April 04, 2014

Top Headline Comments 4-4-14
— Gabriel Malor

FFFFRIDAAAAY!

President Bush. Love the guy.

McDonald's is suspending operations in Crimea and offering to relocate its employees and their families to Ukraine.

Sec. Kerry says the State Department will reevaluate its involvement in the Middle East peace process, given its utter failure to provide him a launchpad for a 2016 run. Krauthammer's acerbic column on this is a must-read.

For some fun, BusinessWeek has a long read on Kevin Feige, one of the dudes running the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I think they've done a great job with these and plan to see the new Captain America film this weekend.

The AOSHQ Podcast will be up later. We had David Freddoso of Conservative Intel and it was a riot. There were a lot of good Ask the Blog questions this week. Thanks for that.

Have a great weekend.

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1 ?

Posted by: --- at April 04, 2014 02:52 AM (MMC8r)

2 Good morning! Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 04, 2014 02:53 AM (u82oZ)

3 No news today.  Just woke up and of course the first thing that must be done is feed kittehs.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 04, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

4 Morning, Morons

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 02:57 AM (Ua6T/)

5

In before Teh Vic?

 

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  IÂ’m dropping in for a short Friday story.

 

IÂ’ve told you before about Dr. Harry Watson Martin, the husband of ferocious gossip columnist Louella Parsons.  Known as “Docky” and “LollyÂ’s Pop,” he was a specialist in venereal disease and urology and headed up the Twentieth Century-Fox medical department.  He got a great many professional calls from actors and actresses because they knew Parsons appreciated their using him; through DockyÂ’s office, the columnist often found out an actress was pregnant before the girl herself knew.

 

Watson and Parsons were both alcoholics, and both were also fans of the sweet science of boxing.  It so happened that, one evening ringside, a heavyweight challenger crashed to the canvas; it looked like he had been hit below the belt and the cry for a doctor went out. 

 

Docky hurried to the manÂ’s side and peered under his trunks to determine the extent of any injury.  From high up in the stands, a voice yelled, “Hey, doc, he ainÂ’t got gonorrhea – heÂ’s just bushed!”

 

And hereÂ’s our usual Friday Ziegfeld girl, the moodily beautiful Anne Lee Patterson:

 

http://tinyurl.com/p6qbwss

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 04, 2014 02:58 AM (zF6Iw)

6 Morning everyone!  Is what McDonalds doing in Ukraine something unusual?  A nice gesture from them.  Too bad they won't get any credit for doing the right thing.

Posted by: DishofRed at April 04, 2014 02:59 AM (Dmq63)

7 I can't get no satisfaction.

Posted by: Mick Jagger at April 04, 2014 02:59 AM (H4aQb)

8 Kerry would do much better if he and Obama would quit supporting our enemies and the mid-east terrorists.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 04, 2014 03:00 AM (T2V/1)

9 Transferred from the last thread because pretentious people are funny: Heh, local newsreader doing a short bit on those reporters killed in Shitcanistan. She pronounced Afghanistan like the American white woman she is, then said Pa-kih-staaahhn half "correctly" like the liberal she most likely is.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:03 AM (HLprW)

10 After doling out billions to green cronies and watching them fail OBama wants to do it again.  I don't recall congress passing a law to fund this shit.  So where is he getting the money from?


http://tinyurl.com/nat7n7p

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

11 Thurston Howell the Turd already lost to GWB in 2004 in which even people who voted for him didn't really like him.  Is the ignorant gasbag so delusional that he thinks his disasterous term as SoS, where he adds to Rodham's record of having zero success stories, will improve his chances?

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 03:07 AM (9uGT0)

12 Someone has their facts wrong. Either the source(s) ace used yesterday on Eich and how Prop 8 donors got outed, or First Things via WZ:
 
http://tinyurl.com/qg78b5j
 
Per First Things, the exposed donor list was the result of a leaked copy of the tax return of a pro marriage group in 2012 by someone in the IRS to a gay advocacy group.
 
Leaking tax return info is, of course, a felony.
 
But if First Things has it right, then the whole Eich thoughtcrime is even worse than reported here yesterday.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 04, 2014 03:07 AM (cHZB7)

13 "So where is he getting the money from?" I think it's all pretty much coming from the Fed at this point since last I heard the ChiComs aren't buying anymore.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:10 AM (HLprW)

14 Hey Doc, need help?

Posted by: Sandra Fluck at April 04, 2014 03:11 AM (0Pvno)

15 10 >> So where is he getting the money from?
 
Supposedly there was $25 billion budgeted and funded for this crapola, and over $16 billion of that is still unspent/unloaned.
 
My guess is after the spectacular failure of Solyndra and others, they decided to cool their heels until after the 2012 election. No longer.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 04, 2014 03:11 AM (cHZB7)

16 Sorry, Fed and Treasury. Not like there's functionally much difference anymore.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:12 AM (HLprW)

17 I thought it was common knowledge that the IRS was the source of the Eich information.  Too bad we don't have a real opposition party who would have decimated that dogshit organization like Sherman went through Atlanta.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 03:12 AM (9uGT0)

18 Morning all.
Bad weather here last night just north of me. Tore thru Denton, heavy college town. Heavy storms - 4 to 6 inches of rain, hail - marble to baseball size,  60 - 100 mph winds, tornadoes.
People wailing, gnashing of teefs. Scared college kids, adults, etc. The useless eater burn off will be glorious when the Emburning Times comes. If they can't handle a spring storm.........

IOW, welcome to spring weather in Texas. Shit happens every year about this time.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 03:13 AM (d0Dmj)

19 "Supposedly there was $25 billion budgeted and funded for this crapola, and over $16 billion of that is still unspent/unloaned." Sweet! Surely we can come up with a business model and snag some of this free dough. 1. Tell the government we can save the world. 2. ??? 3. Slop at the trough baby!

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:14 AM (HLprW)

20 Section 9


No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 04, 2014 03:14 AM (T2V/1)

21 Horseface can't possibly be thinking of a 2016 run could he? Though if Hillary decides to skip it, and save her health, who would the Democrats run?

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 03:14 AM (0Pvno)

22 "who would have decimated that dogshit organization like Sherman went through Atlanta." And the South could have stopped him if they just used crossbows.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:16 AM (HLprW)

23 Good morning, Horde!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 04, 2014 03:16 AM (mx5oN)

24 Leaking tax return info is, of course, a felony.

Should be mandatory jail term. I think minimum five years. Something to put a little fear in those bastards.


Lashes. Fuck Club Fed.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 03:16 AM (d0Dmj)

25 Just saw Jim Moran giving a speech saying congress was underpaid and needed a raise....

Posted by: Owlpellets at April 04, 2014 03:16 AM (QsToz)

26 She pronounced Afghanistan like the American white woman she is, then said Pa-kih-staaahhn half "correctly" like the liberal she most likely is. ========= Like the pretentious douchebags who roll their 'r's when they pronounce Latin American place names. I always want to ask them if they pronounce Paris 'Paree' or Moscow 'Moskva'.

Posted by: --- at April 04, 2014 03:17 AM (MMC8r)

27 26 Just saw Jim Moran giving a speech saying congress was underpaid and needed a raise.... Posted by: Owlpellets at April 04, 2014 07:16 AM (QsToz) They are working overtime to steal more money from you and throw you in jail for thought crimes. It's hard work!!!

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 04, 2014 03:17 AM (E8IHS)

28

First Europe, and now here.

 

http://tinyurl.com/q7oscfc


 

Our freedoms will be used against us, until we no longer have them.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 04, 2014 03:18 AM (/qzu7)

29 "Though if Hillary decides to skip it, and save her health, who would the Democrats run?" My guess is Andrew Cuomo. Their field isn't much deeper that the Repub field in reality, but the media can make up for that. Maybe Wendy Davis will toss her hat in the ring!

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:18 AM (HLprW)

30 Capt America zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 03:19 AM (vFh9Q)

31 John Kerry is a fraud. He took an 8mm color camera with him to Nam and took staged and/or re-enacted footage of himself in combat. Let's see...in coming VC 122mm rockets and small arms fire and first thing we were trained to do was grab my M14 and my CAMERA....color too! Liar, scoundrel, chump and a puss bag and those are his good qualities.

Posted by: IrishEd at April 04, 2014 03:20 AM (D0NZx)

32 Though if Hillary decides to skip it, and save her health, who would the Democrats run? Elizabeth Warren or that crook with a Hispanic name something that begins with a V-who's the mayor of some big city and spoke at the Democratic Convention? Sorry, My post middle aged brain can't recall his name at the moment.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 03:20 AM (XyM/Y)

33

@26 Just saw Jim Moran giving a speech saying congress was underpaid.............by: Owlpellets

 

So they can quit.  And get a real job.  Assholes.

Posted by: Case at April 04, 2014 03:20 AM (tjj0w)

34 Just saw Jim Moran giving a speech saying congress was underpaid and needed a raise....

Posted by: Owlpellets at April 04, 2014 07:16 AM (QsToz)



That drunk pile of shit is being taken to the cleaners by soon to be ex-wife #3.  Seriously, whoever voted for that ignorant cockwipe deserves to be horsewhipped.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 03:20 AM (9uGT0)

35 11 -

We're going to see a shedload of Democrats come out of the woodwork, thinking they have a shot at the '16 nomination. 

Why?

Because the data they are gathering is already showing Hillery  isn't going to cut it. 

I'm still expecting there to be a push to draft the other Obama.  

Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2014 03:20 AM (BeSEI)

36 28 26 Just saw Jim Moran giving a speech saying congress was underpaid and needed a raise.... Posted by: Owlpellets at April 04, 2014 07:16 AM (QsToz) They are working overtime to steal more money from you and throw you in jail for thought crimes. It's hard work!! Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 04, 2014 07:17 AM (E8IHS) He's spending too much time around his tenured college professor buddies.

Posted by: Owlpellets at April 04, 2014 03:21 AM (QsToz)

37 So does anyone know if Firefox will even notice if people stop using their browser?

Posted by: never enough caffeine at April 04, 2014 03:21 AM (Qp3K5)

38 Great first sentence from Krauthammer: "When has a secretary of state been involved in so many disastrous, self-initiated negotiations?

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 03:22 AM (0Pvno)

39 The Eich story is exactly why it would be useful to have a group like GOProud on the conservative/rational side, but it never works. GOProud will do nothing, say nothing, that offends the NAMBLITES, because their only real loyalty is to the Tribe of Gay.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 04, 2014 03:22 AM (ZshNr)

40 17 >> I thought it was common knowledge that the IRS was the source of the Eich information.
 
Captain Hate, I thought it was ace explaining yesterday in a main post that CA law makes public all donations over $100 to a Proposition advocacy group but it's not there. Perhaps he said that in a comment; or perhaps someone else even said that in the comments section.
 
But he did not say that in the main articles themselves. I correct myself on that.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 04, 2014 03:22 AM (cHZB7)

41
In some people just ain't gonna never learn news, deadly meningitis is apparently scything though the gay community.  The disease is spread through "intimate contact".

Local health agencies have started free vaccination programs to try and slow the spread before everyone's brains melt.

http://tinyurl.com/mz5vth2


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 04, 2014 03:23 AM (kdS6q)

42 Shouldn't the gays also go after anyone who tithes to the Catholic Church then, too?

Posted by: --- at April 04, 2014 03:24 AM (MMC8r)

43 As I mentioned on the ONT: Everyone planning a Mozilla boycott after their antics last night, there is a decent open-source browser out there that isn't put out by some Leftist-dominated company. It's called SRWare Iron, and it seems pretty decent so far. I don't know much about the guys that make it, and it's made with an open-source version of Chrome's code that supposedly doesn't report to Google, but I figure it can't be as bad as supporting a known a-hole.

Posted by: Cato at April 04, 2014 03:26 AM (J+mig)

44 43 -

They have different plans for the Catholic Church.

Taking it over from the inside appears to be their mode of attack there. 

Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2014 03:26 AM (BeSEI)

45 Cuomo or Warren? I suppose those are the leaders, but I gotta believe even a democrats would find that a pretty uninspiring group. They really need Hillary, when you think about it.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 03:27 AM (0Pvno)

46 Elizabeth Warren or that crook with a Hispanic name something that begins with a V....
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 07:20 AM

It's MA to the rescue...again!

Not only do we have Lieawatha Warren revvin' up for the presidency, but also Devil Patrick, our very own Choom Boy II. Check him out! He has all the credentials -- and more -- from absurd incompetence to PhD-level excuse-making to become the next Democrat Dreamboat.

I denounce myself for saying he's tanned, rested and ready. Very tanned.

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 04, 2014 03:27 AM (dDzOj)

47 Howdy morons.  Working 7a-7p today.  Listened to Gabe's bleg from the podcast last week and submitted a mailbag item, wonder if it will make the cut.  Hopefully I can get some sleep this weekend.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 04, 2014 03:27 AM (b2cFu)

48 Before I get to commenting on the usual BS of the day, I'll throw out my recommendation for these 2 FF clones (for those who want to keep their add-ons).

Pale Moon http://www.palemoon.org/
 ...and
Codomo IceDragon http://is.gd/hNdcBO

(Of the two, IceDragon has a lighter RAM foot-print.)

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 03:30 AM (lJaja)

49 I have a long day ahead, but a cat is hindering my ability to get out of bed.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 04, 2014 03:30 AM (ZshNr)

50 I just thought of the name of the guy I forgot: Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa (/ˌviː.əraɪˈɡoʊsə/; born Antonio Ramón Villar, Jr.; January 23, 1953) is an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California from 2005 to 2013.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 03:31 AM (XyM/Y)

51 Names of six jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman made public And this is why I would never serve on a high profile criminal case. I will not sign up to be harassed the rest of my life. The trial judge who ordered this is an asshole.

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 03:33 AM (vFh9Q)

52 Shouldn't the gays also go after anyone who tithes to the Catholic Church then, too?

Posted by: --- at April 04, 2014 07:24 AM (MMC8r)



They made pests out of themselves in front of Mormon places of worship after the Prop 8 vote knowing full fucking well that people wouldn't take any physical action against them.  I said at the time that if the pink panthers gathered in front of a Nation of Islam house of gun and drug running, I'd give them credit for the courage of their convictions while knowing that just wasn't gonna happen.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 03:33 AM (9uGT0)

53 He apparently didn't know Spanish very well but has been taking lessons so as to appeal to the many leftist Spanish speakers who vote.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 03:33 AM (XyM/Y)

54 I think Martin O'Malley wants to throw is hat in the ring. He's a clone, well almost, of O'bama. Morning.

Posted by: spypeach at April 04, 2014 03:34 AM (10H0T)

55 Weren't the Dems really starting to sing Julian Castro's praises recently? Reminded me an awful lot of Barky's leftist beatification.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:38 AM (HLprW)

56 Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 07:16 AM (d0Dmj)

Nah... public stocks with nearby bins of 6 week-old durian fruit...

...then jail time.


Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 03:39 AM (lJaja)

57 Martin O'Malley may in fact be the stupidest person in America. I'd like to see a measurement from the referees, please.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 03:41 AM (0Pvno)

58
New York City must pay $46,000 for a 20-year-old male foster child to undergo surgery to become a woman, ruled a judge.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Peter Moulton ordered that the ACS must pay for the genital 'reassignment, facial feminization, tracheal shaving, breast augmentation, and laser hair removal' of the plaintiff identified as D.F.

The Judge referenced the prejudice against transgendered people and said it will make it difficult for the plaintiff to raise the money for the procedures on her own once she is out of foster care.

Moulton said that the city was being 'arbitrary and capricious' in denying the funding for D.F's surgery. 'Payment by ACS for necessary medical procedures may be a transgendered youth’s only chance to achieve congruence between her gender identity and her physical appearance,” the judge wrote.'

DailyMail


"and then I waggled my wig! Just ever so slightly, but it was a stunning effect."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 04, 2014 03:42 AM (kdS6q)

59

Another couple of pictures, as today is the 115th birthday of silent actress Carmel Myers.

 

Here she is in her most famous role as the  luscious  temptress  "Iras the Egyptian" in 1925s  Ben Hur

 

http://tinyurl.com/o5uy87h

 


And here  she is in (IMO) a very sexy "come play with me" picture:

 

http://tinyurl.com/p8v22e2


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 04, 2014 03:42 AM (zF6Iw)

60 IrishEd at April 04, 2014 07:20 AM (D0NZx)

This Administration has turned into the mother of all septic tanks.

Gather the Honey Wagons for 2016...

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 03:43 AM (lJaja)

61 Good morning. Just checking in to make sure the rest of the DFW Morons are ok after that nasty weather last night.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 04, 2014 03:44 AM (4+PCd)

62 »» No news today. Just woke up and of course the first thing that must be done is feed kittehs. -Vic Really? I like to have that first cup of coffee, read a little, maybe post a hello comment, before the pesks get fed. Otherwise, they might think they're in charge. Orrrr... maybe they understand if I try to feed them before I'm ready, heaven only knows what might end up in their bowls! § Morning, Glories! Pray today for the Will of God to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 'Cause we could really use it!

Posted by: mindful webworker - the cat's pajamas? at April 04, 2014 03:44 AM (ELs9k)

63 >>> New York City must pay $46,000 for a 20-year-old male foster child to undergo surgery to become a woman, ruled a judge. This is foolish on so many levels. A 20 year old shouldn't get a nose job, never mind a sex change.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 03:44 AM (Ua6T/)

64 I'd honestly support the death penalty for gummint drones leaking IRS info. That's the soul of creeping fascism.

Posted by: --- at April 04, 2014 03:44 AM (MMC8r)

65 Maybe I live in my own conservative bubble, but I really cannot fathom that there is a groundswell of support for prez for Senator Liawatha. Cuomo? Meh. I think Biden thinks he could breeze into the nomination if Hillary doesn't run. Morning everyone.

Posted by: Buckeye Katie at April 04, 2014 03:44 AM (1M/xn)

66 >>>Nah... public stocks with nearby bins of 6 week-old durian fruit... As a former resident of Singapore I consider that cruel and unusual.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at April 04, 2014 03:44 AM (n+8FE)

67 Names of six jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman made public


This was done by those unelected turds at the Orlando Sentinal who like to claim being the cornerstone of the country instead of actively working against it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 03:45 AM (Pluhu)

68 @60 Commence gavel-banging. In my chambers.

Posted by: Gem at April 04, 2014 03:46 AM (zw+pb)

69 Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2014 07:00 AM (T2V/1 With all that sweet free money lying around and the Feds hot to give it away, maybe we should crowd source a Moron Motors car design. The principle design feature I'd like to see is a working kegerator with access from the drivers side.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 03:46 AM (0Pvno)

70 never enough caffeine at April 04, 2014 07:21 AM (Qp3K5)

Send'em an email after you've uninstalled, and why you did it...

press@mozilla.org

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 03:46 AM (lJaja)

71 So, what's next? Boob implants for foster children?

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 03:47 AM (vFh9Q)

72 Glad to hear Gabe is going to see Captain America-the rightwing sucks ass as an unfortunate prisoner to my childhood love of the slightly less moontardish version I'll be joining.... The Federal Government works for the Democrat party whether we're in power or out. It'd be a damn shame if the GOP was as bothered by IRS illegality as it is in getting Amigo Grande! passed. Fuck Mozilla, that is all.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 03:47 AM (TE35l)

73 Barky sucks.

Posted by: Killerdog at April 04, 2014 03:48 AM (eJVn4)

74 >>>The Judge referenced the prejudice against transgendered people and said it will make it difficult for the plaintiff to raise the money for the procedures on her own once she is out of foster care.


I note in this sentence that "she" is already a she, thus no need for surgery. And with that I just saved the city tens of thousands. Thank me.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at April 04, 2014 03:48 AM (IVgIK)

75 Cato at April 04, 2014 07:26 AM (J+mig)

Used them ages ago... guess I'll them a second look.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 03:48 AM (lJaja)

76 "Moulton said that the city was being 'arbitrary and capricious' in denying the funding for D.F's surgery. 'Payment by ACS for necessary medical procedures may be a transgendered youth’s only chance to achieve congruence between her gender identity and her physical appearance,” the judge wrote.'" And then what happens when that 1 in 5 chance of suicide actually happens because his psychological dysfunction runs way deeper than gender congruence?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:48 AM (HLprW)

77 72. I will. Thanks

Posted by: never enough caffeine at April 04, 2014 03:48 AM (Qp3K5)

78 A couple of interesting articles at Philly.com about Bartram HS, where that security guy received a fractured skull from a student recently:
 
http://tinyurl.com/k63nqvf
 
(4/1 article) and:
 

http://tinyurl.com/klo9e3y
 
(4/3). They dole out the blame to several places for the utter lawlessness of the place including of course 'lack of resources'. Parents got mentioned once, only as a quote from a teacher.
 
Lots of hand wringing, but no analysis of the root causes at all except maybe to mention a culture of corruption in the city itself.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 04, 2014 03:48 AM (cHZB7)

79 Taking it over from the inside appears to be their mode of attack there. Posted by: BurtTC ------------------- That's the plan for all churches: Episcopal - check Lutheran - Coming along nicely. Presbyterian - Good success so far. Methodist - Working on it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 03:49 AM (aDwsi)

80 Ok so rickb is good.... Yay Texas spring!

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 04, 2014 03:50 AM (GufPw)

81 Hey sven, don't hold back! Tell us how you really feel!

Posted by: Buckeye Katie at April 04, 2014 03:50 AM (1M/xn)

82 Names of six jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman made public This was done by those unelected turds at the Orlando Sentinal who like to claim being the cornerstone of the country instead of actively working against it This is just so effing wrong. Those poor people must be terrified. What the hell happened to this country?

Posted by: Gem at April 04, 2014 03:50 AM (zw+pb)

83 "to see Captain America-the rightwing sucks ass" I recently saw the first installment and was actively looking for some anti-rightwing message, but damned if I could find it. Seemed like just a fun movie to me. Can anybody tell me what I missed?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:51 AM (HLprW)

84 83 Buckeye Katie at April 04, 2014 07:50 AM (1M/xn) It's either cathartic or killing me. O-H-I-O Ohio baby

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 03:51 AM (TE35l)

85 Its designated fun day at work today, all the guys get to wear Hawain shirts and the girls have to wear flair, although there is no hard and fast rule on the amount of flair the girld should wear they are encouraged to express themselves. I have refused to be angry today, unless of course something truly outrageous happens.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 04, 2014 03:51 AM (1YJrc)

86

That drunk pile of shit is being taken to the cleaners by soon to be ex-wife #3. Seriously, whoever voted for that ignorant cockwipe deserves to be horsewhipped.


I live in Jim Moran's District. Your arm would get tired. He's retiring soon anyway. He'll be replaced by someone of equal "quality" and "character".  Conservatives are a rare species here in my little piece of NoVA.

Posted by: puddleglum at April 04, 2014 03:51 AM (+RiYs)

87 “Once she ages out of foster care [at age 21], petitioner’s chances of raising the money necessary to pay for these procedures appear to be nil,” the judge wrote, noting there is high prejudice against transgender people. The judge wrote that D.F. is estranged from her family and has no high- school diploma. “Certainly for the near future, her inability to pay for the procedures is clear,” Moulton wrote, slamming the city for being “arbitrary and capricious” in denying the funding. The ACS had argued that D.F. was a poor candidate for a sex change because she is repeatedly absent from her group home and often misses medical appointments, making her unlikely to be conscientious in her postoperative care." http://nypost.com/2014/04/03/city-must-pay-for-foster-kids-sex-change-judge/

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 03:52 AM (vFh9Q)

88 Sven, it's O-I-H-O. Just trying to help.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 04, 2014 03:52 AM (GufPw)

89 Name the jurors in all "unpopular" decisions and we can throw all justice out the window. May as well have the "people" vote on it like an episode of American Idol.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at April 04, 2014 03:53 AM (IVgIK)

90 Back at ya sven!

Posted by: Buckeye Katie at April 04, 2014 03:53 AM (1M/xn)

91
And then what happens when that 1 in 5 chance of suicide actually happens because his psychological dysfunction runs way deeper than gender congruence?
Posted by: Burn the Witch




Sue the city, of course.

What do I win for getting the right answer? Something nice I hope.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 04, 2014 03:53 AM (kdS6q)

92 Actually I should have said "because his psychological dysfunction runs way deeper than any amount of body mutilation is going to cure."

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 03:55 AM (HLprW)

93 >>>And then what happens when that 1 in 5 chance of suicide actually happens


WUT!?

Assisting people to indulge in their castration fantasies doesn't always have salutary effects? Who would have thought?

Posted by: typo dynamofo at April 04, 2014 03:56 AM (IVgIK)

94

I am using a Windows 7 computer & haven't used one in years to read here. I know that I do not have ampersands.  I also do not remember how to refresh page.

 

Posted by: Carol at April 04, 2014 03:57 AM (gjOCp)

95 85 Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 07:51 AM (HLprW) It was VERY subtle...essentially unlike the real WW2 version this Captain America took no pleasure in killing Nazis...of course I don't think he fought a single Nazi IIRC in the film. Captain America Winter Soldier* on the other hand is going to be a lot like Star Trek Into Derpness was relitigating the Bush years. Bob "the Red Skull" Redfern is either going to be contained or not. The point of this arc is to fill in for the "Fuck Nixon" era Cap... The blowjob to communism and John Kerry is just the icing on the cake.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 03:57 AM (TE35l)

96 Ok so rickb is good.... Yay Texas spring! Posted by: DangerGirl Yeah. Came thru unscathed. Watched the news radar all night. The storms were stacked up like planes waiting to land.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 03:57 AM (YIZv0)

97 90 DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 04, 2014 07:52 AM (GufPw) Ah our beloved Sister State directly to the North.... O-I-H-O is sorta the Shawnee version of Atlantis located under lake Erie.... granted statehood in Jan of 2009 it is truly an inspiration to us all.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 03:59 AM (TE35l)

98 A 20-year-old foster 'child.'

Posted by: --- at April 04, 2014 03:59 AM (MMC8r)

99 81 Taking it over from the inside appears to be their mode of attack there.


Posted by: BurtTC

-------------------

That's the plan for all churches:



Episcopal - check
Lutheran - Coming along nicely.
Presbyterian - Good success so far.
Methodist - Working on it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer


And the end result will be all those church's will shed members. Meanwhile church's that believe the Bible means what it says are growing. Go figure.

Posted by: puddleglum at April 04, 2014 03:59 AM (+RiYs)

Posted by: puddleglum at April 04, 2014 04:00 AM (+RiYs)

101 96 -

Heh...  right click, then refresh/reload.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2014 04:00 AM (BeSEI)

102 102 puddleglum at April 04, 2014 08:00 AM (+RiYs) Nice save champ

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:00 AM (TE35l)

103 New York City must pay $46,000 for a 20-year-old male foster child to undergo surgery to become a woman, ruled a judge. WTF? Let the guy pay his own elective surgery costs. This is Wierd Stuff.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 04:01 AM (F58x4)

104 I am using a Windows 7 computer haven't used one in years to readhere. I know that I do not have ampersands. I also do not remember how to refresh page. F5 or the 3/4 circle with arrow tip out by the right end of the address bar.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 04:01 AM (YIZv0)

105 Here in Cleveland all the local fuckheads are spooging uncontrollably about how Captain America was filmed HEEEEEEEERE without reflecting that the former economically vibrant city has been reduced to a third world shithole and now the only way to put something into those dusty tax coffers is to beg movie producers to come.  Well done, idiots.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 04:02 AM (Pluhu)

106 puddleglum - Soooo close to de barrel.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 04:02 AM (aDwsi)

107 Carol at April 04, 2014 07:57 AM (gjOCp)

Hmm... depends on the browser you're using. There should a 'reload' button in the upper bar, or just right-click somewhere off to the side to bring up the context menu (then hit 'reload').

Hope that helps...

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 04:02 AM (lJaja)

108 New York City must pay $46,000 for a 20-year-old male foster child to undergo surgery to become a woman, ruled a judge. WTF? Let the guy pay his own elective surgery costs. This is Wierd Stuff. I wonder if I could get them to pay for my Lasik?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 04:03 AM (YIZv0)

109 >> Names of six jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman made public
 
In fairness, it's FL law that that info is public. The judge kept it under seal for 8 months. Don't like the law? Campaign to change it there.
 
Historically, having secret anonymous juries doesn't work out too well for the accused or the prosecution in the long run.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 04, 2014 04:03 AM (cHZB7)

110 http://tinyurl.com/kokrg98 MSLSD-Ft Hood Shooter #3 Why did he do it six questions because he was an asshole who didn't value his brother and sister soldiers' lives LSD... get it? The gun control culture is retarded for your little game to work EVERYONE has to play and assholes like Hasan and Lopez are playing a different game dumbass.

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

111 On my wife's laptop F5 shuts off the touchpad. Brilliant move, Toshiba.

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

112 Would have liked to see Captain America, but with shithead Redford in it, I'm gonna have to find another hole to dump my movie going money in.  Yes, I know it's a meaningless sentiment, but that's the way I roll.  Look, he made a movie honoring Ayers and his merry band of murders.  Nah.  Can't do it.

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

113 "It was VERY subtle...essentially unlike the real WW2 version this Captain America took no pleasure in killing Nazis...of course I don't think he fought a single Nazi IIRC in the film." We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. If it was so subtle that *I* couldn't pick up on it while actively looking for it (not that I'm the brightest star in the sky), then I doubt very seriously the vast majority of audiences did. IRT to the first movie, I seem to recall a strong connection between the Nazis and Hydra, with the Hydra guys being too Nazi for even the Nazis. Close enough for me, and I can't really see how that's an anti-right-wing message anyway. I guess we'll see about #2.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 04:05 AM (HLprW)

114 #2 I guess.... damn typos

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:06 AM (TE35l)

115 >>> The ACS had argued that D.F. was a poor candidate for a sex change because she is repeatedly absent from her group home and often misses medical appointments, making her unlikely to be conscientious in her postoperative care." So he is immature an unserious. Basically, he wants to take a pill and make it all better. Saving up the $46K on his own would help him focus.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:06 AM (Ua6T/)

116 Congressmen, senators, the VP and the president are underpaid. By underpaying them, it insures the jobs only attract two types of people: Those who are millionaires and who don't give a shit about the money and those who, because of their abilities, could never make that much in the private sector. Who wins using paycheck envy to keep these salaries at such a low level? The shitheads that hold these jobs now. Every nickle we save in salaries costs us a few hundred million in the federal budget.

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 04:07 AM (u2a4R)

117 Mimes are, of necessity, gender neutral.

Posted by: S. Muldoon, president United Mime Workers local #555 at April 04, 2014 04:07 AM (N2hFs)

118 Heh... 48 hrs of rain here in the Queen City region.

And, the hillsides are starting to move; flooding, ponding on the freeways (always good for an extreme thrill), and mud-sides closing local roads.

Same old same old, 'cept maybe a little worse than usual.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 04:08 AM (lJaja)

119 67 Meh. I think Biden thinks he could breeze into the nomination if Hillary doesn't run. Morning everyone. Posted by: Buckeye Katie at April 04, 2014 07:44 AM (1M/xn) ================================== I think I'd contribute to a Biden campaign. The entertainment value would be hard to find anywhere else. If I pay $20 for bad movies I could see sending the same to Senator MasterCard for shits and giggles.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 04:08 AM (F58x4)

120 113 -

Ooh, I wish it was that easy on mine.  I have a laptop I rarely use, and I absolutely despise the touchpad concept. 

I even got a wireless mouse so I wouldn't have to fiddle with  the thing, but since I was taught,  when typing to rest my thumbs in the very spot where they placed the touchpad...

I hate it  with  the heat of a thousand burning suns, and would like to meet  the person who invented the touchpad so I can break  HIS  thumbs. 

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

121 115 Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 08:05 AM (HLprW) It was subtle, it was there... just like the latest Superman films jettisoning "the American way" Look it's not like I am bugchasing being pissed off for giggles... let me give you a quote... Producer Kevin Feige- In our attempt to make all of our films feel unique and feel different we found ourselves going back to things like [Three Days of the Condor]. Also the other political thrillers of the '70s: The Parallax View, All the President's Men. This was a time that Cap existed in in the comics. He found himself in the swinging '60s followed by the Watergate Era followed by the Reagan Era followed by where we are today. In the comics it was a hell of a journey for Steve. And we couldn't take him through those years because in our cinematic universe he was asleep. But we wanted to force him to confront that kind of moral conundrum, something with that '70s flavor. And in our film that takes the form of S.H.I.E.L.D. Yes SHIELD itself is corrupt and evil now and Cap must "take America back" or whatever.... I look back at the attacks on the right and realize they started when I was -4.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:09 AM (TE35l)

122 And the end result will be all those church's will shed members. Meanwhile church's that believe the Bible means what it says are growing. ---------------------- ... or, the will be schisms. Which is happening. We have people who have left because our minister has allowed a chapter of these folks to start meeting at our church: http://www.rmnetwork.org/ A difficult thing to do when you have been a member for decades. The minister will soon retire, but the church will be stuck with the infestation.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 04:09 AM (aDwsi)

123 "Per First Things, the exposed donor list was the result of a leaked copy of the tax return of a pro marriage group in 2012 by someone in the IRS to a gay advocacy group. Leaking tax return info is, of course, a felony."

If there isn't any hoof and mouth disease, there won't be any.

If there isn't any IRS any longer, there won't be any more unpunished felonious leaks of people's private information.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 04:09 AM (noWW6)

124 Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 08:07 AM (u2a4R) Horseshit.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 04:09 AM (HLprW)

125 I will be amazed if that judge ever finds a jury again. I sure as Hell wouldn't serve on a trial before him. And I would tell him why.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 04, 2014 04:09 AM (V70Uh)

126 McD's is abanonding Crimea but I assume they still have operations in Russia no? So this is not exactly a political statement (although offering to relocate staff might be.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:10 AM (HDwDg)

127 jwest must be really craving attention because this trolling is dumber than usual.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 04:10 AM (Pluhu)

128 Because the data they are gathering is already showing Hillery isn't going to cut it. Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2014 07:20 AM (BeSEI) Yahoo! Is already giving her free advertising with a homepage headline about her saying "The double standard is alive and well". So she appears to plan on crying 'sexism' whether she wins the primaries or not. Evil hag.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2014 04:10 AM (GDulk)

129 This is kinda cool:  Skydiver narrowly missed by meteorite - caught on video:

http://tinyurl.com/qgr9xnn


You may not understand what they're saying because (little known fact) they seemingly speak Austrian in Norway.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 04, 2014 04:10 AM (BZAd3)

130 Burt - Same here re touchpad. For emergency use only, kind of like a mini inflatable spare tire.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 04:11 AM (aDwsi)

131 Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 08:02 AM (Pluhu) Thankfully, the Indians are on pace to wi. 100+ games so it'll all turn out just fine.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 04:11 AM (F58x4)

132 129 Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 08:10 AM (Pluhu) Reality has passed JWest by.... his entire time here he has been arguing we need to outdonk the donks on idiocy.... we're way past it baby.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:11 AM (TE35l)

133 Call it shallow or something but don't plan to watch the new Captain America.  For one thing the rampant cynicism in the trailer, sorry I go to movies a lot of times to escape that.

And Robert Redford is in it.  His dessicated arroyo grooved face makes me loose appetite.  Hugo Weaving needed to make up to look like the Red Skull.  Redford does not.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:12 AM (1cFNy)

134 Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 08:09 AM (TE35l) Like I said, looks like we'll see on #2. I'm not disagreeing with you there since I haven't even seen the movie.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 04:12 AM (HLprW)

135 On my wife's laptop F5 shuts off the touchpad. Brilliant move, Toshiba. Can you remap the function keys?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 04:12 AM (YIZv0)

136 Yahoo! Is already giving her free advertising with a homepage headline about her saying "The double standard is alive and well". So she appears to plan on crying 'sexism' whether she wins the primaries or not. Evil hag. Posted by: Polliwog ------------- I dumped Yahoo as a start-up page. Use anything else. Drudge, for instance.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 04:12 AM (aDwsi)

137 Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 04, 2014 08:10 AM (BZAd3) Very cool. Amazing to be able to get a picture like that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2014 04:13 AM (GDulk)

138 Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 08:05 AM (HLprW)

I'm betting that they've forgotten about the Hydra Skateboard Commandos... yeah, I had that comic once upon a time.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 04:13 AM (lJaja)

139 In space, nobody can hear you scream. More so if you are a mime.

Posted by: S. Muldoon, president United Mime Workers local #555 at April 04, 2014 04:13 AM (L24zA)

140
Good news, every Juan!:

Enrollment by Latinos in California's healthcare insurance exchange surged in the final month of sign-ups after an intensive push to reach that key population. Latino sign-ups made up about 36% of the March enrollments — compared with around 18% of those in October, November and December. Overall, about 252,000 Latinos had signed up through Covered California — making up more than a quarter of the total.

LATimes



On a completely unrelated note, it was reveled earlier this year that Covered California was automatically giving everyone who "qualified" for MediCal "temporary" coverage because they couldn't actually determine who was eligible and who was not.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 04, 2014 04:13 AM (kdS6q)

141 >>> By underpaying them, it insures the jobs only attract two types of people: Those who are millionaires and who don't give a shit about the money and those who, because of their abilities, could never make that much in the private sector. I would much prefer someone who has worked hard and succeeded at life and will serve his country for a few years. Contrast two Massachusetts governors: Romney didn't draw a salary; Deval Patrick came into office leveraged to his eyeballs.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:13 AM (Ua6T/)

142 136 Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 08:12 AM (HLprW) We had a free screening here on post last Saturday... of course the 10077 Family was in Myrtle Beach... the GIs liked it for the most part. It'd be a damn shame if Horrywood could make films whose message was entertainment first.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:14 AM (TE35l)

143 Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 08:12 AM (aDwsi) I did a couple of years ago and went to Bing. Unfortunately I already had a couple of e-mail accounts there and I don't want to change them (have to print new business cards if I do) so I'm still stuck seeing the idiocy a couple of times a day.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2014 04:15 AM (GDulk)

144 115 -

FX seems to be showing  what I assume is the first Captain America  movie  all the time right now,  so I catch bits and pieces of it. 

Agent Smith wearing a red  Halloween  mask,  Hollywood handsome hunk  going around all morose  and stuff...

No thanks. 

However, I never got into the comic book craze, so I'm not really their audience,  but I'm so tired of the same played out story lines from all these superhero movies.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2014 04:15 AM (BeSEI)

145 News you can use:

"A Scientific Approach to Minimizing Bacon Shrinkage"

http://bit.ly/1k78LFn

Good Morning everyone!

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 04:16 AM (OtQXp)

146 President Bush. Love the guy. Awww.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 04, 2014 04:16 AM (7ObY1)

147 "Not only do we have Lieawatha Warren revvin' up for the presidency, but also Devil Patrick, our very own Choom Boy II. Check him out! He has all the credentials -- and more -- from absurd incompetence to PhD-level excuse-making to become the next Democrat Dreamboat."

I have a longstanding marker down that the Obama machine will try to maneuver Patrick in as an Obama successor. Whether that happens in 2016 or 2020 is an open question still.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 04:16 AM (noWW6)

148 135 Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 08:12 AM (1cFNy) Yeah Bob Redfern is on my "fuck you" list...but Lad10077 loves Cap'n Yankee and truth be told the marvel films are mostly agnostic.... but I'll need a double dose of Canola Oil shot directly into my veins if they get their full commie on.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:16 AM (TE35l)

149 26 Just saw Jim Moran giving a speech saying congress was underpaid and needed a raise.... Posted by: Owlpellets at April 04, 2014 07:16 AM (QsToz) What a way to start the morning. No coffee and BP is rising. Ahhh. That's better. Two GSDs you don't want to F with. http://tinyurl.com/ndq4kjj

Posted by: RWC at April 04, 2014 04:16 AM (fWAjv)

150 An allied submarine makes its way through an underwater mime field in "Run Silent, Run Deep" coming soon to a theater near you.

Posted by: S. Muldoon, president United Mime Workers local #555 at April 04, 2014 04:16 AM (52Rhl)

151

@36  BurtTC

 

My sources say the same.  The Clintons have made too many enemies, so the money will flow elsewhere, plus she isn't presentable due to zero charisma and it looks like she has health issues.  She will run, but won't survive the primaries.

Posted by: Random Guy at April 04, 2014 04:17 AM (0cBHN)

152 Uninstalled firefox, for whatever good that does...encourage others to do the same.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 04, 2014 04:18 AM (AxE3L)

153 Deval Patrick came into office leveraged to his eyeballs. Posted by: fluffy ----------------------- Ah. The Patrick Cannon (ex-mayor, now in handcuffs, of Charlotte) gambit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 04:18 AM (aDwsi)

154

I would like to share my stupidity with the Horde:

 

 

This morning, I spent about four minutes at six different turnstiles in the Metro.  My card wouldn't scan for anything.  It's Friday.  I don't need to deal with this nonsense...

 

 

Finally, one of the employees said, 'Sir, try using your metro card instead of your government ID.'

 

 

So much fail.  Fuck this shit in particular.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 04:18 AM (fwARV)

155 Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 08:09 AM (TE35l) SHIELD is a giant secret government agency with tons of money and no oversight. If they go corrupt, it's hardly anti-right wing. Indeed, it's more akin to the NSA scandal than anything IMHO.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:18 AM (HDwDg)

156 Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 08:09 AM (aDwsi) From your link: "Reconciling Ministries Network is committed to policy change and the creation of long-term solutions and practices that create full inclusion in The United Methodist Church and our broader society. RMN works for full equality in membership, ordination, and marriage for GodÂ’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender children." Okay.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 04, 2014 04:18 AM (oMKp3)

157 Considering how lackluster the first Captain America movie was, I have little interest in this one.

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

158 an example of the leftoid Occutard Vibe I'm getting..... I read scripts. Captain America: I thought the punishment usually came after the crime. Nick Fury: S.H.I.E.L.D. protects the world as it is. Not as weÂ’d like it to be. Captain America: This isnÂ’t freedom. This is fear.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:19 AM (TE35l)

159 I hope the Dem primaries are a bloody and painful free for all.

Posted by: votermom at April 04, 2014 04:19 AM (GSIDW)

160 On topic:  The dems don't run Hillary!, they run Corey Booker.  They're not putting that race card away for anything.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 04:19 AM (fwARV)

161

Congressmen, senators, the VP and the president are underpaid.

 

And yet, somehow, they all end up  millionaires, either through insider trading or generous *coff* gifts by people seeking to influence the nickelfuckers.  If you honestly think assholes like Sheila Jackson-Lee are underpaid, you're even stupider than that paste-swilling numbnuts Biden.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 04, 2014 04:19 AM (zF6Iw)

162 Time out... my ninja-kitteh, Anko-hime wants smuggles.

(One handed typing is a pain...)

Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 04:20 AM (lJaja)

163 157 tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 08:18 AM (HDwDg) Sorta.... Like I said with my quote above... they use "the NSA bullshit" to "attack the world that is".... the GOP is not in the "world destroying" business is it? The Donkey party is.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:20 AM (TE35l)

164 Dropped Firefox. On to Google Chrome for now. Small acts of economic rebellion. It's all we can do.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 04, 2014 04:21 AM (7ObY1)

165 Does Slick really want Rodham to run?  If, God forbid, she won he'd have to live with her in the White House instead of hanging out with pron "actresses" looking like Bob Barker with multiple undiagnosed STDs.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 04:21 AM (Pluhu)

166 I used Yahoo as my start page for a long time. Started around 94 I think. They used to post news from a pretty good spread of sources. Then they got their own news staff and news coverage took a sharp left turn. Dumped them around '09 finally.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 04:21 AM (HLprW)

167 >>> I have a longstanding marker down that the Obama machine will try to maneuver Patrick in as an Obama successor. I can see that happening. Axelrod was Patrick's chief snake oil salesman. Don't see it succeeding, though. Deval Patrick sounds a bit like Pee Wee Herman.

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

168 Argh, time to get  ready for work...

Everybody give jwest a good working over while I'm gone.  I'll be back later to check on your  progress. 

Posted by: BurtTC at April 04, 2014 04:21 AM (BeSEI)

169 So much fail. Fuck this shit in particular. Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 08:18 AM (fwARV) Ha. Probably even had the tourists cursing you.

Posted by: RWC at April 04, 2014 04:22 AM (fWAjv)

170 If I could put mime in a bottle.. -------------- Cut it out Muldoon. It's too early for bad puns. Caffeine ratio isn't right yet.

Posted by: Jim Croce at April 04, 2014 04:22 AM (aDwsi)

171 Good Morning everyone! Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 08:16 AM (OtQXp) What remarkably bad "science." By measuring length he misses the fact that skillet cooked back deforms a lot. It's hard to tell if it's "shrunk" or mere "twisted." Oven baking bacon has been known for quite a while to make flatter bacon (because the fat comes out differently.) That may be at play here more than anything.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:22 AM (HDwDg)

172 "Enrollment by Latinos in California's healthcare insurance exchange surged in the final month of sign-ups after an intensive push to reach that key population."

I understand that Univision and Telemundo absolutely had the pedal to the metal, all Obamacare all the time. Essentially "news" that was one huge in-kind campaign contribution to the Democratic Party.

Hey, everyone, sing it with me! "Natural conservatives with strong family values."

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 04:22 AM (noWW6)

173 Tolerance pushed out the Mozilla CEO!!! A Victory!!!

Posted by: Jay in PA at April 04, 2014 04:23 AM (7T0u2)

174 (One handed typing is a pain...) Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 08:20 AM (lJaja) We agree!

Posted by: 98.7% of the Horde at April 04, 2014 04:23 AM (fWAjv)

175 Washngton Nearsider, sounds like a good day not to build the B-17G or you might find an R-1820 glued upside down.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:23 AM (1cFNy)

176

Sven, I dunno...Hollyweird has never really shied away from having Nazis as the bad guys who we must destroy and enjoy doing so...

 

Heck, they even substitute Nazis in movies where they didn't exist in the book.  Wasn't there a Tom Clancy book where the antagonists were a middle eastern terrorist organization but in the movie they morphed into Nazis?

 

In the first Captain America movie I didn't see what you saw, but admittedly I wasn't looking for it.  I'll rewatch it this weekend.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 04, 2014 04:24 AM (PFy0L)

177 I gotta dump Chrome soon. I'm getting fed up with google's rather deep-delving spyware.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 04, 2014 04:24 AM (HLprW)

178 162 On topic: The dems don't run Hillary!, they run Corey Booker. They're not putting that race card away for anything. -- Cory Booker could win. That fraud is too likeable and charismatic. Tsk.

Posted by: votermom at April 04, 2014 04:24 AM (GSIDW)

179 Cut it out Muldoon. It's too early for bad puns. Caffeine ratio isn't right yet. Posted by: Jim Croce at April 04, 2014 08:22 AM (aDwsi) So the mime jokes should be silenced?

Posted by: RWC at April 04, 2014 04:24 AM (fWAjv)

180 #113

That should only happen in conjunction with the FN key. Usually that key will have a different font color and the function key will have symbols in the same color indicating the connected operations, like adjusting the backlight brightness of the display or speaker volume.

If you're getting FN operations instead of Refresh from pressing F5 by itself, you need to check whether the FN key has gotten locked or stuck. I've seen a fair number of laptops where the key was stuck because the user tended to rest their hand there instead of lower down.

Posted by: Epobirs at April 04, 2014 04:25 AM (bPxS6)

181 >> An allied submarine makes its way through an underwater mime field...
 
Well, if I had any mimes that's where I'd store them too.
 
>> If you honestly think assholes like Sheila Jackson-Lee are underpaid, you're even stupider than that paste-swilling numbnuts Biden.
 
Nice throat punch.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 04, 2014 04:25 AM (cHZB7)

182 Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 08:19 AM (fwARV) Booker? I'd have thought NFW on Booker. His best twitter buddy is a stripper/escort in Portland. While that didn't raise eyebrows in New Jersey it might provoke some murmurs elsewhere around the country. Also, he left Newark in worse shape than in its Sharpe James days. He's a loser who has reached his maximum job potential in the Senate, or so I would have guessed.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 04:25 AM (F58x4)

183 I gotta dump Chrome soon. I'm getting fed up with google's rather deep-delving spyware. Posted by: Burn ------------- Yeah. I'm going to Opera, today.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 04, 2014 04:25 AM (aDwsi)

184 >>> And yet, somehow, they all end up millionaires, either through insider trading The guy that cleans the toilet at financial institutions has to deal with stricter compliance than members of Congress.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:25 AM (Ua6T/)

185 "Does Slick really want Rodham to run? If, God forbid, she won he'd have to live with her in the White House instead of hanging out with pron 'actresses' looking like Bob Barker with multiple undiagnosed STDs."

Billy Jeff has been up to a lot worse than hanging out with said "actresses". At least they're consenting adults.

Go look up the stories about Epstein's private island. The one with the underaged girls who alleged they had been held against their will and forced to "service" Epstein's guests. Bill Clinton was a visitor on multiple occasions.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 04:26 AM (noWW6)

186 178 @JohnTant at April 04, 2014 08:24 AM (PFy0L) I didn't see him nail a lot of Wehrmacht and I don't recall seeing a lot of Nazi symbols much... yes yes Hydra... anyway I own it in 3d and gave it out as a party favor... like I said Marvel is far from the most malignant form of the Horrywood cancer...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:26 AM (TE35l)

187 Why are people not repulsed by the Vikings? All they do is invade, raid, rape, pillage, burn and kill. In a thousand years are we going to be praising the nazis??

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 04:26 AM (vFh9Q)

188

http://tinyurl.com/daocl5

 

 

 

 

 

 

A  cartoon  that  made  me  laugh  at  first  then  go  h'mmm.  Sign  of  the  times,  I  guess.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 04, 2014 04:26 AM (rXcBX)

189

 Probably even had the tourists cursing you.

 

 

Posted by: RWC at April 04, 2014 08:22 AM (fWAjv)

 

 

Yeah.  Probably.  Though it was a bit early for them.  The irony is, I (internally) lose my SHIT at the tourists on the escalators.  My train is on the platform, I'm on the escalator.  They instantly form a shield wall fourteen people deep.

 

STAND RIGHT, WALK LEFT, SHITHEADS!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 04:26 AM (fwARV)

190 Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 08:20 AM (TE35l) Indeed, and the Donkey party is in the world destroying business by using fear to do so. Consider: EPA. The right is on the side of freedom. I'm not saying the movie go crazy. I'm saying, I get an entirely different vibe from that. (As for "the world as it is" part. Seems to me that's the cry of leftists everwhere who want "MOAR LAWS" to stop "human nature."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:27 AM (HDwDg)

191 I hope all are well. Today I will see my doctor, and hope to hire a decent attorney. FML

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 04:27 AM (b96D1)

192 Sum of All Fears completely butchered the book.  Nuclear device detonating in an American city was the only thing linking movie to book except some guy named Jack Ryan in it.  Everything else was changed starting with the Muslim terrorists turning into bad operators from a failed Soviet Union.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:27 AM (1cFNy)

193

I don't understand why Moran thinks Congress is underpaid.  Why doesn't he just go to his "contributors" and solicit more bribe money to make up the difference?

 

 

(Joke shamelessly stolen from Tucker Carlson...yeah yeah, but it was funny).

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

194 "He's a loser who has reached his maximum job potential in the Senate, or so I would have guessed."

However, it's Joisey, so Booker will be in the Senate until he's as old as the recently departed Frank Lautenberg. Hooray.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 04:27 AM (noWW6)

195 189 Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 08:26 AM (vFh9Q) That was the world they lived in. Add in that they're my ancestors and evidently ancestor worship is the new second state religion ala NAALCP and there you have it. The world is moving a lot more towards the Vikings than the ww2 Allies friend.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 04:28 AM (TE35l)

196 >>> Cory Booker could win. That fraud is too likeable and charismatic. I love the guy! ** sniff **

Posted by: T Bone at April 04, 2014 04:28 AM (Ua6T/)

197
Per First Things, the exposed donor list was the result of a leaked copy of the tax return of a pro marriage group in 2012 by someone in the IRS to a gay advocacy group.....But if First Things has it right, then the whole Eich thoughtcrime is even worse than reported here yesterday.

Posted by: GnuBreed




First Things doesn't have it right.  There's a public discloser law in California for state political donations. That's how Team Hissfit got the dox.

There was a lawsuit by Prop 8 donors trying to keep their list confidential because they were concerned their info would be used against them, like trying to get them fired or something.

Silly donors. Could you imaging that happening in America?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 04, 2014 04:28 AM (kdS6q)

198 The underlying problem with switching web browsers, at least for me, is that I have addons to ff that are found in no other browser.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 04, 2014 04:29 AM (gvWL9)

199 Y'all have a good weekend. I'm going to take a break from the news today.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at April 04, 2014 04:29 AM (jlm/B)

200 I ran into something called epic privacy browser on twitter yesterday. Sounds interesting. Here's what wiki says: Epic is a privacy-centric web browser developed by Hidden Reflex and based on Chromium source code.[3] It is dubbed as the first web browser from India.[4][5]

Posted by: votermom at April 04, 2014 04:29 AM (j0PEs)

201 "Wasn't there a Tom Clancy book where the antagonists were a middle eastern terrorist organization but in the movie they morphed into Nazis? " The Sum of all Fears. Wonderful book. Shitty film.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 04, 2014 04:29 AM (V70Uh)

202 One handed typing is a pain...) Posted by: CPT. Charles at April 04, 2014 08:20 AM (lJaja) We agree! Typing, clicking, & scrolling while fapping? Easy peasy!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 04:29 AM (YIZv0)

203 I think we just might need to find a different challenger to McConnell. *cluck cluck*

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

204 #63 had to drive home in it from daughter's house, where I was babysitting. Grandson's game called on account of lightning. Didn't get an appreciable amount of rain, but it's a beautiful morning. Can't complain.

Posted by: Sal at April 04, 2014 04:29 AM (2v393)

205

http://tinyurl.com/mcr8bwc

 

 

 

 

Morning  come  too  early,  must  have  more  coffee.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 04, 2014 04:29 AM (rXcBX)

206 I think Muldoon has gone a mime too far.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:29 AM (1cFNy)

207 Don't see it succeeding, though. Deval Patrick sounds a bit like Pee Wee Herman.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 08:21 AM (Ua6T/)



Coupe Deval's father was jazz saxophonist Laurdine "Pat" Patrick who was absent most of the time by being on the road with the Sun Ra Arkestra.  He was quite good at what he did which unfortunately has almost no appeal to a wide audience.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 04:30 AM (Pluhu)

208 Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 08:27 AM (b96D1) I prayed for you last night. Hang in there.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 04, 2014 04:30 AM (oMKp3)

209

@Sven:

 

I didn't see him nail a lot of Wehrmacht and I don't recall seeing a lot of Nazi symbols much...

 


yes yes Hydra...

 

 

---------

 

Well, in fairness it wasn't a long movie and couldn't show everything that happened in the comic series up to the point of Cap getting the deep freeze.  But again, it's been some time since I've seen the movie...I'll check it out.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 04, 2014 04:31 AM (PFy0L)

210 /

Posted by: spypeach at April 04, 2014 04:31 AM (10H0T)

211 Unemployment rate stays the same. Jobs plus 192,000.

Posted by: Buckeye Katie at April 04, 2014 04:31 AM (1M/xn)

212 Okay...

If true she gets audited and dropped in a jail cell in 5, 4, 3 ...

http://tinyurl.com/q4n5wv3

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:31 AM (1cFNy)

213

Why are people not repulsed by the Vikings? All they do is invade, raid, rape, pillage, burn and kill. In a thousand years are we going to be praising the nazis??

 

 

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 08:26 AM (vFh9Q)

 

And they were the first people to grant equal rights to women, changed sea navigation forever and opened trade with the Chinese and Persians through the Russians (international relations!).

 

When you realize that nearly every account of the Vikings you read was written by Christians who damned to hell everything pagan, you start to expand your search area.  Most of what you think about Vikings is crap, and your comparison to the Nazis is disgusting.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 04:31 AM (fwARV)

214 Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 04, 2014 08:30 AM (oGrEy) How's the crisp? I like my bacon crispy. I used to do the Alton Brown method which was to put the bacon on a broiler pan in a cold oven and bring the oven to 425 and then cook for 10 minutes. But it's too much of a PITA if I have more than one pan of bacon to make.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:32 AM (HDwDg)

215 >>> Why are people not repulsed by the Vikings? All they do is invade, raid, rape, pillage, burn and kill. You think some remote fishing village has enough silver worth stealing? Grab up a couple dozen healthy bodies and sell them to the Moors as slaves. That's where the gold is.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:32 AM (Ua6T/)

216 STAND RIGHT, WALK LEFT, SHITHEADS! Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 08:26 AM (fwARV) Preaching to the choir. Fantasies about kicking them down the escalator abound.

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

217

Fantasies about kicking them down the escalator abound.

 

 

Posted by: RWC at April 04, 2014 08:34 AM (fWAjv)

 

 

So many swear words. 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 04:35 AM (fwARV)

218 The irony is, I (internally) lose my SHIT at the tourists on the escalators. My train is on the platform, I'm on the escalator. They instantly form a shield wall fourteen people deep.

STAND RIGHT, WALK LEFT, SHITHEADS!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 08:26 AM (fwARV)
===========

Indeed- "If it's Tourist Season, why can't we shoot them?"

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 04:35 AM (OtQXp)

219 Thank you, grammie. I will just do one day at a time. That's all I think I can do at this point. My elderly mother insisted, and drove 18 hours through the night and got here this morning. There's not much she can do, but at least I'm not alone.

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 04:35 AM (b96D1)

220 Hollywood hates me, and wishes I was dead or in a camp. Not. One. Effing. Nickel.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 04, 2014 04:36 AM (gUoN4)

221 When you realize that nearly every account of the Vikings you read was written by Christians who damned to hell everything pagan, you start to expand your search area. Most of what you think about Vikings is crap, and your comparison to the Nazis is disgusting. Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 08:31 AM (fwARV) I find your defense of the vikings disgusting.

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 04:36 AM (vFh9Q)

222

Why are people not repulsed by the Vikings? All they do is invade, raid, rape, pillage, burn and kill.

 

Why are people not repulsed by Democrats?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 04, 2014 04:36 AM (zF6Iw)

223 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 04, 2014 08:28 AM (kdS6q)
 
I knew I had read that explanation yesterday here. It was not ace that made that point though, as I corrected in a later post this am.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 04, 2014 04:36 AM (cHZB7)

224 "Unemployment rate stays the same. Jobs plus 192,000."

I haven't looked at the figures yet, but in general, anything in that range is not far above stall speed.

In order to get the great masses of unemployed and underemployed Americans back on their feet, the country needs to be cranking out 400K or more jobs a month.

So: continued stagflation.

Also, the internals on the job numbers have been consistently horrible in terms of the proportion of part-time to full-time jobs. Watch that like a hawk.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 04:36 AM (noWW6)

225 The underlying problem with switching web browsers, at least for me, is that I have addons to ff that are found in no other browser. Any one know where in the FF/Mozilla file on your pc where it stores all of your links?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 04:38 AM (YIZv0)

226 Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 08:30 AM (Pluhu) =================== Seriously, Patricks old man played with Sun Ra? There had to be some serious drug abuse in that band. What other explanation could there be?

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 04:38 AM (0Pvno)

227 Washington Nearsider, sounds like someone is asking to be invaded and pillaged by shield maidens.  Followed by no Valkyries for them.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:38 AM (1cFNy)

228 Go look up the stories about Epstein's private island. The one with the underaged girls who alleged they had been held against their will and forced to "service" Epstein's guests. Bill Clinton was a visitor on multiple occasions.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 08:26 AM (noWW6)



Holy shit; I had no idea....  You know, if we had a real opposition party, rather than a bunch of fuckheads like Barbara Bush acting like Slick is some playful scamp instead of a goddamn predator, that pile of shit would either be in jail or exiled in some shithole with no extradition agreements.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 04:39 AM (Pluhu)

229 I don't believe a single statistic that comes from this administration. From Obamacare enrollment numbers to BLS unemployment numbers, it's all lies.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 04, 2014 04:39 AM (V70Uh)

230

Unemployment rate stays the same. Jobs plus 192,000

 

 

 

 

 

That's  roll  off  on  the  back  end.  The  government  liars  don't  count  you  as  unemployed  when  your  benefits  run  out.  That's  the  rate  stays  the  same.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (rXcBX)

231 April 4, 2014: I am on the same side of an issue as Andrew Sullivan. I hit this point with Gleen a few months ago. Everything is spinning out of control.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (659DL)

232 Someone should do a Hostage Rescue Operation of a bunch of Ronald McDonald's with commando gear evacuating a buch of restaurant workers from a nondescript building.....could be funny.

Remember the cover of "Guts" at the end of "Stripes" with "Ziskey rates the Russians: their pussies".  Something along those lines.

Posted by: Paladin at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (YNPwP)

233 "Any one know where in the FF/Mozilla file on your pc where it stores all of your links?"

Bookmarks can be exported as an HTML file. Other browsers may or may not be able to take that file and incorporate it smoothly. Check first.

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

234

I find your defense of the vikings disgusting.

 

 

Posted by: Fistin Pug at April 04, 2014 08:36 AM (vFh9Q)

 

The more you educate yourself, the more that sentiment will shift.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (fwARV)

235 I learned this method from a pro who had to cook a couple hundred slices each and every morning. Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 04, 2014 08:37 AM (oGrEy) You know Christie's personal chef?

Posted by: RWC at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (fWAjv)

236 Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 08:36 AM (noWW6) I don't have to watch it like a hawk. I am my own evidence. Don't forget BTW that we're in for a spike in the next few months as all the suckers students begin to graduate from college and can't find work as well. 192k jobs/month won't come close to supporting them, I don't even think that's above replacement. There is no recovery here.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (HDwDg)

237 "Why are people not repulsed by Democrats?" This is true. It's a real imponderable.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (0Pvno)

238 I find your toes disgusting.

Posted by: Dick Morris at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (H4aQb)

239 'Cause I have wandered through this world
And as each moment has unfurled
I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams
People go just where they will
I never noticed them until I got this feeling
That it's later than it seems

Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 04, 2014 04:40 AM (3ZtZW)

240 I think probably having monasteries pillaged and burnt, monks killed, nuns and local citizens raped and sold into slavery probably put on a damper on the enthusiasm for Christian writers about Vikings. Did they do some good and interesting things? Was their culture interesting? Of course, but let's not pretend they were entirely heroic folks anymore than all the Christians were. They were not anything like Nazis however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 04:41 AM (XyM/Y)

241 >>> Any one know where in the FF/Mozilla file on your pc where it stores all of your links? I would expect that you can export your links to a file.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:41 AM (Ua6T/)

242 Just installed Comodo Dragon browser.  Just like Firefox so far.  Seems to work fine.  Didn't import favorites or bookmarks, but no biggie.  I can move them over. 

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 04, 2014 04:41 AM (BZAd3)

243 In fact, if the experiment proved anything, it's that to minimize bacon shrinkage, you should cook your bacon in the oven.

On a cookie tray, with parchment paper. If you choose your bacon carefully, and it has a high percentage of meat to fat, there is almost zero grease to deal with. I cook on middle shelf @ 350 for ten minutes, flip, then cook for another ten. Perfect bacon, every time. Very little shrinkage.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 04, 2014 08:30 AM (oGrEy)
========

I've read that in several places now.  Does the parchment really keep the grease down? De-greasing the oven is not one of my favorite chores...

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 04:41 AM (OtQXp)

244 Why are people not repulsed by the Vikings? Adrian Peterson.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 04, 2014 04:42 AM (659DL)

245

They were not anything like Nazis however.

 

 

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 08:41 AM (XyM/Y)

 

 

And that's the only point I was trying to drive home.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 04:42 AM (fwARV)

246 Yes, it's in the Enquirer, through the Daily Mail, you know who else is a friend of Epstein, the Perky Katie, then again after that 'Elaine' stint on the dancefloor, well it's not a surprise is it,

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at April 04, 2014 04:42 AM (VYGs9)

247 And the reason why the Vikings went roving out to sea in the first place was the loss of farmland due to Climate Change?  Funny that.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:42 AM (1cFNy)

248 Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 08:40 AM (noWW6) Most browsers have an import bookmark function , usually shows up at install but is available post-install as well. Still playing with Opera 20 &&&

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 04, 2014 04:43 AM (o3MSL)

249 >>Just checking in to make sure the rest of the DFW Morons are ok after that nasty weather last night. It went mostly to the north of us, but it was darn loud and bright at 1am and at 3am. Gack. Checked the tv station's web site to see how many lost power (4000 in the ArkLaTex) and found this headline, which I don't want to click: >>Mummified bodies of identical twins, 63, found in living room recliners Don't know if it's local or not.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 04, 2014 04:44 AM (SUKHu)

250 Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 08:41 AM (OtQXp) Self-cleaning oven FTW! (It's also got a steam clean feature where I throw some water in it and then engage that function. Helps keep it under control.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:44 AM (HDwDg)

251 "I don't believe a single statistic that comes from this administration. From Obamacare enrollment numbers to BLS unemployment numbers, it's all lies."

Have you noticed that the Department of the Navy is now counting hospital ships and auxiliaries as "warships" to disguise the frightening shrinkage in the Navy under Obama?

Yep. They did that.

Meanwhile, the "opposition" party haven't said a damned thing.

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

252 Seriously, Patricks old man played with Sun Ra? There had to be some serious drug abuse in that band. What other explanation could there be?

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 08:38 AM (0Pvno)



Sun Ra was very nutty but I don't think drugs were the reason.  He was extremely well read but exhibited the perils of an autodidact in not understanding contextually what he was reading (ie. he read everything to validate him being from outer space).  He was also an extremely original keyboard player and composer; and ran a very tight ship as far as practice and performance went.  I probably saw the group at least a half dozen times and enjoyed them very much; although the first time was in the 70s when he was really laying on the weird synthesizer sounds and my tastes were more for rock and the experience left me very confused.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 04:45 AM (Pluhu)

253 >>> Did they do some good and interesting things? Was their culture interesting? Skandi explorers did plenty of trading and settling, but spread lots of misery, as well. "God save us from the North Men" Every Scandinavian flag is a cross on a plain field.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:46 AM (Ua6T/)

254 Watching the Vikings, for me, is like that definition of adventure: horrible things happening to other people far away. I've always been fascinated by history and culture. And Lagertha is awesome. What actually turned me off after two episodes was The Americans. Couldn't root for any of the characters.

Posted by: votermom at April 04, 2014 04:46 AM (GSIDW)

255 On a cookie tray, with parchment paper. If you choose your bacon carefully, and it has a high percentage of meat to fat, there is almost zero grease to deal with. I cook on middle shelf @ 350 for ten minutes, flip, then cook for another ten. Perfect bacon, every time. Very little shrinkage. Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 04, 2014 08:30 AM (oGrEy) That's always how I cook it...except I use foil instead of parchment paper. Mmmmm....

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 04:46 AM (bCEmE)

256 Mama AJ that storm is over the Jackson metro area right now.  Looks like a funnel of red, yellow, and green on the radar.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:47 AM (1cFNy)

257 This is something. The Feds are crowd sourcing intelligence assessments now, which is good since the CIA couldn't figure out on a Wednesday that all those Russian troops were planning on taking Crimea two days later. Pretty cool. http://bit.ly/1ikbG82

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 04:48 AM (0Pvno)

258 Now that everyone has entered their two cents on the congressional pay question, time to do the math. How much would you, personally, need to be paid to take a congressman's job? Remember, you've got to continue paying your bills back home plus take on the expense of housing, eating and personal expenses in Washington. Also remember that you'll have to pay some income taxes on that gross figure. And, if you're married, you're going to need to see if the wife is thrilled with her new budget. Go for it.

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 04:48 AM (u2a4R)

259 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 08:47 AM (1cFNy) A uhhh "gift" from us in the Midwest to y'all. NO GIVE BACKS!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:49 AM (HDwDg)

260 Meanwhile, the "opposition" party haven't said a damned thing. Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 08:45 AM (noWW6) If only we would give them a pay raise.

Posted by: RWC at April 04, 2014 04:49 AM (fWAjv)

261 "Self-cleaning oven FTW!"

Bought one of those ovens that was self-cleaning. And which had the super duper high tech microprocessor control with digital displays and capacitive finger touch interface. Very spiff.

Finally ran a self-cleaning cycle. The heat thus generated fried the quite expensive computer brain. Brilliant design there.

Three months out of warranty, or something like that.

Back to manual cleaning.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 04:50 AM (noWW6)

262 Mama AJ that storm is over the Jackson metro area right now. Looks like a funnel of red, yellow, and green on the radar. When it passed thru N Texas, it had blue, green, yellow, orange, red, purple & black on the radar. Never saw purple & black before.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 04, 2014 04:50 AM (YIZv0)

263 :: many half-thoughts about various topics blur by :: :: despite waving arms frantically, nothing worth contributing comes fourth; I blame Seamus :: :: continues reading & lurking ::

Posted by: mindful webworker - clik4 new webwork at April 04, 2014 04:50 AM (0L1sw)

264 >>> And the reason why the Vikings went roving out to sea in the first place was the loss of farmland due to Climate Change? Funny that. Lots of migration in the middle of the first millennium. Come the Medieval Warm Period, ocean navigation went a lot further afield, making colonization of Greenland possible. There were Skandis still farming there when the Little Ice Age and the locals finally drove them out.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:50 AM (Ua6T/)

265 Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 08:50 AM (noWW6) Ooof. Aside for the smell and small amounts of smoke, I haven't had any problem self cleaning. I usually only do it once/year. Although I probably need to step that up a bit.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:51 AM (HDwDg)

266 Yikes, Anna. Stay safe...

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

267 More Bang less kok

Workers find a WWII bomb, take it to scrapyard, think its disarmed, and cut into it with a blowtorch.  With predictable results.

This is CNN - http://tinyurl.com/pkntkkj

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:52 AM (1cFNy)

268 And $25,000 voucher for every child a member of congress has. Hell make it grandchildren too!

Posted by: Joost at April 04, 2014 04:52 AM (Aif/5)

269 Cliff notes version of GilaGuy story?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 04, 2014 04:53 AM (b2cFu)

270 Have you noticed that the Department of the Navy is now counting hospital ships and auxiliaries as "warships" to disguise the frightening shrinkage in the Navy under Obama?

Yep. They did that.

Meanwhile, the "opposition" party haven't said a damned thing.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 08:45 AM (noWW6)


They probably won't believe us, but we will be able to tell our grand kids  that we were great once, right before we tell them how surprising fast the decline seemed to happen.

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

271 If a congressman is bitching about his job maybe he should look elsewhere for work.  Maybe Turdistan needs congressmen.

Posted by: Case at April 04, 2014 04:53 AM (tjj0w)

272 118 Congressmen, senators, the VP and the president are underpaid. By underpaying them, it insures the jobs only attract two types of people: Those who are millionaires and who don't give a shit about the money and those who, because of their abilities, could never make that much in the private sector. Who wins using paycheck envy to keep these salaries at such a low level? The shitheads that hold these jobs now. Every nickle we save in salaries costs us a few hundred million in the federal budget. Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 08:07 AM (u2a4R) Sorry. That's utter bullshit.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 04, 2014 04:53 AM (+5b9y)

273 More Bang less kok  Workers find a WWII bomb, take it to scrapyard, think its disarmed, and cut into it with a blowtorch. With predictable results.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 08:52 AM (1cFNy)


Nothing to worry about, just nature's way of adding a little chlorine to the gene pool.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at April 04, 2014 04:54 AM (JpC1K)

274 >>> How much would you, personally, need to be paid to take a congressman's job? 50K annually, plus free military style barracks. Salary penalties for failure to lower the federal debt. Pop quizzes on legislation, with salary penalties for poor performance.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:55 AM (Ua6T/)

275 A mime is a terrible thing to waste.

Posted by: Jeast at April 04, 2014 04:55 AM (I0n18)

276 Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 04, 2014 08:53 AM (b2cFu) Was notified he'd be laid off soon and then his wife of 12 years served him with divorce papers shortly afterward. Not sure about Dr./health aspect.

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

277 Can't let American Heart Association intimidate you: Bacon cooked in a cast iron pan; then drain the fat off and wipe the pan with a paper towel and cook the eggs over easy. Toast the sourdough bread in the same pan. A little blackberry jam on the toast and large cup of coffee...with real cream and not that 1/2 & 1/2 crap.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 04, 2014 04:55 AM (60Vyp)

278 "How much would you, personally, need to be paid to take a congressman's job? Remember, you've got to continue paying your bills back home plus take on the expense of housing, eating and personal expenses in Washington."

Well, actually, what has come out in multiple campaigns this year is that many D.C. pols do not in fact have a footprint "back home" any longer. Once elected, they move to the Beltway and stay there. Lock, stock and barrel. So there aren't any bills back home to be paid.

Also, many of the personal expenses incurred by members of Clowngress are heavily or completely subsidized. Down to such ridiculous minutiae as haircuts.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 04:55 AM (noWW6)

279 Morning.

I just watched the whole interview of G W Bush by his daughter at NBC.. pretty cool..

http://tinyurl.com/kmwwquq

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 04, 2014 04:55 AM (b/lt+)

280 I don't think the parchment keeps the grease down. It keeps your cookie sheets nice and clean. Also the bacon doesn't stick to the parchment that well. After the cookie sheet and parchment cool down the fat will congeal, so you just pick up the parchment, fold it over, and toss it in the trash.

Now I hate to clean an oven, and I notice that high temperatures make the bacon splatter, and at 350 degrees the splatter is pretty much non-existent.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 04, 2014 08:48 AM (oGrEy)
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Oh, OK- so the parchment goes UNDER the bacon.  I'll have to try that- Thanks!

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 04:55 AM (OtQXp)

281 @274: Was recently told I was being let go from my job at the end of June. Got served with divorce papers yesterday. Two groin kicks, back to back.

Posted by: GilaGuy who lurks at April 04, 2014 04:56 AM (b96D1)

282 I would take Vikings over modern politicians.

Vikings do tend to go away.  Politicians, not so much.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 04, 2014 04:56 AM (1cFNy)

283 Sorry. That's utter bullshit. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 04, 2014 08:53 AM (+5b9y) So you're saying that because of the generous pay we're giving now, we've attracted the best people and every dime of the federal budget is being spent prudently and productively. Right?

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 04:56 AM (u2a4R)

284 Fox's film reviewer gives the new Captain America movie 4 1/2 stars. Highly recommends it.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 04, 2014 04:56 AM (bCEmE)

285 Dump up.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 04, 2014 04:57 AM (GDulk)

286 Ouch, rough spot GilaGuy.  My sympathies.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 04, 2014 04:57 AM (b2cFu)

287 Sorry. That's utter bullshit. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 04, 2014 08:53 AM (+5b9y)

Yes, and here's why.

Because government does not respond to traditional incentives.  Never has, never will.  The "product" of government is not a material thing.  It is "equity." 

Equity is not cost effective.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at April 04, 2014 04:57 AM (JpC1K)

288 >>> Cliff notes version of GilaGuy story? Life kicked him in the stones. Notice of impending layoff followed by divorce papers.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 04:57 AM (Ua6T/)

289 Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 04, 2014 08:53 AM (+5b9y) It's certainly an oversimplification, by a long stretch. Even if we upped the salary to $1million/year, the very nature of politics right now is that it costs a lot of money to run campaigns, which tend to attract wealthy people (or people who know wealthy people.) And still would. The idea that we need to spend more on salaries to attract better technocrats is ludicrous. We need a smaller government to let spontaneous order do it's thing.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 04:57 AM (HDwDg)

290 My suggestion is for the state's to be responsible for the wages and budgets of their Federal reps. Let them decide the pay and what they'll waste, and fund it from back home.

Posted by: --- at April 04, 2014 04:58 AM (MMC8r)

291 If you're getting rid of Firefox you also considering e-mailing them so they know why you're doing so. Some poster from last night wrote a no holds barred critique of Mozilla's actions which was great. He e-mailed it to: Press@mozilla.org because he said those people hate bad press.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 04, 2014 04:59 AM (XyM/Y)

292 The president is vastly underpaid while taking multimillion dollar vacations every few months.

Posted by: Joost at April 04, 2014 04:59 AM (Aif/5)

293 "Well, actually, what has come out in multiple campaigns this year is that many D.C. pols do not in fact have a footprint "back home" any longer. Once elected, they move to the Beltway and stay there. Lock, stock and barrel. So there aren't any bills back home to be paid. Also, many of the personal expenses incurred by members of Clowngress are heavily or completely subsidized. Down to such ridiculous minutiae as haircuts." The idea around having congressmen is that they are residents of the district they represent. Sure, some move to D.C. out of necessity, but is that what we want? Also, I don't want someone representing me who is so strapped for cash that he needs to be comped haircuts.

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 04:59 AM (u2a4R)

294 Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 04, 2014 08:53 AM (BZAd3) Remember, that our intelligence agencies never predicted how rapidly the USSR would collapse. I think the same thing could happen here. My model is stock market bubbles, where the market fundamentals are basically unchanged but a sector (like internet technology) collapses overnight. We know darn well the S is going to HTF, but we keep hoping it won't be today!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 04, 2014 04:59 AM (o3MSL)

295 274 Cliff notes version of GilaGuy story?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 04, 2014 08:53 AM (b2cFu)

 

Basically he found out he's losing his job in a couple of months, and his wife served divorce papers on him the same day. 

Posted by: Insomniac at April 04, 2014 04:59 AM (DrWcr)

296 Last Friday at work today...got to turn in my badge and WFH token and then ride off into the sunset.  Had a nice lunch yesterday with the co-workers and tonight, I party with my friends.

Beware of installing Opera.  I did and it slipped a lot of malware onto my PC and some of it would not install until I bought an uninstaller app.  So if you install it, be sure that you don't let it install any special offers.  I was so nuked over the Mozilla Blackmail thing that I was not careful with the install--learn from my mistake.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at April 04, 2014 04:59 AM (kXoT0)

297 jwest needs to up his game or be forever in Moo Moo's dust.  This latest effort is really sad.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 04:59 AM (Pluhu)

298 Dumpup.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 04, 2014 05:00 AM (0HooB)

299 Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 08:07 AM (u2a4R) You've lost your mind.

Posted by: Seems legit at April 04, 2014 05:00 AM (A98Xu)

300 302 jwest needs to up his game or be forever in Moo Moo's dust. This latest effort is really sad.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 04, 2014 08:59 AM (Pluhu)

 

All he needs is a $25,000 voucher and he'll be right as rain.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 04, 2014 05:00 AM (DrWcr)

301 Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 08:55 AM (Ua6T/ Similar deal but, 40k, and I'd want some sort of travel schedule to get me back home. Nothing opulent there, maybe every other weekend while in session by some cheap (but reasonably fast) method.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 05:01 AM (HDwDg)

302 Indeed- "If it's Tourist Season, why can't we shoot them?" Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 08:35 AM (OtQXp) And they smell bad!

Posted by: Hawwy Weid, Mouthpiece of Kochtopia™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 04, 2014 05:01 AM (HsTG8)

303 And the reason why the Vikings went roving out to sea in the first place was the loss of farmland due to Climate Change? Funny that. Probably not, at least as a primarily motive - the timing doesn't actually work out right for that theory, IIRC, and there doesn't seem to be any evidence of a population boom in Scandinavia during that time. On the other hand, there was a major power struggle in Denmark that resulted in the displacement of a number of aristocratic families right before the sudden spike in raids that heralded the beginning of the Viking age, and it is likely that the raids were attempts of the losing families to restore their wealth and position. Scandinavians had been raiding each other and outsiders for centuries, it is just that the intensity picked up remarkably after 800 or so. As a matter of fact, the Saxons, Franks, et al were pulling Viking-style raids on Roman Britain back in the 3rd century.

Posted by: Grey Fox at April 04, 2014 05:01 AM (VkXUE)

304 The President makes a very generous salary and we attract shit people to that job.

Posted by: Seems legit at April 04, 2014 05:01 AM (A98Xu)

305 Equity is not cost effective. Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 04, 2014 08:57 AM (JpC1K) And from what I have seen, the "equity" always seems to favor incumbents and their sycophants.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 04, 2014 05:02 AM (o3MSL)

306 Did they do some good and interesting things? Was their culture interesting? I believe they invented tall blondes and exported them to the Midwest, for which I am grateful.

Posted by: t-bird at April 04, 2014 05:02 AM (FcR7P)

307 "The workers at the warehouse thought the bomb was no longer active so they used a metal cutter to cut into it, causing the explosion." Incredibly ignorant presumptions aside... WWII, still taking its toll....

Posted by: mindful webworker - clik4 new webwork at April 04, 2014 05:02 AM (qG1i2)

308 jwest wants to attract a better class of thieves and scoundrels.
 
If we get smarter crooks, won't they be harder to catch?

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 04, 2014 05:02 AM (cHZB7)

309

Also, I don't want someone representing me who is so strapped for cash that he needs to be comped haircuts.

 

 

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 08:59 AM (u2a4R)

 

 

John Edwards spent $400 on a single haircut.  One.  Not being able to afford that isn't 'strapped for cash,' no matter how you spin it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 04, 2014 05:03 AM (fwARV)

310 "50K annually, plus free military style barracks. Salary penalties for failure to lower the federal debt. Pop quizzes on legislation, with salary penalties for poor performance." Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 08:55 AM (Ua6T/) Just my opinion, but I doubt too many "top people" will be lining up to take that offer.

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 05:04 AM (u2a4R)

311 50K annually, plus free military style barracks. Salary penalties for failure to lower the federal debt.

Pop quizzes on legislation, with salary penalties for poor performance.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 08:55 AM (Ua6T/)
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I always thought Jackie Mason had a good solution for Congressional compensation:

"Put 'em all on commission!"  If the government runs a surplus they get a percentage, if it runs a deficit they get nothing.

I think the deficit would disappear really quickly if that were the case...

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 05:05 AM (OtQXp)

312 Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, We Be Bossy at April 04, 2014 08:59 AM (kXoT0) Sorry to hear you have had trouble with Opera. I have installed several versions of Opera over many years and have had no problems, but I always installed via download from the opera website. I just ran two AV/malware scans post the latest Opera install and came up clean. It is hard to trust anyone these days.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 04, 2014 05:05 AM (o3MSL)

313 Finally ran a self-cleaning cycle. The heat thus generated fried the quite expensive computer brain. Brilliant design there. Three months out of warranty, or something like that. Back to manual cleaning. Posted by: torquewrench at April 04, 2014 08:50 AM (noWW6) Had the same thing happen to my build-in GE Profile. The heat eventually fried the motherboard and it costs 350-ish to replace the board and about 500-ish for a new unit. I said fuck it, use the oven for storage (works great!) and bought a countertop Oster. The Oster looks nice, can do two 13" pizzas at a time (complete bonus) and does most baking better, actually. Less Kitchen heat in the summer is a big plus, too.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 04, 2014 05:06 AM (+5b9y)

314 >>> Similar deal but, 40k, and I'd want some sort of travel schedule to get me back home. Nothing opulent there, maybe every other weekend while in session by some cheap (but reasonably fast) method. Free travel to and from DC for the five month session (May-Sept). We'll also spring for Internet so you can video coference with the family.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 05:07 AM (Ua6T/)

315 "I always thought Jackie Mason had a good solution for Congressional compensation: "Put 'em all on commission!" If the government runs a surplus they get a percentage, if it runs a deficit they get nothing. I think the deficit would disappear really quickly if that were the case..." Posted by: Nighthawk at April 04, 2014 09:05 AM (OtQXp) This is the right frame of mind. Give them an incentive to save money in the federal budget instead of just relying on finding 535 people who will do the right thing out of the goodness in their hearts.

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 05:09 AM (u2a4R)

316 >>> Just my opinion, but I doubt too many "top people" will be lining up to take that offer. We manage to find volunteers for worse jobs.

Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 05:09 AM (Ua6T/)

317 Congressional salary: median income of the area or state you represent, plus travel expenses to and from home state. Housing allowance based on average rental of an apartment in Baltimore.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 04, 2014 05:09 AM (oMKp3)

318 Posted by: fluffy at April 04, 2014 09:07 AM (Ua6T/) If my wife can keep her job as well (i.e. it's not a requirement that she give it up.) That and $40k would be plenty for me . I probably wouldn't hang around too long, but that's sorta the idea is it not? Cylce through people. Jwest's problem is that (as I noted above) he assumes all we need is a better class of technocrat to run the leviathan, I reject that notion. We need to get rid of the leviathan and replace it with something less leviathan-y (eh, I ran out of cool words, sorry.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 05:11 AM (HDwDg)

319 Posted by: grammie winger at April 04, 2014 09:09 AM (oMKp3) Are you going to throw in some free government cheese?

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 05:11 AM (u2a4R)

320 Top people?  I'd settle for someone with a healthy dose of humility. 

Posted by: no good deed at April 04, 2014 05:12 AM (ILBCY)

321 The idea that we need to spend more on salaries to attract better technocrats is ludicrous. We need a smaller government to let spontaneous order do it's thing. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 08:57 AM (HDwDg) And really, who goes into politics for the money? It's all about power which is why it constantly grows. If anyone thinks their "salary" is their entire compensation (not counting under the table - *wink wink*), they're deluding themselves.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 04, 2014 05:13 AM (+5b9y)

322 Morning, Horde. So, who's the subject of our Two Minute Hate today?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 04, 2014 05:14 AM (da5Wo)

323 Posted by: grammie winger at April 04, 2014 09:09 AM (oMKp3) Heh, that would actually raise the salary I had suggested earlier (at least for this district.) But, IMHO, not a bad plan. Still, Congressmen make what $110k/year? There abouts. (They're salary alone, not all the other "perks" or "deals" or "insider trades.") Certainly more than the average American. More than some doctors even. And yet, the argument is we can't find good ones because we pay to little. No, it seems something else is at work here....

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 05:14 AM (HDwDg)

324 And really, who goes into politics for the money? It's all about power which is why it constantly grows. If anyone thinks their "salary" is their entire compensation (not counting under the table - *wink wink*), they're deluding themselves. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 04, 2014 09:13 AM (+5b9y) Oh they absolutely go into for the money. See Harry Reid (Pederast - NV). The salary they receive is just small potatoes.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 04, 2014 05:15 AM (da5Wo)

325 325 Posted by: grammie winger at April 04, 2014 09:09 AM (oMKp3) Are you going to throw in some free government cheese? Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 09:11 AM (u2a4R) Perhaps if they weren't insulated from the consequences of the financial decisions they make for everyone else, they would be more circumspect when it comes to our money.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 04, 2014 05:16 AM (oMKp3)

326 assumes all we need is a better class of technocrat to run the leviathan Shows a stunning lack of knowledge, a deliberately obtuse misunderstanding of human behavior and the corruption of concentrated power.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 04, 2014 05:17 AM (+5b9y)

327 "Jwest's problem is that (as I noted above) he assumes all we need is a better class of technocrat to run the leviathan, I reject that notion. We need to get rid of the leviathan and replace it with something less leviathan-y (eh, I ran out of cool words, sorry.) " Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 09:11 AM (HDwDg) No, jwest's problem is that he knows what we're doing now doesn't work too well and he's trying to put forth a few ideas on how to change things. As far as the "better class of technocrat" that could be partly true. I believe we need to make it feasible for someone who is a reasonably successful business owner, executive, farmer, lawyer, doctor, etc. to run for office without having to lower their standard of living. Right now, you can only attract the Sheila Jackson Lee's of the world or multi-millionaires. Those in the middle are priced out of the job. Also, I believe no one who is a representative should be in a position that they worry how to pay the bills back home and the living expenses in D.C. Let them focus on reducing the size of the government and eliminating unneeded programs.

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 05:17 AM (u2a4R)

328 Also, I believe no one who is a representative should be in a position that they worry how to pay the bills back home and the living expenses in D.C. Let them focus on reducing the size of the government and eliminating unneeded programs. And I think just the opposite. The two are interrelated.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 04, 2014 05:19 AM (oMKp3)

329 Jane Fonda, Sean Penn, Robert Redford - That is my Hollywood blacklist.  I have never seen a movie or show with Jane Fonda in it.  Stopped watching the others when I found out how anti-American they were.  So - no Capt America.

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

330 Remember - the only people exempted from insider trading laws are politicians in Washington.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 04, 2014 05:21 AM (BZAd3)

331 I like Jackie Masons idea. Commision is the way to go.

Posted by: MTF at April 04, 2014 05:22 AM (F58x4)

332 Vikings is crap, and your comparison to the Nazis is disgusting.

What? Murderous raping plunderers should not be compared to Nazis?

Silly.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at April 04, 2014 05:22 AM (IVgIK)

333 Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 09:17 AM (u2a4R) And I'm saying that oversimplifies the situation greatly anyway. Salary is hardly the only source of income for these congressmen. But the barrier to entry as it were occurs long before election. It occurs during the campaign cycle. So unless your next suggestion is to argue for government funded campaigns (complete with a salary for candidates) anything about tweaking salary is like trying put back together a shattered vase.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 05:27 AM (HDwDg)

334 "Salary is hardly the only source of income for these congressmen. But the barrier to entry as it were occurs long before election. It occurs during the campaign cycle. So unless your next suggestion is to argue for government funded campaigns (complete with a salary for candidates) anything about tweaking salary is like trying put back together a shattered vase." Unless someone is independently wealthy, their salary should be the only source of income. Yes, I have proposed changes in the campaign finance laws (for years now, the latest being yesterday) that allows unlimited contributions to the challenger and public matching for the incumbent. This would make it easier for anyone to run for an office and eliminate the need for elected officials to spend 80% of the their time trying to raise money.

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 05:34 AM (u2a4R)

335 Unless someone is independently wealthy, their salary should be the only source of income. Because congressmen don't ever give paid speeches or other things that get honorariums. You can't invest. And no business can be structured to run while it's owner is doing other things. (Some, certainly can't. All, no.) Oh and people who may actually legitimately support the incumbent can't exercise their speech rights by trying to get him elected again? (Plus, we just created more government spending.) It's oversimplification all the way down!

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 04, 2014 05:39 AM (HDwDg)

336 I screened my new movie last night at the midnight showing. Really good. I tried to find conservative bashing, but couldn't see it. Seemed more like an indictment of Obama and the NSA's overreach in recent years.

Posted by: Steve Rogers at April 04, 2014 05:46 AM (hqcwx)

337 What I'm hearing about Cap sounds more like a conflation of the Ultimates story arc with the corrupt SHIELD/Osborne arc in the mainstream arc.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at April 04, 2014 05:56 AM (XO6WW)

338 "Because congressmen don't ever give paid speeches or other things that get honorariums. You can't invest. And no business can be structured to run while it's owner is doing other things. (Some, certainly can't. All, no.) Oh and people who may actually legitimately support the incumbent can't exercise their speech rights by trying to get him elected again? (Plus, we just created more government spending.) " All these things can be adjusted as the changes are made. Right now, congessmen can invest. It just needs to be in a "blind trust" where, supposedly, they don't have control. Same with a business. As far as people who want to support an incumbent, they can do that through independent expenditure groups. Once someone is on the federal payroll, it should be a felony to solicit or accept any money from anyone.

Posted by: jwest at April 04, 2014 06:01 AM (u2a4R)

339
"Maybe Wendy Davis will toss her hat in the ring!"

The name I keep hearing among my lefty acquaintances is Fauxahontas. Which makes a weird kind of sense: running an untested, inexperienced ideologue serving a first term in the Senate, whose only assets are a photogenic smile and the fact of not being a white male, worked well for them in 2008 - so why not again?

Posted by: Brown Line at April 04, 2014 06:04 AM (VrNoa)

340 344 jwest at April 04, 2014 10:01 AM (u2a4R) Bullshit... CongressCritters are exempt from insider trading laws... good luck taking that from Reid and Schumer

Posted by: sven10077 at April 04, 2014 06:05 AM (TE35l)

341 A good column by an indignant gay-marriage supporter: "Mozilla's Gay-Marriage Litmus Test Violates Liberal Values -- The forced resignation of Brendan Eich will have a chilling effect on political discourse." (The Atlantic) http://tinyurl.com/nyo4xy7

Posted by: My Sisters' Brother at April 04, 2014 09:48 PM (XQzfU)

342 Obama has made incoherence a Presidential qualification, and thus I believe Hillary is his most qualified successor in that regard.

Same for incompetence, deceitfulness, and mendacity.  The woman is a lock!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 05, 2014 08:14 AM (qIFL7)

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