteers collected a $5,000 reward and posted flyers.  Hartford Fascists have now told the woman she will be fined daily unless she removes all the flyers.   Why does anyone live in places like this?


http://tinyurl.com/k5e66tc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

9 Thousands of CA farmers are raising hell about the cutoff of water while still funneling millions of gallons to the BS Delta Smelt which probably were never impacted to begin with knowing how the green eco-Nazi shit gets "studied".


http://tinyurl.com/m5tgd8v

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

10 A Philly school is suing the school district and its 5 member reform panel for "suspending" PA Charter School regulations that allow them to operate. How can a BS panel suspend State regulations?


http://tinyurl.com/n7j2zym

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

11 The Postal Service is in need of yet another massive bailout.  This time they are blaming pension and health care liabilities.   They also say they need "reform".  So what reform is Congress, including Republicans, talking about?   They want to go to 5 day a week delivery only.  No mention what-so-ever of allowing the post office to close post offices that are not needed.   


http://tinyurl.com/lu9tgjw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

12 Just read that the public works inspector in my town stole $460k in quarters over a couple of years from stored parking meters....and got five years probation.

I am in the wrong business.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 02:53 AM (QFxY5)

13 Consultants (most likely overpaid) working on Detroit's bankruptcy restructuring have recommended increasing the parking meter fines because Detroit spends more money issuing and trying to collect the fines than it collects.  (One of the reasons this is so is because a LOT of people don't pay the fines.)  No mention at all on ways to reduce the costs of collection.  I have an idea.  Just pull the meters and quit losing money trying to collect.  That is what a private company would do if they were losing money on an action.  But no, they want to increase the fines, which are just another damn tax.  Most cities have recognized this problem and have gotten rid of the parking meters to encourage shoppers downtown vs the malls.


http://tinyurl.com/mgvpkvb

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

14 TX has received a new batch of death penalty drugs and is refusing to ID the supplier.  I am sure some asshole will "leak" it.


http://tinyurl.com/ky59sxt

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

15

Morning, all.  Sorry to interrupt Vic's headlines, but there's no story today.  I'm just not in the mood.

 

But here's a titbit (as it were):  Pamela Anderson wonders whether her sons have seen her sex tape:

 

http://tinyurl.com/kud3r2t

 

Personally, I'd like to see a sex tape of the evening Audrey Hepburn and Capucine made love to each other. . .but then, I'd like to be 6' 1" and have a full head of hair, and that's not going to happen either.


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 20, 2014 02:53 AM (zF6Iw)

16 An American bought a gold ornament from a London scrap dealer.  It has turned out to be a rare Faberge Egg worth millions.  How come I never find shit like that?  But I am sure the tax man is happy.


http://tinyurl.com/lcbp83c

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

17 We saw yesterday that fat ass Mooch and her entire entourage were going to China on yet another taxpayer funded vacation.  Well, in August the Choom King, Mooch, the daughters, and the rest of the WH menagerie are going back to Martha's Vineyard for another taxpayer funded vacation.  Where is the damn opposition Party?  Where is the damn press who constantly bitched about Bush going to his own ranch a couple of times a year?


http://tinyurl.com/qblcmck

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

18 House Republicans plan to vote this year on legislation promoting construction of a National WomenÂ’s History Museum, Majority Leader Eric CantorÂ’s (R-Va.) office told The Hill.



I want a redneck museum constructed on my property, which I will gladly sell to the government for a price as low as the cost of a single Mooch vacation.  

Why are even thinking about spending money on shit like this when we are cutting pay and benefits to the military and veterans because we are "broke"?  And keep this in mind; this will not just be initial capital cost in the millions.  It will also have annual operating costs and a whole new staff of overpaid federal workers.  And the freaking House Republican leadership is pushing this shit!


http://tinyurl.com/kwhehf9

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

19 Meanwhile the CBO director is speaking out:


The United States faces "fundamental fiscal challenges" stemming from the growth in spending for Social Security and major health care programs," CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf told a gathering in Washington on Tuesday.


Mainly the big problems are Obamacide and SSDI.  No mention of that.  And what is his first recommendation?  Raise taxes and cut back on other programs.


http://tinyurl.com/lkrgpzt

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

20 So, if a reporter does some actual reporting, does the public hear about it or is it like a tree falling in the forest?

Posted by: Gmac-Pondering the coming implosion, and hoping its 404care at March 20, 2014 02:54 AM (baiNQ)

21 A Hempstead, TX principal is being fired because she announced that Spanish should not be spoken on the school grounds (they have a rapidly expanding Hispanic student body who evidently speak only Spanish and who are probably illegals).  The Hispanic PC police are screaming foul.   No mention is this article as to why the principal did this.  Most likely she is looking at the "total immersion" method of learning a language of your new home nation that used to be the norm in the US.  But no, we are no longer a "melting pot", we are a "salad bowl" per the liberal educators.  Every ethnic group in the country must be coddled and get their every desire for their heritage Â…. except white Christians.


http://tinyurl.com/p5jte9n

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

22 We had five days this winter when we had no mail delivery or pickup because of weather. I live half a mile from the post office. In a large city.

Posted by: NCKate at March 20, 2014 02:55 AM (y7PFk)

23 Meanwhile 100 illegals are found in a single "stash" house in Houston.  I am sure Obama will find some way to make sure they are not deported.


http://tinyurl.com/lu8c44d

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

24 Rand Paul gets multiple standing ovations at USC Berkley.


http://tinyurl.com/llz7gva

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

25 Pharaoh Obama is starting to lose the Whoreywood crowd now.


http://tinyurl.com/ln7uoc7

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

26 would we still be as socialist as we are now, or was it inevitable?

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2014 06:50 AM (T2V/1)

John Garner was his VP, and as I recall he was a Southerner who was quite conservative.

So we would have been spared the worst of the depression and its attendant socialist policies.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 02:55 AM (QFxY5)

27 Dumbass Don of CNN says Malay jet was swallowed by black hole.  I guess it went into his head where a black hole swallowed his brain years ago.


http://tinyurl.com/nyotkl6

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

28 The USDA and it's incredibly stupid $1M campaign to promote anti-global warming efforts.


The White House launched a new campaign to sell its global warming agenda to rural America: “sustainable” buildings, including skyscrapers, made out of wood to lower carbon dioxide emissions.


I have a way to save some budget money.  Fire the stupid SOB and his supervisor who came up with this shit and turn their entire budget over to the military.


http://tinyurl.com/myytgvo

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

29 Obama calls communist agitator Ceaser Chavez an American hero.  Of course, since he is a communist agitator himself.


http://tinyurl.com/n5gllnf

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

30 A federal judge has overruled the EAC (Federal election meddling commission) and given a significant victory for AZ and KS in requiring registering voters to prove US citizenship.


http://tinyurl.com/n4egr8x

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

31 Maybe we do have a chance in 2014.


Update: Politicos and election officials are confirming Republican Scott WagnerÂ’s apparent victory in the 28th Senate as the first time a write-in candidate has won an election for state Senate in Pennsylvania.


This guy was a Tea Party candidate and he won as a write-in (which means he also beat the establishment Republican candidate).


http://tinyurl.com/kntax73

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

32 CNN says "heads are exploding in Biden's office because the WH is organizing to prep Scankles for a 2016 run.


http://tinyurl.com/kcum4dn

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

33 But we are safe; Jeb wants to run in 2016.


http://tinyurl.com/muw8dmt

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

34 Open warfare erupts between tea party candidate vs Haley Barbour and Thad Cochran in MS primary.  Note Cochran is a RINO with ACU rating 60/51 and lifetime of 78.  We can do better in MS.


http://tinyurl.com/mwx9pzz

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

35 Federal officials and congress think they are Arab potentates able to use federal aircraft for flying all over the country and world at taxpayer expense.  Here's an idea, eliminate everything but AF-1 and a backup and make all these slugs fly commercial.  Give their budget to the military.


http://tinyurl.com/mjr997v

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

36 As I just said in the other thread, seems I'm up. Thought I'd check in. Morning, Glories. (Now to read.)

Posted by: mindful webworker at March 20, 2014 02:58 AM (rf20m)

37 Heads in Biden's office would be like balloons popping.

Posted by: NCKate at March 20, 2014 02:59 AM (y7PFk)

38 The corrupt EPA criminal who stole $900,000 wrote or helped write many of the Obamanite EPA Fascist rules.


http://tinyurl.com/m8rwh99

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

39 Kindle Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/ljq4doh


That's it for today folks.   I have a dental appointment at 08:00 this morning so I will be leaving early.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

40 15  Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 20, 2014 06:53 AM (zF6Iw)



I would surmise that yes, they have seen it since it has been all over the internet for well over a decade.

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

41 Morning everyone.  Isn't today the first day of Spring?  Accordingly, the weather shows a strong chance of snow on Sunday. 

Vic, re: the Berkley crowd, I remember stories about a large vocal group of conservative students and faculty attending Berkley College of Engineering.  I think it was during the early Bush II years. 

Posted by: DishofRed at March 20, 2014 03:06 AM (Dmq63)

42 26   John Garner was his VP, and as I recall he was a Southerner who was quite conservative.

So we would have been spared the worst of the depression and its attendant socialist policies.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 06:55 AM (QFxY5)



I have never read anything about John Garner.  I guess I will need to do some research.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 03:06 AM (T2V/1)

43 Good morning folks! We are heading into another stretch of record setting globul warming here with temps 20 degrees below average for the first week of spring

Posted by: wing at March 20, 2014 03:07 AM (dLNm7)

44

John Garner was his VP, and as I recall he was a Southerner who was quite conservative.

 

Garner was also, IIRC, the fellow who said that the Vice Presidency wasn't worth a bucket of warm piss.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 20, 2014 03:07 AM (zF6Iw)

45 Yes, today is the first day of Spring and it's still as cold as an ex-wife's heart.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 20, 2014 03:08 AM (lb9h8)

46 I would not really compare Putin to Hitler. Putin appears much smarter. Oh Morning all.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 03:08 AM (t3UFN)

47 Chuck Lane was the TNR editor who figured out Stephen Glass was a fabulist, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 20, 2014 03:09 AM (RvyuE)

48 >>The USDA and it's incredibly stupid $1M campaign to promote anti-global warming efforts.

Geez. They're also making sure their 2015 dietary guidelines factor in "sustainability." And by sustainable they mean vegan because livestock are farty and have a larger carbon footprint than kale.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 20, 2014 03:12 AM (RvyuE)

49 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 20, 2014 07:07 AM (zF6Iw)

Oooh....Lemonade!

Posted by: Joseph Biden at March 20, 2014 03:12 AM (QFxY5)

50 Today is the 20th day into meteorological Spring (when the weather people count Spring).  Today is the first day of astronomical Spring when the planet watchers count it.


But weather-wise we should be well into warming by now.  In fact the average high temperature for my area for this time of the year is supposed to be 69F. They predicted 65F yesterday, instead we got 55F  They also predicted a low of 47F, it is now 37F and still dropping.


And how does this compare to long term?  When I was a kid I remember wearing shorts and going barefoot on my birthday which is Mar 9. 

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 03:12 AM (T2V/1)

51 I guess the US Military finally told Australia to tell the world where that 777 crashed.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 03:12 AM (t3UFN)

52 44  Garner was also, IIRC, the fellow who said that the Vice Presidency wasn't worth a bucket of warm piss.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 20, 2014 07:07 AM (zF6Iw)



Wasn't that warm spit?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 03:13 AM (T2V/1)

53 From the sidebar: "Draw and Strike: High School EMT Trainee Spends 13 Days In Jail For Having A Pocket Knife In The Trunk Of His Car" "I was in jail for almost 13 days," Wiser said. "The first bond hearing I went to was on December 15. The judge ordered me [to be] held on a half million-dollar bond, pending a psychological evaluation...." It's a Tech school, where they use tools like hammers and screwdrivers. One of their programs is Culinary Arts, where they use knives and cleavers. They also have a cafeteria where I assume they have knives and forks. And this kid gets jailed for a pocket knife in his car. This country is batshit raving mad crazy insane.

Posted by: ExSnipe at March 20, 2014 03:13 AM (LKJt3)

54 Wasn't that warm spit?

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2014 07:13 AM (T2V/1)

 

I was told the "warm spit" version was the G-rated one for the kiddies.

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

55 I'd give Cesar Chavez credit for one thing: he opposed illegal immigration because it served to reduce wages.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 20, 2014 03:15 AM (bPxS6)

56 This country is batshit raving mad crazy insane. Posted by: ExSnipe at March 20, 2014 07:13 AM (LKJt3) Yup, getting there

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 03:15 AM (t3UFN)

57 Geez. They're also making sure their 2015 dietary guidelines factor in "sustainability." And by sustainable they mean vegan because livestock are farty and have a larger carbon footprint than kale.



Fuck the "carbon footprint" until Stalin's air conditioned tomb is torn down.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 03:15 AM (d0Dmj)

58 Rather ingenious to cross-reference juror declinations due to non-citizenship with voter rolls.  Maybe I'll see if I can do it here in S.F.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 20, 2014 03:15 AM (qGw9V)

59 OK, 'rons, I've got a meeting to go to.  See you all later, perhaps.  Hope everything goes well at the dentist, Vic.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 20, 2014 03:15 AM (zF6Iw)

60 After my daily dose of the Exploits of Choom Boy and Moooo-chelle, this made me smile:

http://bit.ly/1fJpSVn

Gotta admit I like kittehs much more than arrogant, unskilled, America-hating political hacks!

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 20, 2014 03:16 AM (jiM5S)

61 Thanks for posting that Martha's Vineyard link Vic. Last night I also linked to that article but no one in the ONT was as astounded as I was, preoccupied as they were with music and Malaysia Airlines. Moochie is on a taxpayer funded trip to China, no press allowed, and now Mom Jeans is planning a week at the beach. Putin, meanwhile, is planning tank routes through Latvia and the Chinese are deciding on provincial names for Taiwan and where to locate their new Japanese prison camps. We are really up the creek.

Posted by: MTF at March 20, 2014 03:16 AM (B+HTd)

62 Rand Paul gets multiple standing ovations at USC Berkley. That's a winning issue for Republicans to exploit, a loser for the party in power. Surprising that he is the only one making any noise about it. Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 20, 2014 07:13 AM (oGrEy) Yeah but his is dangerous. Paul, like his father, is an isolationist and would also lover to destroy our intelligence services ( with all their faults) and our Military. So be careful what you wish for

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 03:16 AM (t3UFN)

63 Rand Paul gets multiple standing ovations at USC Berkley. Legal weed, maaaaan!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 20, 2014 03:16 AM (mx5oN)

64 47 He was tipped but then investigated, yes.

Posted by: NCKate at March 20, 2014 03:17 AM (y7PFk)

65 Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2014 06:55 AM (T2V/1)

University of California at Berkeley.

Sigh......

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 03:17 AM (QFxY5)

66 55  I was told the "warm spit" version was the G-rated one for the kiddies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 20, 2014 07:14 AM (zF6Iw)


OK Wiki says it was originally warm piss.  And he had a good nick, "Cactus Jack Garner".  Sound like a Texan during those days in the 1800s and early 1900s.


They also say he was the one that halted FDR's court packing.  (which he got to do anyway by being elected 4 terms)

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 03:19 AM (T2V/1)

67 Posted by: Insomniac at March 20, 2014 07:16 AM (mx5oN)

Exactly.

And Paul is vocally against spying by the government, which endears him to these people. And his father's whiff of anti-Semitism doesn't hurt either.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 03:19 AM (QFxY5)

68 Too bad that Dago Commie missed....FDR was in the same league as Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Tojo except he had good PR and fooled everyone into fighting a war we should have stayed out of all the while demolishing the constitution with freebees and made up law. May that crippled old bastard rot in hell.

Posted by: IrishEd at March 20, 2014 03:19 AM (D0NZx)

69 From the sidebar:
Daily Mail: Malaysia confirms it has new radar data on missing plane flying over another country (but won't say where for security reasons)
It's easy to see where countries wouldn't be too eager for the world to find out their airspace was successfully violated. [rdbrewer]


Then run your radar 24 hours a day & scramble your air force when someone does. It doesn't count as violated when you don't defend it or your defense is non-existent.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 03:19 AM (d0Dmj)

70 Posted by: IrishEd at March 20, 2014 07:19 AM (D0NZx)

We should have stayed out of WWII?

Care to expound on this idea?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 03:21 AM (QFxY5)

71 Posted by: IrishEd at March 20, 2014 07:19 AM (D0NZx) We should have stayed out of WWII? Care to expound on this idea? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 07:21 AM (QFxY5) "Irish"Ed--get it Irish? They stayed out of WW2 and have been less than friendly to the only Democracy in the Middle East

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 03:23 AM (t3UFN)

72 53 >> And this kid gets jailed for a pocket knife in his car. This country is batshit raving mad crazy insane.
 
Hush now, you are questioning the wisdom of your betters ExSnipe. According to an account I read, there is slightly more to this story. Apparently the kid made a posting to some social media site bragging about his flaunting the rules.
 
As you probably well know, taunting Happy Fun Gubmint is likely to get them to bring their full power to bear.
 
Mind you, I'm not defending the stupid rules at all. I'm sure that there was a pocketknife in my pants throughout my school years; it was practically considered mandatory boy equipment.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 03:23 AM (wNF3N)

73 I don't think we would have stayed out of WWII if the commie and succeeded.  Cactus Jack  would have got us in there sooner probably before Pear Harbor.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 03:24 AM (T2V/1)

74 71 Posted by: IrishEd at March 20, 2014 07:19 AM (D0NZx)

We should have stayed out of WWII?

Care to expound on this idea?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

This oughta be good.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 20, 2014 03:24 AM (qGw9V)

75 >>> Gotta admit I like kittehs much more than arrogant, unskilled, America-hating political hacks! They showed the cat whisperer's photo in an article linked by Drudge. My cats would claw his wacko-bird looking face.

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 03:25 AM (Ua6T/)

76 Reading these stories of the folks that can't unenroll from obama care.  Guess it's like trying to get a date with Kate Upton.

Now, your garden variety nitwit could have seen that one coming a mile away.

Ordinarily, as dad used to say, it's easy to fall into a well, not so easy to get out.  But they even made the well that is Obama care incredibly difficult to fall into so the exit is going to be orders of magnitude harder.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:26 AM (x3YFz)

77 Hush now, you are questioning the wisdom of your betters ExSnipe. According to an account I read, there is slightly more to this story. Apparently the kid made a posting to some social media site bragging about his flaunting the rules. As you probably well know, taunting Happy Fun Gubmint is likely to get them to bring their full power to bear.


The fact this kid was open about the fact he wanted to be an EMT & a police officer after serving a stint in the Army, and was MAKING VIDEOS in which he he showed what EMT's and police officers do on the job, stuff that sometimes involves using FIREARMS and KNIVES, obviously made him a dangerous weirdo that authorities needed to thoroughly investigate.  To protect the public, of course.  

http://tinyurl.com/nda9zzy

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 03:27 AM (d0Dmj)

78 To protect the public, of course.

http://tinyurl.com/nda9zzy

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 07:27 AM (d0Dmj)

for the childrens!

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:27 AM (x3YFz)

79 I sleep with the television on so every time I wake up throughout the night, I hear the news. The news about objects located in the Indian Ocean have been "Breaking News" since about midnight last night. Fox and Friends finally broke away from the "Breaking News!" at the 85 minute mark to tell us about a line-drive baseball. Now they are back to the plane story again. It is a compelling story but this has passed the point of absurdity.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 03:28 AM (DmNpO)

80 Cesar Chavez was personally trained in community organizing tactics by, drum roll please, Saul Alinsky.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 03:28 AM (wNF3N)

81 RIP, Jack Wise, Army, retd. Dr Jack Wise, Nam vet, one of 27 certified naturopathic endrichinologists, fwiw. Dead of a broken heart at 74. A week ago today, just got the news yesterday. Dr Wise survived Nam, diaetes, and Lyme disease. He was not in great shape in recent years, but getting better. Then, so we hear, about a month ago, his beloved son, drunk, murdered his beloved daughter's husband in front of two granddaughters. Three sudden heart attacks later, Jack is dead. And his wife Linda also had a heart attack, and surgery. If I weren't using the cell, I'd like to say much more about that wooly-headed old patriot. He claimed to cure cancer, diabetes, Lyme, and gluten intolerance, for the last of which he treated Milady. Crackpot or genius, maybe both, he was a wonderful man of great affection who sincerely enjoyed making people healthier, who certainly deserved better, and whose death will leave a great hole in many lives. Please spare a prayer for the survivors of this devastated family, and also all of irreplacable Jack's desperate patients.

Posted by: mindful webworker at March 20, 2014 03:28 AM (1s+pS)

82 69 Too bad that Dago Commie missed....FDR was in the same league as Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Tojo except he had good PR and fooled everyone into fighting a war we should have stayed out of all the while demolishing the constitution with freebees and made up law. May that crippled old bastard rot in hell.

Posted by: IrishEd at March 20, 2014 07:19 AM (D0NZx)


hey!  (I'm Italian) watch the racial slurs you drunken mic!  (lol)

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:29 AM (x3YFz)

83 Contrary to popular opinion, I am not retarded. Don't take the sum-total of my life's output as evidence: just take my word for it.

Posted by: Tom Friedman at March 20, 2014 03:30 AM (JQuNB)

84 My mother has pictures of my brothers and me with our toy guns going hunting with my old man, taken when we were very young. Where was Child Services! Why weren't we saved from these terrible early memories. Now, we are all lost causes, shooting and eating birds every fall. We carry guns and knives. It's just terrible and I denounce myself.

Posted by: MTF at March 20, 2014 03:32 AM (B+HTd)

85 They showed the cat whisperer's photo in an article linked by Drudge. My cats would claw his wacko-bird looking face. Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 07:25 AM

If you've ever watched his show, you'd realize that he is really, really good with kittehs. If I were a liberal, I'd call him a "cat rights advocate." Your cats would love him.

Yeah, I'm a "My Cat From Hell" addict.

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 20, 2014 03:32 AM (jiM5S)

86 Morning!

I paid $3.99 per gal of gas last night.. over $60 to fill up my car..  What was all that talk I heard about energy independence?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 20, 2014 03:32 AM (b/lt+)

87 Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 07:27 AM (d0Dmj)
 
Thanks for the additional details. The reference I saw was very vague.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 03:33 AM (wNF3N)

88 Maybe we do have a chance in 2014.


Update: Politicos and election officials are confirming Republican Scott WagnerÂ’s apparent victory in the 28th Senate as the first time a write-in candidate has won an election for state Senate in Pennsylvania.


This guy was a Tea Party candidate and he won as a write-in (which means he also beat the establishment Republican candidate).


http://tinyurl.com/kntax73

Posted by: Vic at March 20, 2014 06:57 AM (T2V/1)



I'd like "Something Not Written by a Fatass on a Whiteboard" for a thousand, Alex.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 20, 2014 03:33 AM (lb9h8)

89 Morning.  See we have some hot war opinions flying.  I thought history reset in 2009, what's the big deal?

Posted by: Yip at March 20, 2014 03:33 AM (/jHWN)

90 85 My mother has pictures of my brothers and me with our toy guns going hunting with my old man, taken when we were very young. Where was Child Services! Why weren't we saved from these terrible early memories. Now, we are all lost causes, shooting and eating birds every fall. We carry guns and knives. It's just terrible and I denounce myself.

Posted by: MTF at March 20, 2014 07:32 AM (B+HTd)


when I was a kid we had about 8 of us on 1 block all about the same age.  We'd all gather and pool our "equipment," toy guns, helmets, dad's stuff from some war someplace. 

Then we'd sit around and take turns picking gear.  After that we would "deploy" to the ends of the block in teams and play army until dinner time.

Obviously, I'm slightly nutz, but that had nothing to do with it.  Can you imagine kids doing that today?

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:35 AM (x3YFz)

91 Chin up, Tom. I'm living proof that abject dumbasses can do well in American media.

Posted by: David Frum at March 20, 2014 03:36 AM (JQuNB)

92 Berkley crowd, I remember stories about a large vocal group of conservative students and faculty attending Berkley College of Engineering. I think it was during the early Bush II years.

Posted by: DishofRed at March 20, 2014 07:06 AM (Dmq63)
============

Interesting.  Most of them are probably Asian immigrants- I don't think many home grown Americans go in for Engineering much these days.  I mean I'm sure there's a few, but not like years ago.  Not many of today's youth want to start their college careers with the standard "Engineering 101 First Day Talk":
---
Dept. Chair: Look at the man (yes, they were all men back then) on your left. (pause while heads turn, everyone looks at man to their left, row on far left looks at wall of lecture hall).  Now look at the man on your right  (pause while heads turn, everyone looks at man to their right, row on far right looks out windows of lecture hall).

Dept Chair: In four years time when graduation day comes (yes you did the program in FOUR years, not five, or six, or eight) neither of those two gentlemen will be there.  Either they will be gone or you will be.  That is because this School presents the most demanding program in the University.  Our experience shows that two thirds of the students in every class passing through the School of Engineering will either flunk out or quit.

Students: Nervous murmuring.

Dept Chair: But don't worry.  Our experience also shows that the students who flunk out of Engineering go on to become Honor Students in the School of Business.

Some Students: Quiet laughter.

Dept Chair: Those of you who are laughing- the people you are laughing at will, in ten years time, be your senior managers and will decide whether or not you have a job.  Now let's get started...
---

Used to be that a lot of American college students would rise to a challenge like that and beat it- nowadays, not so much...

Posted by: Nighthawk at March 20, 2014 03:36 AM (OtQXp)

93 Then we'd sit around and take turns picking gear. After that we would "deploy" to the ends of the block in teams and play army until dinner time. ============================== You're a lost cause too. I remember when my parents gave me my first knife and I took it to school to show everyone. Now, I'd be arrested.

Posted by: MTF at March 20, 2014 03:38 AM (B+HTd)

94 Then we'd sit around and take turns picking gear. After that we would "deploy" to the ends of the block in teams and play army until dinner time. ============================== You're a lost cause too. I remember when my parents gave me my first knife and I took it to school to show everyone. Now, I'd be arrested.

Posted by: MTF at March 20, 2014 03:38 AM (B+HTd)

95 Dept Chair: Those of you who are laughing- the people you are laughing at will, in ten years time, be your senior managers and will decide whether or not you have a job. Now let's get started...
---

Used to be that a lot of American college students would rise to a challenge like that and beat it- nowadays, not so much...

Posted by: Nighthawk at March 20, 2014 07:36 AM (OtQXp)

Irony, you salty bitch.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:38 AM (x3YFz)

96 Dept Chair: Those of you who are laughing- the people you are laughing at will, in ten years time, be your senior managers and will decide whether or not you have a job. Now let's get started...
---

Used to be that a lot of American college students would rise to a challenge like that and beat it- nowadays, not so much...

Posted by: Nighthawk at March 20, 2014 07:36 AM (OtQXp)

Irony, you salty bitch.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:38 AM (x3YFz)

97 12 -

I love  the quarter stealer story, it's so perfect.  How does somebody stroll into the quarter storing room day after day after day, walk  out with pockets full of quarters, and nobody notices?

I have a jar where I toss quarters,  and occasionally I count them up and cash them in.  Most I ever had, I think, was about $500.  It's a big jar! 

I cannot imagine $460,000 in quarters...  as punishment they should make him count them, and  put them in rolls, by hand. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 20, 2014 03:39 AM (BeSEI)

98 12 -

I love  the quarter stealer story, it's so perfect.  How does somebody stroll into the quarter storing room day after day after day, walk  out with pockets full of quarters, and nobody notices?

I have a jar where I toss quarters,  and occasionally I count them up and cash them in.  Most I ever had, I think, was about $500.  It's a big jar! 

I cannot imagine $460,000 in quarters...  as punishment they should make him count them, and  put them in rolls, by hand. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 20, 2014 03:39 AM (BeSEI)

99 My grandfather had a loaded shotgun on a gun rack in his living  room for years.  He had six kids.  He never had to worry about those kids touching that gun.  I wonder why?  I kid, I knew the man and I know why.

Posted by: Case at March 20, 2014 03:40 AM (wf3Kt)

100 My grandfather had a loaded shotgun on a gun rack in his living  room for years.  He had six kids.  He never had to worry about those kids touching that gun.  I wonder why?  I kid, I knew the man and I know why.

Posted by: Case at March 20, 2014 03:40 AM (wf3Kt)

101 Time to go BBL

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 20, 2014 03:41 AM (T2V/1)

102 >> Yeah, I'm a "My Cat From Hell" addict.
 
I had a human hating cat once and it hated me in particular. I still have scars. I took her to the animal shelter, reported her as unsuitable as a pet, and wasn't particular about whether they had a no kill policy or not. And I like cats.
 
A pet has certain responsibilities too. It ain't a one way street.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 03:41 AM (wNF3N)

103 I cannot imagine $460,000 in quarters... as punishment they should make him count them, and put them in rolls, by hand.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 20, 2014 07:39 AM (BeSEI)

hah!  no pen or pencils and if the count is off, you start over.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:41 AM (x3YFz)

104 Did the quarter-thief have to go on an e-z checks plan to pay back the money??  Probation?   I like the rolling quarters idea.  heh.... that would suck.

Posted by: Yip at March 20, 2014 03:43 AM (/jHWN)

105 Posted by: BurtTC at March 20, 2014 07:39 AM (BeSEI)

23,000 pounds of quarters.

What I want to know is why they were storing them instead of....you know....putting them in the bank and using them for their intended purpose?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 03:43 AM (QFxY5)

106 A pet has certain responsibilities too. It ain't a one way street.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 07:41 AM (wNF3N)

I keep explaining that to my animals.  I expect the car washed daily.  We've been over this several times, but they just don't seem to get it.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:43 AM (x3YFz)

107 I'd give Cesar Chavez credit for one thing: he opposed illegal immigration because it served to reduce wages.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 20, 2014 07:15 AM (bPxS6)



I'm sure that will be conveniently omitted from the dogshit movie that Ear Leader will be viewing.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 20, 2014 03:43 AM (lb9h8)

108 Because I'm racist.... I'm going out on a limb here and sayin' the quarter-thief votes democrat.   That's just how cynical I've become.... always thinking the worst of folks..

Posted by: Yip at March 20, 2014 03:45 AM (/jHWN)

109 Everyone has a change jar.  Mine has about $100 in it.  Not because I'm saving it, but because I'm too effin' lazy to take them to the bank.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:45 AM (x3YFz)

110

For what it's worth, Zangara's real target wasn't FDR but Cermak. Cermak was nearly 30 feet away from FDR, and Zangara had to aim in a diiferent direction than if FDR had been the target.

 

The assassination of Cermak was revenge for his attempts to control all organized crime in Chicago out to Cicero. To "honor" him (but more to remind all others who might take on the mob), they renamed a road that went from mob HQ in Chicago to a Cicero's mob outfit's HQ Cermak Road.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at March 20, 2014 03:47 AM (+/C3g)

111 Gaylord Focker will keep us out of war just like Woodrow Wilson.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 03:47 AM (1zr4/)

112 A pet has certain responsibilities too. It ain't a one way street.  Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 07:41 AM (wNF3N)

They do?  They have somehow acquired sentience?

Why did I not get the memo?

Posted by: Zombie Steve Irwin [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 03:47 AM (JpC1K)

113 103 >> I keep explaining that to my animals. I expect the car washed daily.
 
My expectations are/were much lower. I shouldn't suddenly awaken in the middle of the night with my foot bleeding.
 
It's a silly rule, but I have it.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 03:48 AM (wNF3N)

114 What I want to know is why they were storing them instead of....you know....putting them in the bank and using them for their intended purpose?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 07:43 AM (QFxY5)

Common sense is anything but common.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Rabid Anti-Dentite [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 20, 2014 03:49 AM (JpC1K)

115 Everyone has a change jar. Mine has about $100 in it. Not because I'm saving it, but because I'm too effin' lazy to take them to the bank.


A $100.00 is a hell of a lot different than $23,000.00 LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 03:50 AM (d0Dmj)

116 A-Roid is trying to stiff his Attorneys. I am not sure who to root for?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 03:50 AM (t3UFN)

117 If you need, or want, a good laugh that brings tears to your eyes watch this Tortoise Pron video from an ONT a couple of nights ago. http://tinyurl.com/oboqdk6

Posted by: ExSnipe at March 20, 2014 03:51 AM (LKJt3)

118 I thought this was a pretty good article on techniques for stress relief: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/quick_stress_relief.htm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2014 03:51 AM (XyM/Y)

119 I shouldn't suddenly awaken in the middle of the night with my foot bleeding.

It's a silly rule, but I have it.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 07:48 AM (wNF3N)

My parrot dropped a deuce in the wife's hair last night.  Thing about parrots is:  they're fn smart.  They *aim*

He knew exactly what he was doing.


Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:51 AM (x3YFz)

120 My grandfather had a loaded shotgun on a gun rack in his living room for years. ... He never had to worry about those kids touching that gun.... —Case Told this before, but... the house we're in was originally a little family hunting (drinking, gambling) lodge. The gun rack over the old kitchen sink always had at least that old .22 sitting there. Loaded. Good for rats, snakes, and plinking.No, the kids would never screw with it, but.... My older brother told me, during a party, one of Dad's 'friends' pointed that .22 at Dad's head and said, "Think it's loaded?" I can imagine Dad's thundering response. The drunk then turned and fired out the window. The window still has a (taped-over) bullet hole from half a century ago. Used to be, it was just a small hole with spider-cracks, but the cracks have spread to the point of replacement. Alas, history will be lost.

Posted by: mindful webworker at March 20, 2014 03:54 AM (1s+pS)

121
A $100.00 is a hell of a lot different than $23,000.00 LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 07:50 AM (d0Dmj)

lol I know it was just a point of contrast.  If I'm too lazy to cash in $100, who steals $460K worth of quarters?

where the crap did he store them?  And with what intent?

You know the guy was going home every day and doing the Scrooge McDuck thing in just a room full of quarters. 

It's really hilarious.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:54 AM (x3YFz)

122 The foot attack wasn't the first instance, but it WAS the last. Also, we had a baby in the house.
 
baby >>>> cat
 
Everytime.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 03:54 AM (wNF3N)

123 Obama will not rest until you people empty your change jars.

Posted by: Case at March 20, 2014 03:54 AM (wf3Kt)

124 Irony, you salty bitch.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 07:38 AM (x3YFz)

==========

Ironic to be sure, but absolutely true as well.

Posted by: Nighthawk at March 20, 2014 03:55 AM (OtQXp)

125 ...I'm still laughing.  $460K in quarters.

To avoid the $10K deposit Eye of Sauron from the IRS, you'd have to hit every bank in a 10 state radius just to cash them in.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 03:55 AM (x3YFz)

126 I wish I had just about $50k in quarters.  Debts would be solved.

The jerk got probation?  Wow must have gannections

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 03:56 AM (1zr4/)

127 123 >> The jerk got probation? Wow must have gannections
 
Or the best lawyer $460k in quarters can buy.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 03:57 AM (wNF3N)

128 GnuBreed I just had this image of a lawyer with a quarter slot installed.

The Quarter Lawyer starring Tom Cruise.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 04:00 AM (1zr4/)

129 Ironic to be sure, but absolutely true as well.

Posted by: Nighthawk at March 20, 2014 07:55 AM (OtQXp)

I reread that and to clarify:  Irony is the salty bitch

stupid internet!

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:00 AM (x3YFz)

130 I've got one cat in his customary spot, the crook of my arm, and another on the bedside table staring at the birds outside. Waiting for number 3 to jump on the bed to officially start day.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 20, 2014 04:00 AM (ZshNr)

131 He knew exactly what he was doing.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 07:51 AM (x3YFz)

Give me your wife's e-mail address and I'll send her a recipe for parrot stew.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 04:00 AM (QFxY5)

132 The Quarter Lawyer starring Tom Cruise.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 08:00 AM (1zr4/)

lol... it might fit Matthew McConnahey (or however you spell his name) too.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:01 AM (x3YFz)

133 @wsbtv: Video update: Debris seen in several-day-old satellite images likely freighter, pod of dolphins. http://t.co/nW8vaJXDK3 #wsbtv #2newsnow

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 04:01 AM (DmNpO)

134 "In the time of struggle we should have recourse to God with perfect confidence (see Hebrews 4;14-16 and 1 John 15:14) abiding steadfast in the presence of His divine majesty. [Standing before him] in lowly adoration we should tell him our griefs and our failures, asking him lovingly for the assistance of His grace. In our weakness we shall find in him our strength." (Philippians 4;13) "Benefits of the Presence of God" in "Practicing the Presence of God" By Brother Lawrence.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 20, 2014 04:01 AM (XyM/Y)

135 lol I know it was just a point of contrast. If I'm too lazy to cash in $100, who steals $460K worth of quarters? where the crap did he store them? And with what intent? That really does make you wonder. Was the intent criminal, (for personal enrichment), or mental problems? (Hoarder)

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 04:01 AM (KvM9d)

136 Give me your wife's e-mail address and I'll send her a recipe for parrot stew.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 08:00 AM (QFxY5)

/recoils in horror!

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:02 AM (x3YFz)

137 #122

Or you could just put them through a CoinStar machine, found in supermarkets almost everywhere. The 7% charge would be cheap for laundering the cash.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 20, 2014 04:02 AM (bPxS6)

138
That really does make you wonder. Was the intent criminal, (for personal enrichment), or mental problems? (Hoarder)

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 08:01 AM (KvM9d)

I'll go with #2, but it certainly wasn't used to fund his Nobel research.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:03 AM (x3YFz)

139 Video update: Debris seen in several-day-old satellite images likely freighter, <b>pod of  dolphins <\b>.

 

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 20, 2014 08:01 AM (DmNpO)

 

But were they rape dolphins?

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at March 20, 2014 04:03 AM (+/C3g)

140 Or was he picking out the pre-65 silver quarters?  The Bicentennial quarters.  Or hoping to find the Wisconsin state quarters with the goof?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 04:04 AM (1zr4/)

141 Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (FMF) Zackery Penner became the Navy’s 13th Silver Star recipient in 13 years of war when he received the prestigious award for his selfless bravery under fire at a ceremony Wednesday. The award dates to the summer of 2012, when Penner was a corpsman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines. The unit was part of Regimental Combat Team 6, which had recently launched Operation Jaws — an effort to disrupt the enemy and establish stronger footholds in areas of Afghanistan where American forces were few and far between. The operation started strong and netted some big victories, but it wouldn’t stay that way long. Penner’s squad was days away from returning home when a fierce firefight erupted June 22. Gunfire severely wounded a Marine on a nearby rooftop. Seeing this, Penner “bravely exposed himself to accurate and heavy enemy fire from only 50 meters away as he moved to the casualty,” according to his award citation, a copy of which was obtained by Navy Times. The Marine was hit in the neck and bleeding badly. Penner, who had been baptized by fire on a previous deployment, paid little heed to rounds that ricocheted around him. He applied pressure to the wound, opened an airway and radioed for help. The Marine didn’t make it. Reaction gave way to reality later that night. “I was trying to push everything away like it didn’t happen,” said Penner, 23, who had been a part of that squad from the start, in a March 12 phone interview. “We still had five days … I had to get my mind straight for the next mission.” The following day, with their fallen comrade heavy on their hearts, the squad partnered with Afghan soldiers to clear a compound. The all-too-familiar crack of a sniper round broke the silence, followed by three more shots. Shouts for the “doc” soon rang out. Two men were down — a Marine and an Afghan soldier had each taken a shot to the head. Insurgents then unleashed an attack with medium machine guns and precision fire weapons. Penner recalled his response as running down, grabbing the wounded and getting them behind a wall. The humble corpsman omitted a few key facts: He was only days from rotating home, he’d risked his life the day prior, and the wounded men had little hope of survival. None of that mattered to Penner as he ran “more than 100 meters across fire-swept terrain to reach the casualties,” according to the citation, signed Nov. 15, 2013, by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Jim Amos. “He established a casualty collection point behind a wall then moved in and out of the kill zone four times in order to retrieve the casualties and get them to cover. When the squad began receiving fire from the rear, Penner courageously shielded the casualties from the enemy fire with his own body until the evacuation aircraft arrived and then bravely exposed himself to enemy fire as he moved the casualties to the aircraft.” The Marine later died of his wounds. It was a tough 48 hours for the Corps. Lance Cpls. Steven Stevens and Eugene Mills were killed June 22 while participating in Operation Jaws in the Sangin Valley district. Lance Cpls. Niall Coti-Sears and Hunter Hogan were killed the following day. Hogan and Mills served alongside Penner in Bravo Company. Though he returned home with no physical wounds, the burden Penner carries is evident. His joyous talk of Marine brothers is quieted when he recounts the men who did not return. “I feel like anyone else in the squad would have done the same thing for me,” Penner said. “I was just in the wrong place at the right time. … It’s kind of hard thinking of a good memory because of everything that happened, especially so close to be home.” Penner is now assigned to Naval Hospital Pensacola, Fla. He said he plans to re-enlist in May and knock out some school. He does not know who put him in for the award, but said he is humbled by the honor. Of the 13 Silver Stars awarded to sailors since since Sept. 11, 2001, all but one has gone to a corspman.The exception is Lt. j.g. Francis Toner, a Seabee who died March 27, 2009, when he took on a shooter who had infiltrated the Afghan army and opened fire on unarmed Americans at Forward Operating Base Shaheen. Of the 13 Silver Stars awarded to sailors since since Sept. 11, 2001, all but one has gone to a corspman. These are the kids-and they are kids- I serve with.

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

142
Or you could just put them through a CoinStar machine, found in supermarkets almost everywhere. The 7% charge would be cheap for laundering the cash.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 20, 2014 08:02 AM (bPxS6)

HAH!  Picture walking into the local supermarket and observing some guy with 10 shopping carts filled with cardboard boxes of quarters.

Running back and forth to the minimum wage earning pimply faced kid working the customer service counter with receipt after receipt after receipt.

There's a movie here!

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:05 AM (x3YFz)

143 "Or you could just put them through a CoinStar machine, found in supermarkets almost everywhere. The 7% charge would be cheap for laundering the cash." The fee varies by location. Average is 10.9% and it's as high as 16% in some places.

Posted by: jwest at March 20, 2014 04:05 AM (u2a4R)

144 46 I would not really compare Putin to Hitler. Putin appears much smarter. Oh Morning all. ----------- I agree Putin is smarter, and I think a better comparison is Obama/Hitler because nobody took anything Obama said seriously, either. When he said "spread the wealth" and various other statements, people bent over backwards to cover for him- rather than accept his words for what they were-warnings.

Posted by: Chillin the most at March 20, 2014 04:07 AM (gxtMZ)

145 Jersey Shore Quarters starring Joe Pesci as a guy who nicks quarters from the meters.  It unravels when Joe entrusts his much younger girlfriend played by Snooki to cash them for him since he would attract attention.  Who knew she would try to launder them through Atlantic City and a casino?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 04:08 AM (1zr4/)

146

If Gabe brought up Hitler in the post, does that mean he lost the argument with himself?

Posted by: Bigby's Slappy Hand at March 20, 2014 04:08 AM (3ZtZW)

147 Of the 13 Silver Stars awarded to sailors since since Sept. 11, 2001, all but one has gone to a corspman. These are the kids-and they are kids- I serve with.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 08:04 AM (t3UFN)

fingers on keyboard.  Nothing seems appropriate.

I call them kids, too, but... it's a term of affection.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:09 AM (x3YFz)

148

I don't want that comma. You can have it.

Posted by: Bigby's Slappy Hand at March 20, 2014 04:10 AM (3ZtZW)

149 In #134 T9 quotes msg by rickb223, which showed then vanished. wtf?

Posted by: mindful webworker at March 20, 2014 04:10 AM (p74mI)

150 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 08:04 AM (t3UFN)

It seems that the braver they are, the more humble they are.

Thanks for posting that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 04:10 AM (QFxY5)

151 A New Jersey teen captivated by 1 World Trade Center sneaked out of his home in the dead of night, got past the wall of security — and a sleeping guard — making it all the way up to the spire, The Post has learned. Scrawny 16-year-old Justin Casquejo crawled through a hole in a Ground Zero fence at about 4 a.m. Sunday and got a lift up the tower from a clueless union elevator operator, even though he had no ID. He was dropped off on the 88th floor and hiked the stairs up to the 104th floor — where a guard assigned to protect the top of the world’s biggest terror target was sound asleep. That guard has since been fired. Casquejo told cops he then climbed up to the roof and made it up to the antenna. After spending two glorious hours atop the nation’s tallest buildings snapping photos, the young daredevil was finally caught by a construction worker as he made his way back down.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 04:11 AM (t3UFN)

152 145 In #134 T9 quotes msg by rickb223, which showed then vanished. wtf?

Posted by: mindful webworker at March 20, 2014 08:10 AM (p74mI)

Still there for me... you feed your squirrels in your internets machine?

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:12 AM (x3YFz)

153 147 A New Jersey teen captivated by 1 World Trade Center sneaked out of his home in the dead of night, got past the wall of security — and a sleeping guard — making it all the way up to the spire, The Post has learned. We're on it.

Posted by: Jihadis Everywhere at March 20, 2014 04:13 AM (JQuNB)

154 My mother has pictures of my brothers and me with our toy guns going hunting with my old man, taken when we were very young. Where was Child Services

--

When Mr. Black was about 3 in 1967, he got his picture taken and put in the newspaper with a few other kids.  They were all carrying guns (toys) and were called the "Pistol Packing Posse."  It was a cute, innocent picture.  Today?  I'm sure my MIL would be brought up on charges and Mr. Black would've been removed from the home. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2014 04:14 AM (22bm2)

155 After spending two glorious hours atop the nationÂ’s tallest buildings snapping photos, the young daredevil was finally caught by a construction worker as he made his way back down.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 08:11 AM (t3UFN)

Any respectable HR worker is recruiting this little 16 year old right now.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:14 AM (x3YFz)

156 These are the kids-and they are kids- I serve with. Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 08:04 AM (t3UFN) You are a fortunate man.

Posted by: ExSnipe at March 20, 2014 04:15 AM (LKJt3)

157

Aye Calypso the places you've been to

The things that you've shown us

The stories you tell

Aye, Calypso I sing to your spirit

The men who have served you

So long and so well

[yodeling]

Posted by: that 70s earworm at March 20, 2014 04:16 AM (3ZtZW)

158 After spending two glorious hours atop the nationÂ’s tallest buildings snapping photos, the young daredevil was finally caught by a construction worker as he made his way back down.

--

It was just Leo DiCaprio reprising his role of Arnie for the upcoming What's Eating Gilbert Grape II.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2014 04:18 AM (22bm2)

159 Posted by: mindful webworker at March 20, 2014 08:10 AM (p74mI)
 
The 7:50 post by rickb is still there, but has a different hash than the rickb post quoted by t9 at 8:01.
 
My guess is rickb switched to a different ISP, which is a banned one. So TB3K(sp?) gobbled the second post at 8:01.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 04:20 AM (wNF3N)

160 Of the 13 Silver Stars awarded to sailors since since Sept. 11, 2001, all but one has gone to a corspman. My dad, the Master Chief, was an MCHC--two tours in Vietnam with the Marines. The force is strong in these.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 20, 2014 04:20 AM (659DL)

161 The NFL is twisting itself into the PC nether of hypocrisy over use of the n-word.

This is just hilarious to watch unfold.

http://tinyurl.com/luuxld9

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:21 AM (x3YFz)

162 Your Spring Equinox countdown: http://tinyurl.com/pfo2fud

Posted by: rickl at March 20, 2014 04:21 AM (sdi6R)

163 I went out yesterday and fired a spiffy new semi auto.

Unfortunately, a fcuking black hole ate the damn thing, and the range too!!11!

Posted by: Fritz at March 20, 2014 04:23 AM (UzPAd)

164

Give me your wife's e-mail address and I'll send her a recipe for parrot stew.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 08:00 AM (QFxY5)

/recoils in horror!

 

Parrots are expensive.  Parakeets on the other hand...

 

Brits call them budgies, short for budgarear or something, which is Australian Aboriginal for "good to eat".

Posted by: Facts that have never held up 12 hours yet at March 20, 2014 04:24 AM (JtwS4)

165 hah!  Bar owner who prohibits concealed carry (and insults concealed carry folk), has.... wait for it.... wait for it.... a CC permit.

http://tinyurl.com/lkhj2kp

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:25 AM (x3YFz)

166 The known voter fraud, like the known IRS political targeting, is just a scratch on the surface. Reminds me of an Indian friend of mine who talked about how corrupt India was compared to America. I told him that India just had old school corruption and that ours was just more professional and cutting-edge.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 20, 2014 04:26 AM (gBnkX)

167 Fortune Magazine to release its list of 50 of the World's Greatest Leaders tomorrow.



Does the world    even  HAVE 50 great leaders?   What exactly makes one "great?"   Or are they talking historically?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:26 AM (4df7R)

168 The 7:50 post by rickb is still there, but has a different hash than the rickb post quoted by t9 at 8:01. My guess is rickb switched to a different ISP, which is a banned one. So TB3K(sp?) gobbled the second post at 8:01 Ding ding ding. Sprint 3G driving to work.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 04:26 AM (KvM9d)

169 My dad, the Master Chief, was an MCHC--two tours in Vietnam with the Marines. The force is strong in these. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 20, 2014 08:20 AM (659DL) Master Chief is a powerful position in the Navy/Marines.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 04:27 AM (t3UFN)

170 Master Chief is a powerful position in the Navy/Marines.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 08:27 AM (t3UFN)

And let's not forget HALO!

(pew pew pew)

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:27 AM (x3YFz)

171 To avoid the $10K deposit Eye of Sauron from the IRS, you'd have to hit every bank in a 10 state radius just to cash them in. Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 07:55 AM (x3YFz) Just tell everyone you bought a really, really popular vending machine.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 20, 2014 04:29 AM (nj9sX)

172 Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 08:26 AM (KvM9d) Pixy hates this hash.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 04:29 AM (KvM9d)

173 http://tinyurl.com/Fortune-50-World

Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 20, 2014 08:30 AM (oGrEy)

If Bill Gates is on it I'm going to burn a kitten.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:31 AM (x3YFz)

174 Does the world even HAVE 50 great leaders? No. Next.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 20, 2014 04:32 AM (659DL)

175 lol -- rickb just had a post at #165 confirming my hypothesis at #156 from yet a third hash; it too was just gobbled up.
 
One out of three is good in baseball rickb but not so hot in hashes.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 04:32 AM (wNF3N)

176 Bono is a great world leader? Now I know not to waste my time with the list.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 20, 2014 04:32 AM (gBnkX)

177

These are the kids-and they are kids- I serve with.

 

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2014 08:04 AM (t3UFN)

 

That's the rub.  They ARE kids.  Most Americans wouldn't trust them with the family van for the weekend.  We trust them with our lives.  They work on our aircraft, rig our gear, fight next to us and save the wounded. 

America breeds people like that.  Yes, still.  Even today.  Thank God for small miracles. 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 20, 2014 04:32 AM (fwARV)

178 One out of three is good in baseball rickb but not so hot in hashes.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 08:32 AM (wNF3N)

A Mendoza line for hashes....

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:33 AM (x3YFz)

179 There are a couple of hashes that I run across while mobile that pixy just hates. Happens about once a week.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 04:33 AM (KvM9d)

180 Parrots are expensive. Parakeets on the other hand...

Brits call them budgies, short for budgarear or something, which is Australian Aboriginal for "good to eat".

Posted by: Facts that have never held up 12 hours yet at March 20, 2014 08:24 AM (JtwS4)




*covers ears and sings "LA LA LA" really loudly*  



MWR <-- Loves birds,   and  especially budgies!



Actually there are two distinct kinds of domestic budgerigar:  the English and the "wild type."   The English budgie is bigger and usually fluffier.  



Also, if you want a bird that's more inclined to talk, your best bet is to buy a male.    



They're also ridiculously adorable, but that's a given.  Hee!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:36 AM (4df7R)

181 That's the rub. They ARE kids. Most Americans wouldn't trust them with the family van for the weekend. We trust them with our lives. They work on our aircraft, rig our gear, fight next to us and save the wounded. America breeds people like that. Yes, still. Even today. Thank God for small miracles.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 20, 2014 08:32 AM (fwARV)

You'll love this one.  Some rangers spot a stolen valor chump and pin his ears back:  http://tinyurl.com/mvur98t

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:37 AM (x3YFz)

182 I was too lazy to scroll through all of them. The usual suspects, the Pope, the Bono. You can see them here...

http://tinyurl.com/Fortune-50-World

Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 20, 2014 08:30 AM (oGrEy)



Oh, UGH.  


#4 - Warren Buffett

#5 - Bill Clinton


That's just five in.   I don't think I can stomach 50.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:37 AM (4df7R)

183 Regarding the coin thief:

" But Rica didnÂ’t deposit it all at once; he cashed in the loose change over time at several bank branches using coin machines to avoid detection, authorities said."

http://tinyurl.com/m3w4ah4

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 20, 2014 04:37 AM (V70Uh)

184 MWR, here is a bird for you: http://tinyurl.com/mxwovon

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 04:39 AM (Ua6T/)

185 Democrats' long-stated, but little-evidenced claim that voter fraud at the polls doesn't exist took another blow yesterday. They know damn well it exists. That's why they deny it so vehemently. It's one of those Noble Lies, in their eyes.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 20, 2014 04:39 AM (7ObY1)

186 Also, if you want a bird that's more inclined to talk, your best bet is to buy a male.

They're also ridiculously adorable, but that's a given. Hee!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 20, 2014 08:36 AM (4df7R)

girl, I have 2 african greys, 3 sun conures and 2 green cheeks.  The one's that aren't supposed to talk, the green cheeks, each have about a 20 word vocab.

"you're so cute!"  (when I open the fridge... manipulators, they are, sucking up to me)

"sweet jesus!" 

"gimme kiss"

"rusty"  (the name of one of them)

And a whole host of profanity (lord knows how that happened!?)

My greys can talk, but don't, because screaming like an idiot sun conure is more fun, evidently.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:40 AM (x3YFz)

187 /facty sock

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 04:40 AM (JtwS4)

188 oh FFS.



#15 - Michael Bloomberg



This is a pathetic list.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:40 AM (4df7R)

189 re the Post Office article -- Funny thing, I did a search a couple of days ago trying to find out the latest on the USPS, since they were in dire straits back in 2012-13.
 
Nothing. Nada. Zip. Then this suddenly pops back up; yep, they still are having major suckage problems. The ole credit line from us of $15 Billion must be running out again.
 
Can you spell Bailout? Of course you can.
 
le sigh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 04:40 AM (wNF3N)

190

You'll love this one. Some rangers spot a stolen valor chump and pin his ears back:

 

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 08:37 AM (x3YFz)

 

I saw that, and loved every second.  I also love this:  A Marine kill hat doing some sort of documentary sees an able-bodied teen parking in a handicapped space.  Hilarity ensues. 

http://tinyurl.com/mdxac9q

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 20, 2014 04:41 AM (fwARV)

191 Perfect dog for MWR or AlextheChick, a Tibetan Mastiff.  One puppy just sold for $1.9 million to a Chinese running dog capitalist.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 04:41 AM (1zr4/)

192 I actually had planned, some years ago, to host the office christmas party but had to cancel it.

My boss' name is bob.

My female grey decided that "Fuck Bob!" was her favorite phrase.

True story.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:42 AM (x3YFz)

193 I actually had planned, some years ago, to host the office christmas party but had to cancel it.

My boss' name is bob.

My female grey decided that "Fuck Bob!" was her favorite phrase.

True story.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:42 AM (x3YFz)

194

No. 2 Son has a Senegalese Parrot.  Lots of fun, says lots of words (uncannily in my ex-wife's voice).  Used to share the bird between the two households. 

 

Fucking feathery dinosaur chewed through an awful lot of good stuff.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 04:42 AM (JtwS4)

195

No. 2 Son has a Senegalese Parrot.  Lots of fun, says lots of words (uncannily in my ex-wife's voice).  Used to share the bird between the two households. 

 

Fucking feathery dinosaur chewed through an awful lot of good stuff.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 04:42 AM (JtwS4)

196 I like the fact that the Aussies call men's Speedos "budgie smugglers".

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 20, 2014 04:43 AM (LP0Fj)

197 I like the fact that the Aussies call men's Speedos "budgie smugglers".

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 20, 2014 04:43 AM (LP0Fj)

198 girl, I have 2 african greys, 3 sun conures and 2 green cheeks. The one's that aren't supposed to talk, the green cheeks, each have about a 20 word vocab.




*hearts*   I love birds.   And yes, they are manipulative little bastards!  



"Good boy!  Sweet bird!  *kissing noises*  Sweet bird!"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:43 AM (4df7R)

199 girl, I have 2 african greys, 3 sun conures and 2 green cheeks. The one's that aren't supposed to talk, the green cheeks, each have about a 20 word vocab.




*hearts*   I love birds.   And yes, they are manipulative little bastards!  



"Good boy!  Sweet bird!  *kissing noises*  Sweet bird!"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:43 AM (4df7R)

200 MWR, here is a bird for you:


http://tinyurl.com/mxwovon

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 08:39 AM (Ua6T/)



It's still a spider, isn't it?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:44 AM (4df7R)

201 MWR, here is a bird for you:


http://tinyurl.com/mxwovon

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 08:39 AM (Ua6T/)



It's still a spider, isn't it?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:44 AM (4df7R)

202 "Perfect dog for MWR or AlextheChick, a Tibetan Mastiff. One puppy just sold for $1.9 million to a Chinese running dog capitalist."


That's gonna be one very expensive burger.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 20, 2014 04:44 AM (si68n)

203 "Perfect dog for MWR or AlextheChick, a Tibetan Mastiff. One puppy just sold for $1.9 million to a Chinese running dog capitalist."


That's gonna be one very expensive burger.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 20, 2014 04:44 AM (si68n)

204 168 Does the world even HAVE 50 great leaders? Hundreds of thousands of us. We work quietly, in the shadows, every day. We support the poor, we support those overseas, we support healthcare, we support food stamps. We feed the hungry and we heal the sick. We don't always do it willingly, but often at the point of a metaphorical gun. But we take what they dish at us, and we do it. We come through. We don't often complain, unless it's at a Tea Party rally, in which case we are called racists by the very leeches we support with our dollars. We work and we pay for others at the expense and sacrifice of ourselves and our families. We supply the daily bread for the government's coffers. It all comes from us. We, the producers, are the everyday heroes.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 20, 2014 04:44 AM (7ObY1)

205 168 Does the world even HAVE 50 great leaders? Hundreds of thousands of us. We work quietly, in the shadows, every day. We support the poor, we support those overseas, we support healthcare, we support food stamps. We feed the hungry and we heal the sick. We don't always do it willingly, but often at the point of a metaphorical gun. But we take what they dish at us, and we do it. We come through. We don't often complain, unless it's at a Tea Party rally, in which case we are called racists by the very leeches we support with our dollars. We work and we pay for others at the expense and sacrifice of ourselves and our families. We supply the daily bread for the government's coffers. It all comes from us. We, the producers, are the everyday heroes.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 20, 2014 04:44 AM (7ObY1)

206

We, the producers, are the everyday heroes.

 

Posted by: Citizen X at March 20, 2014 08:44 AM (7ObY1)

 

Close it up.  Wouldn't have ever thought of it on my own, but yup.  This is true.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 20, 2014 04:46 AM (fwARV)

207 It's still a spider, isn't it?
It's a handsome bird.

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 04:46 AM (Ua6T/)

208

Re: stolen honor.  What does the mil horde think about wearing patches on non-uniform clothing? 

 

I have some patches (unused) that my uncle brought back from WWII.  I think they'd look good on my leather jacket, but I don't want to claim to be whatever a yellow star on a blue circle is, etc. 

 

Also had some Nazi ones, which I sold because owning them creeped me out.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 04:47 AM (JtwS4)

209 I like the fact that the Aussies call men's Speedos "budgie smugglers".


Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 20, 2014 08:43 AM (LP0Fj)



I'm going to have   to remember that one.  lol!



My boss' name is bob.

My female grey decided that "Fuck Bob!" was her favorite phrase.



lol!  



One of my coworker's had a friend who got a    parrot from an animal shelter.   It had the saltiest language imaginable; she was convinced he must have been owned by a longshoreman or something.



Anyway, this friend brings   home   a date one night, and the bird takes one look at the guy and squawks,  "FUCKING ASSHOLE!"



She ended up   marrying the guy, and he turned out to be, in actuality, a fucking asshole.



Listen to your pets, people.   *sage nod*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:47 AM (4df7R)

210 "Good boy! Sweet bird! *kissing noises* Sweet bird!"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 20, 2014 08:43 AM (4df7R)

lol.... those are the things you say over and over, but decidedly not what they choose to repeat.

Reminds me of when my daughter was just learning to talk.  We'd gone to church and dropped her off at daycare for the service.

The night prior, we had an exceptionally aromatic diaper even (ADE), in which I *allegedly* said the words "holy shit!"

I don't think I need to tell the rest of the story, but the woman minding the kids nearly killed me with a single stare when we picked her up after the service.

Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 04:48 AM (x3YFz)

211 "Close it up. Wouldn't have ever thought of it on my own, but yup. This is true."


Seconded.


"Hey Threadkeep, we need a new one. this one's finished"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 20, 2014 04:48 AM (si68n)

212 "Perfect dog for MWR or AlextheChick, a Tibetan Mastiff. One puppy just
sold for $1.9 million to a Chinese running dog capitalist."


I saw the pictures!   Good grief, that is one expensive puppy.   Adorable dogs, though;    their name is fitting.



Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:48 AM (4df7R)

213 There is a certain comfort in things being predictable.  Like, say, SCOAMT continuing to humiliate himself and the entire country on virtually a daily basis.


Don't you agree?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 20, 2014 04:48 AM (BZAd3)

214 It's a handsome bird.

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 08:46 AM (Ua6T/)



No   it's not.   YOu tried to get me to click that link yesterday!   

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:49 AM (4df7R)

215 #25 - Gabrielle Giffords



I think I'm done with    this list.    This is a bridge too far.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:50 AM (4df7R)

216 Now here are two people who need to be air dropped over Afghanistan without parachutes.

During St. Patric's Day festivities two thugs kidnapped from a hotel their mascot cat in Ft. Collins, CO.  The cat has been the Armstrong hotel's mascot since 2004.

http://tinyurl.com/ljg9ufe

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 04:50 AM (1zr4/)

217

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 08:47 AM (JtwS4)

 

I think there's a giant gaping Sandra Fluke-sized chasm between putting patches on a jacket and claiming membership.  Some people will assume you were in, others will ask.  When they do, tell them the truth.  No problem. 

 

I'm torn though.  I know if I saw a guy with aircrew wings on a jacket, and I knew he hadn't served, I'd end up somewhere between 'bothered' and 'pissed'.  It's much more personal when discussing patches/badges/insignia you've earned yourself.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 20, 2014 04:50 AM (fwARV)

218 That's the rub. They ARE kids. We take 18-year-olds fresh from high school, put 'em through 18 to 24 months of training and let them run and maintain a nuclear reactor. UNDER THE WATER.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 20, 2014 04:50 AM (659DL)

219 Glad to know I wasn't just hallucinating about the disappearing comment. My tenuous grip on reality plus computer quirks equals occasional paranoia. That big ol' global warmer finally crawled over the horizon. I might have to start the day. Yea, though we walk through the valley of tyranny and threat, we shall fear no evil, for Thou art with us. Have a day, folks.

Posted by: mindful webworker at March 20, 2014 04:51 AM (kUdlA)

220

(((   )))

     o

    0

(((   )))

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 04:51 AM (JtwS4)

221 Test 2

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 04:52 AM (KvM9d)

222

 >>>What does the mil horde think about wearing patches on non-uniform clothing

 

I don't mind much because typically there's so many contradictory ones that its a wash, but I guess it depends on the wearer. As a style it started with both returning vets and hippies. Hippies = bad.

Posted by: Bigby's Slappy Hand at March 20, 2014 04:52 AM (3ZtZW)

223 MWR, swearsies it's a bird. Probably going to lose my Moron card for not calling it a "proud little cock"

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 04:53 AM (Ua6T/)

224

ascii spider fail.

 

 

I'm torn though. I know if I saw a guy with aircrew wings on a jacket, and I knew he hadn't served, I'd end up somewhere between 'bothered' and 'pissed'. It's much more personal when discussing patches/badges/insignia you've earned yourself.

 

Thanks.  That's what I wanted to know.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 20, 2014 04:53 AM (JtwS4)

225 Test 2

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 04:54 AM (KvM9d)

226 No it's not.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 20, 2014 08:49 AM (4df7R)

Oh ye of little faith.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (anti-Irish Bigot) at March 20, 2014 04:54 AM (QFxY5)

227 Not sure if this has been posted before, but speaking of climbing towers, have you guys seen the one with the two Russians climbing the Shanghai tower? My palms got sweaty just watching it. Hell......no. http://tinyurl.com/q3bzp3m

Posted by: Mainah at March 20, 2014 04:54 AM (659DL)

228 Test 3

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2014 04:55 AM (KvM9d)

229 "We need to remove all troops and cut off all money going there. We also need to tell Karzai that the next time terrorists are found in that shit hole we will kill every politician in the country above the level of Mayor. And why are we paying their police officers to begin with?"

I pledge to you, the American people, that on my watch as President we will not waste time, lives, or money in expensive and dangerous "nation-building" attempts in unstable countries.

Posted by: George W. Bush, ca. 2000 presidential campaign at March 20, 2014 04:57 AM (gqT4g)

230

Agreed that certain patches shouldn't be worn if not earned. Didn't even occur to me to note that, its just an unthinkable

Posted by: Bigby's Slappy Hand at March 20, 2014 04:58 AM (3ZtZW)

231 MWR, swearsies it's a bird. Probably going to lose my Moron card for not calling it a "proud little cock"

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 08:53 AM (Ua6T/)




Well... okay.   But I've got my eye on you!



*clicks link*



AWWW!  It IS a bird!   OMG adorable.     The red around the eyes!



And what's that I see in the table on the side of the page?  Is that    a  moose?    My favorite animal!



Okay.   You can sleep inside, fluffy.  



Oh, speaking of which - did you get the 6" of fresh global warming where you are that I got up here in central NH, fluffy?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 04:58 AM (4df7R)

232 Take the jacket to a seamstress. Get "In memory of (your relatives name) " Embroided over the patch or patches.

Couple of the younger kids who are bikers at my local VFW have done that with their fathers stuff.

Next time I go I'll take a pic and post it. They did a nice job imho.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at March 20, 2014 05:01 AM (nkPV9)

233 If you go to Coinstar dot com, you'll see that you can avoid a fee by choosing to get a giftcard from Amazon or somewhere else. Last time I used one, I chose that, but it didn't work, so it gave me a receipt for cash but didn't charge me any fee.

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 20, 2014 05:02 AM (SUKHu)

234

198 I wear a machinist's mate insignia on my shop coat at school because it has an eagle with a wrench.

Some students went to the office and complained that I was wearing nazi insignia

Posted by: MAx at March 20, 2014 05:02 AM (b7yum)

235 We got mostly rain down here. Yar, that's a moose. I've got several of those.

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 05:02 AM (Ua6T/)

236 Homeless man, a former Marine, arrested for trespassing in a Harlem housing project was sent to Riker Island.  He was found dead in the cell, apparently the temperature inside the cell was over 100F.  His trespassing charge stemmed from trying to stay warm during a cold snap.

http://tinyurl.com/l28tzwe

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 20, 2014 05:02 AM (1zr4/)

237

Some students went to the office and complained that I was wearing nazi insignia

 

Posted by: MAx at March 20, 2014 09:02 AM (b7yum)

 

And right there, at 9am, is today's sign the world is ending.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 20, 2014 05:05 AM (fwARV)

238 Got an proof of insurance inquiry from the DMV. Went to DMV link provided to verify I have insurance... 'this item can't be processed at this time, please call ###.' Call DMV, enter information. 'We're sorry. This cannot be processed at this time.' Can't wait to go through this when my health insurance is at stake.

Posted by: RWC at March 20, 2014 05:06 AM (fWAjv)

239 We got mostly rain down here.

Yar, that's a moose. I've got several of those.

Posted by: fluffy at March 20, 2014 09:02 AM (Ua6T/)



Lucky.   I'm hoping most of what we got will melt off this afternoon.  It's already pretty warm outside.



And I see that you took that   moose pic up in Dummer.   I somehow KNEW that was    a  moose in Dummer.     I'm psychic. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 05:06 AM (4df7R)

240 A Møøse once bit my sister ...

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 20, 2014 05:07 AM (LP0Fj)

241 A Møøse once bit my sister ...

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 20, 2014 09:07 AM (LP0Fj)



Møøse    bites can be pretty nasti...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 20, 2014 05:08 AM (4df7R)

242 Anna, Mrs. Crank told me about that story yesterday.  Absolutely shameful.  Yet another victim killed by the kindness of the left in doing away with mental institutions.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 05:09 AM (sQ0LB)

243 I love that møøvi.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 20, 2014 05:09 AM (LP0Fj)

244 dumparoo

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2014 05:10 AM (wNF3N)

245 131 "In the time of struggle we should have recourse to God with perfect confidence (see Hebrews 4;14-16 and 1 John 15:14) abiding steadfast in the presence of His divine majesty. [Standing before him] in lowly adoration we should tell him our griefs and our failures, asking him lovingly for the assistance of His grace. In our weakness we shall find in him our strength." (Philippians 4;13) ================================= Thanks FS. We're going to need this help, with TFG running loose.

Posted by: MTF at March 20, 2014 05:10 AM (LISuA)

246 "Fillings of Passion", right DangerGirl?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 20, 2014 05:11 AM (sQ0LB)

247 "Some students went to the office and complained that I was wearing nazi insignia"

There are times when I think about how the American generation now in high school and college are getting handed the world's biggest shit sandwich.

I reflect on how they will not only be less well off economically through their lives then the preceding generations were, but will be _dramatically_ less well off.

Sometimes that makes me melancholic, to realize that America has peaked, and is now on the fast downhill of decline, and that the bulk of the burden is landing on the shoulders of the young.

But, sometimes I reflect on that in the context of stories like this one. And I laugh my ass off. Enjoy every bite of that shit sandwich, ya little bitches with yer "nazi insignia". Want a pitcher of piss for a chaser? Coming right up.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 20, 2014 05:11 AM (gqT4g)

248 We should have stayed out of WWII? Care to expound on this idea?
You did stay out of WWII for about 2 years and 3 months, Dildo, unlike 70,000 southern Irish volunteers until Hitler declared war on the U.S.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 20, 2014 05:12 AM (hn5v5)

249 LOL, CC.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 20, 2014 05:13 AM (LP0Fj)

250 My mom has several birds and one of them is a big gray one. He's always asking "Howya doin?" Aand makes the whistling sound of bombs dropping. It's cute first few minutes but at 2 inmthe a.m in the small house...wtf. 2 of her other birds look the same, some kind of tropical bird, and she named them after oldest n youngest kid, (brother n me). The grief from siblings is unending. WTFx10.

Posted by: fastfreefall at March 20, 2014 05:15 AM (QeSYA)

251 188 I actually had planned, some years ago, to host the office christmas party but had to cancel it. My boss' name is bob. My female grey decided that "Fuck Bob!" was her favorite phrase. True story. Posted by: tangonine at March 20, 2014 08:42 AM (x3YFz) my veterinarian's office adopted a parrot...he came from some old ladies home who swore ALOT he's usually in the front lobby unless he's acting up then they have to move him to the back because he starts cussing up a storm it's pretty funny....the assistants get all upset and apologize to everyone....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 20, 2014 05:44 AM (u8GsB)

252 I lugged $50 worth of pennies and nickels eight blocks to a Coinstar last week to buy an Amazon.com voucher. (You get full value for a gift card, pay a 9% penalty for cash payout.) Of course, nobody told me that the available offers on any given machine rotate over time. No Amazon available, and the best option I could find was Starbucks. I had planned to lay off the coffee for a while, but that plan is now moot.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 20, 2014 05:46 AM (a5ljo)

253 listening to the JEF talk about Ukraine he doesn't even believe himself

Posted by: thunderb at March 20, 2014 07:10 AM (zOTsN)

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