Onion: Santorum Now Viciously Condemning Homosexuals for $100,000 Speaking Fee
Also, the guitar music fad has run its course
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b_snark Sun, May 13, 2012 6:06:06pm |
I knew I picked the wrong musical instrument to play. I should have stuck with the kazoo.
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b_snark Sun, May 13, 2012 6:13:51pm |
re: #2 Obdicut
He's really not a very good speaker.
Hey, don't attack the messenger.
Well, on second thought, if they're really stupid go for it.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 6:14:37pm |
Guitar music is a "fad that has run it's course"? Do you know what that mean's? It means that Rodan is right: Charles is officially uncool!!1
/Stalkers and Charles haters on Twitter
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Daniel Ballard Sun, May 13, 2012 6:17:43pm |
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jamesfirecat Sun, May 13, 2012 6:18:43pm |
Don't say that Charles my dad is a finger style guitarist!
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Amory Blaine Sun, May 13, 2012 6:44:07pm |
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Amory Blaine Sun, May 13, 2012 6:49:27pm |
He's strumming the Gibson Les Paul robot. The first self tuning guitar.
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Amory Blaine Sun, May 13, 2012 6:50:57pm |
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b_snark Sun, May 13, 2012 6:51:11pm |
re: #10 Amory Blaine
He's strumming the Gibson Les Paul robot. The first self tuning guitar.
[Embedded content]
One more thing to break down.
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Amory Blaine Sun, May 13, 2012 6:58:58pm |
re: #13 Cathartic Expression
Too late. Damn things are everywhere now.
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Kragar Sun, May 13, 2012 7:04:16pm |
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 7:04:24pm |
Santorum,
PRAISE HIS SWEET NAME
-- OR BURN IN SLACKLESSNESS TRYING NOT TO!
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 7:17:08pm |
More GOP words of wisdom:
Scott Fitzgerald is a longtime Republican State Senator from Juneau, Wisconsin. Known as "Big Fitz," he's one of the politicians who's been most active in moving Governor Scott Walker's awful agenda through the legislature, and as a result he's facing a recall election. His opponent is 41-year-old Lori Compas, a freelance photographer and writer who hails from from Fort Atkinson. Understandably, Fitzgerald is not happy to be faced with losing his seat, but instead of fighting to prove he's worthy of continuing to represent the people of his district, he's spending his time being a whiny, sexist pig by insulting his Compas's motives for running.
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jaunte Sun, May 13, 2012 7:17:09pm |
re: #17 Kragar
You can easily make it at home from shoe polish and dessert topping.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 7:19:39pm |
re: #18 Lidane
Won't matter; Fitz will still win, as will Walker.
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 7:20:32pm |
re: #20 Dark_Falcon
Won't matter; Fitz will still win, as will Walker.
So it doesn't matter that he's a sexist asshole who only thinks he has a female opponent because her husband is pulling the strings?
Gee. I can't imagine why the GOP has a problem with women.
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Kragar Sun, May 13, 2012 7:21:51pm |
re: #21 Lidane
So it doesn't matter that he's a sexist asshole who only thinks he has a female opponent because her husband is pulling the strings?
Gee. I can't imagine why the GOP has a problem with women.
If they would simply shut up and stay in their place, there wouldn't be any problem!
///
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jamesfirecat Sun, May 13, 2012 7:23:26pm |
re: #20 Dark_Falcon
Won't matter; Fitz will still win, as will Walker.
What numbers are you seeing that give you so much confidence in Walker?
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Kragar Sun, May 13, 2012 7:23:57pm |
re: #23 jamesfirecat
What numbers are you seeing that give you so much confidence in Walker?
The dirty tricks are way up this season.
/
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William Barnett-Lewis Sun, May 13, 2012 7:26:52pm |
re: #20 Dark_Falcon
Won't matter; Fitz will still win, as will Walker.
Fitz, yes, but damaged. He'll have a real opponent next time with party money. The senate will change hands, though, with the open seat going Democratic. Fitz wlll go back to being minority leader until the folks back home see him for what he is.
More video of Scooter offering to turn Wisconsin into a Right To Exploit State to a billionaire and he'll need to go to another state to find work. Of course that's because he's lost so many jobs here with his anti-Wisconsin policies. The trustworthy polls (ie not from the parties) show it a dead heat,) Not even all the blood money from Citizens United has been able to lie enough to change that reality.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 7:29:37pm |
re: #23 jamesfirecat
What numbers are you seeing that give you so much confidence in Walker?
Barrett can't get past a dead heat and he lost last time. Walker's supporters will prove the more determined I think, and Walker's greater warchest will also play a key role in winning the day.
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 7:33:25pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Barrett can't get past a dead heat and he lost last time. Walker's supporters will prove the more determined I think, and Walker's greater warchest will also play a key role in winning the day.
Walker's problem is that WI is lagging behind the bell curve in job growth since he took office. If they used the same logic and arguments they are employing to unseat Obama, the GOP wouldn't even back Walker.
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Kragar Sun, May 13, 2012 7:34:53pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Barrett can't get past a dead heat and he lost last time. Walker's supporters will prove the more determined I think, and Walker's greater warchest will also play a key role in winning the day.
Outside money soils Wisconsin politics
This historic recall election has seen unprecedented fundraising efforts; the amount of out-of-state contributions is staggering. Ahead of the May 8 primary, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found that out-of-state contributions accounted for 57% of Walker's campaign funds and about 48% of former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk's funds. Out-of-state money accounted for 13% of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's campaign funds. And this is only the beginning. With the recall election just a few weeks away and the Democratic challenger in place, the fundraising efforts and out-of-state cash flow will only intensify for both political parties in this race. (You ain't seen nothin' yet!)
Interlopers - those who do not live in Wisconsin and thus have no vote in Wisconsin - are using their big fat wallets to tell Wisconsin voters how to vote. And when they are not telling you how to vote, they are using their thick wallets to tear apart and trash a political opponent. They enjoy using their money to dirty up the race because they know you are listening and they want you to be poisoned against a candidate.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:34:54pm |
re: #12 Cathartic Expression
One more thing to break down.
so I can...get a Gibson robot, or I can get a normal guitar, a VG-99, a Pod500HD, and a V-synth for the same amount of cash
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dragonath Sun, May 13, 2012 7:36:42pm |
SCOTT WALKER
slowly I turned
step by step
//
God, I hate what that guy's done. I think I'm going to make a list of all the crappy things he's responsible for.
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darthstar Sun, May 13, 2012 7:36:48pm |
re: #28 Kragar
Sshh...Walker's war-chest is clean I say! He is, after all, on the GOOD SIDE. Jesus/Mitt/RonPaul/Bush/General Dynamics. Don't confuse me with FACTS!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:38:30pm |
re: #31 darthstar
Sshh...Walker's war-chest is clean I say! He is, after all, on the GOOD SIDE. Jesus/Mitt/RonPaul/Bush/General Dynamics. Don't confuse me with FACTS!
Only white american blonde republican Jesus, you know, the one that figured out how to help a rich man pass through the eye of a needle
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 7:39:22pm |
re: #28 Kragar
That argument didn't save Dick Lugar, and it will have little impact in Wisconsin. The piece is little more than any attack on funding sources that remain entirely legal. The Journal-Sentinel can fuck off, for they'll not really sway any notable number of people.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:40:04pm |
re: #33 Dark_Falcon
That argument didn't save Dick Lugar, and it will have little impact in Wisconsin. The piece is little more than any attack on funding sources that remain entirely legal. The Journal-Sentinel can fuck off, for they'll not really sway any notable number of people.
Enjoy your Taliban GOP
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 7:40:05pm |
re: #32 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]
Only white american blonde republican Jesus, you know, the one that figured out how to help a rich man pass through the eye of a needle
Is that the same Jesus who built temples for the money changers and told the masses that they had no obligations to government or to anyone else other than themselves?
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darthstar Sun, May 13, 2012 7:40:54pm |
re: #34 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]
Enjoy your Taliban GOP
He's bucking for a position as a fuckin' taliban high priest or whatever the fuck they are.
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jamesfirecat Sun, May 13, 2012 7:41:23pm |
re: #26 Dark_Falcon
Barrett can't get past a dead heat and he lost last time. Walker's supporters will prove the more determined I think, and Walker's greater warchest will also play a key role in winning the day.
Yay for out of state zillionaire money!////
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:41:36pm |
re: #35 Lidane
Is that the same Jesus who built temples for the money changers and told the masses that they had no obligations to government or to anyone else other than themselves?
the very same! He drives a couple of Cadillacs, managed to switch places with someone for the crucifixion
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:42:10pm |
re: #36 darthstar
He's bucking for a position as a fuckin' taliban high priest or whatever the fuck they are.
they call them wizards in America!
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 7:42:19pm |
Now that the GOP has abandoned the center in order to shore up the right flank, they will find that to replace the centrist votes that they forfeited, they will have to keep lurching further rightward. Their poll numbers will be like a turd spinning in a toilet slowly sinking down. And its too late to turn back now and try to reclaim the center. Its all-in on the push to the right.
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 7:42:28pm |
re: #38 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]
the very same! He drives a couple of Cadillacs, managed to switch places with someone for the crucifixion
So he outsourced the crucifixion? Sneaky.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:42:38pm |
re: #37 jamesfirecat
Yay for out of state zillionaire money!///
If you're a republican, it's okay! Invade the state, rape it in half, fill it with republican scum
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darthstar Sun, May 13, 2012 7:42:54pm |
re: #38 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]
the very same! He drives a couple of Cadillacs, managed to switch places with someone for the crucifixion
He had sky-box seats at the crucifixion...just happened to know some people who owned Philistines...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:43:13pm |
re: #40 Mich-again
Now that the GOP has abandoned the center in order to shore up the right flank, they will find that to replace the centrist votes that they forfeited, they will have to keep lurching further rightward. Their poll numbers will be like a turd spinning in a toilet slowly sinking down. And its too late to turn back now and try to reclaim the center. Its all-in on the push to the right.
We need to destroy the party to save it!
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Interesting Times Sun, May 13, 2012 7:51:06pm |
Romneysia...#p2 twitter.com/didikins4life/...— diane straub (@didikins4life) May 14, 2012
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:52:22pm |
re: #45 Interesting Times
Maybe he's senile! The poor dear. Gosh, maybe we should elect a president who can remember stuff!
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jamesfirecat Sun, May 13, 2012 7:52:44pm |
re: #45 Interesting Times
I still prefer ballhemeriers, a disease that destroys your memory and gives you big enough balls to attack people for the very same things you used to do. See Mitt Romeny and the public mandate of healthcare for an example...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:54:18pm |
I notice some real geniuses here fell for the right wing wacko Elizabeth Warren bait
HURR HURR INDIAN
THE ONLY RACE IS THE WHITE RACE DERP SQUIRT SQUIRT JIZZ
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dragonath Sun, May 13, 2012 7:54:40pm |
re: #30 Be Zorch, Daddio
Created a manufactured deficit
Almost wiped out funding for bike paths/rail trails
Prohibiting Gay/lesbian hospital visits
No-bid sales of state power plants
Changed state law so high schoolers can work 7 days a week
Slashed School/University funding
Killed wind farm inititives
Major Cuts in environmental protection
Stupid "More than 3 people in a group need a permit" rule in capitol
Going out of the way to discourage biomass power generation
Vetoing high speed train grants
Voter ID laws
Gerrymandering
Questionable parliamentary tactics
Forcing microbrewers to go through distributors
Running fake candidates in Democratic primaries
Mulitple aides charged with corruption
Support for private prisons
And of course, his crappy union legislation
AAARRGH
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:55:35pm |
re: #49 Be Zorch, Daddio
He's the perfect republican!
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 7:57:09pm |
re: #50 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]
He's the perfect republican!
The list is missing the part about teaching ID alongside evolution in public school science class. freakin RINO..
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 7:57:16pm |
Ha! This is the best thing that George Lucas has done in years:
So what is George Lucas going to do with his property now that he's tired of his rich neighbors putting up a not-in-my-backyard stink? He wants to transform the property into low-income housing, naturally, ending their official statement with this zinger, "If everyone feels that housing is less impactful on the land, then we are hoping that people who need it the most will benefit."
He's working with the Marin Community Foundation to instead construct affordable housing for either low-income families or seniors living on small, fixed incomes. In order to smooth along the development, he's already given them all of the pricey technical studies and land surveys Lucasfilm spent years conducting. And we think that's just great. Because if there's one thing rich people will hate more than having movie magic made in their backyard, it's poor people moving in.
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jamesfirecat Sun, May 13, 2012 7:57:38pm |
re: #50 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]
He's the perfect republican!
The six million dollar asshole, able to be more of.a dick than any ordinary man could dream of!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:58:28pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 7:58:57pm |
re: #53 jamesfirecat
The six million dollar asshole, able to be more of.a dick than any ordinary man could dream of!
every rimjob earns compound interest
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 8:00:17pm |
re: #52 Lidane
Because if there's one thing rich people will hate more than having movie magic made in their backyard, it's poor people moving in.
I think a great deal of what is identified as racism is closer to classism, it just so happens that minorities are more likely to be poor.
Most UMC white families wouldn't mind Dr. Huxtable and his family moving in next door. But they would freak out at a houseful of Jerry Springer show WT's moving in.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 8:02:33pm |
re: #56 Mich-again
I think a great deal of what is identified as racism is closer to classism, it just so happens that minorities are more likely to be poor.
Most UMC white families wouldn't mind Dr. Huxtable and his family moving in next door. But they would freak out at a houseful of Jerry Springer show WT's moving in.
they would freak out at a real family, but not a television family
basically, as long as your life is written out by scriptwriters to be as inoffensive and milquetoast as possible, you're in :D
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Decatur Deb Sun, May 13, 2012 8:05:38pm |
Alabama's anti-immigration law works.*
[Link: latino.foxnews.com...]
*Works, verb. To keep farmers from planting.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 8:11:03pm |
re: #48 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]
Jindal, Rubio, and Haley aren't white but don't let that stop your weird fantasy.
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 8:11:14pm |
re: #58 Decatur Deb
Alabama's anti-immigration law works.*
[Link: latino.foxnews.com...]
*Works, verb. To keep farmers from planting.
No surprise there. Agriculture depends on immigrant and migrant farm workers to get anything done.
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Decatur Deb Sun, May 13, 2012 8:11:55pm |
re: #60 Lidane
No surprise there. Agriculture depends on immigrant and migrant farm workers to get anything done.
Now they tell us.
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 8:12:07pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
Jindal, Rubio, and Haley aren't white but don't let that stop your weird fantasy.
They're also all targets of the birther whackjobs who don't consider them citizens.
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Kragar Sun, May 13, 2012 8:12:38pm |
News from Japan:
Unicharm Corp.’s sales of adult diapers in Japan exceeded those for babies for the first time last year.
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Interesting Times Sun, May 13, 2012 8:17:44pm |
re: #63 Kragar
News from Japan:
Unicharm Corp.’s sales of adult diapers in Japan exceeded those for babies for the first time last year.
Didn't realize it was a David Vitter tourist destination.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 8:19:08pm |
re: #63 Kragar
News from Japan:
Unicharm Corp.’s sales of adult diapers in Japan exceeded those for babies for the first time last year.
Paging Mr. Steyn, Mr. Mark Steyn! Please report to the Green Room.
//
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 8:36:49pm |
Evangelicals Unhappy With GOP’s Gay Marriage Strategy
Evangelicals and social conservatives are urging Republicans to make the fight against same-sex marriage an election-year priority and go after President Obama over his new-found support for the cause. So far, the GOP establishment is resisting.
Rick Santorum pushed Mitt Romney to use the issue to his advantage. “I think what you see is his is a very potent weapon if you will for Gov. Romney if he is willing to step up and take advantage of a president who is very much out of touch with the values of America,” the former presidential candidate said.
But the Republican establishment is singing a different tune, showing little interest in focusing on the issue, and instead fielding questions about it by pivoting to the economy. The result is a strategic divide over how to handle the issue of same sex marriage on the right, pitting politicians against the evangelical community as they negotiate their response to the president’s gay marriage position.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 8:39:48pm |
re: #66 Lidane
The establishment is being wise. This issue is a bomb-trap.
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 8:41:07pm |
re: #67 Dark_Falcon
The establishment is being wise. This issue is a bomb-trap.
And yet Romney's camp has already said they're going to campaign on a Constitutional amendment against gay marriage. How does that follow the establishment's "wisdom"?
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Targetpractice Sun, May 13, 2012 8:42:24pm |
re: #68 Lidane
And yet Romney's camp has already said they're going to campaign on a Constitutional amendment against gay marriage. How does that follow the establishment's "wisdom"?
Yeah, heard about that and Boehner's subsequent response when asked about it by a reporter, which was to ignore the question and continue on yammering about the economy.
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 8:42:50pm |
re: #67 Dark_Falcon
The establishment is being wise. This issue is a bomb-trap.
Like we talked about yesterday, when it comes to gay marriage the establishment knows that Mitt on Mute is the best option..
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freetoken Sun, May 13, 2012 8:43:18pm |
re: #66 Lidane
I'm trying to imagine the Onion anchor in the video blurb reading what you copied... with that same voice and music in the background... and you know what?
It works.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 8:44:43pm |
re: #69 Targetpractice
Yeah, heard about that and Boehner's subsequent response when asked about it by a reporter, which was to ignore the question and continue on yammering about the economy.
Boehner was wise to do so. The economy is where Mitt can win, gayness is not.
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Targetpractice Sun, May 13, 2012 8:45:41pm |
re: #72 Dark_Falcon
Boehner was wise to do so. The economy is where Mitt can win, gayness is not.
Mitt can win on the economy? How?
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Obdicut Sun, May 13, 2012 8:46:18pm |
re: #72 Dark_Falcon
Boehner was wise to do so. The economy is where Mitt can win, gayness is not.
There's also the littler matter that what Romney is doing, opposing civil rights for your fellow Americans, is morally wrong.
Do you care about that?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 8:47:30pm |
re: #74 Obdicut
There's also the littler matter that what Romney is doing, opposing civil rights for your fellow Americans, is morally wrong.
Do you care about that?
of course he doesnt!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 8:48:07pm |
to care more about people than about the dominance of your tribe is to not be a republican
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jamesfirecat Sun, May 13, 2012 8:48:36pm |
re: #74 Obdicut
There's also the littler matter that what Romney is doing, opposing civil rights for your fellow Americans, is morally wrong.
Do you care about that?
Not enou to let it effect his vote, but he will cry a single manly tear like a commercial Indian upon seeing a garbage dump.
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Lidane Sun, May 13, 2012 8:48:39pm |
re: #72 Dark_Falcon
Boehner was wise to do so. The economy is where Mitt can win, gayness is not.
Again -- Mitt's camp has already said they're going to campaign on getting a Constitutional amendment passed to ban gay marriage. How does that square with the GOP establishment?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 8:50:24pm |
kicking queers is easy
understanding tax codes is hard
republicans!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 13, 2012 8:53:21pm |
re: #77 jamesfirecat
Not enou to let it effect his vote, but he will cry a single manly tear like a commercial Indian upon seeing a garbage dump.
Heh.
Good night. I'm fading fast now and need sleep.
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 8:54:02pm |
re: #72 Dark_Falcon
Boehner was wise to do so. The economy is where Mitt can win, gayness is not.
The best way to fix the economy is to reduce waste in the commodities government uses and to help businesses to be more profitable. Just lopping off heads and eliminating departments shifts costs around to others, and might even increase overall costs when you look at everything. For example, if the Government decides to not invest in a road project that will alleviate traffic jams, then it ends up hurting consumers and businesses because the stop and go traffic wastes their time and money.
And when the government reduces waste in commodities it uses it decreases the market costs for those supplies and that helps private enterprise be more profitable.
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Charles Johnson Sun, May 13, 2012 9:03:08pm |
Feelin' the love on Twitter:
@Liberty_Chick ROFL, Charles Johnson the ugliest man on the Internet— Defend Wall Street (@DefendWallSt) May 14, 2012
If people learned how to ignore Charles Johnson he'd go away— Defend Wall Street (@DefendWallSt) May 14, 2012
An ode to Charles Johnson "There once was a man called Charles who liked to tickle men's balls"— Defend Wall Street (@DefendWallSt) May 14, 2012
#ff @Blogmocracy they think Charles Johnson smells like your grandpa— Defend Wall Street (@DefendWallSt) May 14, 2012
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 9:07:47pm |
re: #83 Charles Johnson
1. Isn't it kinda ghey for a guy to judge another man's looks?
2. How can they ignore him if you keep tweeting about him?
3. Wall Street is thrilled you are defending them.
4. You shouldn't tweet when you are drunk.
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Charles Johnson Sun, May 13, 2012 9:07:59pm |
That's only a small selection of the hate 'Defend Wall Street' is spewing at me tonight. There are many more similar posts.
I wonder what happened to "learning how to ignore Charles Johnson?"
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 9:10:00pm |
Defend Wall Street is like a Internet Splodeydope. He is blowing himself up with stupid bombs to make a blip in the news for a day.
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jaunte Sun, May 13, 2012 9:19:23pm |
Paul Krugman's latest is worth a read:
...What did JPMorgan actually do? As far as we can tell, it used the market for derivatives — complex financial instruments — to make a huge bet on the safety of corporate debt, something like the bets that the insurer A.I.G. made on housing debt a few years ago. The key point is not that the bet went bad; it is that institutions playing a key role in the financial system have no business making such bets, least of all when those institutions are backed by taxpayer guarantees.
For the moment Mr. Dimon seems chastened, even admitting that maybe the proponents of stronger regulation have a point. It probably won’t last; I expect Wall Street to be back to its usual arrogance within weeks if not days.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 9:25:20pm |
re: #86 Mich-again
Defend Wall Street is like a Internet Splodeydope. He is blowing himself up with stupid bombs to make a blip in the news for a day.
must be tweeting from work
GRR FRUSTRATED AT DUMB BORING JOB, ANGRY AT BLOGGER
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KronoGhazi Sun, May 13, 2012 9:30:24pm |
Ah, cute. A wannabe Twitter bully.
Cheap insults is game because when it's adult rules they lose bad. If they can even place at all.
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freetoken Sun, May 13, 2012 9:42:45pm |
Is American style SoCon politics seeping into New Zealand?
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Mich-again Sun, May 13, 2012 9:45:57pm |
And just in case the wingnuts try to say tomorrow that the Obama administration stepped into JP Morgan's business to tell them who to fire in wake of the $2 Billion loss.. Ina Drew who used to be the Chief Investment Officer and who earned a $15 million salary last year also serves as a director on the board for Legal Momentum, a women's rights organization that would not be considered pro-GOP by any stretch...
Just because I can hear them crying foul if Ina Drew had happened to be a Mitt supporter.
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freetoken Sun, May 13, 2012 9:57:48pm |
The Quixotic Infidel skewers Bart Ehrman:
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 9:57:57pm |
A lot of gay kids are dead because of people like Santorum
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 10:00:09pm |
spread psycho rhetoric through GOP channels, psycho rhetoric filters through conservative bigot christian parents to their kids, their kids go to school, look for the gay kid to ruin their life, and viola
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austin_blue Sun, May 13, 2012 10:00:56pm |
re: #85 Charles Johnson
That's only a small selection of the hate 'Defend Wall Street' is spewing at me tonight. There are many more similar posts.
I wonder what happened to "learning how to ignore Charles Johnson?"
My man, you must be doing something right...
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 10:01:49pm |
hope he looks at his kids one day and realizes his words are helping condemn kids like his kids to death
only they're not like his kids, because they're gay
Republican murderers :)
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KronoGhazi Sun, May 13, 2012 10:04:00pm |
re: #93 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]
A lot of gay kids are dead because of people like Santorum
And in a Cheap Orwellian Porno twist, they will accuse people who point that out of hating Christians.
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dragonath Sun, May 13, 2012 10:19:01pm |
re: #90 freetoken
Holy shit this guy is nuts
While Craig says that the Conservative Party does not intend to "legislate morality",[8] he is an evangelical/fundamentalist Christian and does not support same-sex marriage, gay adoption, adolescent access to abortion in New Zealand, voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide or common-law marriages and describes New Zealand's young women as "the most promiscuous in the world", based upon Durex research statistics
I hope a hobbit punches him in the nuts
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 10:46:25pm |
Many say Putin, who returned to the presidency last week, has used the church as a potent tool in his command structure, allowing it to amass vast riches in return for unquestioning support of his policies and spiritual blessing for his leadership.Read more: [Link: www.seattlepi.com...]
Putin must be a republican lol
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, May 13, 2012 10:46:53pm |
I remember when the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was a real paper :(
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boredtechindenver Mon, May 14, 2012 12:07:38am |
So, I have been thinking about posting this video produced by a co-worker in India. I think she has made a very thought provoking video, but I am not sure how it will be received in the US. I have subscribed to get email for responses, so if you can give a response vs up or down ding, it would be appreciated.
I am not very well educated on the subject matter, and the feminist movement in India, however I do feel that the subject matter is important.
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freetoken Mon, May 14, 2012 12:17:27am |
re: #102 boredtechindenver
I am not very well educated on the subject matter, and the feminist movement in India,...
Neither am I, though I appreciate the work that has gone into this video.
Speaking of the video, it first struck me about materialism, then existentialism, or perhaps smoking. Finally the gay theme was thrown in.
The problem with communicating the feminist concerns is that they only show up in the text at the end. It would have been much more powerful to have infant girls in the video itself.
Throughout Asia there is a concern that female infants are discarded, as pursuit of position or material wealth favors having male children. It's a problem percolating about which most Americans have no thought.
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boredtechindenver Mon, May 14, 2012 12:41:42am |
It was the final message the made me feel that this was too important not to share, though i was not sure regarding the comment regarding choosing. If there are enough comments and requests, I can ask my co-worker if she would like to write something to post alongside the video as a Page.
OT RIP Donald "Duck" Dunn. My first and biggest introduction to you was "The Blues Brothers".
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EdDantes Mon, May 14, 2012 12:42:23am |
re: #102 boredtechindenver
Is the theme "No women, hence homosexuality"? To my mind, that seems to be the point. A future where there are no women and men take what is available to them (which is other men) is repugnant to gay men.
Selectively aborting girl children is anathema in America and most of the west. Linking that to an increase in the "evil" of homosexuality would also be frowned upon.
Unless I viewed this wrong, that approached will not fly in this country.
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EdDantes Mon, May 14, 2012 12:47:38am |
re: #104 boredtechindenver
Dunn is dead? I did not know that. I used to see him in the early seventies on a variety of rock concerts. RIP, indeed.
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boredtechindenver Mon, May 14, 2012 12:52:58am |
re: #105 EdDantes
Is the theme "No women, hence homosexuality"? To my mind, that seems to be the point. A future where there are no women and men take what is available to them (which is other men) is repugnant to gay men.
Selectively aborting girl children is anathema in America and most of the west. Linking that to an increase in the "evil" of homosexuality would also be frowned upon.
Unless I viewed this wrong, that approached will not fly in this country.
That was one of the issues I had, but looking online, it appears that India has a culture/legal system that both implicitly and explicitly enforces homosexuals remaining closeted. Homosexuality was not decriminalized until 2009. There still may be a culture that people choose to be gay or straight. As I said, I don't know enough regarding Indian culture on the ground to decide that the video was not worth sharing
Also, I posted before letting her know i did so, but I have sent her the link to this page, so she may be looking at the comments. Constructive criticism will be appreciated.
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EdDantes Mon, May 14, 2012 1:09:41am |
re: #107 boredtechindenver
Very good. I am opposed to abortion in this country if it is merely another form of birth control, but using to limit the number of babies of one particular sex is abominable. Many eastern countries seem to be comfortable with the practice but in America me are all agreed.
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EdDantes Mon, May 14, 2012 1:12:16am |
re: #107 boredtechindenver
I hope your friend reads the comments.
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boredtechindenver Mon, May 14, 2012 1:22:05am |
I have to get to sleep. I have early appointment to get a CPAP machine That and a visit to an ENT Tuesday give me hope to be able to breathe and sleep well for the first time in a long time.
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AK-47% Mon, May 14, 2012 1:27:06am |
re: #105 EdDantes
Is the theme "No women, hence homosexuality"? To my mind, that seems to be the point. A future where there are no women and men take what is available to them (which is other men) is repugnant to gay men.
Selectively aborting girl children is anathema in America and most of the west. Linking that to an increase in the "evil" of homosexuality would also be frowned upon.
Unless I viewed this wrong, that approached will not fly in this country.
This is another example of how views of (homo)sexuality have changed over time.
It was just seen as unhealthy to let men's sexual drives go unsatisfied, and if no women were present due to circumstances (especially during wartime) then other men (or boys) were seen as acceptable substitutes.
Sexual realtions between men were not necessarily frowned on unless they did so in preference to women or if in doing so they neglected their duty to sire more warrior sons to defend the tribe/city-state/kingdom.
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freetoken Mon, May 14, 2012 1:39:58am |
Continuing on with Sviridov's Hymns and Prayers, here is mvt. 5:
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researchok Mon, May 14, 2012 1:49:54am |
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EdDantes Mon, May 14, 2012 2:04:46am |
I know when I make stupid jokes it is time to retire for the night.
Good night. :)
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researchok Mon, May 14, 2012 2:08:42am |
re: #115 EdDantes
Smirnoff's fifth is the best.
Really sublime.
Great example of the 'pull' of sacred music.
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A Mom Anon Mon, May 14, 2012 3:48:00am |
re: #97 Kronocide
A kid doesn't even have to be gay,just PERCIEVED as gay,to be harassed and tormented. Which is a small elephant in the corner when we talk about this.
My son is straight. He wears his hair long. He's autistic and a little different. The gay bashing started in 7th grade and hasn't really stopped. This is Georgia,it's not like anyone here in Outer Redneckia is going to try real hard to stop it either.
Which leads me to the wisdom about knowing people and liking dogs better.
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AK-47% Mon, May 14, 2012 3:58:19am |
re: #118 A Mom Anon
A kid doesn't even have to be gay,just PERCIEVED as gay,to be harassed and tormented. Which is a small elephant in the corner when we talk about this.
I had the same problem as a kid, not as extreme, but I was a bit different, not interested in "guy" things like sports or muscle cars, I was more into art and music, which we all know are totally "gay".
And although I was certainly interested in girls, I was just too socially inept to actually have a real girlfriend.
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A Mom Anon Mon, May 14, 2012 4:16:42am |
re: #119 Expand Your Ground
Same with my kid. He's adorable,but socially he's had a really rough go of it. I honestly don't know how to change high school culture,but we're doing it wrong. More Teachers? Smaller Schools? Less isolated school settings(more interaction in the community,meeting different people of different ages and backrounds)? And why oh freaking WHY is it a deficit to be smart at school with your peers? Seriously? Shouldn't that be the one place where it's a GOAL to be smart?
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AK-47% Mon, May 14, 2012 4:29:23am |
re: #120 A Mom Anon
I honestly don't know how to change high school culture,but we're doing it wrong. More Teachers? Smaller Schools? Less isolated school settings(more interaction in the community,meeting different people of different ages and backrounds)? And why oh freaking WHY is it a deficit to be smart at school with your peers? Seriously? Shouldn't that be the one place where it's a GOAL to be smart?
Funny, when I was a minority white kid in a mostly black and Latino school in Gary, I got picked on a bit, but there were also kids who stood up for me, they thought it was cool to be smart.
Then we moved to a working-class mostly white neighborhood and I got picked on mercilessly for being a bookwork and a nerd.
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dragonfire1981 Mon, May 14, 2012 4:57:16am |
LLLLLLLLLLLLLets get ready to rumbleeeeeeeeee!!!!
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AK-47% Mon, May 14, 2012 4:59:21am |
re: #123 dragonfire1981
LLLets get ready to rumbleee!!!
This is one aspect of the Tea Party and other strains of extremism that have gained influence in the GOP: it is not always just directed at Obama and the Democrats, it is directed at anyone they disagree with.
And it grows uglier by the minute.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 5:07:55am |
Morning Lizardim from the cool and clear wild north country. Governor Dayton's expedition on Lake Waconia was a bit of a flop, but that certainly didn't dampen anyone's spirits, with the beautiful weather drawing out the fishing crowd in droves. What's new among the Lizardim this post-Mother's Day Monday?
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 5:13:06am |
Good morning from drizzly Philadelphia.
Pulled pork scheduled for lunch today. Following afternoon activities uncertain.
Only Mother's Day activity was a quick "hello, thinking of you" call to my sister-in-law. She's recovering from lung surgery to remove a tumor and associated lymph node, so she can't talk well, or for long.
Biopsy indicated that this tumor was something that had spread from her colon cancer a few years back. Which is not so good. So radiation treatment is under way, and there will be a round of chemotherapy as well.
Seems to be the trend nowadays at this age. Know four people currently undergoing treatment of one sort or another for cancer or a cancer-like (e.g. requiring chemo) condition.
Otherwise it looks like it may be a slow day at work. Which will be good for catching up on a few things.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 5:17:34am |
re: #120 A Mom Anon
Same with my kid. He's adorable,but socially he's had a really rough go of it. I honestly don't know how to change high school culture,but we're doing it wrong. More Teachers? Smaller Schools? Less isolated school settings(more interaction in the community,meeting different people of different ages and backgrounds)? And why oh freaking WHY is it a deficit to be smart at school with your peers? Seriously? Shouldn't that be the one place where it's a GOAL to be smart?
It's sort of odd where getting beaten on the field due to superior physical skills is looked up to or at least accepted, but getting out thought is seen as some sort of cheating. I'm sure there has been some study of that.
I also know of studies that indicate a number of cultures have severe pressures to conform, and that includes not standing out in terms of intellectual ability or achievement. While I guess standing out in terms of physical achievement might still be viewed as "natural".
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Flounder Mon, May 14, 2012 5:32:07am |
This is a reminder for licensed professionals, instant karma might not get you, but computers flagging your personnel files will.
Joanne Farrell is a substitute teacher that may not be able to teach again.
Read more: [Link: www.timesunion.com...]
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 5:44:42am |
re: #126 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
a quick "hello, thinking of you" call to my sister-in-law. She's recovering from lung surgery
Thoughts and prayers to her and you
Seems to be the trend nowadays at this age
Yup,, I recall hearing my mother and aunt talking about "did you hear about soandos,,,he/she has cancer (of some type)"
Now that I'm at that age, I get an (almost) weekly call/ message about some friend or similar aged relative that has "it"
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:01:15am |
Hmm. Politics as usual in New Jersey. This seems to be par regardless of which party is supposedly in charge.
[Link: openchannel.msnbc.msn.com...]
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:08:58am |
re: #130 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Hmm. Politics as usual in New Jersey anywhere
ftfy
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Flounder Mon, May 14, 2012 6:12:20am |
re: #130 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Is there a problem collecting what you earned?
I have an opportunity to collect my pension and unemployment, should I be barred from doing so?
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:15:58am |
re: #133 Tommy's cone of shame
Is there a problem collecting what you earned?
I have an opportunity to collect my pension and unemployment, should I be barred from doing so?
Seriously though, the problem is putting in for (early) retirement, taking your full pension THEN taking a position with the same entity for a full salary
It's not like you retired from your company, taking your pension then going and working part (or even full) time somewhere else to 'stay busy"
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:16:01am |
re: #132 sattv4u2
Hmm. Politics as usual
in New Jerseyanywhereftfy
True. But true in New Jersey to the point of being a stereotype.
I need to email my one friend living there and see what his viewpoint on this is. He definitely wasn't a Corzine fan, but I don't think he is horribly fond of Christie either.
And he has railed in a blog about the need for New Jersey to start consolidating there governmental levels simply to reduce the overlap of services between municipal, township, and county level. Same issue exists in Pennsylvania, but I think to a lesser degree. (Though, for instance, the City of Philadelphia and County of Philadelphia are congruent and I think do not duplicate many services. As if that helps - the standard gripe here is that the only thing the city does effectively is parking enforcement.)
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Lidane Mon, May 14, 2012 6:16:50am |
Morning, Lizards! It's a lovely day -- no more grad school to deal with, job interviews lined up for this week, and a couple of good books to read in the meantime. Life is good. :)
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:17:08am |
re: #136 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
True. But true in New Jersey to the point of being a stereotype
I've lived (or visited for great lengths of time) in many areas of this country where that "stereotype" holds true
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:17:52am |
re: #136 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
re: #138 sattv4u2
True. But true in New Jersey to the point of being a stereotype
I've lived (or visited for great lengths of time) in many areas of this country where that "stereotype" holds true
It's like the anecdotes told here about how bad the drivers are wherever your "here" is
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:20:56am |
re: #133 Tommy's cone of shame
Is there a problem collecting what you earned?
I have an opportunity to collect my pension and unemployment, should I be barred from doing so?
Interesting question. Though I guess that depends on whether defining "retirement" and getting a pension has legalese attached to it making you ineligible for unemployment. (And I vaguely recall that unemployment benefit costs do trace back to the last employer to some degree.)
You don't start getting your pension upon simply becoming unemployed. So it's a bit more complicated than getting or not getting "what you earned".
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:20:57am |
re: #139 sattv4u2
re: #138 sattv4u2
It's like the anecdotes told here about how bad the drivers are wherever your "here" is
One interesting thing I've found about the driving stories, though, is that each locale has its own unique quirk of bad driving that they prefer to "own". When I was in the Chicagoland area, that was aggressive bumper-to-bumper speed driving. Here in Minnesota, it is the complete and utter lack of turn signals. And so on.
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BARACK THE VOTE Mon, May 14, 2012 6:20:59am |
re: #137 Lidane
Morning, Lizards! It's a lovely day -- no more grad school to deal with, job interviews lined up for this week, and a couple of good books to read in the meantime. Life is good. :)
Very cool! What are you reading?
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:22:46am |
re: #141 thedopefishlives
that was aggressive bumper-to-bumper speed driving.
Same here in Atlanta,, everyone here thinks that they're the next Dale Earnhart
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 6:22:56am |
re: #138 sattv4u2
True. But true in New Jersey to the point of being a stereotype
I've lived (or visited for great lengths of time) in many areas of this country where that "stereotype" holds true
For stateside driving I'll give your idiots on 285 the prize. They have yankee attitudes and rebel disregard for good sense.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:23:20am |
re: #141 thedopefishlives
One interesting thing I've found about the driving stories, though, is that each locale has its own unique quirk of bad driving that they prefer to "own". When I was in the Chicagoland area, that was aggressive bumper-to-bumper speed driving. Here in Minnesota, it is the complete and utter lack of turn signals. And so on.
D.C. had both. Bumper-to-bumper 65+ mph traffic on the Beltway, plus the belief that turn signals "gave information to the enemy". I also saw deliberate acceleration to prevent lane shifts there.
About the only behavior I did not see much of was the "accelerate in right lane and do shift to left lane via miniscule gap" stunt. That seems to be a New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania special.
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Interesting Times Mon, May 14, 2012 6:24:39am |
re: #142 Millicent Islam
Good to see you :) You might be interested in this Page by Unlike Some People/000G - the same ridiculous birther/school-transcript garbage used to smear Obama is now being thrown at Elizabeth Warren, because she's right about the issues that really matter and we can't have that, now can we? 9_9
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BARACK THE VOTE Mon, May 14, 2012 6:25:06am |
re: #146 Interesting Times
Good to see you :) You might be interested in this Page by Unlike Some People/000G - the same ridiculous birther/school-transcript garbage used to smear Obama is now being thrown at Elizabeth Warren, because she's right about the issues that really matter and we can't have that, now can we? 9_9
Thanks, going to check that out right now. How are you?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:25:38am |
re: #142 Millicent Islam
Good morning, {ice}. How are things in bonny Scotland?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:27:07am |
re: #145 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
D.C. had both. Bumper-to-bumper 65+ mph traffic on the Beltway, plus the belief that turn signals "gave information to the enemy". I also saw deliberate acceleration to prevent lane shifts there.
About the only behavior I did not see much of was the "accelerate in right lane and do shift to left lane via miniscule gap" stunt. That seems to be a New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania special.
I think D.C., like New York, must be a conglomeration of all the bad driving habits of the United States combined.
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:28:55am |
re: #144 Decatur Deb
For stateside driving I'll give your idiots on 285 the prize. They have yankee attitudes and rebel disregard for good sense.
Like I stated in #143,,,, they all think they're the next NASCAR star, and because 285 just makes one big circle around Atlanta, they treat it as their own Daytona 500
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BARACK THE VOTE Mon, May 14, 2012 6:29:09am |
re: #148 thedopefishlives
Good morning, {ice}. How are things in bonny Scotland?
Hello wee {fishie}! Scotland is pretty dreich today-- dark, cold, and rainy. It's nice and cozy here in our nest though. How are you doing?
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Interesting Times Mon, May 14, 2012 6:29:45am |
re: #147 Millicent Islam
Thanks, going to check that out right now. How are you?
Disappointed that people I thought knew better are lapping up racist, sexist Mark Steynish propaganda, but other than that just fine :)
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 6:31:08am |
Only drove in the outskirts, but Boston is often given the Northeast prize. Suicidal pedestrians are said to be the specialty. I've survived riding a motorcycle the lenghth of Manhattan (once) and rode a freakn' horse through traffic from Columbus Ave to Central Park.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:31:27am |
re: #149 thedopefishlives
I think D.C., like New York, must be a conglomeration of all the bad driving habits of the United States combined.
I think part of it is that with higher concentrations of drivers the number of extremely aggressive ones hits some sort of critical mass. As well as the tentative ones that create bottlenecks and chokepoints. The combination then feeds off each other and you see a mess.
Plus the odd phenomena of watching two lanes of traffic go start-stop-start on a 5-6 mile stretch of road that has no exits/entrances. It's all cars jockeying back and forth and "sorting out" causing slow-downs.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:32:56am |
re: #151 Millicent Islam
Hello wee {fishie}! Scotland is pretty dreich today-- dark, cold, and rainy. It's nice and cozy here in our nest though. How are you doing?
Doing well. It's a beautiful day here in the northlands. The Mrs. Fish and I are being treated to a baseball game by my folks, who are driving up from fish country even as we speak.
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BARACK THE VOTE Mon, May 14, 2012 6:33:20am |
re: #152 Interesting Times
Disappointed that people I thought knew better are lapping up racist, sexist Mark Steynish propaganda, but other than that just fine :)
Yeah, that was quite the comment thread. Upsetting.
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BARACK THE VOTE Mon, May 14, 2012 6:33:44am |
re: #155 thedopefishlives
Doing well. It's a beautiful day here in the northlands. The Mrs. Fish and I are being treated to a baseball game by my folks, who are driving up from fish country even as we speak.
How nice! I hope you have a wonderful time!
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:34:59am |
re: #154 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
The dynamic here in the Twin Cities is slightly different. There are multiple exits/entrances per mile through the downtown areas, some of which are heavily used and some of which aren't, which leads to an interesting "push-pull" phenomenon where you go almost instantly from 15 to 50 and then wind up on the brakes 1/2 mile later.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:35:57am |
re: #157 Millicent Islam
How nice! I hope you have a wonderful time!
I'm sure we will. Target Field is a gorgeous facility and it's always good to get some time away from the little fishspawn. Plus, stadium food!
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:37:44am |
And I had evil thoughts on Saturday night. Was driving I-76 East into Philadelphia (the infamous "SureKill Expressway") and hit a stretch where it slowed down to 55-60 mph with both lanes solidly filled.
Suddenly two motorcycles blitzed up the middle (on the dotted line) doing somewhere over 75 mph (probably more like 80-85). No police around, and obviously little/no chance of a pursuit even then.
My evil thought was whether a car would "hip check" one of the jackasses. Though with thinking it out a little further that would pretty much total a person, a motorcycle, damage a car, and probably seriously mess with the psyche of the car driver. Not good to think such ill on a person for being an asshole. Though I do wish the negative karma does catch up to them in a less physically harmful fashion.
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:37:47am |
re: #153 Decatur Deb
but Boston is often given the Northeast prize. Suicidal pedestrians are said to be the specialty
Not to mention the clever little device we put in there that drives visitors insane ,,
ROTARIES!!
BWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHHH!!!!
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 6:39:37am |
re: #152 Interesting Times
Disappointed that people I thought knew better are lapping up racist, sexist Mark Steynish propaganda, but other than that just fine :)
Mark Steyn and that wingnut turd William A. Jacobson (Legal Insurrection). Perhaps we can get R.S. McCain's opinion while we're at it.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:40:13am |
re: #158 thedopefishlives
The dynamic here in the Twin Cities is slightly different. There are multiple exits/entrances per mile through the downtown areas, some of which are heavily used and some of which aren't, which leads to an interesting "push-pull" phenomenon where you go almost instantly from 15 to 50 and then wind up on the brakes 1/2 mile later.
There is that phenomena here in Philly and also in Pittsburgh. Part of "learning the ropes" is knowing the spots where one lane is much better to be in than the other due to merges or exiting. And that it varies by day of week and time of day - like the exit where the Philly Zoo is gets heavily backed up on weekend afternoons.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:40:52am |
re: #160 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
On I-394 heading out of Minneapolis, they have a limited access carpool lane. It's only separated by a double white line, so of course, overly aggressive jackasses like to cross over the line to pass people. The Minnesota State Patrol takes a particular kind of pride in nailing those bastards to the wall. I've even seen it happen on multiple occasions.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 6:41:29am |
re: #161 sattv4u2
but Boston is often given the Northeast prize. Suicidal pedestrians are said to be the specialty
Not to mention the clever little device we put in there that drives visitors insane ,,
ROTARIES!!
BWWAAAHAHAHAHAHHH!!!
Heh. Our town put in two "roundabouts" several years ago. The locals still treat them as 4-way stop signs.
(Italian roundabouts give priority to vehicles entering the circle. In theory that can't work.)
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:42:28am |
And this is universally,,,, ,but how does "granny" even make her way INTO the left lane of a highway to do her 35 mph? Presumably "she" had to enter from the right.
OR ,,, perhaps she got into the left lane at a much younger age and just stayed there and now that shes older can't figure out how to get back!!!
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:43:09am |
re: #161 sattv4u2
but Boston is often given the Northeast prize. Suicidal pedestrians are said to be the specialty
Not to mention the clever little device we put in there that drives visitors insane ,,
ROTARIES!!
BWWAAAHAHAHAHAHHH!!!
I don't mind them. Saw plenty when I was over in Germany.
The threat of them is where drivers do not know the right-of-way rule for them*.
* - And New Jersey (of course) has some screwed up pseudo-rotaries that don't follow the standard rule; e.g. two of the four in directions don't have the stop/yield signs since they're a "major" road compared to the other road entering the rotary.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:43:17am |
re: #163 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
There is that phenomena here in Philly and also in Pittsburgh. Part of "learning the ropes" is knowing the spots where one lane is much better to be in than the other due to merges or exiting. And that it varies by day of week and time of day - like the exit where the Philly Zoo is gets heavily backed up on weekend afternoons.
Complicating the equation is the Lowry Tunnel running under the west side of Minneapolis. Technically, you're not supposed to change lanes in the tunnel zone, but of course, people do it anyway. And since many people are actively afraid of driving through the tunnel, traffic gets all sorts of messed up during peak times. To say nothing of what happens when an accident occurs therein.
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 6:44:26am |
Early Follow Monday to @michelleinbklyn, currently under assault by sexist twitter trolls.— AdamSerwer (@AdamSerwer) May 14, 2012
Haven't determined the reason yet. I'm sure it's the usual #twisters and Twitchy scum. You can see what people are Tweeting to her here. Click "all" to reveal current Tweets.
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Eventual Carrion Mon, May 14, 2012 6:44:59am |
re: #124 Expand Your Ground
This is one aspect of the Tea Party and other strains of extremism that have gained influence in the GOP: it is not always just directed at Obama and the Democrats, it is directed at anyone they disagree with.
And it grows uglier by the minute.
And I am loving it. I keep trying to get through to my dad about these people. He keeps going along with the religious fundies because of the abortion thing mainly, so he keeps voting repub. I just can't get it through to him that the true fundies see his religion (Catholic) as the whore of Babylon and when they are done with others that are mutually disliked by them and other religions, they will start attacking the other religions (namely his).
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Vicious Babushka Mon, May 14, 2012 6:45:51am |
Hm. Here in Motown we have such a thing as a Michigan Left Turn which is actually, you have to make a right turn in order to turn left. This means on a divided highway, you have to make a right turn to a little turnaround island in order to make your left turn.
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Lidane Mon, May 14, 2012 6:46:36am |
re: #142 Millicent Islam
Very cool! What are you reading?
The biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, and 11/22/63 by Stephen King.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 6:46:38am |
re: #171 Learned Mother of Zion
Hm. Here in Motown we have such a thing as a Michigan Left Turn which is actually, you have to make a right turn in order to turn left. This means on a divided highway, you have to make a right turn to a little turnaround island in order to make your left turn.
Very common in New Jersey, where it's a "jughandle".
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 6:48:06am |
re: #171 Learned Mother of Zion
Hm. Here in Motown we have such a thing as a Michigan Left Turn which is actually, you have to make a right turn in order to turn left. This means on a divided highway, you have to make a right turn to a little turnaround island in order to make your left turn.
The road I used to take in South Carolina to get from Atlanta to the Myrtle Beach area had those
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:48:19am |
re: #168 thedopefishlives
Complicating the equation is the Lowry Tunnel running under the west side of Minneapolis. Technically, you're not supposed to change lanes in the tunnel zone, but of course, people do it anyway. And since many people are actively afraid of driving through the tunnel, traffic gets all sorts of messed up during peak times. To say nothing of what happens when an accident occurs therein.
Pittsburgh has *2* major highway tunnels in/near the city, plus 3-4 more that affect commuting, and one of those being very long. Speed in tunnel jokes are long standing.
Back in the early 80s the City (County?) decided to enforce a "no-wake" speed limit on motor boats in the river right around Point State Park where the three rivers meet.
A cartoonist had a three-panel cartoon published soon afterwards:
Panel 1: Buoy with sign "No Wake Zone" - boats zooming by it
Panel 2: Buoy with sign "C'mon Guys!" - boats zooming by it
Panel 3: Buoy with sign "Maintain speed in tunnel" - boats "putt-putt" by it
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:50:28am |
re: #171 Learned Mother of Zion
Hm. Here in Motown we have such a thing as a Michigan Left Turn which is actually, you have to make a right turn in order to turn left. This means on a divided highway, you have to make a right turn to a little turnaround island in order to make your left turn.
That's pretty standard in lots of places in NJ. 4-lane road with signs periodically that say "All Turns from Right Lane" with the little cloverleafs to facilitate doing the left. You need to watch for traffic merging from those when you come up to the major road on a cross street.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, May 14, 2012 6:53:40am |
re: #175 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
The best part about the Lowry is that it makes a rather severe 90-degree turn inside the tunnel. This results in all sorts of entertaining shenanigans, such as the time last year when a truck overturned and jumped the divider on the far side of the tunnel, shutting down traffic on I-94 completely for several hours.
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 6:55:15am |
Ah yes. The Republicans with their lame attempt at creating an Israeli/Jewish wedge issue against Obama.
wow. especially disgraceful......GOP lawmakers: Romney Should Shame Obama with Israel Trip; bit.ly/ITOxaj #ODS— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 14, 2012
Meanwhile American Jews continue to support Obama and Democrats despite these fakers claims. Polling for Obama is also strong in Israel.
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BARACK THE VOTE Mon, May 14, 2012 6:56:50am |
re: #178 Gus
Meanwhile American Jews continue to support Obama and Democrats despite these fakers claims. Polling for Obama is also strong in Israel.
DOES NOT FIT NARRATIVE....CANNOT COMPUTE
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Lidane Mon, May 14, 2012 6:58:09am |
McConnell: Breitbart, Rush And Drudge ‘Pioneers’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in an exclusive interview with Breitbart weighed in on the new media landscape and how it has affected conservatism. “… [I]f you’re looking for proof of the power and impact of new media today, look no farther than the outpouring of grief over Andrew Breitbart’s tragic passing,” McConnell said. “It was a fitting tribute to a real innovator who proved to a lot of young conservatives that they too had the power to break through the left-wing media filter. I put Rush and Matt Drudge in that category of early pioneers, but Andrew was obviously one of a kind too. He’s deeply missed, but he left an incredible legacy.”
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 6:58:20am |
Article here:
GOP lawmakers: Romney should shame Obama with Israel trip
By Cameron Joseph - 05/14/12 05:00 AM ET
Mitt Romney should visit Israel soon, Republican lawmakers say, claiming that such a trip would highlight the fact that President Obama has not been there during his first term.
Congressional Republicans told The Hill that there would be many benefits for Romney should he go to Israel, explaining that it would both advance U.S.-Israeli relations and help him politically.
“It would be a good visit for him,” said National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas).
Continues.
Read one. It's the usual hillbilly/Confederate/wingnut congressmen.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 6:59:09am |
re: #177 thedopefishlives
The best part about the Lowry is that it makes a rather severe 90-degree turn inside the tunnel. This results in all sorts of entertaining shenanigans, such as the time last year when a truck overturned and jumped the divider on the far side of the tunnel, shutting down traffic on I-94 completely for several hours.
Ouch.
Most of the Pittsburgh ones are fairly straight. Though a few of the shorter local ones have bends in them. But they're not on an interstate.
Cleveland has a 90 degree left turn on I-90 (25 mph speed limit). I presume that one must be extremely fun in winter weather. But it's not in a tunnel.
I used to live near a fun intersection. 5-way intersection - four of the five had stop signs. Every so often a non-local would come up to it on the road without a stop sign, see the cars waiting at stop signs, and assume they had a stop as well - and stop. And then wonder why cars started honking at them from all directions.
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Lidane Mon, May 14, 2012 7:00:21am |
Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) told ThinkProgress last week that he believes someone should be able to be fired for his or her sexual orientation.
In a conversation on Capitol Hill, Lankford expressed his strong belief that being gay is a choice, and that LGBT workers should not be protected from workplace discrimination because it’s something they can change.
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sattv4u2 Mon, May 14, 2012 7:00:51am |
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Interesting Times Mon, May 14, 2012 7:01:41am |
Racist, sexist, anti-gay
That's the GOP today
If you want your rights to stay
From power keep those creeps away!
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 7:02:13am |
re: #160 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
And I had evil thoughts on Saturday night. Was driving I-76 East into Philadelphia (the infamous "SureKill Expressway") and hit a stretch where it slowed down to 55-60 mph with both lanes solidly filled.
Suddenly two motorcycles blitzed up the middle (on the dotted line) doing somewhere over 75 mph (probably more like 80-85). No police around, and obviously little/no chance of a pursuit even then.
My evil thought was whether a car would "hip check" one of the jackasses. Though with thinking it out a little further that would pretty much total a person, a motorcycle, damage a car, and probably seriously mess with the psyche of the car driver. Not good to think such ill on a person for being an asshole. Though I do wish the negative karma does catch up to them in a less physically harmful fashion.
Actually, I think the official name is Surekill Crawlway
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 7:09:42am |
re: #184 Lidane
"In a conversation on Capitol Hill, Lankford expressed his strong belief that being gay is a choice, and that LGBT workers should not be protected from workplace discrimination because it’s something they can change."
Being Christian, Jewish, Hindu is something they can change...
Idiot.
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 7:10:28am |
re: #130 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Hmm. Politics as usual in New Jersey. This seems to be par regardless of which party is supposedly in charge.
Speaking of politics, NJ, and Christie - don't know if you saw this bit I thought it's interesting.
[Link: www.philly.com...]
Debate over Christie's addicts plan
N.J.'s governor wants to force nonviolent drug- addicted offenders into treatment instead of prison.
As the article discusses, there are some pretty problematic aspects, but maybe this initiative could lead to some improvements in the "war on drugs."
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Eventual Carrion Mon, May 14, 2012 7:11:34am |
re: #176 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
That's pretty standard in lots of places in NJ. 4-lane road with signs periodically that say "All Turns from Right Lane" with the little cloverleafs to facilitate doing the left. You need to watch for traffic merging from those when you come up to the major road on a cross street.
That is the way it is on the less than major 4 lanes here in NW PA. We call them Jug Handles, but I still see people trying to make a left turn by stopping in the passing lane.
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BARACK THE VOTE Mon, May 14, 2012 7:11:55am |
U.S. Acceptance of Gay/Lesbian Relations Is the New Normal
For third year, majority says gay/lesbian relations are morally acceptable
by Lydia Saad
PRINCETON, NJ -- The slight majority of American adults, 54%, consider gay or lesbian relations morally acceptable. Public acceptance of gay/lesbian relations as morally acceptable grew slowly but steadily from 38% in 2002 to 56% in 2011 and is now holding at the majority level.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 7:15:37am |
African-American Church Leaders Condemn Obama For Gay Marriage Support
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Just days after President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, pastors and priests around Maryland took to their own pulpits with their reaction– and in some cases– condemnation of the president.
Derek Valcourt explains the president’s comments have folks on both sides of the issue fired up.
Both sides hope the president’s position helps sway votes in their favor when the issue hits Maryland’s ballot this November.
“I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” President Obama said.
When President Obama announced that his position on same-sex marriage had evolved, it outraged some African-American pastors like Pastor and Del. Emmett Burns.
“He has said to his base, African-Americans, ‘I am going against your beliefs and your thoughts’,” Burns said.
He’s so opposed to same-sex marriage, he told church members he will no longer support the president and now predicts Obama will lose the election because of it.
He and many other leaders are pouring their energies into gathering the signatures needed to put Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the November ballot.
Outrage!
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 7:16:40am |
re: #190 Decatur Deb
"In a conversation on Capitol Hill, Lankford expressed his strong belief that being gay is a choice, and that LGBT workers should not be protected from workplace discrimination because it’s something they can change."
Being Christian, Jewish, Hindu is something they can change...
Idiot.
I find the "Republicans are anti-science" argument to be pretty problematic at various levels - but that opinion is just flat out anti-science. No one who studies the research can argue that sexual preferences are simply a matter of "choice."
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jaunte Mon, May 14, 2012 7:18:59am |
re: #183 Gus
Gus, thanks for the heads-up; no sightings on this end, though.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 14, 2012 7:20:10am |
re: #171 Learned Mother of Zion
Hm. Here in Motown we have such a thing as a Michigan Left Turn which is actually, you have to make a right turn in order to turn left. This means on a divided highway, you have to make a right turn to a little turnaround island in order to make your left turn.
I learned to hate them with a passion when I drove semi. They are the single most evil traffic construction I've ever had to deal with. Only thing close is a round about where there should be a stop & go light but those Michigan monstrosities are worse.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 7:22:14am |
re: #195 Talking Point Detective
I find the "Republicans are anti-science" argument to be pretty problematic at various levels - but that opinion is just flat out anti-science. No one who studies the research can argue that sexual preferences are simply a matter of "choice."
Even if it were, 'choice' is not the criterion for anti-discrimination laws.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 7:25:02am |
re: #185 sattv4u2
:(
My managers son went to high school with this young lady,,,
[Link: www.latimes.com...]
This is incredible. It makes me want to keep my kids out of the creeks around here.
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 7:27:45am |
re: #199 Decatur Deb
True.
It's just asinine no matter how you slice it, but your point is an excellent one: In between the constant whining about discrimination against Christians, they take the time out to say that discriminating against LGBT's is AOK because they think it's a "choice."
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 7:32:13am |
re: #199 Decatur Deb
Even if it were, 'choice' is not the criterion for anti-discrimination laws.
The more I think about that, the more I like it.
They need to stop worrying about the "War on Christmas," because celebrating Christmas is a "lifestyle choice."
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jaunte Mon, May 14, 2012 7:38:31am |
War on veggies:
Some Alabama farmers cut back crops, citing illegal immigration crackdown
State agriculture officials said the law has created chronic labor shortages since it was passed last year by the Republican-controlled Legislature, where sponsors said they wanted to drive illegal immigrants from the state by making it difficult for them to live in Alabama.
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lawhawk Mon, May 14, 2012 7:39:03am |
re: #130 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
I'm far more concerned with the fact that the NJ budget revenue projections are coming in far lower than the Governor expected, and lower than even the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services, which means that proposed property tax relief wont happen, or that they'll have to cut other services to offer up some form of tax relief.
It's a big problem, and one that stemmed from unreasonable expectations of revenue growth. Far too optimistic, and that leaves a budget hole that has to be filled.
We're talking about $300+ million (though it could be closer to $500 million).
And all this pales in comparison to the whole mess in Greece, or the JPM mess (where $2 billion in losses - in trades that supposedly were designed to reduce risk to the banks - has got new scrutiny on the banks and renewed calls for the Volcker rule).
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 7:39:38am |
re: #203 jaunte
War on veggies:
Some Alabama farmers cut back crops, citing illegal immigration crackdown
But I thought "native born Muricans" wanted these jobs?
//
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jaunte Mon, May 14, 2012 7:40:52am |
re: #205 Gus
I think this means we just wind up buying our tomatoes from big Mexican growers.
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lawhawk Mon, May 14, 2012 7:40:59am |
re: #171 Learned Mother of Zion
Same as the NJ jug-handle. To make left turns, you have to go to the right lane to exit.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 7:41:47am |
re: #205 Gus
But I thought "native born Muricans" wanted these jobs?
//
They will, if our Alabama GOP-dominated government can raise the desperation level enough.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 7:42:01am |
Keep an eye out for this girl...
Stevie Bates, daughter of Satellite Academy basketball coach Darryl Jones, goes missing
Darryl Jones doesn’t have plans to celebrate Mother’s Day. At a time when households are honoring the maternal bonds of the family unit, Jones, the boys basketball coach of city-power Satellite Academy in the Bronx, which has won three of the past five city championships in the PSAL’s Alternative League, has a more pressing matter to deal with.
Jones’ daughter is missing, and hasn’t been seen by her family or heard from since April 27. Stevie Bates, a 19-year-old former cheerleader at the Bronx High School of Science, with an infectious smile and shoulder-length blond dreadlocks, was traveling cross-country with a group of friends she met through the Occupy Wall Street movement when she disappeared. Bates was last observed boarding a bus in Pittsburgh destined for New York, where she was supposed to arrive on April 28.
Vivian Bates, who is married to Darryl, last spoke with her daughter on the phone on April 27. According to Vivian, Stevie was at a Greyhound bus station in Pittsburgh during a layover. The time was 7:52 p.m. Stevie hasn’t been heard from since.
“That was her last layover,” Vivian told the Daily News. “I asked her if she wanted me to pick her up at the bus station (back in Manhattan) and she said ‘no.’ She was going to Brooklyn to meet up with some friends. But she never got there. She was coming home later that day.”
That was the last time Vivian Bates and Jones heard from their daughter, who is a 5-6, African-American female, weighs 120 pounds and is distinguished by her dreadlocks and a nose and belly piercing.
Sunday is Mother’s Day and Darryl says the family doesn’t have any plans to commemorate the occasion, except to keep looking for clues to find their daughter.
Having a couple daughters this really frightens me.
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 7:42:25am |
re: #206 jaunte
I think this means we just wind up buying our tomatoes from big Mexican growers.
BMGs! Produce prices will go up if they haven't already.
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Lidane Mon, May 14, 2012 7:42:36am |
re: #205 Gus
But I thought "native born Muricans" wanted these jobs?
//
They do, until about noon. Once they realize just how hard they're expected to work and for what wages, they quit.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 7:43:30am |
re: #209 NJDhockeyfan
Keep an eye out for this girl...
Stevie Bates, daughter of Satellite Academy basketball coach Darryl Jones, goes missing
Having a couple daughters this really frightens me.
Hope she has just gone to look for America.
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 7:44:14am |
re: #211 Lidane
They do, until about noon. Once they realize just how hard they're expected to work and for what wages, they quit.
Yeah. Somehow I never could picture "Lynyrd Skynyrd dude" out in the middle of a field picking vegetables.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 7:46:53am |
Well, looks like my washing machine "repair" from last week didn't go as planned. It did a couple loads but when I went into the basement this morning I stepped into ankle deep water. It's been flooding since yesterday morning. I was wondering why the water pressure was so low. What a mess!
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 7:48:29am |
re: #212 Decatur Deb
Hope she has just gone to look for America.
I can't imagine what her parents are going through. This sucks.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 7:49:00am |
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bratwurst Mon, May 14, 2012 7:49:33am |
We should forgive Romney for when, as a teenager, he said he didn't care about poor people. Oh wait that was this year.— Andy Borowitz (@BorowitzReport) May 14, 2012
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CuriousLurker Mon, May 14, 2012 7:49:37am |
re: #214 Killgore Trout
Well, looks like my washing machine "repair" from last week didn't go as planned. It did a couple loads but when I went into the basement this morning I stepped into ankle deep water. It's been flooding since yesterday morning. I was wondering why the water pressure was so low. What a mess!
Must be karma. *smiles sweetly*
//Washing machine jihad time!
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 7:49:53am |
re: #214 Killgore Trout
Well, looks like my washing machine "repair" from last week didn't go as planned. It did a couple loads but when I went into the basement this morning I stepped into ankle deep water. It's been flooding since yesterday morning. I was wondering why the water pressure was so low. What a mess!
If you need any advise on pumping water out of basements, I have plenty of experience.
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William of Orange Mon, May 14, 2012 7:50:30am |
Did you see the fight of Barney Frank against Marsha Blackburn??!
Referee Stephanopoulos had a tough task of keeping them apart but Frank got Blackburn in the end with an uppercut. BOOM! Debt burden under the jaw!
Gosh! I'd like to see Frank now take on McCain on MTP.
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jaunte Mon, May 14, 2012 7:51:25am |
Charles Pierce:
And Now a Few Words from Professor Obvious
Wait, no, you're kidding me, right? You mean that government jobs actually count as, you know, jobs? That they actually pay people to do work and that, in return, those people get paid a salary, which many of them spend in stores and stuff like that, which helps the general economy just as much as the salaries that get paid to people in the private-sector do?
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 7:51:26am |
re: #219 Talking Point Detective
If you need any advise on pumping water out of basements, I have plenty of experience.
I have a large wet vac (maybe 15 gallons). It'll take me most of the afternoon. Any better ideas?
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 7:52:29am |
re: #222 Killgore Trout
I have a large wet vac (maybe 15 gallons). It'll take me most of the afternoon. Any better ideas?
A very very very big paper towel.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 7:52:38am |
re: #222 Killgore Trout
I have a large wet vac (maybe 15 gallons). It'll take me most of the afternoon. Any better ideas?
If you have a slope to provide a head, start a couple hose siphons.
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CuriousLurker Mon, May 14, 2012 7:55:25am |
re: #223 NJDhockeyfan
A very very very big paper towel.
Yep. Here, take this...*hands KT spare box of Kleenex*
You can use it for the floor, or to wipe away your tears. //
Okay, I'm being shitty, I admit it. Sorry.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 7:55:41am |
re: #224 Decatur Deb
If you have a slope to provide a head, start a couple hose siphons.
Probably not. The basement is sunk about 6 inches below the nearest grade I can find outside but that's a good idea. I might look abound and see if I can get a hose long enough to reach lower ground. Maybe I can snake a hose into a storm drain out on the street.
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jaunte Mon, May 14, 2012 7:56:38am |
re: #226 Killgore Trout
The local hardware store or Home Depot might rent you a sump pump, which should clear it out pretty quickly.
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lawhawk Mon, May 14, 2012 7:56:56am |
re: #222 Killgore Trout
You might want to look at renting a pump system to drain the water out and then use the wet/dry to clean up the damp spots.
Tough situation to be sure, but you might want to look at a water cutoff to prevent it from happening in the future - it only lets water run to the washing machine when the machine is turned on.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 7:57:09am |
re: #226 Killgore Trout
Probably not. The basement is sunk about 6 inches below the nearest grade I can find outside but that's a good idea. I might look abound and see if I can get a hose long enough to reach lower ground. Maybe I can snake a hose into a storm drain out on the street.
A three foot head empties my barrel through a garden hose in about 30 min.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 7:57:21am |
re: #227 jaunte
The local hardware store or Home Depot might rent you a sump pump, which should clear it out pretty quickly.
I can shop for a new washing machine while I'm there.
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 7:57:37am |
re: #230 Killgore Trout
I can shop for a new washing machine while I'm there.
[Link: www.homedepotrents.com...]
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 7:58:32am |
re: #222 Killgore Trout
I have a large wet vac (maybe 15 gallons). It'll take me most of the afternoon. Any better ideas?
You can get one of these pretty cheap - much better than a wet-vac.
[Link: www.wayfair.com...]
I use one of those plus a wet-vac. I don't know if your wet-vac has a pump attached (most they're selling these days don't) - but if it doesn't, you can buy, relatively cheap, a pump to attach to it.
And make sure you work proactively to eliminate mold especially if you have any drywall partitions. It's amazing how quickly mold develops and proliferates in a wet basement.
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 8:00:30am |
re: #227 jaunte
Sump-pumps, per se, is not really what you want (they're designed to work in a pit) - what you want is one that can sit on the surface of the floor and suck from the bottom; some require only about 1/2 inch of water or so to keep pumping.
Using one of those and a wet-vac to suck up the leftovers works pretty well.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 14, 2012 8:00:46am |
re: #230 Killgore Trout
I can shop for a new washing machine while I'm there.
If you have a gas or electric pressure sprayer, you have a pump.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 8:03:36am |
re: #234 Decatur Deb
If you have a gas or electric pressure sprayer, you have a pump.
Shop vacs work pretty well too.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 8:05:21am |
Ok, thanks for the advice folks. I gotta get to work.
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Talking Point Detective Mon, May 14, 2012 8:07:58am |
re: #235 NJDhockeyfan
Shop vacs work pretty well too.
The problem with shop vacs that they sell these days is that you have to empty them by hand. The wet-dry vacs used to have pumps attached, but for some reason it's become kind of difficult to find those anymore. Maybe it's because they can make more money by selling a separate pump that you attach - or maybe it's because it was difficult to manufacture a combination vacuum and pump that lasted (the ones I had previously crapped out pretty quickly).
A couple different ones are still manufactured, but most Home Depots and Lowes' I've been to around the Philly area don't have them in stock.
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Obdicut Mon, May 14, 2012 8:31:51am |
re: #238 Talking Point Detective
I like using sump pumps, but to sump pump you've got to have a sump from which to pump.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 8:34:23am |
It looks like the NATO summit protests are starting early...
Protesters arrested at Obama Chicago office ahead of NATO summit
CHICAGO, May 14 (Reuters) - Eight protesters were arrested at President Barack Obama's campaign reelection headquarters in downtown Chicago on Monday, giving local police a first taste of what is expected to be a week of protests centered on the NATO Summit this weekend.
About 100 protesters gathered at the Obama offices in a lakefront tower building as morning commuters were streaming into work. Eight were arrested on for trespassing at about 9 a.m. local time, Chicago police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said.
According to local media reports, dozens of protesters entered the building and ran up escalators. The group, which was organized by the Catholic Worker movement, sang folk songs celebrating peace.
A representative for the Obama campaign had no immediate comment on the incident.
Obama hosts a meeting of leaders from the NATO military alliance beginning this weekend which is expected to include a discussion of the worsening situation in war-torn Afghanistan.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 8:47:26am |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 8:48:43am |
re: #240 NJDhockeyfan
It looks like the NATO summit protests are starting early...
Protesters arrested at Obama Chicago office ahead of NATO summit
I guess I won't be going into the City this week.
What a mess.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 8:49:59am |
re: #239 Obdicut
I like using sump pumps, but to sump pump you've got to have a sump from which to pump.
Don't bump your sump pump, or bump with your sump pump. You might accidently dump your sump pump and fall on your rump.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 8:50:56am |
This 121-Megapixel Photo of Earth Will Make Your Jaw Drop
Need something to put things into perspective on a Monday morning? Our suggestion: The largest single-shot photo of Earth ever taken.
Eclipsing NASA's updated "Blue Marble" shot, which is a composite of many satellite images, this image is a single-shot taken from 22,369 miles away by Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No.1.
The colors on the 121-megapixel photo are quite different from the ones on NASA's photos of Earth. To capture the image, the satellite combines visible and infrared wavelengths of light. Infrared light is used to see plants, which is why the parts of the Earth that would normally be green are seen as rusty brown.
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 8:52:24am |
re: #241 ggt
MORNING!
Must Watch to brighten your Monday Morning!
How is everyone?
All partied out- two parties this weekend. Life is good though.
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 8:53:31am |
Meet Allen Quist, Michele Bachmann's mentor: He believes dinosaurs coexisted with man--and he's running for Congress. mojo.ly/JbauHR— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 14, 2012
More knuckle dragger fun at link.
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 8:54:47am |
re: #246 Gus
[Embedded content] More knuckle dragger fun at link.
...
One section asks this leading question: "Did dinosaurs and people live at the same time, and why do so many recently discovered ancient art works accurately picture dinosaurs?" The answer is a resounding "yes." "The only reasonable explanation for the stegosaurus carved in stone on the wall of the Cambodian temple is that the artist had either seen a stegosaur or had seen other art works of a stegosaur," Quist writes. "Either way, people and stegosaurs were living at the same time."
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 8:55:14am |
re: #246 Gus
[Embedded content] More knuckle dragger fun at link.
...
In one memorable interview, Quist told a British reporter he believed women were "genetically predisposed" to be subservient to men, pointing to, among other things, the behavior of wild animals.
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 8:56:48am |
re: #246 Gus
[Embedded content] More knuckle dragger fun at link.
At least he doesn't believe fossils were planted by Satan to trick us but still Yabba Dabba Doo.
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 8:57:43am |
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Gus Mon, May 14, 2012 8:58:20am |
re: #250 HappyWarrior
He's obviously never seen a praying mantis.
He's another weirdo. Thinks "Job-41" is an example of the "Super Croc."
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 8:59:55am |
Let's return to insanity -witchcraft and burning women at the stake?
Curb HIV With Female Circumcision And Shaving Heads, Says Zimbabwe Politician Morgan Femai
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:03:14am |
re: #252 ggt
Let's return to insanity -witchcraft and burning women at the stake?
Curb HIV With Female Circumcision And Shaving Heads, Says Zimbabwe Politician Morgan Femai
Honestly I am shocked Robert Mugawbe isn't the author of that statement.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:05:29am |
re: #253 HappyWarrior
Honestly I am shocked Robert Mugawbe isn't the author of that statement.
When all else fails, blame your troubles on:
Jews
blacks
women &
cats
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:09:48am |
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KronoGhazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:10:22am |
re: #252 ggt
Let's return to insanity -witchcraft and burning women at the stake?
Curb HIV With Female Circumcision And Shaving Heads, Says Zimbabwe Politician Morgan Femai
Hm... all these great ideas rely upon women bearing the burden of responsibility. How about men having their testicles removed?
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lawhawk Mon, May 14, 2012 9:11:27am |
re: #257 Kronocide
That would take a huge set of balls to even propose that kind of measure. /
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:12:15am |
re: #257 Kronocide
Hm... all these great ideas rely upon women bearing the burden of responsibility. How about men having their testicles removed?
Have to wonder if it is all women in Zimbabwe or just poor women, or women whose men are in opposition to the current tyrant.
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lawhawk Mon, May 14, 2012 9:13:28am |
Egypt brokers deal to end Palestinian hunger strike against Israel over detentions and to move to end administrative detentions that can go on indefinitely:
While Israel had signaled it was prepared to offer concessions on prison conditions, it has showed no willingness to end so-called administrative detention, where prisoners can be held indefinitely without charge or trial.
Azzam al-Ahmed, a senior official of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's mainstream Fatah movement, said prisoner leaders had been brought to a jail in the Israeli town of Ashkelon for discussions with Israeli officials on implementing the deal.
"We hope the agreement concludes today, barring any obstacles," Ahmed told Voice of Palestine radio.
Ahmed said that under the draft accord, Israel would release so-called "administrative detainees", prisoners held without trial, once their detention period was over. Israel usually holds such prisoners for six-month terms that a military court can extend.
A Palestinian official in Cairo said Israel also had agreed to renew family visits for prisoners from the Gaza Strip that had been suspended after Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit was captured by Hamas and taken to Gaza in 2006. He was released last October in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:16:52am |
I love it when I post something on fb and the same person always kneejerk responds with a Fox News Hannity segment/interview.
I quit responding. What is the point?
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KronoGhazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:19:16am |
re: #258 lawhawk
That would take a huge set of balls to even propose that kind of measure. /
The equivalent measure would be for men to have the tip of their penis cut off.
But for women, a rational response to a pressing societal problem.
The whole rationalization sounds nutz. Because it is.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:21:29am |
re: #262 Kronocide
The whole rationalization sounds nutz. Because it is.
quoted and bolded for Truth!
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Eventual Carrion Mon, May 14, 2012 9:21:50am |
re: #247 Gus
...
"The only reasonable explanation for the stegosaurus carved in stone on the wall of the Cambodian temple is that the artist had either seen a stegosaur or had seen other art works of a stegosaur," Quist writes. "Either way, people and stegosaurs were living at the same time."
Or a hippo in front of a lotus tree. Or would that be too unreasonable for this guy.
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KronoGhazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:22:17am |
re: #259 ggt
Have to wonder if it is all women in Zimbabwe or just poor women, or women whose men are in opposition to the current tyrant.
The answer to your question is yes. And if you're really bad, they'll clitorally circumcise you then rape you immediately after for having the temerity to tell them they're knuckledragging cavemen.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:24:00am |
re: #265 Kronocide
The answer to your question is yes. And if you're really bad, they'll clitorally circumcise you then rape you immediately after for having the temerity to tell them they're knuckledragging cavemen.
And that will prove . . .what exactly? (in their minds)
never mind, I don't want to know.
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Flounder Mon, May 14, 2012 9:26:26am |
re: #230 Killgore Trout
Careful how you phrase your request at Home Depot for hose and head and such...
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KronoGhazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:27:19am |
We need to get back to traditions that valued the family. Like when you see a woman you want to marry, you offer two cows and a goat to her father.
Or the Real Man's way, you hit her over the head with your club and drag her by the hair.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 9:28:15am |
re: #240 NJDhockeyfan
It looks like the NATO summit protests are starting early...
Protesters arrested at Obama Chicago office ahead of NATO summit
I've been hearing a lot from the Catholic Worker movement since OWS started.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:28:22am |
Why Are So Many Young Adults Cavalier About Birth Control?
I probably don’t need to work too hard to convince you that this country has serious problems accepting scientific facts, but a short list of evidence: Anti-vaccination nuttery, homeopathy, global warming denialism, creationism. All these have high levels of popularity, or at least some amount of influence over ordinary people. This kind of suspicion of science affects how people understand the effectiveness of contraceptio. To make it worse, people’s understanding of how these things works relies so much on word of mouth. The problem is that a lot of people who misuse or don’t use contraception and then get pregnant claim to family and friends that they were using contraception, which reinforces the false belief that it’s less effective than it is and that you can’t stop fate when it comes to getting pregnant.
The second reason that there’s an overemphasis on this “fate” narrative is that Americans still just aren’t completely comfortable yet with sex for pleasure, especially when it’s women having it. Hard to believe in a culture drenched with porn, but yet there we are. The notion that a woman can go for years, decades, even her entire life having all the sex she wants without necessarily having to pay for it with an unintended pregnancy doesn’t make sense in the sin-and-punishment narrative that lingers in American attitudes about sex./blockquote>
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:30:55am |
re: #268 Kronocide
We need to get back to traditions that valued the family. Like when you see a woman you want to marry, you offer two cows and a goat to her father. And on your wedding night, she closes her eyes and thinks of England.
Or the Real Man's way, you hit her over the head with your club and drag her by the hair.
FTFY
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 9:31:05am |
The wet vac is working well. I Elevated it on milk crates and have a hose to drain to the outside. The draining is a bit slow but it's the easiest and least messy option for now. 150 gallons drained out of the basement and I haven't made a dent in the water level. Probably over 1,000 gallons down there.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:32:51am |
re: #272 Killgore Trout
The wet vac is working well. I Elevated it on milk crates and have a hose to drain to the outside. The draining is a bit slow but it's the easiest and least messy option for now. 150 gallons drained out of the basement and I haven't made a dent in the water level. Probably over 1,000 gallons down there.
(((Kilgore)))
I am so sorry. I have a particular aversion to houses and water in the same sentence. Been thru enough of it myself.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 9:34:00am |
re: #242 ggt
I guess I won't be going into the City this week.
What a mess.
But how will the back taxes on the orphanage get paid?!?
;)
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:35:01am |
re: #274 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
But how will the back taxes on the orphanage get paid?!?
;)
I'll stage a Blues concert in some suburb . . .
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 9:35:57am |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:36:48am |
re: #276 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
Does karma now indicate that Quist reincarnates as a male preying mantis?
Well, yes, it would be the result of his Karma.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 9:37:10am |
re: #273 ggt
(((Kilgore)))
I am so sorry. I have a particular aversion to houses and water in the same sentence. Been thru enough of it myself.
Luckily there won't be much property damage. Most of my possessions are shit anyways. The only thing I'm worriried about is a few antique Persian rugs that my mom insisted on sending me. I don't want them but they're very valuable. I should be able to reach them later this afternoon.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:38:03am |
re: #278 Killgore Trout
Luckily there won't be much property damage. Most of my possessions are shit anyways. The only thing I'm worriried about is a few antique Persian rugs that my mom insisted on sending me. I don't want them but they're very valuable. I should be able to reach them later this afternoon.
They can be cleaned and restored.
All will be well.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 9:38:48am |
re: #272 Killgore Trout
The wet vac is working well. I Elevated it on milk crates and have a hose to drain to the outside. The draining is a bit slow but it's the easiest and least messy option for now. 150 gallons drained out of the basement and I haven't made a dent in the water level. Probably over 1,000 gallons down there.
You realize that you're simply attempting to stifle the frog's counterinvasion? You built a green house and excluded them, so they're preparing to invade your basement.
/ ;)
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:39:44am |
re: #280 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste
You realize that you're simply attempting to stifle the frog's counterinvasion? You built a green house and excluded them, so they're preparing to invade your basement.
/ ;)
Creating a wet, damp, cool place was just the first step in terraforming their new realm.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 9:43:11am |
Whoever Leaked the Underwear Bomber Story Ought to Be Nervous
The heat is on a U.S. official responsible for leaking details of al Qaeda's disrupted bomb plot to the Associated Press.
On the Sunday talk shows, high-ranking officials in both chambers of Congress across both parties called for investigations and the prosecution of the man or woman who leaked details about the infiltration of al Qaeda's Yemen branch. Unlike previous situations, where government crackdowns on leakers has been criticized, this appears to be a fairly clear-cut case of improper leaking.
Leaks have been a problem for many years. I think this one went too far and whoever it was will probably be made an example of.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:44:30am |
re: #282 NJDhockeyfan
Whoever Leaked the Underwear Bomber Story Ought to Be Nervous
Leaks have been a problem for many years. I think this one went too far and whoever it was will probably be made an example of.
Yeah, there is a big difference between leaking and whistleblowing . . .
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KronoGhazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:44:44am |
re: #261 ggt
I love it when I post something on fb and the same person always kneejerk responds with a Fox News Hannity segment/interview.
I quit responding. What is the point?
I had one of those last night, posting mind numbingly stupid crap about Obama EO's enabling the UN to trash US sovereignty and take over. Of course he titled the post 'Wake Up People.'
After about 20 posts he quit and Liked my last few posts, including this one:
This is what's wrong with our country: people repeat misinformation, don't check the facts, but repeat information they want to believe.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:45:59am |
re: #284 Kronocide
I had one of those last night, posting mind numbingly stupid crap about Obama EO's enabling the UN to trash US sovereignty and take over. Of course he titled the post 'Wake Up People.'
After about 20 posts he quit and Liked my last few posts, including this one:
This is what's wrong with our country: people repeat misinformation, don't check the facts, but repeat information they want to believe.
I do that to with this guy, I just don't have the stomach to watch the Hannity segment right now.
What I want to respond is to ask him to source something Other than Hannity or Fox News --but that would require him to do some thinking for himself.
Add to that, he falls into the category of "As long as white men (me) are prosperous, everyone else will be too."
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Obdicut Mon, May 14, 2012 9:46:39am |
re: #282 NJDhockeyfan
Yep. Having agents go to the amazing danger and lengths of infiltrating organizations in secret isn't much good if it gets publicized. It also leads to people naively thinking that this is the first time we've done this sort of thing, which isn't really harmful but is kind of funny.
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:48:04am |
re: #284 Kronocide
I had one of those last night, posting mind numbingly stupid crap about Obama EO's enabling the UN to trash US sovereignty and take over. Of course he titled the post 'Wake Up People.'
After about 20 posts he quit and Liked my last few posts, including this one:
This is what's wrong with our country: people repeat misinformation, don't check the facts, but repeat information they want to believe.
UN fear conspiracies are as old as the UN itself.
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b_snark Mon, May 14, 2012 9:48:15am |
re: #272 Killgore Trout
The wet vac is working well. I Elevated it on milk crates and have a hose to drain to the outside. The draining is a bit slow but it's the easiest and least messy option for now. 150 gallons drained out of the basement and I haven't made a dent in the water level. Probably over 1,000 gallons down there.
What happened?
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KronoGhazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:49:55am |
re: #287 HappyWarrior
UN fear conspiracies are as old as the UN itself.
I think it's just neo-Jewish Banker conspiracy. No less putrid.
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 9:50:52am |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:53:32am |
Republican’s Mental Torture of Women
Unadulterated state-sponsored mental torture. The sonogram law has been sold as one which simply wants to make women better informed about the dangers of abortion. Bullshit. The law is nothing more than government forcing theocratic beliefs on its citizenry and is another step in the Christian fundamentalist wing of the Republican party’s war on women.
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Flounder Mon, May 14, 2012 9:54:15am |
I thought he was going to walk,
Ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. got blasted with a grand slam of guilty verdicts today by a Brooklyn federal court jury.
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 9:55:46am |
re: #288 Cathartic Expression
What happened?
My washing machine "repair" had some unintended consequences.
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b_snark Mon, May 14, 2012 9:56:46am |
re: #295 Killgore Trout
My washing machine "repair" had some unintended consequences.
Holy shit. I hope to hell you have insurance.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 14, 2012 9:58:47am |
re: #296 Cathartic Expression
Holy shit. I hope to hell you have insurance.
It's an unfinished basement with cement floors. Clean up shouldn't take too long and property damage will be minimal. I doubt they'd cover my stupidity anyways.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 9:59:20am |
re: #295 Killgore Trout
My washing machine "repair" had some unintended consequences.
Another example of what My hubby and I have come to learn as we *ahem* get older.
"Paying the repairman his service call fee is a good idea."
I think we get to a point in our lives in which our time and physical effort is worth more than the money.
Age sucks in that respect. I totally cleaned the family room last week --walls, ceiling, books and bookshelves, furniture, carpet. What used to take me less than a day took me 3 days.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 10:00:13am |
re: #297 Killgore Trout
It's an unfinished basement with cement floors. Clean up shouldn't take too long and property damage will be minimal. I doubt they'd cover my stupidity anyways.
worth submitting, if the cost of the rental etc is over your deductible. They used to pay you for your time if you did it yourself because it would be cheaper than paying a professional to do it.
ASk your agent.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 10:01:31am |
imagine that?
Small Study Reports Benefit of Marijuana on MS Spasticity
May 14, 2012
A small clinical trial by California investigators found some benefit of smoked marijuana against spasticity (muscle tightness and spasms) and pain in people with MS. Participants also experienced significantly reduced thinking ability after smoking marijuana, highlighting the need for research on cannabis products or other treatments that can more selectively reduce painful symptoms without producing adverse effects on cognitive function. Additional research examining the effects of marijuana on spasticity in MS is being supported by the National MS Society and others. The current study was published online on May 14, 2012 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
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Kragar Mon, May 14, 2012 10:01:58am |
Fischer: 'I am not Anti-Mormon, I am Anti-Mormonism'
Now I want to say this again, I am not anti-Mormon. I am anti-Mormonism because I think it's error, but I am pro-Mormon. I am for Mormons, I want to see them come to a full understanding of the truth. I bear them no ill will, I bear them no malice, I love them, I want them to come into the full light of the truth.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 10:03:21am |
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b_snark Mon, May 14, 2012 10:04:13am |
re: #301 Kragar
I really do love the stupid bastards unless they refuse to believe what I believe because I'm bloody well as omniscient as God!
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 10:04:30am |
re: #297 Killgore Trout
It's an unfinished basement with cement floors. Clean up shouldn't take too long and property damage will be minimal. I doubt they'd cover my stupidity anyways.
I went through that a few years back when I was renting a house. Make sure you use lots of bleach to prevent mold from growing. That would be a far worse problem than flooding.
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b_snark Mon, May 14, 2012 10:05:29am |
re: #304 NJDhockeyfan
I went through that a few years back when I was renting a house. Make sure you use lots of bleach to prevent mold from growing. That would be a far worse problem than flooding.
Black mold can be a killer.
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Obdicut Mon, May 14, 2012 10:07:15am |
re: #305 Cathartic Expression
I really like the show "Dirty Jobs", but the one time I wanted to punch the host was during the cleanup of a house in New Orleans post-flood. He did something that sent a cloud of dust-- and mold spores-- into the air, and everyone started at once saying "no no no". That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen him do on that show.
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AK-47% Mon, May 14, 2012 10:07:26am |
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Kragar Mon, May 14, 2012 10:07:53am |
Garlow: Opposing Gay Marriage May Cost Us Our Lives
Garlow weighed in, declaring that religious liberty and "the radical homosexual agenda" were on course for a head-on collision in America because "they cannot both exist in the same nation at the same time." As such, Garlow warned that advances in marriage equality will eventually force the Christian church underground because the gay agenda is all about "coercion, and crushing, and taking away our liberties and freedoms." But nonetheless, Garlow said, Christians must be willing to stand up and speak out in opposition even though "we are coming into an era where it could cost us everything, including our lives":
I love how these people have such a strong faith in their religion that people not living by their same beliefs is considered life threatening.
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 10:08:26am |
re: #308 Kragar
Garlow: Opposing Gay Marriage May Cost Us Our Lives
I love how these people have such a strong faith in their religion that people not living by their same beliefs is considered life threatening.
Oh yikes martyr complex much.
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 10:09:48am |
re: #307 Expand Your Ground
Being Republican is a choice. So is being a dickhead.
So, Lankford would be okay with someone being fired over being straight? Nah.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 14, 2012 10:11:10am |
I missed this:
Gates Foundation Will No Longer Make Grants to ALEC Nonprofit
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today became the latest backer to withdraw financial support for the American Legislative Exchange Council.
A foundation spokesman told Roll Call that it does not plan to make future grants to the conservative nonprofit, which has come under fire from progressive activists for its support of voter identification laws and other contentious measures.
The foundation, run by the co-founder of Microsoft Corp. and his wife, contributed more than $375,000 to ALEC in the past two years and was the target of an online petition launched today by the liberal Progressive Change Campaign Committee that garnered more than 23,000 signatures in a matter of hours.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Mon, May 14, 2012 10:11:22am |
re: #301 Kragar
I translate that as "I like your fanatical religious faith, but wish it was under my direct command rather than someone else's."
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, May 14, 2012 10:12:30am |
Hatred of Israel is getting violent in Germany...
Radicals attack ‘I Like Israel’ event in Germany
BERLIN – Right-wing radicals attacked a booth distributing pro-Israel materials at the “I Like Israel” event in the west German city of Siegen on Saturday, resulting in physical injuries to two women and a man, according to the news outlet n-tv.
The veteran German journalist Ulrich Sahm reported on n-tv’s website that the public prosecutor investigating the assault said a 25-year-old right-wing extremist was arrested.
Roger Bückert, head of the pro-Israel group “neveragain” and an organizer of the booth, told n-tv that he was “not surprised but nonetheless shocked.”
The assault involved four to five masked anti- Israel radicals who are believed to be active in the neo-Nazi political scene. “I Like Israel” is a nationwide annual event that blankets 64 German cities and towns to promote solidarity with the Jewish state and celebrate its Independence Day – with the head of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, Dr. Dieter Graumann, serving as a patron.
According to n-tv, there have been verbal tirades against Israel supporters at the I Like Israel event in the past, but not physical attacks.
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HappyBenghazi Mon, May 14, 2012 10:12:43am |
I'm not anti-douchebag, I'm anti douchbaggery.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, May 14, 2012 10:13:35am |
Can the state force a person to take drugs in order to execute him? That is the grisly question raised by the case of Steven Staley, a convicted murderer who believes polygraph machines are controlling and torturing him. Even though he’s psychotic, Staley is scheduled to be executed next week, based on a judge’s order requiring him to take medication he has refused. If Texas actually goes ahead with this deeply disturbing plan, it will be the first state, as far as I can tell, to drug someone in order to carry out a death sentence. That is a distinction that no one on the planet should want to have.
At least half the state will hoot & holler and have no problem with that whatsoever.
In the old days the heretic walked to the stake still a heretic, proclaiming his heresy, exulting in it. Even the victim of the Russian purges could carry rebellion locked up in his skull as he walked down the passage waiting for the bullet. But we make the brain perfect before we blow it out.
George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty Four
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AK-47% Mon, May 14, 2012 10:14:54am |
re: #308 Kragar
Garlow: Opposing Gay Marriage May Cost Us Our Lives
I love how these people have such a strong faith in their religion that people not living by their same beliefs is considered life threatening.
Once again, this is Dominionism: the belief that America's unique standing in the world arises from the fact that our nation's laws reflect (thier bigoted, fundamentalist view of) God's Divine Laws.
The second that we stray from (their interpretation of) God's laws by allowing things like gay marriage, abortion, perostititution, drug use, gambling, gun control progressive taxation, etc., we are "shaking our fist at God" and inviting his Divine Wrath upon our heads.
That is what gets them so worked up, it is why they can never be content with the notion of "we disapprove of it, and don't want you to do it, but the law says it cannot be prohibited".
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lawhawk Mon, May 14, 2012 10:19:15am |
re: #294 Tommy's cone of shame
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He founded and ran the charity, but he ended up using the funds meant for those in need for his own benefit. It involves Medicare/Medicaid funding as well as state funds that were directed at Soundview by Espada when he was in office. With the convictions, it may kill the health care network and end health care access to many in those communities. So, it not only affects Espada, but those who the charity was meant to help.
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Garlow: Opposing Gay Marriage May Cost Us Our Lives
I love how these people have such a strong faith in their religion that people not living by their same beliefs is considered life threatening.
Well there has been that rash of religious people getting dragged behind pickup trucks until dead, and being tied to a post until death, and being beaten to death, and ...
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