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May 05, 2014

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Sen. Paul puts hold on Obama judicial nom who wrote at least one unreleased drone killing memo. Continuing his smart pattern of asking for actual gets when does these things, Paul says he'll release the hold if Obama releases the memos.

Former presiding FISA court judge says he expects no legislative alteration to the FISA regime until at least after the midterms.

Iowa's 1st congressional district GOP voted over the weekend voted to add this plank to the GOP platform: "We support the removal of the institution of marriage from government control." It was heated. "'I begged people to stand up, I shouted stand up for morality!' Saul wrote on Facebook. 'No one else other than the 89 stood. I shouted at the ones sitting down and called them moral cowards. They threatened to remove me and called the sergeant of arms.'"

Suprise! Switching from gasoline to ethanol-enhanced fuel is linked to more ozone pollution.

Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft say they are rewriting their privacy policies so that they will now disclose to the user if a government agency subpoenas the user's information without a court-issued gag order.

Read this teacher's angry post about having to administer a flawed Common Core exam.

This sounds like something out of turn of the century pulp horrorÂ—turn of the last century, that is.

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1 DAY 545 918 to go (991 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 May 05, 2014 02:52 AM (CMkNk)

2 Kid has his first AP exam of the year this morning. Gonna be a long two weeks.

Posted by: NCKate at May 05, 2014 02:53 AM (/6NSh)

3 My brother is a retired NYC math teacher and is now tutoring kids privately. He read a Kommon Korpse math problem and he said it took him about an hour - an hour! - to read and somewhat comprehend it. This is a person who taught mathematics for 25 years and has degrees in math and computer science. It's all about two things - money for kronie capitalists and indoctrination by keeping kids stupid and helpless.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 02:55 AM (CMkNk)

4 Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, May 05, 2014. On this day in 1891 Carnegie Hall opened in NYC.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

5 Feel good story of the day. 78 year old twins meet for the first time since birth,

http://tinyurl.com/ntyb35q

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

6 Draft Bush? Only if it is in the Army.

http://tinyurl.com/p623v8n

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

7 Perry defends death penalty in TX. Why does he have to defend it? Why is this a story?

http://tinyurl.com/lhmux62

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

8 The corrupt EPA has paid half a million illegal dollars of your money to its thug employees.

http://tinyurl.com/mutvvxj

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

9 Boner is losing support in his district.

http://tinyurl.com/kwehf9n

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

10 Clintons hob-knob with terrorists, WARNING don't look at picture unless your keyboard is covered.

http://tinyurl.com/m3ywo4c

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

11 4 Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, May 05, 2014. On this day in 1891 Carnegie Hall opened in NYC. Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2014 06:57 AM (T2V/1) Old New York joke. A tourist in Manhattan walks up to a beat cop and asks "excuse me officer, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?" The cop replies "practice, practice, practice."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 02:59 AM (CMkNk)

12 Another fake hate crime. Lesbian did not want to do her homework.

http://tinyurl.com/olhcudd

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

13 Cop runs stop sign and crashes into woman breaking her neck in four places. County thumbs its nose at woman. But that's OK after a long time and millions in legal expenses the taxpayers will pay.

http://tinyurl.com/p4w5m64

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

14 Shitty economy? 21% unemployment? Solution? Throw the race card.

http://tinyurl.com/nlew3pc

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Â“More Whites Believe In Ghosts Than They Do In RacismÂ”Â…

OK, I'll go with that. The only racism I have seen in the last 50 years is from blacks. But more blacks believe in white racism than believe in getting a job. And piss on this washed up has-been.

http://tinyurl.com/n9vczfm

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

16 Daley Deals

http://tinyurl.com/ohv4q9j

That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 03:01 AM (T2V/1)

17 Meanwhile, LinkedIn is promoting some stupid chart proclaiming that we are now coming out of The Great Recession. My blood pressure can't stand it. I wanted to vent post a scathing comment, but too many potential employers whose political leanings I am not too sure about read that site.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:01 AM (CMkNk)

18 Boner is losing support in his district.

http://tinyurl.com/kwehf9n

Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2014 06:59 AM (T2V/1)

If they still kept the bars closed on election day, he'd probably never have been in politics.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 03:03 AM (C2UDb)

19 15 Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2014 07:00 AM (T2V/1) I read the quote but what's the context? Is he saying it to blame whitey or is he saying because he believes white people honestly believe racism doesn't exist because they're not racist?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:03 AM (CMkNk)

20 Gabe, you need to read Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein. This was how he thought rejuvenation would begin.

Posted by: SDN at May 05, 2014 03:03 AM (IJXDf)

21 Good morning, everyone!

Posted by: Viridian at May 05, 2014 03:06 AM (mpHZX)

22 19 I read the quote but what's the context? Is he saying it to blame whitey or is he saying because he believes white people honestly believe racism doesn't exist because they're not racist?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 07:03 AM (CMkNk)

From the link:

Racism is a systemic problem, he said on ABCÂ’s Â“This Week.Â” Abdul-Jabbar penned an op-ed last week for Time Magazine discussing race and the racist history of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 03:07 AM (T2V/1)

23 "Young Blood May Hold Key to Reversing Aging" Start collecting used tampons from teeny-boppers. EwÂ….

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:08 AM (CMkNk)

24 Meanwhile, LinkedIn is promoting some stupid chart proclaiming that we are now coming out of The Great Recession.

My blood pressure can't stand it. I wanted to vent post a scathing comment, but too many potential employers whose political leanings I am not too sure about read that site.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 07:01 AM (CMkNk)

Smart move. I figured that site is run by people slightly to the right of Fuckerberg, ie Pol Pot.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 03:08 AM (C2UDb)

25 22 Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2014 07:07 AM (T2V/1) I ripped him a new one over at Breitbart and then I retracted my post because I didn't quite get his context. But I guess I suffered premature retraction. Jabbar sucks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:09 AM (CMkNk)

26 Good morning, all. Woke up in a bad mood, dammit.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 05, 2014 03:10 AM (u8wfH)

27 It's the first chart and the Baghdad Bob style cheerleading. I puked. http://qz.com/205518/the-most-important-charts-from-the-fantastic-april-jobs-report/

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:11 AM (CMkNk)

28 Clintons hob-knob with terrorists, WARNING don't look at picture unless your keyboard is covered.

http://tinyurl.com/m3ywo4c

Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2014 06:59 AM (T2V/1)

If anybody ever took a look at the funding for the Clintoon Foundation they could blow the HMS Pantsuit out of the water without Benghazi references. Too bad the "opposition party" is too busy yacking about all this great GOTV data they've accumulated. And all these servers...

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 03:13 AM (C2UDb)

29 #20, re: Methuselah's Children. My memory made be muddled, but I thought the longevity was a natural progression due to careful breeding between long lived couples...Was the blood stuff how the rest of humanity caught up? Been a long time since I've read that, but I really enjoyed that story.

Posted by: DishofRed at May 05, 2014 03:14 AM (Dmq63)

30 My take on racism is this. Yes, there are some white racists. There are some black racists. There are racists in the world. There always has been and there always will be. But the old sin was institutionalized racism. Yes that still exists, but it is now against white makes. Walk in a government office some day and count the white male noses vs blacks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 03:14 AM (T2V/1)

31 Racism is a systemic problem, he said on ABCÂ’s Â“This Week.Ã¢Â€� Abdul-Jabbar penned an op-ed last week for Time Magazine discussing race. The multi-millionaire? Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 03:14 AM (d0Dmj)

32 The stupid Common Core stuff seems to me like the "New Math" that was heavily oversold in the 60s to prepare scientists for NASA and the like. The same incomprehensible word problems, the same making the easy difficult, the same leaving children uneducated in either arithmetic or algebraic functions. I sure would like to see someone kill it with fire once and for all.

Posted by: Mustbequantum at May 05, 2014 03:16 AM (MIKMs)

33 Jabbar probably got leaned-on by the race hustlers after his WaPo editorial.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:16 AM (CMkNk)

34 Jabbar probably got leaned-on by the race hustlers after his WaPo editorial.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 07:16 AM (CMkNk)

Hard to say. He's pretty much his own man and more complex than probably sound bytes can reveal but he's probably not quite as smart as he thinks he is. I bet if you talked with him one on one you'd probably like him.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 03:20 AM (C2UDb)

35 "Removal of the institution of marriage from government control."

What the heck does that mean?

You mean government can't compel Churches and other religious institutions to perform marriage ceremonies against their will?

Government can't force businesses like caterers, photographers and cake makers to work your so-called "wedding?"

Good! Sign me up!!

Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2014 03:21 AM (BeSEI)

36 And good morning everyone!

Posted by: DishofRed at May 05, 2014 03:23 AM (Dmq63)

37 Hooray for gay marriage! Must be Monday at AoSHQ.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 05, 2014 03:24 AM (JDIKC)

38 'Sup, J-Dick? I was worried that hash had disapeared.

Posted by: fluffy at May 05, 2014 03:26 AM (Ua6T/)

30: "Walk in a government office some day and count the white male noses vs blacks."

I work in one such office. The accounting side is about 90 percent white, while the "customer service" side is about 60 to 75 percent black.

Draw from that what you will.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 03:26 AM (Kh+vp)

40 Good to see the "party of small government" actually advocating smaller government for a change.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at May 05, 2014 03:27 AM (19A55)

41 There is nothing to combat racism like government sanctioned reverse racism. You want racism, listen to Sharpton when he opens his mouth. Oh, black people can't be racist? Bullfuckinshit.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2014 03:27 AM (tjj0w)

42 So the pissed off teacher gave a test that his students could not comprehend? 10 More money for education. 20 GOTO 10 30 End

Posted by: Liberal With A 'Coexist' & Obama/Biden Bumber Sticker [/i] at May 05, 2014 03:28 AM (HaoMv)

34: " I bet if you talked with him one on one you'd probably like him."

That is the curious thing about human dynamics. If you talk one on one with a black, or even a liberal, you stand a pretty good chance of liking the mug so long as discussion doesn't turn political.

But when these demographic samples turn into groups, they seem to lose their minds.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 03:29 AM (LJpVo)

44 Nope. Static IP at the dojo.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 05, 2014 03:30 AM (JDIKC)

45 David Gregory took what used to be the number one rated Sunday morning political show and ran it's ratings into the toilet. So, the geniuses at NBC put their heads together to come up with a way to fix it. What was their big idea? The put Wil.i.am on the panel. How would you like to get paid to come up with shit like that.

Posted by: jwest at May 05, 2014 03:32 AM (u2a4R)

46 Good Morning!

Posted by: Carol at May 05, 2014 03:32 AM (gjOCp)

47 The "young blood" story worries me. I can only imagine the horrors that will ensue from this-

"Come on, Johnny, it's time to visit Grandpa again!"

"No!!! I hate needles! Please, don't let him stick me again!"

I mean, how the heck are you going to harvest blood from children? Will public schools mandate "donations" from their students? Or will wealthy nations exploit poor people in the third world, until we see stories of kids dying because the parent took their child to three different vampire clinics in a week in Bangladesh? It's one thing if there is some conceivable protein or cell that could be artificially produced. However, the article I read implied it had to do with stem cells found abundantly in young mouse blood.

Posted by: Virginia Socon at May 05, 2014 03:32 AM (+/C3g)

48 Fenelon, and other members of the horde so inclined, I humbly request your prayers for my wife (Barbara), still battling cancer with dignity and grace even though she is losing. I shan't be viewing the site very much for a while, but will appreciate your prayers nonetheless. Thanks for the support. ~H

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 03:32 AM (o3MSL)

49 >>> "Walk in a government office some day and count the white male noses vs blacks." Last month we got an EZ Pass transponder for the wife's car in Nashua, NH. The demographics of the office personnel differed from the demographics of the local population.

Posted by: fluffy at May 05, 2014 03:32 AM (Ua6T/)

50 I've said it before, I find it fascinating that we have been educating children for 380 years in America and apparently do not have any idea on how to effectively educate them and what level of knowledge and competency a child should be able to possess at the end of each grade. We do pay a whole lot more for this level of incompetency, so there's that.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 05, 2014 03:35 AM (bd38m)

Texas may be poaching another business from California.

This oughtta get the hipsters and other assorted douchebags all up in a hissy.

http://tinyurl.com/pzq4wm3

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 03:36 AM (Kh+vp)

52 "I shan't be viewing the site very much for a while, but will appreciate your prayers nonetheless. Thanks for the support. " God Bless you and your wife, H.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 05, 2014 03:36 AM (u8wfH)

53 48 Fenelon, and other members of the horde so inclined, I humbly request your prayers for my wife (Barbara), still battling cancer with dignity and grace even though she is losing. I shan't be viewing the site very much for a while, but will appreciate your prayers nonetheless. Thanks for the support. ~H Prayers coming your way

Posted by: wing at May 05, 2014 03:36 AM (dLNm7)

54 Allow Bill Ayers and his ilk to infiltrate the education industry. What could go wrong with that?

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 03:37 AM (C2UDb)

55 48 Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL)

Prayers

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 03:38 AM (T2V/1)

56 So we are all Elizabeth Bathory now? Okie dokie.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at May 05, 2014 03:38 AM (dMSj2)

57 That math test is to make sure those students that used to excel at math no longer do so. Equality of results.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 05, 2014 03:39 AM (V70Uh)

58 Hrothgar - I will be thinking of you both. My prayers for you. Mike

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 05, 2014 03:39 AM (aDwsi)

59 "This oughtta get the hipsters and other assorted douchebags all up in a hissy. http://tinyurl.com/pzq4wm3 " Well, if they wanna bitch about the smell a factory makes out there then maybe they don't understand exactly what factories do. I can find a place here where no one will even notice a smell.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 05, 2014 03:39 AM (u8wfH)

60 48 Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL) May the good Lord bless and keep you, your wife and family and give you all the strength and courage you need.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:40 AM (CMkNk)

61 @15 He has somewhat of a point. Institutional and government sponsored racism no longer exists for blacks and other minorities but it does for whites, but we can't talk about, because racism. So we talk about ghosts, which if you look at it just the right way could be a subtle dog whistle, white people are crafty that way.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 05, 2014 03:41 AM (bd38m)

62 shan't be viewing the site very much for a while, but will appreciate your prayers nonetheless. Thanks for the support. ~H Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL) I am sorry Hrothgar, I said a prayer for Barbara when you posted this and did so last week or the week before when you first asked. May God Bless Her and I hope Barbara continues to keep her grace & dignity. I also added one for you, you need prayers too. Love Carol

Posted by: Carol at May 05, 2014 03:41 AM (gjOCp)

63 34 I bet if you talked with him one on one you'd probably like him. Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 07:20 AM (C2UDb) Yes, he does come across as an intelligent bloke. I have been impressed by Kobe Bryant as well. But, in all fairness, because of the way the Leftist Media Complex and Demokrat Partei have constantly hyped the victimhood meme for the past 50 ears, it's understandable how even a very intelligent person such as Jabbar could still have that attitude slip into his mind unfiltered and unchallenged.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:43 AM (CMkNk)

64 Hrothgar, prayers sent. Fuck cancer.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at May 05, 2014 03:43 AM (dMSj2)

65 Prayers for Hrothgar. -- Methuselah's Children - the longevity of the main characters was genetic, but nirmals didn't know that and tried to crack the secret which led them to discovering that blood was key. Gives me the chills to see how Heinlein predicted it.

Posted by: votermom at May 05, 2014 03:44 AM (7PUVj)

66 duuuuh... daaaaaar....uhhhm... Happy Cinco de Quattro, evah body!

Posted by: Earflaps the Lesser, moron on the move at May 05, 2014 03:44 AM (x7bkx)

67 ~H

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL)

Hrothgar, you and your wife will be in my prayers. I hope that despite the pain and sorrow that you two will go through in the coming days, you will also have a few laughs, tender moments, and (ultimately) peace.

Posted by: Virginia Socon at May 05, 2014 03:46 AM (+/C3g)

68 @63 I worked closely with Kareem Abdul Jabbar on a documentary, he was one of the gentlest and nicest people I have ever met. He probably did get some blowback for his sterling article and he also probably believes a little of what he said in the article which is quite sad. And he's listed as 7'2" in his bio he's not lick over 7'

Posted by: Kreplach at May 05, 2014 03:47 AM (bd38m)

69 Fenelon, and other members of the horde so inclined, I humbly request your prayers for my wife (Barbara), still battling cancer with dignity and grace even though she is losing. I shan't be viewing the site very much for a while, but will appreciate your prayers nonetheless. Thanks for the support. H, prayers sent. Best wishes.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 03:47 AM (d0Dmj)

70 This one over at Spectator. http://spectator.org/articles/59042/iraq-vet-continues-battle-against-obamacare It goes before the DC Circuit (now DC Circus) on Thursday and will more than likely lose to Obama's hacks in black. And then it's on to SCOTUS. Will Chief Justice Julia Roberts redeem herself?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:47 AM (CMkNk)

71 Dear Brother Hrothgar, I pray for you and your dear wife Barbara quite often every day. I was thinking that I had not seen you for a while and that was because of how she was doing. Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. May she know that he is with her on this journey. I'm lifting you both up to God's light and love.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2014 03:49 AM (XyM/Y)

72 So we are all Elizabeth Bathory now?

Okie dokie.

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at May 05, 2014 07:38 AM (dMSj2)

Thanks for pointing that out. I now know who she is and what she did.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 03:49 AM (C2UDb)

73 48 - Prayers offered

65 votermom - I loved that story. Need to find my copy of "The Past Through Tomorrow" and re-read it now that I'm a few (many?) decades older. As a somewhat 'innocent' teenager, the sexuality in these stories, and a number of Heinleins other storylines, was a little uncomfortable for me. Be interesting to see how I react now.

Posted by: DishofRed at May 05, 2014 03:50 AM (Dmq63)

70: "Will Chief Justice Julia Roberts redeem herself?"

Heh. Hahaha. Bwah haaaaaaahaaaaaaahaaahaaaaa!

Hold on a sec, let me catch my breath. Whew. Good one J.J.

There is not redemption from calling something that was specifically stated to not be a tax, to be a tax.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 03:52 AM (Kh+vp)

75 Posted by: BurtTC at May 05, 2014 07:21 AM (BeSEI) I used to be OK with the idea of simply relegating everything currently covered by the government definition of "marriage" to contract law. Especially considering that "marriage" means nothing to the government anyway in a strict sense (easy in, easy out.) But I realized that would never satisfy the gay marriage crowd would simply shift to churches. In an ideal world, if marriage were no longer a government recognized term, they'd have 0 ability to do anything. In this world judges would line up to make historic rulings

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 05, 2014 03:52 AM (HDwDg)

76 Prayers and intercession with thanksgiving

Posted by: AE at May 05, 2014 03:54 AM (Or5Hz)

77 74 Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 07:52 AM (Kh+vp) Yes, I know that. He can and will go straight to Hell. But at least in this instance if he and the other 4 vote to uphold the suit that states - rightly - that since Obamacare is a tax (thanks, Roberts) and that all tax bills must originate in the House, and since Obamacare clearly originated in the Senate, it will be struck down as unconstitutional and then disappear completely. THAT is what I mean by "redeem" himself, at least in his own mind. And then there's the aftermath with the insurance and health care industries thoroughly dislocated if not destroyed by then.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 03:55 AM (CMkNk)

78 Suprise! Switching from gasoline to ethanol-enhanced fuel is linked to more ozone pollution.

And shocker of shocks, guess what fuel NASCAR is using now in the name of environmentalism and helping to keep the atmosphere clean.

Yeah, ethanol.

Damn yuppies and their bowing to BS idea's.

Posted by: Gmac - Pondering ... something at May 05, 2014 03:55 AM (4pjhs)

65: "Gives me the chills to see how Heinlein predicted it."

Quite. Then I start to compare Heinlein's "Troubled Times" with our incipient Burning Times, and one begins to think he was either prescient, or had the greatest understanding of humna nature ever witnessed since Christ.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 03:56 AM (/qzu7)

80 Jabbar has no idea what white people think. Nobody does. We don't think as a group, all with the same opinion. Our race does not define us.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2014 03:56 AM (tjj0w)

Happy ~~Cinco de Mayo!~~ Free Shit Army Day

ReWriteÂ™ engaged because the Mexicans were the original Free Shit Army.

Posted by: steveegg at May 05, 2014 03:58 AM (o44nj)

82 Re79: Make that human.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 03:59 AM (v6cwT)

83 78 Suprise! Switching from gasoline to ethanol-enhanced fuel is linked to more ozone pollution. And shocker of shocks, guess what fuel NASCAR is using now in the name of environmentalism and helping to keep the atmosphere clean. Yeah, ethanol. Guess what doesn't like corn likker? Small engine carburetors. Had a generator crap out. Took it in for service. He had to replace it. It crumbled. Repair guy said it is hell on plastic.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 04:00 AM (WPhwX)

81: "ReWriteÂ™ engaged because the Mexicans were the original Free Shit Army."

The Roman mob had them beat by a millenia or two.

Join me in celebrating the Day of the Dole!

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:00 AM (f6ZLT)

Guess what doesn't like corn likker? Small engine carburetors. Had a generator crap out. Took it in for service. He had to replace it. It crumbled. Repair guy said it is hell on plastic.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 08:00 AM (WPhwX)

That's a feature, not a bug, of corn-a-hole.

Posted by: steveegg at May 05, 2014 04:01 AM (o44nj)

83: "Guess what doesn't like corn likker? Small engine carburetors. Had a generator crap out. Took it in for service. He had to replace it. It crumbled. Repair guy said it is hell on plastic."

Hmmm. There may be an incipient rise in other commodities being smuggled up from Mexico.

Thanks NAFTA!

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:02 AM (OJn3e)

87 >>If anybody ever took a look at the funding for the Clintoon Foundation they could blow the HMS Pantsuit out of the water without Benghazi references I seem to recall there being some shenanigans w/the funding for Bill's presidential library - think it was that international interests (such as Saudis) were donated to the library in order to buy influence w/Hillary, who was campaigning for Senate. I also recall there being some sort of pardon for Puerto Rican terrorists/Hillary campaign contribution deal. There was just so much scandal in that last year of Bill's presidency. Heck, scandal like that seems to follow the Clintons around like (Peanuts character) Pig Pen's cloud of filth.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 04:02 AM (8zTpe)

88 That's a feature, not a bug, of corn-a-hole.

Posted by: steveegg at May 05, 2014 08:01 AM (o44nj)

Aaaaannnnd because those dickholes in Iowa get to go first in the primaries with their ignorant caucuses, which neither of our great political parties does a fucking thing about for the rest of us citizens not living in that bumfuck state, the pandering to keep that in place will remain constant.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 04:05 AM (C2UDb)

89 Another fake hate crime. Lesbian did not want to do her homework. No mention of her name. Why? Could I make false police reports and have my identity hidden after I'm revealed as a fraud? Of course not.

Posted by: --- at May 05, 2014 04:08 AM (MMC8r)

90 Any moral human being should fight against NAMBLA wherever they find them, and most often we find them in the Gay marriage arena these days.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 05, 2014 04:09 AM (ZshNr)

91 >>I used to be OK with the idea of simply relegating everything currently covered by the government definition of "marriage" to contract law. That's the goal - expand "marriage" to include all sorts of relationship to the point that the word loses all meaning. They even took the time to spell it out: http://www.beyondmarriage.org/

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 04:09 AM (8zTpe)

92 A little something different: _____ There were several important rules a soldier had to live by. An important rule was never volunteer for a combat patrol. We knew the Germans were well dug in on the east bank. We had heard a patrol from Company "E" of our 2nd battalion had crossed the river early this morning and had suffered several casualties. Our initial, almost lighthearted, response to Lt. Jones was words to the effect, "Throughout our lives we have heard a lot of dumb questions, but to ask us at a time like this if we wanted to volunteer for patrol across the Rhine was no doubt the dumbest question we had ever heard." To this day I still remember it is the dumbest question I have ever been asked. Â—War Stories by EO Swain. ____ Morning, Glories. Hope everybody is as well as can be expected for a Monday. I went looking for something entirely else this morning when Uncle Ed's book leapt off the shelf at me. Ed is my only true Uncle, and a wonderful man, with some amazing stories. I've mentioned on here before, after trudging across Europe, Ed was readying for the invasion of Japan. Instead, he gets to see his great-great grandchildren. Thank you, Professor Oppenheimer!

Posted by: mindful webworker - on a long leash at May 05, 2014 04:09 AM (1zmtP)

93 In 1848 the frigate USS Mayo was sunk during the Spanish American War, all hands lost. To this day, those Mexican bastards celebrate by drinking cerveza and waving flags and sech

Posted by: Cinco de Mayo at May 05, 2014 04:09 AM (3ZtZW)

94 Pulling the government out of the marriage business seems like either a pipe dream or an empty platitude. What happens to divorce law? Tax filings? My suspicion is none of those thing go away, but anybody can declare themself married to get those protections. Marriage has legal implications. How do people plan to make that work? It seems to me to be another way lf saying 'truce' on social issues.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 05, 2014 04:10 AM (gvWL9)

95 Good Morning. Hrothgar, prayers and hugs coming your way.

Posted by: spypeach at May 05, 2014 04:10 AM (10H0T)

96 Gives me the chills to see how Heinlein predicted it. Posted by: votermom at May 05, 2014 07:44 AM (7PUVj) Freakier than that - the Old Testament 'predicted' it 4500 years ago. Life of the flesh is in the blood. Leviticus 17:11.

Posted by: JQP at May 05, 2014 04:11 AM (U4GjV)

97 Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 08:02 AM (8zTpe)

It is still continuing. When Slick isn't having his picture taken with porn stars or going to some island where underaged girls are being ravaged (as one fellow moron has pointed out) he's out huckstering for funding for the crime family's foundation even though nobody can figure out a fucking thing that it does other than keep his dull daughter employed. Donk leaning people get pretty fucking nervous when this is brought up.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 04:11 AM (C2UDb)

98 Prayers Hrothgar for your brave wife Barbara and to you as well.

Posted by: small town girl at May 05, 2014 04:11 AM (EvEIZ)

99 The demographics of the office personnel differed from the demographics of the local population. DIVERSITY!

Posted by: --- at May 05, 2014 04:11 AM (MMC8r)

100 93 In 1848 the frigate USS Mayo was sunk during the Spanish American War, all hands lost. To this day, those Mexican bastards celebrate by drinking cerveza and waving flags and sech Posted by: Cinco de Mayo at May 05, 2014 08:09 AM (3ZtZW) 1848 = Mexican War? 1898 = Spanish American War.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 04:11 AM (CMkNk)

101 Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL Thoughts and prayers. Lost dad last summer, so yes, I do know what you are going through. Stay tough, keep that smile that she first put on your face!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 05, 2014 04:13 AM (Fp7JI)

102 Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 08:09 AM (8zTpe) Yeah see, I don't get why they care so much. I can't stop them from living whatever degrading lifestyle they want. That's sorta the definition of "freedom." And even if they succeed in getting government to redefine the terms, that doesn't stop me from judging them. ("marriage" doesn't make it judgment proof by any stretch.) They've pushed us far enough that some people are considering to "blow the whole thing up" as it were to prevent it from being taken over. And yet they'll keep pushing.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 05, 2014 04:13 AM (HDwDg)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 05, 2014 04:16 AM (PYAXX)

104 I don't understand how you can pull government out of the marriage business. Government has an interest in who marries whom. Can a 45-year-old marry a 12-year-old? If government no longer has a say in marriage, who would stop that? And if any two people can get married (and why stop at just two people), can I marry my sister so I can get on her federal government health insurance policy? Why not?

Posted by: biancaneve at May 05, 2014 04:16 AM (2sR50)

105 Hrothgar, your wife Barbara is in my prayers.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 04:16 AM (8zTpe)

106 Perry defends death penalty in TX. Why does he have to defend it? Why is this a story? Because some scumbag was caused pain for 40 minutes in Oklahoma- which somehow makes the Death Penalty all bad and crap.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 05, 2014 04:17 AM (PYAXX)

107

>>>1848 = Mexican War?
1898 = Spanish American War.

Fudge finger.

mmm fudge

Posted by: Cinco de Mayo at May 05, 2014 04:18 AM (3ZtZW)

108 /sock

Posted by: Bigby's Fudge Finger at May 05, 2014 04:18 AM (3ZtZW)

109 1848 = Mexican War? 1898 = Spanish American War. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 08:11 AM (CMkNk) Sock, JJ. Sock. There actually was a USS Mayo though. Keel laid in 1938

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i] at May 05, 2014 04:20 AM (b3UI8)

110 And if any two people can get married (and why stop at just two people), can I marry my sister so I can get on her federal government health insurance policy? I've been saying all along that redefining marriage will wind up with 'Marriage Combines' of people using it to get group government benefits.

Posted by: --- at May 05, 2014 04:20 AM (MMC8r)

111 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Â“More Whites Believe In Ghosts Than They Do In RacismÂ”Â… Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2014 07:00 AM (T2V/1) And a total of 12 blacks believe that the racist shit that blacks do is... well... racist. So...

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 05, 2014 04:20 AM (BZAd3)

112 Hrothgar, Prayer sent. Also: f*ck cancer.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 05, 2014 04:21 AM (PYAXX)

113 That story about the teen with Asbergers mercilessly bullied by the girl he thought was his girlfriend and her vicious cheerleader friend (posted in the overnight thread) still really shakes me up. Will there we any sort of punishment for these girls?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2014 04:21 AM (XyM/Y)

114

>>>>I don't understand how you can pull government out of the marriage business.

Curious if there's any place in the world where the gov't isn't involved somehow, or to what degree it is in various parts of the globe. I suspect its more convoluted here than many other places, but no proof of that.

Posted by: Bigby's Fudge Finger at May 05, 2014 04:21 AM (3ZtZW)

115 Death penalty opponents would be better off pointing out the innocent man who was jailed for 22 years for double murder in NJ rather than the drugs administered in TX. You can fix the method of execution, you can't fix the failures and corruption of the men who send other men to the chair.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 05, 2014 04:22 AM (ZshNr)

116 Should government actually get out of the marriage business, the whole family-court, alimony, and child-support edifices would, must needs, come tumbling down.

There's no way we could handle the resulting unemployment, not to mention the re-balancing of benefits sourcing. Can't, won't, never happen. They're dreaming.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 05, 2014 04:22 AM (xq1UY)

117 There actually was a USS Mayo though. Sister ship USS Hellmann?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 04:25 AM (WPhwX)

118

116: "Should government actually get out of the marriage business, the whole family-court, alimony, and child-support edifices would, must needs, come tumbling down."

This will also occur if they ever develop a form of male contraception that does not depend on thinking clearly during the heat of the moment.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:25 AM (LJpVo)

119 Hrothgar, I'm with everyone else here sending prayers to you and your wife.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2014 04:26 AM (tsGZY)

120 Sister ship USS Hellmann? Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 08:25 AM (WPhwX) No. It was the USS Miracle Whip. Because Navy and sodomy.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i] at May 05, 2014 04:26 AM (b3UI8)

121 @117 No. Escort to Virginia.

Ship's motto: Bring Out Your Best.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 05, 2014 04:26 AM (xq1UY)

122 H - prayers coming your way for you and your wife.

Posted by: sweet...ish at May 05, 2014 04:27 AM (bj+Nc)

123

That story about the teen with Asbergers mercilessly bullied by the girl he thought was his girlfriend and her vicious cheerleader friend (posted in the overnight thread) still really shakes me up. Will there we any sort of punishment for these girls?

I may be cynical, but that stupid bint writing in Slate would probably have been all up in arms if the genders were reversed and it was a girl being teased like that.

She did, after all, write a book titled The End of Men.

Given that this is in Maryland and the victim doesn't fall into any of the favored classes, while the perps do, I really doubt there will be anything resembling "justice" for Michael. And that fucking pisses me off.

Posted by: @JohnTant at May 05, 2014 04:27 AM (PFy0L)

124

No. Escort to Virginia.

@121, I though the USS Mayo was a hospital ship.....

Posted by: @JohnTant at May 05, 2014 04:29 AM (PFy0L)

125 Let's build a flotilla.

USS Bacon 1863.

I had hopes for a sub, "Tomatofish," but alas. Lettuce continue to search, though.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 05, 2014 04:30 AM (xq1UY)

126 Culo de Mayo.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 04:30 AM (CMkNk)

127 113 That story about the teen with Asbergers mercilessly bullied by the girl he thought was his girlfriend and her vicious cheerleader friend (posted in the overnight thread) still really shakes me up. Will there we any sort of punishment for these girls? They're white and they're girls, so the universe is being reordered to protect them. If boys had done this to a girl their heads would already be on pikes. Much like Andrea Yates, Mary Winkler, Casey Anthony, etc.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 05, 2014 04:30 AM (gvWL9)

128 Violence (re - war) is escalating in Ukraine. Everyone know where this is going and Ukraine will be a satellite again. Then on to the next one. Balkins probably. We're gonna need a lot more cardboard and sharpies for the next #hastag campaign. Could be a long one. People could get writers cramp. Courage. This is what you trained for.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 05, 2014 04:30 AM (BZAd3)

129 I've been saying all along that redefining marriage will wind up with 'Marriage Combines' of people using it to get group government benefits. Which commenter is it who keeps saying "they're still not married?" Yeah, that. The problem is that we accepted the premise that we "define" marriage at all. There's not a "traditional" definition of marriage and a "non-traditional" definition of marriage, as though man kind came up with the idea all on our own. The word "marriage" did not predate the institution which it describes. Marriage is like "two" or "four" or "apple"- whatever *word* you use to describe it, it just is.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 05, 2014 04:30 AM (PYAXX)

130 Fenelon, and other members of the horde so inclined, I humbly request your prayers for my wife (Barbara), still battling cancer with dignity and grace even though she is losing. Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL). Prayers sent for Barbara, Hrothgar. I hate cancer and all its works--it's taken too many from me.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 04:31 AM (kXoT0)

131 109 Keel laid in 1938 Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 05, 2014 08:20 AM (b3UI

I thought Kathryn Grayson laid Howard Keel back in '54? Where's MP4??

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 04:31 AM (CMkNk)

132 That story about the teen with Asbergers mercilessly bullied by the girl he thought was his girlfriend and her vicious cheerleader friend (posted in the overnight thread) still really shakes me up. Will there we any sort of punishment for these girls? They will die alone and be eaten by their twenty cats after their husbands trade them in for a younger model.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 04:32 AM (WPhwX)

133 Or Sharknado laid Richard Kiel?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 04:32 AM (CMkNk)

134 Because Navy and sodomy. Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 05, 2014 08:26 AM (b3UI

The lash! And eyeliner!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 05, 2014 04:32 AM (Fp7JI)

135 Ass burgers sounds like some sort of homo snack...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 04:32 AM (CMkNk)

136 I've been saying all along that redefining marriage will wind up with 'Marriage Combines' of people using it to get group government benefits. Posted by: --- at May 05, 2014 08:20 AM (MMC8r) And access to underage people for sexual exploitation. It's not gay marriage that is the danger, but, the polygamists and pedophiles.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 04:34 AM (kXoT0)

137

135: "Ass burgers sounds like some sort of homo snack..."

I hear those Navy cooks have to get creative sometimes.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:34 AM (v6cwT)

138 Violence (re - war) is escalating in Ukraine. Everyone know where this is going and Ukraine will be a satellite again. Then on to the next one. Balkins probably. Headline on Drudge had Odessa Jews prepared for quick exit in the event of pair shape.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 04:36 AM (WPhwX)

139 81. the original? Hardly lay that at Cinco de Mayo Mexicans who fought tooth and nail and won a major battle leading to eventual victorious war against French "interventionism" aka colonialist conquest for Empire. Hats off to that historical newly Independent Mexico victory over the neo-Napoleonic French Military leading to another Independent Mexican government. The Mexicans certainly fought during the 1860s for a better civil war cause than the Americans at the time during the War Between the States, North v. South secession American against American. And the Monroe Doctrine died on Abe Lincoln's watch. So, lay "the original Free Shit Army" banner on European Marxists redistributing deceit as if "hope and change" via blood letting revolutions. And yes, that made its way to the American Continent, South America, Central America, North America including the USA and Mexico. But most certainly, Rousseau did not emerge from Mexico, nor did Marx hatch from a Mexican egg. Neither did the Bolsheviks. Given the trappings remaining from the Conquistadors/Missionaries of Spain, "Mexico" has always had and will always have its Oligarchy that maintains its own power base whether a government comes or goes. /I saw, btw, the French Revolution's "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" the agenda of the Muslim Bangladesh SOCIALIST cause for war against India, after noticing Drudge's Bogoland violence link this morning. At least the Muslims call that sale's pitch what it was and remains, sugar coated authoritarianism. Free shit, for those who kill, pillage and pirate. Paint whatever ideological title on the bloodletting -- blood money. Pirates "liberate" booty according to their own "social equality and fraternity" that equates to War Lord violence.

Posted by: panzernashorn at May 05, 2014 04:37 AM (gmrH5)

140 And access to underage people for sexual exploitation. It's not gay marriage that is the danger, but, the polygamists and pedophiles. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 08:34 AM (kXoT0) And I'll point out that the polygamists and pedophiles actually have a much more consistent and logical case for marriage than do the LGBTWXYZ. Pedophiles can point (correctly, strictly speaking) to the fact that lots of cultures have (and some still do) married young girls off to older men, and polygamists can point out how frequently that particular institution raises its head. But, no, we can't stop to think of wider societal effects, we want what we want and f*ck you for thinking we should think beyond our hormones.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 05, 2014 04:37 AM (PYAXX)

141 Continuing his smart pattern of asking for actual gets when does these things... Early for tequila innit?

Posted by: blaster at May 05, 2014 04:37 AM (pw77V)

142 USS Sensitivity Dreadlock Class Moral-builder http://tinyurl.com/llkk4xc

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 05, 2014 04:38 AM (aDwsi)

143 138 Headline on Drudge had Odessa Jews prepared for quick exit in the event of pair shape. Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 08:36 AM (WPhwX) I wonder if the Israeli Air Force will try and fly them out like they did the Ethiopian Jews back in the late 80's/early 90's?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 04:38 AM (CMkNk)

144 Happy Cinco de Quatro folks.

Posted by: RWC at May 05, 2014 04:38 AM (fWAjv)

145
66 duuuuh... daaaaaar....uhhhm...

Happy Cinco de Quattro, evah body!

Posted by: Earflaps the Lesser, moron on the move at May 05, 2014 07:44 AM (x7bkx)

Is that today, too?

Posted by: kg at May 05, 2014 04:38 AM (BQhb1)

146

136: "And access to underage people for sexual exploitation. It's not gay marriage that is the danger, but, the polygamists and pedophiles."

I agree on the danger posed by pedophiles, but how is polygamy a greater or equal danger to gay "marriage", or even a danger at all?

Not that I would fancy having more than one wife, as the one I got is about all I can handle. I certainly would not be down for having another dude in the home.

But Biblical reference points indicate that polygamy was the standard definition for marriage.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:39 AM (f6ZLT)

147 Because some scumbag was caused pain for 40 minutes in Oklahoma- which somehow makes the Death Penalty all bad and crap. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 05, 2014 08:17 AM (PYAXX) Said scum bag was a lily livered coward who whined to everyone that would listen that "Yes, he was guilty of terrible things, but, they WERE GOING TO HURT HIM when they killed him!!!" BTW, the day of Locket's execution, he purposefully damaged the veins in his arms so that the executioners had to use his groin area. Now, his family members are giving carefully worded statements about Constitutional Wrongs done to him. They are being coached by someone who hopes to either cash in on the mess or someone who hopes to stop OK executions or both. It has been fun to watch the news crew interviewing people in his victim's hometown. Each and everyone of them has looked into the camera and said essentially, "To hell with Locket. Too bad he did not suffer more. Let's talk about how Stephanie suffered."

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 04:39 AM (kXoT0)

148 And I'll point out that the polygamists and pedophiles actually have a much more consistent and logical case for marriage than do the LGBTWXYZ. Pedophiles can point (correctly, strictly speaking) to the fact that lots of cultures have (and some still do) married young girls off to older men, Married at 6, consumated at 9.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 04:39 AM (WPhwX)

149

138: "Headline on Drudge had Odessa Jews prepared for quick exit in the event of pair shape."

I have a great deal of sympathy for the Jews in that part of the world. But shouldn't they have figured this out back in the 30s?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:40 AM (/qzu7)

150 15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Â“More Whites Believe In Ghosts Than They Do In RacismÂ”Â… OK, I'll go with that. The only racism I have seen in the last 50 years is from blacks. But more blacks believe in white racism than believe in getting a job. And piss on this washed up has-been. http://tinyurl.com/n9vczfm Posted by: Vic at May 05, 2014 07:00 AM (T2V/1) Now that we're disagreeing with him, the name calling starts.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 05, 2014 04:40 AM (36Rjy)

151 Kareem Abdul Jabbar is just like Bill Cosby: a bitter asshole that says 1 sensible, intelligent thing for every 5 assholish, race-obsessed comments.

Posted by: Obama at May 05, 2014 04:40 AM (XvrTA)

152 But most certainly, Rousseau did not emerge from Mexico, nor did Marx hatch from a Mexican egg. Neither did the Bolsheviks.

OTOH, the Bolsheviks did model their constitution on the Mexican 'revolutionary' constitution.

Given the trappings remaining from the Conquistadors/Missionaries of Spain, "Mexico" has always had and will always have its Oligarchy that maintains its own power base whether a government comes or goes.

An oligarchy, eh? Just like all the other nominally socialist countries. Hmm.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 05, 2014 04:40 AM (RBlwW)

153 My grandparents on my dad's side fled Odessa around 1900 after a series of massive pogroms swept through the Pale. Now, here we are 114 years later.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 04:41 AM (CMkNk)

154 I agree on the danger posed by pedophiles, but how is polygamy a greater or equal danger to gay "marriage", or even a danger at all? Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 08:39 AM (f6ZLT) I guess you have missed all the news stories about the polygamist cults in Texas and other places wherein the old men (60-80) get the very young wives (12-16) and the young men are essentially banned from marriage at all and in many cases driven out? David Koresh, et al, have used polygamy to gather followers.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 04:43 AM (kXoT0)

155 149 138: "Headline on Drudge had Odessa Jews prepared for quick exit in the event of pair shape." I have a great deal of sympathy for the Jews in that part of the world. But shouldn't they have figured this out back in the 30s? Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 08:40 AM (/qzu7) After the defeat of Nazi Germany, only a few thousand of Poland's pre-war Jewish population of nearly 3 million were left alive. Of those, the few that tried to return to their homes were murdered by their gentile neighbors.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2014 04:43 AM (CMkNk)

156 Said scum bag was a lily livered coward who whined to everyone that would listen that "Yes, he was guilty of terrible things, but, they WERE GOING TO HURT HIM when they killed him!!!" BTW, the day of Locket's execution, he purposefully damaged the veins in his arms so that the executioners had to use his groin area. What's wrong with a PICC line?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 04:43 AM (WPhwX)

157 If you talk one on one with a black, or even a liberal, you stand a pretty good chance of liking the mug so long as discussion doesn't turn political. But when these demographic samples turn into groups, they seem to lose their minds. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 07:29 AM (LJpVo) But when it's one-on-one with an asshole, the response is far more uniform.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 05, 2014 04:43 AM (36Rjy)

158 Didn't read all the comments, so Has someone already mentioned the tv series "The Immortal", with Christopher George? http://tinyurl.com/cayeykl

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 05, 2014 04:43 AM (Na2P1)

159 What is happening now should be a learning moment for starry eyed utopian leftists who believe the world is the way they wish it was instead of the way it is. Also for so many on the right who feed on the temporary opportunities that flow out of the irrational visions of unicorns and skittles for all that naturally flow out of the unintended consequences of redistribution.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 05, 2014 04:44 AM (BZAd3)

160 48 Fenelon, and other members of the horde so inclined, I humbly request your prayers for my wife (Barbara), still battling cancer with dignity and grace even though she is losing. I shan't be viewing the site very much for a while, but will appreciate your prayers nonetheless. Thanks for the support. ~H Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL) Done. And a prayer for you.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 05, 2014 04:45 AM (36Rjy)

161 But Biblical reference points indicate that polygamy was the standard definition for marriage. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 08:39 AM (f6ZLT) The problem with polygamy is that it is predicated on the concept of marriage as ownership. A man "owns" multiple wives (which is how the Bible describes it). If you remove that "ownership" idea, polygamy doesn't work, because then additional wives would have to marry all the other wives- not just the husband. And, though polygamy was indeed fairly wide-spread, it wasn't exactly "the norm" (though less eyebrow raising than now), and God was pretty clear about that "one man, one woman" thing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 05, 2014 04:47 AM (PYAXX)

162 BTW, the day of Locket's execution, he purposefully damaged the veins in his arms so that the executioners had to use his groin area. Now, his family members are giving carefully worded statements about Constitutional Wrongs done to him. They are being coached by someone who hopes to either cash in on the mess or someone who hopes to stop OK executions or both. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 08:39 AM (kXoT0) I'm not surprised about this. It screamed "created problem" coming right on the heels of all the hand wringing about the possible pain.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 05, 2014 04:48 AM (GDulk)

163

155: "After the defeat of Nazi Germany, only a few thousand of Poland's pre-war Jewish population of nearly 3 million were left alive. Of those, the few that tried to return to their homes were murdered by their gentile neighbors."

All the more reason to get the hell out. Israel may not have been reconstituted at that time, but there had to be less hazardous places to call home.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:48 AM (OJn3e)

164 Prayers for both of you Hrothgar.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at May 05, 2014 04:49 AM (ecN6u)

165 Removal of the institution of marriage from government control." - Slippery slope. So the government won't be able to decide who gets spousal privilege to not testify, won't be able to decide divorce actions including child custody and alimony, and won't be able to decide if the marriage defense to sex assault on a child applies?

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 05, 2014 04:49 AM (ee9LE)

166 It's a bigger end-game than polygamy or pedophilia (though it certainly makes those easier): "Without civil marriage, the family can no longer exist autonomously and serve as a wall of separation between the individual and the state. This has huge implications for the survival of freedom of association. The notion of marriage equality was never about marriage or about equality. ItÂ’s all about the wrapping paper. ItÂ’s been packaged as an end in itself, but it is principally just a means to a deeper end. It is the means by which marriage extinction Â– the true target Â— can be achieved. If marriage and family are permitted to exist autonomously, power can be de-centralized in society. So the family has always been a thorn in the side of central planners and totalitarians. The connection between its abolition and the limitless growth of the state should be crystal clear. So anyone who has bought into this movement, or is tempted to do so, would want to step back and take a harder look." http://preview.tinyurl.com/q7yygjm

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 04:49 AM (8zTpe)

167 150 Now that we're disagreeing with him, the name calling starts.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 05, 2014 08:40 AM (36Rjy)

Â“More Whites Believe In Ghosts Than They Do In RacismÂ”Â…

Then lets change that to:

Â“More blacks Believe In Racism Than They Do In JobsÂ”Â…

How does that sit?

Posted by: Whitey-Tighty at May 05, 2014 04:50 AM (T2V/1)

168
Shredded Chi - this is for you

Sorry I fell asleep last night before getting to your question.

Yes, it is very important that you keep your dog on monthly heartworm medication. Heartworm is spread by infected mosquitoes, and unless you live in an extreme desert region where mosquitoes are never seen, you should keep your pet on it. Heartworm is a fatal disease when not treated, and treatment can be painful to the dog and expensive to you.

That said, there are less expensive options available to you other than Sentinel, which is pricey. You can ask your veterinarian to switch you over to Heartguard Plus, which is a monthly chewable containing Ivermectin and Pyrantel. These are the important ingredients. Heartguard will not protect against fleas so it comes out to be less expensive than Sentinel by roughly 25%. However, Heartguard also protects against roundworms, hookworms and some other intestinal parasites.

An even cheaper Heartworm medication alternative is from the makers of Heartguard Plus, and it is called Iverheart. It still contains the active ingreadients of Heartguard, but they spend no money in advertising etc and do not promote it heavily to vets. If your veterinarian does not carry it, have them write out a prescription for you so you can order it from Pet Meds. It should be about half the price of Sentinel.

I hope this helps, and that you see this post. Again, sorry for falling asleep on you.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2014 04:50 AM (oMKp3)

169 But shouldn't they have figured this out back in the 30s? Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 08:40 AM (/qzu7) I don't believe that it is as easy as it may seem superficially to just pick up and leave your home and everything you have based your life on for generations. Also, many, many people simply don't have the means to just pick up and leave. Plus, imagine how hard it is for someone to understand how people who you have shared your existence with, your friends, suddenly want to kill you, or at the very least, take what you have and kick you to the curb. Just sayin

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 05, 2014 04:50 AM (BZAd3)

170 This racism stuff is BS. There are thoughts and deeds. Deeds can be criminal acts. Thinking something does not make one a criminal. But the thought police gotta find work.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 05, 2014 04:50 AM (V70Uh)

171 Prayers offered, Hrothgar. For both of you.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 05, 2014 04:51 AM (SUKHu)

172

154: "I guess you have missed all the news stories about the polygamist cults in Texas and other places wherein the old men (60-80) get the very young wives (12-16) and the young men are essentially banned from marriage at all and in many cases driven out? David Koresh, et al, have used polygamy to gather followers"

I think you are conflating the practice of polygamy with the actions performed by a couple of cults and their respective cult leaders.

That is unless you consider David, Solomon, and a host of families throughout history as being cultish and evil?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:51 AM (OJn3e)

173 new one

Posted by: Vic[/i] at May 05, 2014 04:53 AM (T2V/1)

174 What's wrong with a PICC line? Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2014 08:43 AM (WPhwX) I don't know. Remember, with witnesses critiquing and recording their every move, they had to try to "humanely" get the execution "done" with the guy fighting them every step of the way--at one point he was so violent they had to tazer him. Lockett had successfully sued and harassed a Tulsa compounding pharmacy into not making the drugs. BTW, there is some ultra Liberal lawyer chick in England who has almost single-handedly made execution drugs unavailable by blackmailing European Pharma companies into refusing to sell drugs to prisons for execution. She convinced the only company (Dutch) in the world that still makes phenobarbital to not supply the drug in those cases.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 04:54 AM (kXoT0)

175 Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 08:51 AM (OJn3e) Yes they were polygamists. The Bible also shows how that lack of self control ended up hurting them, their kids, and eventually the whole country. Monogamy is a New Testament idea (required for leadership in the early church) based , as was said, on no longer *owning* the wife.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 05, 2014 04:55 AM (GDulk)

176 I think you are conflating the practice of polygamy with the actions performed by a couple of cults and their respective cult leaders. That is unless you consider David, Solomon, and a host of families throughout history as being cultish and evil? Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 08:51 AM (OJn3e) I was speaking of modern day polygamy. It is not for me to judge what the harem practices of Solomon and David were. Although, David's killing a loyal general to get his beautiful wife was not worthy of a man of God.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 04:56 AM (kXoT0)

177 That is unless you consider David, Solomon, and a host of families throughout history as being cultish and evil? Let's see... David had his best friend murdered so that he could take said best friend's wife. Solomon led Israel (by the time of his death- and he started with such promise...) into Idolatry and was basically directly responsible for Israel splitting off from Judea. Both of those are direct consequences of their polygamy. We can go back further- to Jacob's problems with having two wives. Or further, to Abraham's problem (he only ever had one wife, but he did have teh secks with Hagar). The Bible acknowledges that polygamy happened. It never says "Oh, yeah, and this was totally God's plan for the family." Whenever God speaks of family, He talks of one man and one woman. And whatever happened in the past, the current common practice of polygamy really is more like Sherry pointed out.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at May 05, 2014 04:57 AM (PYAXX)

178 Â“More blacks Believe In Racism Than They Do In JobsÂ”Â… How does that sit? Posted by: Whitey-Tighty at May 05, 2014 08:50 AM (T2V/1) Just fine. Now prove it.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 05, 2014 04:58 AM (36Rjy)

179

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL)

Prayers for you and your wife. May God hold you and yours in His loving hands

Posted by: traumakitty at May 05, 2014 04:59 AM (YJYTt)

180 Interesting regarding gun control. A little background, a 14 year old girl shot and killed another 14 year old girl in a dispute over a boy in, get this, Chicago. http://tinyurl.com/l4j3aw9

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 05, 2014 04:59 AM (ee9LE)

181

175: "Yes they were polygamists. The Bible also shows how that lack of self control ended up hurting them, their kids, and eventually the whole country.

Monogamy is a New Testament idea (required for leadership in the early church) based , as was said, on no longer *owning* the wife."

I'll concede on that point. I don't acknolwedge the benefits of polygamy, mainly because I really don't know if they have ever been quantified.

However, I'm not convinced on the dangers posed by polygamy as being on par with deviant life styles.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 04:59 AM (v6cwT)

182 Kareem Abdul Jabbar is just like Bill Cosby: Jabbar is now in recovery mode, wherein he must show penitence for having conservatives agree with him by poking back at them with a stick. As did Cosby.

Posted by: --- at May 05, 2014 05:00 AM (MMC8r)

183 It has been fun to watch the news crew interviewing people in his victim's hometown. Each and everyone of them has looked into the camera and said essentially, "To hell with Locket. Too bad he did not suffer more. Let's talk about how Stephanie suffered."

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, We Be Bossy at May 05, 2014 08:39 AM (kXoT0)

Bang spot on. Fuck Lockett and every worthless dicknose who defends him. I wish they could bring him back to life and kill him again, this time even more painful.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 05, 2014 05:01 AM (C2UDb)

184

177: "The Bible acknowledges that polygamy happened. It never says "Oh, yeah, and this was totally God's plan for the family." Whenever God speaks of family, He talks of one man and one woman.

And whatever happened in the past, the current common practice of polygamy really is more like Sherry pointed out."

Tap tap tap. I give.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at May 05, 2014 05:02 AM (LJpVo)

185 >>However, I'm not convinced on the dangers posed by polygamy as being on par with deviant life styles. Who do you think is going to benefit from legalized polygamy? Hint: it won't be free-thinking residents of San Francisco.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 05:02 AM (8zTpe)

186 Posted by: Whitey-Tighty at May 05, 2014 08:50 AM (T2V/1) Oh and, by the way, those who don't believe in group-think don't get their panties in a wad about the thinking of someone who does.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 05, 2014 05:02 AM (36Rjy)

187 Jabbar is now in recovery mode, wherein he must show penitence for having conservatives agree with him by poking back at them with a stick. As did Cosby. Posted by: --- at May 05, 2014 09:00 AM (MMC8r) That's probably true. Chris Rock had to do this for his hilarious and too truthful n-word routine.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 05, 2014 05:04 AM (36Rjy)

188 members of the horde so inclined, I humbly request your prayers for my wife (Barbara), still battling cancer with dignity and grace even though she is losing. Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL). Love, all 'the law and prophets' rest upon Love. "Love One Another As I Have Loved You" Hrothgar, our prayers for your wife and you in such suffering in faith, may the Holy Ghost envelop you two in love's transcendent powers, to help pass through, as the life force is eternal. John 14 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 23 Â“Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 25 Â“All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 The Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. 28 Â“You heard me say, Â‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.Â’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. John 15 9 Â“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my FatherÂ’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

Posted by: panzernashorn at May 05, 2014 05:08 AM (gmrH5)

189 Prayers hrothgar

Posted by: RWC at May 05, 2014 05:13 AM (fWAjv)

190 Polygamy appears in the earlier part of the Old Testament, but after the Babylonian Captivity, it never rears its ugly head again. It was gone from Jewish practice centuries before Christ. Theologically, the Babylonian Captivity is often seen as a period of cleansing and repentance, so we can say that after it, the Jews returned to the one man one woman plan that God established in the Garden of Eden.

Posted by: Burke at May 05, 2014 05:14 AM (h5xhq)

191 members of the horde so inclined, I humbly request your prayers for my wife (Barbara), still battling cancer with dignity and grace even though she is losing.

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL).

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I am so very sorry to hear this. I will pray that God enfolds her in the soft blanket of His love.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 05, 2014 05:15 AM (oMKp3)

192 Hrothgar, Blessings and prayers for strength and peace for Barbara, you and all the loved ones.

Posted by: gracepmc at May 05, 2014 05:18 AM (rznx3)

193 185. Lizzy No kidding. Because a person hasn't thought through ALL the ramifications; CONSIDER well the deviant life style of dirty old men marrying young girls, whether the girls consent or not; and banishing their own sons, young boys entering puberty, from their families and hometowns. And those young girl brides, what becomes of them when they are no longer "perky"? If the wife wishes to leave the polygamous marriage in a polygamous society, she does not have "mother's rights" to raise her children if the husband demands custody. It's all absolutely documented from the ORIGINAL Mormon social orders still functioning as cults. And THAT isn't even considering the influx of Islamic genital female mutilations and "honor killings" to protect the Muslim patriarchal order. So where has this idjit been hiding his head, to write: >>"However, I'm not convinced on the dangers posed by polygamy as being on par with deviant life styles." == Right. Because a man's gonna cheat anyway, so why not make polygamy a legal option. That kind of asshole shit FEEDS the lamebrain warzonwimminz mantra.

Posted by: panzernashorn at May 05, 2014 05:20 AM (gmrH5)

194 members of the horde so inclined, I humbly request your prayers for my wife (Barbara), still battling cancer with dignity and grace even though she is losing. Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL). Prayers sent.

Posted by: right wing whippersnapper at May 05, 2014 05:26 AM (NSh5j)

195 Yep, panzernashorn. Call me crazy or a raaacist, but I think legalizing polygamy will precipitate a ton of Muslim marriages (because how far behind will cousin marriages be after SSM and polygamy?). And imagine the burden of entitlements applied to polygamous families (just look at the UK). It will fundamentally transform this country.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 05:26 AM (8zTpe)

196 190. Burke You're right that "the Babylonian Captivity is often seen as a period of cleansing and repentance, so we can say that after it, the Jews returned to the one man one woman plan that God established in the Garden of Eden." Isn't it interesting, that Abraham emerged from southern Babylon "Ur of the Chaldeas" and that his progeny would become so perverse, and like the prodigal son who "came to himself" and returning home to be a servant in his father's household, the Jews returned to what God established in the Garden of Eden, which story originated from ancient Sumerian creation mythology (Babylon). Solomon was the worst evah polygamist on record. And he "pleased" Yahweh for requesting "WISDOM". Go figure. Ezekiel records Yahweh's description of Israel and Judah as far more evil than prostitutes because the "Jews" PAID their enemies to fuck them; and those "chosen" by Yahweh chose to defile their covenant with Yahweh, to break Yahweh's law of social integrity (care for the poor widows and orphans and lame), and they chose to worship idols "stumbling blocks in front of their faces". And to those reading h8rs who kneejerk at "Jew"? Insert your own ID, whatever self image -- GIVEN Myths, archetypes, metaphors -- a thoughtful person has to consider that a scenario applies as described when the scenario recurs, regardless of which aeon or name that people adopt. The more things change, the more they remain the same. "There is but one human race." Jesus answered, "Who is my brother" with the ostracized Samaritan, who proved MORE righteous and honorable and compassionate than the priests, lawyers, scribes and judges WHOSE JOB it was to be righteous, honorable and compassionate according to God's universal law that you'll find in every ancient 'civilized' culture's foundation.

Posted by: panzernashorn at May 05, 2014 05:47 AM (gmrH5)

197 And imagine the burden of entitlements applied to polygamous families (just look at the UK). It will fundamentally transform this country. Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2014 09:26 AM (8zTpe) The polygamist Mormon families already play the social services for every tax funded dollar they can grab in their dirty, abusive hands. See the border region between Utah and Arizona (and Nevada) for contemporary proof. Even CANADA is ahead of the US in cutting social funding for Mormon polygamists. As for Islamic polygamists, as if any North American government has the integrity to hold Muslims to the same standard of scrutiny as they weigh the authoritarian power to force citizenry to submit upon others.

Posted by: panzernashorn at May 05, 2014 05:54 AM (gmrH5)

198 I shan't be viewing the site very much for a while, but will appreciate your prayers nonetheless. Thanks for the support. ~H Posted by: Hrothgar at May 05, 2014 07:32 AM (o3MSL) May God's grace shine upon both of you, sending prayers of peace and love in your honor.

Posted by: Jen at May 05, 2014 06:27 AM (I+pAz)

199 Removal of the institution of marriage from government control." - Slippery slope. So the government won't be able to decide who gets spousal privilege to not testify, won't be able to decide divorce actions including child custody and alimony, and won't be able to decide if the marriage defense to sex assault on a child applies? Posted by: WalrusRex at May 05, 2014 08:49 AM (ee9LE) The Paulbots need to really think this through before the first joint of the day. Let us not forget how our inheritance laws and custody/guardianship laws are based on legally defined marriages and families. Of course, the government can simply mandate that everyone have a will, and if you don't have one, we will just tax you..... With old folks, the government will be appointed your guardian when you get old and senile and it will decide what medical experiments the NIH gets to perform on you before you are euthanized and put down.

Posted by: Jen at May 05, 2014 06:37 AM (I+pAz)

200 Ask me if I care about poor Trump.

Anybody who wants to exploit the Right with a phony presidential run? Screw it, won't defend them from the Leftist media mob.

Posted by: Shoot Me at May 05, 2014 09:30 AM (EQcfE)

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