March 18, 2014

Top Headline Comments 3-18-14
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Tuesday.

NYTimes' latest piece on the Malaysian plane is that (at least) the first change in course was the result of computer input, not manual control. So all those folks who suggested that the drastic course change was the result of a struggle in the cockpit really didn't know enough to say.

The city council of Seattle has decided to kill upstart ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft to protect the taxi industry at the expense of riders.

"Nanobionic" plants. I love this sci-fi-turned-reality stuff.

Charles C.W. Cook wrote on "Handing Over the Keys to the Internet."

This, about how the presidents makes phone calls to other world leaders, was interesting.

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1 anybody here?

Posted by: Taiwan_Joe at March 18, 2014 02:49 AM (RSL2K)

2 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Tuesday, March 18, 2014.  On this day in 1963 the Supreme Court held in Gideon v. Wainwright that public defenders must be provided for indigent defendants in felony cases.  Yet another case of "made up law".

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:50 AM (T2V/1)

3 China launches a new search for the missing airliner.


http://tinyurl.com/ojs8rpp

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:50 AM (T2V/1)

4 Crony corruption at work again as States move to block electric car maker Tesla from selling direct to customers w/o going through a "dealer".


http://tinyurl.com/pdwgs82

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:50 AM (T2V/1)

5 The Malaysian flight is now being reported as diverted by programming in the on-board computer.


http://tinyurl.com/ows6zgw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:50 AM (T2V/1)

6 TV huckster gets 10 years in jail for bilking customers.  Seems kind of stiff for $30 price of a book, but the judge said this:


"He has treated federal court orders as if they were mere suggestions ... or impediments to be side-stepped, out-maneuvered or just ignored," the judge said.


Sound familiar?


http://tinyurl.com/olahtov

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

7 OK is suing the crooked Obamanites over their "sue and settle" practice of collusion with Eco-Nazis.  I suspect Holder will drag this case out for decades.


http://tinyurl.com/q9qpxbr

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

8 morning folks!

Posted by: wing at March 18, 2014 02:51 AM (dLNm7)

9 28 State AGs think they can intimidate major retailers into not selling tobacco products.


http://tinyurl.com/o2kg62m

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

10 Here's one for the 'ettes.  A British woman returns from the Cameroon jungle and finds a giant Huntsman spider crawling out of her backpack.


http://tinyurl.com/nvqq8rf

Better pic

http://tinyurl.com/3asqvnl

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:51 AM (T2V/1)

11 Putin strikes back at the Choom King.


http://tinyurl.com/jwr56el

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

12 More signs that Lindsay Graham is in trouble.  He is trying to act like a conservative on a $6M ad buy in SC.


http://tinyurl.com/pm8hhel

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

13 Racist liberal scrunts demand an explanation from Holder as to why he is not pulling the arms and legs off of mortgage lenders like flies.


http://tinyurl.com/qbabbmy

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:52 AM (T2V/1)

14 The Mooch and her extended entourage are going on yet another extended overseas vacation at taxpayer expense.   If we had an opposition Party this shit would be defunded.


http://tinyurl.com/o5grl3s

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

15 Another call saying the GOP's call for amnesty will kill the GOP.


http://tinyurl.com/q9ruwn9

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

16 Discussing marriage between a man and a woman at Stanford is deemed "hate speech".


http://tinyurl.com/nlahfrb

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

17 WaPo pushing Scankles hard.


http://tinyurl.com/nsnmum8

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

18 Purple State Dems avoided the Democrat AGW scam meeting like the plague.  But that doesn't mean they don't support the scam.


http://tinyurl.com/ptlv7wb

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

19 Thomas Sowell on Republicans tendency to cannibalize each other.


http://tinyurl.com/owlecw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

20 The VA Democrat State legislature has passed a resolution honoring a terrorist mosque.  What has happened to VA?


http://tinyurl.com/q5dbqay

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

21
The Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/qdm48mt


That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

22 Thanks, Vic. And good morning to the rest of the Horde. I hope I can finish my coffee whilst I'm being screwed. SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 18, 2014 02:58 AM (0HooB)

23 Lindsey Graham's ads keep telling me he is a conservative "who gets things done ". I keep waiting for him to tell me what exactly he has accomplished.

Posted by: Tmitsss at March 18, 2014 02:59 AM (Pa9vP)

24 The city council of Seattle....



More crony corruption.  Corruption has become common place at all levels of government.  It would not be so bad if they at lest accomplished wheat they were supposed to do.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 03:01 AM (T2V/1)

25 Heh, I thought that "how TFG makes a phone call" was the pic of him with the handset upside down. But then I realized that several of his aides would have to show him that he needs to keep the string nice and taut between the two cans if he wants to hear the other person.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 18, 2014 03:02 AM (0HooB)

26

Morning. ‘rons and ‘ronettes.

 

IÂ’m sorry about the lack of stories, but I havenÂ’t come across anything really interesting or amusing lately.  So today will be the story of two pictures.

 

First, a Lewis Morley portrait from 1963:

 

http://tinyurl.com/cw8wcq3

 

The girl in the chair is Christine Keeler, who was at the height of her fifteen minutes of fame as one of the protagonists of the infamous Profumo Affair. In 1963, a major political scandal developed in Britain due to model and call-girl Keeler’s affairs with both John Profumo, the Conservative Party’s Minister of War, and Eugene Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché.

 

“It was the very last shot on the roll,” Morley later said.  “I was walking away and turned back. She was in a perfect position and I just snapped it. I never found her sexy, though,” he concluded.  “She reminded me too much of Vera Lynn.”

 

But as the saying goes, nothing is new in the world.  Here is the actress Joan Blondell in 1932:

http://tinyurl.com/6hsm5j5

This picture was later banned under the auspices of the Hays Code, and even now it seems very risqué for the early ‘30s.  At the time of the portrait, Blondell was at the height of her career, having already appeared with James Cagney in Penny Arcade, SinnersÂ’ Holiday and The Public Enemy, and was a year away from her most famous role, that of scheming, but lovable Carol, the torch singer desperate to find a sugar daddy, in Gold Diggers of 1933.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2014 03:02 AM (zF6Iw)

27

Sorry about the formatting screw up.  Here's that last paragraph again:

 

But as the saying goes, nothing is new in the world. Here is the actress Joan Blondell in 1932:

 

http://tinyurl.com/6hsm5j5

 

This picture was later banned under the auspices of the Hays Code, and even now it seems very risqué for the early ‘30s. At the time of the portrait, Blondell was at the height of her career, having already appeared with James Cagney in Penny Arcade, Sinners’ Holiday and The Public Enemy, and was a year away from her most famous role, that of scheming, but lovable Carol, the torch singer desperate to find a sugar daddy, in Gold Diggers of 1933.

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2014 03:03 AM (zF6Iw)

28 It's over. Plane found. http://tinyurl.com/MH370-Found I would bite. Sheesh.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 03:09 AM (d0Dmj)

29 I would bite. Sheesh. Let me guess: London Boys?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 18, 2014 03:10 AM (0HooB)

30 I saw the on my YaHOOOooo headlines this morning, that famed TV pitchman gets 10 years in prison. I was so happy and excited. Then I read further that it was Kevin Trudeau and not the JEF with his ads for the ACA.

I had to put the cap back on the Jack.

Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2014 03:12 AM (igJW1)

31 I would bite. Sheesh.

Let me guess: London Boys?


Nah. Hawaii Boys. Skipper, Professor, & Gilligan. LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 03:14 AM (d0Dmj)

32 Putin strikes back at the Choom King. http://tinyurl.com/jwr56el Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 06:52 AM (T2V/1) Putin is just screwing with him now.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at March 18, 2014 03:15 AM (nj9sX)

33 I want to rent a big smokey RV bus and just drive around Seattle, and like park in front of a Starbucks and just rev the engine.

Posted by: redenzo at March 18, 2014 03:16 AM (WCnJW)

34 The VA Democrat State legislature has passed a resolution honoring a terrorist mosque. What has happened to VA?


http://tinyurl.com/q5dbqay

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 06:54 AM (T2V/1)



They've become South Maryland.  Any state dumb enough to vote McAwful for governor has shit for brains.  Not to mention Tim "Bad Hair Life" Kaine and Red "my oath to defend the state constitution is overridden by su

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2014 03:16 AM (p1764)

35 Nah. Hawaii Boys. Skipper, Professor, Gilligan. LOL Crap. No Ginger or Mary-Ann. The Five Minute Rule on links is a good one to follow around here.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 18, 2014 03:17 AM (0HooB)

36 Fucking laptop

Red "my oath to defend the state constitution is overridden by sucking Holder's cock" Herring.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2014 03:18 AM (p1764)

37 Seattle is showing the way for our new and happy life. Free market competition? Nein! Have the RSAA (Reich Security and Administration) shut them down and off to the camps with them. Long Live Germa...I mean God Bless America.

Posted by: IrishEd at March 18, 2014 03:20 AM (D0NZx)

38 "4 Crony corruption at work again as States move to block electric car maker Tesla from selling direct to customers w/o going through a "dealer".


http://tinyurl.com/pdwgs82

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 06:50 AM (T2V/1)"



It seems to me that Tesla could sell by their usual method in states with these provisions by including a "Mordita" charge for states with the dealer requirement.  The dealers don't really have to do anything but when you buy a Tesla on line, you pick which dealer will get his cut.  That allows Tesla to continue doing business the way they want, the car dealers get a fee for having political muscle and the whole process is transparent. 

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 18, 2014 03:21 AM (PD6iL)

39 "35 I want to rent a big smokey RV bus and just drive around Seattle, and like park in front of a Starbucks and just rev the engine.

Posted by: redenzo at March 18, 2014 07:16 AM (WCnJW)"



I wonder if it is possible to obtain a coal fired vehicle like the one in the "Metalocalypse" show.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 18, 2014 03:25 AM (PD6iL)

40 ... That allows Tesla to continue doing business the way they want, the car dealers get a fee for having political muscle and the whole process is transparent. Tesla can't just go through Amazon and have them deliver it? I'd like to see a drone the size of a Chinook helicopter plop one down in someone's driveway. That'd be the shiznit.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 18, 2014 03:27 AM (0HooB)

41 Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 06:50 AM (T2V/1)


Vic, if the politicians didn't give us crony corruption, we serfs would have to settle for a free market, so they're just looking out for us.  Those sweeeet campaign contributions have nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 03:33 AM (o3MSL)

42 The city council of Seattle has decided to kill upstart ride-sharing car companies to protect the taxi horse and buggy industry at the expense of riders.

Posted by: real joe at March 18, 2014 03:35 AM (xXhgd)

43 43  Vic, if the politicians didn't give us crony corruption, we serfs would have to settle for a free market, so they're just looking out for us. Those sweeeet campaign contributions have nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 07:33 AM (o3MSL)



Don't be fooled by the MFM.  They are getting much more than campaign contributions.  Their families get on the payroll for doing nothing and get thousands.



And yes, they are pure ass bribes.  And the so-called ethics committees are a bad joke.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 03:36 AM (T2V/1)

44

From the ONT.

 

562 "Their farm system has some serious superstars in waiting.">>

So what teams do you think they will get traded to?

Posted by: The Hickster at March 18, 2014 01:53 AM (TI3xG)


To see what life is like for some in the minor leagues and Cubs specifically I recommend "Playing Catch with Destiny"  available at Amazon.  Remember to use Ace's link.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at March 18, 2014 03:38 AM (GgPam)

45 The Mooch and her extended entourage are going on yet another extended overseas vacation at taxpayer expense. Now that she knows the tricks about cutting wires and evading radar, maybe she'll just disappear.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2014 03:38 AM (FcR7P)

46 Posted by: Tmitsss at March 18, 2014 06:59 AM (Pa9vP)

The only capability Graham has exhibited as far as I can tell is the ability to mouth conservative sounding platitudes for a few months ever six years.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 03:38 AM (o3MSL)

47 "Tesla can't just go through Amazon and have them deliver it? I'd like to see a drone the size of a Chinook helicopter plop one down in someone's driveway.

That'd be the shiznit.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2014 07:27 AM (0HooB)"



There ought to be some state that would be willing to do for car registration what Liberia and Panama do for ships.  In fact there ought to be some sort of lease process that allows Tesla buyers to avoid paying sales tax and registration fees in states that require mordita to car dealers.  Here is an opportunity for creative lawyering since the car is registered in and leased from a company in Utah, Wyoming or South Dakota to the individual private corporation that provides you with a company car. 

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 18, 2014 03:39 AM (PD6iL)

48 Seems like everybody is on the take.  Can't buy or sell anything without extra hands reaching for our money.  With the governments blessing btw.

Posted by: Case at March 18, 2014 03:40 AM (9mWut)

49 Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 07:36 AM (T2V/1)

You know, I bet that an enterprising reporter could "follow the money" and come up with some very interesting connections between government funds, campaign funds, accounting irregularities, and government procurement practices, and their inter-relationship to prominent politicians, lawyers, and accountants.



Nah, that's just crazy talk.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 03:42 AM (o3MSL)

50 Without dealers, it's gonna be awfully hard to get warranty service. Nevertheless, I encourage them to try this new business model for selling cars. Competition and all that. And add another 'oh shit' to the Crispy Creme list.
 
Daniel Greenfield has a well reasoned piece at his place about TFG and friends may be setting up the world for moar war through weakness. Here's a sample:
 
The bewildered responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine are a naïve piece of theater that should have been retired in the 19th century, but somehow endures into the 21st as the lovers of peace insist on guaranteeing an end to aggression based on worthless pieces of paper that they have no intention of defending by armed force and then act surprised when their bluff is called and they frantically scramble to convince their own people that peace has been secured for our time.
 
http://sultanknish.blogspot.ca/2014/03/the-end-of-international-law.html

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 03:45 AM (cHZB7)

51 51  Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 07:42 AM (o3MSL)


They do for Republicans which is why Republicans are generally cleaner than Dems.  But a reporter will never out a Dem unless they have already outed themselves.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 03:45 AM (T2V/1)

52 "53 51 Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 07:42 AM (o3MSL)


They do for Republicans which is why Republicans are generally cleaner than Dems. But a reporter will never out a Dem unless they have already outed themselves.

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 07:45 AM (T2V/1)"



Which is why this is the future for reporters:


http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/185473/



Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 18, 2014 03:50 AM (PD6iL)

53 Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 07:45 AM (T2V/1)


Sort of like this recent "sting" story, nothing to see here, move along:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/kq3yr96

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 03:50 AM (o3MSL)

54 Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 18, 2014 07:50 AM (PD6iL)


Coming soon to a newspaper or liberal blog near you:  Republicanbot.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 03:52 AM (o3MSL)

55 Five new species of armored spiders have been found in Chinese caves:
 
http://tinyurl.com/qywfmdf
 
"Fully armored, very deadly." That's either a quote from the article or a line from Terminator; choose wisely.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 03:52 AM (cHZB7)

56 Perhaps I shouldn't, but I'm enjoying the verbal parry and thrust between Putin and TFG re teh Ukraine. Putin has TFG's number and it is zero.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 18, 2014 03:54 AM (0HooB)

57 Save the cabbies!!!

Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 18, 2014 03:54 AM (jpPSm)

58 55  Sort of like this recent "sting" story, nothing to see here, move along:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/kq3yr96

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 07:50 AM (o3MSL)



Yeah, I linked to that story a few days ago.  It is amazing that they can get away with that kind of shit in this day and age.  That is what protection by the MFM does for you. That and the FSA voting for bread and circuses.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 03:54 AM (T2V/1)

59 I would like to say that I have some sympathy for the Ukrainians. Look at how many anti-semites are in their government. Both the "Right Sector" and "Svoboda" are pale imitations of the NSDAP.

They made this mess themselves and were abetted by the ptb's in the European Union who wanted Ukraine in their sphere of influence.

Let the Germans and French send their soldiers to die in the wheat fields along side their allies the Ukrainians.

I can not see why Ukraine is worth one single drop of American blood.

Let the hate begin.

Posted by: GMB (et al) at March 18, 2014 03:55 AM (nkPV9)

60 It's a matter of long-term thinking, not treating every conflict as a self-contained, finite episode that can be ignored at will. Nobody is talking about shedding American blood in Ukraine, but smart people are wondering if American blood will some day be shed because of what is now happening in Ukraine.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 18, 2014 03:58 AM (ZshNr)

61 I haven't lost anything in the Ukraine.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 04:00 AM (T2V/1)

62 Today, while talking a morning walk the sunrise was beautiful. The sky was mottled blue and pink. Underneath that were small grey clouds with a ribbon of gold on the bottom. This lay on the a clear blue canopy of sky. Underneath that was an ocean of pale gold from which the sun arose in hot gold splendor. All this cast a pinkish light on the rooftops in the distance and on the spiky brown trees. While I was walking I thought of this hymn, "The God of Abraham Praise". The words are taken from "The Yigdal" of Daniel ben Judah. ca. 1400. They were paraphrased by Thomas Olivers in 1760 and set to a Jewish melody. Here is an instrumental version by Fernando Ortega with words to the hymn and set to lovely pictures of nature. Listening to it is a gentle way to start the morning and if you live in a place where the sun hasn't risen yet and it's a clear day consider going out if you can and and spending some time looking at the sunrise, taking some long slow breaths and if you're a person of religious faith consider praising God for His glorious creation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaYycKwVxQU Grace and peace be with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2014 04:01 AM (XyM/Y)

63 Seattle is showing the way for our new and happy life. Free market competition? Nein! Have the RSAA (Reich Security and Administration) shut them down and off to the camps with them. Long Live Germa...I mean God Bless America. As Insty likes to say, Uber/Lyft offer insufficient opportunities for graft. I'm starting to understand why all of Seattle's major tech employers are actually outside of the city limits though.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2014 04:03 AM (102Hx)

64 Perhaps I shouldn't, but I'm enjoying the verbal parry and thrust between Putin and TFG re teh Ukraine.

Putin has TFG's number and it is zero.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at March 18, 2014 07:54 AM (0HooB)



Vlad has to temper his natural thuggish tendencies to rub a pussyboy's nose in shit with his desire to have the JEF destroy our country.  Levin was talking about how Ear Leader is Putin's dream president and our nightmare.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2014 04:03 AM (p1764)

65 “These are by far and away the most comprehensive sanctions applied against Russia since the end of the Cold War.”
 
TFG
 
Yeah, they are shaking in their jackboots.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 04:04 AM (cHZB7)

66 Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 07:50 AM (o3MSL)

So, I guess 90% of Philly is off limits now?

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 18, 2014 04:04 AM (vVOWk)

67 Good news. Biden has arrived in Poland to show Putin who is boss. If it wasn't so dangerous this administration would be hilarious.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2014 04:07 AM (g1DWB)

68 It's a matter of long-term thinking, not treating every conflict as a self-contained, finite episode that can be ignored at will. Nobody is talking about shedding American blood in Ukraine, but smart people are wondering if American blood will some day be shed because of what is now happening in Ukraine.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 18, 2014 07:58 AM (ZshNr)



Exactly.  The opposition in Ukraine is a crazy quilt of pissed off people, including Joooos and Jooooo haters, so this "look at the antisemites" garbage is playing right into Volodya's plans.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2014 04:07 AM (p1764)

69 School is cancelled again today. The kid will never get his learn on at this rate. Morning all.

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 04:07 AM (doBIb)

70 Meh, a little mood music for the end of the world
of Tolstoyan world-statesmanship:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pf_DntbQ8Y

Everybody but everybody wanted their name on that in the late 50's, from the usual gang of commies to the Kingstons and Johnny Cash.

It's by Ed McCurdy, who you oughtta look up just to see how wide-ranging a career can be. He started out as the on-stage sideman for Sally Rand, pushing the fan dancer on her swing. Flacked for L and M cigarettes. This was the period when mainstream support for gun ban laws was at its peak, backed by WWII combat vets as well as Mothers' Club.

It wasn't just red-diaper babies who grew up on this kind of stuff. There's no limit to what everybody will believe in, at least for a while.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2014 04:08 AM (xq1UY)

71 24 The city council of Seattle.... More crony corruption. Corruption has become common place at all levels of government. It would not be so bad if they at lest accomplished wheat they were supposed to do. Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 07:01 AM (T2V/1) That's the one with the avowed communist on it, plus the taxi driver's union has been pushing it hard. My folks are from Seattle, Dad's a true-blue union guy and he's all in favor of eliminating ridesharing, since it "takes food out of hard-working men's mouths".

Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at March 18, 2014 04:08 AM (Nk6GS)

72 Without dealers, it's gonna be awfully hard to get warranty service. Fortunately there's a lot less routine warranty service to do on a pure electric car. No oil changes or spark plugs, just inspect the brakes and rotate the tires. Tesla could contract that through Meineke or a similar chain. Insty thinks that's the real reason dealers are fighting back, because overcharging for routine maintenance is a major profit center.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2014 04:09 AM (102Hx)

73

I haven't lost anything in the Ukraine.

 

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I was told that The Ukraine is either *the* source or *a* source for Wolf Ammunition, an inexpensive brand of ammunition that's been exported to the US market for quite some time.  For certain chamberings it's pretty much the only game in town.

 

Between Putin's actions and a strict reading of Obama's "sanctions," it's arguable that this ammo source is going to be in danger.

Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 04:09 AM (eytER)

74

School is cancelled again today. The kid will never get his learn on at this rate. 

 

-----------

 

I want to see what the Army is going to look like in about ten-fifteen years:

 

"Hey, it's snowing.  Guess we don't have to fight today."

Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 04:10 AM (eytER)

75 Just finished scanning a Drudge linked AP article on Yahoo about Obama's latest whim to stop deportation.  Almost every comment was opposed, and most in a remarkably civil "what are we nuts" tone.

Wanted to sit every squish Republican who thinks amnesty or doing anything beyond securing the border and enforcing immigration law down and have these comments read to them.  Screaching minority advocacy groups with too much money garner way too much attention.  The gulf between political rhetoric and the real needs and wants of Americans is huge.  You could lose a 777 in it.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 18, 2014 04:11 AM (rznx3)

76 Cars used to be priced "F.O.B." the manufacturer's home city. When mandatory dealer laws were passed, they were heavily argued as being a pro-consumer move. Honest to god, you can sell people anything.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2014 04:11 AM (xq1UY)

77 Good Morning, My brother is in the CCU(Critical Care Unit for Maine) instead of ICU here. He called me Sunday night at 11:30 to tell me they were keeping him in the hospital. No one called to tell me he was going to the hospital. I was pissed at rehab for not calling me. Yesterday I called hospital to speak with him & was surprised to find him in CCU. I wanted to talk to his nurse instead of him. HeÂ’s not sure what heÂ’s got. They transferred me to him, he thinks itÂ’s pneumonia again but wasnÂ’t sure. I would have preferred to talk to his nurse. The poor guy has been in the hospital or rehab for almost a year. HeÂ’ll never get out of it. HeÂ’s going to need full time care for the rest of his life, HeÂ’s 52 now. HeÂ’s a quadriplegic from the multiple strep infections. He was admitted in the hospital March 30, 2013.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:11 AM (gjOCp)

78 Read the comments from Seattlelites.  The message I got was that they think electing different Libs will make a difference.  Frankly, a board full of Cons would suck almost as bad -- what they (and everyone) needs is balance so that perhaps some true debate could occur rather than just naked graft.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 18, 2014 04:13 AM (rCV9m)

79 "The president is famous for his iPad and his tweets" Somehow, no one is impressed with Mr. Clean Articulate, whether by tweet or by personal phone call. I can't imagine why. It isn't as if the guy knows how to communicate beyond memorized propaganda lines designed for fools to swallow. What Obi's 90-min "What we've got here is failure to communicate" conversation with Putin proves? Our POTUS and media prefer virtual reality to the real thing, because reality is hard (or something). Oval Office: Bozo fervently trusts in his ability to say the same thing non-stop and get what he wants; it always works for brats nagging parents, gimme gimme gimme, driving the adults at a loss for patience -- either giving into the brat's demand or the need to lay down the line on the brat's ass. Know when to stop, or something. Kremlin: Puti's good manners extend to patiently letting Obi drone on, and would even entertain conversation. Puti takes advantage of the opportunity to improve his spontaneous English conversational skills; Obi gets a hard tutorial had Obi the where with all to comprehend beyond clean and articulate. "amid a blizzard of telephone calls between the American president and world leaders as Obama sought to de-escalate the crisis." De-Escalate butthurt? Hardly "de-escalate" from Obama's escalating tensions administration. Even if Obi tried at this point to reverse HIS too big to fail course over the cliff: FAR TOO LITTLE, FAR TOO LATE. Who really is impressed by Obama's late to dinner phone calls? No one with a dog in the fight. Really, were it a simple fight with bets, who would lay money on Obama winning this confrontation? Impeach the bastard, prosecute and convict him for his crimes and corruption in Office, and be done with all the misery this guy mounts against everyone to the best of his ability. If the Head is rotten, the Body suffers as a lost cause. All said and done, what will be will be.

Posted by: Phone calling is HARD work! at March 18, 2014 04:14 AM (/vO0r)

80 I don't get Tesla's problem.  Their buyer's are savvy enough to realize that all purchases must take place at a factory outlet in a sales tax free state, delivery charges may apply.  These aren't Yugo's.  Walk into to a showroom at the mall for touch a feel - buy over the internet.  That's becoming the business model for a lot of goods.

Posted by: Jean at March 18, 2014 04:14 AM (Aqvh6)

81 There are a few ads there for Miss Lindsey. Does he have a serious primary opponent? I would keep him & ditch Mitch if I had my choice. I donÂ’t care what Ann Coulter says, it McConnell was once conservative, heÂ’s not now & makes deals with Reid, Biden & SCOAMF. If CAC is right and republicans take the senate, I would like strong conservative leader, not the go along to get along McConnell.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:15 AM (gjOCp)

82 76 School is cancelled again today. The kid will never get his learn on at this rate. ----------- I want to see what the Army is going to look like in about ten-fifteen years: "Hey, it's snowing. Guess we don't have to fight today." Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 08:10 AM (eytER) Unions For All, military unionization program

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 04:17 AM (/vO0r)

83 Having a local dealer probably made sense before the days of the internet.  Now, if you're dissatisfied with a product and can't reasonably interact with the supplier, you can much more easily find a local hit man and wipe the bugger's ass off the planet.  So no, we don't need local dealers anymore.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 18, 2014 04:17 AM (rCV9m)

84 74 >> Fortunately there's a lot less routine warranty service to do on a pure electric car.
 
No Ian, I'm talking about actual warranty stuff -- Like the software needs to be updated, or something that only a Tesla trained mechanic can do reliably. Remember, these things brick when they lose all power.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 04:18 AM (cHZB7)

85 Did Biden show up with a PAC-3 battery for "protection"?

Posted by: Jean at March 18, 2014 04:18 AM (Aqvh6)

86 After Telsa's lawsuit against Top Gear, I really don't give a shit about them.  "Oh noes, you told the public that our battery life is crap on your track!  We must sue!"  Fuck them.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at March 18, 2014 04:19 AM (M5T54)

87 "Hey, it's snowing. Guess we don't have to fight today." Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 08:10 AM (eytER) Thhhhhhhooooooooper!! Fashion Show!!!!

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 04:20 AM (fWAjv)

88 Anybody else think Mary Barra's real history-making record will be "shortest tenure of any GM CEO"? She's telling the world that new-GM can't be held to account for a decade's-worth of covered up recalls, because those were caused by the bad-old GM design department. Leaves out who was in charge of bad-old dept, one Mary Barra.

"As a member of the GM family and as a mom with a family of my own, this really hits home for me." Oh, she's a mom. So those other people aren't as dead, see.

If she was a railway-bridge engineer, she'd be expected to take off her Quebec-iron ring and fucking hang herself. But she's...a mom! And a monster.

I don't think they could have come up with a cartoon character any better suited to show just what GM has become. If her case does not set back the "Wymyn 'n' Bznyss" cause by 50 years, nobody gives a shit about anything.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2014 04:20 AM (xq1UY)

89 Well, that didn't take long: Putin and the leaders of Crimea just signed an agreement accepting Crimea back into the Russian Federation. Seems that Putin took a good look at President mom jeans, laughed like a motherfucker, and annexed Crimea on the spot. O, Hillary, Kerry, Slow Joe, heckuva job. Smart Power.

Posted by: Blacksheep at March 18, 2014 04:21 AM (bS6uW)

90 Wouldn't a ride share program be more "sustainable"? Oh that's right, the green movement is more focused on money and control.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2014 04:22 AM (udjuE)

91 Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 08:15 AM (gjOCp) I want people in there who haven't been in the government their whole damn life.

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 04:22 AM (fWAjv)

92 Just how predictable is that Seattle story? Lefties are about as innovative and friendly to change as the Hanseatic League.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 18, 2014 04:23 AM (659DL)

93 GnuBreed - why can't they have a couple of trained guys per region (based on sales) working out of some reputable independent shop?  There are enough guys familiar with electric vehicles to handle the load, why do they need a lot and sign?

Posted by: Jean at March 18, 2014 04:24 AM (Aqvh6)

94 I did not see J.J. here. Did I accidentally skim over his daily bashing of SCOAMF?

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:26 AM (gjOCp)

95 Good morning, all!   Wow, where is everyone?   This has been posted for over an hour and we haven't even hit 100 comments yet?   Did everyone drink themselves into a stupor last night?  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:27 AM (4df7R)

96 Putin: We will Barry you.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at March 18, 2014 04:27 AM (0HooB)

97 >>> So all those folks who suggested that the drastic course change was the result of a struggle in the cockpit really didn't know enough to say. <<<

Pffft.  Like that was going to stop people from yammering anyway.

Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2014 04:28 AM (UzPAd)

98 Morning all. obama is now officially a national joke in Russia That's one hell of a reset button

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 04:28 AM (t3UFN)

99 Sefton is probably lying passed out in a gutter in front of an Irish dive bar -- his ass covered with "kill me I'm Irish" stickers.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 18, 2014 04:28 AM (r7mtu)

100 MWR, I was up before 5 am yesterday & went to work. I came home, washed my face, etc & turned on computer, poured a glass of wine & promptly fell asleep. I didnÂ’t even see the ONT last night. I was tired. I couldnÂ’t do anything during the day to perk myself up. Too much stress in my life lately.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:29 AM (gjOCp)

101 Sefton is probably lying passed out in a gutter in front of an Irish dive bar -- his ass covered with "kill me I'm Irish" stickers. Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 18, 2014 08:28 AM (r7mtu) I've drank with him. He can hold his liquor pretty good

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 04:30 AM (t3UFN)

102 biden in Poland? I am sure they would rather have had the missiles?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 04:31 AM (t3UFN)

103

Good morning, all! Wow, where is everyone? This has been posted for over an hour and we haven't even hit 100 comments yet? Did everyone drink themselves into a stupor last night?

 

I just don't have anything to say today.  It's guaranteed to be one of those days where every hour feels like two.

 

And Carol, I'm so sorry.  Prayers for you and your brother.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2014 04:31 AM (zF6Iw)

104 "So all those folks who suggested that the drastic course change was the result of a struggle in the cockpit really didn't know enough to say."

Those would be people whose idea of an airliner cockpit was based on WW2 movies of a C-47 with a pin-up girl's card stuck in behind the tach.


Posted by: Jean at March 18, 2014 04:31 AM (Aqvh6)

105 Vic, you're links look too depressing today (but excellent as always).

So greenies are all about prgrams that require a lot of government money, such as the Zip cars and rental bikes that a city will purchase and then leave in strategic places around the city for daily rental. Makes life convenient for a few at great expense. But heaven forbid people want to crate their own program, without government expense or management, that provides a lot more flexibility. Must.be.stopped.

I remember when I first moved to the DC area in '96 there was a new DC police chief. One of the first things he attempted to do was shut down the Slug stops in DC because they caused"traffic problems." Yeah, that lasted less than a month - people pushed back hard.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2014 04:31 AM (udjuE)

106 YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!! Former high school cheerleader crashes car through church and then stabs husband in the chest for 'worshiping NASCAR' http://goo.gl/54Ry9T

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 18, 2014 04:31 AM (r7mtu)

107 Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2014 08:20 AM (xq1UY) I noticed that the dates of the recalled vehicles (Chevys at least) all coincided with the government takeover too. Looks like they were hoping the rules wouldn't count for *them* which is so very typical of government entities. Either that or they cut *a lot* of corners paying the government back (and I thought that turned out to just be an accounting trick anyway?).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 18, 2014 04:32 AM (GDulk)

108 The United States is planning to give up its last remaining authority over the technical management of the Internet. The Commerce Department announced Friday that it will give the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an international nonprofit group, control over the database of names and addresses that allows computers around the world to connect to each other. Administration officials say U.S. authority over the Internet address system was always intended to be temporary and that ultimate power should rest with the "global Internet community." But some fear that the Obama administration is opening the door to an Internet takeover by Russia, China, or other countries that are eager to censor speech and limit the flow of ideas. "If the Obama Administration gives away its oversight of the Internet, it will be gone forever," wrote Daniel Castro, a senior analyst with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Castro argued that the world "could be faced with a splintered Internet that would stifle innovation, commerce, and the free flow and diversity of ideas that are bedrock tenets of world's biggest economic engine." Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, called the announcement a "hostile step" against free speech. "Giving up control of ICANN will allow countries like China and Russia that don't place the same value in freedom of speech to better define how the internet looks and operates," she said in a statement. The brave new world is a coming

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 04:32 AM (t3UFN)

109 95 >> GnuBreed - why can't they have a couple of trained guys per region (based on sales) working out of some reputable independent shop?
 
Jean, maybe they can. I just said that it is a different business model; in that model, there are some drawbacks. Maybe they can fly in technicians to wherever they are needed, and do this cheaper than having service departments in fixed locations. I encourage them to try, and greatly wish that states like NJ would butt the fuck out.
 
It's the last part that is most unlikely to happen though.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 04:33 AM (cHZB7)

110 Here's one for the 'ettes. A British woman returns from the Cameroon jungle and finds a giant Huntsman spider crawling out of her backpack.




See, Vic saves himself from a mandatory shinkicking by warning us    about the spider so we can avoid visiting    the   link.


Thank you, Vic.


And secondly,   I always KNEW there was something     creepy about Jon Huntsman!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:35 AM (4df7R)

111 The 52% Barryed us.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 18, 2014 04:35 AM (V70Uh)

112 The morning after the SCOAMTT was first elected my husband told me not to be worried. Sure, he would pass some things, but then a repub would get in after four years and undo them. 😣

Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 04:35 AM (Sptt8)

113 Carol, I am sorry that your brother Paul has had, and is having, such a very hard time. Prayers continue both for you d for him. It's hard being a sister when such things are out of your control. In the midst of your caring, Carol, please take care of yourself.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2014 04:35 AM (XyM/Y)

114 But as the saying goes, nothing is new in the world. Here is the actress Joan Blondell in 1932:

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Joan Blondell?  Yikes, that's like seeing your mom or grandma do "risque."  I always find it interesting seeing actresses I've always known as being older looking young and attractive. 

Posted by: Lady in Black, part-time lurker waiting for the promised SMOD at March 18, 2014 04:36 AM (22bm2)

115 Hope everyone is ready for a hefty Internet Access Fee from our new international overlords. Probably can say bye-bye to internet gun sales, too.


Why the hell would Obama do that? Oh that's right, he hates America and prefers that we be under control/abide by an international community.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2014 04:36 AM (udjuE)

116 I haven't lost anything in the Ukraine.

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 08:00 AM (T2V/1)


You may not be interested in Russia, comrade, but Russia is interested in you!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 04:37 AM (o3MSL)

117 Thank you, MPPPP. I donÂ’t understand why my brother doesnÂ’t have a DNR. I would. He canÂ’t do anything on his own. He gets pissed when I ask what exactly is wrong with him. I wonder if he doesnÂ’t want to me know. I would rather speak with a doctor or nurse when heÂ’s in CCU. The only thing he has to look forward to is eating, heÂ’s up to 280 pounds from 200 or 210. HeÂ’s tall, over 6 ft 4 inches.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:37 AM (gjOCp)

118 We kinda had snow days in the Army. If a foot fell overnight, we'd have PT in the gym, have a morning formation after breakfast, and then be told that we're all on duty, but to get back to the barracks and wait for instructions. And we'd sit around for a couple hours, hoping not to be one of the unlucky few chosen for snow removal detail or some other chore, until usually around lunch we'd be "released" to go play in the snow.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 18, 2014 04:38 AM (ZshNr)

119 And secondly, I always KNEW there was something creepy about Jon Huntsman!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 18, 2014 08:35 AM (4df7R)



The spider probably performs a useful purpose in the food chain.  I'm not sure what positive function Jon "how do you say eat shit and die in Mandarin" Huntsman serves.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2014 04:38 AM (p1764)

120 >>>According to the police report, Hamman 'felt her husband Steven was worshiping the NASCAR race at Bristol, which made her mad, and she began having thoughts that the devil put in her head.
She also talked at length about her love for smoking marijuana.<<<

I'm almost certain the weed was for medicinal purposes.

Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2014 04:38 AM (UzPAd)

121 I don't think the biggest problem would be an Internet tax, but then I did watch "Catching Fire" with kiddos last night. District 12.

Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 04:38 AM (Sptt8)

122 Fenelon, Thank you. I appreciate it. Carol

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:38 AM (gjOCp)

123 The spider probably performs a useful purpose in the food chain. I'm not sure what positive function Jon "how do you say eat shit and die in Mandarin" Huntsman serves.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2014 08:38 AM (p1764)



Very true.



Possibly    Jon   Huntsman's positive function is to make the rest   of us   realize just how much better than him we are.    Because we are.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:39 AM (4df7R)

124 90. Stringer Davis "As a member of the GM family and as a mom with a family of my own, this really hits home for me." As if a bad mom makes all mothers look bad. Not buying that. Just discrediting her poor performance based, obviously, on her inability to think clearly. From my own experience re-entering the public workforce at a job interview when my kids were in elementary school, the prospective employer read my resume, and then asked me to describe my personal interests, and being a young mother, I expressed pride in raising two good children. To which he (law firm) responded while standing up and walking out of the room: "Anyone can make babies. There's nothing special about that." So what? All men are evil? All lawyers are MFs? Pfft. /trust but verify/ There's plenty of asshole in this world. Gender has nothing to do with that reality. Her hypocrisy impresses no one with a brain. Neither does her stupidity. This is the same cut throat who axed every other female she ever met in order to be the only one around, floating on acrid gas to the glass ceiling "empowered by equal opportunity". I've said all along, I hate the word "empower" because rather than encouraging self reliance and self determination to cultivate one's own talent-skill set in a productive manner in society, progressive Marxist liberals have usurped the word (with all other words) to mean the opposite. Empower in the PC context of social justice (some people are more special and deserve the right to exert their bigotry) legitimizes and legalizes THEFT. Empower: redistribute (steal) your liberty in order to leave you powerless in the incompetent "more special" authoritarian hands empowered with tyranny to abuse you and the world at large.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 04:40 AM (/vO0r)

125

Just thinking of a story from Gunsite.  It was raining heavily and the students didn't think there'd be any outdoor activities.  Jeff Cooper comes out and in that tone that only Jeff Cooper had, told those lazy pansy-asses that you don't get to choose what weather you're going to have to fight in, so get those butts on the firing line *now*.

 

 

Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 04:41 AM (PFy0L)

126 Yes, let's just hand over our    control of the internet to every   international despot and   tyrannical   dictatorship and expect everyone to "play nice."   There's no way this could possibly    come back to bite us.


This is like handing over control of the Panama Canal, but SO SO SO much more of a clusterfuck.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:41 AM (4df7R)

127 The deal about Tesla is they do have a retail outlet, but it is owned by Tesla. That is what the dealers want to stop.

Posted by: blaster at March 18, 2014 04:42 AM (4+AaH)

128 Carol:  Prayers for your brother, and for you.   As Fenelon said, take care of yourself.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:42 AM (4df7R)

129 "Mom" is a term of endearment; the proper word is "mother".  Can you imagine a man saying, "I'm a dad."  No, as related to being a CEO, he would say "I'm a father".

Posted by: SFGoth at March 18, 2014 04:44 AM (rCV9m)

130 "Giving up control of ICANN will allow countries like China and Russia that don't place the same value in freedom of speech to better define how the internet looks and operates," she said in a statement.

--

Does Marsha Blackburn think Obama and the leftists in this country place any value on freedom of speech?  I don't.  They routinely try to shut down, oppress and stifle any dissenting opinions as it is.  And they are hardcore in the protection of gays and muslims.  Better not say anything negative and hurt their sensibilities.  It's an easy way to shut down opposition without getting any of the political fallout. 

Where do I pick up my pamphlet on "10 Ways to Avoid Engaging in Hate Speech," courtesy of US.gov? 

Posted by: Lady in Black, part-time lurker waiting for the promised SMOD at March 18, 2014 04:45 AM (22bm2)

131 Didn't Joan Blondell say, or was in the scene when it was said:  "If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter."

Posted by: SFGoth at March 18, 2014 04:45 AM (rCV9m)

132 Thank you, MWR. IÂ’m going to eat breakfast & get ready for work. ItÂ’s been one very long year. I never expected that my brother would live but he did & I still have my doubts if heÂ’ll make it very long. How many cases of pneumonia can he possibly have? I have two pads of paper on the kitchen table with lists of hospital visits & reasons. I would rather know what is going on than having him get pissed off because I ask question & he doesnÂ’t know the answers. Why are you in the CCU? YouÂ’re asking questions I donÂ’t know answer to!

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:46 AM (gjOCp)

133 I'm trying to come up with a scenario in which things could be worse than they are. Massive west coast earthquake is the only thing we're currenlty missing.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 18, 2014 04:46 AM (659DL)

134 I was on Tumblr last night and came across one of those "Reblog this if..." posts,    which read:



Social experiment. Reblog if you actually give a shit about women who are victims of rape and domestic abuse.



Such a nurturing,   inclusive tone, yeah?



Me being me,   I reblogged the post but added:




Why is this only restricted to female victims is my question.




I haven't gotten to check and see if my editorial aside has been remarked upon,   but who wants to bet that some stupid vagina will have responded with something    bigoted and derogatory towards men and boys?    Hands up everyone who says yea!



*Hands leap into the air!*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:47 AM (4df7R)

135

And they are hardcore in the protection of gays and muslims. Better not say anything negative and hurt their sensibilities.

 

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

 

Last night I saw a commercial admonishing me to stop saying "that's so gay" in reference to things I don't like.

 

I thought that was rather bossy of them.

Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 04:47 AM (PFy0L)

136 Today I take my mom to the ortho who removed her infected knee replacement, put in a spacer block, and put her in a straight leg brace for maybe six months. I've gotten used to my mom talking politics at the top of her voice in every waiting room we are in, but wish she would not in front of the doc, and especially when she is hospitalized and wholly dependent on SCOAMTT supporters. Please cross your fingers for me that she will let me bathe her today. Wah.

Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 04:48 AM (Sptt8)

137 67 Gnubreed, "de-escalate" via mandating global shattering sanctions. This is Obama's GWB moment: you're with me or against me. Thing is, GWB had his dad's team and Tony Blair on board. Obama? As if Bill Ayers can play the punk v. Putin and live to breath. And that's Obama's BEST affektation card from the deck. Kyrie eleison

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 04:49 AM (/vO0r)

138

Joan Blondell? Yikes, that's like seeing your mom or grandma do "risque." I always find it interesting seeing actresses I've always known as being older looking young and attractive.

 

Here's Laura Hope Crews (Aunt Pittypat in Gone With The Wind)  at the age of  23:

 

http://tinyurl.com/ml6uq4f


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2014 04:49 AM (zF6Iw)

139 What was the passing rate of students in NYC again? http://tinyurl.com/q5lk4b5 New York Mayor Bill de Blasio could soon ink an unprecedented nine-year collective bargaining agreement with the United Federation of Teachers, just months after the city’s teachers union helped elect him to office. The New York Post reports de Blasio wants to negotiate a retroactive nine-year contract with the UFT that would run from 2009 through 2018, and would push the next round of union negotiations back until after the 2017 elections. The teachers union, as well as the New York State Nurses Association – which have been without a contract since 2010 – are reportedly looking for substantial raises that are expected to run into the billions, the Post reports. Members of the teachers union have not had a significant overall raise lately, although most have almost certainly collected their automatic, annual step raises. “The nurses’ and teachers’ unions missed out on two years of consecutive raises – of 4 percent each – that nearly every other union got under the Bloomberg administration,” Fuck unions. The should be outlawed at once.

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 04:49 AM (fWAjv)

140 Where do I pick up my pamphlet on "10 Ways to Avoid Engaging in Hate Speech," courtesy of US.gov?

Posted by: Lady in Black, part-time lurker waiting for the promised SMOD at March 18, 2014 08:45 AM (22bm2)


Not to worry comrade, it will be in the mandatory EULA you must accept for continued internet access every day you log-in.  The fine print will include the sharia restrictions, hate speech definitions (updated since the day before), and your acceptance of the global UN internet tax.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 04:49 AM (o3MSL)

141 Last night I saw a commercial admonishing me to stop saying "that's so gay" in reference to things I don't like. I thought that was rather bossy of them. Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 08:47 AM (PFy0L) LOL. So going to use that. And good morning, Gill (Horde). I said..GOOD morning, Gill! (Horde)

Posted by: Mainah at March 18, 2014 04:50 AM (659DL)

142 139. Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 08:48 AM (Sptt Best wishes for your mom's well being, and for your peace of mind as well.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 04:50 AM (/vO0r)

143 I thought that was rather bossy of them. Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 08:47 AM (PFy0L) In a microaggressive sort of way.

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 04:50 AM (fWAjv)

144 Ugh - Just saw Maria Barro on the morning news, saying "As a member of the GM family, and as the mom of my own family..."

I really hate business women who use their gender or being a mom as if it's some sort of super-power (the flip side of the rude comments made to her during an interview panzernashorn mentioned above). Barro being a mom is irrelevant to the GM recall, so why mention it? Reminds me of that crap Pelosi was peddling when she made Speaker of the House, waving a broom and grandstanding w/the gradkids as if being a mom/grandmother somehow gave her special Speaker power. She was just as corrupt as her Dem predecessors, and she certainly didn't join with her House sisters to clean up DC.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2014 04:50 AM (udjuE)

145 "Massive west coast earthquake is the only thing we're currently missing."

You make that sound as thought it's a bad thing




Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 18, 2014 04:51 AM (V70Uh)

146 Fuck unions. The should be outlawed at once. Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 08:49 AM (fWAjv) No the Unions will be fucking the citizen of NYC and bankrupting the city. But then the city and the citizens are getting exactly what they asked for

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 04:51 AM (t3UFN)

147 So i see "Cosmos"   dropped 10% of its viewership from last week's premiere.    Excellent.   Let's keep that trend going, shall we?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:51 AM (4df7R)

148 obama is now officially a national joke in Russia -- If Americans thought Obama had an ounce of patriotism in him, this would probably impel us to rally around him. It's quite telling tgat his polls keep dropping even more.

Posted by: votermom at March 18, 2014 04:52 AM (Czq47)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 18, 2014 04:52 AM (PYAXX)

150 If Americans thought Obama had an ounce of patriotism in him, this would probably impel us to rally around him. It's quite telling tgat his polls keep dropping even more. Posted by: votermom at March 18, 2014 08:52 AM (Czq47) Golf anyone?

Posted by: obama at March 18, 2014 04:52 AM (t3UFN)

151 Last night I saw a commercial admonishing me to stop saying "that's so gay" in reference to things I don't like.



I thought that was rather bossy of them.


Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 08:47 AM (PFy0L)




They're still    playing that stupid   PSA campaign?   *rolling eyes*    They've been showing that for at least  three years now.     If they still feel the need to play it   then it's clearly not working. 



Bossy   twats.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:53 AM (4df7R)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 18, 2014 08:52 AM (PYAXX)


As if we needed that reminder in dark days like this, but it is nice to cling to the old ways!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 04:53 AM (o3MSL)

153 143. Posted by: Lady in Black, part-time lurker waiting for the promised SMOD at March 18, 2014 08:45 AM (22bm2) Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 08:49 AM (o3MSL) Yes. But consider well the ever mutating text gratis ACA "the law of the land" whatever Obama says it says at whatever moment under perpetual revisionism ... AS IF legitimately superseding the Supreme Law of the Land.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 04:53 AM (/vO0r)

154 I'm so tired of the "I'm a mom with a family". First, how does one be a mom WITHOUT a family? The qualifier is just addional BS. Second, I could give a rat's patoot about Mary Barra's home life. She is managing what was , at one time, the largest corporation in the world. One that was totally bailed out by me and who at this time, will never pay back the money I involuntarily loaned her. All this touchy feely stuff about mom's, etc. please.

Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 04:53 AM (JqB3t)

155 Justamom, IÂ’m sorry. I hope you Mom doesntÂ’ have AlzheimerÂ’s. My mother did & one of the first things she avoided was the shower. I donÂ’t know why. I couldnÂ’t bathe her because IÂ’m very weak and live in pain from my neck. March 4 marked 15 years of this. It affects my hands & arm strength. Good Luck today.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:54 AM (gjOCp)

156 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 08:51 AM (t3UFN) Then can we close all tunnel/bridge access to NYC?

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 04:54 AM (fWAjv)

157 Didn't Joan Blondell say, or was in the scene when it was said: "If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter."

 

Posted by: SFGoth at March 18, 2014 08:45 AM (rCV9m)

 

No, that was Eve Arden (Our Miss Brooks) in Grease.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2014 04:54 AM (zF6Iw)

158 Putin strikes back at the Choom King.


http://tinyurl.com/jwr56el

Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2014 06:52 AM (T2V/1)

Putin is set to respond to Obama's sanctions of Russian officials with his own list. Several U.S. Senators and officials will be banned from visiting Russia, including Sen. Dick Durbin.




Can we get Dickless Dirtbag banned from the US too?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2014 04:54 AM (1Jaio)

159 Thx, PH. My mom is really tough, and her doctors are always impressed that she doesn't complain. Doesn't pop many pain pills, either. I always give her docs gifts, too. They work so hard for so little. Here's a funny: Got her an iPhone so she can look at stuff from her bed. You know how it says "Slide to open"? She couldn't open it. She had been physically sliding it across surfaces.

Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 04:54 AM (Sptt8)

160 130 >> The deal about Tesla is they do have a retail outlet, but it is owned by Tesla. That is what the dealers want to stop.
 
blaster, okay I looked them up -- Yep, they have a retail outlet in NJ; furthermore, they have a service van that they will send to your location. Sounds like they have a plan. So the gubmint of NJ is interfering with a viable free market approach.
 
Figures. Does anyone here still think that Christie is a viable R candidate? The more I learn, the more I detest the statist prick.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2014 04:54 AM (cHZB7)

161
Another federal lawmaker on Monday joined the growing chorus of criticism over a dramatic increase in State Department refusals of Israeli visa applications.

Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry requesting detailed information about the rejection rate for U.S. visa applications filed by Israeli nationals between the ages of 21 and 27.

Her inquiry follows a near 400 percent spike in Israeli visa refusals in recent years. The refusal rate for Israeli visa applicants, while fluctuating somewhat from year to year, has risen from 2.5 percent in fiscal 2007 to 9.7 percent last year, according to State Department figures.

Under questioning at a congressional hearing last week, Kerry maintained that there is no bias. “I can guarantee you that visa applications are treated fairly and similarly in all places,” Kerry told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The Hill

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2014 04:55 AM (kdS6q)

162 So, the computer did it? I knew it. I blame HAL. Open the pod bay door.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 04:55 AM (7ObY1)

163 All this touchy feely stuff about mom's, etc. please.

Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 08:53 AM (JqB3t)



#WARONWOMEN!!!



And I totally agree.   It's bullshit.   They trot out the "I'm a mom!" crap when they want to seem caring and    kind,     but  have no compunction about playing the   "Stay-at-home   moms    are   worthless layabouts"   card    the   rest of the    time.     Fuck 'em.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:55 AM (4df7R)

164 They've been showing that for at least three years now. If they still feel the need to play it then it's clearly not working. Bossy twats. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 18, 2014 08:53 AM (4df7R) When has 'clearly not working' ever been a hindrance to them? They'll push and push and push until 'that's gay' is a hate-crime.

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 04:55 AM (fWAjv)

165 104 biden in Poland? I am sure they would rather have had the missiles?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 08:31 AM (t3UFN)


So did you hear the one about Polish foreplay? This one's great!

Posted by: Joe Biden, SOOOOOOPER genius at March 18, 2014 04:56 AM (RD7QR)

166 I loved Tesla. especially the Five Man Electrical Band EP

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 04:56 AM (7ObY1)

167 I have satellite radio in my car. Huntsman has a radio show on a weekend day called No Labels or something like that. I Heard a commercial for it while listening to Patriot Station. HuntsmanÂ’s show is on the POTUS channel. I donÂ’t listen to it. I canÂ’t stand Huntsman, he looks like a greasy salesman.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:56 AM (gjOCp)

168 Also- down 10 lb in 8 days! Unofficial weigh-in (official weigh-ins are on Monday) this morning shows me at 214.2, exactly 10 lb lighter than when I started this thing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 18, 2014 04:56 AM (PYAXX)

169 They're still playing that stupid PSA campaign? *rolling eyes* They've been showing that for at least three years now. If they still feel the need to play it then it's clearly not working. They clearly don't understand young people, they go around saying "that's so Emma and Julia, to which someone responds, no it's not its gay"

Posted by: blaster at March 18, 2014 04:56 AM (4+AaH)

170 I am the Choom King I can do anything

Posted by: Barry Morrison at March 18, 2014 04:57 AM (7ObY1)

171 obama is now officially a national joke in Russia -- More likely, Obama has always been the official national butt of jokes in Russia. The only new thing? Americans are painfully awakening to the fact. That includes media reporting that he's a failure, though painted yet as the media's darling hero. LOOK: he's making a blizzard of phone callzzzzz!!!!!

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 04:57 AM (/vO0r)

172 You know how it says "Slide to open"?

She couldn't open it. She had been physically sliding it across surfaces.


Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 08:54 AM (Sptt



That's    awesome.   lol!  


She   sounds like a great lady.   Best wishes to you and her, Justamom.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 04:57 AM (4df7R)

173 I never liked Christie, heÂ’s okay for NJ but not a national candidate for POTUS!

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:57 AM (gjOCp)

174 Good news. Biden has arrived in Poland to show Putin who is boss.

If it wasn't so dangerous this administration would be hilarious.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2014 08:07 AM (g1DWB)




Joey Biden: Hey have you guys heard this one? How many Pollacks does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2014 04:57 AM (1Jaio)

175 obama is now officially a national joke in Russia Joined in our common derision of Mussolini, Jr., this could be the basis for a new detente.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 18, 2014 04:57 AM (JQuNB)

176 Thx, Carol. Best wishes and prayers to you and yours, whom I see also face struggles we could not have predicted. At least I don't currently work.

Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 04:57 AM (Sptt8)

177 Yes. But consider well the ever mutating text gratis ACA "the law of the land" whatever Obama says it says at whatever moment under perpetual revisionism ... AS IF legitimately superseding the Supreme Law of the Land.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 08:53 AM (/vO0r)


That's why in the age of the new and improved global internet without any interference from those nasty Americans, your internet access agreement will be updated on at least a daily basis, and you will be subject to criminal and civil charges, fines, and imprisonment by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for violations.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 04:58 AM (o3MSL)

178 This, about how the presidents makes phone calls to other world leaders, was interesting. I think they use a telephone for that.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 18, 2014 04:59 AM (JQuNB)

179 Oh, Allen G- May I humbly recommend the addition of another "T", for "Tyrant"? Still runs off the tongue the same, but with greater accuracy.

Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 04:59 AM (Sptt8)

180 Good job, AllenG.  That was said grudgingly because I kind of hate you right now.    My dad just dropped 8 lbs by doing nothing more than his usual spring yard preparation. 

Posted by: no good deed at March 18, 2014 04:59 AM (vBhbc)

181 They told me I'd keep running into poles here, but so far I haven't run into anything!

Posted by: Joe "Plugs" Biden at March 18, 2014 04:59 AM (7ObY1)

182 I hope everyone has a good day. Sun is out here in Boston area but itÂ’s still below normal as far as cold temps go. I am going to eat breakfast, blueberry scones.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 04:59 AM (gjOCp)

183 Carol and Justamom, your brother and your mom (respectively) are in my prayers.

Posted by: votermom at March 18, 2014 05:00 AM (GSIDW)

184 Putin is set to respond to Obama's sanctions of Russian officials with
his own list. Several U.S. Senators and officials will be banned from
visiting Russia, including Sen. Dick Durbin.



I'm still trying to figure out the legality of Obammy freezing the accounts of      random    Russians   here in the States.      How exactly is that legal      if they haven't committed a crime?    And if they HAVE committed a crime, why are their accounts being frozen just NOW?        Because   I get itchy    thinking   about Obammy blithely freezing the bank accounts of people he happens to have an issue with.


Though I must say, I find Putin's response darkly comic.   "You block Russian accounts?   I block Americans from come to    Mother Russia.   You suck my big dick, Obama."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 05:00 AM (4df7R)

185 Just read the dead tree WSJ story about the SEALS intervening and recapturing a Libyan oil tanker. Apparently fear of an environmental disaster was the trigger.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 18, 2014 05:00 AM (ZshNr)

186 @GnuBreed. Auto dealers are small businessmen who trend Republican. Elon Musk is a prog billionaire. The people who buy Teslas are going to be by far Democrats. From a politics standpoint, a no brainer for Christie. Politics is about constituencies.

Posted by: blaster at March 18, 2014 05:00 AM (4+AaH)

187 Here's Laura Hope Crews (Aunt Pittypat in Gone With The Wind) at the age of 23:

--

Wow, now that takes the cake in the "I Can't Imagine Them Young" category.  Great pic.

Posted by: Lady in Black, part-time lurker waiting for the promised SMOD at March 18, 2014 05:01 AM (22bm2)

188 Ugh. The worst part of the Ukraine crises is that Ron Paul gets to crawl out of his hole and explain to us paper-money using simpletons how it was perfectly legal to have a rigged, illegal referendum... and then he invokes Reagan (a man he hated btw until post-Cold War). The same logic would mean that if 8 blocks of Chinatown in San Fran vote to join China then it is a perfectly legitimate exercise for Chinese soldiers to occupy it. Rand Paul is disqualified for the presidency by the existence of his father. He has no fucking chance to even be a VP contender.

Posted by: Naes1984 at March 18, 2014 05:01 AM (LiHKo)

189

Last night I saw a commercial admonishing me to stop saying "that's so gay" in reference to things I don't like.

I thought that was rather bossy of them.
Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 08:47 AM (PFy0L)

He's so gay.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWFjY6-lVew

Posted by: Frank Zappa at March 18, 2014 05:01 AM (DrWcr)

190 Thank you, Votermom! I hope you have a nice day.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 05:01 AM (gjOCp)

191 I'm so tired of the "I'm a mom with a family". First, how does one be a mom WITHOUT a family? Wendy Davis.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 05:01 AM (xZxMD)

192 Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 08:59 AM (Sptt A Tyrant can be merely deposed. I want the SCOAMT tried for Treason and shot or hung. But, yes. If I tried to get all the descriptors in there, the comment would be post-length all by itself.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 18, 2014 05:01 AM (PYAXX)

193 Jen #WARONWOMEN!!! And I totally agree. It's bullshit. MWR Until the woman can produce good fruits from her labors, she'd do well to keep her nose clean.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 05:01 AM (/vO0r)

194 #195 AllenG...careful, man. I share your frustration but don't get banhammered.

Posted by: Joe at March 18, 2014 05:02 AM (7ObY1)

195 Justamom, Slide to open. Funny story, cute directions, waiting for the Jack to pop out of the box.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 05:03 AM (/vO0r)

196 Christie is basically a mob boss with the common touch, imo. He just looks good compared to scum like Corzine etc.

Posted by: votermom at March 18, 2014 05:03 AM (GSIDW)

197 So will the internet be subject to international law?
Looking at the sorts of things the UN comes up with I could easily imagine all sorts of new rules. Israel might as well build their own, because they'll be harassed endlessly. People like Steyn will probably be harassed again for blasphemy. AGW "deniers" will probably be shut down, too. The possibilities are kinda scary...

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2014 05:03 AM (udjuE)

198 I'm so tired of the "I'm a mom with a family". First, how does one be a mom WITHOUT a family? Wendy Davis. Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 09:01 AM (xZxMD) Winner! Mmm, campaign slogan?

Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 05:04 AM (JqB3t)

199 195. eat some fresh fruit, or something to settle your blood sugar. Diets are a tough balancing act. Good luck.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 05:04 AM (/vO0r)

200 I'm so tired of the "I'm a mom with a family". First, how does one be a mom WITHOUT a family? Broken homes: mom abandoning her family to "find" herself a new life...

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 05:05 AM (/vO0r)

201 That's the one with the avowed communist on it, plus the taxi driver's union has been pushing it hard. My folks are from Seattle, Dad's a true-blue union guy and he's all in favor of eliminating ridesharing, since it "takes food out of hard-working men's mouths". Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at March 18, 2014 08:08 AM (Nk6GS) In the spirit of Milton's spoon crack to the commies, you ought to tell your dad you're starting a petition to ban the use of excavators within the city. Think of all the jobs for hard working men wielding shovels and pushing wheelbarrows!

Posted by: J. Random Dude at March 18, 2014 05:05 AM (8OfdL)

202 Allen G, I have never been overweight but my older brotherÂ’s ex always struggled with her weight. She would go on crazy diets & lose weight fast but then would lose a lot of hair other things too. Please make sure diet isnÂ’t extreme.

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 05:05 AM (gjOCp)

203 Posted by: no good deed at March 18, 2014 08:59 AM (vBhbc) My wife and I both lost a lot of weight a few years ago, and we've put it back on (not exactly "yo-yo": we did keep it off for a little more than a year after loss- life just happened). The problem with that old diet was in its restrictions. Pork was verboten. Red meat of any kind was discouraged. So basically we ate a diet of chicken and fish. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind chicken and fish, but I love me some steak and bacon. So we're trying the Primal diet (Paleo, but I get to keep some amount of dairy), and it's working really well for both of us so far. Also, it's food we *like* to eat. And, in 3 more weeks I'll get to start adding cheat days. One day a week where, as long as I watch portion size, I don't have to worry about food being on the diet plan at all.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 18, 2014 05:06 AM (PYAXX)

204 I donÂ’t listen to it. I canÂ’t stand Huntsman, he looks like a greasy salesman.

--

I get the perv vibe. 

And somebody better get into the high schools 'cause it's still all the rage to say, "that's so gay" with the young fellers my son hangs with.  They also say you are marked for ridicule and laughter if you drive a Prius.  It's great to live in SC. 

Posted by: Lady in Black, part-time lurker waiting for the promised SMOD at March 18, 2014 05:07 AM (22bm2)

205 @204 Right on, and IIRC Friedman's next argument was, why not use spoons?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2014 05:07 AM (xq1UY)

206 203 I'm so tired of the "I'm a mom with a family". First, how does one be a mom WITHOUT a family?


Broken homes: mom abandoning her family to "find" herself a new life...

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 09:05 AM (/vO0r)

 

Or having the father thrown out.  Either way.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 05:07 AM (DrWcr)

207 The actions by the Seattle City council as less about protecting the Taxi industry then about protecting the transit racket. The local pols get big money and support from the transit union (we have outrageously overpaid bus drivers here). They have been restricting the # of cab licenses for years to protect the buses and the real threat of rideshare services was to them. They have done nothing to crack down on the shady "towncar" services that are plentyful in the DT Seattle core because those compete with taxis but minimally impact buses.

Posted by: Ramah at March 18, 2014 05:08 AM (ZF3wu)

208 Dump is up

Posted by: spypeach at March 18, 2014 05:08 AM (10H0T)

209 I especially detest Michelle Obama being referred to as Mom-in-Chief.
She's not my mom, and she certainly has no role in my kid's upbringing despite her intrusive attempts.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2014 05:09 AM (udjuE)

210 Auto dealers are small businessmen who trend Republican. Elon Musk is a prog billionaire. The people who buy Teslas are going to be by far Democrats. From a politics standpoint, a no brainer for Christie. Politics is about constituencies. Posted by: blaster at March 18, 2014 09:00 AM (4+AaH) Not interested in someone who would punish their opponents by restricting their access to free markets. The conservative in me rejects that premise. Christie can go fuck himself.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 18, 2014 05:09 AM (osdNx)

211 obama is now officially a national joke in Russia TFG is a joke all over the world. No one respects us now. Thanks the 52% that voted for the SCOAMF!

Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 05:09 AM (gjOCp)

212 Posted by: Carol at March 18, 2014 09:05 AM (gjOCp) It's not. I'm always full (well, nearly always. I forgot to bring snacks to work today ), and I even get dessert on a regular basis. My biggest losses were in the first couple of days. In the next week or two I expect to be down to 4-5 lb a week. In 6-8 weeks (from when I started), I'll probably be down pretty close to my goal and I'll slow down to probably 1-2 lb a week.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at March 18, 2014 05:09 AM (PYAXX)

213 Our old dog's had surgery yesterday to remove a painful cancerous growth on his face. Time to go fetch the old boy and give him the love he shares so bounteously through life, but misses while in the recovery den. G'day

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 05:09 AM (/vO0r)

214 I'm not vindictive; I would settle for deposing the tyrant. Thx for prayers, VM. You all have a super day. I guess I better start mine.

Posted by: Justamom at March 18, 2014 05:10 AM (Sptt8)

215 "So all those folks who suggested that the drastic course change was the result of a struggle in the cockpit really didn't know enough to say." If it's true it actually makes a pure accident less likely. It's easy to imagine one of the pilots pulling a quick turn west in the rough direction of an airport while in the middle of trying to desperately trying to fight some sudden emergency, while both pilots felt too overloaded to speak on the radio. It's harder to imagine him taking time to enter a new waypoint into the automatic pilot instead. Especially a waypoint which was totally wrong, either for making an emergency landing or for continuing the scheduled flight. The catch is that this doesn't seem to be based on new information. There's already been a map published, based on radar data, which is supposed to show that MH370 flew a scenic route through a number of different waypoints on the far side of Malaysia to the one it was supposed to stay on. This just seems to be based on the same information, or even a partially-walked-back version of it. For whatever reason, the US sources who have been leaking things to the NYT etc. have probably been pushing the hostile-actor theory earliest and hardest of all the governments involved. We'll have to see if they were right in this (possibly based on intel they aren't sharing, at least with the press) or not.

Posted by: anonymous irishman at March 18, 2014 05:10 AM (DJgfL)

216 Christie can go fuck himself. Some things just need to be repeated.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 18, 2014 05:10 AM (JQuNB)

217 That's so gay anti campaign. Amazing where we are now regarding free speech. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy would be excoriated today, a mere ten years after the show's debut. The five gay guys on the show were the one's always making the gay jokes. "That's so gay" was one of their oft used lines regarding some of the stuff they found in the straight guys' homes. The opening segments where they would storm into the bewildered straight guy's home and review his clothes, home, grooming, etc. was always hilarious, good natured, and fun. They made gentle fun of the guy and fun of themselves. They probably couldn't find a sponsor today for the fear that the gay mafia has instilled....

Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 05:11 AM (JqB3t)

218

Bossy twats.

 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 18, 2014 08:53 AM (4df7R)

 

*swoon*

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 18, 2014 05:12 AM (fwARV)

219 more on dicommio here in NYC: The cityÂ’s Independent Budget Office reports retroactive raises for all city unions with open contracts could run up to $7 billion, according to the news site. 7 Billion? Good luck NYC. Been nice knowing you. Say hello to Detroit

Posted by: obama at March 18, 2014 05:12 AM (t3UFN)

220 And secondly, I always KNEW there was something creepy about Jon Huntsman! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 18, 2014 08:35 AM (4df7R) Ha! I thought about doing some super amateur photo-shopping but realized a] I'm lazy, 2] I can't photo-shop for shit and iii] I didn't want my shins bruised.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at March 18, 2014 05:14 AM (8OfdL)

221

First, how does one be a mom WITHOUT a family?

 

Baby mama.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 18, 2014 05:16 AM (zF6Iw)

222 Oh. Yeah, "spoon crack." Had that mixed up with "crack spoon."

Has "bullying" always been code-speak for "anti-gay"? It seems like 101% of the current anti-bullying crusade has to do only with gender and sexual identity issues. Used to be, you could get bullied for being chubby, or gangly, or one year smaller than the biggest 2-year-behind lunk in class, or Protestant or Catholic or black or, I swear I have seen it, not Polish. But in the ads, it's always teh ghey. Hmm.

What I see a-happenin' is that all ghey-like identities get subsumed within the Borg, and then we get back to good old fashioned kidz'll-be-kidz terrorism, directed by the in-crowd teachers.  

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2014 05:16 AM (xq1UY)

223 Nood post.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at March 18, 2014 05:18 AM (8OfdL)

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