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April 21, 2014

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

Yesterday, the GAO released details on how Sec. Sebelius shook down outside companies for funding to promote Obamacare.

From Jim Geraghty's Morning Jolt (which you should subscribe to, if you aren't), about half of Georgia's healthcare sign-ups haven't paid.

More evidence that GM got kid glove treatment from federal regulators.

Unions are warming up to fracking.

Snowden's feelings are hurt that everyone thinks he's such a naif.

Gov. Perry's "makeover" is noticed by Politico. "He just seems like a very confident, upbeat and articulate spokesman for conservative policy and values," says former Perry staffer.

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Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:44 AM | Comments (182)
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1 Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, April 21, 2014. On this day in 1918 German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", was shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. Officially a Canadian pilot, Captain Arthur "Roy" Brown, is credited with the shoot down, but most likely he was shot by Australian ground troops with a machine gun. Snoopy had no comment.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:45 AM (T2V/1)

2 Hey, Gabe. Happy Easter.

Posted by: m at April 21, 2014 02:45 AM (2AqeI)

3 More flack on Common Core. NY tests include numerous product brand names leading parents question if these are product placement ads. NY educators deny this and the teachers and school officials are forbidden from discussing it. However anonymous teachers have remarked about it in blogs.

Brands including Barbie, iPod, Mug Root Beer and Life Savers showed up on the tests more than a million students in grades 3 through 8 took this month, leading to speculation it was some form of product placement advertising.

I suspect that the companies making these materials were paid to do this and they never contacted the State educrats at all. Why do I suspect this? Because this is the kind of crony corruption crap you ALWAYS get when you remove local control of a public function and give it to a centralized authority.

http://tinyurl.com/lc8l28q

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:45 AM (T2V/1)

4 The FBI has issued a stern warning to U.S. college students studying abroad: Beware of foreign intelligence officers who are discreetly targeting young, often naive Americans for espionage activities.

I don't know why Fox is just getting around to this. It is an old story.

http://tinyurl.com/ln5lxws

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:45 AM (T2V/1)

5 An Easter miracle. A 16 year old boy stowed away on a flight from San Jose to Hawaii in the wheel well of the aircraft. He survived a 5.5 hour flight at 38,000 feet.

http://tinyurl.com/mha3vsj

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:46 AM (T2V/1)

6 Authorities are claiming that the guns used by the Kansas City shooter were purchased by a "strawman". I just wonder how they know this and if it is true. We know that these background checks where felons attempt to buy guns do not work very well. This smells of some kind of push by the Obamanites.

http://tinyurl.com/k5tz6tn

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:46 AM (T2V/1)

7 DAY 531 932 to go (1,006 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 02:46 AM (CMkNk)

8 Kraft is recalling 96,000 pounds of hot dogs that "may" contain cheese and thus are mislabeled.

http://tinyurl.com/kqamqce

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:46 AM (T2V/1)

9 RIP Kevin Sharp at 43 from stomach complications from cancer surgery.

http://tinyurl.com/kgpdtn4

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:46 AM (T2V/1)

10 The NY Post takes on the Pulitzer for rewarding Snowden who they label as a traitor and criminal. I have some news for Mr. Goodwin, this is nothing new for this organization. In fact, I would say this is true for most international "reward" organizations.

http://tinyurl.com/mgknrd9

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:47 AM (T2V/1)

11 Another sign that real inflation is in a runaway mode; credit card interest has jumped back to 21% reminiscent of the Carter years.

http://tinyurl.com/kbb38hs

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:47 AM (T2V/1)

12 The US is going to Hell in a hand-basket as the corrupt Obamanite administration operates a criminal empire out of the Whitehouse and members of the House want to pass a bill to regulate photo-shopping models on magazine covers?

Called the Â“Truth in Advertising Act,Â” the bill was co-sponsored by Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen from Florida and Democratic Rep. Lois Capps of California.

So a RINO from FL (ACU 84) teams up with a Democrap from CA to push this crap. Hopefully it will be stuck in committee. She has done a few "conservative" things but it appears she has a liberal streak there as well.

http://tinyurl.com/q7rerwt

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:47 AM (T2V/1)

13 The Supreme Court will hear a case involving the new TV service called Aereo which takes off the air TV signals and rebroadcasts them via the internet for a fee without paying the networks or broadcasters (as cable does). According to this article this case will decide the fate of broadcast TV.

http://tinyurl.com/m635m53

The case arises from American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo in which Aereo won against injunctive relief in the circuit court and the 2nd court of appeals. Copyright law is incredibly muddy but after looking at what is going on here I side with the networks. I like the "little guy" usually but I see this as pure copyright infringement.

http://tinyurl.com/l2bumby

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:48 AM (T2V/1)

14 Chicago schools are in the spotlight again as they incorporate an "Afro-Centric" Jew and America hating lesson plan into their curriculum. Given who the teacher's union president is I am not surprised.

http://tinyurl.com/mh2enc8

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:48 AM (T2V/1)

15 The Gaystapo war continues, as a CA Supreme court committee wants to ban judges who have an affiliation with the Boy Scouts. This crap is reached the levels of insanity.

http://tinyurl.com/kt44f2o

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:48 AM (T2V/1)

16 Another thug cop case. This one in MO. If the details in this case are accurate these cops should go to jail. Of course the cops charge him with resisting. It is beginning to look like all citizens now need miniature cameras hidden away so cops can not see them to record all events in their homes and grounds. You can no longer trust the police forces of the United States. People, Sheriff Taylor and Barney went away long ago.

http://tinyurl.com/ktq48nk

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:48 AM (T2V/1)

17 The Republicans caved on Obama's NLRB appointment and the fallout has been continuous.

The Obama administration is poised to change regulations to allow for union Â“ambush electionsÂ” in which workers have less time to decide whether or not to join a union Â— and in which workersÂ’ phone numbers and home addresses are provided to unions.

http://tinyurl.com/l3z5f4x

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:49 AM (T2V/1)

18 All you old fart Morons like me remember the old debate clubs in HS and College. Well, it looks like real debate in these venues has now gone the way of the dinosaur as the liberals have allowed them to become just one more venue for radical afro-activist rants and propaganda.

http://tinyurl.com/m3zzn68

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:49 AM (T2V/1)

19 1 Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 06:45 AM (T2V/1) "10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more, the bloody Red Baron was rolling up a score, 80 men died trying to end that spree, of the bloody Red Baron of Ger-man-eeÂ…" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxzg_iM-T4E

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 02:49 AM (CMkNk)

20 CA Democrat Mike Honda has his campaign headquarters located in the SEIU local 521 headquarters. This is a blatant violation of tax law as SEIU is a tax-exempt non-profit organization that is forbidden from political activity. Will they be audited by the IRS? Hahahahahahaha.

http://tinyurl.com/mhe8yqa

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:49 AM (T2V/1)

21 Yesterday I linked to a story about an elderly FL woman who was killed by a car crashing into her home. Here we have a 16 year old girl killed when a car crashes into her home driven by a suspected drunk.

http://tinyurl.com/kh376cy

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:49 AM (T2V/1)

22 Some of Obama's chickens are coming home to roost. I suspect the unidicted criminal Holder can drag this out though for enough years for them to scurry back into the floorboards like the roaches they are.

An Israeli man is suing the Obama administration after Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx denied his complaint against Kuwait Airways for refusing to allow him to purchase a New York-London air ticket.

Not sure why he is not suing the airlines in US court because his case would be better there unless the lawyers are saying the airlines are "protected" because of a ruling from the government.

http://tinyurl.com/kxc6the

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:50 AM (T2V/1)

23 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 06:49 AM (CMkNk)

heh....

The Royal Guardsmen?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 02:50 AM (QFxY5)

24 The wireless industry is bowing to government pressure and agreeing to implement anti-theft controls in their smart phones. The prices will go up.

http://tinyurl.com/jwzxlw8

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:50 AM (T2V/1)

25 Cankles removed restrictions on US Aid resulting millions flowing to corrupt officials. Nothing new there. The Clinton WH was just about as corrupt as the Obama WH. It goes with being a Democrat.

http://tinyurl.com/mjf943q

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:50 AM (T2V/1)

26 WaTi praises RINO for his "deliberative" method of stabbing conservatives in the back.

Instead of racing bills out of committee and onto the floor for a vote, the Virginia Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee argues that he takes time to try to build consensus on issues such as immigration reform and an Internet sales tax.

IOW I have to get a lot of pressure on those pesky conservatives so we can implement amnesty and a new tax that everyone hates except big business. This RINO has an ACU rating of 84.

http://tinyurl.com/l9l5fp2

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

27 Kindle Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/lcokgen

That's it for today folks. And remarkably I reached #1 with only 348 comments last week? I guess the heavy posting Morons took vacation.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

28 22 Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 06:50 AM (T2V/1) If you're Israeli, or a Jew-Jew (not liberal Joo), why would you want to fly that airline in the first place? Unless it's a publicity stunt. Well-played.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 02:52 AM (CMkNk)

29 23 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 06:50 AM (QFxY5) Yes! At first I thought it was Paul Revere & the Raiders.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 02:53 AM (CMkNk)

30 Yesterday, the GAO released details on how Sec. Sebelius shook down outside companies for funding to promote Obamacare.

And of course there was no "we will make you a deal you can not refuse" in any of these shakedowns.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

Sorry, all, no story today. Overslept and have a ferocious headache. But here's a little essay concerning the coming (but please God it doesn't) Second Civil War:

http://taxicabdepressions.com/?p=1193

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 02:53 AM (zF6Iw)

32 Gov. Perry's "makeover" is noticed by Politico. "He just seems like a very confident, upbeat and articulate spokesman for conservative policy and values," says former Perry staffer.

Most likely he will be at the top of my list again. So far the pickings are pretty thing and yes, the MFM is once again trying to name a RINO or DIABLO as our candidate.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

33 What does DIABLO stand for?

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 21, 2014 02:57 AM (nkPV9)

34 19 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 06:49 AM (CMkNk)

My youngest brother had that 45 (remember those) and he played it over and over and over for hours at a time. It drove me crazy.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

"10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more,
the bloody Red Baron was rolling up a score,
80 men died trying to end that spree,
of the bloody Red Baron of Ger-man-eeÂ…"

They did a sequel, "Snoopy's Christmas:"

"The Baron then offered a holiday toast,

And Snoopy, our hero, saluted his host;

And then with a roar, they were both on their way,

Each knowing they'd meet on some other day."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 03:01 AM (zF6Iw)

36 31 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 06:53 AM (zF6Iw) Holy Sheeite. Does that ever crystalize exactly how I feel!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 03:04 AM (CMkNk)

37 33 What does DIABLO stand for?

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 21, 2014 06:57 AM (nkPV9)

Democrat in all but Label Only, normally I consider them a DIABLO when their ACU rating gets down to the 50 range or if they ALWAYS vote with the Dems on important bills.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:04 AM (T2V/1)

38 "!0, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more, Snoopy laid a fart in the grocery store. One manx died trying to hold his breath, Then Snoopy laid another and he killed the rest."

Posted by: fluffy at April 21, 2014 03:04 AM (Ua6T/)

39 All hail ex-ENRON guru Paul Krugman's shining example of a government.

Beijing admits that 20% of farmland is contaminated with such things as heavy metals. http://tinyurl.com/l223skm

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 03:04 AM (wIBSj)

40 35 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 07:01 AM (zF6Iw) I'm sure it's been posted at some point, but I seem to recall in WW1, probably the first winter of the war, the Christmas truce along the front lines. 100 years ago.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 03:05 AM (CMkNk)

41 I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles Who married young and then retired

Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 21, 2014 03:05 AM (Cq0oW)

42 39 Beijing admits that 20% of farmland is contaminated with such things as heavy metals. http://tinyurl.com/l223skm

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 07:04 AM (wIBSj)

And they are shipping some crops to the US.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:05 AM (T2V/1)

43 4 The FBI has issued a stern warning to U.S. college students studying abroad: Beware of foreign intelligence officers who are discreetly targeting young, often naive Americans for espionage activities. I don't know why Fox is just getting around to this. It is an old story. -------- Yeah, from like, the Fifties......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 03:07 AM (tYhq2)

44 Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 21, 2014 07:05 AM (Cq0oW)

You bastard.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 03:07 AM (QFxY5)

45 Yeah, from like, the ~~Fifties~~Thirties......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 07:07 AM (tYhq2)

FIFY

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 03:08 AM (QFxY5)

46 I'm sure it's been posted at some point, but I seem to recall in WW1, probably the first winter of the war, the Christmas truce along the front lines. 100 years ago. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 07:05 AM (CMkNk) I want to say 1915, but that's just guessing off the top of the gourd.... ....and likely wrong.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 03:10 AM (tYhq2)

47 FIFY Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 07:08 AM (QFxY5) Yep.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 03:10 AM (tYhq2)

48 Thanks Vic

"I consider them a DIABLO when their ACU rating gets down to the 50 range or if they ALWAYS vote with the Dems on important bills."

Sounds like the whole Illinois (r) delegation to the Hor. The ACU leader had a misreble 84.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 21, 2014 03:11 AM (nkPV9)

49 I see the shooting hasn't started yet. I guess you bastards are telling me I have to work again. Damned slackers!

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at April 21, 2014 03:11 AM (X+nFp)

50 10, 20, 30, 40 trillion or more, The Free Shit Army is stealing the store, America died from a Marxist spree, Nothing to fear from Pres'dent Pel-o-seeÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 03:11 AM (CMkNk)

51 The NYT all but admits that government is a racketeering scheme. The NYT never tells me anything I didn't already know. (The rest of the time, they're lying to me, of course.)

Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at April 21, 2014 03:11 AM (q6kaG)

52 Morning MPPPP, was watching the extras disc from Ben-Hur Blu-Ray last night. I did not know that Myrna Loy had a bit part in the 1925 silent version. Or the 1925 and 1958 versions were both filmed in Italy.

Or that there had been a 1907 15 minute film. This film was made two years after the author had died. Lew's family sued since they did not authorize the production. The case went all the way to the SCOTUS which ruled in favor of Lew's family and ordered the film-makers to pay them $25,000.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 03:11 AM (wIBSj)

53 Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 07:10 AM (tYhq2)

It is my biggest regret that I was never approached by a hot Soviet spy when I was traveling in Europe during college.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 03:12 AM (QFxY5)

54 41 I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles Who married young and then retired Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 21, 2014 07:05 AM (Cq0oW) Please. Not before breakfast. If you are going to insist on posting, then refrain from any dive-for-the-dashboard dreck, m'kay?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 03:13 AM (CMkNk)

55 My youngest brother had that 45 (remember those) and he played it over and over and over for hours at a time. It drove me crazy. 45? I had the album. 33 & 1/3. And yes, I wore it out. Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2014 03:14 AM (cUARf)

56 51 The NYT all but admits that government is a racketeering scheme. They cream themselves over (D)s, but the story is little changed when it's (R)s. Bureaucracy is the problem. Too many careerists. Some careerists are necessary. It is also VITAL to keep that number as small as possible.... ...unless you're the New York Times.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 03:15 AM (tYhq2)

57 I suspect that the companies making these materials were paid to do this and they never contacted the State educrats at all. Why do I suspect this? Because this is the kind of crony corruption crap you ALWAYS get when you remove local control of a public function and give it to a centralized authority. http://tinyurl.com/lc8l28q Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 06:45 AM (T2V/1) This is a New York only test. The actual Common Core testing doesn't begin until next year. Last year, New York chose to develop their own test to begin the testing process two years ahead of everyone else. They probably did use the same company that will handle the real test, Pearson. This year, schools are doing what is known as field testing the test. About 10% of the students are taking an initial form of the test to validate the technology and the questions as appropriate. Our state is in the same consortium as New York. There have been no reports of product placement so far.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 21, 2014 03:16 AM (nj9sX)

58 The Christmas Truce of 1914. By 1915 most of the old chums who made up the armies from pre-war were dead and replaced by raw recruits.

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/christmas-truce-of-1914

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 03:16 AM (wIBSj)

59 The ACU leader had a misreble 84.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 21, 2014 07:11 AM (nkPV9)

Under my scale an 84 would get him RINO status. (<90)

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:16 AM (T2V/1)

60 @53 Hey, big boy.

Posted by: Ivan the hot Soviet spy at April 21, 2014 03:16 AM (zDsvJ)

I'm sure it's been posted at some point, but I seem to recall in WW1, probably the first winter of the war, the Christmas truce along the front lines.

100 years ago.

There have been several books written about it. One I remember off the top of my head is Stanley Weintraub's Silent Night: The World War I Christmas Truce.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 03:17 AM (zF6Iw)

62 #19 We had that album when I was a kid. I was surprised when the Christmas song from it turned up on the Muzak system at the Carmax location where I was doing contract work. First time I'd heard that song in at least 25 years.

Posted by: epobirs at April 21, 2014 03:18 AM (Icq+V)

63 It is my biggest regret that I was never approached by a hot Soviet spy when I was traveling in Europe during college. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2014 07:12 AM (QFxY5) Heh...

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 03:20 AM (tYhq2)

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 07:11 AM (wIBSj)

Anna, if you go to Harpodeon.com and search for Ben Hur, you can watch the 1907 version on line.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 03:21 AM (zF6Iw)

65 Yay! 90 degrees predicted for Friday. Welcome to Texas. Hello summer, goodbye spring.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2014 03:21 AM (cUARf)

66 A certain movie for CBD

http://youtu.be/rm9oMGJDY-8

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 03:21 AM (wIBSj)

67 58 The Christmas Truce of 1914. By 1915 most of the old chums who made up the armies from pre-war were dead and replaced by raw recruits. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/christmas-truce-of-1914 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 07:16 AM (wIBSj) Yeah, I thought I was wrong.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 03:23 AM (tYhq2)

68 Supposed to be sunny and 75 here today, then rain and 81 tomorrow. I will be dropping out early today for the rocking chair. First I have to hit the store as soon as they open at 9 am. Neighbor came over yesterday and "borrowed" my bottle of brown. She never remembers to buy liquor for Sunday on Saturday.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:23 AM (T2V/1)

69 45? I had the album. 33 & 1/3. And yes, I wore it out.
Same here.

Posted by: fluffy at April 21, 2014 03:23 AM (Ua6T/)

70 Two sure signs that I was no longer a kid were: a) the first time a Playboy centerfold was younger than me b) hearing "Don't Stand So Close To Me" as Muzak in a supermarket

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 03:24 AM (CMkNk)

71 >>http://taxicabdepressions.com/?p=1193 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 06:53 AM (zF6Iw) Good stuff, scary, but it's not something we all haven't considered a possibility, unfortunately. Â….thanks MP4

Posted by: ontherocks at April 21, 2014 03:25 AM (k+9Bw)

72 The first sign that I was no longer a kid was when I had to go to the "Green Barn" in Atlanta for the draft physical and then got my 1A draft card.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:25 AM (T2V/1)

73 Let me correct that last post, my first draft card was 1Y because I was still in HS.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:27 AM (T2V/1)

74 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 06:53 AM (zF6Iw) Sounds like Mr. Wheeler may be a Moron. Good morning all and thanks for the news Vic. Enjoy the rocker.

Posted by: golfman60 in NC thinking about Mr Wheeler at April 21, 2014 03:27 AM (vVOWk)

75 Good moroning mornings and ettes. Another beautiful day here in NH. Put shorts on for the first time yesterday and it looks like it could happen again. Loved the "Little Hitler" piece on the ONT so I posted to my FB page to aggravate all my "friends"

Posted by: NativeNH at April 21, 2014 03:28 AM (f7k8h)

76 74 Enjoy the rocker.

Posted by: golfman60 in NC thinking about Mr Wheeler at April 21, 2014 07:27 AM (vVOWk)

I will. You having good weather up there today?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:28 AM (T2V/1)

77 Regarding Kuwati air lines, If my memory serves me correctly, they DO NOT HAVE BOOZE on board.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at April 21, 2014 03:29 AM (3m9Uc)

78 Looked for 'Down Behind the Lines' on YT but no luck. That is the third track I remember well from that album.

Posted by: epobirs at April 21, 2014 03:29 AM (Icq+V)

79 >>Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 07:24 AM (CMkNk) c) having a Drill Sergeant screaming about 1/4 inch from my mug while spritzing it with saliva.

Posted by: ontherocks at April 21, 2014 03:29 AM (k+9Bw)

80 79 Posted by: ontherocks at April 21, 2014 07:29 AM (k+9Bw) Did he threaten to unscrew your head and shit down your neck and/or tell you to choke yourself?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 03:30 AM (CMkNk)

81 Sun for the first time since Thursday. It will be nice to see some golfers. Holiday on post and all.

Posted by: golfman60 in NC thinking about Mr Wheeler at April 21, 2014 03:31 AM (vVOWk)

82 Amazon has that album "new" for $70. And snoopy was the first song.

http://tinyurl.com/kwwuyfw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:31 AM (T2V/1)

83 Or you can download the MP3 of the album for $10.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:32 AM (T2V/1)

84 That's the CD, so the song order may be different.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:33 AM (T2V/1)

85 Here's the actual album. It was first on there too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy_and_His_Friends

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:35 AM (T2V/1)

86 c) having a Drill Sergeant screaming about 1/4 inch from my mug while spritzing it with saliva. Posted by: ontherocks at April 21, 2014 07:29 AM (k+9Bw) Or worse, getting hammered on the flight to MCRD and having to hit the yellow footprints, drunk at 0230. ...and then having three Drill Instructors screaming at you. Big mistake. Reveille, an hour later, was a nightmare.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 03:36 AM (tYhq2)

87 So last night before bedtime, I look out my window and see a flashing red light in the distance and a shape that looked like a cloud but was somewhat indistinguishable in the low light. UFO? Helicopter? Why, no! http:// newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/20/ architecture-firm-uses-balloon-rigged-with-cameras-to-survey-manhattan-building-heights/ Where was Ralphie with his BB gun when I needed him!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 03:36 AM (CMkNk)

88 Did he threaten to unscrew your head and shit down your neck and/or tell you to choke yourself? Or tell you it would take 2 engineers & 3 doctors to unfuck yourself?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2014 03:37 AM (cUARf)

89 Thanks MPPPP for the link. I think I will stick with the Charlton Heston version.

Did you watch the BBCA show on the history of Science Fiction Saturday night? Good gosh Rutger Hauer looks so old. But had Aldiss and Douglas Trunbull on. And some no-name trans-gender 'author' who's t-shirt they had to blur... *ugh*

They referred to the Machine-Man from Metropolis as Maria when talking about the inspiration for the design of C-3PO.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 03:37 AM (wIBSj)

90 Over at althouse.blogspot.com you can watch Margaret Sanger Slee in 1947 tell Europeans to stop having babies for 10 years. She was married to an oil man so Koch Bros. Also Hindenberg Crash video.

Posted by: Little Hitler Union Local 666 at April 21, 2014 03:38 AM (Pa9vP)

91 Or tell you it would take 2 engineers & 3 doctors to unfuck yourself? Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2014 07:37 AM (cUARf) That's good. Never heard that one.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at April 21, 2014 03:39 AM (tYhq2)

24 The wireless industry is bowing to government pressure and agreeing to implement anti-theft controls in their smart phones. The prices will go up.

http://tinyurl.com/jwzxlw8

More like the goverments ability to just turn off your cell phone when they don't want you to communicaate with it.

Posted by: Gmac at April 21, 2014 03:39 AM (4pjhs)

93 92 More like the goverments ability to just turn off your cell phone when they don't want you to communicaate with it.

Posted by: Gmac at April 21, 2014 07:39 AM (4pjhs)

I would not doubt that a bit, but they probably already have that through the providers here.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:41 AM (T2V/1)

94 92 Posted by: Gmac at April 21, 2014 07:39 AM (4pjhs) More money for less liberty. What a country!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 03:41 AM (CMkNk)

95 >>have a ferocious headache. All right, guys, no all caps until he's feeling better. Easter was good except for the part where I filled the house with smoke while making cookies. Turned the oven to 575 instead of 375.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 21, 2014 03:42 AM (SUKHu)

96 >>Did he threaten to unscrew your head and shit down your neck and/or tell you to choke yourself? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 21, 2014 07:30 AM (CMkNk) Not exactly, but he did call me into his office (I was platoon guide) one morning to give elaborate instructions for the platoon through an open commode door while giving birth to a singularly odorific morning deposit. Â…..he was a VERY sick man.

Posted by: ontherocks at April 21, 2014 03:42 AM (k+9Bw)

97 There were two RG Snoopy albums. One just had Snoopy vs the Red Baron and then a couple of other original songs and a bunch of cover songs (where I learned 'Little Red Riding Hood") and the other had S vs RB, The Return of the Red Baron, and Snoopy's Christmas. The second album was neat because each of the Snoopy songs was prefaced with a little two minute intro that was supposed to be WWI BBC reports from the western front.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 21, 2014 03:43 AM (289iv)

98 Student suspended for asking Miss America to the prom: http://tinyurl.com/ltzukby I see both sides. I think the punishment was overly harsh for the offense. However, he was warned not to do it beforehand, so he knew the consequences.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 21, 2014 03:44 AM (nj9sX)

99 Re the Sebelius shake down article. Sad thing is I know people from some of the places listed on the list of "solicited donors.", they won't have learned their lesson. Next time big government offers to do something so they don't have to learn virtue, they'll line right up to shoot themselves in the face again.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at April 21, 2014 03:44 AM (HDwDg)

100 To start Monday off with some bang and a wall of sound. BabyMetal.

http://youtu.be/cK3NMZAUKGw

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 03:47 AM (wIBSj)

101

One just had Snoopy vs the Red Baron and then a couple of other original songs and a bunch of cover songs (where I learned 'Little Red Riding Hood")

Was that the version by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 03:48 AM (zF6Iw)

102 Also, Manfred is the famous one, but if you work out the hours flown/number of victories ratio his little brother Lothar was probably the most productive fighter pilot in history.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 21, 2014 03:48 AM (289iv)

103 >>>>Was that the version by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs?<<<<

Yep.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 21, 2014 03:50 AM (289iv)

104 "I understand the dynamic at play. It feels fairly short-sighted," Masur said of how workers and unions are embracing oil and gas drilling. "This could leave the same sort of legacy as coal." He urged more investments Â— and thus jobsÂ— in wind and solar power. Oh, yes, wind and solar, whose legacy is score some big subsidy bucks, burn through 'em faster than a gas explosion, and then skedaddle, leaving behind a pre-fab monstrosity for which they'll never find a renter or successor capable of putting it to good use.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 21, 2014 03:50 AM (HsTG8)

105

Also, Manfred is the famous one, but if you work out the hours flown/number of victories ratio his little brother Lothar was probably the most productive fighter pilot in history.

And of course, we all know the final commander of the Richthofen squadron - a young, steel-jawed Pour le Merite winner named Hermann Goering.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 03:51 AM (zF6Iw)

106 95 Turned the oven to 575 instead of 375.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 21, 2014 07:42 AM (SUKHu)

They cook faster that way and crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:51 AM (T2V/1)

107 Or tell you it would take 2 engineers & 3 doctors to unfuck yourself? Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2014 07:37 AM (cUARf) That's good. Never heard that one. I actually saw that here. Yeah, some things stick with you. Wish I could give proper credit.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2014 03:51 AM (cUARf)

108 Here it is....

Royal Guardsmen Little Red Riding Hood;

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

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 21, 2014 03:53 AM (289iv)

109 104 Oh, yes, wind and solar, whose legacy is score some big subsidy bucks, burn through 'em faster than a gas explosion, and then skedaddle, leaving behind a pre-fab monstrosity for which they'll never find a renter or successor capable of putting it to good use.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling StarsÃ¯Â¿Â½ at April 21, 2014 07:50 AM (HsTG

It doesn't take long to pocket those subsidies or flow them to cronies for deposit in off-shore accounts while you do sham work until bankruptcy.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:54 AM (T2V/1)

110 I was just thinking if I was Nikki Haley. I would push a law through here to make liquor stores like NV Casinos, liquor available 24/7 and the preachers and churches can go back to preaching the gospel instead of telling me when I can buy liquor.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 03:56 AM (T2V/1)

111 G'morning Easter chicks and bunnies. -- News from the Far East as the Sun rises -- By Tom Phillips, Liushi, Zhejiang province 2:00PM BST 19 Apr 2014 "China on course to become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years." The number of Christians in Communist China is growing so steadily that by 2030 it could have more churchgoers than America, according to Fenggang Yang, a professor of sociology at Purdue University and author of Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule. "It is a wonderful thing to be a follower of Jesus Christ. It gives us great confidence," beamed Jin Hongxin, a 40-year-old. "If everyone in China believed in Jesus then we would have no more need for police stations." Officially, the People's Republic of China is an atheist country but that is changing fast as many of its 1.3 billion citizens seek meaning and spiritual comfort that neither communism nor capitalism seem to have supplied. China is now poised to become not just the world's number one economy but also its most numerous Christian nation. China's Protestant community, which had just one million members in 1949, has already overtaken those of countries more commonly associated with an evangelical boom. In 2010 there were more than 58 million Protestants in China compared to 40 million in Brazil and 36 million in South Africa, according to the Pew Research Centre's Forum on Religion and Public Life. By 2030, China's total Christian population, including Catholics, would exceed 247 million, placing it above Mexico, Brazil and the United States as the largest Christian congregation in the world, he predicted. "Mao thought he could eliminate religion. He thought he had accomplished this," Prof Yang said. "It's ironic Â– they didn't. They actually failed completely." "They want the pastor to preach in a Communist way. They want to train people to practice in a Communist way," said the house-church preacher, who said state churches often shunned potentially subversive sections of the Bible. The Old Testament book in which the exiled Daniel refuses to obey orders to worship the king rather than his own god is seen as "very dangerous", the preacher added. "They do not trust the church, but they have to tolerate or accept it because the growth is there," said the Liushi and Wenzhou church leaders. "The number of Christians is growing Â– they cannot fight it. They do not want the 70 million Christians to be their enemy." "They do not trust the church, but they have to tolerate or accept it because the growth is there," said the church leader. "The number of Christians is growing Â– they cannot fight it. They do not want the 70 million Christians to be their enemy." The underground leader church leader said many government officials viewed religion as "a sickness" that needed curing, and Prof Yang agreed there was a potential threat. The Communist Party was "still not sure if Christianity would become an opposition political force" and feared it could be used by "Western forces to overthrow the Communist political system. There are people in the government who are trying to control the church," he said. The Telegraph, UK http://tinyurl.com/jwyw6au ...faith-based federal initiative

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 21, 2014 03:57 AM (/vO0r)

112 The liquor stores in North Myrtle Beach are open on Sundays. A two hour drive (one-way). As I understand it, a county has to bring in a certain high-level of TOT (transient occupancy tax) to get the exemption from the blue law.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 21, 2014 03:59 AM (V70Uh)

113 <i>"China on course to become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years."</i>

In Japan, the birthrate is declining, except among the country's 150,000 Mormons.

The idea of Japan as a majority Mormon country in a century or two is a pretty wild and weird idea.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 21, 2014 04:01 AM (UWTjh)

114 112 The liquor stores in North Myrtle Beach are open on Sundays. A two hour drive (one-way). As I understand it, a county has to bring in a certain high-level of TOT (transient occupancy tax) to get the exemption from the blue law.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 21, 2014 07:59 AM (V70Uh)'

I knew they could sell beer there on Sundays and Restaurants could sell drinks, but I sure didn't know the liquor stores were open. But I still bet they are limited to 7 am till 7 pm (and most not opening until 9)

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 04:01 AM (T2V/1)

115 >>They cook faster that way and crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside. No, no, at 575 they turned to smoking, completely burnt messes in about 7 minutes. Maybe 475 would have worked...

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 21, 2014 04:01 AM (SUKHu)

116 there was no BBC during WWI .... 'wireless' had just barely been invented. G'mornin all.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 21, 2014 04:03 AM (V0aFE)

117 Well on top of the new Battlestar Galactica movie getting the green light comes news of a Farscape movie also getting made.

Back to the word processor for me I guess.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:04 AM (wIBSj)

118 115 No, no, at 575 they turned to smoking, completely burnt messes in about 7 minutes.

Maybe 475 would have worked...

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 21, 2014 08:01 AM (SUKHu)

LOL, I once sliced up and eye of the round roast to grill like steaks. One of the slices fell down to the bottom of the grill and burned to charcoal.

After I took the rest off to serve I took the grill off and retrieved the charcoal one. I was about to throw it away when MIL said no, give it to me. She ate it..

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 04:04 AM (T2V/1)

119 After I took the rest off to serve I took the grill off and retrieved the charcoal one. I was about to throw it away when MIL said no, give it to me. She ate it.. So many MIL comments....

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2014 04:08 AM (cUARf)

120 Texas Independence Won Battle of San Jacinto Day 1836 and the capture of Santa Anna "Santa Anna had disappeared during the battle, and next day General Houston ordered a thorough search of the surrounding territory for him. In the afternoon Sergeant J. A. Sylvester spotted a Mexican slipping through the woods toward Vince's Bayou. Sylvester and his comrades caught the fugitive trying to hide in the high grass. He wore a common soldier's apparel round jacket, blue cotton pantaloons, skin cap and soldier's shoes. [With Sylvester in the capture of Santa Anna were Joel W. Robison, Joseph D. Vermillion, Alfred H. Miles and David Cole.] They took the captive to camp, and on the way, Mexican prisoners recognized him and cried, "El Presidente!" Thus his identity was betrayed; it was indeed the dictator from below the Rio Grande. He was brought to General Houston, who lay under the headquarters oak, nursing his wounded foot. The Mexican President pompously announced, "I am General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and a prisoner of war at your disposition." General Houston, suffering with pain, received him coldly. He sent for young Moses Austin Bryan and Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to act as interpreters. Santa Anna cringed with fright as the excited Texas soldiers pressed around him, fearing mob violence. He pleaded for the treatment due a prisoner of war. "You can afford to be generous," he whined; "you have captured the Napoleon of the 'West." "What claim have you to mercy?" Houston retorted, "when you showed none at the Alamo or at Goliad?" They talked for nearly two hours, using Bryan, de Zavala and Almonte as interpreters. In the end Santa Anna agreed to write an order commanding all Mexican troops to evacuate Texas. Later, treaties were signed at Velasco, looking to the adjustment of all differences and the recognition of Texas independence. Thus ended the revolution of 1836, with an eighteen-minute battle which established Texas as a free republic and opened the way for the United States to extend its boundaries to the Rio Grande on the southwest and to the Pacific on the west. Few military engagements in history have been more decisive or of more far-reaching ultimate influence than the battle of San Jacinto." Texas A+M University http://tinyurl.com/k88cu5f

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 21, 2014 04:08 AM (/vO0r)

121 I was just thinking if I was Nikki Haley. I would push a law through here to make liquor stores like NV Casinos, liquor available 24/7 and the preachers and churches can go back to preaching the gospel instead of telling me when I can buy liquor. Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 07:56 AM (T2V/1) Here, liquor sales in general are a county-by-county decision. My enlightened county is dry. They haven't figured out that two of the highest-volume liquor stores in the state are about 6" across the county line. A while back, a local restaurant got an exemption from the state to sell beer. They even agreed to have a separate room to segregate it from the general population. The churches were OUTRAGED! and began boycotting the place on Sundays after church. The owner eventually backed down, but the damage was done. He was closed a couple of months later.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 21, 2014 04:09 AM (QR7wx)

122 >>>>there was no BBC during WWI .... 'wireless' had just barely been invented. <<<<<

I don't think beagles actually flew fighter planes either but I don't expect historical accuracy from a novelty album for eight year olds.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at April 21, 2014 04:11 AM (289iv)

123 After I took the rest off to serve I took the grill off and retrieved the charcoal one. I was about to throw it away when MIL said no, give it to me. She ate it.. Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 08:04 AM (T2V/1) My grandfather knew where his bread was buttered. No matter how awful my grandmother destroyed a dish, he would eat it and say, "I like it this way."

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 21, 2014 04:12 AM (QR7wx)

124 Did you know the Consumer Products Safety Commission has a SWAT? http://bit.ly/1pmGDQZ

Posted by: MTF at April 21, 2014 04:22 AM (F58x4)

125 1,200 students sign a petition for Elena Ceausescu eerrr the First Lady not to give the speech for Topeka, KS high school graduation.

http://tinyurl.com/ko5vya7

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:22 AM (wIBSj)

126 124 Did you know the Consumer Products Safety Commission has a SWAT?

http://bit.ly/1pmGDQZ

Posted by: MTF at April 21, 2014 08:22 AM (F58x4)

Hell, the Dept of Education has a SWAT. I think everybody in government now has a SWAT.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 04:26 AM (T2V/1)

127 Did you know the Consumer Products Safety Commission has a SWAT? For when Elmo goes off the reservation.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2014 04:26 AM (cUARf)

128 Hey all! Welcome to our annual Recovery Summer show! Every year as the weather warms up I like to remind Amercia how once upon a time there were jobs and income, along with low inflation at the grocery store. We can have that again.

Posted by: Plugs Biden, a heartbeat away at April 21, 2014 04:26 AM (F58x4)

129 Morning all. I got nothing

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 21, 2014 04:28 AM (t3UFN)

130 Talk about Rule #34... there is even a Care Bears version of SWAT.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:29 AM (wIBSj)

131 Rick Perry? LOL What a dick.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 21, 2014 04:29 AM (thLL8)

132 Poor Snowden is afraid that he'll be seen as a pawn, but also afraid that if he doesn't act the pawn, he'll be in danger. Gee, I guess maybe he shouldn't have been in such a rush to aid our enemies and send our allies to their deaths. Fuck him, if we can't get his skeevy traitorous ass extradited, let him rot in a one-room Moscow apartment for the rest of his days.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 21, 2014 04:31 AM (ZshNr)

133 16 You can no longer trust the police forces of the United States. People, Sheriff Taylor and Barney went away long ago. http://tinyurl.com/ktq48nk Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 06:48 AM (T2V/1) You don't say...

Posted by: Zombie Amadou Diallo at April 21, 2014 04:31 AM (36Rjy)

134 Miranda Kerr in black lingerie, bunny ears, and heels for Easter.

http://tinyurl.com/kj593ph

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:33 AM (wIBSj)

135 16 You can no longer trust the police forces of the United States. People, Sheriff Taylor and Barney went away long ago. http://tinyurl.com/ktq48nk Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 06:48 AM (T2V/1) You don't say...

Posted by: NWA, what rapped F tha Police back in the 90s at April 21, 2014 04:33 AM (36Rjy)

136 Things that are funny as hell: Wendy Davis web ads on Instapundit.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 21, 2014 04:34 AM (659DL)

137 Some nice pictures of ice breakers trying open Lake Superior for coal, taconite and iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes. Apparently, Global Warming is still just a rumor up there. Maybe this week. http://bit.ly/1i754xV

Posted by: MTF at April 21, 2014 04:34 AM (F58x4)

138 Morning all. Start your day off with a smile. http://tinyurl.com/kcqx5v4 Cop Shoots Dog. No, Wait! He Shoots Himself. Dog Is Fine. In Riverside County, California, "a large pitbull breed dog attacked" an unnamed sheriff's deputy according to a police spokesman who seems to be having a little trouble taking his own script seriously. "In defense of himself...he fired one round at the dog, and inadvertently struck himself in the leg." The dog's owner, Jorge Rodriguez, told NBC Los Angeles that the "attack" consisted of his dog barking at the stranger. Rodriguez almost managed to completely suppress his smirk while expressing sympathy for the deputy who tried to kill his dog. The dog, named Precious and subsequently seen in NBC Los Angeles' news video romping with children in a fenced yard, escaped injury. The "large pitbull breed dog" appears to reach just about knee-high on what looks like a 6-year-old.

Posted by: RWC at April 21, 2014 04:35 AM (fWAjv)

139 Miranda Kerr in black lingerie, bunny ears, and heels for Easter. Oh my.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 04:36 AM (4+AaH)

140 The case arises from American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo in which Aereo won against injunctive relief in the circuit court and the 2nd court of appeals. Copyright law is incredibly muddy but after looking at what is going on here I side with the networks. I like the "little guy" usually but I see this as pure copyright infringement.

http://tinyurl.com/l2bumby

Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 06:48 AM (T2V/1)

I agree, but it would also destroy these networks, which push nothing but liberal shows on the public, and which dress opinion pieces as 'news'.

Not sure I really have a problem seeing ABC, CBS, NBC go away.

Posted by: Blindside at April 21, 2014 04:36 AM (WzWmY)

141 California Obamacare enrollees are struggling to find doctors who accept their newly purchased health insurance plans. UCSF Dr. Kevin Grumbach calls the phenomenon "medical homelessness." CBS San Francisco says that many of the health care clinics for low-income individuals that helped people enroll in Obamacare are now seeing those same people "coming back to the clinic begging for help." "They're coming back to us now and saying, 'I can't find a doctor,'" Rotacare clinic staffer Mirella Nguyen told CBS San Francisco. "What good is coverage if you can't use it?" The problem stems from Obamacare's "narrow networks" Â– extreme restrictions on access to doctors and hospitals in an effort to cut costs. California single mother of two Thinn Ong experienced the pain of Obamacare's narrow networks when she realized that her $200-a-month Obamacare plan is not accepted by many of the doctors in her area. "Yeah, I sign it. I got it. But where's my doctor? Who's my doctor? I don't know," said a frustrated Ong. CBS San Francisco reports that "Experts said the magnitude of the problem is growing, and will soon be felt by all Californians." It's called rationing and the democrats don't care if you live or die. What comes around, goes around. How'd ya like them apples

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 21, 2014 04:38 AM (t3UFN)

142 How to tie together dogs and WWI

Sgt Stubby of the 26th Yankee Division
http://www.fallendogs.com/story.php?dogID=29

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:38 AM (wIBSj)

143 16 You can no longer trust the police forces of the United States. People, Sheriff Taylor and Barney went away long ago. http://tinyurl.com/ktq48nk Posted by: Vic at April 21, 2014 06:48 AM (T2V/1) You don't say... Posted by: NWA, what rapped F tha Police back in the 90s at April 21, 2014 08:33 AM (36Rjy) This is, in its own moronically genius snarky way, exactly what I meant with my story about the Easter play. Don't worry, I won't post that wall of text again. I think that we ought to be taking a look at reform of law enforcement and what is ridiculously called the "justice" system. It is of a part with the whole government is too big and needs to be reined in thing.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 04:39 AM (4+AaH)

144 China on course to become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years http://tinyurl.com/jwyw6au

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 21, 2014 04:39 AM (thLL8)

145

124 Did you know the Consumer Products Safety Commission has a SWAT?

The 'civilian army' Obama talked about in his early days as Dear Leader has been formed and is made up of entirely goverment thugs answerable not to the military, but rather to unelected goverment officials with self preservation in mind.

Posted by: Gmac at April 21, 2014 04:40 AM (4pjhs)

146 What kind of a Peacekeeper stooge would try to remake Farscape, a rhetorical question that answers itself.

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at April 21, 2014 04:40 AM (VYGs9)

147 I agree, but it would also destroy these networks, which push nothing but liberal shows on the public, and which dress opinion pieces as 'news'. Not sure I really have a problem seeing ABC, CBS, NBC go away.

Posted by: Blindside at April 21, 2014 08:36 AM (WzWmY)

I was looking at it from a purely legal standpoint. They made the cables pay the networks a fee, how can they let this other group get away with not paying a fee?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 04:41 AM (T2V/1)

148 J.J. Sefton, Thank you for countdown, but 932 days is too long! Good Morning, everyone

Posted by: Carol at April 21, 2014 04:42 AM (gjOCp)

149 In NJ, our legislature is busy working on a childrens bill of rights - because we obviously have nothing more pressing to deal with No more shouting at kids to get off your lawns, soon will be a violation of their rights. "Exploring, running, climbing, and more are part of the "Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights," introduced recently in the New Jersey Senate. The bill encourages children - and their parents and teachers - to spend more time outdoors, discovering the joys and wonders of the natural world."

Posted by: McCool at April 21, 2014 04:42 AM (nCSwS)

150 "The CO allowed Stubby to remain after Stubby gave him a salute." Heh.

Posted by: RWC at April 21, 2014 04:42 AM (fWAjv)

151 Gay men working hard to join the Boy Scouts. Thought it was a youth organization?

Posted by: Neaville Chamberlain at April 21, 2014 04:43 AM (VrVBw)

152 RWC, the men probably hated the dog for awhile after that.

CO, "Why can't you dog-faces give me a proper salute. Stubby can! Why not you?"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:45 AM (wIBSj)

153 143 I think that we ought to be taking a look at reform of law enforcement and what is ridiculously called the "justice" system. It is of a part with the whole government is too big and needs to be reined in thing.

Posted by: blaster at April 21, 2014 08:39 AM (4+AaH)

What we need to do is first, totally eliminate the "federal war on drugs", all federal drug laws, the federal drug police and departments, and all federal subsidies to local police departments.

The the locals will have to fire about half of their departments and get rid of all the military SWAT teams except in big cities like NY and LA.

Then we need a serious reform of tort laws such that the COPs are held accountable and not the taxpayer. That means getting rid of the travesty known as joint and several liability.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 21, 2014 04:45 AM (T2V/1)

154 Miranda Kerr in black lingerie, bunny ears, and heels for Easter.

--

Yes, nothing says Christ is Risen! like getting dressed up in sexy, bunny inspired lingerie.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2014 04:45 AM (tsGZY)

155 Morning, all! I hope that all my fellow 'Rons and 'Ettes who celebrate Easter had a blessed day, and that those who do not celebrate the occasion nonetheless had a lovely day. The weather here in NH was gorgeous.

Went to see "Captain America: TWS" over the weekend and LOVED it. Definitely worth the price of admission. Thank you to everyone who rec'ed it!

I managed to stay completely away from news all weekend, so I have no idea what fresh hell our mincing idiot of a Preezy or his merry band of miscreants have managed to get us into since Friday. I'm going to try and treasure my ignorance for a few more minutes before falling face first into a cream pie of cynicism.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 21, 2014 04:48 AM (4df7R)

156 This House proposes that every child has the right and should have opportunities to: Â• Explore the woods; climb a tree Â• Run through a field; build a fort Â• Splash in the water; catch a fish Â• Explore a city park; turn over a log Â• Sleep out in a tent; gaze at stars Â• Follow a trail; listen to bird song Â• Play in the mud; hold a frog Â• Plant a garden; eat locally grown food Â• Play in the rain; follow animal tracks Â• Be alone in nature; share it with a friend ------ That would be called 'being a kid' back in the day. Until you busy body bureaucrats got involved. (I hope the barrel is clean)

Posted by: RWC at April 21, 2014 04:48 AM (fWAjv)

157 On a ranch in rural Oregon, a radical Muslim holding a dagger with a curved blade yanked back the head of a kneeling young man and brought the metal to his neck. Â“He said he was going to show us how to properly slice someoneÂ’s throat,Â” the kneeling manÂ’s sister testified Thursday as prosecutors began presenting their case against an Egyptian-born imam known as Abu Hamza Masri, the latest terrorism case to unfold in a New York federal court. Masri, who also goes by Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, was not the man holding the knife, but a government indictment alleges that he sent the knife-wielding man from London to Oregon to establish a terrorist training camp. It is one of 11 charges against Abu Hamza Masri, a naturalized British citizen who gained fame for his radical sermons in LondonÂ’s Finsbury Park mosque and who was extradited to the United States in October 2012. The defendant, who says he lost both arms fighting in Afghanistan, faces life in prison if convicted on the most serious charges of hostage-taking and conspiracy to take hostages, stemming from the December 1998 abduction of 16 tourists in Yemen. Other charges include providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to support terrorists by sending men and money to set up the camp outside Bly, Ore., a remote hamlet about 300 miles southeast of Portland. Weasel Zippers: Such lovely people. Hey Let's make Sharia law part of American Law. I mean what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 21, 2014 04:49 AM (t3UFN)

158 I think this story might be just about the worst thing I've read in a long while. What a lost soul. From Weasel Zippers:

"Woman to Get Abortion to Improve Changes to be on Reality Show"

Â“An abortion will further my career. This time next year I wonÂ’t have a baby. Instead, IÂ’ll be famous, driving a bright pink Range Rover and buying a big house. Nothing will get in my way.Â”

http://tinyurl.com/kugskpn

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2014 04:49 AM (tsGZY)

159 Â• Play in the mud; hold a frog If you can get by the BLM sniper team assigned to protect the frog.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 21, 2014 04:50 AM (659DL)

160 "Exploring, running, climbing, and more are part of the "Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights," introduced recently in the New Jersey Senate. The bill encourages children - and their parents and teachers - to spend more time outdoors, discovering the joys and wonders of the natural world."

Posted by: McCool at April 21, 2014 08:42 AM (nCSwS)

When did it become necessary to pass legislation that "encourages" getting off your ass and out into the sunlight every now and again? Fuck that, and fuck you, NJ.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 21, 2014 04:50 AM (4df7R)

161 CO, "Why can't you dog-faces give me a proper salute. Stubby can! Why not you?" Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 08:45 AM (wIBSj) Yep. But that wouldn't last long. Can't hate a dog. If you do, there is something wrong with you and I don't want to be in your foxhole

Posted by: RWC at April 21, 2014 04:50 AM (fWAjv)

162 changes = chances

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2014 04:50 AM (tsGZY)

163 *waves to MWR*

Glad you had a great weekend. Time to put on your warrior face and super hero costume?

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/selection-du-weekend-84-21.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:50 AM (wIBSj)

164 The bill encourages children - and their parents and teachers - to spend more time outdoors, discovering the joys and wonders of the natural world." Posted by: McCool at April 21, 2014 08:42 AM (nCSwS) Yeah and when one of the little childrens falls and breaks a leg, the parents will sue the town and the board of ed for millions. Different world, Different times

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 21, 2014 04:51 AM (t3UFN)

165 Â“An abortion will further my career. This time next year I wonÂ’t have a
baby. Instead, IÂ’ll be famous, driving a bright pink Range Rover and
buying a big house. Nothing will get in my way.Â”

http://tinyurl.com/kugskpn

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2014 08:49 AM (tsGZY)

Good God.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 21, 2014 04:51 AM (4df7R)

166 >>Well on top of the new Battlestar Galactica movie getting the green light comes news of a Farscape movie also getting made. More Farscape - woohoo! I never got around to watching the last half of the final season of BG because it went so far off the rails. Maybe it will b a prequel?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2014 04:51 AM (pt5t7)

167 I managed to stay completely away from news all weekend, so I have no idea what fresh hell our mincing idiot of a Preezy or his merry band of miscreants have managed to get us into since Friday. I'm going to try and treasure my ignorance for a few more minutes before falling face first into a cream pie of cynicism. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 21, 2014 08:48 AM (4df7R) He approved the Keystone Pipeline as well as accepted responsibility for the economy and racially dividing the country.

Posted by: RWC at April 21, 2014 04:52 AM (fWAjv)

168

The dog's owner, Jorge Rodriguez, told NBC Los Angeles that the "attack" consisted of his dog barking at the stranger. Rodriguez almost managed to completely suppress his smirk while expressing sympathy for the deputy who tried to kill his dog.

If that had been me, I would have taken a bat to the deputy while he was limping. A year in jail would be a small price to pay to serve a little overdue justice on assholes like that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 21, 2014 04:52 AM (zF6Iw)

169 Lady in Black, well now we know who will be running with Wendy Davis in about 8 years for El Presidente of the smoking shell of a country...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 04:53 AM (wIBSj)

170 >>When did it become necessary to pass legislation that "encourages" getting off your ass and out into the sunlight every now and again? The important first step is to get parents to stop spending time on right-wing blogs.

Posted by: New Jersey Senate SWAT Team at April 21, 2014 04:56 AM (SUKHu)

171 Anna Puma, isn't that the truth. We're not far from a presidential candidate totally running on a platform of Free Pot and Abortions for All. National security and fiscal responsibility to fall off the radar as our Reality TV generation will be in charge. *shudder*

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2014 05:02 AM (tsGZY)

172 More from Eric Metaxas' biograpy, "Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Prophet, Spy", "By the time of Hitler's ascension. much of the German Church understood grace only as abstract concept-"God forgives us; That's his job". But we know that true grace comes to us only by costly sacrifice. And if God was willing to go to the cross and endure such pain and absorb such a cost in order to save us, then we must live sacrificially as we serve others. Anyone who truly understands how God's grace comes to us will have a changed life. That's the gospel. not salvation by law or by cheap grace, but by costly grace. Costly grace changes you from the inside out. Neither law nor cheap grace can do that....We still have lot of legalism and moralism in our churches. In reaction to that many Christians want to talk only about God's love and acceptance. They don't like talking about Jesus' death on a cross to satisfy divine wrath and justice. Some even call it "divine child abuse." [I'm looking at you Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong-FenelonSpoke] Yet if they are not careful, they run the risk of falling into the belief in "cheap grace"-a non costly love from a non holy God who just loves and accepts us just as we are. That will never change anyone's life." Timothy J. Keller Author of "The Reason for God."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 21, 2014 05:03 AM (XyM/Y)

173 >>An abortion will further my career. This time next year I wonÂ’t have a baby. Heartberaking. Chatted with an old friend yesterday and discovered she had a baby back in college (put him up for adoption). She has recently made contact with him. Considering she's still single and well into her 40's this kid is it for her. AN amazing experience.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2014 05:03 AM (pt5t7)

174 News Dump Up! Its an Assault Post!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 05:04 AM (wIBSj)

175

Â“An abortion will further my career. This time next year I wonÂ’t have a
baby. Instead, IÂ’ll be famous, driving a bright pink Range Rover and
buying a big house. Nothing will get in my way.Â”

What a despicable, narcissistic, evil ghoul.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 21, 2014 05:04 AM (DrWcr)

176 I should add that the Keller quote is from the introduction to Metaxas' biography.

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

177 174 News Dump Up! Its an Assault Post!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 21, 2014 09:04 AM (wIBSj)

With a shoulder thing that goes up?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 21, 2014 05:05 AM (DrWcr)

178 Hahaha, what moron sent Chompers off to Ukraine? Lets stop with the goofing around; its time to send in the varsity. http://bit.ly/1juHyr3

Posted by: John Kerry, winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize at April 21, 2014 05:07 AM (F58x4)

179
Yeah and when one of the little childrens falls and breaks a leg, the parents will sue the town and the board of ed for millions. Different world, Different times

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 21, 2014 08:51 AM (t3UFN)

Or the first time someone steps out into their front yard and yells at the neighbor kid for stealing fruit off their fruit tree. "How DARE you yell at my little angel! He was following the law, you heathen!"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 21, 2014 05:31 AM (4df7R)

180 This motion will be madefact and that the moving cross-defendant is entitled matter of law.

Posted by: Test at April 24, 2014 12:24 PM (8ZskC)

181 This motion and that the moving cross-defendant is entitled to oregoing issues as a matter of law.

Posted by: Test at April 24, 2014 12:25 PM (8ZskC)

182 I have a lovely bunch of coconuts

Posted by: Test at April 24, 2014 12:25 PM (8ZskC)

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