April 29, 2014

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Tuesday.

Late yesterday, Sec. Kerry backtracked on his apartheid comment that he had let poor spokesjoke Jen Psaki defend for two days, suggesting both that "I will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned" and, somewhat contrarily, that "if I could rewind the tape, I would have chosen a different word."

Kerry also received an apology from the Trilateral Commission, to whose members Kerry had made the incendiary remark, since apparently such appearances are intended to be kept off the record and out of the ears of the public. The Commission's apology suggests that Daily Beast reporter Josh Rogin somehow slipped into the meeting and recorded it, although Rogin has declined to discuss his sources.

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll has good news for Republicans. By 53-39 percent, registered voters would rather see Republicans in control of Congress as a check on Obama. Also, after brief recoveries last month, both the President's and Obamacare's favorables are sinking once again.

There were some great questions in last week's Ask the Blog mailbag. Keep 'em coming.

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1 Morning, Morons

Posted by: fluffy at April 29, 2014 02:52 AM (Ua6T/)

2 Also, after brief recoveries last month, both the President's and Obamacare's favorables are sinking once again. More people waking up ?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 02:53 AM (d0Dmj)

3 Good morning Mo-rons. Up & at 'em. Another day to work to pay for the FSA. On the good new front...the Navy's newest sailor will be coming home before she PCS's overseas. She's gonna surprise her mom and show up on Mother's Day.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 29, 2014 02:55 AM (60Vyp)

4 Isn't it wonderful the genius level people Taxachushetts keeps sending us as great politicians? /s (as if I had to)

Posted by: Old Dog at April 29, 2014 03:01 AM (tQYJH)

5 Today's hymn of faith by a talented group of kids: "Because he lives" http://tinyurl.com/mdreflz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2014 03:01 AM (XyM/Y)

6 From the excremental poll mentioned above: "Partisan divisions are 32-21-38 percent, Democrats-Republicans-independents". Well then- despite everyone hating earflaps and the rest of the dumbs, somehow there is an ELEVEN point advantage for dumbocrats. Pffft. Put the splits where they need to be, and barky would be mid 30's in approval numbers.

Posted by: Buster McDissenter at April 29, 2014 03:04 AM (QLbhS)

7

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  Settle down with a cup of coffee, tea or whatever, and IÂ’ll tell you a Susan Hayward story:

 

By the spring of 1974, Hayward had been seriously ill for months.  A tumor had formed on the left side of her brain and was spreading rapidly to the right side.  She had seizures almost hourly, lasting from five to ten minutes at a time. 

 

It so happened that the Academy sent her an invitation – more as a courtesy, really – to present the Best Actress award.  Because of her condition, nobody really expected her to accept, but to everyoneÂ’s surprise, she did.

 

Determined to look spectacular, she called her friend, designer Nolan Miller, who designed her a high-necked full length gown made of black sequins, hiding her paralyzed right hand beneath points of black lace.  Hayward then contacted Frank Westmore, of the famous makeup dynasty,* asking him to do her face the afternoon of the broadcast.  As Westmore recalled later, it was one of the hardest jobs he had ever done; although the tumor had done slight damage to her face, HaywardÂ’s cobalt treatments had destroyed her beautiful red hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, so that the makeup artist had to recreate the “Susan Hayward” look of 30 years before, topping it off with [i“the goddamndest. . .wig they ever made.”[/i]  He worked for hours until it was time for them to leave.

 

Once at the ceremony, just before going onstage, a doctor injected Hayward with a massive dose of Dilaudid to ward off seizures.  David Niven announced her name and she began shaking; Charlton Heston (who had been her co-star in 1953s The PresidentÂ’s Lady) took her arm and whispered, “Easy, girl.”  The two then walked slowly to the podium as the audience rose for a massive standing ovation.  Hayward was a little unsteady, but she managed to read the names of the nominees and announce that Glenda Jackson had won for A Touch of Class.

 

Regally, she made her way backstage again, completely drained.  “Well,” she said, “thatÂ’s the last time I pull that off.”

 

Later that evening, she collapsed in a seizure.  By the summer she was confined to a wheelchair.  On March 14, 1975, she died.

 

HereÂ’s Hayward at the Awards:

 

http://tinyurl.com/ko65q4d

 

And here she is in a studio portrait:

 

http://tinyurl.com/l5n6272

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

 

*FrankÂ’s father, George, founded the first movie makeup department in 1917 at the Selig studio.  His six sons all followed him in the trade, becoming chief makeup artists at WarnerÂ’s, Universal, Twentieth Century and Paramount.  The 1976 book The Westmores of Hollywood is a fascinating, gossipy look at their lives and loves.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 29, 2014 03:05 AM (zF6Iw)

8 What difference, at this point, does it make

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 29, 2014 03:06 AM (Bb2wE)

9 I wish Kerry would have a Botox accident that locked his jaws so his vapid mutterings would impact us no more.

Posted by: Gmac at April 29, 2014 03:07 AM (4pjhs)

10 Why do American Jews and the left hate Israel so much?

Posted by: redenzo at April 29, 2014 03:09 AM (WCnJW)

11 Just announced on the local news: Craig Ferguson is retiring from his Late Show after 10 years.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 03:09 AM (d0Dmj)

12 6 Buster McDissenter, Another nice byproduct of the +eleventy partisan split is it provides cover in the mind of LIVs for the zombie vote. 7 MP4, Charlton Heston was a class act.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:12 AM (7PNsT)

13 11 rickb223, And why not he has 8 million in mailbox money... I'd take the time off and see what comes up too. Fuck Colbert

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:13 AM (7PNsT)

14 10 Why do American Jews and the left hate Israel so much? I've often wondered about that. My crank theory of the day is that it's for the same reason an alcoholic's wife bitches at the kids. The husband ain't gonna' change - so she resents the kids for pushing him to drink. Make sense ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 29, 2014 03:13 AM (v3BJ5)

15 As a Mass resident, I could not agree more, and apologize for the most embarrassing, corrupt, stupid, vapid, phony politicians who somehow fail up and are vaulted into national attention. The Kennedy crime family, Liz. Warren, Barney Frank, Dukakis, Deval Patrick, our entire. Congressional delegation, Tom Menino, John Kerry.... Exception: Mitt. Not everyone's favorite, but not in the same class of clowns listed above. The most over educated, stupid voters anywhere. Right here.

Posted by: Goldilocks at April 29, 2014 03:13 AM (nM1oG)

16 so where's everyone else this morning? One hopes that few if any of our gang have been caught by the tornado sweep. Real mess, prayers for those who were hit.

Posted by: mallfly at April 29, 2014 03:14 AM (zjcTL)

17 Didn't Dhimmi Carter, noted jooooo hater, write a book accusing Israel of apartheid a number of years ago?  Between that and his dogshit poetry, maybe that's why so many book stores have closed.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 03:15 AM (3yD3j)

18 From last nights ONT, 2014 is about to become the coldest year on record. http://bit.ly/1tXQUTk

Posted by: Paging Al Gore at April 29, 2014 03:15 AM (Px4PF)

19 And why not he has 8 million in mailbox money... I'd take the time off and see what comes up too. I don't blame him. It's just we've been talking about him the last couple of weeks in regards to Lettermans' retirement.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 03:15 AM (d0Dmj)

20 One hopes that few if any of our gang have been caught by the tornado sweep. Real mess, prayers for those who were hit. Amen. Watching the news. Serious shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 03:17 AM (d0Dmj)

21
Willie Nelson, the country music icon who turns 81 this week, received his fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul on Monday night,

http://tinyurl.com/n2fmvu7




"Canvas. JC Penney, $3.98. You like?"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 29, 2014 03:19 AM (kdS6q)

22 Levin was all over Lurch's dumbass comments last night.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 03:20 AM (3yD3j)

23 "Canvas. JC Penney, $3.98. You like?"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 29, 2014 07:19 AM (kdS6q)

Rorex!  Twenee dolla!  Real!  You buy!

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 29, 2014 03:20 AM (6T8Ay)

24 I'm in awe of what a cottage industry has budded up in shitting on George Washington between 2007-2010 on Nat Geo and History(and Pawn Star Alien Ice Road Loggers) Channel. If I ever get back to posting via PC I'll share links.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:21 AM (7PNsT)

25 Trilateral Commission?  If I remember my 90s era reich-wing  conspiracy theories, and I don't, aren't they right up there with CFR and the Bilderbergers*  as the architects of the  New World Order?  


*not to be confused with Build-a-Bear. 

Posted by: BurtTC at April 29, 2014 03:22 AM (BeSEI)

26 Did you ever notice that Gabe doesn't do comments any more? I just did.

Posted by: Andy Rooney at April 29, 2014 03:22 AM (+kznc)

27 As a Mass resident, I could not agree more, and apologize for the most embarrassing, corrupt, stupid, vapid, phony politicians who somehow fail up and are vaulted into national attention. The Kennedy crime family, Liz. Warren, Barney Frank, Dukakis, Deval Patrick, our entire. Congressional delegation, Tom Menino, John Kerry....
The most over educated, stupid voters anywhere. Right here.
Posted by: Goldilocks at April 29, 2014 07:13 AM (nM1oG)

As a former Masshole, I have apologized repeatedly over 30 years for inflicting the Kennedys on this country.

Most opinionated (and consistently wrong) zip code in the country is 02138

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 29, 2014 03:23 AM (6T8Ay)

28 4 Isn't it wonderful the genius level people Taxachushetts keeps sending us as great politicians? Have you ever wished Mass. would just hurry up and join Canada? Much better fit, don't you think?

Posted by: Andy Rooney at April 29, 2014 03:23 AM (+kznc)

29 26 Andy Rooney, POwerstroke 350 is sorta like the Conex of Knowledge and we are the Cargo Cult of the Great Unwashed Masses....

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:24 AM (7PNsT)

30 re 25: mid 1970s. I recall the Birch Society pubs noting that the TriLat was showing a lot of interest in Carter before he became president. Probably still have the mag, too.

Posted by: mallfly at April 29, 2014 03:24 AM (zjcTL)

31 27 Sean Bannion, I like it...the Tard-A-Lympics.... 90210 takes the Silver and Chicago the Bwonze

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:26 AM (7PNsT)

32 Have you ever wished Mass. would just hurry up and join Canada? Much better fit, don't you think? What makes you think that Canada would take it?

Posted by: Old Dog at April 29, 2014 03:26 AM (tQYJH)

33 Jen Psaki at the Pstate Department has sent Putin a sternly-worded letter with all the 'i's dotted with little hearts.

Posted by: --- at April 29, 2014 03:26 AM (MMC8r)

34 30 -

Ah, so it seems they were saying the same things  about Carter that they were saying about Clinton in the 90s. 

Either I'm not paying  enough attention, which is a good possibility,  or these conspiracy types are not as vocal these days. 

Posted by: BurtTC at April 29, 2014 03:27 AM (BeSEI)

35 30 Mallfly, Yup..just because you're(the Birchers and TriLats) batshit crazy doesn't mean a broken cuckoo doesn't rise twice a day

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:27 AM (7PNsT)

36 32 Old Dog, Especially if the US Conservatives AMIGO GRANDE! Canada eh...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:28 AM (7PNsT)

37 Will the JEF be asked about Kerry's comments, whom he clearly agrees with, or is he only fielding dumbass questions from the Praetorian media about Donald Sterling.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 03:29 AM (3yD3j)

38
Meanwhile in California, Team GOP Governor candidate Neel Kashkari has picked up a big primary endorsement from Mitt "Electable" Romney. Kashkari also revealed that former President George W. Bush “has been very helpful and made calls and opened doors” for the campaign.

Kashkari is the former Goldman banker who ran the TARP program.  Neel also voted for Obama in 2008, according to  Kashkari because he was getting better economic advice than John McCain.

http://tinyurl.com/km36lwq



Hail Hydra!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 29, 2014 03:29 AM (kdS6q)

39 No, I'm pretty sure broken cuckoos  don't  rise...

Or maybe the rising is  HOW  they are broken?  You're confusing me more than usual this morning, Sven. 

Posted by: BurtTC at April 29, 2014 03:30 AM (BeSEI)

40 ...a sternly-worded letter with all the i's dotted with little hearts ---- If Putin keeps up his behavior, she'll start dotting the i's with frowny faces. That'll show him.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at April 29, 2014 03:30 AM (U12J3)

41 @28 Canada is actually starting to move in a conservative direction.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 29, 2014 03:30 AM (O8Nor)

42

26: "Did you ever notice that Gabe doesn't do comments any more?"

 

Drive byes are easier when you have a nice truck.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 29, 2014 03:31 AM (Kh+vp)

43 So Barbara Comstock is the GOP pick to replace Virginia Rep Frank Wolf. So what? Well, she is the preferred candidate of the state GOP who endorsed Obamacare several years ago before she scrubbed all mention of it on her website. Nuff said.

Posted by: @johntant at April 29, 2014 03:31 AM (oCFEc)

44 DAY 539 924 to go (997 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 03:32 AM (CMkNk)

45
And:

Bowing to pressure from abortion-rights groups, Google is removing advertisements from its site for “crisis pregnancy centers” that discourage people from having abortions. NARAL Pro-Choice America had pushed for Google to take down the ads, arguing they violated the Web giant’s advertising policy.

National Right to Life Committee President Carol Tobias said that the resource centers are used by many pregnant women who would be hurt by Google's action. "Google is waging a war on women by limiting knowledge of the options and services available to women," she said in an email to The Hill.  "Google's decision to refuse ads by the centers is unconscionable."

http://tinyurl.com/kte5vxv



Google, doing no evil -- broadly speaking.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 29, 2014 03:33 AM (kdS6q)

46 I highly recommend watching the Jan Karski segment of "Shoah" from last night's ONT, but - and this is a big one - the entire film which is roughly 8 hours will leave you utterly devastated. As a filmmaker and as a Jew, for me it's the most incredibly documentary ever made. Bar none.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 03:35 AM (CMkNk)

47 39 Burt TC, Ah I'm getting back to form then....

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:35 AM (7PNsT)

48 Violent thunderstorms here all night but mercifully no tornadoes that I heard. I fear to turn on the news though.

Posted by: toby928© at April 29, 2014 03:35 AM (QupBk)

49 Remember how Clinton and Cuomo forced the Community Reinvestment a act down the throats of banks? New documents out in the Clinton document dump shine a bright light on how the CRA destroyed the mortgage industry just in time for the Bush recession. A fatal combination. http://bit.ly/1h9yuWQ

Posted by: MTF at April 29, 2014 03:36 AM (Px4PF)

50 @46 incredible, not incredibly. Also, you can watch it in 4 two-hour segments on YouTube.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 03:36 AM (CMkNk)

51

50: "Also, you can watch it in 4 two-hour segments on YouTube. "

 

Do you happen to know if it's on Netflix?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 29, 2014 03:37 AM (v6cwT)

52 Unreported news story of the week: Putin tells Obama to stop calling. You would think a complete breakdown in communications between the leaders of our country and expansionist Russia would make a little news, even with the propaganda organs in full defense mode. http://bit.ly/QWEonL

Posted by: MTF at April 29, 2014 03:39 AM (Px4PF)

53 @45 That is quite possibly the most chilling thing I've seen In quite some time. The "progressives" are on the march as usual. They will not sleep until there is war.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 29, 2014 03:40 AM (O8Nor)

54 Isn't it wonderful the genius level people Taxachushetts keeps sending us as great politicians?

My theory is they just hate the rest of the USA.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 29, 2014 03:42 AM (RtKsX)

55 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 07:35 AM (CMkNk) ============================== I remember as a school kid our entire school (it was a small school) watched "Night and Fog", followed by discussions from two parents who had been released from the camps at wars end. They could probably not pull that off today without great controversy.

Posted by: MTF at April 29, 2014 03:43 AM (Px4PF)

56 Just think how helpful Google would be if there was a method to filter search results so that only approved sources and articles would be presented. Just think how important it would be to have control of that filter.

Posted by: Pointless in Paduka at April 29, 2014 03:44 AM (FqqM5)

57 Re: 02138-gold medal in the over educated retard Olympics.... Absofreakinglutely. And you really have to consider each Kennedy member on its own, there have been so many inflicted on the country over the past 60 years Forgot to mention Gerry Studds, Billy Bulger (of the Bulger Crime Family), Martha Coakley, the Harvard Faculty

Posted by: Goldilocks at April 29, 2014 03:44 AM (nM1oG)

58 "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
 Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" * *With the following exceptions Â…..

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 29, 2014 03:44 AM (1mtKP)

59 Jen Psaki. Just think if twitter was around for Bagdad Bob.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at April 29, 2014 03:45 AM (ecN6u)

60 On the radio, she refused to criticize Boehner, and gave lip service to closing the border. She said she wants a "step by step" approach but declined to say where she is on amnesty. She kept saying she's not focused on it, instead saying she is building a center-right coalition. She pretends she didn't know anything about what Boehner said, even though the hosts played the clip for her. Kept trying to steer the convo to "jobs." Basically her claim here is that she used to work for Frank Wolf so she should win the seat. On Obamacare, she is a repeal and replace candidate. Whatever.

Posted by: @johntant at April 29, 2014 03:45 AM (oCFEc)

61 Goldilocks, I'm from Massachusetts & I have never cast a vote for any of those you apologized for. I wrote my own name in when there wasn't an opponent. I refused to vote for that lying SOB Gomez last year & didn't vote. I wish that I voted in dem primary for Lynch, he's not as bad as the rest of them. I don't think he would have beat Mr. Frosty in the primary, but I don't remember votes.

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 03:46 AM (gjOCp)

62 Jen Psaki. Just think if twitter was around for Bagdad Bob. That would have been hilarious.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 03:47 AM (d0Dmj)

63 55 Posted by: MTF at April 29, 2014 07:43 AM (Px4PF) In Britain, the police would throw the teachers in jail for inciting Islamophobia with evil propaganda. That aside, it's a film that must be watched. There's no footage of corpses, so it won't shock in that way. But the way Lanzmann uses interviews with victims, perpetrators and bystanders, as well as that of the sounds of both the trains and of silence is beyond description. You literally are transported back in time and walk the last mile with these people. Any child over the age of 12-13, and every adult, must see it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 03:48 AM (CMkNk)

64 62 Jen Psaki. Just think if twitter was around for Bagdad Bob. That would have been hilarious. Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 07:47 AM (d0Dmj) You were so close! Hashtag Bob!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 03:49 AM (CMkNk)

65 David Horowitz asks "What Are Progressives Really Like?" , and the answer is: they are now and have always been totalitarians. The literally and fully support authoritarian government. When Obama said he admired China's form of government, he was speaking absolutely truthfully. http://bit.ly/1pJBySJ

Posted by: MTF at April 29, 2014 03:51 AM (Px4PF)

66 By the way, Lanzmann's latest film has been in, and now sadly out, of the theaters. "The Last of the Unjust" which is a documentary about the Jewish leader of the Theresienstadt ghetto who actually survived the war.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 03:51 AM (CMkNk)

67 Can you imagine if the leftists never opposed the 2nd amendment and instead stockpiled and learned to actually use those weapons? No wonder they are hell bent on disarming us.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 03:52 AM (CMkNk)

68 I didn't vote for Gomez either, Carol, that guy had a phony baloney stink on him you could smell a mile away. Total opportunist. And Steve Lynch is my congressman, he actually lives nearby, and I agree, he is by far the best of the lot, even though he is a union (spit) guy, used to be a delegate for the Ironwokers' I think and has been pretty prescient about OCare and how bad it'll be for everyone, even here in the Peoples Republic of Romneycare. Forgot about Markey, Good Lord what an embarrassment. And Felon Tierney, Mike Capuano (blood in the streets!) and the last few Speakers of the House, all of whom did some time in the pokey. We're like a little Illinois here.

Posted by: Goldilocks at April 29, 2014 03:52 AM (nM1oG)

69 We need a morning Cake Girl posting.

Posted by: MTF at April 29, 2014 03:53 AM (Px4PF)

70 MTF, That is, I believe, from Investors Business Daily editorial. I didn't read it because I read it last week in IBD daily editorial email.

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 03:54 AM (gjOCp)

71 Picked up half-a-dozen Twitter followers last night and got a Retweet from Dana Loesch, which was kind of neat.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 29, 2014 03:54 AM (RtKsX)

72 58 "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
 Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" * *With the following exceptions Â….. Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 29, 2014 07:44 AM (1mtKP) Or as Lou Reed sang it, "Give me your tired and your poor. I'll piss on them." Actually, they're pissing on us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA4-4ifhixg

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 03:54 AM (CMkNk)

73 en Psaki. Just think if twitter was around for Bagdad Bob. That would have been hilarious. Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 07:47 AM (d0Dmj) You were so close! Hashtag Bob!! #boballiswell!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 03:55 AM (Tn5gm)

74 69 MTF, You want Cake Girl You'd settle for Snootch Painter Gal You'll get Cake Boy

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 03:55 AM (7PNsT)

75 @69 Gosh, she seemed nice. Has anyone followed up on Tri-Corner Hat Girl?
Other than the moron definition of "follow up," I mean.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 29, 2014 03:56 AM (xq1UY)

76 I remember as a school kid our entire school (it was a small school) watched "Night and Fog", followed by discussions from two parents who had been released from the camps at wars end. They could probably not pull that off today without great controversy. Posted by: MTF at April 29, 2014 07:43 AM (Px4PF) When I was in Catholic grade school back in the '60s (somewhere in the 6th to 8th grade range), one of my classmates' Dad was in the Bataan Death March (and a POW for the duration of the war). He gave us a decidedly politically incorrect talk that could never happen today, either. Just saying the word 'Jap' will get one shunned today, if not arrested.

Posted by: RickZ at April 29, 2014 03:56 AM (gEe5x)

77 NARAL Pro-Choice America had pushed for Google to take down the ads, arguing they violated the Web giantÂ’s advertising policy.

--

There really is no "choice" in their view.  The only choice should be abortion.  If they had any true courage at all, they'd remove all pretenses and call themselves what they really are: NARAL Pro-Abortion America. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 29, 2014 03:56 AM (tsGZY)

78 Google, doing no evil -- broadly speaking. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 29, 2014 07:33 AM (kdS6q) Da fuq? That shit never goes in the other direction does it. I recall a dust up around here for a bit because the Clear Channel stations have Planned Abortionhood ads. I vaguely recall CC saying "No. they stay (Money money money money!) Then a vaguely recall a brief pull back on CC's country station (know your audience.) But they're back and back about once every 1-2 hours. (And before y'all say boycott, pretty much every channel here is a Clean Channel station and my car doesn't have a tape deck or a CD player.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 03:57 AM (HDwDg)

79 You were so close! Hashtag Bob!! #boballiswell! #bobnotatgates #bobnotincity #bobwinning!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 03:58 AM (Tn5gm)

80 You want Cake Girl You'd settle for Snootch Painter Gal You'll get Cake Boy Snookie FIFY

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 04:00 AM (Tn5gm)

81 Uggggh Active shooter in a fedex building outside Atlanta Unleash the Militarized Thug Cops!!!!

Posted by: MilitarizedThugCopJoe at April 29, 2014 04:01 AM (zLsg3)

82 Goldilocks, I refused to vote for someone who is a known liar before he was elected, Gomez. People in my office were going to vote for him in the primary until I told the reasonable people about his letter to Deval saying he supported TFG & his agenda & promised not to run for seat if he was appointed. My favorite was that he gave $$ to TFG as a favor to a friend. Let friend give own money to TFG. People here didn't know about that letter. Markey was my rep until redistricting now I'm stuck with Capuano. Both suck!

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 04:01 AM (gjOCp)

83 7. Wow, I hadn't known anything regarding Susan Hayword's illness. She certainly played the tough gal in movies. That's one character, MP4, rising from her terminally ill death bed for her last appearance on red carpet. I'd like to imagine her film opportunities a generation and a half later, instead of on safari or pioneering S.Africa, playing the lead role that put Signourney on the map.  I can see Susan Hayword in the transformer machine combating the "bitch" Alien from hell (aka outer space).

So, are the great Westmore make-up dynasty painting politicians' faces these days? Or, the point these days is to look robotic, numbed down to dead pan faces, as if not to give away any "tells" -- as if eyes and the rest of body language aren't still part of that quotient.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 29, 2014 04:02 AM (gmrH5)

84 #80 How odd that her name should come up. Turns out she was last year's commencement speaker at Rutgers, which is in full (2 dozen listless protesters) riot mode to keep Condi Rice away. Baghdad Bob must not even have an agent...

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 29, 2014 04:03 AM (xq1UY)

85 I think Goldilocks is one of the good ones.

Posted by: Case at April 29, 2014 04:06 AM (wf3Kt)

86 And a phrase I'm stealing from AR15 dot com "You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig.... You dig."

Posted by: MilitarizedThugCopJoe at April 29, 2014 04:08 AM (n9F1h)

87 65 David Horowitz asks "What Are Progressives Really Like?" , and the answer is: they are now and have always been totalitarians. Yes, ever since the time of Plato. The problem with Idealism is that ideal states cannot even be attempted without totalitarianism. See: The Republic.

Posted by: Caliban at April 29, 2014 04:09 AM (DrC22)

88 I refused to vote for someone who is a known liar before he was elected, Gomez. People in my office were going to vote for him in the primary until I told the reasonable people about his letter to Deval saying he supported TFG & his agenda & promised not to run for seat if he was appointed. My favorite was that he gave $$ to TFG as a favor to a friend. Let friend give own money to TFG.

People here didn't know about that letter.

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 08:01 AM (gjOCp)



I remember seeing that grinning gladhander on FNS when he was running and thinking "what a RINO loser".

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 04:09 AM (3yD3j)

89

Hey

If you happen to see the

Most Beautiful Girl in the World today?

Tell her I'm sorry

Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 29, 2014 04:11 AM (3ZtZW)

90 >>If Putin keeps up his behavior, she'll start dotting the i's with frowny faces. That'll show him. Then, may she'll "unfriend" him or - gasp! - stop following him on Twitter. I can't really blame Putin for asking Obama to stop calling. He's such a blowhard at press conferences can't you just see him doing the same thing during calls while Putin has him on mute making faces/gestures, or surfing the net?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 29, 2014 04:12 AM (8zTpe)

91 The healthcare system that is emerging from the repercussions of Obamacare (not the website, not the implementation- the actual care) is fraught with complacency, arrogance and incompetence and it is starting to result in innocent deaths. I am livid this morning, and I cannot give any more details. Just sad for the loss of something that most people won't even realize they have lost. (out)

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 29, 2014 04:15 AM (MKpBT)

92 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:18 AM (PYAXX)

93

"...By 53-39 percent, registered voters would rather see Republicans in control of Congress..."

 

Don't worry Gabe.  After Boehner, Cantor, Rubio, McCain and Miss Graham get through passing amnesty, those numbers will go right back to where they rightfully belong, with Democrats in control again.

Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at April 29, 2014 04:18 AM (bbivj)

94 I remember seeing that grinning gladhander on FNS when he was running and thinking "what a RINO loser".
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 08:09 AM

You might as well say that about ANY "Republican" from MA.

We have a fairly decent state rep. from my district who claims to be a Republican, but he keeps his conservatism -- if any -- pretty well muted. Other than that, it's mostly hacks to the left (and far left) of Devil Patrick.

There must be one or two non-liberals in this state, though. Otherwise, the Boston Herald would be out of business.

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 29, 2014 04:19 AM (dDzOj)

95 Ted Cruz is calling for Kerry to resign over Israel comments? Doesn't he realize that could lead to Psecretary of Pstate Jen Psaki?

Posted by: --- at April 29, 2014 04:19 AM (MMC8r)

96 So, for those I missed yesterday afternoon. A guy who attends my congregation (or did before he joined the military) was in a fire-fight in Afghanistan yesterday. His assistant gunner was killed and he was wounded in the leg- requiring urgent surgery at one of those "Not-a-MASH" hospitals, and evacuation to Germany. I've asked for rank and unit, but haven't heard back yet. His name is Mitch Forbes. Please keep him and his parents in your prayers.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:21 AM (PYAXX)

97 Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at April 29, 2014 08:18 AM (bbivj) Pfff. The articles says they want R's in control as a "check" on Obama. Like a greedy child this country wants some socialism with the occasional parental restraint. I say let the kid run wild, and when he falls down and breaks his arm, leave him there.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 04:21 AM (HDwDg)

98 Just think how excitingimportant it would be to have control of that filter.

The proggies fixed it for you.

Posted by: Pointless in Paduka at April 29, 2014 07:44 AM (FqqM5) 

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Posted by: Troll Feeder at April 29, 2014 04:22 AM (EITeD)

99 "registered voters would rather see Republicans in control of Congress as a check on Obama"

Yeah...if only the Republicans could be counted on to do that, instead of accelerating his power grab.

Posted by: Null at April 29, 2014 04:22 AM (DuH+r)

100 crap.



Posted by: Troll Feeder at April 29, 2014 04:22 AM (EITeD)

101 "A new ABC News/Washington Post poll has good news for Republicans. By 53-39 percent, registered voters would rather see Republicans in control of Congress as a check on Obama." its an abc/wapo poll so its probably closer to 60/35 but they wont say it so nobody can say "by a margin of almost two to one..."

Posted by: sound awake at April 29, 2014 04:23 AM (pk/NG)

102 Posted by: Troll Feeder at April 29, 2014 08:22 AM (EITeD) Think of it this way- at least you're not in the barrel.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:23 AM (PYAXX)

103 A guy who attends my congregation (or did before he joined the military) was in a fire-fight in Afghanistan yesterday. His assistant gunner was killed and he was wounded in the leg- requiring urgent surgery at one of those "Not-a-MASH" hospitals, and evacuation to Germany. I've asked for rank and unit, but haven't heard back yet. His name is Mitch Forbes. Please keep him and his parents in your prayers. Done.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 04:24 AM (Tn5gm)

104 And that WaPost and ABC poll is D+11! No one can say they aren't trying to do their part for the Dear Leader.

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at April 29, 2014 04:25 AM (vFmT2)

105 "registered voters would rather see Republicans in control of Congress as a check on Obama"

--

Says the same bunch of idiots who thought it was a great decision to put this POS back into office. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 29, 2014 04:25 AM (tsGZY)

106 Like a greedy child this country wants some socialism with the occasional parental restraint. I say let the kid run wild, and when he falls down and breaks his arm, leave him there. Kick him.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 04:26 AM (Tn5gm)

107 I am contemplating a blade. 1) M1918 Trench Knife 2)Smatchet 3)Welsh Trench Sword I may go the custom build route so I can get 1075 carbon steel w/matte rust resistant coating baked in Possibly combine the Welsh Trench Sword with an M1918 grip... Dunno

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 04:26 AM (7PNsT)

108 Prayers sent Allen G.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at April 29, 2014 04:26 AM (ecN6u)

109 I say let the kid run wild, and when he falls down and breaks his arm, leave him there. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 29, 2014 08:21 AM

A nice thought, maybe, but no one learns from that attitude, especially in the current D.C. climate.

Choom Boy has already "fallen down," repeatedly, and should be removed from office, imprisoned, and subjected to humiliation and ostracism for the rest of his teat-sucking life.

We no longer believe in suffering consequences for illegal/immoral actions. Everything is forgiven, excuses are made. There might be one or two elected officials in D.C. who should not be caged right now, but I'm damned if I can think of who they are.

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 29, 2014 04:27 AM (dDzOj)

110 107 RickB223, Absent the will to divorce the child's states I agree.... Stop blowing out the matches and let the kid in gasoline find out what his reward is.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 04:28 AM (7PNsT)

111 Rickb223, I said a prayer for Mitch & his family. Keep us posted.

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 04:28 AM (gjOCp)

112 Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 08:26 AM (7PNsT) Completely not practical, but I like my hand-and-a-half war sword.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:28 AM (PYAXX)

113

Like a greedy child this country wants some socialism with the occasional parental restraint.

I say let the kid run wild, and when he falls down and breaks his arm, leave him there.


Kick him.

 

Piss in his face.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 29, 2014 04:28 AM (zF6Iw)

114 Gabe! Superfriends who run planet get panties in bunch because world might hear what dumb fkcus they are. Polls show that 53% of Americans (for certain values of "American") would rather have a box of rocks for President than any Democrat or Republican they know of. The other 47% would vote for their crack dealers. Another day in the Idiobamacracy. Goooooood morning, Glories! Late, but the pets are already fed, so, I'm all yours., for a few minutes.

Posted by: mindful webworker at April 29, 2014 04:29 AM (zdOaO)

115 Posted by: Troll Feeder at April 29, 2014 08:22 AM (EITeD) Need square ( [ ]) brackets.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 29, 2014 04:29 AM (GDulk)

116 96 AllenG, Prayers sent.... Take heart they work near miracles if the fallen make it to Germany.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 04:29 AM (7PNsT)

117 Morning all. How'd the cake girl meme start? I vaguely remember a pic of a ginger showing cleavage along with cake. Was that it?

Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 04:30 AM (ZbivF)

118 Posted by: MrScribbler at April 29, 2014 08:27 AM (dDzOj I was speaking metaphorically about the collective country. If I rephrased it would be "Let it burn."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 04:31 AM (HDwDg)

119 Pet Rock 2016

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 29, 2014 04:31 AM (pJSWO)

120 Prayers AllenG.

Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 04:32 AM (ZbivF)

121 112 Allen G, Well a knife is my 4th string line of defense... Kind of like elected RINOs...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 04:32 AM (7PNsT)

122 That Google/Naral story made me literally (and not in the Joe Biden way) sick to my stomach. So much evil there and a harbinger of what is to come in filtering even our advertisements. The thought that some scared, confused woman goes on Google to look up abortion clinic and is prevented from seeing a message that might provide an alternative, give her hope  - I feel physically ill.

And thanks for the beautiful Susan Hayward story. I know nothing about her personal life but I love her old movies and the story made me feel she had some of the strength of character she showed in her films.

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 29, 2014 04:32 AM (2LJqa)

123 I'm caught up on comments? I *can't* be caught up on comments! I have to go shovel more mulch when I get caught up. You all need to talk more. Fast. Please?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 29, 2014 04:32 AM (GDulk)

124 Take heart they work near miracles if the fallen make it to Germany. I know. Last night (well, during their day, I suppose) they upgraded him from "critical" to "serious" and his Mom and Dad say (via our church prayer list) that his surgery went well. It's all be fairly vague, but I'm guessing they would have mentioned if there was any substantial fear he'd lose the leg or anything.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:32 AM (PYAXX)

125 Don't you just love this BS! Kerry has to apologize for saying shit he really means and the people he said it to have to apologize for hearing it. We live in a very, very, very fucked up time. But not to worry. Republicans may win. As I said... Very, very, very...

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 04:32 AM (BZAd3)

126 "Meanwhile in California, Team GOP Governor candidate Neel Kashkari has picked up a big primary endorsement from Mitt 'Electable' Romney."

Oh boy! The crucial Romney endorsement!

And backed by George W. Bush!

Yeah, looks like I vote Libertarian for governor this fall.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 29, 2014 04:33 AM (noWW6)

127
I am contemplating a blade.
Posted by: sven10077



The only possible correct choice:

Krull - The Glaive http://youtu.be/ZDJaBHxt-E0?t=1m30s

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 29, 2014 04:33 AM (kdS6q)

128 Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 08:30 AM (ZbivF) Yes. She made a "Happy Diablo III" cake for her (presumably) boyfriend. Making said boyfriend the target of much hate and envy from various members of the Horde.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:33 AM (PYAXX)

129 Meanwhile in California, Team GOP Governor candidate Neel Kashkari has picked up a big primary endorsement from Mitt 'Electable' Romney. In other big California news- Toyota is apparently moving it's corporate HQ out of California and into Texas (Plano, specifically).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:34 AM (PYAXX)

130 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 08:32 AM (PYAXX) The upgrade to serious is a good sign in that it points to a decent chance of surviving, which is the important part. Clouds, silver linings, all that.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 04:35 AM (HDwDg)

131 The Right Scoop usually has videos or audio clips. This has none, but McCain said of Ted Cruz call for Kerry to resign, is that "Senator McCain laughed heartily!" Goldilocks, Arizona has to apologize for sending McCain to the Senate for 30+ years! All he does lately is be an ass towards conservatives who are doing things we are impressed. I place blame on him too for getting the US involved in Libya. Remember he called the rebels "heroes" but they are really terrorists!

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 04:36 AM (gjOCp)

132 When one stops and thinks, Obama is somewhat similar to Teddy Roosevelt, with the slight difference that Obama talks, and blusters, and brags, and boasts, and disembles, and yaps, and makes hollow threats, and hastags, and selfies, and... stick? What stick?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 04:36 AM (BZAd3)

133 Ah. Thats the one i remember. Thanks.

Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 04:36 AM (ZbivF)

134 I look forward to previously unknown posters to encourage moderation and amnesty, but mostly, amnesty

Posted by: Thunderb at April 29, 2014 04:37 AM (zOTsN)

135 Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 08:26 AM (7PNsT)

http://tinyurl.com/kjnuyx5

Cold Steel Recon Tanto

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2014 04:37 AM (QFxY5)

136 In other big California news- Toyota is apparently moving it's corporate HQ out of California and into Texas (Plano, specifically). Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 08:34 AM (PYAXX) I loved that the mayor of the CA town basically said "of course they're leaving, CA's business environment sucks" The voters won't learn though.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 04:37 AM (HDwDg)

137 Ha Stealing this too: Shooting a gun is like being intimate with a woman. First, you inspect it to make sure it's clean. Then you grab it on the butt and jam the magazine in. If it doesn't fit, make it.

Posted by: MilitarizedThugCopJoe at April 29, 2014 04:37 AM (n9F1h)

138 Crotchety Old Jarhead, I'm glad your daughter will be home for Mothers Day. Did you get Peace rose?

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 04:37 AM (gjOCp)

139 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 07:35 AM (CMkNk)

J.J., I've seen parts of that Shoah film.  Don't think I could sit through eight hours of it.  Not without having a breakdown.  The one film that hit me the hardest was "Memory of the Camps", that Alfred Hitchcock and British SF/horror writer Colin Wilson worked on.  The touch of the Master was all over that one.  Saw it on PBS back in the early '90s.  Words fail me on that one.
And I hear they found a missing reel, and have remastered the whole thing and it is to be shown in the UK for the 70th anniversary of the end of WW II. 

Posted by: The Oort Cloud at April 29, 2014 04:38 AM (l1Nun)

140 Morning, all!   What fresh hell?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 29, 2014 04:38 AM (4df7R)

141

Ex-IRS official Lois Lerner’s attorney said that a vote to hold her in contempt would be “un-American.”

Lerner’s lawyer Bill Taylor wrote in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor that a contempt vote would be “unfair, and indeed, un-American.”






Because using the power of the IRS to destroy the Democrat Party's political opponents is very American

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 29, 2014 04:38 AM (1Jaio)

142 I loved that the mayor of the CA town basically said "of course they're leaving, CA's business environment sucks" The voters won't learn though. Of course not. They'll believe that it's "unfair" that Toyota is "taking all those jobs" and support that "flight tax" that some jackass in their legislature has been pushing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:38 AM (PYAXX)

143 "Active shooter in a fedex building outside Atlanta " Uh-huh. Not by a TV. Anything else so far?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 29, 2014 04:38 AM (jwpGH)

144 Prayers sent AllenG. Carol, you're right, it was from Saturdays IBD. Chin up, conservatives. The establishment is in full campaign mode and all we will hear for the next six months is how hopeless it all is, how cast in stone the evil now has become, and how the right is loaded with rich racists. Not a word of it is true: the left is the wealthy elite, and they want desperately to rig the country their way, with cheap gardeners whose needs are paid for by taxes on the middle class. If it were truly as hopeless as McMorris-Rogers, Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy and the McCain cabal would have you believe, it would no longer be America.

Posted by: MTF at April 29, 2014 04:39 AM (Px4PF)

145 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 08:32 AM (PYAXX)

If he made it this far the odds are very good.

U.S. Armed Forces trauma care is unbelievable.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2014 04:39 AM (QFxY5)

146 Who'd have thought that anything even remotely associated with Clooney would be serioso? The lengths some guys go to look good in other's eyes. The pretty lady on his arm is the one with the brains. He's her candy.

I came across mention of Kerry's grotesque speechifying, while researching who then heck Clooney's fiancee really is.

So Forbes lists her credentials; of her publications she's CO-edited articles that omit the name of the real editor: Expanding Jurisdiction over War Crimes under Article 8 of the ICC Statute, Journal of International Criminal Justice (2010) 8 (5): 1219-1243. I needed a subscription to read more info, and haven't.

International Lawyer And Scholar Amal Alamuddin Engaged To George Clooney
This engagement is really funny if it didn't seem sinister in PR (propaganda) appeal. So one of the Lebanese born beauty's spectacular specialties is entertainment law. Does that explain why she clerked for Sotomayor in NY?

-- Back to the quote from Kerry -- in a similar article that came up online search, same journal of int. criminal justice. Evidently, for propaganda gravitas, Kerry's speech writer lifted the words from the UN excuses for military interventionism to assert (libelous) against Syrian President Assad. All you need, in the political game book starting wars, is to send in a black ops, blame your opponent for your own crime against humanity posed against him (never 'moi?'), and use the magic trigger words, and whoopie -- another "well intended" never ending war is "excused" by the UN or whoever benefits from such (insulated insider string pullers). 

Where thinkers take Obama's "words, just words" to justify obscene power grabs with indiscriminate suffering inflicted on most people on earth, "for their own good" as they're told. Read and bleed. Arbeit Macht Frei, or far worse: insubordination to the bullies is reason enough for your termination. Your remains are buried under choice trigger words. Selected quotes follow.

"Syria and the Semantics of Intervention, Aggression and Punishment: On ‘Red Lines’ and ‘Blurred Lines’"

By Carsten Stahn, Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice, Leiden University.

Intro

On 21 August 2013, chemical weapons were used against civilians in the Ghouta area of Damascus. ... The nature of the attack has sparked fresh debate concerning the normative regime governing the prohibition of the use of chemical weapons and the remedies available to sanction violations of that prohibition, including recourse to the threat or use of force. One of the most striking features in this discussion has been the mixture of semantics relating to intervention. Vocabularies governing the use of force have generally been distinct in the realms of international humanitarian law and international criminal law. In the past years, however, they have become increasingly mixed. Perhaps the most well-known example is the use of the label of international crimes as a trigger for human security responses under the concept of the Responsibility to Protect. The Syrian context illustrates the risks of the merger between these different fields. Rationales and justifications of criminal law are being used to promote the use of force. This is a dangerous tendency — and maybe one of the unintended side effects of the rise of international criminal law in past decades. | The language related to the justification of intervention in Syria is replete with references to notions of accountability, deterrence and punishment. ... Kerry linked the moral legitimacy of the alleged response to the idea that ‘there must be accountability for those who would use the world’s most heinous weapons against the world’s most vulnerable people’. ... At the same time, criminal justice labels (‘beyond reasonable doubt’) were used in relation to issues of proof. ... | But the consequence of this approach, the idea of ‘punishing’ a regime for unlawful action under jus in bello through resort to the threat or use of force without a collective security mandate, is flawed. This discourse conflates two layers of legal reasoning, .... This limits the possibility of using military intervention as a tool to sanction violations of the ‘red line’ outside the collective security system. More fundamentally, the policy case in favour of intervention mixed two levels of discussions that have been separated for good reasons in the past decade: state responsibility for an international wrongful act and individual criminal responsibility for international crimes. ...

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 29, 2014 04:39 AM (gmrH5)

147 Morning all Fuck kerry

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 04:39 AM (t3UFN)

148 Good morning, pixel people. What fresh hell awaits us today? SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 29, 2014 04:39 AM (0HooB)

149 "In other big California news- Toyota is apparently moving it's corporate HQ out of California and into Texas (Plano, specifically)."

That's not going to be anywhere near the size of the economic hit as the end of C-17 production is going to be, at the Long Beach plant which was run for decades by Douglas Aircraft and is now owned by Boeing.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 29, 2014 04:40 AM (noWW6)

150 What are the laterals in the Tri, anyway? Huey, Dewey, Louie? Moe, Larry, Curly? Location, location, location? Help me out here, Horde. Don't make me go to Wiki this early in the day.

Posted by: mindful webworker wondering at April 29, 2014 04:40 AM (bDqG/)

151 U.S. Armed Forces trauma care is unbelievable. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 29, 2014 08:39 AM (QFxY5) Damn Straight

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 04:40 AM (t3UFN)

152 135 Charlie Brown's Dildo, Yeah I like Tantos, think is I am wanting a Short Sword with a blad 8 to 17 inches and for "oohh cool" factor may want to add in spiked knuckles and pommel spike... (Wife has a crush on Miles Matherson of Revolution) His second blade looks smatchetish.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 29, 2014 04:41 AM (7PNsT)

153 143. Not yet I just heard it on the news in the car I start really early and sleep while the girls are gone

Posted by: MilitarizedThugCopJoe at April 29, 2014 04:41 AM (n9F1h)

154 John Boehner really is a Democrat. My guess is, outraged and butthurt about the ad, John had some of his goons call up the college and tell them to fire the guy. Boehner is filth. Supporting him is as bad as supporting Harry Reid or any other mafia stooge.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 29, 2014 04:41 AM (uhAkr)

155 Mitch Forbes and family in my prayers

Posted by: Thunderb at April 29, 2014 04:42 AM (zOTsN)

156 "registered voters would rather see Republicans in control of Congress as a check on Obama" In their next breath, MSM will decry 'gridlock.'

Posted by: --- at April 29, 2014 04:42 AM (MMC8r)

157 "Have you ever wished Mass. would just hurry up and join Canada? Much better fit, don't you think? " How about Massachusetts and Vermont for Alberta, Canada? Press us and we'll throw in Michigan.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 29, 2014 04:43 AM (jwpGH)

158 Why punish canada?

Posted by: Thunderb at April 29, 2014 04:44 AM (zOTsN)

159 Press us and we'll throw in Michigan. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 29, 2014 08:43 AM (jwpGH) Don't do that. Michigan is slowly turning sane.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:44 AM (PYAXX)

160 Anybody think Magic Johnson's just trying to get the Clippers at a fire sale price?

Posted by: --- at April 29, 2014 04:44 AM (MMC8r)

161 And throwing In Detroit is hostile action

Posted by: Thunderb at April 29, 2014 04:44 AM (zOTsN)

162 Anybody think Magic Johnson's just trying to get the Clippers at a fire sale price? Posted by: --- at April 29, 2014 08:44 AM (MMC8r) I would not be surprised

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 04:45 AM (t3UFN)

163 "U.S. Armed Forces trauma care is unbelievable."

Yeah, but in this case, and all the others like it, I end up reflecting on this huge effort to save a life, and on the life that was lost, and _for what_?

To impose a thin and temporary veneer of civilization over the barbaric goatfuckers of Trashcanistan, which will promptly evaporate without trace the instant America leaves.

Not. Worth. It.

"I will not get America involved in any nation-building efforts overseas." -- George W. Bush, 2000 campaign season

Posted by: torquewrench at April 29, 2014 04:45 AM (noWW6)

164 John Kerry: DADS ( Dumb As Dog Shit)

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 04:46 AM (t3UFN)

165

158: "Why punish canada?"

 

Bieber.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 29, 2014 04:46 AM (OJn3e)

166 Cruz says Kerry should resign over the apartheid comment. I agree. I like Cruz because he says what he says no matter what, and appears to mean it. He doesn't really give a damn about the consequences, from either side.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 04:46 AM (BZAd3)

167 142 I loved that the mayor of the CA town basically said "of course they're leaving, CA's business environment sucks"

The voters won't learn though.
--

Of course not. They'll believe that it's "unfair" that Toyota is "taking all those jobs" and support that "flight tax" that some jackass in their legislature has been pushing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It.

--

Toyota or any other corporation always locate to best corporate advantage.

Voters won't learn? Well, majority rules. And when the  majority have lost their jobs, or came illegally searching for jobs and remain as yet unemployed at least ON SOMEONE'S BOOKS,  the vote will never favor those with jobs. That the majority's majority of "voters" consists of illegal aliens is entirely beside the point being, STFU and suck it up, sucker. 


Posted by: panzernashorn at April 29, 2014 04:46 AM (gmrH5)

168 Anybody think Magic Johnson's just trying to get the Clippers at a fire sale price? Wouldn't surprise me. Though, that said- the dude said what he said. No one asked him to say it. No one said, "Alright, Racist rant #3. And.... go!" Per Rush yesterday, Sterling's racism was an open secret in the NBA, and the NBA mostly let it go. Now it's in the open, so they have to be shocked and offended.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:46 AM (PYAXX)

169 "Don't do that. Michigan is slowly turning sane." Okay. Make it Minnesota then.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 29, 2014 04:46 AM (jwpGH)

170 Bevel, I'm sure you're right about Boehner & that ad was funny! Stupid idiot can't take a joke, I hope his opponent at least gets close to number of votes.

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 04:47 AM (gjOCp)

171 "U.S. Armed Forces trauma care is unbelievable." Yeah, but in this case, and all the others like it, I end up reflecting on this huge effort to save a life, and on the life that was lost, and _for what_? To impose a thin and temporary veneer of civilization over the barbaric goatfuckers of Trashcanistan, which will promptly evaporate without trace the instant America leaves. Not. Worth. It. "I will not get America involved in any nation-building efforts overseas." -- George W. Bush, 2000 campaign season Posted by: torquewrench at April 29, 2014 08:45 AM (noWW6) Don't confuse the mission of the Pentagon, with the Mission of Navy and Military Medicine: Bringing everyone we can home alive

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 04:47 AM (t3UFN)

172 Cake Girl:  http://tinyurl.com/kg8ng2d

My the good lord's blessings be upon her, and may there be someone just like her waiting for AllenG's buddy Mitch. Because of what Dryden said about the brave and the fair.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 29, 2014 04:48 AM (xq1UY)

173 The Long Beach Boeing C-17 will apparently shut down in mid-2015.  Three months early.  And thus the last aircraft plant in California will close its doors.

Northrop, North American Aircraft/Rockwell, Douglas/McDonell-Douglas/Boeing, and Lockheed.  All who got started in California and produced tens of thousands of planes.  And soon in 2015 the last plant will be gone.  Closing a glorious chapter.

And the idiots in Sacramento and their more local parasites will keep raising taxes, adding regulations, and throwing open the doors to illegals while the high technology aerospace industry flees.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 29, 2014 04:48 AM (pJSWO)

174 Per Rush yesterday, Sterling's racism was an open secret in the NBA, and the NBA mostly let it go. Now it's in the open, so they have to be shocked and offended. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 08:46 AM (PYAXX) If it was such an "open" secret then why was the NAACP about to give him his SECOND life time achievement award?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 04:48 AM (t3UFN)

175 7 Very courageous woman. I guess she had what we used to call " spunk". Looking at that video reminded me of the days when actors still looked like real people.

Posted by: Tuna at April 29, 2014 04:49 AM (7KPIw)

176 Bevel, I'm sure you're right about Boehner & that ad was funny! There's no objectionable content in the ad, it was just too clever Boehner. This really is a case of a thin-skinned little pissant using his power to squash political opposition. This is horrifying.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 29, 2014 04:49 AM (uhAkr)

177 Morning Horde! As BC would say, who we pissing off today?

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 29, 2014 04:49 AM (0FSuD)

178 43 "Active shooter in a fedex building outside Atlanta " Uh-huh. Not by a TV. Anything else so far? Local radio says single shooter with a shotgun, possibly explosives (unconfirmed). The guy went after his boss, but apparently didn't shoot him. K9 team is still hunting for the shooter. Militarized state patrol SWAT on scene.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at April 29, 2014 04:50 AM (WDySP)

179 Rent a slut brought Magic to the game. He wants to buy the Clippers. Stupid racist old man is making it easier for him. Personally, I do not think it is a coincidence. Rent a slit was with racist sugar daddy for four years. She knows how he thinks and speaks. She is also being sued by sugar daddy's wife for a couple million to force the return of "gifts". She knows she is at the end of her "employment" with sugar daddy. Magic prolly paid her more to release the tapes than sugar daddy would to bury them Plus, rent a slut is shopping a book. No coincidence

Posted by: Thunderb at April 29, 2014 04:50 AM (zOTsN)

180

174: "If it was such an "open" secret then why was the NAACP about to give him his SECOND life time achievement award?"

 

Because he gave money to the right people and "causes".

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 29, 2014 04:50 AM (/qzu7)

181 Posted by: torquewrench at April 29, 2014 08:45 AM (noWW6) You're right, actually. This was an insane waste of at least one life (one can hope the only fatality was Mitch's assistant gunner- just so no other families have to go through that, too). There is no middle road between conquest and not-conquest. "Nation building" doesn't work because it *can't*. The only way to make it work is to completely conquer the nation in question- and that only works for a while. Staying in Afghanistan while looking for the Taliban and AQ and (specifically) OBL made sense. At this point, it's just wasting brave young men. And I think we're going to need our brave young men in the fairly near future.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:50 AM (PYAXX)

182 Bush should have bombed Afghanistan & kept troop out of that hell hole on earth.

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 04:50 AM (gjOCp)

183 McCain said of Ted Cruz call for Kerry to resign, is that "Senator McCain laughed heartily!"



McRINO's affinity for Lurch is the biggest manifestation of his Stockholm syndrome.  To a human being with a functioning cortex, Kerry should be regarded as an enemy.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 04:51 AM (3yD3j)

184 Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 29, 2014 08:50 AM (/qzu7) Exactly. Once you are aware of Fen's Law you can see it in action everywhere.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 29, 2014 04:52 AM (GDulk)

185 Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who co-wrote the Senate's comprehensive immigration bill that passed last year, said he believes Congress will pass amnesty legislation in "June or July" of this year for President Barack Obama to sign.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 29, 2014 04:52 AM (thLL8)

186 I like Mark Levin. https://tinyurl.com/mepcuvs And he's right about Palin and how not only NRO, talks about her and how so many on the "right" jumped on the left's band wagon about her. It's too damned bad the left did such a good job of Alinskying her.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 04:53 AM (BZAd3)

187 My the good lord's blessings be upon her, and may there be someone just like her waiting for AllenG's buddy Mitch. For the record, I should point out that I don't know Mitch. I sort of know his parents (through church), but he was in the youth group when I joined this congregation. I would be most honored to get to call him "buddy," but at this point he's simply the son of some of my Family in Christ. If it was such an "open" secret then why was the NAACP about to give him his SECOND life time achievement award? Because Democrat.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:53 AM (PYAXX)

188 Sean Bannion, Cambridge is the worst zip code in MA. Maybe the entire US. I think they are a sanctuary city too, along with Brookline & others here.

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (gjOCp)

189 Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who co-wrote the Senate's comprehensive immigration bill that passed last year, said he believes Congress will pass amnesty legislation in "June or July" of this year for President Barack Obama to sign. Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 29, 2014 08:52 AM (thLL Personally I think all this talk is just bluster. I still don't see any chance anything passes this year. I'm more worried about the Yankee's Starting rotation

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (t3UFN)

190 In other words, if you screw a racist 80 year old man for four years for designer handbags and cash, shopping tapes of his racist rants is no big deal

Posted by: Thunderb at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (zOTsN)

191 »» Google is removing advertisements from its site for “crisis pregnancy centers” that discourage people from having abortions. Because, it's all about a woman's right to make a free, fully-informed choice. As long as it's the choice They insist upon. Google = evil. I want to get rid of Android now. Does this mean I have to find a Windows phone? (Don't say Apple. I didn't go Apple in 1979, and I'm not about to start now.)

Posted by: mindful webworker at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (0L1sw)

192 Does anyone now get the feeling it was a plan by the trophy wench and Magic to buy the Clippers for a cheaper price?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (pJSWO)

193
I like Cruz because he says what he says no matter what, and appears to mean it. He doesn't really give a damn about the consequences, from either side.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 08:46 AM (BZAd3)


I support Cruz so long as he supports US Constitutional Governance and our Bill of Rights PRECEDENCE over The Patriot Act and every other executive, legislative and judicial over-reach of segregated powers.


I appreciate Cruz' talents in presenting precise arguments so clearly that even juvenile minds comprehend.


To think that Cruz doesn't give a damn about consequences is an opinion I don't share. It is precisely because he cares about consequences that he frames his arguments, his position and agenda so succinctly, and does not deviate from his record protecting constitutional integrity.


However, his wife is with the Federal Reserve. Since I absolutely oppose that private global transnational financial corporation that our government's officers have GIVEN all power (owner of the economy owns the nation and people), I keep a wary eye on all politicians.


In God We Trust -- not in oligarchs, not in politicians, not in government bureaucrats, nor in bankers. 


Posted by: panzernashorn at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (gmrH5)

194 Though, that said- the dude said what he said. No one asked him to say it. No one said, "Alright, Racist rant #3. And.... go!" Per Rush yesterday, Sterling's racism was an open secret in the NBA, and the NBA mostly let it go. Now it's in the open, so they have to be shocked and offended. What he said - wrong. But it's his right to be a jackass. Libs reactions? Priceless. Vapors. Fainting couches. Heads imploding & exploding.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (Tn5gm)

195

By 53-39 percent, registered voters would rather see Republicans in control of Congress as a check on Obama


I think I'd rather see R's in congress than D's, and yet, I'm considering voting against my R representative because of his stance on immigration "reform". 


I cannot for the life of me figure out why representative are kicking their middle and working class citizens to the curb for people who are here illegally.   I cannot support this.


I also want "R"s who actually support freedom and limited government.  In fact, if we had limited government, I'd be much less hard line on immigration (I would think we needed 'make sense' rule, and then needed to enforce them - but I would be willing to agree to much less strick rules)


Posted by: LiilyBart at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (dXCcK)

196 I think there was someone upthread looking for a video of Cruz telling Kerry to resign. Here you go. http://tinyurl.com/kpjxnvc “I was convinced that as Secretary of State John Kerry would place what he considered to be the wishes of the international community above the national security interests of the United States. I fear with these most-recent ill-chosen remarks, Secretary Kerry has proven those concerns well founded,” Cruz said in a floor speech. “Secretary Kerry has thus proven himself unsuitable for his position and that before any further harm is done to our alliance with Israel, he should offer President Obama his resignation and the President should accept it.”

Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 04:54 AM (fWAjv)

197 Following a California/Texas strategy, Pfizer is bidding for AstraZeneca -- so that they can legally move their HQ to England for the better business climate there.

Imagine that.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 29, 2014 04:55 AM (xq1UY)

198 If it was such an "open" secret then why was the NAACP about to give him his SECOND life time achievement award?

 

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 08:48 AM (t3UFN)

 

It's amazing what people will overlook so long as you give lots of money to Democrats.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 29, 2014 04:55 AM (zF6Iw)

199 I want to get rid of Android now. Does this mean I have to find a Windows phone? With the exception of some of the early ones, everyone I know who has a Windows Phone 8 device loves it. I wish I had one (and may get one in a few months). That said... I *think* Blackberry still exists, but they have even less support than Windows Phone.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:56 AM (PYAXX)

200 ATL shooter now found dead.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at April 29, 2014 04:56 AM (WDySP)

201 Garbage day.

Later maybe.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 29, 2014 04:56 AM (gmrH5)

202 One thing I love about the Sterling story is how it shows what an utter bullshit organization the NAACP is.

Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 04:56 AM (fWAjv)

203 I want to get rid of Android now. Does this mean I have to find a Windows phone? With the exception of some of the early ones, everyone I know who has a Windows Phone 8 device loves it. I wish I had one (and may get one in a few months). That said... I *think* Blackberry still exists, but they have even less support than Windows Phone. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 08:56 AM (PYAXX) Love my iPhone

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 04:56 AM (t3UFN)

204 Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 08:56 AM (t3UFN) I've handled an iPhone and played with it some... can't say I love it. Especially for the price.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 04:58 AM (PYAXX)

205 poor Kerry he can at least fill Ketchup Bottles for his wife after the Doomed Administration leaves office. for his Boss we see how limited he actually is in dealing with things outside his choom world..

Posted by: 7 Days in May at April 29, 2014 04:58 AM (5V+Di)

206 RWC, I found Cruz video at The Right Scoop. I'm using iPad & can't do tiny URL from it

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 04:58 AM (gjOCp)

207 "Pfizer is bidding for AstraZeneca -- so that they can legally move their HQ to England for the better business climate there.

Imagine that.

Posted by: Stringer Davis"


Indeed.  Weren't they like in all the back rooms and shit when this whole Obamacare shit sandwich was being written?

It's almost like this was planned in advance, y'think?

Posted by: Simon White-Thatch Potentloins at April 29, 2014 04:58 AM (NnjE8)

208 Northrop, North American Aircraft/Rockwell, Douglas/McDonell-Douglas/Boeing, and Lockheed. All who got started in California and produced tens of thousands of planes. And soon in 2015 the last plant will be gone. Closing a glorious chapter Wait...what?!

Posted by: James S. McDonnell Boulevard in St. Louis, MO at April 29, 2014 04:58 AM (HDwDg)

209 Wow, Eliot "Client 9" Spitzer's wife just got a settlement of $7.5 millions, $240,000/year for life, and a house as divorce settlement.

So how are these public servants underpaid?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 29, 2014 04:58 AM (pJSWO)

210 Does anyone now get the feeling it was a plan by the trophy wench and Magic to buy the Clippers for a cheaper price? ------- That's exactly what I'm thinking. But Magic is such a 'nice guy'. /ESPN PC Police

Posted by: --- at April 29, 2014 04:59 AM (MMC8r)

211 And he's right about Palin and how not only NRO, talks about her and how so many on the "right" jumped on the left's band wagon about her.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 08:53 AM (BZAd3)ke



The worst are the Repuke harridans who jumped on her, like Client 9's friend Kathleen Parker, whose husband wasn't interested in looking at her fat ass once Palin hit the scene, or that "conservative" Hollywood studio lawyer for the WaPo. Jennifer Rubin.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 05:00 AM (3yD3j)

212 Sterling is an asshole, but he's not the story. The story is how the media decided we must have "national conversations" about Jason Collins, Michael Sam, this piddling NBA bullshit, etc. while ignoring IRS, Benghazi, etc.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 29, 2014 05:00 AM (ZshNr)

213 "Does anyone now get the feeling it was a plan by the trophy wench and Magic to buy the Clippers for a cheaper price?" Maybe. She's definitely a bilker looking for a take.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 29, 2014 05:00 AM (jwpGH)

214 Spitzer is from a very wealthy family. Real estate via daddy I think.

Posted by: Thunderb at April 29, 2014 05:00 AM (zOTsN)

215 I'm more worried about the Yankee's Starting rotation

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 08:54 AM (t3UFN)

I'm here to help.

Posted by: Pine Tar at April 29, 2014 05:00 AM (QFxY5)

216 Captain Hate mentions Jimmy Carter somewhere up above --
 
Iran's Supreme Leader goes on TV to praise and quote from Jimmah's new book (WZ):
 
http://tinyurl.com/lqdgsz8
 
It seems that Jimmah hasn't completely given up on holding onto 'The Worst President Evah' label without a fight.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 29, 2014 05:00 AM (cHZB7)

217 Just reported the gunman is dead

Posted by: MilitarizedThugCopJoe at April 29, 2014 05:00 AM (9Uq0z)

218

199: "With the exception of some of the early ones, everyone I know who has a Windows Phone 8 device loves it. I wish I had one (and may get one in a few months)."

 

I oppose Windows phones only because that is what MS is trying to turn my liquid cooled gaming PC into.

 

The Windows phone may be the greatest thing since the toaster, but I really don't want to give MS my money and thereby fuel their wrong ideas that PCs should become just like tablets and phones. 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 29, 2014 05:00 AM (OJn3e)

219 I'm glad Ted Cruz voted against Kerry for SOS. Someone is looking out for us, it's too bad we can only count on Cruz.

Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 05:01 AM (gjOCp)

220 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 08:56 AM (PYAXX) The 8.1 operating system is coming out in a month or so (as soon as the cell operators let it go.) It's getting rave reviews. Having said that, music management was a huge step backwards from Windows Phone 7.5. If you have lots of data that's probably not too much an issue (as you can just stream damned near anything) but we don't, and my wife is having a devil of a time weeding out duplicate songs on her phone. (7.5 did that automagically)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 05:01 AM (HDwDg)

221 Shut up you smarty pants notice I called North American North American/Rockwell to show how the name evolved over time.

Though I did leave an 'n' off from McDonnell.  Remember their FH-1?  Neither does 98% of the people.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 29, 2014 05:01 AM (pJSWO)

222 Windows phone I have a windows phone (and used the developer preview to update it to windows phone 8.1) and it's great. The only thing lacking are some apps. Not so much the big name ones, but a lot of times you'll see "download our app" but that, 90% of the time, means either iPhone or Android app, and not windows. To tell the truth, I don't actually use too many apps anyhow, and most of the big name ones have support.

Posted by: GMan at April 29, 2014 05:02 AM (sxq57)

223 219 I'm glad Ted Cruz voted against Kerry for SOS. Someone is looking out for us, it's too bad we can only count on Cruz. Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 09:01 AM (gjOCp) One person, at the right time in the right place, can change the world.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 05:02 AM (CMkNk)

224 @179 Good take on the NBA stuff. Old man fucking a woman 40 years younger than him has to be an idiot not to see this coming down the pike. So, anyone see a mention that he is a democrat??

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 29, 2014 05:02 AM (0FSuD)

225 219 I'm glad Ted Cruz voted against Kerry for SOS. Someone is looking out for us, it's too bad we can only count on Cruz. I wish he had spoken out in the Bundy cattlegrab.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 29, 2014 05:02 AM (WCaqs)

226 "Wow, Eliot 'Client 9' Spitzer's wife just got a settlement of $7.5 millions, $240,000/year for life, and a house as divorce settlement. So how are these public servants underpaid?"

Not all of Spitzer's money is from "public service". His father is a billionaire real estate tycoon.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 29, 2014 05:02 AM (noWW6)

227 As I drove by the gas station near my home, $4.45/gal now in the SF Bay Area....




I would say insanity, but then, I live here.

Posted by: [/i]KG at April 29, 2014 05:02 AM (p7BzH)

228 Oklahoma has a double header scheduled tonight: http://goo.gl/8qAPTW The european press is going nuts over it.

Posted by: Commissar Pug at April 29, 2014 05:03 AM (8c12T)

229 They literally and fully support authoritarian government. — MTF Y'might say, in No Uncertain Terms http://bit.ly/crtntrms A short vid of illustration

Posted by: mindful webworker - have digits, will digitize at April 29, 2014 05:03 AM (8KGvR)

230 Northrop, North American Aircraft/Rockwell, Douglas/McDonell-Douglas/Boeing, and Lockheed. All who got started in California and produced tens of thousands of planes. And soon in 2015 the last plant will be gone. Closing a glorious chapter Wait...what?

Posted by: Seattle at April 29, 2014 05:03 AM (thLL8)

231 One person, at the right time in the right place, can change the world.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 29, 2014 09:02 AM (CMkNk)

Be careful what you wish for......

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at April 29, 2014 05:03 AM (QFxY5)

232 The 8.1 operating system is coming out in a month or so You can get it now if you have the phone SDK on your computer (which you can get for free)... http://tinyurl.com/mmfv2t9

Posted by: GMan at April 29, 2014 05:03 AM (sxq57)

233 Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 29, 2014 09:00 AM (OJn3e) I get the idea of a unified operating system, but surely you could have had significantly overlapping kernels without having to make the touch based UI the standard across all devices (Which was moronic.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 05:03 AM (HDwDg)

234 With the exception of some of the early ones, everyone I know who has a Windows Phone 8 device loves it. I wish I had one (and may get one in a few months). Just switched Friday night from an HTC EVO 4G to a Samsung Galaxy S5. So far I'm loving it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2014 05:03 AM (Tn5gm)

235 Does anyone know if Sterling's mistress is part of the Kardashian crowd. Smells similar (so to speak). Isn't one of the Clippers players married to a Kardashian?

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 29, 2014 05:03 AM (MKpBT)

236 This is a really profound encapsulation of the problem commentators on the middle east have when they report of Israel. They really only have one way they can report if they want to avoid having their lives cuisinarted: https://tinyurl.com/l6jps3s You can say whatever you want about Israel - truth, lies, half truths... But whatever you say about the pals had better not be critical.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 05:04 AM (BZAd3)

237 Kerry also received an apology from the Trilateral Commission ... since apparently such appearances are intended to be kept off the record and out of the ears of the public So it's really much like the Donald Sterling situation. It's not that they didn't mean exactly what they said, it's just unfortunate (for them) that their unguarded moments were made public. Maybe Sterling should try the same excuse: "I will not allow my commitment to [black people] to be questioned."

Posted by: Blacksheep at April 29, 2014 05:05 AM (bS6uW)

238 So, anyone see a mention that he is a democrat?? No but, that RINO squish Michael Medved insisted yesterday he was a registered Republican.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 29, 2014 05:05 AM (thLL8)

239 One person, at the right time in the right place, can change the world. Agreed, but next time, could we have a positive change? For a change?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 29, 2014 05:05 AM (0HooB)

240 Posted by: GMan at April 29, 2014 09:03 AM (sxq57) I know, people keep telling me that. But Nokia hasn't released the latest firmware, and they're still ironing out a few of the apps that aren't 8.1 ready yet. I actually used the people hub, so not having twitter and facebook tied in would be a step backwards. (Which they'll have by the time 8.1 hits the actual carriers)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 05:06 AM (HDwDg)

241 She is too old for the kardashians. In fact, for a gal in her "line of work", is well past her sell by date. That's why she is cashing in now.

Posted by: Thunderb at April 29, 2014 05:06 AM (zOTsN)

242 Kashkari is the former Goldman banker who ran the TARP program. Neel also voted for Obama in 2008, according to Kashkari because he was getting better economic advice than John McCain.


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 29, 2014 07:29 AM (kdS6q)


Thanks for that, fking CA Rs.

Posted by: [/i]KG at April 29, 2014 05:06 AM (p7BzH)

243 She is too old for the kardashians. In fact, for a gal in her "line of work", is well past her sell by date. That's why she is cashing in now. ***** She could still be in that "social circle". Seems sort of like the same line of work to me.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 29, 2014 05:08 AM (MKpBT)

244 206 RWC, I found Cruz video at The Right Scoop. I'm using iPad & can't do tiny URL from it Posted by: Carol at April 29, 2014 08:58 AM (gjOCp) Thanks Carol. I posted the vid upthread. Why can't you do tinyURL from your iPad. I don't have any problem doing it. (pain in the butt yes, but doable.) I also haven't upgraded the iOS since version 6 I believe.

Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 05:09 AM (fWAjv)

245 As I mentioned, they are preparing for riots tonight if the commissioner's announcement doesn't conclude with "and string the old joo up."

Posted by: Commissar Pug at April 29, 2014 05:10 AM (8c12T)

246 @226 Client #9's wife didn't really get shit in the big picture. Less than 10% of his net worth. She had a bad lawyer and just wanted to move back to mill town NC, Concord.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 29, 2014 05:10 AM (0FSuD)

247 Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 29, 2014 09:00 AM (OJn3e) Don't worry too much about that, believe me when I say Microsoft is hearing it. There are a ton of gamers who don't want to move to some Linux distro. What, if anything, MS will do about it is a different question, but they're hearing about it.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 05:10 AM (PYAXX)

248 I actually used the people hub, so not having twitter and facebook tied in would be a step backwards I don't actually use twitter, but the facebook data is still feeding through to the hub, kinda. It's actually going to my notifications now, which is odd (and I had to tone it down) because every time one of my friends posted on facebook my phone would alert me. The Cortana assistant is waaaaay better than just a Siri clone by the way. I was testing it out and asked it to "remind my to call parents when I get home" and I walked in my door and my phone did the alert chirp at me. Pretty nice. I did notice that some of the apps were acting up a little with 8.1. Notably my gps maps were being a bit flaky and not updating properly for turn vs turn about half the time. I'm chalking that up to the new OS.

Posted by: GMan at April 29, 2014 05:11 AM (sxq57)

249 As I mentioned, they are preparing for riots tonight if the commissioner's announcement doesn't conclude with "and string the old joo up." I 'hope' the ingrates in the urban centers enjoy that. I'm going out for some popcorn.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 29, 2014 05:11 AM (thLL8)

250 Posted by: GnuBreed at April 29, 2014 09:00 AM (cHZB7)



That WZ link is hilarious.  Dhimmi Earl should never talk about women's issues because I think he's as obsessed with cooter as Slick.  I think Rosalyn cut him off after the old goat jizzed her up with Amy, a good argument against having children too late in life.  He was interviewed in Playboy, the gentleman's literary magazine::eyeroll::, where he talked about suffering from "adultery of the heart".  Every time he visits some tinpot dictator he can't resist talking about whatever bangtoy is the current squeeze.  I'm surprised he doesn't spank it in public.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 05:12 AM (3yD3j)

251 North American Aviation, in its heyday, was a mostly-owned subsidiary of General Motors. GM sure had a lot of different aviation departments, for a car company.

But that might account for the bizarre labor relations climate. Just before WWII, NA's union leadership was an absolute communist front group.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 29, 2014 05:12 AM (xq1UY)

252 She is too old for the kardashians ------ I realized yesterday that the Kardashians are just the new Gabor sisters. With less talent.

Posted by: --- at April 29, 2014 05:12 AM (MMC8r)

253 Bottom line: ALL the smart phones are pretty amazing. They have more computing power that many of our desk tops did 10 years ago

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 29, 2014 05:13 AM (t3UFN)

254 The Cortana assistant is waaaaay better than just a Siri clone by the way. I was testing it out and asked it to "remind my to call parents when I get home" and I walked in my door and my phone did the alert chirp at me. Pretty nice. Okay. I want.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 29, 2014 05:13 AM (PYAXX)

255 Jennifer Rubin. Posted by: Captain Hate at April 29, 2014 09:00 AM (3yD3j) Talk about someone who actually deserves being alinskied.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 05:13 AM (BZAd3)

256 I don't know why Kim Kartrashian isn't shunned. That sex tape is so gross and so obviously meant to be leaked to the public.

Posted by: Commissar Pug at April 29, 2014 05:14 AM (8c12T)

257 Posted by: GMan at April 29, 2014 09:11 AM (sxq57) The API hooks are there to feed data back into the people hub, but the app hasn't been updated yet. SOON! And I'm really looking forward to giving the Cortana assistant a spin. But for whatever reason I usually wait until official roll out.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 29, 2014 05:17 AM (HDwDg)

258 As I mentioned, they are preparing for riots tonight if the commissioner's announcement doesn't conclude with "and string the old joo up." Posted by: Commissar Pug at April 29, 2014 09:10 AM (8c12T) Rev. Al going to be on the ground or is he going to be instigating from MSDNC HQ.

Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 05:17 AM (fWAjv)

259

Someone mention the Gabor sisters?  Here's Zsa Zsa, dahlink:

 

http://tinyurl.com/lvyx75y


 

And Eva:

http://tinyurl.com/lw6mp4k


 

 

And Magda:

 

http://tinyurl.com/mvyzxm4


 

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 29, 2014 05:17 AM (zF6Iw)

260
Jennifer Rubin.
Posted by: Captain Hate



She is soooo hot!

Posted by: A Gila Monster

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 29, 2014 05:20 AM (kdS6q)

261 Lamarr Odom went on a hooker and crack binge last year, left the Clippers, and filed for a divorce with a Kartrashian. The Kartrashian for months issued phony press releases that he wanted to get back with her but I think if he did call her it was to tell her to sign the damn divorce papers already.

Posted by: Commissar Pug at April 29, 2014 05:20 AM (8c12T)

262 “Secretary Kerry has thus proven himself unsuitable for his position and that before any further harm is done to our alliance with Israel, he should offer President Obama his resignation and the President should accept it.” Posted by: RWC at April 29, 2014 08:54 AM (fWAjv) Yeah, and the traitorous bastard began proving unsuitable when he started being the flag bearer of the anti-American leftists just as soon as he stepped back on American soil after his fluffed up exploits in Vietnam. He shouldn't even be able to live in this country, let alone benefit from being the turncoat he is.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 29, 2014 05:20 AM (BZAd3)

263

@96  AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It.

 

 and evacuation to Germany.

I've asked for rank and unit, but haven't heard back yet. His name is Mitch Forbes. Please keep him and his parents in your prayers.

 

I'm down the road from Landstuhl.  If he needs anything, let me know.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 29, 2014 05:26 AM (0cBHN)

264 Thanks for the feedback on Windows Phones. May go that way. Won't do Apple, Google R evil, MS seems the least of the big 3 weevils. I'm also thinking, what about ditching Google's YouTube? That's a tough one. It's YouTube, where everything is. I've got a lot invested in YT. Besides my several videos, I've spent a lot of time setting up my website to work with YT playlists. Would have to start all over with Vimeo or something. But I will. STARVE THE BEAST!

Posted by: mindful webworker - or just go live in a cave at April 29, 2014 05:36 AM (qG1i2)

265 Where those 53% allowed to reject the premise that Republicans (especially led by Boehner, Cantor, McConnell, Cornyn, and their ilk) would serve as a check on Obama?

Posted by: gm at April 29, 2014 06:32 AM (K0tm3)

266 "Where?" *sigh* --- "were"

Posted by: gm at April 29, 2014 06:34 AM (K0tm3)

267 "GOP Can Win in '16 by Following Reagan's Path"

And yet, Boehner catches flack for trying to push amnesty and letting the national debt rise.

Posted by: Shoot Me at April 29, 2014 10:20 AM (EQcfE)

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