April 02, 2014

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Wednesday.

Guy Benson takes a stroll through the squirming horror of the progressive mind.

Gov. Jindal will announce a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Mississippi lawmakers have approved a religious freedom act modeled on the federal RFRA. Lawgeeks, bill text is here. The governor is expected to sign.

Uh oh.

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1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Wednesday, April 02, 2014.  Rather than go back in ancient history for the "this day" thing today I am going to link "this day" in 2013 for the news thread.  The huge topic was still "why Romney lost in 2012".  We are still debating the same shit today, including the many myths that people keep slinging around despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.  Good for review since the primary runs will actually start some time this year before the mid-term elections are even held.   And things are already looking bad because the only people you hear about from our "friends" in the MFM are the typical RINO/DIABLO squishes.  Some things never change.


http://minx.cc/?post=338799

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

2 It looks like we are having major seismic activity along the Pacific Coast fault line. We had that small earthquake in LA a few days ago.  They just had a major earthquake off the coast of Chile (8.2).  Only 5 deaths reported so far.


http://tinyurl.com/nrozz77

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

3 Students in NY are sitting out common core testing.


http://tinyurl.com/pywkvsj

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

4 Update in the "would-be" jihadi who wanted to do a FT Hood type shooting in the Army.  He is currently in a mental hospital.


http://tinyurl.com/qx474b8

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

5 The USO has opened a new facility for wounded vets and family at Walter Reed. (Note that the actual military hospital was closed in 2011).


http://tinyurl.com/mk46rzr

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

6 Charles Keeting of the Savings and Loan scandal of the 80s has died.  Too bad the only politician involved in that mess who survived was McShitty.


http://tinyurl.com/nero2ao

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

7 Ryan introduces a new budget plan to cut "the budget" by $5T over 10 years.  Of course all the actual cuts come later.  Not only that, but he has "supped with the Devil" using a short spoon.  Actual spending in the first two years will go up to satisfy Devil Patty Murray of WA.  And of course the Dems come out full against it because it has no tax increases.   It has zero chance of passing and besides that, Ryan has lost all credibility with me.


http://tinyurl.com/q3v56h4

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

8 That millionaire couple who were collecting all kinds of welfare while living a lavish lifestyle has been arrested for fraud.


http://tinyurl.com/qd6hrkf

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

9 The Saudi student who was originally arrested over the Boston bombing is suing Glenn Beck over comments.  


http://tinyurl.com/oracqqv

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

10 Conservative group is suing the EPA over "IRS like" tactics of targeting conservative groups.  I suspect that every major federal agency is doing the same shit now.


http://tinyurl.com/o7pn94w

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

11 It looks like Egypt needs to execute some more Islamic terrorists.  A young Coptic Christian woman was dragged from her car and severely beaten then stabbed to death because she had a cross hanging from her rearview mirror.


http://tinyurl.com/nwfauht

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

12 RINO Thad Cochran in deep trouble from conservative challenger?


http://tinyurl.com/no7pj3n

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

13 The Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/o5ky6bp


That's it for today folks.   Again, slow news day.

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

14 DAY 512 951 to go (1,025 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, 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 02, 2014 02:58 AM (CMkNk)

15 Great plan by Paul Ryan. I'm sure if enacted (which it won't be) the next 5 congresses in a row will follow that budget to the letter and not change a thing. Fucking widow's-peaked hack.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:00 AM (CMkNk)

16 That Hot Air link to the sewer that is the progressive mind doesn't surprise me at all.

The left hates everything that disturbs their world-view, and will do anything to destroy those who disagree.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:00 AM (QFxY5)

17 I will be bowing out early today.  I have a CT scan scheduled at 09:30 and then today is supposed to be the same as yesterday weather-wise.


Sunny and warm with a touch of porch rocker called for.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:01 AM (T2V/1)

18 Fucking widow's-peaked hack.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 07:00 AM (CMkNk)

He had a taste of the good life during the campaign. All he wants to do is maintain his lifestyle.

And if that means being an inside-the-beltway hack....well, whatever works.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:02 AM (QFxY5)

19 Harry Reid can go suck my Koch-topia. In all seriousness, from a direct source that must obviously remain nameless, he does have dementia.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:02 AM (CMkNk)

20 I ain't sayin' a word without me mouthpiece.

Posted by: Slip Mahoney at April 02, 2014 03:04 AM (WCnJW)

21 Yeah, Paul Ryan is dead to me. I feel so dirty for having talked up his slimy ass.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 02, 2014 03:04 AM (3a584)

22 20 I ain't sayin' a word without me mouthpiece. Posted by: Slip Mahoney at April 02, 2014 07:04 AM (WCnJW) That's a very intriguing seduction. Routine 3!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:05 AM (CMkNk)

23 18 Fucking widow's-peaked hack. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 07:00 AM (CMkNk) He had a taste of the good life during the campaign. All he wants to do is maintain his lifestyle. And if that means being an inside-the-beltway hack....well, whatever works. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (QFxY5) I think he fucked Renee Ellmers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:06 AM (CMkNk)

24 It looks like we are having major seismic activity along the Pacific Coast fault line. We had that small earthquake in LA a few days ago. They just had a major earthquake off the coast of Chile (8.2). Only 5 deaths reported so far.


Globull warmening.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 03:08 AM (d0Dmj)

25 Ok, I admit it. I watch the video most weeks.

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 03:09 AM (B+HTd)

26 2. (AP) 8.2 quake April 1 http://tinyurl.com/ospebz4 The latest activity began with a strong magnitude-6.7 quake on March 16. Hundreds of smaller quakes followed in the weeks since. Just off the Chilean coast, the Nazca tectonic plate plunges beneath the South American plate, pushing the towering Andes cordillera to ever-higher altitudes. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet declared a state of emergency in the region and sent a military plane with 100 anti-riot police to join 300 soldiers deployed to prevent looting, and round up 300 escaped women prisoners (Iquique). Bachelet's government extended its tsunami warnings for northernmost Chile. Bachelet, who just returned to the presidency three weeks ago, spoke well after midnight, five hours after the quake struck. It was not lost on many Chileans that the last time Bachelet presided over a major quake, days before the end of her 2006-10 term, her emergency preparedness office prematurely waved off a tsunami danger. Most of the 500 dead from that 2010 magnitude-8.8 tremor survived the shaking, only to be caught in killer waves in a disaster that washed away many coastal communities. -- April 1 quake set off 6-foot tsunami waves, the lower end of what could have been 12-foot waves under the circumstances.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 03:09 AM (/vO0r)

27 19. JJ. Unfortunately that doesn't mean he will give up politics. Remember Strom, wheeled in time after time looking like a veggie so that he could vote. Harry is going to die at that podium.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at April 02, 2014 03:10 AM (Qp3K5)

28 Morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 02, 2014 03:10 AM (b/lt+)

29 That millionaire couple who were collecting all kinds of welfare while living a lavish lifestyle has been arrested for fraud.


I wonder what the arrest rate would be like if they truly "means tested" everyone on welfare?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 03:10 AM (d0Dmj)

30 Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (d0Dmj)

If you include disability and worker's compensation we would have to build hundreds of new prisons.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:12 AM (QFxY5)

31 29  I wonder what the arrest rate would be like if they truly "means tested" everyone on welfare?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (d0Dmj)



I have posted link after link on those socialist programs associated with welfare.  Estimates run from 50% to 75% fraud.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:12 AM (T2V/1)

32 27 19. JJ. Unfortunately that doesn't mean he will give up politics. Remember Strom, wheeled in time after time looking like a veggie so that he could vote. Harry is going to die at that podium. Posted by: never enough caffeine at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (Qp3K5) Strom Thurmon might have been a corpse, but arguably he was in his right mind. Harry Reid's mind is truly going. Listen to how he speaks. Slurred speech and every now and again irrational non-sequitirs. At some point it will be obvious.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:12 AM (CMkNk)

33 29 That millionaire couple who were collecting all kinds of welfare while living a lavish lifestyle has been arrested for fraud. I wonder what the arrest rate would be like if they truly "means tested" everyone on welfare? Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:10 AM (d0Dmj) Also, they're white. The MFM can spin the shit out of that one.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:13 AM (CMkNk)

34 Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:08 AM (d0Dmj) electric universe, solar blasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAzvnUZrhfQ

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 03:13 AM (/vO0r)

35 Hair Reed should not even be in the Senate.  Unfortunately the Vegas mob planted a dead little boy in his bed with him and and now directs his every action.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:14 AM (T2V/1)

36 I'm disgusted with the whole bunch.. I just read the piece on Jindal..  I wish these guys with plans to "replace" Obamacare would just STFU until after the elections.  His plan is stupid anyway.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 02, 2014 03:14 AM (b/lt+)

37 I like Gov. Jindel....I think he is probably a good fellow....but his skin tone always reminds me of a urine sample for a piss test.

Posted by: IrishEd at April 02, 2014 03:15 AM (D0NZx)

38 If you include disability and worker's compensation we would have to build hundreds of new prisons.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo


One wall.

Lots of ammo. ;-)

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 03:15 AM (d0Dmj)

39 Harry is going to die at that podium. *** ...talk about your bitter clinging...

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 03:16 AM (g4TxM)

40

Morning, all.  Just checking in to say hi.

 

 

HereÂ’s a quick story about Dorothy Rodgers, the wife of Broadway composer Richard Rodgers (Oklahoma!, The King and I, Carousel).  It seems that she and her husband were visiting some friends who had a working farm and one morning Dorothy was invited to watch the cows being milked.  As she watched, one of the farmhands asked her if sheÂ’d like to take a turn.  So she sat on a stool, took a teat in her hand and began milking.

 

 

After a minute, she looked up, puzzled.  “I must be doing this wrong,” she said.  “IÂ’ve been pulling and pulling, but it doesnÂ’t get any bigger!”

 

Bye.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 02, 2014 03:16 AM (zF6Iw)

41 Hope everything goes well with the CT scan, Vic.

No porch weather here...

47 & rain today....  exactly the same forecast thru Friday...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 02, 2014 03:16 AM (b/lt+)

42 35 Hair Reed should not even be in the Senate. Unfortunately the Vegas mob planted a dead little boy in his bed with him and and now directs his every action. Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 07:14 AM (T2V/1) Hairy Weed ain't no Pat Geary. He's gung-ho to destroy the country to enrich himself. Arguably he is the most execrable piece of shit in government today. And considering the evil turds in that rancid city, that says something.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:16 AM (CMkNk)

43 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 02, 2014 07:16 AM (zF6Iw)

Love it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:17 AM (QFxY5)

44 Good luck, Vic. Enjoy the post-scan julep.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:17 AM (CMkNk)

45 At some point it will be obvious.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 07:12 AM (CMkNk)

There must be a way to publicize that information....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:19 AM (QFxY5)

46 Good for review since the primary runs will actually start some time this year before the mid-term elections are even held. And things are already looking bad because the only people you hear about from our "friends" in the MFM are the typical RINO/DIABLO squishes. Some things never change. http://minx.cc/?post=338799 Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 06:54 AM (T2V/1) I wonder how many Dems will wait to see which way the wind blows during the mid-terms. I'm guessing that will be the decider on whether The Hillary runs.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 03:19 AM (zT0DN)

47 electric universe, solar blasts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAzvnUZrhfQ

Posted by: panzernashorn

Yeah, Global Warmening affects tectonic plate shifts.

Yellowstone Volcano Eruption in 2014? Are Animals Fleeing Park As ‘An Alert’?

http://tinyurl.com/oo75aca


Halp us Obi Wan Caldera! You're our only hope!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 03:20 AM (d0Dmj)

48 Paul Ryan What Ryan the bookkeeper is to the GOP given McCain's VP candidate? The guy who not only knows where the bodies are buried, but every financial Ponzi scheme and tax fraud within the Party official including the dirt on everyone. 'The Untouchables' brought down Al Capone by squeezing the bookkeeper, records intact. The last candidate you want on any party ticket is the one the opposition can twist in the wind for their own designs, the same one who'll hang you up to dry. "Because I Could."

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 03:21 AM (/vO0r)

49 Ten year plan. What a joke.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 03:21 AM (1EJ2w)

50 Posted by: IrishEd at April 02, 2014 07:15 AM (D0NZx) ============================ What the fuck? Your chalk-white skin probably makes no good impression on anyone ever.

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 03:21 AM (B+HTd)

51 36 I'm disgusted with the whole bunch.. I just read the piece on Jindal.. I wish these guys with plans to "replace" Obamacare would just STFU until after the elections. His plan is stupid anyway. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 02, 2014 07:14 AM (b/lt+) Jerry, I think you get to the nub of the problem with the GOP. Instead of articulating free-market principles and individual liberty, they accept the trajectory and worldview of the left, and the inevitability of becoming some sort of socialist tyranny. The call should be loud, harsh and frequent. REPEAL. As well as cutting down the size and scope of the government to promote liberty and opportunity. This is easy. Aside from Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Allen West, who the hell does this? Too bad, because it resonates.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:22 AM (CMkNk)

52 45 At some point it will be obvious. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 07:12 AM (CMkNk) There must be a way to publicize that information.... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:19 AM (QFxY5) It would put me in a difficult situation. Will talk to you off line.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:22 AM (CMkNk)

53 Students in NY are sitting out common core testing. http://tinyurl.com/pywkvsj Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 06:55 AM (T2V/1) Except it isn't really Common Core testing. That starts next year. This year is what is known as a field test which determines if the test is viable. Last year, New York actually switched their STATE tests to use the Common Core curriculum but didn't start teaching the Common Core until this year. Once again, nice try, Vic, but you really need to get your facts right.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 03:22 AM (zT0DN)

54 53 Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:22 AM (zT0DN) Glad people are doing it now. And don't beat up on Vic.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:24 AM (CMkNk)

55 Harry Reid can go suck my Koch-topia.

In all seriousness, from a direct source that must obviously remain nameless, he does have dementia.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (CMkNk)



There was an article in the Weekly Standard about a year ago that pointed out what a backstabbing cock gobbler he was and disliked by just about every donk except for grinning quislings like Schooooooomer.  As a fellow Moron pointed out, how could you tell if the shitbag had dementia; he hasn't made a bit of sense for years.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 02, 2014 03:24 AM (9uGT0)

56 uh oh.

Posted by: otho at April 02, 2014 03:24 AM (9gNQd)

57 53  Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:22 AM (zT0DN)


You need to get off that horse.  All I am doing is linking the news that everybody else is saying.


And yes Fk common core. You need to get your FACTS right and get off the damn propaganda.

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

58 37 I like Gov. Jindel....I think he is probably a good fellow....but his skin tone always reminds me of a urine sample for a piss test. Posted by: IrishEd at April 02, 2014 07:15 AM (D0NZx) Seriously? What the fuck?

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 03:26 AM (jNNPU)

59 Hairy Weed needs to watch this scene over and over.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPmTp9up26w

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:26 AM (T2V/1)

60 ha ha!

Posted by: otho at April 02, 2014 03:26 AM (9gNQd)

61 Be back later. Shower & drive time.
Someone has to provide for the FSA.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 03:26 AM (d0Dmj)

62 58 DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 07:26 AM (jNNPU)

at a minimum Irish needs to adjust the coloro n hisset if not his head...

I've met Bobby Jindal and w/ a charisma transplant he'd pass Perry on my "I want" list for 2016...

If your urine looks like Jindal's real-life skin tone you are probably dying.

The GOP is not about color it is about creed.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:28 AM (TE35l)

63 I'm still if favor of electing Wal-Mart to run this country.  At least they cater to the working middle class.

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2014 03:28 AM (o00SF)

64 We should have Haley/Jindal for 2016.  An all Indian ticket.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:29 AM (T2V/1)

65 57 Vic at April 02, 2014 07:25 AM (T2V/1)

Vic ZJG is a lot like Jeb Bush in wanting some sweet sweet Commie Core and all the lesson plans that slam Bush and venerate Moonbattery are just incidental I swearsies...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:29 AM (TE35l)

66

35: "Unfortunately the Vegas mob planted a dead little boy in his bed with him and and now directs his every action."

 

I disagree. The mob are crooks and slimeballs, but they didn't hate their country or countrymen. They are also smart enough to know that turning everyone into paupers would be bad for business.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 02, 2014 03:30 AM (v6cwT)

67 64 Vic at April 02, 2014 07:29 AM (T2V/1)

We could do far worse, if we pass AMIGO GRANDE! The GOP should just scrap all INS functions and import as many Indians and Chinese as they can.

Then make sure to play the same patronage games Donkey plays with better achievers.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:31 AM (TE35l)

68 See y'all later.. gotta get an early start today.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 02, 2014 03:31 AM (b/lt+)

69 68 See y'all later.. gotta get an early start today. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 02, 2014 07:31 AM (b/lt+) Fried smelts at Calumet Fisheries!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:32 AM (CMkNk)

70 67  Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 07:31 AM (TE35l)


WHEN  the pass amnesty the next GOP candidate will be RINO Rubio.  He will be running against tarantula face from AZ.


The spider will win in a blowout. 70% vs 29%

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:33 AM (T2V/1)

71 Yeah, Paul Ryan is dead to me. I feel so dirty for having talked up his slimy ass.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 02, 2014 07:04 AM (3a584)



I did likewise because he used to talk a good game and seemed to be very knowledgeable about cutting spending.  The first inkling that he might be a fucking liar came right after the 2010 midterms and the Tea Party triumph when he was on Hewitt's show and wouldn't give any specifics on cutting spending.  Hewitt, who I usually can't stand but he was very good on this, was doggedly pointing out that the election was a clear mandate for aggressive cost cutting and all Ryan kept repeating was "trust us to do the right thing".  Welp that didn't work out so well.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 02, 2014 03:33 AM (9uGT0)

72 Am I the only one worried about Wynn Duffy? When the El Ewoko and the Mexican Cartel find him, he's a dead man. And Wendy -- what a bitch!

Posted by: Cousin Dewey Crowe at April 02, 2014 03:33 AM (vFh9Q)

73 I'll take your pacific seismic activity and raise you a "Sweet Volcano of Death"  (SMOD's demur eviler brother.

http://tinyurl.com/ne67bxv


Animals said to be fleeing Yellowstone area in futile effort to escape certain death from super volcano (which, by the way, is waaaay more super than previously estimated).

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 03:33 AM (BZAd3)

74 Allen West on Levin last night in hour 3. He's terrific.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:34 AM (CMkNk)

75 Also, they're white. The MFM can spin the shit out of that one. Posted by: J.J. Sefton Hmm. Gun running or white government assistance fraudsters? Which one isn't a "local" story?

Posted by: dogfish at April 02, 2014 03:34 AM (nsOJa)

76 by the way here's an update with the nature of the "would-be" Jihadi Jim's threats exposed...

http://tinyurl.com/k4ln7xh

Fox News

“Oh those of the ummah of the Prophet Muhammad(S)j. I will soon be leaving you forever so goodbye!" it read. "I am going to wage jihad and hopes that i die. I want to be with my lord so bad that I cry but I will miss you guys I am not going to lie. I wish I could give you guys more but I am just a guy who is so very poor. I am telling you I am so broke that my pockets are soreJ I cannot wait to go to the Prophet Muhammad’s(S) door and prank Isa bin Maryan and party so hard that it will rock Jannah to its core. Only Allah knows what the future has in store so that should make you fear Allah much much more.”

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:34 AM (TE35l)

77 Glad people are doing it now. And don't beat up on Vic. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 07:24 AM (CMkNk) I don't mean to beat up on Vic, but I am tired of the misinformation running around. I have dealt with Common Core for 2+ years now. I know what it is and what it isn't. As I have said many times, you can argue with the implementation all you want, but if you give the actual Common Core a thorough study, you can't argue with the standards. I'm not talking about reading some blogs and sites like The Blaze and the Daily Caller; I'm talking about learning what the standards are. As I have pointed out many, many times, what everyone keeps pointing to as Common Core is not. It is a teacher/school/district's implementation. I am more than happy to discuss the standards themselves, but that's not what people want to do. They would prefer to believe facts that fit with their world view. We've talked about confirmation bias enough on this blog over the years. This is it in spades. Study the standards themselves, then I will be more than happy to discuss them. http://corestandards.org

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 03:35 AM (zT0DN)

78 "trust us to do the right thing". Welp that didn't work out so well.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 02, 2014 07:33 AM (9uGT0)



A politician saying "trust us" is like a 16 year old in the back seat swearing he will not slime up the young girl's mouth. (Trying to be nice here)

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:35 AM (T2V/1)

79 We should have Haley/Jindal for 2016. An all Indian ticket.
Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 07:29 AM

Yes, that would make perfect sense if the Democrats put up Lieawatha Warren!

But I gotta admit that Jindal gives me the heebie-jeebies. No matter what he has done for Louisiana, he still comes off as an ineffectual doofus. Maybe he could run with Rockin' Rick Santorum, Poppin' Fresh's man-crush.

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 02, 2014 03:36 AM (dDzOj)

80 77  I don't mean to beat up on Vic, but I am tired of the misinformation running around.


Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (zT0DN)


You need to take that up with Fox.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:36 AM (T2V/1)

81 "Vic ZJG is a lot like Jeb Bush..."

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 07:29 AM (TE35l)

What the hell are you talking about?

The article linked is completely devoid of facts.

Maybe ZJG is incorrect, but nothing he said is contradicted anywhere I can see.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:36 AM (QFxY5)

82 You need to take that up with Fox.

Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 07:36 AM (T2V/1)

Then stop linking bullshit articles!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:37 AM (QFxY5)

83 77 Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (zT0DN)

I have, how's about rather than trusting in Bill Ayers types using a concentrated Federal power to "do the right thing" we return fucking oversight and control to the locals and the states themselves?

Radical idea I know but there it is.

Fuck Commie Core.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:37 AM (TE35l)

84 Changing planes on the way to Cancun. Interesting sign in the airport: employees may now bring liquids through security. Granting the premise that such liquids are dangerous, doesn't this completely invalidate TSA passenger screening? Ahmed could get a job at Burger King on the concourse, carry the dangerous liquid through security, and the pass it to Muhammod who is booked on a flight to DC. Idiots, all of them.

Posted by: Weirddave at April 02, 2014 03:37 AM (I7p2r)

85 I lost faith in Ryan and the GOP after the 2010 election when their promise to cut 100billion in spending turned out to be a big fucking lie.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 03:37 AM (Ryac4)

86

67: "Then make sure to play the same patronage games Donkey plays with better achievers."

 

Now that would be comedy gold. A whole bunch of fresh immigrant voters who will look at the pol and proclaim "You want to give my family's money to WHO?"

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 02, 2014 03:38 AM (Kh+vp)

87

67: "Then make sure to play the same patronage games Donkey plays with better achievers."

 

Now that would be comedy gold. A whole bunch of fresh immigrant voters who will look at the pol and proclaim "You want to give my family's money to WHO?"

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 02, 2014 03:38 AM (Kh+vp)

88 Frank Alfisi was killed by Obamacare. http://spectator.org/articles/58588/obamacare-takes-life Obamacare Takes a Life Daughter, doctor blame President for father's death. There you have it. If there is one reported, there are many unreported.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 03:38 AM (IXrOn)

89 Frank Alfisi was killed by Obamacare. http://spectator.org/articles/58588/obamacare-takes-life Obamacare Takes a Life Daughter, doctor blame President for father's death. There you have it. If there is one reported, there are many unreported.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 03:38 AM (IXrOn)

90 77 Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (zT0DN) The fact that the Federal government intends to take over education from local school boards - both as a way to indoctrinate ALL children and for its cronies like Microsoft, Houghton-Mifflin and ETS to make money - is all I need to know to oppose this. Everything else is minutiae.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:38 AM (CMkNk)

91 77 Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (zT0DN) The fact that the Federal government intends to take over education from local school boards - both as a way to indoctrinate ALL children and for its cronies like Microsoft, Houghton-Mifflin and ETS to make money - is all I need to know to oppose this. Everything else is minutiae.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:38 AM (CMkNk)

92 83  Then stop linking bullshit articles!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:37 AM (QFxY5)



That's right, I should trust all you guys over Fox for accuracy in the news.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:39 AM (T2V/1)

93 83  Then stop linking bullshit articles!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:37 AM (QFxY5)



That's right, I should trust all you guys over Fox for accuracy in the news.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:39 AM (T2V/1)

94 82 CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:36 AM (QFxY5)

He's emotionally invested in a central clearing house on "standards" that is pushing a "standards" set that in a word sucks and is turning out inferior students to the US circa 1955.

That is not hyperbole that is fact too.

Our "newer better math" instruction SUCKS.

The key is decentralized oversight so you have more watchers than "thinkers"...

"thinking" by "education theorists" is killing our schools.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:39 AM (TE35l)

95 82 CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:36 AM (QFxY5)

He's emotionally invested in a central clearing house on "standards" that is pushing a "standards" set that in a word sucks and is turning out inferior students to the US circa 1955.

That is not hyperbole that is fact too.

Our "newer better math" instruction SUCKS.

The key is decentralized oversight so you have more watchers than "thinkers"...

"thinking" by "education theorists" is killing our schools.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:39 AM (TE35l)

96 And not only was that promise a big fucking lie, but they continued to lie and insist that nono, they were actually doing something!

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 03:40 AM (Ryac4)

97 And not only was that promise a big fucking lie, but they continued to lie and insist that nono, they were actually doing something!

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 03:40 AM (Ryac4)

98 HereÂ’s a quick story about Dorothy Rodgers, the wife of Broadway composer Richard Rodgers (Oklahoma!, The King and I, Carousel). It seems that she and her husband were visiting some friends who had a working farm and one morning Dorothy was invited to watch the cows being milked. My dream is to visit the Sefton household and watch the cats milk JJ.

Posted by: Crowe Pug at April 02, 2014 03:40 AM (vFh9Q)

99 HereÂ’s a quick story about Dorothy Rodgers, the wife of Broadway composer Richard Rodgers (Oklahoma!, The King and I, Carousel). It seems that she and her husband were visiting some friends who had a working farm and one morning Dorothy was invited to watch the cows being milked. My dream is to visit the Sefton household and watch the cats milk JJ.

Posted by: Crowe Pug at April 02, 2014 03:40 AM (vFh9Q)

100 93 My dream is to visit the Sefton household and watch the cats milk JJ. Posted by: Crowe Pug at April 02, 2014 07:40 AM (vFh9Q) I smell an AOSHQ essay contestÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:41 AM (CMkNk)

101 Gov. Jindal will announce a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare "Replace"? That's troublingly RINO-esque. § Morning, Glories. Be sure to let your light so shine today that you are an inspiration to others. No compact flourescent substitutes permitted.

Posted by: mindful webworker at April 02, 2014 03:41 AM (Tqh1Y)

102 That's right, I should trust all you guys over Fox for accuracy in the news.

Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 07:39 AM (T2V/1)

The article is bullshit and completely devoid of facts.

There are plenty of ways to criticize Common Core without linking to fluff articles.

And you are often critical of Fox, but now they are paragons of accuracy?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:42 AM (QFxY5)

103 "thinking" by "education theorists" is killing our schools. Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 07:39 AM (TE35l) Sven, third world countries don't need a "thinking" populace. A docile and stupid serf is a good serf.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 03:43 AM (o3MSL)

104 This doesn't sound dictatorial at all:

http://tinyurl.com/ozkfpou


Agree with the president on 'don't ask, don't tell' or get out!

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 03:44 AM (BZAd3)

105 http://tinyurl.com/d2fbb76

Heritage-Common Core Math Fails to Add Up....

Look the standards were not even finished when we started adopting the idiocy....

every time we play this "details to be hammered out later" shit the moonbats get the chalk last to use some football coach lingo

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:44 AM (TE35l)

106 It is now axiomatic that anything the government supports or is pushing is dangerous and destructive to ourselves, nation and culture. If you're not convinced, than I suggest watching that YouTube video from the sidebar yesterday of the 15 year old kid giving a very thorough presentation as to the dangers and criminality of Kommon Kore.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:44 AM (CMkNk)

107 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 07:38 AM (CMkNk)

I agree.

The implementation of Common Core is what the problem is. It cedes control of education to the feds by subsuming everything under the mantle of "Standards."

It is certainly possible to create a good curriculum based on CC, but that would require real teachers and administrators, not the NEA flunkies we have now.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:45 AM (QFxY5)

108 »» Students in NY are sitting out common core testing. http://tinyurl.com/pywkvsj Seems t'me, if you get it enough to opt out of the tests, you ought to get it enough to opt out of the whole regeime.

Posted by: mindful webworker, flatly at April 02, 2014 03:46 AM (Tqh1Y)

109 Dear Cat Fancy, I never thought it could happen to me.... --Sefton's kitty

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 03:46 AM (Ryac4)

110 One wall. Lots of ammo. ;-) Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:15 AM Cut. Jib. Newsletter. Morning all. Have a nice rock on the porch Vic.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 03:46 AM (+KzOT)

111 103 Dear Cat Fancy, I never thought it could happen to me.... --Sefton's kitty Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 07:46 AM (Ryac4) YOWWW!!!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2014 03:47 AM (CMkNk)

112 96 CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:42 AM (QFxY5)

http://tinyurl.com/k3xcj33

OBAMAÂ’S INFERIOR ENGLISH COMMON CORE STANDARDS

Your kid can't write his sig in cursive?

Thank Commie Core

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:47 AM (TE35l)

113 97 Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 07:43 AM (o3MSL)

Quite...someone who can think might be tempted to pick up The Federalists and Anti-Federalist Papers and ponder why the Technocracy they are living in is not in the cookbook....

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:49 AM (TE35l)

114 All I gotta say is from what I've seen of Common Core, I want no part of it for my kids.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 03:50 AM (PFy0L)

115 Then stop linking bullshit articles!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:37 AM (QFxY5)

 

How `bout I read the link and decide for myself.

 

One other thing, I have trouble trusting the standards of anything this bunch of motherfuckers wants to implement. When have they done anything lately that is good for education?

Posted by: rightlysouthern at April 02, 2014 03:51 AM (o3Ryj)

116

@89.  "Everything else is minutiae." -J.J.Sefton

 

"minutiae"   I like that word.  I can just hear the powers that be in the MFM say: Just get the black guy elected, the rest is minutiae!

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2014 03:51 AM (o00SF)

117 Gaming News: Onyx Path publishing (formerly White Wolf) has unveiled their next RPG book in the World of Darkness line. Further delving into the depths of darkness, despair, and depravity, they bring us Sefton: The Milkening.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 02, 2014 03:51 AM (v6cwT)

118 Thank Commie Core

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 07:47 AM (TE35l)

The standards are minimums. There is nothing to prevent teachers and administrators to expand on them.

Oh....wait....except for the NEA and the educational establishment.

Common Core sucks, but the root is much deeper than just the standards.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 03:51 AM (QFxY5)

119 108 @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 07:50 AM (PFy0L)

Every year my son stumbles on the 3d quarter or so....

He gets so pissed off at the idiocy he  has endured in three states on Math he basically wants to quit...

so I chew his ass out tutor him in old style math and he recovers...

Everyday Math and Common Core are kith and kin of what is dick slapping US education....



Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:52 AM (TE35l)

120 'm still if favor of electing Wal-Mart to run this country. At least they cater to the working middle class. Posted by: Case Yay. Two registers open at the DMV for 3 million people. No thanks.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 03:52 AM (qc7at)

121 19: Hate to say it , but good. He's a lying piece if sh*t.

Posted by: LASue at April 02, 2014 03:52 AM (gjIQF)

122 112 CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:51 AM (QFxY5)

Yeah I'd say my post history expresses largely agreement with your analysis....

the issue is oversight CBD not "the magic standard"...

I am not a teacher because I correctly understood I'd blow my brains out probably by now.

If rage were exercise I'd be Jim Thorpe.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:53 AM (TE35l)

123

so I chew his ass out tutor him in old style math and he recovers...

 

---------

 

Yep, that's the strategy I'm going with.  I'm trying to arm my kids so they go in to class every day already knowing the subject matter instead of having to try and learn the subject matter. 

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 03:54 AM (PFy0L)

124 114  Yay. Two registers open at the DMV for 3 million people.

No thanks.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:52 AM (qc7at)



I have never seen more than one window open at our DMV for a county with 70,000 people in it.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:54 AM (T2V/1)

125 Sven, third world countries don't need a "thinking" populace. A docile and stupid serf is a good serf. Charlie don't surf.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 03:54 AM (qc7at)

126 Just finished my first pint of this Barium Sulfate shit.  Now I'll take a shower and cram down the second pint before leaving.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 03:55 AM (T2V/1)

127 Our DMV here is insanity, which is why I look like a serial killer in my license photo. Thank god Texas lets you renew online.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 03:56 AM (Ryac4)

128

Just finished my first pint of this Barium Sulfate shit. Now I'll take a shower and cram down the second pint before leaving.

 

-----------

 

Can't be any worse than Guinness. 

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 03:56 AM (PFy0L)

129 120 Vic at April 02, 2014 07:55 AM (T2V/1)

When they were tracing my innards I developed quite the liking for the banana flavored chalk...

I hear they have an orange chalk flavor now as well...

Chugged the barium as fast as the nurse had ever seen.

Have a good test and be safe Vic.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 03:57 AM (TE35l)

130 Enlistee John Thomas Booker, 19, of Topeka, Kansas, wanted to do mass murder. Doesn't this justify this administration's concerns about small town middle America military types as terrorists?

Posted by: mindful webworker, snarkily at April 02, 2014 03:58 AM (Pm4tN)

131 This is cool:

http://tinyurl.com/m89kz3c


Navy "Leap Frogs" parachute into Petco Park.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 03:58 AM (BZAd3)

132 I have never seen more than one window open at our DMV for a county with 70,000 people in it. I got lucky. I went on a Tuesday at noon, middle of the month. Town of 100k, no idea how big Collin County is, 6 windows open. Had to finish paperwork at the window. IN & out in 20 minutes.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 03:58 AM (qc7at)

133 101 -

I've stayed out  of the Common Core discussion,  mostly because I think it's a substitute for some other element of the problems we have with education. 

My assumption is that CC is not much more than an attempt to deal with lowest common denominator schools, i.e., the inner city types that don't have any standards at all!

Attempts to bring these schools in line haven't been terribly successful, so we're getting a new set of standards.

Are they better?  I don't know.  It probably matters almost not at all to school districts that  ALREADY offer quality education. 

The problem is, we have no reason to believe this one will be more effective at bringing up to a standard, the districts that haven't been teaching basics  well for decades.  And there are other reasons why that is the case.  Too numerous to discuss here. 

Posted by: BurtTC at April 02, 2014 03:59 AM (BeSEI)

134 47. Posted by: rickb223 I saw that headline, and am aware that animals still use the instinctive response to vibrational phenomena that humans have trained selves to ignore. Did you read your caldera link? Now, given the state of "journalism" (as if any reporter actually researches a story beyond fabricating virtual reality sensationalism for sale from urban myths) until the headline reads when, where and what herds, flocks populations of animals were self-evacuating the Yellowstone, well? "Yeah, Global Warmening affects tectonic plate shifts." What? Don't tell me that you're directing snark at the Sun as if unrelated to Earth, by tossing up the alGore global-warming fabricated phenom. /Since alGore's a big fat liar and scoundrel, there is no such thing as Climate, let alone climate change./ The human danger from disillusionment results in throwing the baby out with the bathwater when we don't reconsider what "is" -- what remains a valid query, requiring new eyes/perspective. Everything material vibrates, and vibrations have effect.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 03:59 AM (/vO0r)

135 Our DMV here is insanity, which is why I look like a serial killer in my license photo. Thank god Texas lets you renew online. DG, I has to go. After so many onlines, you have to go in.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 04:00 AM (qc7at)

136 "Dwelling in the house of the Lord"-a "Loving Grace" devotional: http://tinyurl.com/owsw73u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 04:00 AM (XyM/Y)

137 As far as the left is concerned, Gov. Jindl and Gov. Hailey are wogs.

Posted by: Erowmero at April 02, 2014 04:01 AM (1gcFZ)

138 127 BurtTC at April 02, 2014 07:59 AM (BeSEI)

Thing is Burt that is not precisely the case.

The district I was in in Indiana for Lad10077 up til last August was a quality school until the year before we showed up.

Then IN in its infinite wisdom adopted the fads of Everyday Math and Whole Word English instruction and Lad slipped.

Education is a race you run with yourself....

Setting the standards lower draws the mean lower not higher.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 04:01 AM (TE35l)

139 BurtTC CC ...last week video of a student exposing the CC as the latest means by unscrupulous publishers to sell more books filled with errors to "educate" children more poorly for bigger profits.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 04:03 AM (/vO0r)

140 Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 07:49 AM (TE35l) The words in The Federalist Papers have too many syllables for many of today's high school graduates to understand.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 04:03 AM (o3MSL)

141 » A young Coptic Christian woman was dragged from her car and severely beaten then stabbed to death because she had a cross hanging from her rearview mirror. http://tinyurl.com/nwfauht You know, I get disturbed when I see people with things dangling from their rear view mirrors; don't they know how distracting that can be? But, a word of advice would seem sufficient. Seriously, it wasn't also because she was guilty of diving while female? Seriously seriously, Christ is watching.

Posted by: mindful webworker, extra coldly at April 02, 2014 04:03 AM (Tqh1Y)

142

On a dry and dusty road

The nights we spend apart, alone

I need to get back home

To cool cool rain

I can't sleep I lay and I think

The night is hot and black as ink

O God I need a drink

Of cool cool rain

Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 02, 2014 04:04 AM (3ZtZW)

143 @114.  DMV is state government.  Two people running the Departments of whatever in D.C. sounds good.

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2014 04:04 AM (9mWut)

144 The old Walter Reed Army hospital in DC was closed and merged with Bethesda Naval in Maryland, which is now called Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. That is where the USO opened their new facility for vets and families.

Posted by: biancaneve at April 02, 2014 04:04 AM (2sR50)

145 In the prison yard it was dykes vs. dykish.

Posted by: Crowe Pug at April 02, 2014 04:05 AM (vFh9Q)

146 PAC supporting Ben Carson set to go live:

http://tinyurl.com/qxw9r5p


I wonder how nominating a competent black candidate for president would stack up against the dems having nominated and elected an incompetent one?

Thought experiment.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 04:05 AM (BZAd3)

147 Setting the standards lower draws the mean lower not higher. Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 08:01 AM (TE35l) But it gives more citizen/serfs the chance to be equal upon graduation!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 04:06 AM (o3MSL)

148 Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 07:52 AM (TE35l) My kid is struggling right now too, her biggest complaint is that they teach one thing and then test on another. She studies for hours on the lessons given, only to have a test put in her face that has nothing to do with what's she's learned. This is all new, she's been an honor roll student her whole life and her grades of gone in the dumper this year. I think one of the biggest problems is the teachers haven't figured out exactly how to instruct them correctly on what the "standards" are expecting them to answer on the tests. Everyone is confused and frustrated. I'm not the only parent that has seen this, especially in our school

Posted by: spypeach at April 02, 2014 04:07 AM (10H0T)

149 Students in NY are sitting out common core testing.

--

I saw a commercial for that sh*t during Megan Kelly's show last night that talked about how wonderful it was.  A commercial on TV for common core?   I take it we're probably paying for it, too.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2014 04:07 AM (tsGZY)

150 Read the Guy Benson article. Made me think of something. Every time I get an EOB in the mail, it lists what I've satisfied for my deductible and (if memory serves) my OOP max. Now I'm on a cholesterol drug, I get it every 90 days, but I don't see any numbers on my OOP max tick up. Maybe I'm just misremembering, but it's possible on my plan drug costs don't count towards OOP max? If that's right (and it might not be) That makes these Obamacare plans (which heavily shifted drug costs to patients to backfill the problems Obamby created) an even more raw deal.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 04:07 AM (HDwDg)

151 "Yeah, Global Warmening affects tectonic plate shifts." What? Don't tell me that you're directing snark at the Sun as if unrelated to Earth, by tossing up the alGore global-warming fabricated phenom. /Since alGore's a big fat liar and scoundrel, there is no such thing as Climate, let alone climate change Al Gore is as full of shit as a Christmas goose. Snark directed at CO2 & cow farts are responsible for globull warmening, resulting in plate shifts. The plates "float" on a molten core & have been shifting since this rock was formed. Long before man became involved.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 04:08 AM (qc7at)

152 >>>>>I lost faith in Ryan and the GOP after the 2010 election<<<<<

Yeah, I still have a real problem with the post-election "fuck you conservative voters" lame duck session. The GOP could have held everything up until the new congress was seated but they let the Dems have a last hurrah on the way out the door. Bastards.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 02, 2014 04:08 AM (5REbo)

153 Anyone trying to portray themselves as a fiscal hawk and consorts with the likes of patty murray and who puts forth a budget that is supposed to be a blue print to get our fiscal house in order that starts with spending increases and has all of the supposed cuts in the out years is a fraud and should be disregarded. Besides instead of going after the free shit army, ryan with his new chum murray targeted the military. So fuck anything Paul Ryan has to say about things related to the budget, deficit or spending.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 02, 2014 04:08 AM (ZSnCv)

154 132 -

As I understand it, Common Core doesn't lower standards,  so much as it changes the arc of them.  It's not worth getting into the nitty gritty, but it would be something like now, when a statewide standard says all 7th graders must master basic algebra, CC would say you introduce algebra in 6h grade, and have it mastered by 8.

That's just my example off the top of my head, and is in no way reflective of what CC really says, it's just  an example of  HOW the standards are supposed to be implemented.

As for your child, my experience is that quality varies from classroom to classroom, and you have to be aware of what is going on in that room and building, lest your child  be subjected to shite. 

Which is a different problem, and again, one  of the many many many problems with public education.  The standards by which  they measure success are a very small issue compared to the rest. 

Posted by: BurtTC at April 02, 2014 04:09 AM (BeSEI)

155 Blockbuster book deal for Ted Cruz; $1.5m advance, bigger than Sarah Palin's no title not even written, yet memoirs...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 04:09 AM (IXrOn)

156 lost faith in Ryan If conservatives take over both House and Senate and the POTUS seat, I trust Ryan to find the garbage in the budget. Where the money is going is what he seems to be really good at - as well as retaining information.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 04:11 AM (IXrOn)

157 Shadowrun Online Early Access started on the 31st of March....


Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 04:12 AM (TE35l)

158 Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 02, 2014 08:04 AM (3ZtZW)

Rocker or Mod?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 04:12 AM (QFxY5)

159 This is kind of cool too:

http://tinyurl.com/oasaaes

3800 City of David fortress excavation.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 04:12 AM (BZAd3)

160 Story behind this great hymn, "Jesus, Savior Pilot Me": Sounds like the man who wrote it was a kindly, humble soul http://www.tanbible.com/tol_sng/sng_jesussaviorpilotme.htm And a beautiful rendition by a man with a lovely tenor voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY38n9ediO4. Keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 04:13 AM (XyM/Y)

161 I left out 'year old'

you know where.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 04:13 AM (BZAd3)

162 It still amazes me that we have been educating children in America for over 370 years and apparently don't know how to educate them properly or what a child should know at the end of each grade. I find this fascinating.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 02, 2014 04:13 AM (ZSnCv)

163 Friendsh, you have nothing to fear from a Paul Ryan presidency.

Posted by: Juan McCain at April 02, 2014 04:13 AM (H4aQb)

164 150 artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 08:11 AM (IXrOn)

Telling me "elections have consequences" over and over and acquiescing to Sen. Patty Murray while getting nothing for nuking the US Military kinda ends things for me with him regardless of his unproven "True Fiscal Hawk" cred.

My desire for the GOP to win anything is on life support.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 04:13 AM (TE35l)

165 »»» After a minute, she looked up, puzzled. “I must be doing this wrong,” she said. “I’ve been pulling and pulling, but it doesn’t get any bigger!” —Poppins Um, don't know whether to laugh or cry; guess it depends on whether she was serious.... Reminds me - I've told this before - in daughter's high school years, one of her Mall Rat male-ish friends was out at our place. Looking at the pasture, he asked, "Do you milk those cows?" This in the middle of beef country! I told him, sure, you see that big black one out there? Go milk that one....

Posted by: mindful webworker, extra coldly at April 02, 2014 04:14 AM (WQhht)

166 Good morning, loonies. BRB, gonna frack for a bit because I really hate Chile. Or are we using the earthquake machine today?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2014 04:14 AM (659DL)

167 133 -

Yes, of course.  Again, that's a different problem.  Your school district is spending thousands  and thousands of dollars  on new  and unnecessary  textbooks is something people ought to be outraged about. 

Common Core didn't create that problem.  It's been that way for decades. 

Posted by: BurtTC at April 02, 2014 04:14 AM (BeSEI)

168 Education is a race you run with yourself.... Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 08:01 AM (TE35l) That is a truth. Given a course or syllabus to research, nothing is "learned" without the individual's asserted diligence in study. But again, another truth regards not wasting efforts "reinventing the wheel" -- we study from masters so as to make best progress in acquiring the desired goal, to attain knowledge, or better Wisdom. And with the apprenticeship to a great teacher, we more readily learn, and share in the communication element that humans crave as experience. OT irony, did you catch the "latest" findings that those people who run too much regularly suffer the same rate of early death as those people who don't exercise. Were I to imagine a parallel to an education race you run with yourself, I'd say it's a lonely and culturally empty race if not shared with others.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 04:15 AM (/vO0r)

169 Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 08:07 AM (HDwDg)

My insurance picks up the entire cost of statins, and therefore does not apply the cost to the deductible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 04:16 AM (QFxY5)

170 Whenever hear the words "budget" and "deal", in the same sentence, I know it's not actually a budget, and mostly a deal. Compromise has brought us a $17 trillion dollar debt. We're past the point of no return. We can never pay it back.

Posted by: Travis McGee at April 02, 2014 04:16 AM (Ph479)

171 »»� After a minute, she looked up, puzzled. “I must be doing this wrong,� she said. “I’ve been pulling and pulling, but it doesn’t get any bigger!� —Poppins Um, don't know whether to laugh or cry; guess it depends on whether she was serious.... If she'd have only grabbed the bull....

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 04:17 AM (qc7at)

172 >>>>>I lost faith in Ryan and the GOP after the 2010 election<<<<<


My problem with Ryan that won't go away, is the way he came up with the idea of screwing veterans and then lameassedly defended it when that defense was clearly bullshit. 

I'm just tired of being lied to.  I won't pardon it or forgive it especially from anybody on "our side".

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 04:17 AM (BZAd3)

173 Robin, has explained how Common Core, along with predecessors like Ignite, is all about eliminating concrete knowledge in favor of memes, constructivist garbage,

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at April 02, 2014 04:17 AM (2kpL8)

174 152 Mod, no scooter

Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 02, 2014 04:18 AM (3ZtZW)

175 The easiest and most cost effective way to improve education in the US would be shutting down the Department of Education and closing the public schools.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 02, 2014 04:19 AM (5REbo)

176 I won, suckas

Posted by: OBAMA at April 02, 2014 04:19 AM (10H0T)

177

It's not worth getting into the nitty gritty, but it would be something like now, when a statewide standard says all 7th graders must master basic algebra, CC would say you introduce algebra in 6h grade, and have it mastered by 8.

 

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The thing is, quite a few stakeholders were not included in the mix when those decisions were made, and if, say, parents have concerns they would have to take it up with the Federal Government's bureaucracy.  Ceding local control over standards is bad news and an obvious precursor to ceding local control over curriculum and content.

 

Plus, the standards for math and english are troubling, so much so that the only math expert on the CC validation committee refused to sign off on the standards because they don't do anything   to  lift underperforming districts up...instead they force overperforming districts down.  Much the same argument is made by one of the english subject matter experts on the validation committee, because the standards deemphasize literary study and thus impact student's critical thinking skills.

 

In sum, it's a pile of crap.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 02, 2014 04:19 AM (PFy0L)

178 123  Have a good test and be safe Vic.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 07:57 AM (TE35l)



The crap they pass out here has no flavoring added.  But the taste isn't that bad.  Its the damn quantity of it you have to drink in a short period.  Now if it was beer it would not be so bad.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 04:20 AM (T2V/1)

179 Good morning, loonies. BRB, gonna frack for a bit because I really hate Chile. Or are we using the earthquake machine today? Cow farts & globull warmening.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 04:20 AM (qc7at)

180 169 The easiest and most cost effective way to improve education in the US would be shutting down the Department of Education and closing the public schools.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 02, 2014 08:19 AM (5REbo)

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 04:20 AM (BZAd3)

181 My desire for the GOP to win anything is on life support. Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 08:13 AM (TE35l) Unless there is a 3rd Party, our only hope is to flood the GOP with conservatives we can get behind. Then, allow them to change from within. Like kick Boehner out, etc. It is the only real path, else, we got nothin'.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 04:21 AM (IXrOn)

182 he crap they pass out here has no flavoring added. But the taste isn't that bad. Its the damn quantity of it you have to drink in a short period. Now if it was beer it would not be so bad. Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 08:20 AM (T2V/1) I hate that crap, it's like drinking radio active slushy. I had a CT yesterday with that IV iodine, don't like that either, makes you feel hot and like you're peeing your pants. Gross

Posted by: OBAMA at April 02, 2014 04:22 AM (10H0T)

183 126  I got lucky. I went on a Tuesday at noon, middle of the month. Town of 100k, no idea how big Collin County is, 6 windows open. Had to finish paperwork at the window. IN & out in 20 minutes.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:58 AM (qc7at)



I found out later that I don't have to go to the DMV in my country.  So the last time I had to go get a renewal I went to the next-door county which is much smaller in population.  I was in and out in nothing flat.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 04:22 AM (T2V/1)

184 As I have pointed out many, many times, what everyone keeps pointing to as Common Core is not. It is a teacher/school/district's implementation. I am more than happy to discuss the standards themselves, but that's not what people want to do.

Fuck you, commie douchebag.

Hands off our kids.  Period.

Posted by: GMan at April 02, 2014 04:22 AM (sxq57)

185 stupid gay sock

Posted by: spypeach at April 02, 2014 04:23 AM (10H0T)

186 Just finished my first pint of this Barium Sulfate shit. Now I'll take a shower and cram down the second pint before leaving. I had to travel 27 miles for my colonoscopy. After drinking that sickening sweet stuff, I was sweating bullets the entire trip—even with a bedpan.

Posted by: Travis McGee at April 02, 2014 04:23 AM (Ph479)

187 I'm just tired of being lied to. I won't pardon it or forgive it especially from anybody on "our side".

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 08:17 AM (BZAd3)



This is what the Repukes don't get; that weasels like Cantor can pretend to be "conservatives" and then organize an amnesty bus tour and not receive any negative consequences for it.  And that we can have a GWB presidency that spent money like Bob Menendez in an orphanage and we'll pretend that didn't happen and just line up to vote for them with no criticism.  If they knew what I thought of them they'd probably go into a witness protection program.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 02, 2014 04:23 AM (9uGT0)

188 I'm just tired of being lied to. I won't pardon it or forgive it especially from anybody on "our side". Especially from our side. Don't pardon or forgive from the opposition, but I expect it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 04:24 AM (qc7at)

189 180 Travis McGee at April 02, 2014 08:23 AM (Ph479)

Back when I was ~21 and the ulcers were still active I was fighting a case of pinworm I had picked up in the Army on my last Field Problem...

The magic of the Barium wiped out the worms....

and it felt like maybe a third of my liver...

Ah the magic of medical aids...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 04:25 AM (TE35l)

190 I guess Rush talked about this yesterday. Here is the headline from the LA Times: “Obamacare Has Led to Health Coverage for Millions More People — At least 9.5 million previously uninsured people have gotten health insurance since Obamacare started, surveys and reports show.” Now, this is the LA Times spin on a Rand study that nobody else has seen. holy crap

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 04:25 AM (IXrOn)

191 Morning morons. Need second breakfast.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 02, 2014 04:27 AM (VNrmW)

192 144  Maybe I'm just misremembering, but it's possible on my plan drug costs don't count towards OOP max?

If that's right (and it might not be) That makes these Obamacare plans (which heavily shifted drug costs to patients to backfill the problems Obamby created) an even more raw deal.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 08:07 AM (HDwDg)


None of the drug plans I have ever had were covered under the same policy as the actual health insurance for doctors.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 04:27 AM (T2V/1)

193 @169 Agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. Only pproblem is most states have mandated public education written into their constitutions. So you would have to modify your state constitution in order to do away with public schools. Which in many states would be impossible.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 02, 2014 04:27 AM (UyYYt)

194 Mornin morons 6-14 of the global warming headed our way. Woot, simply woot

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 04:28 AM (HVff2)

195 Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 02, 2014 08:27 AM (VNrmW)

http://tinyurl.com/aoszjnp

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 04:28 AM (QFxY5)

196 188 Mornin morons 6-14 of the global warming headed our way. Woot, simply woot Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 08:28 AM (HVff2) Ugggh. I think we're finally done with that crap.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 04:29 AM (fWAjv)

197 10 Conservative group is suing the EPA over "IRS like" tactics of targeting conservative groups. I suspect that every major federal agency is doing the same shit now. http://tinyurl.com/o7pn94w Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 06:57 AM (T2V/1) Suspect? Vic you are too kind

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 04:29 AM (HVff2)

198 I want a pony!

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 04:31 AM (g4TxM)

199 The crap they pass out here has no flavoring added. But the taste isn't that bad. Its the damn quantity of it you have to drink in a short period. Now if it was beer it would not be so bad. Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 08:20 AM (T2V/1) Can you add flavoring? Like those water enhancers or would the coloring screw with the test?

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 04:31 AM (fWAjv)

200 169 The easiest and most cost effective way to improve education in the US would be shutting down the Department of Education and closing the public schools.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 02, 2014 08:19 AM (5REbo)



I have been preaching that sermon for decades.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 04:31 AM (T2V/1)

201 176  I had a CT yesterday with that IV iodine, don't like that either, makes you feel hot and like you're peeing your pants. Gross

Posted by: OBAMA at April 02, 2014 08:22 AM (10H0T)



Yeah, it burns right around the IV.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 04:33 AM (T2V/1)

202 Geez, I'm sure Wal-Mart would have a DMV at every store site, anything to draw in a customer.

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2014 04:33 AM (o00SF)

203 SHOCKER!! LA Times columnist mentions Leland Yee! Oh... David Horsey ‏@davidhorsey 12h #LelandYee may be a bad apple, but donors like the #KochBrothers produce a bad harvest. http://lat.ms/1hxEFr9 pic.twitter.com/SlT8MGobHP

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 04:34 AM (fWAjv)

204 That the IRS hasn't suffered badly for their targeting of conservative groups, to the point of fearing for their continued existence, just points out what hapless leaders Boehner and his publicity addicted fuckface, Issa, are.  Unless the tanned pile of shit really approves of what the IRS did.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 02, 2014 04:35 AM (9uGT0)

205 193  Can you add flavoring? Like those water enhancers or would the coloring screw with the test?

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:31 AM (fWAjv)



I don't know, but like I said, the taste isn't bad, its the 2 pints you have to drink in an hour.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 04:36 AM (T2V/1)

206 Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (zT0DN) Meh, the school teachers I've talked to hate it. And I highly doubt their raging conservatives. In fact I know quite the opposite. Standards are easy, we make them up all the time in bioethics for hospitals or research institutions. We make them sound all pretty, and nice. They're simply the decorative exterior. Aspirational goals. Emoting really. The suck here *is* and always will be the implementation, which in this case includes the lesson plans.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 04:37 AM (HDwDg)

207 » I have never seen more than one window open at our DMV for a county with 70,000 people in it. — Vic Milady Webworker went in yesterday to renew the plates on her car... on the last possible day, like a bunch of other folks. Ten people in line ahead of her, ten minutes to get through. She complimented the clerk on their efficiency, considering how busy it was. Oh, it's been like this all day, th clerk replied. Cheerfully. They really are nice folks there, our neighbors. Both locations, too! Oklahoma, where the DMV is NOT a portal to Hell. Our county, anyway. YMMV

Posted by: mindful webworker, where the wind comes right behind the rain at April 02, 2014 04:37 AM (WQhht)

208 "If you like you doctor, you can kee...snort, snicker, guffaw...you can kee...snicker...no, wait, I messed that up, can we stop recording? Let me start over." Obamacare- bonus footage- Flubs and Bloopers, now on sale.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 04:37 AM (g4TxM)

209

Allow me to brag about playing a small role in this:

 

...In its efforts to intimidate these individuals into abiding by these illegal “gag” orders, these senior officials also created fake “interim performance appraisals,” which they promised to hide in exchange for the whistleblowersÂ’ silence.  The OSC report concluded: “In this matter, OSCÂ’s investigation uncovered willful, concerted acts of retaliation that necessitate disciplinary action.” ...

http://tinyurl.com/njvef5h

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 04:39 AM (fwARV)

210 A. We need to criticize the behavior of these political radicals whenever possible. This kind of idiocy is a basic human flaw, but when it lines up with a worldview that holds the view that all truths are socially constructed AND brands themselves as the stewards of unassailable 'scientific' truths.... You end up with a potent, brutal mix of political bullying. A commitment to make the grand scheme work, regardless of the consequences. B. We need to juxtapose the left's treatment of this woman's story with their own celebration of Wendy whatsername's fabulation about being a teen mom in a trailer, working her way through law school.

Posted by: bleck at April 02, 2014 04:40 AM (ruoPh)

211 Anti-Obamacare cancer patient smeared by Reid now receiving death wishes from liberals




Liberals are the most vile things to ever crawl along the surface of the earth

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2014 04:41 AM (1Jaio)

212 300 Inmates Escape From Chilean Prison Following Deadly 8.2 Quake drudge headline

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 04:41 AM (IXrOn)

213 134 Posted by: sven10077 at April 02, 2014 07:49 AM (TE35l) The words in The Federalist Papers have too many syllables for many of today's high school graduates to understand. Posted by: Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 08:03 AM (o3MSL) Grover Cleveland's final message to our nation of citizens: AMERICANS MUST THINK (190 He pointed out THEN that children become better people and smarter thinkers when they are given the taste to learn, and then set free to investigate and explore their interests with self initiative, as Sven said. Otherwise, (Bourbon pro-business Democrat ) Cleveland warned that children were already losing their sense of Identity as Individuals, being encouraged by a few persistent idiots to "merge" into a working class of non-thinkers (machines). Still, even that turn-of-the 20th Century generation of youth learned proper English, appreciation of the greatest Literature, and mental calculation skills taught by Normal School graduate teachers. I suppose the Normal School (US teacher colleges) curriculum was directed in mastering the very curriculum and many approaches to "teaching lessons" according to childhood mental development as understood by Pedagogy of the day that encouraged children to learn from nature and experience what lessons were taught from books. Also, teachers then had no union, and a teacher could be summarily dismissed without reason. So it wasn't as if corporal punishment would have been the first and every resort applied to a dull student. The Aussie "Rake" tv series had an episode that made plain our sad state of public education and the systematic intentional obtuse perversion of language, to FAIL TO COMMUNICATE, to obfuscate and confuse. The episode's lead character protested transnational corporatist verbage meant to say nothing through the use of "big words" that could be arranged in any order, like a game. He himself was a retired high school English teacher whose grandfather (of "limited" formal education) wrote prose as beautifully and meaningfully as any great author, having read the great works and absorbed them in his own youth. A point made was that for all the years spent in public education, the graduates had less sense/meaning than when they entered the "factory" of school.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 04:42 AM (/vO0r)

214 Anti-Obamacare cancer patient smeared by Reid now receiving death wishes from liberals Liberals are the most vile things to ever crawl along the surface of the earth Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2014 08:41 AM (1Jaio) It looks like the cancer patients are suffering the most under obamacare. Honestly, I think obama and his ilk just don't care who dies. As I linked above, one death has been reported due to obamacare. There will be so many more.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 04:43 AM (IXrOn)

215 As I'm being violated violently by satan, I'd like to apologize for being a douche.

Posted by: The Ghost Of Ken Jennings at April 02, 2014 04:45 AM (Aif/5)

216 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 08:16 AM (QFxY5) Well I'm paying...so..yeah. (It's covered as any other drug.) Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 08:27 AM (T2V/1) It's covered under the same *policy* but it has a different administrator. It's entirely possible that's the issue, that the EOB (and online forms, I just checked, still $0 for the year) anyway, these forms would only get "balanced" as it were should I approach the OOP max. Honestly, I never really thought about it. I always kinda figured if I ever hit my OOP max, I've got bigger problems that will need dealing with so I'll just roll it all into one big "mega problem."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 04:45 AM (HDwDg)

217 It looks like the cancer patients are suffering the most under obamacare. Honestly, I think obama and his ilk just don't care who dies.

As I linked above, one death has been reported due to obamacare. There will be so many more.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 08:43 AM (IXrOn)




Considering Barry's heinous and extreme attitude towards abortion it's certain that everyone is just fodder for their agenda

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2014 04:46 AM (1Jaio)

218 Salon continues click trolling, with an article out claiming conservative "pranksters" Glenn Beck and James O'Keefe are really "dangerous" and "bizarre". I like their efforts. http://bit.ly/1fs0BmR

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 04:46 AM (0Pvno)

219 Honestly, I never really thought about it. I always kinda figured if I ever hit my OOP max, I've got bigger problems that will need dealing with so I'll just roll it all into one big "mega problem."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 08:45 AM (HDwDg)



I have hit OOP max several times.  But it didn't matter under my old pre-Obama policy because I paid the first 5K 100% then the insurance paid 100% of that afterwards.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 04:48 AM (T2V/1)

220 8 "That millionaire couple who were collecting all kinds of welfare while living a lavish lifestyle has been arrested for fraud." When this first came out, it sounded like this couple were living on a million dollar yacht. The pictures that accompanied the story showed a wooden hull 81 footer that wouldn't be worth half that much. However now, the linked article says the yacht was purchased with a down payment and subsequently repossessed in 2005. It also says these two were living with one of their grandmothers or in other houses not owned by them. Don't sound like millionaires to me. And what is this about having money in some accounts that they "had access to". That sounds like it wasn't theirs. I know I'm fucking up a perfectly good "rich people scam the welfare society" story, but it sure sounds like there is a different truth buried somewhere.

Posted by: jwest at April 02, 2014 04:49 AM (u2a4R)

221 Allow me to brag about playing a small role in this:

...In its efforts to intimidate these individuals into abiding by these illegal “gag” orders, these senior officials also created fake “interim performance appraisals,” which they promised to hide in exchange for the whistleblowers’ silence. The OSC report concluded: “In this matter, OSC’s investigation uncovered willful, concerted acts of retaliation that necessitate disciplinary action.”...
http://tinyurl.com/njvef5h

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 08:39 AM (fwARV)



Our Nearsider,    doing his part to clean up the fetid swamp that is the DC bureaucracy!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 04:49 AM (4df7R)

222 Bing newsflash: Actual, real Holy Grail found, in a church in Spain.
Page 2:  Local woman volunteers to just touch it up a little.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 02, 2014 04:49 AM (xq1UY)

223 I guess TFG needs his rest after his victory lap yesterday. 2:30 pm || Delivers remarks on raising the minimum wage; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor* Always room for campaigning though.

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 04:50 AM (fWAjv)

224 My cousin has been a teaching assistant at an elementary school in Lower Merion, a school district on the Main Line, for many years. They have some of the best schools in the country and were early adopters of Common Core.

She works with 3rd graders and says the frustration level for all involved is unbearable. An incorrect answer to a simple mathematical problem is acceptable as long as the student provides acceptable "reasoning" for the answer. She has an unlimited number of horror stories to share with anyone who will listen.

I can only imagine how this will go over in all the lousy school districts. Oh wait, they can choose their own curriculum and personalize it for their schools! Yeah, that's the ticket. Like they even know what they're doing. My school district (which stinks) will need to fire all the teachers, get all new texbooks and materials and basically reinvent teaching. That'll work. I already pay some of the highest school taxes, percentage-wise, in the state for my failing district. Well, at least it will provide the catalyst for getting me out of this area sooner than later.

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 04:50 AM (2LJqa)

225 Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2014 08:46 AM (1Jaio) Cancer's one of the more expensive diseases to deal with. In order to do what Obama and Co want to do, you have to find a way to jettison those expensive patients. This is basically the method until IPAB gets up and running (and maybe it'll run parallel until then.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 04:50 AM (HDwDg)

226 Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 08:08 AM (qc7at) So you didn't follow my link when blurting al-Gore in response to electric universe solar bursts. https://www.youtube.com/user/Suspicious0bservers

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 04:50 AM (/vO0r)

227 You want a pony. You'd settle for a ridey-stick horse. You get the shaft. You know where.

Posted by: mindful webworker, ork ork ork at April 02, 2014 04:51 AM (WQhht)

228 $3 million in bank accounts under their name doesn't make them rich!!!!

Posted by: Just at April 02, 2014 04:51 AM (Aif/5)

229 Over 200 comments and not one word about Jeremiah Denton!  You obviously don't give a shit about our brave heroes!

Posted by: NC chip on the shoulder at April 02, 2014 04:51 AM (DrWcr)

230 Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 08:50 AM (2LJqa) Indeed. Arguing "The standards are sound." is like arguing that GM had a great design for a car. Wishes and hopes don't get you very far.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 04:52 AM (HDwDg)

231 Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 08:50 AM (2LJqa) Indeed. Arguing "The standards are sound." is like arguing that GM had a great design for a car. Wishes and hopes don't get you very far.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 04:52 AM (HDwDg)

232 Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 08:50 AM (2LJqa) Indeed. Arguing "The standards are sound." is like arguing that GM had a great design for a car. Wishes and hopes don't get you very far.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 04:52 AM (HDwDg)

233 Greetings, pixel people. I'm waiting for the G'D'ette to wake up so I can fix us both some breakfast, which will consist primarily of bacon. SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 02, 2014 04:53 AM (0HooB)

234 Greetings, pixel people. I'm waiting for the G'D'ette to wake up so I can fix us both some breakfast, which will consist primarily of bacon. SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 02, 2014 04:53 AM (0HooB)

235 Greetings, pixel people. I'm waiting for the G'D'ette to wake up so I can fix us both some breakfast, which will consist primarily of bacon. SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 02, 2014 04:53 AM (0HooB)

236 216 Bing newsflash: Actual, real Holy Grail found, in a church in Spain. Page 2: Local woman volunteers to just touch it up a little. Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 02, 2014 08:49 AM (xq1UY) Heh....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 04:53 AM (AXvqn)

237 216 Bing newsflash: Actual, real Holy Grail found, in a church in Spain. Page 2: Local woman volunteers to just touch it up a little. Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 02, 2014 08:49 AM (xq1UY) Heh....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 04:53 AM (AXvqn)

238 216 Bing newsflash: Actual, real Holy Grail found, in a church in Spain. Page 2: Local woman volunteers to just touch it up a little. Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 02, 2014 08:49 AM (xq1UY) Heh....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 04:53 AM (AXvqn)

239

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 08:50 AM (2LJqa)

 

I have some relatives who are teachers, and they hate Common Core with a white-hot burning passion.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 04:54 AM (DrWcr)

240

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 08:50 AM (2LJqa)

 

I have some relatives who are teachers, and they hate Common Core with a white-hot burning passion.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 04:54 AM (DrWcr)

241

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 08:50 AM (2LJqa)

 

I have some relatives who are teachers, and they hate Common Core with a white-hot burning passion.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 04:54 AM (DrWcr)

242 216 Bing newsflash: Actual, real Holy Grail found, in a church in Spain.
Page 2: Local woman volunteers to just touch it up a little.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 02, 2014 08:49 AM (xq1UY)

 

A little spit and polish here, a little paint there...

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 04:55 AM (DrWcr)

243 "This legislation will reduce the average family's annual insurance premium by...what the fu...? Does that really say $2500? That's got to be a misprint...can we get a copy writer in here to double check that? Really? Well I'll be. Okay, hey, wait, we're not still rolling are we?" Obamacare- bonus footage- Flubs and Bloopers, now on sale.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 04:56 AM (g4TxM)

244 223 Over 200 comments and not one word about Jeremiah Denton! You obviously don't give a shit about our brave heroes! ----------- And nobody mentioned him in any previous thread either......

Posted by: Adam at April 02, 2014 04:57 AM (Aif/5)

Posted by: Kreplach at April 02, 2014 04:57 AM (06lNq)

246 This is basically the method until IPAB gets up and running (and maybe it'll run parallel until then.) Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 08:50 AM (HDwDg) Was it just me, but didn't fearless feckless leader also say in that press propaganda briefing something to the effect that no death panels had appeared?

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 04:58 AM (o3MSL)

247 Obamacare- bonus footage- Flubs and Bloopers, now on sale. Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 08:56 AM (g4TxM) I always figured the secret tapes included: "What can we say that they'll eat up, no we don't have to have a plan to actually do it. No they'll never know."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 04:58 AM (HDwDg)

248 You want a pony. You'd settle for a ridey-stick horse. You get the shaft. You know where. *** How do you think they kept me propped up on that pony?- (link in nick)

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 04:58 AM (g4TxM)

249 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2014 04:58 AM (nzKvP)

250 I always figured the secret tapes included: "What can we say that they'll eat up, no we don't have to have a plan to actually do it. No they'll never know." Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 08:58 AM (HDwDg) *** Yep- I think that's going to be on Vol. 2 due out in June.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 05:00 AM (g4TxM)

251 panzernashorn, the series, "Rake", did you like it? It looked interesting. But recently I read comments on PJMedia from someone who started out loving it, then said it was eventually ruined by leftist/progressive politics and messaging to the point it became unwatchable. Did you have that experience?

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 05:00 AM (2LJqa)

252 Was it just me, but didn't fearless feckless leader also say in that press propaganda briefing something to the effect that no death panels had appeared? Posted by: Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 08:58 AM (o3MSL) Didn't watch. But technically that's true I suppose, in a round about sense. The grumble from inside the field (as it filters to me, so take this with a pillar of salt) is that the people who actually meet the criteria to be on the board want nothing to do with it. Nobody wants to touch that toxic SOB. And no university want's their faculty connected to it. Which is funny, because I bet I could find a ton of articles by the same people arguing it's exactly what we need.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 05:00 AM (HDwDg)

253 233 How do you think they kept me propped up on that pony?- (link in nick) Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 08:58 AM (g4TxM) Mr. Muldoon thank you for the morning chuckle. It is as good this morning as it was the other evening. Have a wonderful day Sir.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 05:01 AM (HVff2)

254

Nobody wants to touch that toxic SOB. And no university want's their faculty connected to it.

 

I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!

Posted by: Peter Singer at April 02, 2014 05:01 AM (DrWcr)

255 Which is funny, because I bet I could find a ton of articles by the same people arguing it's exactly what we need. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 09:00 AM (HDwDg) Always easier to say I'll pull the trigger or drop the noose than to actually do it. But, it won't be long and the humanity of it all will come to an end. Then it will be a great honor to sit on the killing board. Look at all the people who swoon to obtain praise from Planned Abortionhood.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 05:03 AM (HVff2)

256 Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 09:00 AM (HDwDg) To be fair, I think it is clear that Obary left the operative "yet" off that sentence.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 05:03 AM (o3MSL)

257 LA Times says Koch brothers worse than Yee selling weapons to Islamic terrorists. See Weasel Zippers.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 02, 2014 05:04 AM (ee9LE)

258 It's tough watching Grady Sizemore in a Red Sox uni but I was psyched to see he clicked on a home run in his first game back.  Stay healthy Grady!

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 05:05 AM (LISuA)

259 Posted by: Peter Singer at April 02, 2014 09:01 AM (DrWcr) Thankfully you and your protégé Salvulescu aren't American citizens, which I think excludes you.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 05:05 AM (HDwDg)

260

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 02, 2014 09:04 AM (ee9LE)


They're not even trying to disguise how stupid they believe their readers are.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 05:06 AM (BZAd3)

261   242 LA Times says Koch brothers worse than Yee selling weapons to Islamic terrorists. See Weasel Zippers.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 02, 2014 09:04 AM (ee9LE)

 

The left simply must have its Emmanuel Goldstein.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:06 AM (DrWcr)

262 The clown show that healthcare.gov (the website) has been is just a teensy prelude. Next we will start to see healthcare.gov (the "I can't find a primary care doctor who will see me" phase), followed by healthcare.gov (the "shrinking provider reimbursements" phase). Several more steps before the "IPAB fully operational" phase).

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 05:08 AM (g4TxM)

263 Well folks.  Time to go.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 02, 2014 05:08 AM (T2V/1)

264 248 Well folks. Time to go.

Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 09:08 AM (T2V/1)

 

Bye Vic.  Good luck.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:09 AM (DrWcr)

265 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 09:03 AM (HVff2) The IPABs have been constructed to avoid the "problems" of the God Panels of the Dialysis era. That is to say, they're locus of power has been moved to add a sort of "plausible deniability" to it's panel members. Whereas the God Panels actually chose individuals. The IPAB will choose "treatments" to exclude. The effect is largely the same, some will live and some will die based on the decree of an uncaring government, but it allows the panel members to sleep better at night. (None of this should be taken to justify the IPABs, I'm merely recounting a history as it were. The lazy language is because I haven't had my coffee yet.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 05:09 AM (HDwDg)

266 *rubbing temples*   So many lies.    So much prevarication and misdirection and   frigging   LYING.    I want to write a whole treatise on everything this fuckhead Preezy has subjected our country to, along with his    merry   marauders   of   misery    in Congress, SCOTUS and the bureaucracy,   but I don't even know where the hell to BEGIN;   there's    so much  WRONG that it's overwhelming   to even try and put it in words.


I am do depressed it's painful.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) [/u][/i][/s][/b] at April 02, 2014 05:09 AM (4df7R)

267 I think that for the 2014 election cycle, the Democrats will start blaming Obamacare on the Koch Brothers.

Posted by: blaster at April 02, 2014 05:09 AM (4+AaH)

268 247 The clown show that healthcare.gov (the website) has been is just a teensy prelude. Next we will start to see healthcare.gov (the "I can't find a primary care doctor who will see me" phase), followed by healthcare.gov (the "shrinking provider reimbursements" phase). Several more steps before the "IPAB fully operational" phase).     Stage I - choke off supply   Stage II - kill off demand

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:10 AM (DrWcr)

269 And yet it is the right who want people to just die:

http://tinyurl.com/ppht2xq


Of course the right never actually... you know...


SAYS IT.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 05:11 AM (BZAd3)

270 Anti-Obamacare cancer patient smeared by Reid now receiving death wishes from liberals






Liberals are the most vile things to ever crawl along the surface of the earth

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2014 08:41 AM (1Jaio)


and this is what is disgusting about this .

Not only were they using  Health concerns such as these to Shove Obamacare down our throats , when it shows its failure they blame the patient for worsening outlook and death.

If i thought more than a second about this one could assume it isn't about Health Care at all, but control over a massive money system. and our lives.


money and control of our lives.

who lives and dies, if you die and weren't on board with our hopes and dreams of controlling every aspect of your existence. tuff cht. 

if you were with us in our hopes and dreams you are a martyr, say thank you.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:11 AM (nqBYe)

271 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) at April 02, 2014 09:09 AM (4df7R Should I ever manage to find employment, I suspect a large chunk of my career will be combing back over this mess to determine the damage it did to healthcare. (And probably science as well, I suspect we're going to start seeing a bleedover of the "EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL" into even the basic sciences.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 05:12 AM (HDwDg)

272 Stage I - choke off supply Stage II - kill off demand Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 09:10 AM (DrWcr) Stage 111- Kill off the customer base

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2014 05:12 AM (nzKvP)

273 as for Reid, there are some loose screws slapping around in that guys head.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:12 AM (nqBYe)

274 I won, suckas
Posted by: OBAMA at April 02, 2014 08:19 AM (10H0T)



That's what I've been telling these wingnuts since 2011, but they just won't listen!

Posted by: Paul Ryan at April 02, 2014 05:13 AM (W7ffl)

275 Leave! Hitler! Allllooooonnneeee!!!

Posted by: Irish Chris Crocker at April 02, 2014 05:13 AM (Aif/5)

276 258 Stage I - choke off supply

Stage II - kill off demand
Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 09:10 AM (DrWcr)

Stage 111- Kill off the customer base

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2014 09:12 AM (nzKvP)

 

That's kind of what I meant by kill off demand, but yeah.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:13 AM (DrWcr)

277 216. Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 02, 2014 08:49 AM (xq1UY) NAZI Temple of Doom (2013) [Wewelsburg Castle] Smithsonian Channel A gold cauldron found at the bottom of a Bavarian lake could not be disproved an ancient artifact without the meticulous SS chronicles establishing it being crafted and gifted to Himmler for his covert NAZI SS Celtic Cult. -- Himmler wanted to weirdly make his cake and eat it, too -- denouncing Christianity as a Jewish ploy to conquer the Germanic Tribes; while denying the Catholic Church, simultaneously attempting to juxtapose his own Celtic Cult on the exact same format as the Vatican of Rome. Given the dates of production, you'd have thought that the US tax funded "great" Smithsonian would have considered the following: "Confronting the Nazi Perpetrators: New Exhibition Explodes Myth of SS Castle Wewelsburg" By David Crossland, Spiegel Online, April 06, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/lkyhhnp

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 05:13 AM (/vO0r)

278 This headline intrigued me: The Most Un-American Speech Obama Has Ever Delivered

http://tinyurl.com/nftmbh7


Because that's a damned high bar to beat right there.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 05:14 AM (BZAd3)

279 IT's The Law, my Law, until i change it, when i want too,because , Yes I  Can.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:14 AM (nqBYe)

280 Almost all the depictions you see in film and television of lesbians are violent and stereotypical bulldykes. Is there no AntiDefamation League for Dykes? I thought Hollywood was so liberal??

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 02, 2014 05:16 AM (vFh9Q)

281 DG, I has to go. After so many onlines, you have to go in. Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 08:00 AM (qc7at) I know, but I've only been here 7.5 years so it was my first renewal. In PA you had to go in person and deal with the BS every single time you renewed.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 05:17 AM (32Scy)

282 I've seen several flattering depictions of lesbians on video ... but they weren't made in Hollywood.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 02, 2014 05:18 AM (MUX4s)

283

I don't even know where the hell to BEGIN; there's so much WRONG that it's overwhelming to even try and put it in words.


I am do depressed it's painful

 

 

 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) at April 02, 2014 09:09 AM (4df7R)

 

 

Here.  Let me help:

 

In the beginning there was freedom.  It was protected, encouraged and grown by the efforts of good people who worked, dreamed, hoped and loved.  In time, some of those people became disillusioned with the idea of having to work to keep what their forefathers had built and they sought out ways to avoid and shirk it whenever possible.  For those who opposed working, dreaming, hoping and loving were enough.

 

This way of thinking began to catch on as more and more people realized that as long as someone was willing to work, they didn't have to do so themselves.  Like a plague, it spread, and soon the contagion of lassitude had overtaken the once free land. 

 

Those who refused to work cried out to those who did not for aid, and in their charity, the workers agreed.  Their charity was mistaken for ignorance, and the lazy demanded more.  Again, the charitable inclinations of the workers overcame their hesitancy to indulge those who refused to contribute.

 

The cycle played out repeatedly over many years.  In time, the workers found themselves out-numbered and demonized by those who continued to increase their demands.  As supplies dwindled, refusals began. 

 

It was then that the chaos came.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 05:18 AM (fwARV)

284 If the seven million people enrolled is accurate, it just means that this is a target rich environment:

http://tinyurl.com/oqsded6


healthcare.gov hacked in four minutes.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 05:18 AM (BZAd3)

285 Wow, I read through most of this thread and sadly, the one thing that I'm going to remember is "potato extruder". I'm damaged.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 05:18 AM (HLprW)

286 268 I've seen several flattering depictions of lesbians on video ... but they weren't made in Hollywood.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 02, 2014 09:18 AM (MUX4s)

 

The lesbians in Mulholland Drive were pretty hot.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:19 AM (DrWcr)

287 I want to write a whole treatise on everything this fuckhead Preezy has subjected our country to, along with his merry marauders of misery in Congress, SCOTUS and the bureaucracy, but I don't even know where the hell to BEGIN; there's so much WRONG that it's overwhelming to even try and put it in words. Bumper sticker length to reach the LIV's.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 05:19 AM (ix+5k)

288 "Almost all the depictions you see in film and television of lesbians are violent and stereotypical bulldykes." Not in the genres with which I'm most familiar.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 05:20 AM (HLprW)

289
   Takeaway from perusing common core?

     Equality of outcome.

   Ponder that, comrades.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2014 05:21 AM (SAMxH)

290 275
Takeaway from perusing common core?

Equality of outcome.

Ponder that, comrades.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2014 09:21 AM (SAMxH)

 

Miseducation for all!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:22 AM (DrWcr)

291 It has been a while so some Jessica Nigri from her FB page.

http://tinyurl.com/mp5rntp

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 05:22 AM (7oL8c)

292 anyone else wonder  when they do archeological digs, bringing the bones of plague victims back into the sunlight might also bring the disease ? we know some bacterium , spores, etc  survive for a very long time. 
anyway  . just a wandering thought.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:22 AM (nqBYe)

293 I am do depressed it's painful. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit (or Beth for short) at April 02, 2014 09:09 AM (4df7R) shoves shirtless Urban through USB http://tinyurl.com/pcfjank

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 05:23 AM (fWAjv)

294 http://tinyurl.com/mp5rntp

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 09:22 AM (7oL8c)


You are, without a doubt, one of the nicest people on this board.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 05:23 AM (BZAd3)

295 I really think Harry Reid is possibly in some stage of Alzheimers Disease. He makes rambling, angry speeches full of paranoia.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 05:23 AM (XyM/Y)

296 @willow » ...If i thought more than a second about this one could assume it isn't about Health Care at all, but control over a massive money system. and our lives.... Fortunately, thinking more than a second is pretty much eliminated by the Clockwork Orange mind-breaking process of modern education. Commie Core!

Posted by: mindful webworker - dangerous thinky type at April 02, 2014 05:24 AM (6f2wv)

297 Y'all think it's bad now that former '60s radicals are running the show, imagine what it will be like when the "self-esteem participation trophy" crowd is in charge. (Damn- I almost typed that with a straight face.)

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 05:24 AM (g4TxM)

298

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 09:22 AM (7oL8c)

 

There are some debts which can never be repaid...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 05:24 AM (fwARV)

299 277 It has been a while so some Jessica Nigri from her FB page.

http://tinyurl.com/mp5rntp

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 09:22 AM (7oL8c)

 

Nice.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:25 AM (DrWcr)

300   281 I really think Harry Reid is possibly in some stage of Alzheimers Disease. He makes rambling, angry speeches full of paranoia.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 09:23 AM (XyM/Y)

 

Typical Progressive, in other words.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:25 AM (DrWcr)

301 we know some bacterium , spores, etc survive for a very long time. anyway . just a wandering thought. Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 09:22 AM (nqBYe) *** Jurassic Petri Dish

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 05:26 AM (g4TxM)

302 Washington Nearsider we could also mention those on the top of the pile that like the idea of royalty  as long as They are the royalty having  spent years undermining freedom for peons

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:26 AM (nqBYe)

303 Yes, but not every progressive is the age Harry Reid is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 05:27 AM (XyM/Y)

304 I know, but I've only been here 7.5 years so it was my first renewal. In PA you had to go in person and deal with the BS every single time you renewed. DG, it used to be like that with the CHL. I was lucky enough to be able to renew online. I'll have to take the class next time.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 05:27 AM (ix+5k)

305 So how many years does Harry Reid have to hang on to beat Robert Byrd's record?

The power of the blue sear-sucker suit compels you...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 05:28 AM (7oL8c)

306 I thought Bound was a good movie with a hot lesbian theme in it.

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2014 05:28 AM (m2CN7)

307 Jurassic Petri Dish Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 09:26 AM (g4TxM) I'll take nicknames for the naughty bits of Helen Thomas for $500 Alex

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 05:28 AM (fWAjv)

308 Jurassic Petri Dish

Posted by: S. Muldoon  at April 02, 2014 09:26 AM (g4TxM)

i admit it could be just fanciful thinking, but i am curious about the possibilities.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:28 AM (nqBYe)

309 "Almost all the depictions you see in film and television my former office, my ghey sister's whole circle of friends going back 35 or so years, and the god-damned welfare clinic that somehow took the place of my doctor's office of lesbians are violent and stereotypical bulldykes."

Fixed that to conform with observed reality. Don't like this reality, but, hey.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 02, 2014 05:29 AM (xq1UY)

310 Fallon tweeks Obama on his victory lap:

http://tinyurl.com/q89wnrv


And to think that he did this while his head was buried up to his armpits up Obama's ass.


Amazing talent.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 05:30 AM (BZAd3)

311 Another cosplay photo of Jessica Nigri living the Moron lifestyle  aaarrggg...

http://tinyurl.com/kz8wjqy

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 05:33 AM (7oL8c)

312 298 Another cosplay photo of Jessica Nigri living the Moron lifestyle aaarrggg...

http://tinyurl.com/kz8wjqy

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 09:33 AM (7oL8c)

 

Yo ho ho!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:34 AM (DrWcr)

313 It has been a while so some Jessica Nigri from her FB page.
http://tinyurl.com/mp5rntp
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 09:22 AM (7oL8c)


O.o Wow.


BTW, did you watch Space Dandy? I was on the fence the first couple episodes, but damn did it ever take off. I'm thrilled they're bringing it back for a 2nd season.

Posted by: Paul Ryan at April 02, 2014 05:34 AM (W7ffl)

314 /Eddie Munster sock off

Posted by: mugiwara at April 02, 2014 05:35 AM (W7ffl)

315 Ok, so the image of DWS at the top of this article actually made me flinch a little: http://tinyurl.com/nhkoxrd Then I recognized what inspired her look: http://tinyurl.com/phte9n7

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 05:35 AM (HLprW)

316 Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 09:00 AM (2LJqa) I noticed that FOX has an American "Rake" series that had me confused when I first mentioned the Netflix streaming Aussie "Rake". I liked Rake, wondering what the hell jam he'd put himself into next. "Just deserts" final episode closing shot makes you swallow hard for the scoundrel. Btw, the lead legal character and mob boss wife were a married couple in another Aussie tv series we liked as a popular drama full of itself. Outrageous Fortune 2005-2010 When the West family patriarch, Wolfgang, is sentenced to four years in prison, his wife, Cheryl, seizes the opportunity to clean up the clan's act. It isn't as if any show is going to popularize my sentiments or views. But these Aussie productions aren't the PC tripe dressed up as "history" by British TV revisionism which really takes any sense of entertainment out of the view. Ex: Ripper Street (2013); or any of the many (formerly BBC Masterpiece Theater) Masterpiece series broadcast on PBS.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 02, 2014 05:36 AM (/vO0r)

317 the squirming horror of the progressive mind. My rage is being triggered, and I ain't talkin' micro-aggression. This is macro.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 05:36 AM (7ObY1)

318 Animals fleeing Yellowstone. Problem is, as an indicator, is this a genuine phenomenon, or one of those things that is observed more because now people are looking for it? We need a massive government program to tag all wild animals and monitor then by satellite so we can better assess the situation. Because only Obama can stop the rise of the SuperVolcano of Doom. More concerning, to my thinking, is, the article said, the Calif 5.x quake was connected with a recent series of quakes in Yellowstone. What?

Posted by: mindful webworker & the Perceptual Pareidolia at April 02, 2014 05:38 AM (ItCyz)

319 "It goes without saying that the Dims will keep him in his post and the MSM will tell us what a towering statesman he is even as he craps himself on the Senate floor."

What would Biden be doing on the Senate floor?

Wait...what?

Sorry, wrong senile demented bastard eating out of the paste jar with a number two pencil for a spoon.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 05:39 AM (si68n)

320 The alleged pederast Reid has apparently gone from penile to senile.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 05:42 AM (g4TxM)

321 I do believe it is time for a caramel macchiato.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 05:45 AM (euACX)

322 310 I do believe it is time for a caramel macchiato bourbon.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 09:45 AM (euACX)

 

FTFY

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:46 AM (DrWcr)

323 The last quake in Yellowstone was a 4.8 on 30 March 2014.  The past ten have been clustered in one region.  Not sure if there is any kind of link to California, never heard of one before and frankly California with its fault lines and dormant volcanoes has enough problems without borrowing from Yellowstone.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 05:46 AM (7oL8c)

324 298 Another cosplay photo of Jessica Nigri living the Moron lifestyle aaarrggg... http://tinyurl.com/kz8wjqy Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 09:33 AM (7oL8c) Ha. Nice!

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 05:46 AM (fWAjv)

325 Bourbon will be later. They don't let me drink at my desk.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 05:47 AM (euACX)

326 314 Bourbon will be later. They don't let me drink at my desk.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 09:47 AM (euACX)

 

Fascists!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:48 AM (DrWcr)

327 If I had a hammer...I'd smash the shit out of my computer.  Arrrgh!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:49 AM (DrWcr)

328 Thanks, panzernashorn, I'll try it. I used to love old UK series before they were PC, when their actors looked like real people instead of movie stars (I just ignored their teeth). But they jumped on the PC train, earlier than even the US, with every minority treated badly, wrongly suspected, etc. I've seen some Aussie TV that I love and wondered if they had been completely infected yet. I find it hard to locate Aussie TV in general.

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 02, 2014 05:49 AM (2LJqa)

329 Mugiwara, many anime fans were a bit miffed that the grapevine failed to tell them that Kenichi Sonoda - Bubblegum Crisis, Gunsmith Cats - was at Emerald City this past weekend.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 05:49 AM (7oL8c)

330 California's EQs/volcanoes are caused by plate subduction. Yellowstone is caused by a hotspot.

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 02, 2014 05:50 AM (vFh9Q)

331 Bourbon will be later. They don't let me drink at my desk. Vodka & they'll never know.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 05:51 AM (ix+5k)

332 Bourbon will be later. They don't let me drink at my desk. Posted by: DangerGirl

how dare they be so bossy mcbossisome, turn em in to the administration for demanding you Work!
or ask for several breaks a day allowed to calm your nerves .

if none of this works , i'm sorry.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:52 AM (nqBYe)

333 "They don't let me drink at my desk."

Clearly a hostile working environment.

Why do they refuse to embrace the rich and diverse cultures present amongst the Moron Horde?


Wanna have fun?

Google "Drunk School Bus Driver"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 05:52 AM (si68n)

334

Ex-SEAL shot in stomach, tails attackerÂ’s car before seeking medical attention

 

 

http://tinyurl.com/mec3fz8

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 05:52 AM (fwARV)

335 Sarah Palin just put up Facebook post calling the Ryan "budget plan" a joke.

Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2014 05:52 AM (JBggj)

336 314 Bourbon will be later. They don't let me drink at my desk. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 09:47 AM (euACX) Tell them that's what mediocre employees do.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 02, 2014 05:53 AM (bCEmE)

337 ok an unrelated question, what was your best bridal shower present?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:53 AM (nqBYe)

338 Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 02, 2014 09:50 AM (vFh9Q) How YOU doin?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 02, 2014 05:53 AM (Aif/5)

339 319  Actually California faults are slip faults ... not subduction faults

Posted by: E.T. at April 02, 2014 05:54 AM (uGlk8)

340 *blinks, my imagination runs weird*

California volcanoes erupting.  La Brea subsides and Smilodons awaken.  People going crazy.

On a street corner is LeLand Yee yelling through a bullhorn, "Get your AK-47 right here!  Only $5,000!  Bullets $5 each!"

And people would be forking over the cash or their SUV for a gun and ammo.


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 05:54 AM (7oL8c)

341 Ex-SEAL shot in stomach, tails attackerÂ’s car before seeking medical attention


"I ain't got time to bleed!"


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 05:54 AM (GQ8sn)

342 323
Ex-SEAL shot in stomach, tails attackerÂ’s car before seeking medical attention


http://tinyurl.com/mec3fz8

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 09:52 AM (fwARV)

 

His wallet says "Bad Motherfucker" on it.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:55 AM (DrWcr)

343 ok an unrelated question, what was your best bridal shower present? Um,

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 05:55 AM (ix+5k)

344 326 ok an unrelated question, what was your best bridal shower present?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 09:53 AM (nqBYe)

 

Never had one.  Then again, I'm a straight dude, so...

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 05:56 AM (DrWcr)

345 I think the guy who shot the SEAL should just consider suicide.  It'll hurt less.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 05:56 AM (fwARV)

346 o nevermind!

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:56 AM (nqBYe)

347 All these tectonic plates sliding around must be related to low friction between the plates.

This could only be caused by some type of lubricant being present deep within the earth.

Remove the lubricant, and the plates will stop sliding around.

And....no more evil earthquakes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 05:56 AM (si68n)

348 A few more biilion years, the Yellowstone caldera will be Canada's problem.

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 02, 2014 05:56 AM (vFh9Q)

349 Tell them that's what mediocre employees do. Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2014 09:53 AM (bCEmE) "Drunk at my desk? I'm just meeting your expectations!". *hic*

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 05:58 AM (euACX)

350 Bets on today's first sighting of the elusive El Chingabasura?


I say 11:00 AM or later.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 05:58 AM (GQ8sn)

351 Best bridal shower present? Cattle prod.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 05:59 AM (euACX)

352 Big O Season 2! Gah! What was the point? It ended and I'm all like, "sooooo, there's a third season coming?" At least Space Dandy doesn't really have any overarching story to ruin, just requires some quality episodic stories, dumb jokes,  and good music to remain enjoyable.


You know I've never gotten around to watching Gunsmith Cats? I rather liked Bubblegum Crisis too, although it's had to have been at least a dozen years since I've watched it.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 02, 2014 05:59 AM (W7ffl)

353 just say medically necessay.
say give me the booze or write a script for  valium.

so they (docs) actually still proscribe valium?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 05:59 AM (nqBYe)

354 Cattle prod.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 09:59 AM (euACX)


oooh nice idea.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 06:00 AM (nqBYe)

355 ok an unrelated question, what was your best bridal shower present?

Oh, God, don't ever get any bride anything that is not on her list.  Don't even try to substitute the Capri Blue towel when Kohls is out of the Peacock Blue they asked for.  They will flay you alive for ruining their marriage before it even begins.

Posted by: HR at April 02, 2014 06:01 AM (hO8IJ)

356 All these tectonic plates sliding around must be related to low friction between the plates. This could only be caused by some type of lubricant being present deep within the earth. Out KY. Out!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:01 AM (ix+5k)

357 "Cattle prod."

Go on..

Posted by: Bawney Frank at April 02, 2014 06:02 AM (si68n)

358 Moron Etiquette Tip #19: Don't hungrily devour ramen noodles from a container set on a desk littered with documents to be sent out to vendors. Don't ask me how I know this.

Posted by: jon "Cheese Boy" celli at April 02, 2014 06:03 AM (RD7QR)

359 337 A few more biilion years, the Yellowstone caldera will be Canada's problem.

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 02, 2014 09:56 AM (vFh9Q)


I'll just wait then.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 02, 2014 06:03 AM (BZAd3)

360 342 just say medically necessay.
say give me the booze or write a script for valium.

so they (docs) actually still proscribe valium?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 09:59 AM (nqBYe)

 

I think so, although you're more like to get Xanax or Ativan.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:04 AM (DrWcr)

361 Where is the dump? My favorite part of the morning is getting dumped on!

Posted by: Martin Bashir at April 02, 2014 06:04 AM (Aif/5)

362 Oh, God, don't ever get any bride anything that is not on her list. Don't even try to substitute the Capri Blue towel when Kohls is out of the Peacock Blue they asked for. They will flay you alive for ruining their marriage before it even begins.

Posted by: HR at April 02, 2014 10:01 AM (hO8IJ)

 

Brides-to-be tend to turn into complete fucking psychos.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:05 AM (DrWcr)

363 I've had valium once, but it was in the hospital back in 97. I think it is still on the market.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:06 AM (euACX)

364 HR, lol, ok you made me break out in a sweat.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 06:06 AM (nqBYe)

365 I think it is still on the market.


It is.  I got a couple before I had my LASIK surgery but I never took them.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:07 AM (GQ8sn)

366 Gunsmith Cats is a semi prequel to Riding Bean.

Rally Vincent runs a gun shop in Chicago.  On the side she is a bounty hunter.  Her pride and joys are her CZ-75 and 1967 GT500.  So she has to deal with drug dealers, bossy cops, corrupt politicians, and a pyschotic Russian hit woman.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 06:07 AM (7oL8c)

367 So I guess the cattle prod is out, willow.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:07 AM (euACX)

368 271 Wow, I read through most of this thread and sadly, the one thing that I'm going to remember is "potato extruder". I'm damaged. Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 09:18 AM I know it's early. I know there's always lots of competition. Still... I nominate this as comment of the month, not so much based on the content or context, but as representative of the daily experience of all regular AoSHQ readers.

Posted by: mindful webworker on the nom inating committeehee at April 02, 2014 06:07 AM (INyZp)

369 It is. I got a couple before I had my LASIK surgery but I never took them.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 10:07 AM (GQ8sn)

 

Went the Old Granddad route instead?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:07 AM (DrWcr)

370 Best bachelor gift? Stripper.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:08 AM (ix+5k)

371 356 So I guess the cattle prod is out, willow.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 10:07 AM (euACX)

 

There's always pina colada flavored monkey sex gel.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:08 AM (DrWcr)

372 Went the Old Granddad route instead?


No, I wanted to be lucid and remember everything.  It only took 10 minutes from start to finish anyhow.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:08 AM (GQ8sn)

373 "Brides-to-be tend to turn into complete fucking psychos."

Well, that explains my Mother in Law.
51 years and counting.

Any idea when it wears off?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 06:08 AM (si68n)

374 No, I wanted to be lucid and remember everything. It only took 10 minutes from start to finish anyhow.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 10:08 AM (GQ8sn)

 

That's not bad at all.  I've thought about getting LASIK but the idea of having my eyeballs zapped with a laser makes me a tad uneasy.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:09 AM (DrWcr)

375 362 "Brides-to-be tend to turn into complete fucking psychos."

Well, that explains my Mother in Law.
51 years and counting.

Any idea when it wears off?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 10:08 AM (si68n)

 

In many cases, it doesn't.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:10 AM (DrWcr)

376 "Brides-to-be tend to turn into complete fucking psychos." Well, that explains my Mother in Law. 51 years and counting. Any idea when it wears off? What is this "wears off" you speak of?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:10 AM (ix+5k)

377 Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitean - Bachelor Party

http://youtu.be/VJhzlV3X5so

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 06:11 AM (7oL8c)

378 as i'm now a MIL, i'm gonna just keep my mouth shut, for once.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 06:11 AM (nqBYe)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:12 AM (PYAXX)

380 I take it Ben forgot his Metamucil again?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:12 AM (PYAXX)

381 That's not bad at all. I've thought about getting LASIK but the idea of having my eyeballs zapped with a laser makes me a tad uneasy. The two people you NEVER want to hear "oops!" from? Your Lambo mechanic and your Lasik doctor.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:12 AM (ix+5k)

382 I'd just like to go on record as saying that any "solution" to a two-digit math problem that takes four or five lines of calculations to produce an answer is a bullshit textbook marketing tool and the theory of educaiton equivalent of seventeen years of non-exisitent global warming. Academia is a froth of cults of personality, just like Hollywood. Common Core is just another step in the dumbing down of the next generation. We've been doing this for forty years or so now and it is really beginning to show.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2014 06:12 AM (659DL)

383 I've thought about getting LASIK but the idea of having my eyeballs zapped with a laser makes me a tad uneasy. It's awesome. I had it done about 5 years ago now, and I couldn't be happier. You do have to re-learn how to drive at night, though, because car lights look different.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:13 AM (PYAXX)

384 I really think Harry Reid is possibly in some stage of Alzheimers Disease. He makes rambling, angry speeches full of paranoia. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 09:23 AM (XyM/Y) He would easily be found clinically insane. Easily.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 06:13 AM (IXrOn)

385 as i'm now a MIL, i'm gonna just keep my mouth shut, for once. Phrasing, willow. [runs]

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2014 06:14 AM (659DL)

386 He would easily be found clinically insane. Easily. Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 10:13 AM (IXrOn) What makes you think he hasn't been?

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 02, 2014 06:14 AM (o3MSL)

387 This Jindal guy is a jerk and should shut up.

Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at April 02, 2014 06:14 AM (iB0Q2)

388 That's not bad at all. I've thought about getting LASIK but the idea of having my eyeballs zapped with a laser makes me a tad uneasy.


The laser part is nothing.   The part that is freaky is how they get to your lens. 


Are you sitting down?


First, they have to put in those speculum thingys that hold your eyelids open.  Think Clockwork Orange.  Then they have to attach some kind of device directly to your eyeballs that has some kind of knife blade that cuts into your corneas in a circular fashion like a can opener.  Your cornea is now converted into a flap just like a can of tuna would be and is lifted out of the way for the laser to position itself and fire pulses, slicing away to fix your vision.  All the while, you are awake and seeing this happen in real time.  After everything is cut, your cornea flaps are put back into position and then you are done.


Someone has to drive you home because it will feel like someone poured lemon juice directly into your eyes for the next several days.



Best thing I ever did for myself. 

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:15 AM (GQ8sn)

389
  As the father of 2 brides I can offer some pertinent commentary.

   The MIL, wife and bride orchestrate the wedding.

   The father has only 1 duty--to ask who he writes THIS check for.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2014 06:15 AM (SAMxH)

390 This Jindal guy is a jerk and should shut up. Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at April 02, 2014 10:14 AM (iB0Q2) What do you have against Indian Americans, you racist?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:15 AM (PYAXX)

391 I have hit OOP max several times. But it didn't matter under my old pre-Obama policy because I paid the first 5K 100% then the insurance paid 100% of that afterwards.

Posted by: Vic at April 02, 2014 08:48 AM (T2V/1)


__________


Me too.


And this is how insurance is supposed to work. You don't expect Geico to pay for oil changes, I don't see why Aetna should pay for fly shots.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:16 AM (0LHZx)

392 Someone has to drive you home because it will feel like someone poured lemon juice directly into your eyes for the next several days.



Best thing I ever did for myself.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 10:15 AM (GQ8sn)

 

You make it sound so appealing. 

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:16 AM (DrWcr)

393 I liked Rake, wondering what the hell jam he'd put himself into next. "Just deserts" final episode closing shot makes you swallow hard for the scoundrel. I thought the (Aussie) show was so dark and depressing. Everyone was corrupt, and no one wins. Sounds like America atm. I didn't need that.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 06:17 AM (IXrOn)

394 Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 10:15 AM (GQ8sn) They have this cool new method called "blade free" which uses a laser instead of the blade. It's how mine was done. And, yes, your eyes hurt for a couple days. I could drive the next day, though. Just had to use lots of eye drops (saline drops for when my eyes dried out, and they give you antibiotic drops so you don't get an infection).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:17 AM (PYAXX)

395 I need to do the Lasik soon, both eyes. Kind of creeps me out to think about it, but everybody says it's no big deal and totally worth it.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 06:17 AM (7ObY1)

396 We have to get shots for flies now?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:17 AM (HLprW)

397 You make it sound so appealing.


I can see far away without glasses now.  However, I need reading glasses for up close vision.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:17 AM (GQ8sn)

398 That is, if I don't want to strain my eyes too bad.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:18 AM (GQ8sn)

399 Sarah Palin just put up Facebook post calling the Ryan "budget plan" a joke. Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2014 09:52 AM (JBggj) Tea Party: Paul Ryan's Budget an April Fool's Joke headline at http://www.breitbart.com/big-government

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 06:18 AM (IXrOn)

400

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2014 09:11 AM (KBvAm)

 

Plus one

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 06:18 AM (LISuA)

401 The daily OFA troll is boring AND Rayciss.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 06:18 AM (7ObY1)

402 First, they have to put in those speculum thingys that hold your eyelids open. Think Clockwork Orange. Then they have to attach some kind of device directly to your eyeballs that has some kind of knife blade that cuts into your corneas in a circular fashion like a can opener. Your cornea is now converted into a flap just like a can of tuna would be and is lifted out of the way for the laser to position itself and fire pulses, slicing away to fix your vision. All the while, you are awake and seeing this happen in real time. After everything is cut, your cornea flaps are put back into position and then you are done


well. thanks for the blow by blow. I feel better now.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 06:18 AM (nqBYe)

403 All this talk of weddings reminds me of a dream I had two nights ago.

It was a musical comedy of a movie it seems.  Young couple decide to have their wedding aboard a cruise ship.  While the love birds sing of their love, the father of the bride laments his financial destruction in counter-point.  Then for some odd reason Terry Thomas crashes the party.  So the best men, all wearing kilts, lift up one of their number and using him as a battering ram send Terry Thomas overboard.  Thus ending the movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 06:18 AM (7oL8c)

404
They have this cool new method called "blade free" which uses a laser instead of the blade. It's how mine was done.

And, yes, your eyes hurt for a couple days. I could drive the next day, though. Just had to use lots of eye drops (saline drops for when my eyes dried out, and they give you antibiotic drops so you don't get an infection).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 10:17 AM (PYAXX)



Yeah, the preservative free eye drops.  I still have a stash of them.


And I've noticed that at night, my eyes are very sensitive to oncoming car headlights.  Sometimes, I have to look away because they're really bright and almost blinding.  I didn't have to do that before.



Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:20 AM (GQ8sn)

405 EC, may I ask you a personal and very inappropriate question that I may have to seriously denounce myself for afterwards based on something Cochran and GGE told me about you?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:20 AM (HLprW)

406 388 Sarah Palin just put up Facebook post calling the Ryan "budget plan" a joke. Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2014 09:52 AM (JBggj) Actual governing is a lot harder than sitting on your ass posting on social media, Sarah. Fuck do I ever regret the volunteer work I did for her, all the time, effort and money I put into supporting her.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 06:20 AM (7ObY1)

407 well. thanks for the blow by blow. I feel better now.



That's what I said!!!








Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:20 AM (GQ8sn)

408 384 I need to do the Lasik soon, both eyes. Kind of creeps me out to think about it, but everybody says it's no big deal and totally worth it. Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 10:17 AM (7ObY1) i've been contemplating this for two years now....i'm almost convinced

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at April 02, 2014 06:21 AM (u8GsB)

409 EC, may I ask you a personal and very inappropriate question that I may have to seriously denounce myself for afterwards based on something Cochran and GGE told me about you?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 10:20 AM (HLprW)



Yes, I'm 6'2".



Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:21 AM (GQ8sn)

410 You don't expect Geico to pay for oil changes, I don't see why Aetna should pay for fly shots. Preventative care. Costs less to prevent than cure. Same could be said about well baby care then. Why do they cover well baby care. Why not wait until they are sick?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:21 AM (ix+5k)

411 Sometimes, I have to look away because they're really bright and almost blinding. I didn't have to do that before. Sorry if you said this earlier in the thread, but how long ago was your surgery? I noticed mine were the same way for about 3 months, and it still flares up if I let my eyes dry out too much.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:22 AM (PYAXX)

412 As the father of 2 brides I can offer some pertinent commentary.

The MIL, wife and bride orchestrate the wedding.

The father has only 1 duty--to ask who he writes THIS check for.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2014 10:15 AM (SAMxH)


____________


When I got married, my wife and I paid for everything ourselves. I purposely didn't want anyone else's money paying for my wedding. Most of my peeps paid their own way as well, with maybe a little help here and there from parents. But I don't know anyone who had the traditional, here you go dad, a bill for $25K, thanks, kind of situation.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:22 AM (0LHZx)

413 An interesting article from the NYC-(Yes, really. if you're interested in history) on what killed President William Henry Harrison: http://tinyurl.com/q9yq2k8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 06:22 AM (XyM/Y)

414
Preventative care. Costs less to prevent than cure.
Same could be said about well baby care then. Why do they cover well baby care. Why not wait until they are sick?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 10:21 AM (ix+5k)


__________


I don't think you understand what the word **INSURANCE** means.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:22 AM (0LHZx)

415 No, that's not it. I was just wondering, did they have to crank those eye-speculum thingies up to 11 for you?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:22 AM (HLprW)

416 Actual governing is a lot harder than sitting on your ass posting on social media, Sarah. An actual balanced budget is also harder than typing a date ten years in the future everytime a tough choice has to be made. These two observations are not mutually exclusive. We're an unserious country right now on the verge of some lessons on that front.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 02, 2014 06:23 AM (659DL)

417

"Well, that explains my Mother in Law.51 years and counting.Any idea when it wears off?

 

My MIL died about fifteen years ago and that's cut down pretty considerably on the noise level.  Not completely, though,  since  she  was  a woman of strong opinion  and lives on in our house.

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 06:23 AM (LISuA)

418 Ah, for the good old days when weddings consisted of cake and punch in the church hall after the service.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 06:23 AM (XyM/Y)

419

First, they have to put in those speculum thingys that hold your eyelids
open. Think Clockwork Orange.

 

Did they play a bit of the old Ludwig Van?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:24 AM (DrWcr)

420 398 384 I need to do the Lasik soon, both eyes.

Kind of creeps me out to think about it, but everybody says it's no big deal and totally worth it.
Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 10:17 AM (7ObY1)

i've been contemplating this for two years now....i'm almost convinced

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at April 02, 2014 10:21 AM (u8GsB)



Do it!


If the doc asks if you want dual vision, where they only do one eye so you can still read up close things, say no!  The whole point is to see far away without glasses.  At least, that's what I think.


If you are uncomfortable with the actual surgical portion, take the valium before you go in.  The entire process, both eyes, took me no longer than 5 minutes.  The whole ordeal, actually coming into the room, talking with the doc a final time to go over everything that was going to happen took another 5 minutes, so you will be in and out in 10 minutes or so.


It is really nothing at all.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:24 AM (GQ8sn)

421 All Ryan had to do is NOT screw the veterans. Nope, he had to bi-partisan with Murray and sell out the most important constituency in the fucking country. I used to really like the guy like his description of SCOAMF 'like a pyromaniac in a field of strawmen.' But he screwed the pooch big time.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at April 02, 2014 06:24 AM (9Bdcz)

422 Preventative care. Costs less to prevent than cure. Same could be said about well baby care then. Why do they cover well baby care. Why not wait until they are sick? Let's be clear here- it only "costs less to prevent than to cure" if you were going to get whatever malady in the first place. And even then "not necessarily." Babies should be immunized because they're so communal- failure to immunize your own child (or get certain vaccines yourself if you're around children much) can result in epidemics. Failure to get your Flu shot is mostly only going to suck for you.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:25 AM (PYAXX)

423 My sister had Lasik recently. It took 10 minutes for the whole procedure and the cost was the equivalent of 2 or 3 pairs of glasses.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:25 AM (0LHZx)

424 Torchwood was an interesting find on Netflix. I've watched a few episodes into the second season, a little bit of Lefty crap, and pretty much everyone seems to be bisexual, but the stories aren't bad. XFiles/Warehouse 13 type show, set in Wales.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 06:25 AM (ZshNr)

425 EC, may I ask you a personal and very inappropriate question that I may have to seriously denounce myself for afterwards based on something Cochran and GGE told me about you? Posted by: Burn the Witch Go on........

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:25 AM (ix+5k)

426 I think that Donald Trump was right about the Ryan budget years ago. It is stupid because it is never going to happen, and because it gives the Democrats a target to say the Republicans want to take your stuff. Because, you will note, they never did it. And the Democrats said the Republicans want to take your stuff. The Republicans should be demanding that that OMB submit a budget. Because that is their name after all. And then vote on it, or declare it dead on arrival, or whatever. But make the other guy commit. Then attack.

Posted by: blaster at April 02, 2014 06:25 AM (4+AaH)

427 Uh oh, looks like I might have to start self-denouncing.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:26 AM (HLprW)

428 My "MIL" died before she actually became my MIL and I'm sorry about that, because she was one of the most generous, loving people humble I have known.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 02, 2014 06:26 AM (XyM/Y)

429 I was just wondering, did they have to crank those eye-speculum thingies up to 11 for you?


No.  The assistant was very good at placing them and I had no trouble.


Are you?

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:27 AM (GQ8sn)

430 Do it! If the doc asks if you want dual vision, where they only do one eye so you can still read up close things, say no! For the record- you may not have to make that choice- I certainly didn't. It will depend on your doctor, the technology they're using, and (primarily) your own eyes. I have clear vision at all distances now.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:27 AM (PYAXX)

431 Torchwood totally ruined Capt. Jack as a character.  He went from a guy very comfortable being himself and willing to clash with the Doctor in Dr. Who to a flaming gay in Torchwood.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 06:27 AM (7oL8c)

432 I never had the privilege of meeting my MIL but supposedly she was a pretty good woman and would have liked me. Or so I'm told.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:27 AM (euACX)

433 EC, may I ask you a personal and very inappropriate question that I may have to seriously denounce myself for afterwards based on something Cochran and GGE told me about you?
Posted by: Burn the Witch


boxers or briefs?

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 06:27 AM (nqBYe)

434 I've had valium once, but it was in the hospital back in 97. I think it is still on the market. Posted by: DangerGirl --------------- Most often as the generic, Diazepam

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:28 AM (aDwsi)

435

Preventative care. Costs less to prevent than cure. 

 

 

Blatantly, catastrophically false.  Preventative care costs more because rather than spending $800,000 on one cancer patient, you're spending $2,000 on millions of patients PLUS the $800,000 for the one who comes back positive.

http://tinyurl.com/byfahwl

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 06:28 AM (fwARV)

436 396 388 Sarah Palin just put up Facebook post calling the Ryan "budget plan" a joke. Posted by: mrp at April 02, 2014 09:52 AM (JBggj) Actual governing is a lot harder than sitting on your ass posting on social media, Sarah. Fuck do I ever regret the volunteer work I did for her, all the time, effort and money I put into supporting her. Posted by: Citizen X at April 02, 2014 10:20 AM (7ObY1) Actually, she's dead right. It is a joke. Good for her for calling it out. Future Congresses can't be bound by acts passed by the current one.

Posted by: rickl at April 02, 2014 06:28 AM (zoehZ)

437 Torchwood was an interesting find on Netflix. I've watched a few episodes into the second season, a little bit of Lefty crap, and pretty much everyone seems to be bisexual, but the stories aren't bad. XFiles/Warehouse 13 type show, set in Wales.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 10:25 AM (ZshNr)


It started good, but went downhill fast.  The last miniseries sucked horribly.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:29 AM (GQ8sn)

438 I don't think you understand what the word **INSURANCE** means Really? Comprehensive & collision covers just that. Not maintenence. Medical covers medical.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:29 AM (ix+5k)

439 Republicans never learn from Democrats.

Dems didn't the the US socialist overnight. They did it over 100 years with very small innocuous changes over time.

Yet every budget from the GOP is a massive cut $5T or $10T of spending, which is never ever going to come close to passing. The smarter play is to cut $30B. That can be sold to the American people even with a screaming MSM saying grandma will starve. It worked with sequestration even as Obama/MSM were predicting doom.

Then the next year $50B. Then $70B. And so on.

Small changes over time lead to big changes. Why does the GOP not ever fucking get this?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:29 AM (0LHZx)

440 Failure to get your Flu shot is mostly only going to suck for you.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 10:25 AM (PYAXX)

Absolutely incorrect.

Flu vaccine is not perfect, so unvaccinated people can give the flu to people  who are immunized....and they can die of it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 06:30 AM (QFxY5)

441 Preventative care is nothing but patient education which only creates jobs for patient educators. I get bombarded with that shit thru the mail and by robocalls. I'm sick of it.

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 02, 2014 06:31 AM (vFh9Q)

442 421 Torchwood totally ruined Capt. Jack as a character. He went from a guy very comfortable being himself and willing to clash with the Doctor in Dr. Who to a flaming gay in Torchwood. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 10:27 AM (7oL8c) I agree with this assessment. I liked the character on Dr. Who. He was usually a nice bit of comic relief, with the constant leering at anything that moved at the most inappropriate of times. That whole schtick was killed completely towards the end of Torchwood and through the two miniseries.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at April 02, 2014 06:31 AM (qFpRI)

443 Future Congresses can't be bound by acts passed by the current one. I would love for a politician to come out and say, "Look, we can't balance the budget next year. It simply cannot happen- the disruptions would be too great across all sectors of our society. What we *can* do and *will* do is trim the budget to buy ourselves more time. And as long as you keep us in power, we will continue to do that. As long as you keep us in power in DC, we will have the budget balanced in the next 7 (or whatever nearish term) years." Of course, then they'd actually have to do that...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:31 AM (PYAXX)

444 F*ckin' Pixie won't take my comment as written, so go to Cabela's, and look under .22lr right now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 06:31 AM (si68n)

445

This Florida/Minnesota couple who collected welfare fraudulently apparently made over $2.5 million in income while they were collecting food stamps and welfare.  The article says they owned a business "selling puppies".  Sheesh.  Puppies? 

 cbsloc.al/1gOfCQL

 

Posted by: MTF at April 02, 2014 06:31 AM (LISuA)

446 boxers or briefs? Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 10:27 AM (nqBYe) If I were a bettin' man, and I chose to bet on another dude's underwear, I'd bet that EC prefers commando.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:31 AM (HLprW)

447 Babies should be immunized because they're so communal- failure to immunize your own child (or get certain vaccines yourself if you're around children much) can result in epidemics. Failure to get your Flu shot is mostly only going to suck for you. I understand the immunizations. I should have said, "Well baby check-ups".

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:31 AM (ix+5k)

448 Really? Comprehensive & collision covers just that. Not maintenence.

Medical covers medical.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 10:29 AM (ix+5k)


________


Again, you don't understand what insurance means. Insurance means buying down risk. When you buy insurance, whether auto, home, life, medical, liability you're paying someone to eliminate risk. That's it.


When you start talking about paying for well checks and flu shots, you're not talking about insurance anymore.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:32 AM (0LHZx)

449 I didn't know Jack was a Dr. Who character.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 06:32 AM (ZshNr)

450 Chris Plante just said a big SCOTUS ruling just "popped."  Then he went to break, so I'm guessing he'll say what it is when he's back. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2014 06:32 AM (tsGZY)

451 I agree with this assessment. I liked the character on Dr. Who. He was usually a nice bit of comic relief, with the constant leering at anything that moved at the most inappropriate of times. That whole schtick was killed completely towards the end of Torchwood and through the two miniseries.


Capt Jack was supposedly "omnisexual" but did nothing but gay sex.  I think Rose was the only female he ever made eyes at.



Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:32 AM (GQ8sn)

452 Speakin' of eyes....I have a weird right cornea (keratoconus). I've had it for decades. Anyway, a few weeks ago I notice my right eye was kinda of bulging a bit. I went to an eye doctor last week....Graves disease. Nothing to do with my cornea. I have to get an optic MRI tomorrow just to be sure it's nothing else. From what I've read, Graves disease usually occurs in people who have hyperthyroidism....but I have hypothyroidism. Anyone know anything about Graves?

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 02, 2014 06:33 AM (bCEmE)

453 I didn't know Jack was a Dr. Who character.


Same universe.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:33 AM (GQ8sn)

454 Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:33 AM (GQ8sn)

455 SCOTUS strikes down aggregate limits on political donations.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 06:33 AM (fwARV)

456 "Gov. Jindal will announce a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare."
Not that he has the slimmest snowflake's chance in hell of winning the presidency, but the GOP has got to get past this "and replace" part of the equasion. Kill it, delete it, remove it. Once its gone, then we can discuss what can be done, if anything, about health insurance in America.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 06:34 AM (zfY+H)

457 SC just voided campaign contribution limits.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:34 AM (GufPw)

458 443 I didn't know Jack was a Dr. Who character. Same universe. Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 10:33 AM (GQ8sn) Yep. When you get to season two and they make a big deal about Jack having been gone, he was with the Doctor during the first new-series run-in with the Master. End of Dr. Who series 3, I think, with Martha Jones.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at April 02, 2014 06:35 AM (qFpRI)

459 Ah, very clever. I did realize that there was a lot of backstory being taken for granted, especially in the first few eps.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 06:35 AM (ZshNr)

460 Sorry aggregate limits, my bad.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:35 AM (GufPw)

461 447 SC just voided campaign contribution limits.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 10:34 AM (GufPw)


Cue butthurt and tears over Koch brothers buying the presidency

Posted by: Red Shirt at April 02, 2014 06:35 AM (M+evy)

462 Sarah Palin just put up Facebook post calling the Ryan "budget plan" a joke. Any budget plan that doesn't address entitlements is a joke. You can take all the garbage out of the budget and even start axing federal agencies and entire departments and you're still going to be under water. But hey, that's the Third Rail, so nobody can say shit about it.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:36 AM (HLprW)

463 SC just voided campaign contribution limits.



How does this help Mitt Romney?

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:36 AM (GQ8sn)

464 Sexual flexibility was apparently one of the requirements for being a Time Cop like Jack and his partner were.  Then Jack went rogue which is how he met the Doctor and swept Rose off her feet.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 06:36 AM (7oL8c)

465 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 10:30 AM (QFxY5) Certainly you "can." How frequently does that happen, though? In point of fact, if you're carrying the influenza virus- even if you've had the vaccine yourself- there's still a chance that you can give it to someone else. And common sense applies. If you have the flu- stay home. Drink lots of fluids, limit visitors, etc, until you're better. What also happens is that some people have a very, very bad reaction to the flu vaccine- my wife does to the point that she's under doctor's orders not to get the vaccine anymore. I said "mostly" for a reason. But if you *do* get the flu, it's not really that hard *not* to transmit it to other people. All that said- even granting your (now moot) premise- are you suggesting that there is *not* a good "protection of societal health in general" reason to cover vaccinations kids if there is not also a good reason to cover vaccinations of adults?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:36 AM (PYAXX)

466 If I were a bettin' man, and I chose to bet on another dude's underwear, I'd bet that EC prefers commando.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 10:31 AM (HLprW)



No, I like underwear.  I don't think I've ever gone commando in my life.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:36 AM (GQ8sn)

467

A few more biilion years, the Yellowstone caldera will be Canada's problem.

 

***

 

So roughly the same time Paul Ryan's budget actually eliminates the deficit?

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 02, 2014 06:38 AM (lHb9q)

468 Yep, campaign finance limits struck down.  5-4 split. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2014 06:38 AM (tsGZY)

469 KOCH BROTHERS WILL BUY ELECTIONS!!!!!!! /Liberal screeching harpies AKA Harry Reid

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:39 AM (GufPw)

470 Yep, campaign finance limits struck down. 5-4 split.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2014 10:38 AM (tsGZY)



Who split?  Kennedy again?

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:39 AM (GQ8sn)

471 If Kennedy split, then it would be 4.5 to 4.5.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 06:39 AM (7oL8c)

472
  Catching the penis ONCE in a zipper should disabuse anybody from going commando.

   Worked for me.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2014 06:40 AM (SAMxH)

473 Stand by to receive liberals screaming that a 5-4 Obamacare decision reflects the true interpretation of the Constitution but the 5-4 decision to let you spend your own money how you want to is a blatant violation.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 06:40 AM (fwARV)

474 Good news from the SC. Now I just have to go find that list of the top political donors that shows the Koch brothers down around number sixty, behind a gaggle of Lefty rich shits.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 02, 2014 06:40 AM (ZshNr)

475 Damn, 0 for 2. Gonna quit while I'm behind.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:41 AM (HLprW)

476 458 Yep, campaign finance limits struck down. 5-4 split.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2014 10:38 AM (tsGZY)


According to Weasel Zippers you still have a cap on what you can contribute to a single candidate but no cap on overall donations. Which, of course, helps the Koch Brothers in their plot for world dominance and alien anal probes, or something.

Posted by: jon at April 02, 2014 06:41 AM (RD7QR)

477 462
Catching the penis ONCE in a zipper should disabuse anybody from going commando.

Worked for me.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2014 10:40 AM (SAMxH)

 

Heh. 

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:41 AM (DrWcr)

478 Damn, 0 for 2.


Gonna quit while I'm behind.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 10:41 AM (HLprW)


LOL!  I take it, a lot of behind the scenes talk is going on in the Yahoo group?



Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:41 AM (GQ8sn)

479 No, I like underwear. I don't think I've ever gone commando in my life. Catch the head in the zipper just ONCE, and you never will again. Don't ask what a brass zipper can do to tender meat.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:41 AM (ix+5k)

480 434 F*ckin' Pixie won't take my comment as written, so go to Cabela's, and look under .22lr right now. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 10:31 AM (si68n) Nothing

Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 06:42 AM (fWAjv)

481 The SC just changed the menu.

Posted by: eman at April 02, 2014 06:42 AM (AO9UG)

482 Not the group, just the last mini meetup in Jacksonville.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:43 AM (HLprW)

483 5-4, Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Thomas

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:43 AM (GufPw)

484 F*ckin' Pixie won't take my comment as written, so go to Cabela's, and look under .22lr right now.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 10:31 AM (si68n)


Bots say the cheapest right now is going for $0.15/round.   I haven't seen anything cheaper than $0.10 online in a while now.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:43 AM (GQ8sn)

485 village idiot - ".22lr" produces a buttload of results...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:43 AM (aDwsi)

486 Not the group, just the last mini meetup in Jacksonville.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 10:43 AM (HLprW)


Ahh, I see.  GGE and I have never met though.  We almost did once for mini NC meetup.



Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:44 AM (GQ8sn)

487 Campaign finance laws are un-Constitutional.

Posted by: eman at April 02, 2014 06:45 AM (AO9UG)

488 5-4, Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito, Thomas

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 10:43 AM (GufPw)



Kennedy ofcourse.

Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:45 AM (GQ8sn)

489 The one time it happened to me was like 27 years ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:45 AM (HLprW)

490 445 SCOTUS strikes down aggregate limits on political donations.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 10:33 AM (fwARV)


__________


So you mean the Kochs can now donate one....beeeeeelion dollars?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:46 AM (0LHZx)

491 We almost did once for mini NC meetup. Was that the one where he couldn't legally park anywhere nearby?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:46 AM (HLprW)

492 Abbreviated nonsock off.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 06:46 AM (RD7QR)

493 "Nothing"
Damn.
E-mail alert at 10:26.
My order went at 10:29
My post here at 10:31

Sold out by 10:41.

And Amazon thinks that they have "Lightening Deals".

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 06:46 AM (si68n)

494

So you mean the Kochs can now donate one....beeeeeelion dollars?

 

 

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 10:46 AM (0LHZx)

 

 

Sure.  It also means Soros and the unions can do the same.  Openly, this time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 06:47 AM (fwARV)

495 The one time it happened to me was like 27 years ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday. 40 ago. Yep. Still remember the prayer to God that I'd never do it again if he'd let it out in one piece.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:47 AM (ix+5k)

496 John Barrowman, aka Capt. Jack, singing Angels We Have Heard On High.

http://youtu.be/aDqrOnXqCj0

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 06:47 AM (7oL8c)

497 Catching the penis ONCE in a zipper should disabuse anybody from going commando.Worked for me. Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2014 10:40 AM (SAMxH) 1) So are we looking at frank, or beans? 2) This is why God invented the button fly.

Posted by: blaster at April 02, 2014 06:48 AM (4+AaH)

498 Yeah, I've got a weird think about having the little joncelli encounter serrated metal. I guess that's just me.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 06:49 AM (RD7QR)

499 Okay, WiseMasses, here's a conundrum- You wake up and realize that yesterday was laundry day. You have no clean underwear. Go dirty, or go commando?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:49 AM (PYAXX)

500
   Wife is getting all bossypants here, since it's time to get the tax shit together for the accountant.


    See you good people later.

  

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2014 06:49 AM (SAMxH)

501 All that said- even granting your (now moot) premise- are you suggesting that there is *not* a good "protection of societal health in general" reason to cover vaccinations kids if there is not also a good reason to cover vaccinations of adults?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 10:36 AM (PYAXX)


____________


Vaccinating kids is a good idea. But it's not the job of insurance companies to do so. This is what drives me insane about health discussions. Health care and health insurance are conflated. And this is done by everyone left and right. Which plays into the Dems' hands because it is now accepted dogma that lack of health insurance means lack of health care.


Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:49 AM (0LHZx)

502 BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Down Overall Limit On Campaign Contributions By IndividualsÂ… weaselzippers

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 06:49 AM (IXrOn)

503 Well alriiiighty then....

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 02, 2014 06:49 AM (bCEmE)

504 weird THING. Gotta stop multitasking.

Posted by: joncelli at April 02, 2014 06:49 AM (RD7QR)

505 You wake up and realize that yesterday was laundry day. You have no clean underwear.

Go dirty, or go commando?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 10:49 AM (PYAXX)

 

How dirty we talking?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:50 AM (DrWcr)

506 Sure. It also means Soros and the unions can do the same. Openly, this time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 10:47 AM (fwARV)


__________


But that's the thing...Soros and the unions were already doing it. This decision levels the playing field.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 06:50 AM (0LHZx)

507 How dirty we talking? Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 10:50 AM (DrWcr) It's your underwear. I wouldn't care to speculate.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:50 AM (PYAXX)

508 Wut? Bone-Chilling: Libs Sporting “Hillary-Michelle 2016” Bumper Stickers… weaselzippers looks real I want to barf.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 06:51 AM (IXrOn)

509 So.. there used to be this guy Ace who would post a thread now and again around here... anyone know what's happened to him lately?

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 02, 2014 06:51 AM (Z7PrM)

510 Was that the one where he couldn't legally park anywhere nearby?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 10:46 AM (HLprW)


No, at the last minute he had invited TR and myself to an open-carry lunch at a restaurant that was very far from the range and we were going to.  This was kind of a thing for him, and we didn't want to go all the way over there and decided to meet up at another time at a range closer to him.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:51 AM (GQ8sn)

511 "You wake up and realize that yesterday was laundry day. You have no clean underwear. Go dirty, or go commando?" That depends on if I've already dirtied up both sides of my underwear.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:52 AM (HLprW)

512 So.. there used to be this guy Ace who would post a thread now and again around here... anyone know what's happened to him lately? I think he's in negotiations to start posting at The Federalist or something.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:52 AM (PYAXX)

513 It hit, and went in less then 15 minutes.
And I'm sitting here getting finger banged by Pixie, because no matter how I write the comment, with information, Pixie calls it spam and rejects it.
Pixie flat out hates comments about ammo

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 06:52 AM (si68n)

514 Once its gone, then we can discuss what can be done, if anything, about health insurance in America.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2014 10:34 AM (zfY+H)

 

I disagree; something in its stead has to be proposed.  ObamaCare isn't much, but it is something, and it is hard to fight something with nothing.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Stay Outraged, My Friends at the Outrage Outlet at April 02, 2014 06:52 AM (hLRSq)

515 Okay, WiseMasses, here's a conundrum- You wake up and realize that yesterday was laundry day. You have no clean underwear. Go dirty, or go commando? 4 days on one pair. Day one: Normal. Day two: Turn around. Day three: Flip inside out, fly to front. Day four: Turn around. Easy peasy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:52 AM (ix+5k)

516 So.. there used to be this guy Ace who would post a thread now and again around here... anyone know what's happened to him lately?

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 02, 2014 10:51 AM (Z7PrM)



AoSHQ Styleguide now says we must refer to ace as "El Chingabasura" which is Spanish for "the one who fucks the trash".



Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:52 AM (GQ8sn)

517 BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Down Overall Limit On Campaign Contributions By IndividualsÂ… ------------------ Mark Zuckerberg does happy dance.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:53 AM (aDwsi)

518 So.. there used to be this guy Ace who would post a thread now and again around here... anyone know what's happened to him lately?
Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 02, 2014 10:51 AM (Z7PrM)



While the comments may be posted according to EST, Ace keeps to a GMT schedule.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 02, 2014 06:53 AM (W7ffl)

519 497 How dirty we talking?
Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 10:50 AM (DrWcr)

It's your underwear. I wouldn't care to speculate.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 10:50 AM (PYAXX)

 

Heh.  I'd go dirty.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:53 AM (DrWcr)

520 You wake up and realize that yesterday was laundry day. You have no clean underwear. Go dirty, or go commando? walmart or closest store run

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 06:54 AM (IXrOn)

521 Where's BenK? This thread is getting musty.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at April 02, 2014 06:54 AM (r+7wo)

522 Pixie flat out hates comments about ammo Posted by: Village ------------ Okay..., there's some irony there..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:54 AM (aDwsi)

523 4 days on one pair. Day one: Normal. Day two: Turn around. Day three: Flip inside out, fly to front. Day four: Turn around. Easy peasy. Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 10:52 AM (ix+5k) someone's been through ranger school!

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 06:54 AM (x3YFz)

524

But that's the thing...Soros and the unions were already doing it. This decision levels the playing field.

 

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2014 10:50 AM (0LHZx)

 

Agreed.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 02, 2014 06:54 AM (fwARV)

525 This thread is getting musty. Oh it's WAY past musty.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 06:54 AM (HLprW)

526 I disagree; something in its stead has to be proposed. ObamaCare isn't much, but it is something, and it is hard to fight something with nothing. I agree-ish. I think "nothing" can be cast as "something." "We want to repeal ObamaCare because we believe the US Constitution does not empower the Federal Government to regulate health insurance. Now here is our template we are submitting to the States- which they can follow if they choose- that is proven to reduce health care costs and broaden the health care supply."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 02, 2014 06:55 AM (PYAXX)

527 This thread needs to turn inside out, and reverse

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:55 AM (aDwsi)

528 Musty?

Its getting downright funky.  And not in a good way. 

Its getting so bad, even the underwear gnomes are in Haz-Mat suits.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 06:55 AM (7oL8c)

529 Oh it's WAY past musty.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 10:54 AM (HLprW)

 

Like dirty underwear.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 06:56 AM (DrWcr)

530 cns news Obama Wants 33% More for U.N., Other IntÂ’l Groups in FY 2015 Pelosi: Don't Measure ACA by How Many Uninsured Get Insurance

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 06:56 AM (IXrOn)

531 ZoningÂ’s Racist Roots Still Bear Fruit http://t.co/l0ZxdZKe87

Posted by: BornLib at April 02, 2014 06:56 AM (zpNwC)

532 Sorry, We stole some of Insomniac's underpants.

Posted by: The Underpants Gnomes at April 02, 2014 06:57 AM (PYAXX)

533 Oh it's WAY past musty. Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 10:54 AM (HLprW) Like dirty underwear. AllenG started it!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 06:57 AM (ix+5k)

534 VIA,

There should be a door prize of a brick of .22LR for the NoVaMoMee.


Posted by: EC at April 02, 2014 06:57 AM (GQ8sn)

535 Oh yay, I just got a non-answer answer to my email. I love that shit. They are meeting my expectations.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:57 AM (GwLJQ)

536 Briebart's and Reagan's ghosts were talking to God about his opinion on abortion and guess what? Surprise , surprise,    God was not that much of a fan.

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2014 06:57 AM (m2CN7)

537 WATCH LIVE at 10AM: House Intel Committee interviews Ex-CIA Deputy Director on Benghazi Talking Points therightscoop has the live link

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2014 06:57 AM (IXrOn)

538 So we've answered the question. Better a funky thread, than no thread.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:58 AM (aDwsi)

539 It's the Bronze Plan thread up in here.  Starting to smell like teh barrel.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2014 06:58 AM (tsGZY)

540 How's about, "Obamacare actually managed to make the medical insurance worse, therefore we will repeal and replace it with the inadequate yet far superior pre-Obamacare system?"

Posted by: mugiwara at April 02, 2014 06:58 AM (W7ffl)

541 You want a new thread with content.
You'll take a new open thread

You get two shots of Febreeze, and a Christmas tree freshener hanging from the blog's mirror.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 06:58 AM (si68n)

542 *puts out bowls of potpourri*

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 06:59 AM (GwLJQ)

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2014 06:59 AM (tsGZY)

544 529 It's the Bronze Plan thread up in here. Starting to smell like teh barrel. Posted by: Lady in Black at April 02, 2014 10:58 AM (tsGZY) The Racing Stripe Plan?

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 06:59 AM (x3YFz)

545 The Racing Stripe Plan? Posted by: tangonine ------------------- Skid mark

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:00 AM (aDwsi)

546 532 *puts out bowls of potpourri*

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 10:59 AM (GwLJQ)

 

 

*crunch crunch crunch*  Hey, this stuff tastes funny.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 07:00 AM (DrWcr)

547 "There should be a door prize of a brick of .22LR for the NoVaMoMee."


Sounds like a most excellent idea.

Anybody holding, that's going to it?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 07:00 AM (si68n)

548 i admit to being sorry i brought up boxer or briefs.

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (nqBYe)

549 *hhmmss*

Powerball tonight is $60 million annuity.
Louisiana Lotto is $1.7 million tonight.
Mega Millions is $30 million annuity on Friday.

I am all out of tickets and nearest seller is over 70 miles away.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (7oL8c)

550 new thread up

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (Z7PrM)

551 Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (zT0DN) So, lemme get this straight. What you're saying is: Common Core just isn't being implemented correctly. Isn't that the same excuse they use for socialism's inevitable failure?

Posted by: Obamer Pyle at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (2oU2+)

552 nood

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (aDwsi)

553 *crunch crunch crunch* Hey, this stuff tastes funny. Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 11:00 AM (DrWcr) At least your breath will smell better.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (jNNPU)

554 do not make me Stop This Car!

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (nqBYe)

555 Should I mention the new thread?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (si68n)

556 Nood Drew up!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (ix+5k)

557 grabs bar of soap

Posted by: willow at April 02, 2014 07:01 AM (nqBYe)

558 Nood Drew.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (HLprW)

559 Milady Webworker went in yesterday to renew the plates on her car... on the last possible day, like a bunch of other folks. Ten people in line ahead of her, ten minutes to get through. She complimented the clerk on their efficiency, considering how busy it was. Oh, it's been like this all day, th clerk replied. Cheerfully. They really are nice folks there, our neighbors. Both locations, too!

Oklahoma, where the DMV is NOT a portal to Hell.

Our county, anyway. YMMV

Posted by: mindful webworker, where the wind comes right behind the rain at April 02, 2014 08:37 AM (WQhht)


That's because they are private businesses.  Get bad service at one, go to another one next time.  The only exception is the tag office that does the driver's test--one per county.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (kXoT0)

560 Off, lame Obamer sock.

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at April 02, 2014 07:02 AM (2oU2+)

561 Willow,  new post.

Posted by: Red Shirt at April 02, 2014 07:03 AM (M+evy)

562 536 532 *puts out bowls of potpourri* Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 02, 2014 10:59 AM (GwLJQ) *crunch crunch crunch* Hey, this stuff tastes funny. Posted by: Insomniac at April 02, 2014 11:00 AM (DrWcr) story time! told this one before, but it's appropriate. I'll try to keep it short. training a rookie instructor, Fitz, who was a hoot. We had a douche for a section supervisor. We were on our 3d uniform, been pushing troops for 2 days in about 20 minutes of sleep in 100 degree heat, 95% humidity. we're training, we're gettin stuff done. Call comes out "Sgt Tango, Sgt Fitz, report to MSgt Douche." We'd just come back from running our gremlins through the o-course and Douche found some "sand" in a locker. Normally, it's customary to give 24 hours grace time after the o-course to clean shit up, but nope, not this asshole. So we get into his office. We both smell like sweat and hate. He aint there. He keeps a jar of Boston peanuts on his desk. Fitz closes the door, dumps the jar into his tighty whiteys and rubs them up, back, forward, sideways... replaces them. I laughed through every section meeting for a month watching Douche pop those into his pie hole. "want one?" "Nope. I'm good."

Posted by: tangonine at April 02, 2014 07:08 AM (x3YFz)

563 Late to thread but I just have to say BS to zombie John Gotti. I have dealt with the standards as well and you are absolutely wrong that the problems we are seeing are "local implementations". The entire point of common core is in the first word "common" the textbooks, the worksheets, the tests are the SAME. Sure there is variation in terms of whether a district picks Pearson or Houghton Mifflin, but the heart of it is the standards which are the same and they are poor.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at April 02, 2014 08:02 AM (RZ8pf)

564 As I have pointed out many, many times, what everyone keeps pointing to as Common Core is not. It is a teacher/school/district's implementation. I am more than happy to discuss the standards themselves, but that's not what people want to do. They would prefer to believe facts that fit with their world view. We've talked about confirmation bias enough on this blog over the years. This is it in spades. Study the standards themselves, then I will be more than happy to discuss them. Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:35 AM (zT0DN) ___________________________ John - Please explain the following Common Core Crap relating to (what USED to be) simple addition or subtraction at the FIRST GRADE LEVEL: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.B.3 Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract.2 Examples: If 8 + 3 = 11 is known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also known. (Commutative property of addition.) To add 2 + 6 + 4, the second two numbers can be added to make a ten, so 2 + 6 + 4 = 2 + 10 = 12. (Associative property of addition.) CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.B.4 Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem. For example, subtract 10 - 8 by finding the number that makes 10 when added to 8. Add and subtract within 20. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.5 Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2). CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).

Posted by: alwyr at April 02, 2014 08:56 AM (V0j3u)

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