Speaking of videos, watch the video in this report, and weep:

[Link: www.euronews.net…]

so they DO still make acid…

Complete partisan crap. That can totally had more sex appeal.

re: #2 brookly red

so they DO still make acid…

It’s extracted from the tears of old hippies. You have to yank out a few short hairs to get the really good shit.

re: #3 Slumbering Behemoth

Complete partisan crap. That can totally had more sex appeal.

I like this one better:

re: #5 talon_262

Like I said, partisan crap. A good centrist knows that a vacuum hose has more sex appeal than an old walkman. And one that plays tapes? C’mon, this is clearly a hit piece made by smear artists.

re: #4 Slumbering Behemoth

It’s extracted from the tears of old hippies. You have to yank out a few short hairs to get the really good shit.

(grabs tire iron & heads for health food store…)

re: #7 brookly red

Gah! Lord no! What are you doing, man? Don’t destroy a renewable resource.

sprouts kick ass!

re: #6 Slumbering Behemoth

Like I said, partisan crap. A good centrist knows that a vacuum hose has more sex appeal than an old walkman. And one that plays tapes? C’mon, this is clearly a hit piece made by smear artists.

Who knew the people behind Wallace and Grommit were smear artists?

///

Today in History

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Sept. 6, 1970, Palestinian guerrillas seized control of three U.S.-bound jetliners. Two were later blown up on the ground in Jordan, along with a London-bound plane hijacked on Sept. 9; the fourth plane was destroyed on the ground in Egypt. (In all cases, the hostages were removed prior to the blasts, and there was no loss of life.)

On this date:

In 1837, the Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio went co-educational.

In 1860, social activist Jane Addams, who became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was born in Cedarville, Ill.

In 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. (McKinley died eight days later; he was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Czolgosz was executed in Oct. 1901.)

In 1909, American explorer Robert Peary sent a telegram from Indian Harbor, Labrador, announcing that he had reached the North Pole five months earlier.

In 1916, the first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tenn., by Clarence Saunders.

In 1939, the Union of South Africa declared war on Germany.

In 1948, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands was inaugurated as queen, two days after the abdication of her mother, Queen Wilhelmina.

In 1966, South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd (fehr-FOORT’) was stabbed to death by an apparently deranged page during a parliamentary session in Cape Town.

In 1978, James Wickwire and Louis Reichardt became the first Americans to reach the summit of Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second-highest mountain (after Mount Everest).

In 1985, all 31 people aboard a Midwest Express Airlines DC-9 were killed when the Atlanta-bound jetliner crashed just after takeoff from Milwaukee’s Mitchell Field.

re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth

Gah! Lord no! What are you doing, man? Don’t destroy a renewable resource.

Not gonna kill a hippy…just break a few bones. Man can live without knee-caps, right?

/

re: #10 talon_262

Who knew the people behind Wallace and Grommit were smear artists?

///

really? huh…

re: #13 brookly red

really? huh…

That’s who did the shorts Charles and I posted…

;-P

I did absolutlely nothing of consequence today and it was magnificent

re: #15 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

“Funny thing about the weekends when you’re unemployed. They don’t mean quite so much. ‘Cept you get to hang out with your workin’ friends.”

re: #15 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I did absolutlely nothing of consequence today and it was magnificent

I mowed grass, plowed the garden, drove the trash to the dump, filled my gas cans for the mower, and did the dishes. Other than that I did nothing today.

:)

re: #9 Boondock St. Bender

sprouts kick ass!

Partisan hack!

re: #17 NJDhockeyfan

i went to a pool party….emptied alot of beer bottles…

Hi Floral!
This page is for you Floral…

re: #15 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

We got out to see the coast. Fun day

re: #18 Slumbering Behemoth

mt grandfather voted sprouts!my father voted sprouts!and gole dernit i’m voting sprouts!

I slept in till 1, watched 3 crap movies on Netflix and went out for Mexican food.

re: #23 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I slept in till 1, watched 3 crap movies on Netflix and went out for Mexican food.

I argued with a McAfee customer service rep who wanted to charge me to remove a virus that his damn product should have stopped in the first place…

I have a bad feeling about this. This idiot is just going to be personally responsible for any violence that is inevitable IMO.

Evangelist preaches against Islam near 9/11 site

NEW YORK — An Internet evangelist from Florida has begun holding services near ground zero to preach against Islam as debate continues over plans for a nearby Muslim community center.

Bill Keller has gained a following through his Liveprayer.com website, and has promised to establish a “9/11 Christian Center” to counter what he referred to Sunday as “the lies of Islam.”

Keller says developers have a right to build the Muslim center but the plan to locate it near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is “in poor taste.”

He began preaching Sunday at the New York Marriott Downtown Hotel, his temporary headquarters. His center is to open by Jan. 1. Early plans for the Islamic center call for a 500-seat auditorium, prayer space and Sept. 11

memorial.

re: #24 brookly red

I argued with a McAfee customer service rep who wanted to charge me to remove a virus that his damn product should have stopped in the first place…

I prefer Symantec, never liked McAfee

re: #25 NJDhockeyfan

I have a bad feeling about this. This idiot is just going to be personally responsible for any violence that is inevitable IMO.

Evangelist preaches against Islam near 9/11 site

memorial.

I agree this is a bad idea and does not bode well for the future.

That said the last sentence is really weird…

“Early plans for the Islamic center call for a 500-seat auditorium, prayer space and Sept. 11”

I know they probably meant opening on that date, but it ends up reading like someone said

“I’d like a coke, small fries and a Holocaust” more or less…

(hope that comparison doesn’t offend anyone)

re: #26 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I prefer Symantec, never liked McAfee

I hate McAfee with a deep passion… but the subscription is paid for and hopefully soon I can get a Mac.

re: #26 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I prefer Symantec, never liked McAfee

I use Kaspersky. It’s very good and they helped me remove a bad virus over the phone. No charge!

re: #27 jamesfirecat

I agree this is a bad idea and does not bode well for the future.

That said the last sentence is really weird…

“Early plans for the Islamic center call for a 500-seat auditorium, prayer space and Sept. 11”

I know they probably meant opening on that date, but it ends up reading like someone said

“I’d like a coke, small fries and a Holocaust” more or less…

(hope that comparison doesn’t offend anyone)

The last word ended up after the blockquote tag, namely “memorial.”

re: #25 NJDhockeyfan

I have a bad feeling about this. This idiot is just going to be personally responsible for any violence that is inevitable IMO.

Evangelist preaches against Islam near 9/11 site

memorial.

Keller says developers have a right to build the Muslim center but the plan to locate it near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is “in poor taste.”

Yes, well, I feel the same way about him.

re: #27 jamesfirecat

I agree this is a bad idea and does not bode well for the future.

That said the last sentence is really weird…

“Early plans for the Islamic center call for a 500-seat auditorium, prayer space and Sept. 11”

I know they probably meant opening on that date, but it ends up reading like someone said

“I’d like a coke, small fries and a Holocaust” more or less…

(hope that comparison doesn’t offend anyone)

It’s supposed to finish with “Sept. 11 memorial.” I messed it up a little.

re: #32 NJDhockeyfan

It’s supposed to finish with “Sept. 11 memorial.” I messed it up a little.

/no doubt you will be accused of some fiendish plot ;)

re: #32 NJDhockeyfan

It’s supposed to finish with “Sept. 11 memorial.” I messed it up a little.

Ahh… yeah that does make a pretty big difference…

re: #12 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Not gonna kill a hippy…just break a few bones. Man can live without knee-caps, right?

/

How will they dance in their drum circles without knee caps?

re: #33 brookly red

/no doubt you will be accused of some fiendish plot ;)

Heh. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet.

re: #31 SanFranciscoZionist

Keller says developers have a right to build the Muslim center but the plan to locate it near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is “in poor taste.”

Yes, well, I feel the same way about him.

Yeah, I’ve noticed that none of those bitching up a storm about how Cordoba House is “insensitive” can spare a few seconds to direct their “outrage” towards Keller. I’m guessing because that would be considered “friendly fire.”

re: #37 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

because he means well…..
/

re: #37 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Yeah, I’ve noticed that none of those bitching up a storm about how Cordoba House is “insensitive” can spare a few seconds to direct their “outrage” towards Keller. I’m guessing because that would be considered “friendly fire.”

They simply don’t care.

re: #39 SanFranciscoZionist

They simply don’t care.

And don’t see any problem with what he is doing.

re: #40 SanFranciscoZionist

shit,they’re rooting for him
sometimes i think some of these folks would love a riot.

re: #36 NJDhockeyfan

Heh. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet.

be patient, some day a year or so from know someone will link to it and say AH HA!

nite all!play nice!

BAH! They were out of my normal primer at the game store yesterday so I got a can of the shitty stuff. Now I remember why I always thought of it as the shitty stuff.

re: #39 SanFranciscoZionist

They simply don’t care.

Of course they don’t care, he’s playing all the right notes. Calls Islam a “cult,” spews hatred and suspicion about Muslims, and all the other minorities that the Right despises. They can’t bring themselves to criticize him, but defending him with the “right to freedom of religion” argument would make them look like hypocrites. So they try their damnedest to ignore him, hoping the MSM will do the same.

re: #42 brookly red

be patient, some day a year or so from know someone will link to it and say AH HA!

Heh. I’m a marked man now.

re: #46 NJDhockeyfan

Heh. I’m a marked man now.

Already favourited ;-)

I usually leave clothes & toys…

New Mexico: Not a Legal Tax Deduction, by the Way

Albuquerque police briefly evacuated a Goodwill store Thursday after someone left a pistol, ammunition, a grenade and some marijuana in a collection box. The police bomb squad took the grenade away for demolition after determining it was a World War II-style inert grenade. The police report did not list the type of gun in the box or the quantity of marijuana.

is this thing on?

re: #49 brookly red

is this thing on?

Thats what she said.

later.

Hi everyone!

I’m finally back! I got my net access installed and activated yesterday at home so I’ll be back to commenting on stuff pretty soon. I have to catch up with a month and a half of being online very scantily - which is how I happen to dress for Cato.

Also, I’ll be posting some more pics of my travels sometime this week, including Prague and the South of France. =)

For anyone confused, I moved to the Alps in France this summer and have been setting up. Yay. It’s beautiful here. =)

Oh Jesus Fucking Christ, I make one fucking joke and people here get all hurt over it. Here’s another one. Fuck you. Bucha pannie waste.

re: #54 Cannadian Club Akbar

Oh Jesus Fucking Christ, I make one fucking joke and people here get all hurt over it. Here’s another one. Fuck you. Bucha pannie waste.

Que?

re: #55 Varek Raith

Que?

Check the bottom 10.

re: #56 Cannadian Club Akbar

Check the bottom 10.

Seems like obvious sarcasm to me…
Sheesh.

re: #57 Varek Raith

Seems like obvious sarcasm to me…
Sheesh.

They can all bite me.

I’m going to bed. Nighty. And the rest of you, learn what a joke is. Take you time.
///LOOK!! ANOTHER ONE!!!

Hi everyone! Just got back from visiting my bro-in-law who has ALS.

Wonderful time, his spirit is very high, but damn it, what we are going through politically wise etc., is nothing. I repeat, nothing.

I can’t bottom or top comments.

I don’t know if I should let my hair grow out or if I should cut it. We are at that point. I am 43 now, so long hair would help. As would short hair.

Think I will update my resume today.

Humans:Why they triumphed

How did one ape 45,000 years ago happen to turn into a planet dominator? The answer lies in an epochal collision of creativity. By Matt Ridley

Great thought provoking article to contrast how we are dealing with AGW and all the various racism and xenophobia right now.

re: #64 BigPapa

The idea that humans have prospered because of exchange of ideas is an old one, and a reasonable argument can be made for it.

Indeed, the arguments for free trade and free movement of people (immigration) are built in part on this idea.

There are some other ideas that have been proposed that I’ve come across. One is that H. sapiens flourishes because of our artistic drives (singing, dancing, but especially our visual arts.)

Also, that it all could be a fluke, so to speak, as a result of the vagaries of climate change that left H. sapiens as the apex predator on the planet.

More from The Peanuts - “Tegami” (= a letter):

Happy Labor Day to the entire Lizard family.

This site is acting goofy. Can’t get the top and bottom comments. Again.

And I get no preview. And the page resets when I try to post.

test.

Try this again.

Mawnin’ all!

Deftones - Wax and Wane (Cocteau Twins cover) -

Why is it my nic isn’t showing up on the user button?

WTF just happened?

I had some issues about 15 minutes ago…

Not sure what happened but everything is fine now.

re: #77 Cannadian Club Akbar

Not sure what happened but everything is fine now.

It’s Labor Day.. The Hamsters are talking time off

re: #78 HoosierHoops

It’s Labor Day.. The Hamsters are talking time off

Well some people have to work today. Glad I ain’t one of them.:)

re: #79 Cannadian Club Akbar

Well some people have to work today. Glad I ain’t one of them.:)

gah..Later on I’m going to pack another room…This place has boxes everywhere..

re: #80 HoosierHoops

gah..Later on I’m going to pack another room…This place has boxes everywhere..

I’ll be drinking beer. Or as I call it, more beer.

Holy shit!!

re: #80 HoosierHoops

gah..Later on I’m going to pack another room…This place has boxes everywhere..

Fill one box have one beer.
Fill one box have one beer
Keep repeating until the room is packed or you fall on your ass.
Morning

re: #83 Cathypop

Fill one box have one beer.
Fill one box have one beer
Keep repeating until the room is packed or you fall on your ass.
Morning

I love you.

re: #83 Cathypop

Fill one box have one beer.
Fill one box have one beer
Keep repeating until the room is packed or you fall on your ass.
Morning

Morning Cathy! Hope you are doing well.. Happy Labor Day

Did I mention I’m not working today, therefore not getting paid?

BBC accused of letting Iranian regime off the hook re stoning:

In the live debate, they managed to interview Suhaib Hassan from the Islamic Sharia Council defending stoning and someone from Tehran saying she faces execution for murdering her husband but somehow there was no time in the debate for me.

Even the presenter, Susanna Reid, said stonings were rare and that none had taken place since the 2002 moratorium! In fact 17 people have been stoned since the moratorium; also there are court documents provided by her lawyer specifying her stoning sentence for adultery. BBC had all this information. Without providing evidence to the contrary, BBC Sunday Live took as fact the regime’s pronouncements on her case. They failed to mention that the man charged with her husband’s murder is not being executed and that the trumped up murder charges are an attempt by the regime to silence the public outcry and kill Sakineh. As Sakineh herself has said: “they think they can do anything to women.”

[Link: www.butterfliesandwheels.org…]

Video here:

[Link: c0581882.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com…]

re: #84 Cannadian Club Akbar

I love you.

It’s 2010 and I still can’t get a robot to pack for me..And no flying cars yet?
And where the heck is my Cherry 2000 smoking hot girl robot?
I think we all got blinded by science..
/

Hermine just formed overnight in the Gulf of Mexico and it is headed North to Texas. This one is going to be interesting to follow.

re: #80 HoosierHoops

gah..Later on I’m going to pack another room…This place has boxes everywhere..

Hi Hoops! Hope your move goes smoothly.

re: #89 Cathypop

Hermine just formed overnight in the Gulf of Mexico and it is headed North to Texas. This one is going to be interesting to follow.

Just a rain storm.

Crap. It’s happening again.

re: #87 Jimmah

It’s all just a big misunderstanding. The west needs to learn a little bit of tolerance when it comes to other nations expression of their religious beliefs.

re: #88 HoosierHoops

It’s 2010 and I still can’t get a robot to pack for me..And no flying cars yet?
And where the heck is my Cherry 2000 smoking hot girl robot?
I think we all got blinded by science..
/

Right now, I’d settle for a domestic robot that can clean out cat litter trays.

re: #90 Jimmah

Hi Hoops! Hope your move goes smoothly.

Hi Jimmah! The other day i was packing my music tapes after the Colts game..( So you know I was in a good mood ) And I packed my cell phone into a box of tapes…Hours later I’m walking around the house in panic dialing my cell from my home phone…Nothing…Finally I hear a muffled ring from the garage..From a stack of boxes…I found the box..Jeez

re: #88 HoosierHoops

It’s 2010 and I still can’t get a robot to pack for me..And no flying cars yet?
And where the heck is my Cherry 2000 smoking hot girl robot?
I think we all got blinded by science..
/

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
Heh.

re: #95 HoosierHoops

Hi Jimmah! The other day i was packing my music tapes after the Colts game..( So you know I was in a good mood ) And I packed my cell phone into a box of tapes…Hours later I’m walking around the house in panic dialing my cell from my home phone…Nothing…Finally I hear a muffled ring from the garage..From a stack of boxes…I found the box..Jeez

Ahh - one of the great undersold features of cellphones that one! Made use of it many times.

re: #96 Cannadian Club Akbar

[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
Heh.

If I’m spending thousands of dollars on a girl robot..She better look like Megan Fox…If she has a 3000 lb steel grip that can crush a man..I prefer she looks good while doing it…
/

re: #93 RogueOne

It’s all just a big misunderstanding. The west needs to learn a little bit of tolerance when it comes to other nations expression of their religious beliefs.

Not how I see it. I may be a bit of a lefty, but I’m an internationalist type as well. I believe in putting pressure on countries that violate human rights to encourage change, whether the country in question is considered part of “The West” or not.

Another test.

re: #98 HoosierHoops

If I’m spending thousands of dollars on a girl robot..She better look like Megan Fox…If she has a 3000 lb steel grip that can crush a man..I prefer she looks good while doing it…
/

Kung Foo grip?
/

re: #97 Jimmah

Ahh - one of the great undersold features of cellphones that one! Made use of it many times.

I thought I lost my Cell at the Colts game..Complete and utter panic…

re: #101 Cannadian Club Akbar

Kung Foo grip?
/

Next thing you know, he’ll be working with the folks over at real doll. Those people are extremely freaky….I stumbled on their site and found out you can get ones with various skin tints, elf ears, and god knows what else.

Holy shit!!

re: #103 PT Barnum

Next thing you know, he’ll be working with the folks over at real doll. Those people are extremely freaky…I stumbled on their site and found out you can get ones with various skin tints, elf ears, and god knows what else.

I’ll take the one holding a samich.
//

re: #101 Cannadian Club Akbar

Kung Foo grip?
/

I want my Cherry 2010 completely programmable…
Cherry…Take Winston for a walk..
Cherry… Cook up some of that crazy Amish food tonight
Cherry.. Answer that call please and You need to catch up on my email

I want my Jetson’s life! What a rip-off

re: #106 HoosierHoops

I want my Cherry 2010 completely programmable…
Cherry…Take Winston for a walk..
Cherry… Cook up some of that crazy Amish food tonight
Cherry.. Answer that call please and You need to catch up on my email

I want my Jetson’s life! What a rip-off

Cherry, it’s half time. You know what that means.
/

re: #102 HoosierHoops

I thought I lost my Cell at the Colts game..Complete and utter panic…

Heh. So now I have to go and clean out cat boxes, the old fashioned way. Catch you later!

re: #107 Cannadian Club Akbar

Cherry, it’s half time. You know what that means.
/

If she’s that real, you know the response you’ll get. :)

This woman was picked to be Lt. Gubner by Rick Scott (felon) Brilliant political move.
[Link: www.myfloridahouse.gov…]

Morning scaly ones!

re: #110 Cannadian Club Akbar

This woman was picked to be Lt. Gubner by Rick Scott (felon) Brilliant political move.
[Link: www.myfloridahouse.gov…]

Not only that, but she’s kinda hawt

re: #111 McSpiff

Morning scaly ones!

Hey! I haven’t had my shower yet!

re: #112 PT Barnum

Not only that, but she’s kinda hawt

And if you don’t vote for Rick Scott, because she is on the ticket, you’re a racist.

re: #111 McSpiff

Morning scaly ones!

Mornin’ McSpiff!

I’m trying to figure out what CCA is testing.
And whether or not he passed.

re: #114 Cannadian Club Akbar

And if you don’t vote for Rick Scott, because she is on the ticket, you’re a racist.

she’s a sekrit muslim and a soshulist! I wanna see her birth cirtifikut…or at least her birthday suit.
/

re: #115 reine.de.tout

There we gremlins earlier.

re: #117 Cannadian Club Akbar

There we gremlins earlier.

There “we” still are.
Apparently.

re: #118 reine.de.tout

There “we” still are.
Apparently.

D’oh!!

Remember the wrestler The Anvil? Well…

re: #115 reine.de.tout

Mornin’ McSpiff!

I’m trying to figure out what CCA is testing.
And whether or not he passed.

And a great morning to you!

re: #110 Cannadian Club Akbar

This woman was picked to be Lt. Gubner by Rick Scott (felon) Brilliant political move.
[Link: www.myfloridahouse.gov…]

NRA and NAACP.

Those are some impressive credentials listed in her bio. Great pick. He’s a loser, she looks like a winner. In a just world, he’ll be force to resign and she will take over.

re: #114 Cannadian Club Akbar

And if you don’t vote for Rick Scott, because she is on the ticket, you’re a racist.

Geez, even if I live in Ohio?

re: #123 Jeff In Ohio

Geez, even if I live in Ohio?

Har. With her nomination I am kinda conflicted on my vote. I hate him, but like her. But I planned on voting for the Dem gubner candidate, Alex Sink.

re: #120 Cannadian Club Akbar

He was a Hart brother, wasn’t he?

re: #125 darthstar

He was a Hart brother, wasn’t he?

I think so. Don’t really follow. But now his a Held Without Bail Brother.

re: #126 Cannadian Club Akbar

I think so. Don’t really follow. But now his a Held Without Bail Brother.

he is. Geez. I need either more beer or less beer.

Drudge links to Alex Jones again this morning : Machete’ producers lied about racist bloodbath

re: #128 Killgore Trout

Drudge links to Alex Jones again this morning : Machete’ producers lied about racist bloodbath

Well, if Stormfront says so, it must be true.

re: #125 darthstar

He was a Hart brother, wasn’t he?

Brother-in-law, iirc

re: #130 sattv4u2

Brother-in-law, iirc

Yep…his “brother” was “The Hitman” Hart…can’t remember his first name…this was 80s era WWF. When McMahon (the husband) was just a corrupt referee in the ring - part of the act. That was during my wake-n-bake college days.

re: #128 Killgore Trout

Here’s my favorite line:
“director Rodriguez assured Ain’t It Cool News, that he’d ‘had too much tequila,’ and that those types of scenes wouldn’t make it to the final edited version. “

Pwned.

re: #131 darthstar

I had a room mate many, many years ago. We would wake, brush teeth, hit bong.

RIP

Robert Schimmel, at 60; sharp-tongued comedian
[Link: www.boston.com…]

Funny guy ,, saw him at a comedy club north of Atlanta about 10 years ago

re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar

I had a room mate many, many years ago. We would wake, brush teeth, hit bong.

Why waste time brushing your teeth?

One of our pastimes in college was setting the alarm for an hour before wakey bakey time, slipping some blotter under our tongues, going back to sleep then waking up tripping.

Ed Morrisey is still obsessed with Obama’s new rug: Did Obama WH use the wrong seal for Oval Office rug?

Still no correction on his bogus story about the MLK quote.

re: #136 Killgore Trout

Ed Morrisey is still obsessed with Obama’s new rug: Did Obama WH use the wrong seal for Oval Office rug?

Still no correction on his bogus story about the MLK quote.

Holy Christ when did these people start caring so much about interiors?

re: #134 sattv4u2

RIP

Robert Schimmel, at 60; sharp-tongued comedian
[Link: www.boston.com…]

Funny guy ,, saw him at a comedy club north of Atlanta about 10 years ago

Very sad.

re: #135 Jeff In Ohio

Why waste time brushing your teeth?

One of our pastimes in college was setting the alarm for an hour before wakey bakey time, slipping some blotter under our tongues, going back to sleep then waking up tripping.

When I was 18/19 I worked until 7 at night. I dropped at 6, then jumped in my MG.

re: #138 Killgore Trout

Very sad.

From injuries sustained in a car accident

re: #137 JasonA

Holy Christ when did these people start caring so much about interiors?

It’s browwwwwnnnnnnn!11!!!

It’s part of the conspiracy to shove browwwwwnnnnnnn in their faces 24/7.

re: #136 Killgore Trout

Ed Morrisey is still obsessed with Obama’s new rug: Did Obama WH use the wrong seal for Oval Office rug?

Still no correction on his bogus story about the MLK quote.

Why would he bother? It’s not about accuracy, it’s about pumping out the newest smear the loudest.

Wingnuts endorse the “Faster Pussycat! Shill Shill Shill!” school of blogging.

re: #137 JasonA

Holy Christ when did these people start caring so much about interiors?

Since Martha Stewart came along.

re: #137 JasonA

Holy Christ when did these people start caring so much about interiors?

I heard they have granite countertops too.
//

re: #143 KenJen

Since Martha Stewart came along.

I have her sheets and pillows. But I hate her. Go figure.

re: #142 iceweasel

Why would he bother? It’s not about accuracy, it’s about pumping out the newest smear the loudest.

Wingnuts endorse the “Faster Pussycat! Shill Shill Shill!” school of blogging.

Hysteria equals cash flow.

re: #145 Cannadian Club Akbar

I have her sheets and pillows. But I hate her. Go figure.

Poor Martha. She has no pillow to rest her head on now that you have it!

Everything is going Hinky on me here…Jumping to different pages
This is a test

re: #145 Cannadian Club Akbar

I have her sheets and pillows. But I hate her. Go figure.

Her paint colors are quite lovely but I hate her too.

re: #148 HoosierHoops

Everything is going Hinky on me here…Jumping to different pages
This is a test

Nope..Failure..After that post I went to the top page

re: #150 HoosierHoops

Nope..Failure..After that post I went to the top page

Same problem I had earlier.

re: #151 Cannadian Club Akbar

Same problem I had earlier.

I think I fixed it by opening a beer.
/

re: #146 Gus 802

Hysteria equals cash flow.

We need to coin some cool names for this phenomenon.

In other but related news, I think there should be a book or band called Dan Riehl’s Imaginary Black Kid Beatdown.

re: #151 Cannadian Club Akbar

Same problem I had earlier.

Sounds like you both have computer kooties
and yes a beer will help

re: #142 iceweasel

No big deal. They just need to borrow that reset button they gave the russians and problem solved.

re: #154 Cathypop

Sounds like you both have computer kooties
and yes a beer will help

Now i love you more.

re: #154 Cathypop

Sounds like you both have computer kooties
and yes a beer will help

You get me so hot when you talk all technical!

re: #157 sattv4u2

You get me so hot when you talk all technical!

Back off. I was here first.

re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar

I had a room mate many, many years ago. We would wake, brush teeth, hit bong.

Wow…that’s what I call discipline.

re: #158 Cannadian Club Akbar

Back off. I was here first.

I’ll just wait a few minutes till you’re beer kicks in and you’ll be too complacent to do anything!!

re: #156 Cannadian Club Akbar

Now i love you more.

Thanks. I needed that.
Now will you please come take care of the yard?
And make dinner?

re: #161 Cathypop

Thanks. I needed that.
Now will you please come take care of the yard?
And make dinner?

I can cook. And hire illegals for the yard.

re: #153 iceweasel

We need to coin some cool names for this phenomenon.

In other but related news, I think there should be a book or band called Dan Riehl’s Imaginary Black Kid Beatdown.

Some news names would work but for now Hot Air, PJTV, Red State, etc, are all engaging in astroturfing. They hide behind the mask of being just another blog but they’re all well financed. Dan Riehl, Donald Douglas, RS McCain are in a different category and for now remain as wannabes.

re: #162 Cannadian Club Akbar

I can cook. And hire illegals for the yard.

Cherry 2010 has done the yard..Is cooking in the Kitchen..Cleaning the house..and has put romantic music on ( providing high Speed WiFi of course) while Cathy and I snuggle on the couch..So back off CCA!
*wink*

Off topic, but tomorrow and Wednesday should be interesting when going to classes. Fairly heavy rain and some windiness from Hermine’s remnants.

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re: #164 HoosierHoops

Cherry 2010 has done the yard..Is cooking in the Kitchen..Cleaning the house..and has put romantic music on ( providing high Speed WiFi of course) while Cathy and I snuggle on the couch..So back off CCA!
*wink*

So, Cherry 2010 is free?
/

re: #128 Killgore Trout

I’d never read Alex Jones before this article…now I can honestly say I don’t think I ever will again.

Crap. It’s happening again.

re: #168 Cannadian Club Akbar

Crap. It’s happening again.

Depends could help.

re: #169 darthstar

Depends could help.

Keep laughing. But I won’t miss a minute of the Superbowl.

re: #168 Cannadian Club Akbar

Crap. It’s happening again.

Is that you, Bill Murray!?!?
Groundhog Day!?

re: #165 ProLifeLiberal

Off topic, but tomorrow and Wednesday should be interesting when going to classes. Fairly heavy rain and some windiness from Hermine’s remnants.

Image: track_early2.png

If we get all the rain they are predicting I may have lake front property. WooHoo!

re: #170 Cannadian Club Akbar

Keep laughing. But I won’t miss a minute of the Superbowl.

NOTE TO SELF ,, do NOT sit near CCC during the SB

re: #167 darthstar

I’d never read Alex Jones before this article…now I can honestly say I don’t think I ever will again.

But the crazzeee Chicano director said he would clean it up when he got sober. White people can’t have nothin’ nice.

re: #174 Jeff In Ohio

Exactly…the dog whistles in that article are so loud my ears are ringing.

I need to restart. BBIAM.

re: #172 Cathypop

Yeah, well, a tiny bit of rain in Norman causes some amount of flooding on the OU campus. So going to classes has potential to be an adventure Tomorrow and Wednesday.

re: #173 sattv4u2

NOTE TO SELF ,, do NOT sit near CCCA during the SB

pimf

re: #175 darthstar

Exactly…the dog whistles in that article are so loud my ears are ringing.

Pretty sure its just trumpets now.

re: #175 darthstar

Exactly…the dog whistles in that article are so loud my ears are ringing.

I can’e believe someone hired the guy that made From Dusk Till Dawn to do Spy Kids. That’s some range right there.

re: #177 ProLifeLiberal

Yeah, well, a tiny bit of rain in Norman causes some amount of flooding on the OU campus. So going to classes has potential to be an adventure Tomorrow and Wednesday.

Are you in Norman? I’m moving there.. Right next to theCampus

re: #181 HoosierHoops

Yep, I live on campus at some of the University-affliated apartments.

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re: #183 Cannadian Club Akbar

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re: #182 ProLifeLiberal

Yep, I live on campus at some of the University-affliated apartments.

Awesome! I’ll be there in a couple of weeks..We should hook up some night…
Oklahoma here I come

re: #183 Cannadian Club Akbar

test

I hope it’s not math,,,, or english ,, or history ,, or science ,,,

Got anything in lunch or recess!?!?!

re: #128 Killgore Trout

Drudge links to Alex Jones again this morning : Machete’ producers lied about racist bloodbath

It’s just a link.

/

re: #182 ProLifeLiberal

re: #185 HoosierHoops

Awesome! I’ll be there in a couple of weeks..We should hook up some night…
Oklahoma here I come

Pro ,, make Hoosier pay for the night out,,, he’s rich!

re: #180 Jeff In Ohio

I can’e believe someone hired the guy that made From Dusk Till Dawn to do Spy Kids. That’s some range right there.

Spy Kids was ageist. Ageist grandma killing youth-centric hate hate. And it had that Machete guy in it playing a gruff, yet lovable, Latino uncle! In fact, the fact that Antonio Banderas had two white kids is also racist.

/crap…I just don’t have the Alex Jones rhetorical gene in me…so sad.

Out for a bit. See if I give my computer a rest figures out the problems.

Now everything is fine.

re: #128 Killgore Trout

Drudge links to Alex Jones again this morning : Machete’ producers lied about racist bloodbath

You gotta laugh though. All of the right wingers are being led to Prisonplanet and an article co-written by Aaron Dykes. This is the same Aaron Dykes that went after conservative icon Karl Rove in typical unhinged fashion.

From Reason magazine: How the government is destroying jobs.

[Link: reason.com…]

re: #180 Jeff In Ohio

I can’e believe someone hired the guy that made From Dusk Till Dawn to do Spy Kids. That’s some range right there.

Robert Rodriguez said he wrote “Spy Kids” for his young sons.

re: #191 Cannadian Club Akbar

Now everything is fine.

USA is just killing Angola for the FIBA world Championships.. Durant is just a monster wing man

re: #188 sattv4u2

Will keep that noted.

re: #191 Cannadian Club Akbar

Now everything is fine.

PC? Time to run MalwareBytes methinks…

Brits change odd sounding streets. No more Bladder Lane, or Butt Hole road.
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk…]

re: #198 prairiefire

Brits change odd sounding streets. No more Bladder Lane, or Butt Hole road.
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk…]

But we still have The Butthole Surfers, right?

re: #199 Cannadian Club Akbar

But we still have The Butthole Surfers, right?

Take deep breaths, yes we do.

re: #193 pharmmajor

From Reason magazine: How the government is destroying jobs.

[Link: reason.com…]

He argues against the 99ers:

Generous social welfare benefits were another factor in sapping the European work ethic. But the United States is moving in the same direction. President Obama recently signed a bill extending unemployment insurance benefits, allowing those out of work to collect for up to 99 weeks.

There is something to be said for providing extra help to people who lose their jobs during hard times. But there is an unintended side effect: longer spells of unemployment. In the past year, the average duration has increased from 25 weeks to 34 weeks—far above the average peak duration of 21 weeks during previous recessions over the past 65 years.

Unemployment is not welfare.

Then he blames the increase of the Federal minimum wage which rose to $7.25/hour last year. This by the way was a law signed by President Bush:

Then there is the increase in the federal minimum wage that took place last year. In the teeth of the downturn, the government required companies to boost their pay floor to $7.25 an hour, an increase of 70 cents. The intention may have been humane, but the effect was like tossing a struggling swimmer an anchor.

Anyone in business that can’t afford to pay their workers a piddly sum of $7.25 per hour shouldn’t be in business. The higher wages go the less people need government assistance. The reality is that people cannot survive very well even at $7.25/hour.

All right. Nap time. BBL.

re: #201 Gus 802

Anyone in business that can’t afford to pay their workers a piddly sum of $7.25 per hour shouldn’t be in business. The higher wages go the less people need government assistance. The reality is that people cannot survive very well even at $7.25/hour.

Repeated and bolded for truth. In fact, I think I’ll put that on a T-shirt.

re: #201 Gus 802

He argues against the 99ers:

Unemployment is not welfare.

Then he blames the increase of the Federal minimum wage which rose to $7.25/hour last year. This by the way was a law signed by President Bush:

Anyone in business that can’t afford to pay their workers a piddly sum of $7.25 per hour shouldn’t be in business. The higher wages go the less people need government assistance. The reality is that people cannot survive very well even at $7.25/hour.

More from the Reason blog:

A sad example is the payroll tax, which impedes job creation in two ways. First, it imposes an extra cost on employers for hiring workers—a cost they don’t incur if they decide to replace workers with machinery. Second, it reduces the take-home pay of those hired, making it less attractive for them to work.

Payroll taxes have not increased. Unless he’s arguing again payroll taxes altogether. He does not make that clear. Businesses take out payroll taxes from the employee’s wages. They do however pay for 1/2 of the FICA/SS taxes. Those have not increased either.

re: #204 Gus 802

…arguing again against payroll taxes…

PIMF

re: #203 darthstar

Repeated and bolded for truth. In fact, I think I’ll put that on a T-shirt.

Right. Let’s see 7.25 per hour is $1,255.70 a month or about $966.90 after 23 percent in taxes (total). Better live in the boondocks with that salary. Don’t get sick and don’t go to the dentist.

re: #204 Gus 802

Typical economic nonsense from the wingnuts.

re: #201 Gus 802

re: #203 darthstar

The minimum wage was never meant as a “living wage”

It was meant for the exact purpose it should be for. Entry level, unskilled part time (think McDonalds,,,a community pool summer life guard job ,,a landscaper trainee,,, etc)
Yes, I understand that in this time of job uncertainty some people have to take what they can get (See ; WALTER)
But to chide a small business owner for having a few entry level/ mop-up/ trainee type of jobs is ill advised, imho

I owned several small businesses back years ago, and those types of jobs (at that pay level) were necessary and often led to higher paying full time jobs with me after an apprenticeship

re: #201 Gus 802

He argues against the 99ers:

Unemployment is not welfare.

He’s not arguing against the 99ers, but stating that the extension of unemployment benefits isn’t as helpful as, say, a program to help people find work.

Then he blames the increase of the Federal minimum wage which rose to $7.25/hour last year. This by the way was a law signed by President Bush:

Anyone in business that can’t afford to pay their workers a piddly sum of $7.25 per hour shouldn’t be in business. The higher wages go the less people need government assistance. The reality is that people cannot survive very well even at $7.25/hour.

Again, he has nothing wrong with the concept, but he has a problem with the timing. As he said, “The very worst moment to raise the minimum wage is during a period of economic stagnation…”

re: #207 Killgore Trout

Typical economic nonsense from the wingnuts.

Yeah. The way I read it he wants to eliminate unemployment benefits (which are payed for through UI taxes); eliminate payroll taxes; and eliminate minimum wage standards.

re: #206 Gus 802

Right. Let’s see 7.25 per hour is $1,255.70 a month or about $966.90 after 23 percent in taxes (total). Better live in the boondocks with that salary. Don’t get sick and don’t go to the dentist.

I lived on less than that for the last two years, by myself, in Golden.

re: #208 sattv4u2

re: #203 darthstar

The minimum wage was never meant as a “living wage”

It was meant for the exact purpose it should be for. Entry level, unskilled part time (think McDonalds,,,a community pool summer life guard job ,,a landscaper trainee,,, etc)
Yes, I understand that in this time of job uncertainty some people have to take what they can get (See ; WALTER)
But to chide a small business owner for having a few entry level/ mop-up/ trainee type of jobs is ill advised, imho

I owned several small businesses back years ago, and those types of jobs (at that pay level) were necessary and often led to higher paying full time jobs with me after an apprenticeship

Exactly. I started out working a summer job at minimum wage, and as I progressed and gained more experience to work at more advanced positions, my paycheck grew in turn.

re: #211 Walter L. Newton

I lived on less than that for the last two years, by myself, in Golden.

Yeah ,, but your a hermit!
/

re: #208 sattv4u2

I don’t get minimum wage… I don’t get over 10 dollars, but it’s close. My store is not a union store, but most of the stores in my division (141 stores) are union, and all the stores follow the basic union contract rules, since it makes it easier to be following a single accounting and payroll model.

re: #208 sattv4u2

re: #203 darthstar

The minimum wage was never meant as a “living wage”

It was meant for the exact purpose it should be for. Entry level, unskilled part time (think McDonalds,,,a community pool summer life guard job ,,a landscaper trainee,,, etc)
Yes, I understand that in this time of job uncertainty some people have to take what they can get (See ; WALTER)
But to chide a small business owner for having a few entry level/ mop-up/ trainee type of jobs is ill advised, imho

I owned several small businesses back years ago, and those types of jobs (at that pay level) were necessary and often led to higher paying full time jobs with me after an apprenticeship

You know what a COLA is right? It’s not 1979 anymore and right now we’re dealing with 2010 prices which have skyrocketed over the past decades including rent which is through the roof. Anyway, accepting a job at $7.25/hour is taking what one can get. Most businesses pay around $8.00/hour for entry level or labor work.

re: #210 Gus 802

Yeah. The way I read it he wants to eliminate unemployment benefits (which are payed for through UI taxes); eliminate payroll taxes; and eliminate minimum wage standards.

Then you read it wrong.

re: #206 Gus 802

Right. Let’s see 7.25 per hour is $1,255.70 a month or about $966.90 after 23 percent in taxes (total). Better live in the boondocks with that salary. Don’t get sick and don’t go to the dentist.

and btw ,,, taxes on $1255 per month are about 10% if married ,, less than half what you state

[Link: map.ais.ucla.edu…]

re: #209 pharmmajor

He’s not arguing against the 99ers, but stating that the extension of unemployment benefits isn’t as helpful as, say, a program to help people find work.

Again, he has nothing wrong with the concept, but he has a problem with the timing. As he said, “The very worst moment to raise the minimum wage is during a period of economic stagnation…”

Labor costs are reflected in the prices of goods and services. Businesses do not “eat” an increase in minimum wage levels.

re: #199 Cannadian Club Akbar

But we still have The Butthole Surfers, right?

We’ll always have the Butthole Surfers. And Corn Hole…Cincinnati kills me. There’s a new T at Krogers. I Heart Corn Hole. Wish it was concert black.

re: #218 Gus 802

Labor costs are reflected in the prices of goods and services. Businesses do not “eat” an increase in minimum wage levels.

The increase in minimum wages hits the mom-and-pop businesses much more than large chains. They’re able to spread that additional cost around where a small business has to find some way to cover those additions while still remaining competitive and profitable.

What do you have against small business?/

re: #217 sattv4u2

and btw ,,, taxes on $1255 per month are about 10% if married ,, less than half what you state

That’s income tax only. There’s an additional 7.65% FICA.

re: #218 Gus 802

Labor costs are reflected in the prices of goods and services. Businesses do not “eat” an increase in minimum wage levels.

Actually,,, they kinda do

If I have to raise what I charge for my product or service to cover the higher wages I have to pay, more likely than not the consumer is going to buy less of my product thereby negating the extra I have to charge, so my bottom line stays the same, or worse, decreases because I am selling less due to the higher price

re: #216 pharmmajor

Then you read it wrong.

You’re swimming upstream. Any argument that starts with the theory that sometimes government doesn’t always help is going to be swatted around as “wingnut”.

re: #217 sattv4u2

and btw ,,, taxes on $1255 per month are about 10% if married ,, less than half what you state

[Link: map.ais.ucla.edu…]

Nice chart. And if you look at the bottom you’ll find:

Social Security (FICA): The Social Security wage base for 2010 is $106,800. There is no wage base limit for Medicare. The Social Security tax rate will remain 7.65% for employees and employers. It is composed of 6.2% for OASDI (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and 1.45% for Medicare (Hospital Insurance).

So that’s a total of 17.65 percent for married couples. Or, 22.65 percent for single persons — which rounds out to 23 percent as I stated.

re: #223 RogueOne

You’re swimming upstream. Any argument that starts with the theory that sometimes government doesn’t always help is going to be swatted around as “wingnut”.

Uh, I didn’t call anyone a wingnut. Put your gun down.

re: #221 allegro

That’s income tax only. There’s an additional 7.65% FICA.

Which is matched by the employer, so he has to pay even MORE

re: #221 allegro

That’s income tax only. There’s an additional 7.65% FICA.

Exactly. See #224.

re: #224 Gus 802

Nice chart. And if you look at the bottom you’ll find:

So that’s a total of 17.65 percent for married couples. Or, 22.65 percent for single persons — which rounds out to 23 percent as I stated.

see 226

It ends up costing the employer even more!

re: #228 sattv4u2

see 226

It ends up costing the employer even more!

It’s been that way for almost 10 years. Nothing new about that.

re: #225 Gus 802

Uh, I didn’t call anyone a wingnut. Put your gun down.

First small businesses and now my 2nd amendment rights/ What’s up with that?

re: #230 RogueOne

First small businesses and now my 2nd amendment rights/ What’s up with that?

Thwack! /

How about those Mets.

re: #231 Gus 802

Thwack! /

Mandy , is that you??

Fuck the poor. Businesses shouldn’t have to pay them anything. And they should live further away so they don’t screw up our property values.

It’s a tough argument to make.

Colombian declared world’s shortest man

27 inches tall.

Leader of Senate: All fellow members of the Roman senate hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote?
Entire Senate: FUCK THE POOR!

/

First eggs and now dogfood:

The Hartz Mountain Corporation Recalls Hartz Naturals Real Beef Treats Because of Possible Salmonella Health Risk

re: #234 darthstar

Fuck the poor. Businesses shouldn’t have to pay them anything. And they should live further away so they don’t screw up our property values.

It’s a tough argument to make.

Yup ,, because each and every single person that is “poor” is becasue they have been screwed over by some Big Corp!

It’s not because of the life choices they have made,, Nope,,, has nothing to do with them dropping out of school at 15 ,,, getting someone pregnant at 16,,,

Yup ,, “The Man” screwed them!!

re: #235 Gus 802

Colombian declared world’s shortest man

27 inches tall.

Although he liked the attention, he said there were some drawbacks.

“It bothers me that people are always touching me and picking me up.”

That would be annoying.

re: #239 jaunte

That would be annoying.

Depends on who the “people” are

I wouldn’t mind being touched and picked up by the Womens Brazilian Bikini Team!

re: #239 jaunte

That would be annoying.

Sure would. Although I do like that first image:

Image: _48992545_010117795-1.jpg

Don’t think I’d feel compelled to pick someone like that up or touch them. I’d let them be.

BBIAB

re: #234 darthstar

Fuck the poor. Businesses shouldn’t have to pay them anything. And they should live further away so they don’t screw up our property values.

It’s a tough argument to make.

Androids Are On The Upswing, iPhones Are Declining
[Link: consumerist.com…]

Quantcast reports that while iPhones still own the mobile web market, Android devices are quickly making up ground. A year ago the iPhone’s iOS platform owned nearly 70 percent of the market while Android hovered below 10 percent. Last month iOS slumped to 56 percent while Android clawed its way up to 25 percent.

re: #238 sattv4u2

Yup ,, because each and every single person that is “poor” is becasue they have been screwed over by some Big Corp!

It’s not because of the life choices they have made,, Nope,,, has nothing to do with them dropping out of school at 15 ,,, getting someone pregnant at 16,,,

Yup ,, “The Man” screwed them!!

Nope…but “The Man” doesn’t want that 15 year old getting an abortion…far better for her to be forced to have the kid and live off welfare…until “The Man” gets tired of paying that…the fetus is sacred…fuck the children.

Actually, I wasn’t writing about “The Man” so much as I was about how someone could argue against paying a living wage.

re: #238 sattv4u2

Yup ,, because each and every single person that is “poor” is becasue they have been screwed over by some Big Corp!

It’s not because of the life choices they have made,, Nope,,, has nothing to do with them dropping out of school at 15 ,,, getting someone pregnant at 16,,,

Yup ,, “The Man” screwed them!!

Well..I remember being poor, Fresh out of College, a baby on the way and living in a flat in Napa for 135 bucks a month…Times are tough for young people…

Radical leftist talks about the need for a living wage…

re: #243 Gus 802

I knew before I clicked…great song.

re: #247 Killgore Trout

Ooops, wrong video. I’ll try again…..
Radical leftist talks about the need for a living wage

re: #246 HoosierHoops

Well..I remember being poor, Fresh out of College, a baby on the way and living in a flat in Napa for 135 bucks a month…Times are tough for young people…

You couldn’t live in a wine barrel in Napa for 135 bucks a month today.

re: #246 HoosierHoops

Well..I remember being poor, Fresh out of College, a baby on the way and living in a flat in Napa for 135 bucks a month…Times are tough for young people…

Starting out dirt poor with an education
Starting out dirt poor without an education

Kinda the same ,, except how it’s not!

re: #249 Killgore Trout

Ooops, wrong video. I’ll try again…
Radical leftist talks about the need for a living wage

[Video]

Thought something was wrong. Expected it to be “not” a radical leftist.

re: #251 sattv4u2

Starting out dirt poor with an education
Starting out dirt poor without an education

Kinda the same ,, except how it’s not!

Right, one sinks you in debt.

re: #247 Killgore Trout

Radical leftist talks about the need for a living wage…
[Video]

What in the world are you watching?