March 25, 2014

Top Headline Comments 3-25-14
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Tuesday.

Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder isn't backing down on the team name, announces creation of Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation.

White House, Congress, and the intelligence community all aligning on a "fix" for the phone metadata collection program: let the phone companies keep their records like usual and provide them upon request, in real time, to NSA.

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1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Tuesday, March 25, 2014.  On this day in 1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in NYC occurred killing 146 people, 123 of which were young women between the ages of 16 and 23.  The workers were locked into the workrooms so they could not escape the fire unless they jumped from the windows from the 8th, 9th and 10th floors.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

2 Obamanite SEIU union goon inspectors inspecting non-union plants?  This is illegal intimidation and I do hope someone sues the shit out of them.


http://tinyurl.com/qervo2w

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

3 morning folks!

Posted by: wing at March 25, 2014 02:53 AM (dLNm7)

4 The Navy is bowing to anti-smoking zealot Nazis and considering ban of tobacco sales at its stores on land and sea.


They just don't give a shit about real military anymore.


http://tinyurl.com/kzy82du

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

5 WA mudslide death toll hits 14, as many as 176 still missing.


http://tinyurl.com/nufwab3

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

6 Morning, the Vic et al.

Posted by: Klawnet at March 25, 2014 02:54 AM (VQea+)

7 Families of the missing jet are slamming the Malaysian Airlines.


http://tinyurl.com/ooonm25

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

8 Russia barred from the G8 over Ukraine invasion.


http://tinyurl.com/qeyfg9b

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

9 Shooting at USN Norfolk.  2 Killed.


http://tinyurl.com/owb2jme

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

10 Sheriff Joe has a special jail unit now for vets.


http://tinyurl.com/m83r9wn

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

11 Obama to "call for" end to NSA bulk phone data collection.  He can't just order it to stop?  And does this mean they are still doing this shit even after all the Hell that has been raised?


http://tinyurl.com/pnwr2sj

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

12 Indiana becomes the first State to get out of the common core business.


http://tinyurl.com/outd8aa

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

13 The consulting firm "investigating" Benghazi are cronies of Hillary.  Yeah, I'm sure they will get to the bottom of this travesty.


http://tinyurl.com/pd68wkk

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

14 Obamanite SEIU union goon inspectors inspecting non-union plants? This is illegal intimidation and I do hope someone sues beats the shit out of them. Fixed.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 02:55 AM (d0Dmj)

15 Judge Joe Brown arrested and charged with contempt of court after he causes a near riot in court over a child support case.


http://tinyurl.com/pdydgpv

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

16 "Tired" Chicago train operator goes to sleep at the controls, runs unattended through the airport, jumps the track and halfway climbs an escalator.  Nice to know the safety people allow "tired" train operators.


http://tinyurl.com/mbjfy6z

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

17 Yeah, the Fat Man who ate a bridge really cracked down on those NJ schoolteachers.


http://tinyurl.com/o6sfsnw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

18 Obama has lost the NYT.  Maybe the rest will pile on now.


http://tinyurl.com/mjbekqc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

19 Leaked Homeland Security documents obtained by Infowars reveal details of a joint DHS/FEMA national exercise set to take place this week, one of the components of which revolves around an effort to counter online dissent by a group called “Free Americans Against Socialist Tyranny,” which is disgruntled at the imposition of martial law after an earthquake in Alaska.


I know this is from "INFO Wars" but it seem that here lately the "black helicopter squad" is more likely to be true than not.


http://tinyurl.com/lo8sel8

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

20 Harry The Pederast blames Republicans for Obama's foreign policy failure in the Ukraine.  This man has become a walking travesty.


http://tinyurl.com/p7uj9v3

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

21 Corrupt Holder wants to dole out cell phones and money to prisoners released to halfway houses.  All w/o any new programs authorized by congress.


And get this"


The proposal is part of the Obama’s “Smart on Crime” initiative, which also includes efforts to cut down on mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain offenders and restore voting rights for ex-convicts who have paid their debts to society.


He has zero authority to restore "voting rights" to felons.  That is a State issue.


http://tinyurl.com/kp3yurz

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

22 Issa to interview another IRS official who wasn't even there during the latest law breaking.  Meanwhile Lerner continues to thumb her nose and escape contempt charges.


http://tinyurl.com/owlyay3

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

23 The term "homosexual" is now offensive language according to ultra-liberal Media Matters.


http://tinyurl.com/oela5a8

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

24 Johnny Depp's fiancé is a huge fan of Objectivist Ayn Rand.  Speaking of which, any news of the final chapter of Atlas Shrugged?  (A:  July 4, 2014 is the currently scheduled release date)


http://tinyurl.com/qb56zus

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

25 Immigration law?  We don't need no stinkin' immigration law.  (Or so says Obama)


Are you an illegal immigrant whose waiver to stay in the country was denied because of your criminal past? Well, youÂ’re in luck, because the Obama Administration may let you stay in the country anyway.


http://tinyurl.com/ph6ukm4

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

26 After admitting to multiple felonies Obama vote fraud woman still walks around just like Holder, an unindicted criminal.


http://tinyurl.com/o8acttc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

27 Palestinian Authority giving US Taxpayer money to terrorists.   Isn't it a violation of federal law for anyone in the US to fund terrorists?  Why can't the Obamanite State Department be prosecuted?


http://tinyurl.com/ne6c9t

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

28 I can see the RNC is setting up for another failure in 2016 with Primary rules that allow this kind of shit.   Stand by for yet another "moderate squish" as the not liberal vote is split among multiple candidates.


http://tinyurl.com/qe65hh7

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

29 Bengazi who?  I'm afraid I don't know the chap.. 

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 25, 2014 02:59 AM (GjPnA)

30 More on a subject I talked about a few days ago.  The Motor Voter law requires States to clean out their voting rolls of dead people and felons every 4 years.  Most of the blue States have not done this.  Well, a conservative group is threatening to sue if they don't, thus bypassing the corrupt DOJ.


http://tinyurl.com/ov8a838

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

31 Liberal news outlets increasingly rant over obscure low-level Republican lawmakers.  In some cases even making up lies about them. Why is that?  Is it a sign of desperation?


http://tinyurl.com/ofh2c2k

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

32 When you hear the MFM ranting about the "explosive growth" of mass transit usage and decline in miles driven, know it for the lie it is.


http://tinyurl.com/qdgo4ho

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

33 UCSB supports the scrunt professor who attacked the young lady passing out anti-abortion pamphlets. Or as they say in the headline here, "the thug veto".  Good thing the law doesn't support her, even though I think it is doubtful she will get any meaningful punishment.


http://tinyurl.com/np6vx34

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

34 That Democrat AG in PA who dropped the corruption charges against the Democrats in Philly has hired an attorney to pursue defamation charges against the Philadelphia Inquirer. The question is, who is paying for this BS lawfare?


http://tinyurl.com/or72f89

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:01 AM (T2V/1)

35 I think Dan Snyder is faking concern for Native Americans just to get ahead.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at March 25, 2014 03:01 AM (kdfQ/)

36 The next outrage from the corrupt Obama administration.


In order to—ostensibly—prevent global warming and reduce our national carbon footprint, Washington is already telling Americans what light bulbs they can buy, and what buildings in which they should want to live and work. Now, food could be the next frontier.


Currently, the USDA and HHS are drafting their 2015 Dietary Guidelines. Every five years, the USDA and HHS issue recommendations for Americans on what constitutes a healthy diet. As Dr. Barbara Millen, chair of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), remarked, their job is “facilitating and promoting healthy eating and physical activity.”


Does the federal government have the authority to tell us what to eat?  Well, they didn't have the authority to tell us what kind of light bulbs to use either but they did.


http://tinyurl.com/oe9m9gu

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:01 AM (T2V/1)

37 Kindergarten teachers are now racists singling out black tots for punishment.  Holder is not only an unindicted criminal; he is crazy as a bed bug.


http://tinyurl.com/oxuqake

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:01 AM (T2V/1)

38 Kindle Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/qzec37c


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:02 AM (T2V/1)

39 So, Herridge, at Fox, notes that the lead House Benghazi investigator, is in business with fmr? Clinton administration official, including Phillip 'Reset'
Reines.

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at March 25, 2014 03:02 AM (Jsiw/)

40 Whoa that shooting in Norfolk. I'm glad our son deployed a week ago.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 25, 2014 03:03 AM (Os+6p)

41 thanks for the update Vic

Posted by: wing at March 25, 2014 03:03 AM (dLNm7)

42 And prayers for the sailor's family.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 25, 2014 03:03 AM (Os+6p)

43 2 Obamanite SEIU union goon inspectors inspecting non-union plants? ============================ It makes a lot of sense to stick Obama For America organizers forcibly into every workplace in America. It's easier to figure out who your enemies are that way.

Posted by: Vladimir Lenin at March 25, 2014 03:04 AM (kdfQ/)

44 82% of kids suspended from preschool are boys but we don't hear about sexism, just racism.

Posted by: NCKate at March 25, 2014 03:06 AM (y7PFk)

45

@ 39

 

I haven't the faintest clue who any of these people are...  Remember when I passed out and bumped my head? 

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 25, 2014 03:06 AM (GjPnA)

46 Yeah, the Fat Man who ate a bridge really cracked down on those NJ schoolteachers.


http://tinyurl.com/o6sfsnw

Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 06:56 AM (T2V/1)



So the fat RINO fuck is all talk and nothing of substance?  Hold the presses.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 03:07 AM (MtEup)

47 I think Dan Snyder is faking concern for Native Americans just to get ahead. Posted by: Elizabeth Look at the flowers Lizzie.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 03:07 AM (d0Dmj)

48

Look at the flowers Lizzie.


Heh!!

Posted by: puddleglum at March 25, 2014 03:07 AM (eLnA8)

49 I know you're shocked too, I wasn;t after what he did to Bret Schundler,

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at March 25, 2014 03:08 AM (Jsiw/)

50 44 82% of kids suspended from preschool are boys but we don't hear about sexism, just racism.

Posted by: NCKate at March 25, 2014 07:06 AM (y7PFk)



If Holder was consistent that would be a charge because all he looks at is "disparate impact" by counting heads alone.  A dubious methodology which has been long discredited by everybody but black racists .... like Holder.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:08 AM (T2V/1)

51 *crickets*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 25, 2014 03:09 AM (GjPnA)

52 Info wars is crazy-times. Just nutty. By the way, we are looking to hire substantial numbers of people with prior prison guard experience, 'cause we are opening up "colleges" in many places around the U.S. for "education" of recalcitrant people identified during our SEIU colleagues workplace visits. Please apply in person at our Washington offices, or over the web at PoliticalReeducation.com

Posted by: FEMA at March 25, 2014 03:14 AM (tmzN0)

53
In the Party of Fiscal Conservatism news, Republican House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David "Dave" Camp is working to restart, and make permanent, a series of tax breaks that expired at the end of 2013. The more than 50 tax breaks include a credit for research and development, incentives for alternative energy and some very targeted preferences that critics have dubbed corporate pork.

And the give away:

One of his priorities, Camp said Monday, would be to “begin advancing permanent legislation through the committee that paves the way for tax reform by making incremental progress towards full reform.”

"Reform" meaning, as it always does, the exact opposite of reform.

http://tinyurl.com/km4zn5x

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 03:14 AM (kdS6q)

54 Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 06:56 AM (T2V/1)

Sorry. No sympathy for the press. I hope they choke on the jizz.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 25, 2014 03:15 AM (vVOWk)

55 Obama has lost the NYT. Maybe the rest will pile on now.   Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 06:56 AM

C'mon, Vic. The NYT and Choom Boy will kiss and make up.

No one goes after President Historic First©. Not even the so-called "conservatives." When the Democrats had Dubya in their sights, they were as relentless as Ace posting about Weiner. Poor dude couldn't even belch without some friggin' Democrat calling for his impeachment.

But the Chicago Jesus gets the full-on Poppin' Fresh "fairness" treatment, even from those who claim to oppose him. He can send Mooooo-chelle and the Spawn to China on our money, jet off to Europe with his 900 fluffers, do nothing about any of the country's (not to mention the world's) problems, and he is still inviolate, praised and adored.

It will only end when we stop using Tepid Air as a model for polite, prissy political discourse and start playing hardball with America-hating terrorist enablers.

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 25, 2014 03:15 AM (dDzOj)

56 I haven't been paying attention to the Redskins naming nonsense, because  I mostly don't care, but honestly, does anyone really believe the  league isn't  going  to cave on this eventually?

I know, I know, the league can't tell the team  what to do, blah blah blah.

We'll see about that.  Money talks.  Tradition walks. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 03:15 AM (BeSEI)

57 Good Morning, Ladies & Gentlemen.

Posted by: Carol at March 25, 2014 03:16 AM (gjOCp)

58 53 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 07:14 AM (kdS6q)



So another RINO sell-out in a committee chairman position.  One wonders just how that happens?  <snark>

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:17 AM (T2V/1)

59 How is that a fix?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 25, 2014 03:19 AM (HsTG8)

60 I haven't been following the fake Redskins issue.  Mainly because I don't give one tiny shit about anything in the NFL.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:19 AM (T2V/1)

61 Indiana becomes the first State to get out of the common core business.


http://tinyurl.com/outd8aa

Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 06:55 AM (T2V/1)



Moron in exile, Miss Marple, claims that they're only renaming it into something else to deceive all the critics.  Kind of like how the journolist doesn't exist any more, right guys?  She also claims that Mike Pence, one of Chi-Town Jerry's faves, is a major RINO lying POS.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 03:19 AM (MtEup)

62 Good Morning, Ladies & Gentlemen. Posted by: Carol at March 25, 2014 07:16 AM

I think you're in the wrong room....

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 25, 2014 03:21 AM (dDzOj)

63 Yes, they tried that same trick down here, don't care if they call it Parkay, if it follows a constructivist template, it's still Common core.

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at March 25, 2014 03:21 AM (Jsiw/)

64 Obama to "call for" end to NSA bulk phone data collection. He can't just order it to stop? And does this mean they are still doing this shit even after all the Hell that has been raised? Did they ever say they stopped? And the President isn't telling them to stop. And the Congress hasn't passed a law ordering them to stop. So I am going with "still doing this shit."

Posted by: blaster at March 25, 2014 03:21 AM (4+AaH)

65 Hey now,, I'm a gentleman.....

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 25, 2014 03:21 AM (GjPnA)

66 Just understood the so-called cleverness behind the name Operation Something Bruin (from last night's ONT). Nothing less than arrest, trial and jail time for its NFS agents would constitute justice.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 25, 2014 03:22 AM (HsTG8)

67 I have chromic neck pain& meds aren't working. I've had it for 15 years & I am weaker every year in my hands from it. I worked from home yesterday & am doing same today because I don't think I have gotten two hours sleep. I'm going to take a nap & put on Friday's podcast. I almost forgot about it

Posted by: Carol at March 25, 2014 03:22 AM (gjOCp)

68 61  Moron in exile, Miss Marple, claims that they're only renaming it into something else to deceive all the critics. Kind of like how the journolist doesn't exist any more, right guys? She also claims that Mike Pence, one of Chi-Town Jerry's faves, is a major RINO lying POS.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 07:19 AM (MtEup)



I saw some "hints" at that in another article but it wasn't definitive.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:22 AM (T2V/1)

69 Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 06:58 AM (T2V/1)

No homo? I guess "fag" and "dyke" are back in?

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 25, 2014 03:24 AM (vVOWk)

70 I know, I know, the league can't tell the team what to do, blah blah blah.

We'll see about that. Money talks. Tradition walks.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 07:15 AM (BeSEI)



Dan Snyder might be a major fuckup when it comes to producing a Super Bowl, but he doesn't cave to that pudgy jackhole Goodell, who is overly influenced by lib owners like Dan Rooney and whichever cocksucking Mara went whining about violating a non-existent salary cap when the contract with the players union expired.  Teh Dan will not back down on this.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 03:24 AM (MtEup)

71 69  Telling the truth about a Democrat *is* defamation of character. I doubt a jury in Philly would pass up a chance to give the broad some money.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at March 25, 2014 07:23 AM (oGrEy)



Regardless of what the jury says, it is doubtful she will prevail against a city newspaper.   And I don't think a Philly jury will be that willing to side with her even though she is a Democrat. She is "melanin deprived" for a Philly jury.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:26 AM (T2V/1)

72 Swift and speedy trial: Washingtonians express shock and alarm. Cairo: Convicted of charges including the murder of the deputy commander of the Matay district police station in Minya, attacking and killing people in public, in their homes, bombing and terrorizing entire neighborhoods and business properties, the group of 528 sentenced to death in Court is among the 1,200 Muslim Brotherhood on trial in Egypt that include senior MB members. Those most ardent supporters of Morsi's administration conducted specific political assassinations as the Muslim Brotherhood, with no semblance of legal trials, crucified opponents on a tree outside the President's window . Since Egyptian government authorities have cracked down harshly on Islamists, by removing Morsi from the Presidency and prosecuting violent criminals within Islamist terrorist militias for chaos imposing fundamentalism upon the nation, the Muslim Brotherhood has denounced death sentences.

Posted by: omissions between BBC lines at March 25, 2014 03:27 AM (/vO0r)

73 56 I haven't been paying attention to the Redskins naming nonsense, because I mostly don't care, but honestly, does anyone really believe the league isn't going to cave on this eventually? They will cave, but here is how I hunk they'll do it. They will condition the sale or transfer of the team on the name changing. This will keep Snyder from passing the problem to someone else (which is what I would do, I would sell it for $2B and let someone else have the headache and then go bang supermodels) and it will also have the effect of depressing the value of the team by a few hundred million.

Posted by: blaster at March 25, 2014 03:29 AM (4+AaH)

74 Looks like another few days of shitty cold wet weather here.  Isn't it supposed to be Spring now?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:29 AM (T2V/1)

75 71 -

Like I said, we'll see.

Integrity is on the clock, and greedy, craven bowing to the almighty  dollar is looking to trade  up. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 03:29 AM (BeSEI)

76 Carol- My MIL and mom suffer stenosis. Have u tried the injections under the fleuroscope? Worked for MIL only after a second really good nueropsych exam. My mom is looking at RAD, Radial Ablation Therapy. Best wishes.

Posted by: Justamom at March 25, 2014 03:29 AM (cWpCn)

77 Carol- Not nueropsych. Just nuero!

Posted by: Justamom at March 25, 2014 03:31 AM (cWpCn)

78 Looks like another few days of shitty cold wet weather here. Isn't it supposed to be Spring now?
Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 07:29 AM

Right now, it 15 degrees here, with snow (somewhere between Not-Much and 4-8 inches) predicted for tomorrow.

At least the high temp today will supposedly be above freezing. That's something....

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 25, 2014 03:34 AM (dDzOj)

79 Maggie's Farm links today to this wonderful little story about Pacifica Radio, a place funded by donors and taxpayers and aimed squarely at the market of listeners "to the left of NPR". That would be Valerie Jarrett I guess. Anyway, here you go: http://bit.ly/1fXgrS5

Posted by: MTF at March 25, 2014 03:35 AM (pOhSg)

80 36. Vic, live long and prosper: food for me but none for thee.

Posted by: Washingtonian admenstruations at March 25, 2014 03:35 AM (/vO0r)

81
And in this here place:

A fight by California Senate Republicans to qualify a GOP candidate for the ballot in the open 26th district appears to have stalled Monday, after elections officials again notified Beverly Hills Mayor John Mirisch that his paperwork was not accepted.

Mirisch submitted 49 signatures, 12 of which were originally deemed invalid by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. He needed to provide 40 valid signatures, spokeswoman Elizabeth Knox said Monday. A single signature was later resuscitated, bringing the total valid to 38.

Mirisch's appearance on the ballot - alongside seven Democrats and one no-party preference candidate - would significantly alter the dynamics of the race covering coastal Los Angeles. At the least, a Republican likely would advance to the November runoff, and Democrats could be left without a candidate altogether in the fall.

http://tinyurl.com/ksm6heh



But now, a free open seat for the Democrats, because the GOP can't even manage basic ballot access anymore.  And can't gin up a modest 50 something signatures even in Beverly Hills.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 03:35 AM (kdS6q)

82 79  Right now, it 15 degrees here, with snow (somewhere between Not-Much and 4-8 inches) predicted for tomorrow.

At least the high temp today will supposedly be above freezing. That's something....

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 25, 2014 07:34 AM (dDzOj)



They originally called for rain then snow here this morning but it hasn't quite got down low enough for that.  I would rather have snow than shitty cold rain.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:35 AM (T2V/1)

83 The NFL is crap today compared to the 60's and 70's and 80's. It is in a slow death spiral due to political correctness which will eat it alive in the coming years. Concussions? Wow I thought this was football. Team Names? Rayciss! Bullying? Of a supposedly grown 300 plus pound man! Now let's go out and try and not to hit each other tooooo hard and leave the panty waist Quarterback alone ouch ouch your on my hair. Turn it off and find something else to do with your time. Oh and fuck Danny Snyder.

Posted by: IrishEd at March 25, 2014 03:36 AM (D0NZx)

84 The wildlife clowns in "bruin" case should be shunned by their neighbors. They shouldn't be able to buy a thing or have anyone work for them ever again.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at March 25, 2014 03:37 AM (IVgIK)

85 I would rather have snow than shitty cold rain.
Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 07:35 AM

I would rather have neither, Vic, but maybe that's just me....

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 25, 2014 03:37 AM (dDzOj)

86 Sorry I missed out on the ONT. Whole lot of stupid in that one. Only predicted 63 here today, then a high of 55 on Wednesday.....but then it skyrockets into the mid-80s for Thur and Fri.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 03:39 AM (1n1aN)

87 86  I would rather have neither, Vic, but maybe that's just me....

Posted by: MrScribbler at March 25, 2014 07:37 AM (dDzOj)


I agree, but if had to choose between the two I would take the snow.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:39 AM (T2V/1)

88 85 The wildlife clowns in "bruin" case should be shunned by their neighbors. They shouldn't be able to buy a thing or have anyone work for them ever again.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at March 25, 2014 07:37 AM (IVgIK)


Actually they should be prosecuted for abuse of authority and malicious prosecution. Both of those are felonies.



But, as things normally go now, they will skate and the taxpayers will be the only ones held accountable.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:41 AM (T2V/1)

89 Damn Vic. Great job with the links. No coffee needed to get the BP up.

Posted by: RWC at March 25, 2014 03:43 AM (jiaMq)

90 I think I've mentioned this before, but there's an ancillary matter to the whole metadata issue that has bugged the snot out of me ever since all of this first was reported.


In a former job, part of my responsibilities were to prepare the subpoenas to various cell providers for data, including metadata, for the phones of the people involved in automobile accidents.  Part two of that job was preparing the motions to compel and the responses to motions to quash those subpoenas.   It was very common for the provider to respond that, sorry, we don't have those records as the data aged off.  If a company routinely sheds info after six months, as we received multiple sworn statements was the case, then the company has answered the subpoena accurately.  Sorry, don't have it because destroyed in the normal course of business is a valid answer.


Now I read articles about the NSA program and there are references to providers having data that is one and two and three years old.   Some of those companies are the same ones that swore up and down and sideways that there was no way in hell that they still had that data because routine purge.


Hell yes that pisses me off.   Had I still been working in that area?  I would have been seriously tempted to reopen that issue and ask for sanctions against the provider for lying to the court. 

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 25, 2014 03:43 AM (Gk3SS)

91 90  No coffee needed to get the BP up.

Posted by: RWC at March 25, 2014 07:43 AM (jiaMq)


Mine was 178/99 this morning.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 03:44 AM (T2V/1)

92

>>The Navy is bowing to anti-smoking zealot Nazis and considering ban of tobacco sales at its stores on land and sea.


They just don't give a shit about real military anymore.

.

.

.This was in the works when I retired in 1999.  They moved all  Stateside tobacco products to within 5% of the local community price with a DOD Instruction in 2003 or thereabouts nefring the huge saving we used to get at the NEX.  Then Submarine Force made all Subs tobacco free zones 3 years ago.  All Surface ships have at most two smoke pits.  One for Chiefs and Officers and one for the rest of the crew.  The line for the E6 and below smoke pit can be upwards of a 45 minute wait on a Carrier.

Posted by: Registered voter at March 25, 2014 03:45 AM (d0+yW)

93 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 07:35 AM (kdS6q) I notice from the link that "attorney Sandra Fluke" is one of the D candidates.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 25, 2014 03:45 AM (RycDZ)

94 "The wildlife clowns in "bruin" case should be shunned by their neighbors. " They go into the forest. During hunting season. When hunters are out there with their rifles. Just saying, "not saying," but do the math.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 03:46 AM (1n1aN)

95
And in TFG news:

During an Obamacare-promoting appearance on Univision radio's "El Bueno, La Mala, y El Feo" ("The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"), host Andrés Maldonado suggested a wager on the 2014 World Cup.

“If Mexico and the United States go to Brazil and we win, you're going to have to do tacos and tequila with us. Okay?” Maldonado proposed.

Obama was unfazed by the terms of the bet. “Let me say, first of all, that that's not punishment to do tacos and tequila,” Obama said. “I should get that if the Americans win. You have to give me tacos and tequila. You'll have to send them here to the White House.”

The Hill


The President of the United States then added, "That's tacos de perro, right? Nom nom nom."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 03:47 AM (kdS6q)

96 "Does the federal government have the authority to tell us what to eat? Well, they didn't have the authority to tell us what kind of light bulbs to use either but they did" —Vic I spent decades saying prohibition and other invasive regulations were unConstitutional, but heard "conservatives" insist we needed the government's protection.War on drugs. War on crime. What did we get? Militarized police and an expanding war on liberty. Surprise! The whole camel's in the tent. http://mindfulwebworks.com/radical/what-you-didnt-see-this-coming § Morning, Glories.

Posted by: mindful webworker — rekrowbrw lufdnim at March 25, 2014 03:47 AM (13IVx)

97 Morning!
Hey Gabe - good piece at The Federalist..  but one of the biggest myths about the Hobby Lobby case is that it isn't even about contraceptives!  Hobby Lobby objects to being forced to provide "life-terminating drugs", i.e. RU-486.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 25, 2014 03:47 AM (b/lt+)

98 85 The wildlife clowns in "bruin" case should be shunned by their neighbors. They shouldn't be able to buy a thing or have anyone work for them ever again.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at March 25, 2014 07:37 AM (IVgIK)

 

They should be afraid to walk in the woods, very afraid.

 

 

Posted by: rightlysouthern at March 25, 2014 03:47 AM (GUnyT)

99 Vic's headlines are rich and chewy today. My BP spiked and I'm ready for the day.

Posted by: toby928© at March 25, 2014 03:48 AM (QupBk)

100 " "That's tacos de perro, right? Nom nom nom." Dog taco.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 03:49 AM (1n1aN)

101
I notice from the link that "attorney Sandra Fluke" is one of the D candidates.
Posted by: Mr. Dave



Yes.  Sandra Fluke is actually more organized and responsible than the California GOP.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 25, 2014 03:49 AM (kdS6q)

102 "Yes. Sandra Fluke is actually more organized and responsible than the California GOP." Well, yeah. For the Cali GOP to organize, fund raise, and, run a candidate would be.............RAYCISS!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 03:51 AM (1n1aN)

103 Sheriff Joe has a special jail unit now for vets. http://tinyurl.com/m83r9wn Posted by: Vic Missed the word "jail" on first reading. For a moment, I had hope this was about new deputies for law and immigration enforcement. Too bad. But good for Shr. Joe's "prisoner disparity!"

Posted by: mindful webworker — what? at March 25, 2014 03:53 AM (bDqG/)

104 91 -


"...ask  for sanctions against the provider..."


Is that like, legal-speak  for having their heads on a platter? 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 03:53 AM (BeSEI)

105 Recall that's how Obama was unopposed in his first legislative race,

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at March 25, 2014 03:54 AM (Jsiw/)

106 @106 Thugs don't like competition.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 03:56 AM (1n1aN)

107 103. Shows the GOP "responsible party of adults" for what they are in Californication. Scared shitless of being known to be a Republican outside of their own cloister. They go so far as to organize and fund raise to party. To run as a candidate would be so 'rules of engagement' suicidal.

Posted by: Dee Snider at March 25, 2014 03:59 AM (/vO0r)

108

I know what I like

And I like what I know

Getting better in your wardrobe

Stepping one beyond your show

Posted by: that 70s earworm at March 25, 2014 04:01 AM (3ZtZW)

109 106. Obama wasn't unopposed; he unsealed sealed court divorce documents to bleed his GOP opponent after having knifed his own mentor in the back to remove her from incumbent run as Democrat for office.

Posted by: Dee Snider at March 25, 2014 04:03 AM (/vO0r)

110 106 -


Here's the thing though, and I know people don't like to talk about this openly because... we don't, but  there was a certain perfection to the timing of Obama.  Really, the country was ready for a mocha savior, and  they foisted him on us.

The country is not ready  for that brand  of harpy feminism.  It never has been, and  God willing, it never  will be. 

These  people would love to be able to pass on dried up old Hilery in '16, but they know they can't.  They would love to find a pretty  young heir, but Fluck ain't it.  She's unappealing.  Wendy Davis ain't it.  And Gabby Giffords drools on herself too much.

They don't have anyone.  So let them rig their seats,  I don't care.  Anymore than  I can about the sex offender dude  who got on the stage with other, supposedly less slimy politicians. 

Really, Californica does need to fall into the  sea.  I'm sorry for all the nice people out there, but it really really does. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 04:03 AM (BeSEI)

111 These people would love to be able to pass on dried up old Hilery in '16, but they know they can't. They would love to find a pretty young heir, but Fluck ain't it. She's unappealing. Wendy Davis ain't it. And Gabby Giffords drools on herself too much.

They don't have anyone.  Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 08:03 AM (BeSEI)

This is the reason that attractive Conservative women are destroyed on arrival at the national level.  All the truly powerful Democratic women are harpies and they know it, so the automatic full court press is in place to destroy a Conservative woman before she can snatch the historic first Female POTUS title from their claws.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 25, 2014 04:07 AM (kXoT0)

112 I'm going to be protecting my relationship with dick.

Posted by: Sen. Mark Kirk at March 25, 2014 04:08 AM (29vnO)

113 "The country is not ready for that brand of harpy feminism." Your finger tips to God's ears. Expect the GOP to screw '16 up though.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 04:09 AM (1n1aN)

114 >>Well, a conservative group is threatening to sue if they don't, thus bypassing the corrupt DOJ....


Aaaaaand Judicial Watch can expect to get the full True the Vote treatment (IRS, FBI, ATF, and every other agency they can think of ) in 3...2...1...

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2014 04:10 AM (udjuE)

115 112 -

True.  And at the risk  of pointing in directions here at the ol AoSHQ that don't  like to be pointed at, there are lots of people on the right who contribute to the destruction of strong, attractive conservative women in politics. 

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2014 04:10 AM (BeSEI)

116 All the truly powerful Democratic women are harpies and they know it, so the automatic full court press is in place to destroy a Conservative woman before she can snatch the historic first Female POTUS title from their claws. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 25, 2014 08:07 AM (kXoT0) Yep. And judges, too. Miguel Estrada.

Posted by: Mainah at March 25, 2014 04:10 AM (659DL)

117 SEIU in TN...Winning! http://bit.ly/1hTLaCj Councilman Grohn Says Right To Work Group Examining New MOU Signed By Mayor Berke For SEIU City Union; Says Berke "Is In An Ivory Tower" Monday, March 24, 2014 City Councilman Larry Grohn said Monday that a national Right to Work group is studying a 22-page memorandum of agreement signed by Mayor Andy Berke giving sweeping new rights to the Service Employees International Union, Local 205. The Right to Work group is the same group that is involved in an effort to seek to block the United Auto Workers from gaining representation for Chattanooga Volkswagen employees. Councilman Grohn told members of the Pachyderm Club, "It will be your tax dollars paying for 600 hours of union members speaking to employees of the city." He said aspects of the agreement "are similar to what we have heard from a certain official in Washington. It's the same we have in our ivory tower on 10th Street." Saying he had no advance notification of the MOU, Councilman Grohn said the Berke administration promised to have the most transparent administration but he said has turned out to be the most secretive. He said, "I've been blackballed by the mayor since last October." He stated, "Supt. Rick Smith tried for three weeks to get an audience with the mayor." SEIU has had a limited presence at the city in recent years, but it will be much more involved in city government under the new agreement. Under the three-year pact, it is agreed that any organizational wide pay increase or benefit change will not be proposed by the city without allowing a sit-down meeting with SEIU leaders over the proposed changes. The union will also have say-so on any city personnel policy changes.

Posted by: BP nj at March 25, 2014 04:11 AM (ph70Q)

118 Expect the GOP to screw '16 up though.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 08:09 AM (1n1aN)


Yep, especially, if they decide on Christie/Bush or Bush/Christie.  I will not vote for the top ticket in that case, not that it matters here in Oklahoma, but, I won't vote for Squish/Squish.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 25, 2014 04:11 AM (kXoT0)

119 Yep. And judges, too. Miguel Estrada.

Posted by: Mainah at March 25, 2014 08:10 AM (659DL)


Yes, if Gov. Martinez thinks she can leave NM for the national stage without getting slammed, she gotz another think coming.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 25, 2014 04:14 AM (kXoT0)

120 Nice little jaunt through this white stuff called global warming.

Posted by: RWC at March 25, 2014 04:14 AM (fWAjv)

121 @113 Just now reading that. That Kirk is a peach of a guy, ain't he.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 04:15 AM (1n1aN)

122 And I hope Snyder had the foresight to get the checks from his new foundation emblazoned with the 'skins logo and name.

Posted by: RWC at March 25, 2014 04:15 AM (fWAjv)

123 Still seething over the previous post. The weaponization of the forest and parks departments burns me up to no end. This hits me where I live.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 04:17 AM (7ObY1)

124 I've held my nose and voted for the loosing Squish that last two cycles. Gave some money too. Not again. GOPe still searching for that "just right" Squish who can fool enough conservatives and yet not offend too many on the left. And they're just stupid enough to think that running another Bush this generation is the ticket. Screw 'em....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 04:18 AM (1n1aN)

125 teens and light snow in WNY can i haz some global warmening, please?

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 04:19 AM (7ObY1)

126 "Still seething over the previous post. The weaponization of the forest and parks departments burns me up to no end. " The guys wearing the badges aren't necessarily the "good guys."

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 04:20 AM (1n1aN)

127 I can see the RNC is setting up for another failure in 2016 with Primary rules that allow this kind of shit. Stand by for yet another "moderate squish" as the not liberal vote is split among multiple candidates. http://tinyurl.com/qe65hh7 Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 06:59 AM (T2V/1) 1. I am not trying to start an ideological war with this question. I am asking it as a serious question. 2. What rules would you institute to prevent this? Who gets to decide who runs for any office?

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 25, 2014 04:21 AM (zT0DN)

128 Regardless of the "harpyness" of Scankles, the MFM is pushing her as hard as they did Obumbbles at this stage of the campaign AND she WILL run. 



Also note that nay any article in a MFM paper about Scankles there is no mention at all of Benghazi.  I predicted that way back just after Benghazi hit.


The $64K question is whether or not the Republican candidate will bring it up during the campaign.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 04:22 AM (T2V/1)

129 Get dressed, bathroom, feed self, feed pesks, get another cuppa... how's a person supposed to get caught up on the blog with all these real-ish life distractions?

Posted by: mindful webworker — racing like a light breeze at March 25, 2014 04:23 AM (ktPHV)

130 104. Good on Joe. He's organizing/providing some fine rehab for disturbed vets. Special treatment programs within their own veteran compound will help these guys bond in cooperative local work setting, having been disbanded from their tight knit military family that comprises people from across our nation and volunteers seeking US citizenship legally. When these veterans are released in Maricopa County, they'll have local working camaraderie to help fit back into life at home. Meanwhile, they're proving their code of honor by not falling for inmate gang violence so prevalent throughout prisons. "We're doing this so these veterans don't end up begging on the streets or back in here,” said Arpaio.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 25, 2014 04:23 AM (/vO0r)

131 "The $64K question is whether or not the Republican candidate will bring it up during the campaign. " No. Karl Rove will advise that it's not in good taste and nobody cares or remembers.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 04:25 AM (1n1aN)

132 128  Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 25, 2014 08:21 AM (zT0DN)


I have long advocated for a system of run-offs, especially when they have a multitude of candidates, some of which are Democrat plants.


As an alternate they should have voting schedule by the degree of Republican when from the last election.  IOW the true Red Sates go first and Blue States last.


Why do we continually let IO and NH pick our candidates?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 04:26 AM (T2V/1)

133 "Now I read articles about the NSA program and there are references to providers having data that is one and two and three years old. Some of those companies are the same ones that swore up and down and sideways that there was no way in hell that they still had that data because routine purge.


Hell yes that pisses me off. Had I still been working in that area? I would have been seriously tempted to reopen that issue and ask for sanctions against the provider for lying to the court.

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 25, 2014 07:43 AM (Gk3SS)"



A few years back I did some work for a long distance phone company and they told me that the law required them to keep a record of all phone calls for seven years.  I don't know if that was a federal or state law or if it was a regulation with the force of law or if it has changed since then.  



Anyway, if this is something that comes up in your professional life, it might be worth your while to look it up so that you can burn them by citing the appropriate law or regulation if they try to blow smoke up your ass.  The phone records may well be in some form that they are a major pain in the ass to access after six months but, you know, that is really their problem and not yours.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 25, 2014 04:27 AM (PD6iL)

134 I remember the Easter Sunday blizzard back on March 29, 1970.  We were driving back from Whitinsville, MA to Hartford, CT.  It wasn't snowing in MA when we left, but it started so fast and hard driving home, it took 6 hours, yes I said 6 hours, to get home.  I was 8 and I remember it to this day.  The snow was so deep and my Dad just had so much trouble getting through the drifts and blowing snow on the Mass Pike.  We couldn't get in our driveway and had to shovel it just to get in.

So I guess I can handle the dusting to 1" we're going to get tonight.

Posted by: jaimo at March 25, 2014 04:28 AM (9U1OG)

135 Why do we continually let IO and NH pick our candidates?

Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 08:26 AM (T2V/1)


Amen, given my druthers, I would not let them pick anything for me.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 25, 2014 04:28 AM (kXoT0)

136 Grace and peace be with you. On today's walk the sun rose in fiery pink gold splendor. After a while it went behind some chunky grey blue clouds and spilled under them like a golden lake. It was cold enough to sort of see your breath. Black ducks were floating on the stream and at one place I walked a blue heron rose with great flapping of its large wings. The frost on the ground ferns looked like a delicate lace and some bird (a catbird perhaps?) made a sound just like a loud mewing kitten. God is the master artist. Here is just one picture from Sussex County, NJ which is the Northeastern most country in our state. If you can get away that is the county where the "Loving Grace Ministries Spring "Worship In the Woods" retreat is happening at the end of May, a beautiful time of worship, fellowship and teaching. No, I am not part of this ministry, but if you can afford to get away it's a wonderful spiritual recharge. http://www.americantowns.com/nj/sussex-county/photos God bless you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2014 04:28 AM (XyM/Y)

137 2. What rules would you institute to prevent this? Who gets to decide who runs for any office?
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti
...........
They have to pass the Vic test.  If he don't like them, he yells "Get off my lawn!" (kinda like Trump's "You're fired.")  And that's that.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 25, 2014 04:29 AM (b/lt+)

138 Ha ha Se Pa I'd love to see your wife react to your aspersions on her driving ability.

Posted by: Typo dynamofo at March 25, 2014 04:29 AM (IVgIK)

139 I gave up terrorism and buttsecks for Lent.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 25, 2014 04:29 AM (JQuNB)

140 VDH is very good on Putin, who is going old school on a naive and feckless Obama, and knows no one will really want to call him on it: "The final irony? A united Western world very easily could embargo, squeeze, and make things very difficult for Putin with only a modicum of sacrifice. But then, we might not be so postmodern, so hip, so cool. In other words, for Obama, stopping the bully Putin would be a sort of a drag, boring, or a downer in a way Ellen, Ryan, and LeBron are not."

Posted by: MTF at March 25, 2014 04:30 AM (hjRtO)

141 Speaking of which, any news of the final chapter of Atlas Shrugged? (A: July 4, 2014 is the currently scheduled release date)

Why did they swap out all the actors from the 1st to the 2nd parts?  Are they doing it again for Part 3?

Is this so they don't get typed cast as ....a dare I say the word?

Conservative!

Posted by: Paladin at March 25, 2014 04:31 AM (E1aoU)

142 Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 08:25 AM (1n1aN) Sort of like what I expect the Republican/Rove advice will be on Obamacare: Just tell the nice people we know how to fix it!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 04:31 AM (o3MSL)

143 What rules would you institute to prevent this? Who gets to decide who runs for any office?

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 25, 2014 08:21 AM (zT0DN)



For starters you have to shorten the primary season because it requires too much money for shitheads to camp out in Iowa forever before their dogshit caucus activity.  Second, Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina have to go to the back of the line on when their primaries happen.  Too fucking bad that Iowa's constitution says they have to go first; the rest of the country being bound to that is like the sooper jeanyus reasoning behind the Dred Scott decision.  Then consolidate the primaries into three or four groupings which happen a couple weeks apart.



That doesn't guarantee good results but it would mark a major change in the constant campaigning which I'm sure turns a lot of people off.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 04:31 AM (MtEup)

144 The Motor Voter law requires States to clean out their voting rolls of dead people and felons every 4 years. Most of the blue States have not done this.

WHY would they do that?  That's their Base!

Posted by: Paladin at March 25, 2014 04:34 AM (E1aoU)

145 I'd like to see Texas moved up in the primary schedule. How crazy is it that a solidly red state like TX has no say in the Republican primary? By the time it rolls around here, the race is pretty much decided.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 25, 2014 04:34 AM (GufPw)

146 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2014 08:28 AM (XyM/Y) As I walked up the hill from the barn, a short prayer popped into my head, and I thought I would share it with you. Lord, thank you for yet another day when you so obviously are still looking out for sinners and fools like me! ~ H

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 25, 2014 04:35 AM (o3MSL)

147 144  Why did they swap out all the actors from the 1st to the 2nd parts? Are they doing it again for Part 3?

Is this so they don't get typed cast as ....a dare I say the word?

Conservative!

Posted by: Paladin at March 25, 2014 08:31 AM (E1aoU)


Yes they are going to do it again for the third.  I suspect that it is a long term contract problem combined with budget issues.  According to the thing I read looking that up they have lost money on every one of them (supposedly, but that is Hollywood accounting).

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 04:36 AM (T2V/1)

148 Yeah and Iowa, if you have to go first, could you at least modernize up to having a primary not those stupid caucuses where people get browbeaten to change their votes.  Do it like grownups--1 vote 1 time anonymously and let the chips fall where they may. 

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 25, 2014 04:36 AM (kXoT0)

149 Morning all. And I was not in Norfolk

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 04:37 AM (t3UFN)

150 146  That doesn't guarantee good results but it would mark a major change in the constant campaigning which I'm sure turns a lot of people off.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 08:31 AM (MtEup)



If they go by "degree of red" as I said SC will still be up in the front ranks, but not IO and NH which would move to the rear.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 04:37 AM (T2V/1)

151 As an alternate they should have voting schedule by the degree of Republican when from the last election. IOW the true Red Sates go first and Blue States last. Why do we continually let IO and NH pick our candidates? Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 08:26 AM (T2V/1) That is a very good idea. I can see states not wanting to have different R and D primaries because of the work it requires. Some states do it already, but some don't. I do think that the benefit is great, but getting the states in line with dual primaries may be difficult.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 25, 2014 04:38 AM (zT0DN)

152 >>The consulting firm "investigating" Benghazi are cronies of Hillary. Yeah, I'm sure they will get to the bottom of this travesty.

Why is a consulting firm performing the investigation? WTF, this is all just one big joke: look busy, direct more money to some cronies, file a report with the proper results, move on!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2014 04:38 AM (udjuE)

153 @145 I honestly expect both parties to largely ignore it and hope the public forgets about it. For Dems it's a sensitive subject for which they look bad. For the GOP challenging it it requires the will to repeal it and an alternative which they'll get roasted in the media for. They don't have the sack for it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 04:38 AM (1n1aN)

154 Obama has lost the NYT. Maybe the rest will pile on now. - Just a lover's spat. They'll be having make up sex any time now.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 25, 2014 04:39 AM (ee9LE)

155 Vic's order of the primaries by voting percentage of Republicans works for me; the trouble is that the donks have their primaries on the same days too and would never sign off on that.  The squishes who run the RNC won't fight their friends on the other side of the aisle on this so we're probably fucked.


Levin was outstanding last night on John Kasich, whom he likes personally but not politically, being a fucking liar on rationalizing his Medicare cave job.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 04:40 AM (MtEup)

156

@118.  Well, that's what Chattanooga gets for electing a lawyer for mayor.  A Donk lawyer. 

People working on the taxpayers dime should never be allowed to join a union.

Posted by: Case at March 25, 2014 04:41 AM (jhRZ+)

157 Stand by for yet another "moderate squish" posted by Vic Not a problem....I'll just change my calendar that day from "go vote" to "ah, fuck it". Much easier to sit home

Posted by: FITP at March 25, 2014 04:41 AM (MGVpA)

158 For starters you have to shorten the primary season because it requires too much money for shitheads to camp out in Iowa forever before their dogshit caucus activity. Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 08:31 AM (MtEup) I definitely like shorter primary season. Right now, it starts in February, but my state doesn't vote until May. Everything is decided long before I get to pull a lever (or touch a screen as the case may be). My state has no say in the process.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 25, 2014 04:42 AM (zT0DN)

159

Speaking of which, any news of the final chapter of Atlas Shrugged? (A: July 4, 2014 is the currently scheduled release date)

 

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Did the production company even get financing?  Last I heard they barely got the funding for the second movie and the third was very much in doubt.

 

 

 

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Why did they swap out all the actors from the 1st to the 2nd parts? Are they doing it again for Part 3?

Is this so they don't get typed cast as ....a dare I say the word?

Conservative!

 

------

 

I believe I read that the Dagny character had a schedule conflict, along with the salaries for some of the original actors being too high for the production to afford for the second movie.

Posted by: @JohnTant at March 25, 2014 04:42 AM (eytER)

160 Arab League summit opens with row over Palestinian support Summit draft resolution 'categorically' refuses to recognize Israel as Jewish state, 'rejects all pressure on Palestinian leadership' to accept demand. Hey I got an idea let's tell kerry to blame Israel. What? Oh he already did that? Never mind

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 04:42 AM (t3UFN)

161 "Just a lover's spat. They'll be having make up sex any time now." Yup. Token criticism so as try to appear to hold up the beard of impartiality. They'll be praising his land reforms and collectivist policies next week.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 04:42 AM (1n1aN)

162 Hey anyone want to bet the shooting in Norfolk is gay lovers? Just asking

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 04:45 AM (t3UFN)

163 Maybe Kerry could try to educate the Palestinians and Iranians on homosexuality just as he's doing with Uganda.
Or maybe lecture the Iranians on AGW.
I mean, those are his top priority as Sec of State, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2014 04:45 AM (udjuE)

164 2016: This is not the Hillary to die on.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 25, 2014 04:45 AM (ee9LE)

165 A few years back I did some work for a long distance phone company and they told me that the law required them to keep a record of all phone calls for seven years. I don't know if that was a federal or state law or if it was a regulation with the force of law or if it has changed since then. Anyway, if this is something that comes up in your professional life, it might be worth your while to look it up so that you can burn them by citing the appropriate law or regulation if they try to blow smoke up your ass. The phone records may well be in some form that they are a major pain in the ass to access after six months but, you know, that is really their problem and not yours. Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 25, 2014 08:27 AM (PD6iL) Thank you. I am aware of that and this is where you get into the distinction of types of records and who has them and on and on and on. Short answer is that the telecoms interpret the regs to say that the metadata can be dumped and what we were after wasn't the phone numbers called, it was the location information in order to cross reference actual location vs. reported location on the driver log. Whether the telecom's interpretation is correct or not, it's difficult to get a judge to hold a third party's feet to the fire unless you have some kind of horrific injury and, in that case, the odds are extraordinarily high that suit got filed within the six month (or whatever) time frame. It's not cost effective to litigate it out for smaller value cases. There are some very interesting discussions to be had about regulatory compliance costs considering the varied regulations in place for various kinds of businesses. To side step a little bit, in tractor trailer cases we would request copies of receipts for all fuel and food and any other type of compensable expense. Again, the obvious goal was pinning down possible location discrepancies to show log violations and hours of service violations. The response from the company was always oh sorry we don't keep those after six months since the regs don't require us to keep them more than six months. Well now. The various taxing authorities have a seven year audit window and if you don't have those receipts, you are in a world of hurt. So we would file a motion to compel saying the hell you don't have them, your tax guys would strangle you if you got rid of them. Then there was toe scuffing and hemming and hawing and well that's that department over there and it's a huge honking deal to get them and blah blah blah. The point of all that tl;dr is this: one set of regs says hey you only have to keep that info for six months. A completely different set of regs on a completely different topic says yeah we can give you a colonoscopy for up to seven years so you really better keep that. The company is stuck in the middle trying to figure out which compliance cost is higher. See also story of Boy BFF attempting to figure out some way to comply with conflicting regulatory and building code requirements and realizing it was physically impossible to do so and being told by the various alphabet agencies fuck you pay me.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 25, 2014 04:45 AM (VtjlW)

166 "128 I can see the RNC is setting up for another failure in 2016 with Primary rules that allow this kind of shit. Stand by for yet another "moderate squish" as the not liberal vote is split among multiple candidates.

http://tinyurl.com/qe65hh7

Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 06:59 AM (T2V/1)


1. I am not trying to start an ideological war with this question. I am asking it as a serious question.

2. What rules would you institute to prevent this? Who gets to decide who runs for any office?

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 25, 2014 08:21 AM (zT0DN)"



If you look at what Democrats say about the elections that elected and reelected Barack Obama, they keep referring to the wonderful new data collection and analysis tools that allowed them to concentrate on 1) persuading uncommitted but likely voters to choose their candidate and 2) nag their voters to the polls.  This is what Democrat activists say to each other.   Their data data tools are based on VAN (Voter Activation Network).



The guy who wrote that software is a businessman who's client happened to be, in that case, the Iowa Democratic Party.  The software worked so well that it was adopted by Democrat organizations in other states and eventually by the national party.  He sold out his interest in the company but was able to keep his code base and after a 5 year noncompete period has elapsed, he is selling rVote to any Republican or Tea Party organization that will buy it.



So far, the people who have bought it have been very happy with it but the political consultant class have hated it because it takes some control and some money out of their hands.  What the software does is put more control down at the precinct level and it allows organizations and campaigns to share data (or not share data) if they want to.



Here is the web site:



www.rvotes.com


In my opinion, the refusal to adopt this tool is going to be the reason that the Democrats are going to continue kicking our asses in elections for the foreseeable future.



Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 25, 2014 04:46 AM (PD6iL)

167 "The frost on the ground ferns looked like a delicate lace..." When will you be starting the Walks with FenelonSpoke blog? That which is the farthest from "news," daily life, nature at play, feeding children, people doing their jobs, considered not worth noting, trivial, yet is the most important. This morning, very surreally, the tips of the purple clover stuck out above the frosted grass. Not poetic enough to describe it pretty. Like berries floating in sparkling milk? The sun has finally climbed enough to start defrosting. Winter is losing its grip. One might say, one might hope, it's Spring in America . . .

Posted by: mindful webworker — racing like a light breeze at March 25, 2014 04:46 AM (rf20m)

168 Hey anyone want to bet the shooting in Norfolk is gay lovers? Just asking  Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 08:45 AM (t3UFN)

Suckers bet.

Posted by: Sean Bannion, Rabid Anti-Dentite [/i][/s][/u][/b] at March 25, 2014 04:46 AM (MPIX5)

169 "Just a lover's spat. They'll be having make up sex any time now." Yup. Token criticism so as try to appear to hold up the beard of impartiality. They'll be praising his land reforms and collectivist policies next week. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 08:42 AM (1n1aN) A whore will often refer to her pimp as 'Daddy'. Often, they will threaten to leave their Daddies - and mean it. Almost always, they come back.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 25, 2014 04:47 AM (XvrTA)

170 Hey anyone want to bet the shooting in Norfolk is gay lovers? Just asking Not taking that bet. Odds are to great.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 04:48 AM (KvM9d)

171 " Hey anyone want to bet the shooting in Norfolk is gay lovers?" That's hate speech. The new approved term is "Non Conventional Life Partners." This serves as your warning.

Posted by: The PC Police at March 25, 2014 04:48 AM (1n1aN)

172 Regarding Atlas Shrugged 3, isn't Jason Beghe (Reardon) in the show Chicago PD.  He might not have time.  Esai Morales is also always on other shows.  I wonder if it got off the ground.

Posted by: jaimo at March 25, 2014 04:49 AM (9U1OG)

173 Like berries floating in sparkling milk? The sun has finally climbed enough to start defrosting. Winter is losing its grip. Quite literally, the story of Obama.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2014 04:50 AM (KvM9d)

174 Here's a close Putin confidant saying that Europe should quietly sit by and let Putin carve up Eastern Europe, following closely the Stalin-Hitler pact that established a blueprint for Ukraine etc. Not kidding, the guy really says this. http://ind.pn/1eJuoqx

Posted by: MTF at March 25, 2014 04:50 AM (pOhSg)

175 I think the Washington Savages would be a good name.  No one could object to that, surely!

Posted by: Fledrmaus at March 25, 2014 04:50 AM (FkH4y)

176 The order and dates for Republican primaries are decided by a meeting of all the State Party heads usually in the year before the races start.  However, the State governments till have a say in when they run because they don't want to run a separate Republican and Democrat primary unless the Parties agree to pay the expenses for it.



Personally I would like to see the Republican Party in SC do away with everything provided by the State so not only could they hold it any day they wanted but they could also close the Primary which the courts continually rule that they must abide by what the State says on open vs closed if they are using State resources.



But what they never say is why with a Republican controlled legislature they will not vote to close it.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 04:51 AM (T2V/1)

177 I was positive it was Pakistan.

Posted by: Tom Mcinerny at March 25, 2014 04:51 AM (Aif/5)

178 According to that article I looked at Part 3 is already in production.  It would have to be to come out on July 4 this year.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 04:52 AM (T2V/1)

179 All new actors.  I can't see Rob Morrow playing Hank Reardon.  Not a good fit at all.  I thought part 2 was better than 1 because I liked the actors better, but 3 might be disappointing.

Posted by: jaimo at March 25, 2014 04:53 AM (9U1OG)

180 I definitely like shorter primary season. Right now, it starts in February, but my state doesn't vote until May. Everything is decided long before I get to pull a lever (or touch a screen as the case may be). My state has no say in the process.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 25, 2014 08:42 AM (zT0DN)



It also lessens the influence of shitheads like Rove to direct the large amounts of money necessary to finance a campaign over a long period of time.  Gingrich was far from a perfect candidate, and I held my nose while voting for him in the primary; but one thing you can be fucking A sure of is that he wouldn't have been a limpdicked fuckhead like Romney was in the last two debates.  He very may well have found other ways to lose the election, or governed like a fucking RINO if elected, but he would not have passed up the opportunity to slatter the JEF and his MFM enablers in the debates.



And he was reduced to the pathetic spectacle of begging for money by the drawn out primaries.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 04:53 AM (MtEup)

181 I still say a national primary is the way to go. It will never happen, I know, but I think it would resolve a lot of the problems with the current primary. Too many R's feel disenfranchised within their own party.

Posted by: FITP at March 25, 2014 04:54 AM (MGVpA)

182 He very may well have found other ways to lose the election, or governed like a fucking RINO if elected, but he would not have passed up the opportunity to slatter the JEF and his MFM enablers in the debates.  Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 08:53 AM (MtEup)

Agreed.  He would have smashed Candy Crowley's debate gambit to bits.  He is flawed to be sure, but, it is always a pleasure to watch him demolish the press.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 25, 2014 04:58 AM (kXoT0)

183 184 I still say a national primary is the way to go. It will never happen, I know, but I think it would resolve a lot of the problems with the current primary. Too many R's feel disenfranchised within their own party.

Posted by: FITP at March 25, 2014 08:54 AM (MGVpA)



The big secret that everybody except the LIVs know is that the party bigs on both sides do not want the unwashed primary voters to to have the final say in who the candidate will be.



That is why they both have these so-called "super-delegates" and why the primary order is always determined by the party bigs.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 04:58 AM (T2V/1)

184 Is Pimp Daddy gonna have to choke a bitch?!?

Posted by: Pimp Daddy of the NYT at March 25, 2014 04:58 AM (1n1aN)

185 Good morning, pixel people. Let's base jump off the Freedom Tower. http://tinyurl.com/kthw2db SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 05:00 AM (0HooB)

186 Justified is on tonight. Only 3 more episodes. I think Dewey Crowe has to go. He killed that one guy and put Eric Roberts in the hospital.

Posted by: Pug-delicious! at March 25, 2014 05:01 AM (vFh9Q)

187 Regardless of the scenario, how is "an effort to counter online dissent", not a violation of someones first amendment rights.

Posted by: Jean at March 25, 2014 05:03 AM (Aqvh6)

188 Snowed overnight. As predicted.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 05:05 AM (aDwsi)

189 »The sun has finally climbed enough to start defrosting. Winter is losing its grip. »Quite literally, the story of Obama. —rickb223 Heh. There must've been some magic in that old silk hat they found 'Cause when they put it on his head, BO began to dance around. ... For Frosty, the Preznit, had to hurry on his way, But he waved goodbye, sayin' "Don't you cry, I'll send Mooch again some day."

Posted by: mindful webworker — stop him before he sings more! at March 25, 2014 05:05 AM (Jh9QN)

190 That is why they both have these so-called "super-delegates" and why the primary order is always determined by the party bigs. Excatamente!

Posted by: FITP at March 25, 2014 05:06 AM (MGVpA)

191 Seething. It's what's for breakfast. Boehner, Cantor and other treasonous bastards will be going to suckle some Soros choad and plot against Conservatives. http://tinyurl.com/lrrozy6

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 25, 2014 05:07 AM (XvrTA)

192 Sharia law in the UK: http://tinyurl.com/nblalu8

"Britain has seen yet another landmark step that deepens and expands the growing influence of Islamic religious law over the people who live in that country. The UKÂ’s highly prestigious Law Society has issued guidelines for attorneys on how to draw up Sharia-compliant legal documents, shockingly setting a precedent for sanctioning the implementation of legal discrimination against both women and non-Muslims...."

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2014 05:08 AM (udjuE)

193 Morning all.... This is good for a chuckle....Pissing off a Frog (It's a FB link): http://tinyurl.com/mzrothj

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 25, 2014 05:08 AM (bCEmE)

194 I don't know how to looooooooooove him. What to do, how to please him.

Posted by: The New York Times at March 25, 2014 05:09 AM (ee9LE)

195 Morning all!

Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 05:10 AM (GQ8sn)

196 The sidebar link to "Baby conducts orchestra" is precious.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 05:11 AM (0HooB)

197 He hit me and it felt like a kiss. . .

Posted by: The New York Times at March 25, 2014 05:11 AM (zF6Iw)

198 "The frost on the ground ferns looked like a delicate lace..." ----------------- The snow on the ground looks like snow on the ground. I can't romanticize it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 25, 2014 05:11 AM (aDwsi)

199 The union will also have say-so on any city personnel policy changes.

Posted by: BP nj at March 25, 2014 08:11 AM (ph70Q)



So Chattanooga has been unionized by Mayoral decree. And, as usual, no one will do a damn thing about it except talk.



Voices crying in the wilderness.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 05:12 AM (V22Sh)

200 "189
Justified is on tonight. Only 3 more episodes.

I think Dewey Crowe has to go. He killed that one guy and put Eric Roberts in the hospital.

Posted by: Pug-delicious! at March 25, 2014 09:01 AM (vFh9Q)"



Damon Herriman, the actor playing Dewey Crowe played the deranged meth addict with a shotgun on "Breaking Bad" and Mr.Jones, the professional hit man who used a CZ-52 on "Vegas".  He is always great to watch and I hope to see a lot more of him.



I hope that "Heil Hitler" tattoo is just make up and not an example of an actor really getting into his role because that would make it a bit difficult for him to play a wider range of roles.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 25, 2014 05:16 AM (PD6iL)

201 King Obama will arrive in Brussels tonight with a *900* person entourage, while Queen Michelle visits China in the style in which has become accustomed $8,000+/night hotel and all the other perks).

"The president will arrive on Tuesday night with a 900-strong entourage, including 45 vehicles and three cargo planes. Advance security teams orchestrating every last detail have combed Brussels already, checking the sewers and the major hospitals, while American military helicopters were last week given the green light for overflights...."

Posted by: Lizzy at March 25, 2014 05:16 AM (udjuE)

202 So Chattanooga has been unionized by Mayoral decree. And, as usual, no one will do a damn thing about it except talk.  Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 09:12 AM (V22Sh)

So when Chattanooga goes bankrupt from unfunded pension liabilities for city workers, remember this day.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at March 25, 2014 05:16 AM (kXoT0)

203 Why did they swap out all the actors from the 1st to the 2nd parts? Are they doing it again for Part 3?Is this so they don't get typed cast as ....a dare I say the word?Conservative! My guess? The movie wasn't that good, so the actors didn't want to be associated with it.

Posted by: blaster` at March 25, 2014 05:17 AM (4+AaH)

204 If they go by "degree of red" as I said SC will still be up in the front ranks, but not IO and NH which would move to the rear.

Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 08:37 AM (T2V/1)



IO is a moon circling Jupiter. The state you refer to is IA.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 05:18 AM (V22Sh)

205 Xenu/Hubbard 2016!

Posted by: IO Primary Voter at March 25, 2014 05:19 AM (Aif/5)

206 He beats us because he loves us.

Posted by: The New York Times at March 25, 2014 05:20 AM (32Ze2)

207 IO is a moon circling Jupiter. The state you refer to is IA.

Don't bother confusing Vic with facts.  His hate-boner has lasted more than four years, no blood left in his brain.

Posted by: HR at March 25, 2014 05:20 AM (ZKzrr)

208 Damn those icky icky lawyers and their defense of freedom. Damn them all! http://www.steynonline.com/6201/what-kind-of-fool-am-i

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 25, 2014 05:21 AM (da5Wo)

209 208  IO is a moon circling Jupiter. The state you refer to is IA.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 09:18 AM (V22Sh)



You don't really expect me to remember the initials for obscure blue States do you?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 05:21 AM (T2V/1)

210 I hope that "Heil Hitler" tattoo is just make up and not an example of an actor really getting into his role because that would make it a bit difficult for him to play a wider range of roles.


Pretty sure that's just make-up.


Damon's got a cool accent!  He said the Dewey character was only supposed to be in the pilot when the producers brought him back to give his character a larger role in the first season.

Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 05:21 AM (GQ8sn)

211 I found out yesterday that in the People's Republik of Washington, a family of 4 making $70,000 a year gets free health insurance for the kids.

$70K is now considered poor.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 25, 2014 05:21 AM (ez+NP)

212 IO is a moon circling Jupiter. The state you refer to is IA.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 09:18 AM (V22Sh)



All these worlds are yours, except Io.  Attempt no landing there.



Posted by: Monolith at March 25, 2014 05:22 AM (GQ8sn)

213 Chattanooga is Tennessee's Detroit. Coming soon to a bankruptcy court near you.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 25, 2014 05:23 AM (R5UOB)

214 I see that Brit Hume took a sip of Valu-Rite here yesterday by noticing Ace's Pew poll post. Maybe we'll become his guilty pleasure.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at March 25, 2014 05:24 AM (0HooB)

215 $70K is now considered poor.

Only if you have kids.

If you don't, half that is considered rich.

Posted by: HR at March 25, 2014 05:24 AM (ZKzrr)

216 Media Matters, the website of choice for Fox News haters everywhere, attacked the cable news network on Monday for using the term “homosexual” in its programming — advancing the peculiar argument that the scientific term has a “pejorative connotation.” The online “media watchdog” contends that calling gay people “homosexual” is “a practice that’s quickly falling out of favor with major news outlets due the term’s often pejorative connotation and frequent use by opponents of LGBT equality.” Fox News, they chide, “has yet to update its language when referring to gay and lesbian people.” Buttressing their argument? A weekend piece in the Fashion and Style section of the New York Times entitled “The Decline and Fall of the ‘H’ Word.” In it, reporter Jeremy Peters likens the term to using “colored” to address black people and asserts that the word contains “the ring of disapproval and judgment.” Oh fuck you. And we have to STOP the libs from changing the language. That is one of the main ways they try to control thought.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 05:24 AM (t3UFN)

217 IA is important only in Iowan's eyes.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 25, 2014 05:25 AM (R5UOB)

218 Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 25, 2014 09:16 AM (PD6iL) If you look him up on imdb, he has had a long long career playing many different types of characters.

Posted by: Pug-delicious! at March 25, 2014 05:25 AM (vFh9Q)

219 There's a moron here that linked the NC Forestry Service story from the ONT on a local Carolina gun forum.


Who is it?


Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 05:26 AM (GQ8sn)

220 " King Obama will arrive in Brussels tonight with a *900* person entourage, while Queen Michelle visits China..." A lot of time apart for these two of late. Did Reggie make the Brussels trip?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 05:27 AM (1n1aN)

221 If you look him up on imdb, he has had a long long career playing many different types of characters. Posted by: Pug-delicious! at March 25, 2014 09:25 AM (vFh9Q) Just read that he's Australian. Didn't know that. And I didn't know Rick from TWD was English, either. The guys do a good job of hiding the accent.

Posted by: Mainah at March 25, 2014 05:28 AM (659DL)

222 Syrian Jihadist Rebels Execute Kurdish Man, Crucify BodyÂ… WARNING: Footage is gruesome. Weasel Zippers: Hey i have an idea, lets force Israel to give back the Golan?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 05:29 AM (t3UFN)

223 Dump

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 25, 2014 05:29 AM (T2V/1)

224 "And I didn't know Rick from TWD was English, either..." Maggie and The Governor too. Lots of Brits on the show who hide it well.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 25, 2014 05:30 AM (1n1aN)

225 219 $70K is now considered poor.

Only if you have kids.

If you don't, half that is considered rich.

Posted by: HR at March 25, 2014 09:24 AM (ZKzrr)


______


Kids or no kids, $70K a year is not poor. Under Obamacare, $90K is the cutoff between rich and poor.

You understand why this is happening, I hope? The higher up the income ladder "poor" is defined, the easier it is for Democrats to keep/implement welfare programs for the "poor".

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 25, 2014 05:31 AM (ez+NP)

226 Just read that he's Australian. Didn't know that. And I didn't know Rick from TWD was English, either. The guys do a good job of hiding the accent.


Guess how many British/Aussie actors were in Blackhawk Down?


Posted by: EC at March 25, 2014 05:33 AM (GQ8sn)

227 Personally I am voting for a Sorrentino administration.



http://tinyurl.com/mujk2o7

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 05:33 AM (V22Sh)

228 All these foreigners are stealing our parts! You see few Americans in UK series but here it's every series. As far as accents -- the guy who plays Rick insists on staying in character which helps with the accent. You will notice that on SOA, Jacks starts losing his American accent when he speaks with the Scottish guy. Which is also a common problem. Actors who are not very good at doing a US accent sound very flat to me without any regional accent.

Posted by: Pug-delicious! at March 25, 2014 05:35 AM (vFh9Q)

229 ♬ I'm off to see the doctor The wonderful doctor of teeth BeneathBeneathBeneathBeneath Beneeeeath... ♬ nope, nope, nope, this isn't working... sorry. In case I succumb to the nitrous* and never return, thanks for the news & opinion, Vic, & all, & to our hosts for not banning me yet. ______ * As if. It's just a cleaning/checkup.** ______ ** Once, in a dental emergency while in NM, I did go to a nitrous-using dentist, and it seemed he left me under for quite a while, but, severe time disorientation was one effect. Not a good trip! Later heard he was the go-to dentist for druggies, you see. Oohhhhh!

Posted by: mindful webworker — you can't lie to your dentist at March 25, 2014 05:35 AM (VV7s1)

230 You don't really expect me to remember the initials for obscure blue States do you?

Posted by: Vic at March 25, 2014 09:21 AM (T2V/1)




*shrug* you can be right or you can be wrong. HR, I see what you mean. Foghorn, if the number of states is important, shouldn't their abbreviations matter...just a little?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 05:37 AM (V22Sh)

231 Oh fuck you. And we have to STOP the libs from changing the language. That is one of the main ways they try to control thought.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 25, 2014 09:24 AM (t3UFN)



Orwell was very prescient about this.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 25, 2014 05:38 AM (MtEup)

232 EC, I believe the Moron in question is TR; I know that GRNC had a thing on Operation: Screw the Hunters in one of their newsletters and IIRC there was also a discussion on Carolina Shooters Club about it.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 05:39 AM (V22Sh)

Posted by: backhoe at March 25, 2014 05:44 AM (ULH4o)

234 I am so out of fashion!

Posted by: homosexual redskin at March 25, 2014 05:44 AM (VV7s1)

235 oops...I was wrong, just found the thread but that's not TR's handle.



http://tinyurl.com/k95b7nh

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 05:45 AM (V22Sh)

236 195 Seething. It's what's for breakfast. Boehner, Cantor and other treasonous bastards will be going to suckle some Soros choad and plot against Conservatives. GOP = Goading On Progressives

Posted by: Citizen X at March 25, 2014 05:45 AM (7ObY1)

237 Well folks, off to see Pop. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 05:46 AM (V22Sh)

238 and...NOOD!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 25, 2014 05:46 AM (V22Sh)

239 178 I think the Washington Savages would be a good name. No one could object to that, surely!

Posted by: Fledrmaus at March 25, 2014 08:50 AM (FkH4y)


I've always fancied "The Washington Moneymen". More in the spirit of the actual DC. Their mascot would be a guy in a suit carrying a sack of cash.

Posted by: joncelli at March 25, 2014 05:52 AM (RD7QR)

240 I still say a national primary is the way to go. It will never happen, I know, but I think it would resolve a lot of the problems with the current primary. Too many R's feel disenfranchised within their own party. Posted by: FITP

I don't think a National primary would work, as the only people with the up front money to compete would be the self-funding or the "perceived" leader.  I like the idea of several regional primaries - six or seven, multi-state primaries dictated by geography and common cultural and economic interests.  Debate common issues, reduce travel costs, focus-focus-focus, etc. Space them out over 90 days to allow money to flow to the unknowns.  The dates for these super-primaries would cycle - no one gets to go early every year.  Shit like that gets us an invisible 10% ethanol tax.  Alaska, Hawaii and the few odd ball caucus states could phone their results in whenever. 

I would also gimmick the allocation of delegates - states that go red the previous cycle, get more.  The power-that-be in the smoke filled room, get a decent number of delegates to distribute to "battleground", purple states.  This would focus attention on those States without a large expenditure of ad cash, and force the battlefield onto terrain of our choosing, not the media's.

Posted by: Jean at March 25, 2014 05:57 AM (Aqvh6)

241 Yeah you guys just sit home and not vote. That'll teach them. We need to vote for the lesser devil. These are politicians they all suck. If we could vote out liberals. Than work on "how conservative" the ones in power are. You fucking purists make me want to puke. Your ideal candidate isn't going to magically appear

Posted by: NativeNH at March 25, 2014 06:24 AM (huNSF)

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