Click to enlargePresident Barack Obama runs around his desk in the Oval Office with Sarah Froman, daughter of Nancy Goodman and Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, July 9, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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erik_t Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:26:03pm |
THIS COWARDICE MAY LOOK FUNNY NOW, BUT WHEN PUTIN REARS HIS HEAD AND COMES INTO THE AIR SPACE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE SURRENDERER-IN-CHIEF IS GOING TO BE THE END OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL NATION
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:26:16pm |
Has he always had that rug? If so, I like it better than I did the last time I looked at it. I have a vague recollection of not liking what he'd done to the Oval.
Also, cute as hell.
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Obdicut Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:26:43pm |
Obama is really moving. But she's cutting off the corner. Still, $5 on Obama.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:26:49pm |
Something you would never see a President Romney doing, how dare he treat the oval office like a rumpus room!
//
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JamesWI Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:27:36pm |
LOOK AT OBUMMER WASTING TIME ON THE TAXPAYER'S DIME! WHY ISN'T HE WORKING 24/7
/
Edit: How do you do the wingnut speak? I thought it was something like "< wingnut >", but that didn't work
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:28:25pm |
re: #4 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Something you would never see a President Romney doing, how dare he treat the oval office like a rumpus room!
//
"What is that child doing here? Doesn't she know this is a very important room? Get her out of here before she stains the carpet!"
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jhrhv Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:29:47pm |
He probably thought Churchill's head bust grew feet and was chasing him.
/
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aagcobb Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:30:32pm |
re: #5 JamesWI
LOOK AT OBUMMER WASTING TIME ON THE TAXPAYER'S DIME! WHY ISN'T HE WORKING 24/7
/
Edit: How do you do the wingnut speak? I thought it was something like "< wingnut >", but that didn't work
Use [ ] around wingnut instead of < >
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Tigger2 Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:36:40pm |
I'm sure this photo will be one of the outrages of the day.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:36:49pm |
This photo is also pretty mind-blowing:
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Tigger2 Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:40:37pm |
re: #11 Charles Johnson
This photo is also pretty mind-blowing:
That's how our planet will look if people don't start taking Climate Change serious.
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jaunte Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:45:19pm |
Just got an email from the Texas Freedom Network:
David Barton's publisher has dropped his "The Jefferson Lies" (foreword by Glenn Beck!) book, over factual errors.
[Link: www.tennessean.com...]
Review Of The Jefferson Lies (2012)
by Steven Green, Director of the Center for Religion, Law and Democracy at Willamette University:
[Link: www.tfn.org...]
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jhrhv Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:46:18pm |
You have to like a President who finds the time to play catch me if you can with a child in the Oval office.
Big upding for President Obama.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:47:26pm |
A Little History Tutorial, from Hatewatch to Bryan Fischer
This has to hurt.
... based solely on its name, the American Family Association’s mission ought to have something to do, broadly, with American families. But instead, its most prominent voices devote themselves to hating Muslims, lying about history, castigating long-dead American Indians for not being Christian enough, and speculating absurdly that the Department of Homeland Security is planning to wage war on American civilians.
And when it comes to families, the AFA rejects out of hand any suggestion of structures that deviate even a tiny bit from a married pair of heterosexuals together with their offspring. Yet it remains the “American Family Association,” presumably because someone understands that the word “family” makes supporters feel good.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:48:30pm |
re: #13 jaunte
Just got an email from the Texas Freedom Network:
Got it paged: Publisher pulls Barton's Jefferson book
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blueraven Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:48:53pm |
Uh oh
More bad polling news for Mitt
Fox News poll: Obama's lead grows as Romney's support slips
The president would take 49 percent of the vote compared to Romney's 40 percent in a head-to-head matchup if the election were held today, the poll found.
Read more: [Link: www.foxnews.com...]
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RadicalModerate Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:52:48pm |
re: #4 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Something you would never see a President Romney doing, how dare he treat the oval office like a rumpus room!
//
It's so unpresidential to have kids in the Oval Office!!!1
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:54:24pm |
Catch me if you can?
Seriously.
Real men play "Monster in the Middle."
//
(Actually, Monster in the Middle is very important to the psychological development of children. It teaches them about boundaries and confidence.)
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:54:37pm |
re: #19 RadicalModerate
That picture was the first that popped into my mind when I saw the headline. I can't for a sec imagine Romney being that carefree about kids running around in the Oval Office.
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:55:48pm |
re: #16 Kragar
Got it paged: Publisher pulls Barton's Jefferson book
obviously barton will cry censorship, since he thinks the constitution guarantees him the right to have anything he writes published
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:55:56pm |
re: #20 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Catch me if you can?
Seriously.
Real men play "Monster in the Middle."
//
(Actually, Monster in the Middle is very important to the psychological development of children. It teaches them about boundaries and consequences.)
I have fixed this. I had a brain fart while typing it.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:56:20pm |
re: #20 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Catch me if you can?
Seriously.
Real men play "Monster in the Middle."
//
(Actually, Monster in the Middle is very important to the psychological development of children. It teaches them about boundaries and consequences.)
"I think there is a monster under the bed."
"Let me check and OH GOD!!! IT'S GOT MY ARM! ARRRGH!! Just kidding, everyone knows monsters just eat kids. Good night."
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 3:57:13pm |
re: #22 engineer cat
obviously barton will cry censorship, since he thinks the constitution guarantees him the right to have anything he writes published
Nowhere in the Constitution does it require me to put up with their shit, nor does it prevent me from calling them out for being full of shit.
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blueraven Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:00:46pm |
re: #18 erik_t
Damn, 40% in August is a shitty number.
Special Report w Brett Baier just reported on the poll and were pretty much disavowing its accuracy. LOL
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:00:49pm |
OT:
Mitt Romney Ad: Obama Has Declared A War On Religion
A new Mitt Romney ad released Thursday accuses President Barack Obama of waging a "war on religion." The ad, along with recent attacks on Obama's welfare policy, signals a move away from attacking the president's handling of the economy.
"President Obama used his health care plan to declare war on religion, forcing religious institutions to go against their faith," says a narrator in the ad. "Mitt Romney believes that’s wrong."
I would think Willard would be the last person who'd want Americans to wonder "What does Mitt Romney believe?"
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erik_t Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:01:31pm |
re: #27 Targetpractice
OT:
Mitt Romney Ad: Obama Has Declared A War On Religion
I would think Willard would be the last person who'd want Americans to wonder "What does Mitt Romney believe?"
Mitt Romney believes? That's wrong.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:02:47pm |
3 days in a row and fucktard is still going strong:
Bryan Fischer: The next Underground Railroad: to protect children from judicial kidnappings?
I would support any family who wants to remove kids from an environment where Bryan Fischer is taken seriously.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:04:36pm |
re: #18 erik_t
Damn, 40% in August is a shitty number.
If he'd released his tax returns he'd at least have an upside. As it is right now people are simply filling in the void with their own imaginations and coming to the conclusion that he's hiding something truly awful. That's a hard perception to look past. As each day passes he loses time for whatever hit he takes from releasing the returns to dissipate while also reinforcing the view that he's secretive, elitist and out of touch.
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:05:52pm |
re: #30 goddamnedfrank
If he'd released his tax returns he'd at least have an upside. As it is right now people are simply filling in the void with their own imaginations and coming to the conclusion that he's hiding something truly awful. That's a hard perception to look past. As each day passes he loses time for whatever hit he takes from releasing the returns to dissipate while also reinforcing the view that he's secretive, elitist and out of touch.
And the longer he drags it out, the more damage its going to do in October, when the Obama campaign will not hesitate to bring it up at every opportunity in the debates. Does he really think that Obama's going to pull punches?
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ArchangelMichael Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:06:44pm |
How is this man supposed to intimidate Kremlin Joe and his ChiCom buddies!!11!!ONE!
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:10:15pm |
re: #18 erik_t
Damn, 40% in August is a shitty number.
do you know what's really shitty?
that we are spending august at our desks and other workplaces during august, while most of western europe is spending the entire month of august at the beach like civilized people
my european business contacts have sent me emails telling me that they'll offline for the month, and wishing me a 'happy vacation' for the entire month too!
gah
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abolitionist Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:10:26pm |
re: #22 engineer cat
obviously barton will cry censorship, since he thinks the constitution guarantees him the right to have anything he writes published
Oh I think it does, but it's between him and his publisher. And whether it's to be filed under fiction or whatever, that would be up to librarians and booksellers.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:12:11pm |
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:12:11pm |
re: #33 engineer cat
do you know what's really shitty?
that we are spending august at our desks and other workplaces during august, while most of western europe is spending the entire month of august at the beach like civilized people
my european business contacts have sent me emails telling me that they'll offline for the month, and wishing me a 'happy vacation' for the entire month too!
gah
Damned socialists!
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:12:48pm |
When I was a little girl, I had a canopy bed that sat high enough off the floor to let an adult hide comfortably under it.
My dear parents used to get a big kick out of hiding under there on occasion, and one of them would either gently brush the toes, or grab the leg of whoever would pass by. It was a rule to never loose limbs to hang over the edges of the bed, or the Pig Monster would eat them. Especially in October...
The things people do to their kids.
Gawd, I wish my boys' beds weren't so close to the ground...
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:13:13pm |
re: #34 abolitionist
Oh I think it does, but it's between him and his publisher. And whether it's to be filed under fiction or whatever, that would be up to librarians and booksellers.
The real question is does Huckabee still think all Americans should be forced at gunpoint to listen to Barton?
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palomino Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:13:35pm |
re: #26 blueraven
Special Report w Brett Baier just reported on the poll and were pretty much disavowing its accuracy. LOL
Weird thing is that the FoxNews site has its own poll (Obama up by 9) as a lead story. FoxNation, OTOH, ignores Fox's own poll and leads with Rasmussen, which gives Romney a 4-point edge.
FoxNation has an open comment section following the poll, and it's filled with the usual gop hyperbole and hate directed toward the prez. FoxNews doesn't even seem to have a comment section. Is this typical? I stay away from both these sites--they actually make HuffPo look "fair and balanced" by comparison, as they are simply unable to say anything positive about Obama. Even HuffPo posts stories showing good news for Romney, in addition to just polls.
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Charleston Chew Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:14:15pm |
re: #2 SanFranciscoZionist
Has he always had that rug? If so, I like it better than I did the last time I looked at it. I have a vague recollection of not liking what he'd done to the Oval.
Also, cute as hell.
I think the rug is from a redecoration on Aug. 31, 2010.
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abolitionist Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:15:35pm |
re: #20 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Catch me if you can?
Seriously.
Real men play "Monster in the Middle."
//
(Actually, Monster in the Middle is very important to the psychological development of children. It teaches them about boundaries and consequences.)
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Only The Lurker Knows Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:17:06pm |
re: #22 engineer cat
Actually, it does. He just has to find a publisher who is willing to take the risk of running a few hundred thousand copies off. If he can't, well that isn't censorship, just free market capitalism at work.
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Only The Lurker Knows Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:20:38pm |
re: #39 palomino
Fox News used to allow comments, but here lately, they have seemed to have shut it off.
// I wonder why?
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SpaceJesus Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:26:47pm |
mccain would have known what to do about this
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:30:17pm |
RT @blackcanseco: Dear Rep. Joe Walsh: Quit calling. Obama "son" & go pay ur child support u slack-ass arrogant bigoted obstructionist.
— Davey D (@mrdaveyd) August 9, 2012
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darthstar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:32:51pm |
Does a worse surrogate than Newt Gingrich for Mitt Romney exist? Is Casey Anthony available?— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 9, 2012
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:35:33pm |
re: #34 abolitionist
re: #42 Bubblehead II
the constitution doesn't guarantee anybody the right to be published. it just guarantees that if you manage to find somebody to publish your book - and i guess you could always "self publish" - the government can't step in and stop it, or jail you because of what it says
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Digital Display Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:36:12pm |
re: #47 Stanley Sea
Hoops! How's it?!
It's going great! Getting ready to watch Peyton play for the Bronco's in 20 minutes.. Yea..Preseason sucks..But I'm ready for football!
How are you?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:36:27pm |
And the award for best mohawk goes to ... media.talkingpointsmemo.com/slideshow/whit… via @tpm
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 9, 2012
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:37:22pm |
re: #49 Digital Display
It's going great! Getting ready to watch Peyton play for the Bronco's in 20 minutes.. Yea..Preseason sucks..But I'm ready for football!
How are you?
Doing fine! We have the first female ref here in San Diego tonight. (too bad she's a scrub, but typical fight to legitimacy!)
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:38:40pm |
I love it when Pete Souza releases a bunch of photos. Good day.
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aagcobb Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:39:50pm |
re: #17 blueraven
Uh oh
More bad polling news for MittFox News poll: Obama's lead grows as Romney's support slips
Read more: [Link: www.foxnews.com...]
FoxNews poll is of registered instead of likely voters, but that's still a very bad number for Romney. He could still win if the economy gets even shittier, but he's got a hole to dig himself out of.
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b_sharp Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:41:51pm |
re: #35 Kragar
In the wake of Temple shooting, Baptists think now is the time to bring Sikhs to Jesus
Time for Baptists to mind their own business.
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b_sharp Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:42:34pm |
re: #37 OhNoZombies!
When I was a little girl, I had a canopy bed that sat high enough off the floor to let an adult hide comfortably under it.
My dear parents used to get a big kick out of hiding under there on occasion, and one of them would either gently brush the toes, or grab the leg of whoever would pass by. It was a rule to never loose limbs to hang over the edges of the bed, or the Pig Monster would eat them. Especially in October...
The things people do to their kids.
Gawd, I wish my boys' beds weren't so close to the ground...
RC robot.
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ArchangelMichael Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:43:40pm |
re: #35 Kragar
In the wake of Temple shooting, Baptists think now is the time to bring Sikhs to Jesus
Khan Noonian Singh was a Sikh.
Challenge Accepted.
/
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:43:44pm |
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:47:16pm |
Fox News poll: Obama's lead grow
bah - everybody knows fox news is libberuls
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b_sharp Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:49:17pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:51:01pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:54:18pm |
Harry, It's Huntsman, right? The senior Huntsman is partnered with longtime Bain managing director Rober Gay. spectator.org/blog/2012/01/1…
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) August 9, 2012
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erik_t Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:56:51pm |
re: #63 Stanley Sea
HAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh Santa, you shouldn't have.
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Only The Lurker Knows Thu, Aug 9, 2012 4:58:49pm |
re: #48 engineer cat
re: #42 Bubblehead II
the constitution doesn't guarantee anybody the right to be published. it just guarantees that if you manage to find somebody to publish your book - and i guess you could always "self publish" - the government can't step in and stop it, or jail you because of what it says
I didn't say it did. What I sated was that he had the Constitutional right to have his work published IF he could find a publisher willing to risk the materials/money to print it.
re: #42 Bubblehead II
Actually, it does. He just has to find a publisher who is willing to take the risk of running a few hundred thousand copies off. If he can't, well that isn't censorship, just free market capitalism at work.
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Lidane Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:00:44pm |
re: #35 Kragar
In the wake of Temple shooting, Baptists think now is the time to bring Sikhs to Jesus
Because people being targeted by a violent extremist for their faith are going to give that faith up immediately.
WTF.
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Lidane Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:03:51pm |
re: #63 Stanley Sea
I really haven't been virtuous enough to earn this hilariously disorganized GOP campaign season. I'll still take it, though.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:08:11pm |
Officials suspend license of Delaware pediatrician accused of ‘waterboarding’ daughter
A pediatrician who researches near-death experiences involving children has been suspended by Delaware officials after his daughter told investigators she was subjected to waterboarding.
Dr. Melvin Morse and his wife were arrested this week on felony counts of conspiracy and reckless endangering involving their two daughters, ages 6 and 11.
State medical officials said Thursday that Morse would present a “clear and immediate danger” to public health if allowed to continue practicing medicine.
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:09:41pm |
re: #67 Lidane
I really haven't been virtuous enough to earn this hilariously disorganized GOP campaign season. I'll still take it, though.
This really does seem like the campaign from Hell, doesn't it? I know that none of the major players was running this year because they'd written off the election, but I never expected the backbenchers to be this pathetically sad. It really does seem like Obama might make history again in November, finding a way to win reelection with unemployment above the historical high of 7.2% for Reagan in '84.
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:10:15pm |
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:10:49pm |
re: #31 Targetpractice
And the longer he drags it out, the more damage its going to do in October, when the Obama campaign will not hesitate to bring it up at every opportunity in the debates. Does he really think that Obama's going to pull punches?
Romney's campaign has been one, looooonnnng October Surprise...
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:12:40pm |
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lawhawk Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:12:53pm |
re: #2 SanFranciscoZionist
Stanley Steemer does wonders. /
Seriously though, the Oval Office decor usually changes from administration to administration. The current decor was done in 2010. Scroll down for the version chosen by GW Bush (actually Laura chose the decor).
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:13:55pm |
Off to the kid's karate class, they test for their belts tonight.
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Locker Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:14:03pm |
re: #74 Kragar
Thanks bruv! Open for more tracks to kick off the kick back...
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lawhawk Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:14:08pm |
re: #65 Bubblehead II
Indeed. Barton could self publish and no one would stop him. No one has to publish him or his idiocies.
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b_sharp Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:16:44pm |
re: #60 b_sharp
Romneybot could not look that human even if his programmer was Alan Turing.
OK, where the hell are the geeks. This was a great computer joke and it just got snuffed.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:18:18pm |
Like a boss:
America's safe passage into the men's 4x400 metre Olympic relay final on Thursday morning was not as painless as it had first appeared after Manteo Mitchell revealed he broke his leg half way round the track but still managed to finish.
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:18:35pm |
re: #60 b_sharp
Romneybot could not look that human even if his programmer was Alan Turing.
According to Wiki, Romneyboy is not Turing-complete.
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lawhawk Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:18:55pm |
re: #60 b_sharp
Even if he's a heuristically programmed algorithmic computer?
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moderatelyradicalliberal Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:20:07pm |
re: #35 Kragar
In the wake of Temple shooting, Baptists think now is the time to bring Sikhs to Jesus
Yeah, but what can be done about that pesky browness? You know the other reason they were attacked by a crazy racist?
Derp!
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:20:51pm |
Think with Romneyboy is that I don't think you'd need even five questions with a Voight-Kampff machine to realize he's a replicant.
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:21:08pm |
re: #78 lawhawk
Indeed. Barton could self publish and no one would stop him. No one has to publish him or his idiocies.
But that would mean that Barton wouldn't be getting fat advances from Joseph Farah or whatever RWNJ publisher that wants to put this crap out.
Instead, Barton would have to pay out of pocket if he self-published; somehow, I don't think he's down for that.
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steve_davis Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:22:48pm |
re: #11 Charles Johnson
This photo is also pretty mind-blowing:
That picture desperately needs either 1)a squirrel popping up in the lower left hand corner or 2) a photoshop of the sunbather off the Supertramp Breakfast in America album, off in the middle distance.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:22:58pm |
re: #5 JamesWI
LOOK AT OBUMMER WASTING TIME ON THE TAXPAYER'S DIME! WHY ISN'T HE WORKING 24/7
/
Edit: How do you do the wingnut speak? I thought it was something like "< wingnut >", but that didn't work
How about: See the Kenyan Usurper Obambi even has a deep seated hatred for little white children!
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:24:22pm |
OT:
Hey Mitt, you hear that sound? That's the sound of your base, and it sounds like the natives are restless.
Rush Limbaugh And Ann Coulter Flip Out After Romney Spokeswoman Defends Romneycare
Add influential conservatives Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter to the crowd of conservatives dismayed about Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul's off-message comments on Fox News this morning.
Limbaugh said on his radio show that Saul flubbed the proper response to a controversial pro-Obama super PAC ad. Meanwhile, Coulter went on Hannity tonight and suggested that Saul should be fired.
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:26:17pm |
re: #60 b_sharp
Romneybot could not look that human even if his programmer was Alan Turing.
he dated ELIZA in college, but she kept on asking him why he hated his mother
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Only The Lurker Knows Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:27:15pm |
re: #71 wrenchwench
Have never tried any of their products. Might have to give them a try.
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:29:07pm |
re: #79 b_sharp
OK, where the hell are the geeks. This was a great computer joke and it just got snuffed.
i'm sorry, i was too busy trying to get JPA/Hibernate to work with both mySQL and Postgres at the same time...
(makes nerd noise)
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:32:51pm |
Enough on Mars. Must get back to making Earth hotter, cutting science budgets & killing each other over religious differences
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 8, 2012
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:33:01pm |
re: #86 steve_davis
That picture desperately needs either 1)a squirrel popping up in the lower left hand corner or 2) a photoshop of the sunbather off the Supertramp Breakfast in America album, off in the middle distance.
I like the thought of #2. Marvin poking his head around the corner would work too.
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Only The Lurker Knows Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:40:45pm |
re: #93 William Barnett-Lewis
I like the thought of #2. Marvin poking his head around the corner would work too.
Someone has done it. It was posted on an earlier thread. But here is link to it and some others.
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blueraven Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:41:32pm |
I did not know that legalizing Marijuana was on the November ballot in Colorado
Amendment 64 is an amendment to the
Colorado constitution concerning marijuana,
and, in connection therewith, providing for the
regulation of marijuana; permitting a person
twenty-one years of age or older to consume or
possess limited amounts of marijuana;
providing for the licensing of cultivation
facilities, product manufacturing facilities,
testing facilities, and retail stores; permitting
local governments to regulate or prohibit such
facilities; requiring the general assembly to
enact an excise tax to be levied upon
wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the
first $40 million in revenue raised annually by
such tax be credited to the public school capital
construction assistance fund; and requiring the
general assembly to enact legislation
governing the cultivation, processing, and sale
of industrial hemp. If the election was today,
would you vote or against Amendment 64?
For ......................... .47%
Against................... .38%
Not sure ................. .15
[Link: www.publicpolicypolling.com...]
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:42:53pm |
re: #79 b_sharp
OK, where the hell are the geeks. This was a great computer joke and it just got snuffed.
Fighting with an emulator of the CADR Lisp Machine. (load "server[Link: file.name")...] keeps barfing on an unexpected EOF even though the whole file has loaded.
(funny. It's making the lisp code into a link. :banghead: I'll have to remember how to use the code box next time.)
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:46:09pm |
re: #93 William Barnett-Lewis
I like the thought of #2. Marvin poking his head around the corner would work too.
Mars Rover 'Curiosity' Destroyed By Blast From Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator
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b_sharp Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:47:04pm |
re: #96 William Barnett-Lewis
Fighting with an emulator of the CADR Lisp Machine. (load "server[Link: file.name")...] keeps barfing on an unexpected EOF even though the whole file has loaded.
Copy the file to a new location.
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b_sharp Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:47:44pm |
re: #97 engineer cat
Mars Rover 'Curiosity' Destroyed By Blast From Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator
Shh, nobody is supposed to know about Marvin.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:50:02pm |
re: #99 b_sharp
Shh, nobody is supposed to know about Marvin.
If you were a male in the early 80's and you wanted ,,, umm,,, "some"
,, you knew ALL about Marvin!!
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aagcobb Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:53:34pm |
re: #95 blueraven
I did not know that legalizing Marijuana was on the November ballot in Colorado
[Link: www.publicpolicypolling.com...]
The GOP may have to set up twinkie and potato chip stands near polling places to divert the pro-pot voters from the polls.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:53:52pm |
re: #95 blueraven
I did not know that legalizing Marijuana was on the November ballot in Colorado
[Link: www.publicpolicypolling.com...]
Good luck, but you're still fucked even if it passes. It's still illegal to the feds and those are the guys that really count. Until it's decriminalized on the federal level nothing's going to change.
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b_sharp Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:53:54pm |
re: #100 sattv4u2
If you were a male in the early 80's and you wanted ,,, umm,,, "some"
,, you knew ALL about Marvin!![Embedded content]
It still works.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:57:31pm |
Meanwhile in Oregon...
Marijuana in Oregon: Pot legalization measure would give kids quite an education
Measure 80, also known as the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act, would legalize the growing and sale of marijuana for adults 21 and older. From a distance, the citizen initiative seems to reflect Oregon's healthy libertarian streak and its admirably permissive attitude toward private habits. Up close, the measure is more ambitious. It appears eager to indoctrinate the next generation into thinking of marijuana use as no big deal and cannabis cultivation as downright patriotic.
Hemp pantaloons!
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:57:45pm |
re: #102 Killgore Trout
Good luck, but you're still fucked even if it passes. It's still illegal to the feds and those are the guys that really count. Until it's decriminalized on the federal level nothing's going to change.
Yep, no amount of legalization at the state or local level is gonna matter so long as the BATF can still kick your door in and haul your ass off for possession.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:57:53pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:58:41pm |
re: #98 b_sharp
Copy the file to a new location.
Done that. Redownloaded it too. I'm thinking it's a bug in the Chaos Net networking code (yes, MIT AI lab's home grown networking was called Chaos ;) and am studying the debugger output as a result. No biggie, this is as pure a "for fun" project as there exists.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:59:35pm |
re: #102 Killgore Trout
Good luck, but you're still fucked even if it passes. It's still illegal to the feds and those are the guys that really count. Until it's decriminalized on the federal level nothing's going to change.
Yeah but having the issue on the ballot is going to drive a lot of younger Obama leaning voters to the polls. Romney is going to have a very hard time turning Colorado back into a battleground state.
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Only The Lurker Knows Thu, Aug 9, 2012 5:59:57pm |
Well this is interesting (If True).
Nasa reveals the hidden lucky penny that will give Curiosity a martian eye test
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:02:16pm |
re: #109 Bubblehead II
Well this is interesting (If True).
Nasa reveals the hidden lucky penny that will give Curiosity a martian eye test
So cool.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:02:39pm |
Oh, and Satt, it's still playing.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:03:16pm |
Mohawk of the day:
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dragonfire1981 Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:04:22pm |
re: #21 Targetpractice
That picture was the first that popped into my mind when I saw the headline. I can't for a sec imagine Romney being that carefree about kids running around in the Oval Office.
If it was Romney, the kids wouldn't be running around, they'd be sweeping the floors and cleaning the windows.
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funky chicken Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:04:56pm |
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erik_t Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:04:57pm |
re: #113 dragonfire1981
If it was Romney, the kids wouldn't be running around, they'd be sweeping the floors and cleaning the windows.
I think that's President Newt.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:06:41pm |
I know, politicians with babies. Never gets old.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:08:03pm |
re: #111 Stanley Sea
Oh, and Satt, it's still playing.
mmkay
I'll bite
What's "still playing"?? Marvin,,, Bolero !?!?!
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Only The Lurker Knows Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:08:40pm |
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:10:53pm |
Whoa, the Hutaree prosecution/FBI failed to prove the biggest part of the case.
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Detroit on Wednesday sentenced three members of a Midwest militia group known as the Hutaree to time served on weapons charges, ending attempts to prosecute them for violent revolt that collapsed at trial earlier this year.
David Brian Stone Sr., the leader of the group, and his son Joshua Stone, had pleaded guilty in March to a charge of possessing a machinegun after U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts dismissed more serious charges against them and five other defendants.
An eighth defendant, Joshua John Clough, pleaded guilty to a weapons charge late last year.
Clough and the two Stones will be on supervised release for two years, a court spokeswoman said.
In all, nine members of the Hutaree, a self-styled Christian militia group, were arrested in March 2010 following an undercover operation by the FBI.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:12:01pm |
A relentless series of body blows:
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:12:18pm |
Here ya go, folks, a howler of an editorial about how the wingnuts need not worry about Election Day, because a landslide victory for them is on the horizon:
Trying to find just one section to highlight's difficult, so I'll summarize: Obama's leading now but come November, the GOP will rise triumphant like they did in '10, but only if Romney goes out there and convinces folks that he's the new Reagan, asking them "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" while showing a depth and charisma that are totally out of character with the man we all know now.
Anybody needs me, I'll be trying to catch my breath from laughing so hard.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:16:05pm |
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bratwurst Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:17:42pm |
re: #121 Targetpractice
Here ya go, folks, a howler of an editorial about how the wingnuts need not worry about Election Day, because a landslide victory for them is on the horizon:
Everybody in every election wants to believe their side will win in spite of any evidence to the contrary. Having said that, I have never seen more delusional behavior less than 3 months before an election in my life.
The fact that Obama is only slightly ahead at this point means he is REALLY behind!!!!!11!!
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:18:06pm |
re: #120 goddamnedfrank
A relentless series of body blows:
[Embedded content]
HA! Wow and perfect. This will not go away Romney. No way in hell.
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dragonfire1981 Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:19:58pm |
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:21:23pm |
re: #125 Stanley Sea
HA! Wow and perfect. This will not go away Romney. No way in hell.
The Harry Reid berserker assault is being followed up with pin point drone strikes.
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Sheila Broflovski Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:21:35pm |
re: #121 Targetpractice
only if Romney goes out there and convinces folks that he's the new Reagan, asking them "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"
Short answer: yes.
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:22:43pm |
re: #126 dragonfire1981
It was, but I wouldn't put it past Romney to favor something similar if he had the chance...
After all, back-breaking labor's for the little people, dontchaknow?
///
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:23:59pm |
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:25:05pm |
re: #128 Learned Mother of Zion
Short answer: yes.
I'll agree with that; it ain't perfect, but life rarely is.
The American ship of state seems to be running fairly steady with President Obama at the helm.
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erik_t Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:25:37pm |
re: #128 Learned Mother of Zion
Short answer: yes.
Short answer yes with an if, long answer no... with a but.
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Sheila Broflovski Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:27:38pm |
re: #131 TedStriker
I'll agree with that; it ain't perfect, but life rarely is.
The American ship of state seems to be running fairly steady with President Obama at the helm.
Obama bailed out GM.
Romney would have let GM go bust.
Four years ago I was unemployed. Today I have a job in the auto industry, working on projects that were put on hold years ago because management didn't have the budget to complete them.
I should do an Obama commercial. :)
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:30:35pm |
re: #133 Learned Mother of Zion
Obama bailed out GM.
Romney would have let GM go bust.Four years ago I was unemployed. Today I have a job in the auto industry, working on projects that were put on hold years ago because management didn't have the budget to complete them.
I should do an Obama commercial. :)
Send your story to OFA. Yep, you should.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:34:49pm |
re: #121 Targetpractice
but only if Romney goes out there and convinces folks that he's the new Reagan, asking them "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"
Dow Jones Industrial average close on Jan 20, 2009 - 7949.09
Nasdaq Stock Market Close on Jan 20, 2009 - 1440.86
S&P 500 Close on Jan 20, 2009 - 805.23
Dow Jones Industrial average close today - 13,165.19
Nasdaq Stock Market Close today - 3,018.64
S&P 500 Close today - 1,402.80
DJIA percent growth under Obama: (13165.19-7949.09)/7949.09*100=65.62%
Nasdaq percent growth under Obama: (3018.64-1440.86)/1440.86*100=109.50%
S&P500 percent growth under Obama: (1402.80-805.23)/805.23*100=74.21%
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:37:03pm |
re: #135 goddamnedfrank
I'd be a lot more impressed by unemployment at about 5% instead of all that wall street success for the 1%ers.
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:38:10pm |
re: #136 Daniel Ballard
I'd be a lot more impressed by unemployment at about 5% instead of all that wall street success for the 1%ers.
So would I, but I don't see that happening without stemming the hemorrhaging of public sector jobs. And that doesn't happen under a Romney presidency. Tax cuts don't make up for lack of demand, and it's that lack that's slowly killing our economy.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:39:13pm |
re: #136 Daniel Ballard
I'd be a lot more impressed by unemployment at about 5% instead of all that wall street success for the 1%ers.
However it does a good job of illustrating the intrinsic lie in the Republican claim that the 1%ers create jobs.
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bratwurst Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:41:51pm |
re: #136 Daniel Ballard
I'd be a lot more impressed by unemployment at about 5% instead of all that wall street success for the 1%ers.
I am a language teacher by trade...not even CLOSE to a 1%er. However, having my modest portfolio in a MUCH better place than it was in late 2008 means I might actually have a chance to retire some day.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:45:44pm |
re: #138 goddamnedfrank
And then it may verify that hiring is waiting for demand, as one would expect. Wall Street learned to make money with the stimulus money, and incentives to bring the jobs back home are all about trade and circumstance, not about anything the government has done to bring them back.
Wall Street is still full of fictitious capital. It's just another smaller bubble. It's no more real than the last bubble.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:47:29pm |
re: #139 bratwurst
I'm riding that train too via mutual funds etc. But I can't sell much more metal in this environment. The mfg base is till not there. I'll take what I can get but I have no illusions about the meaning of where my money is coming from.
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blueraven Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:48:20pm |
re: #139 bratwurst
I am a language teacher by trade...not even CLOSE to a 1%er. However, having my modest portfolio in a MUCH better place than it was in late 2008 means I might actually have a chance to retire some day.
Ditto...not a teacher, but in 2008 and 2009 I didn't even want to look at my investment statements.
Most people have a 401K or some involvement with the stock market. It is not just for the 1%.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:50:53pm |
Evening Lizardim from the beautifully cool and clear wild north country. I'm hoping that this heat has broken for good and that fall is approaching, but more likely than not, we'll probably have another heat wave before the winter sets in. Sorry I don't hang around so much in the mornings anymore, but I'm trying not to waste so much time on the Interwebs while I'm at work. What's new in the front lines of the war on derp?
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:52:30pm |
Folks look at the UE numbers and despair that they're so high, but then tell their elected officials that the answer to doing away with the deficit and debt is taking an axe to the federal budget, including killing entire departments, and expecting the private sector to fill in the gaps left behind.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:54:10pm |
In refusing to perform required infrastructure maintenance when commodity and labor prices were depressed Republicans hobbled the government at the worst possible moment. We could have capitalized on government's unique ability to boost employment, spending and consumer confidence when needed, but instead we've now been forced to wait until the maintenance costs have grown through neglect and to compete with a recovering market for resources. All to satisfy an ideology that runs completely counter to all empirically data driven economic models.
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:54:39pm |
re: #121 Targetpractice
Here ya go, folks, a howler of an editorial about how the wingnuts need not worry about Election Day, because a landslide victory for them is on the horizon:
Barack Obama has no argument to make. He can only promise more of the same -- yet another stimulus and higher taxes on the investing class
why it's enough to make a person spill their sherry and ring for the butler
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:55:41pm |
re: #146 engineer cat
Barack Obama has no argument to make. He can only promise more of the same -- yet another stimulus and higher taxes on the investing class
why it's enough to make a person spill their sherry and ring for the butler
I told the wingnut who pointed me to that article that even it's author basically admits that Romney's a dud, that the only way the GOP can win in November is to totally reinvent him as the second-coming of Reagan.
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:57:09pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 9, 2012 6:58:00pm |
re: #146 engineer cat
Barack Obama has no argument to make. He can only promise more of the same -- yet another stimulus and higher taxes on the investing class
why it's enough to make a person spill their sherry and ring for the butler
"Higher taxes on the investing class"
I love how they try to frame the whole "job creators" argument in a positive light. I'm sorry, am I supposed to feel sorry for people who have so much money that they can subsist entirely on their investments with no need to actually work?
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Gus Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:02:09pm |
Michael Gerson calls for Chris Christie to step in and save Romney: washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-par...— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 10, 2012
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:04:17pm |
re: #150 Gus
[Embedded content]
The opinion poll on the side's hilarious.
Chris Christie - 13%
Bobby Jindal - 12%
Rob Portman - 14%
Paul Ryan - 29%
Other - 33%
Other must be Gene Eric Republican's younger brother.
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:05:42pm |
re: #149 thedopefishlives
"Higher taxes on the investing class"
I love how they try to frame the whole "job creators" argument in a positive light. I'm sorry, am I supposed to feel sorry for people who have so much money that they can subsist entirely on their investments with no need to actually work?
Per the RWNJs, yes.
Most of them are under the delusion that if we just give away the store to the uber-rich, their wealth will somehow trickle down to the worthy (the RWNJs), all while this country's infrastructure (and middle class) fall apart at the seams.
Shit doesn't work that way in real life...
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:08:07pm |
re: #153 TedStriker
Sometimes you can'tre: #149 thedopefishlives
Per the RWNJs, yes.
Most of them are under the delusion that if we just give away the store to the uber-rich, their wealth will somehow trickle down to the worthy (the RWNJs), all while this country's infrastructure (and middle class) fall apart at the seams.
Shit doesn't work that way in real life...
No, in the real world, shit rolls down hill. The rich have made out like bandits, the upper middle class have kept their lifestyles mostly intact, and the rest of us have been left taking a bite out of a shit sandwich while getting stuck with the bill.
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Gus Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:08:41pm |
re: #151 Targetpractice
The opinion poll on the side's hilarious.
Other must be Gene Eric Republican's younger brother.
Other wins!
The GOP is starting to look a little desperate.
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:09:20pm |
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:09:21pm |
re: #154 Targetpractice
No, in the real world, shit rolls down hill. The rich have made out like bandits, the upper middle class have kept their lifestyles mostly intact, and the rest of us have been left taking a bite out of a shit sandwich while getting stuck with the bill.
Yes, but affordable tablets and smartphones are like the pickles that liven up our turd tacos!
Thank you, 1%!
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:09:59pm |
re: #153 TedStriker
Per the RWNJs, yes.
Most of them are under the delusion that if we just give away the store to the uber-rich, their wealth will somehow trickle down to the worthy (the RWNJs), all while this country's infrastructure (and middle class) fall apart at the seams.
Shit doesn't work that way in real life...
Yeah, I'm at the low end of the totem pole. That trickle-down horse hockey don't fly with me. I bust my behind 40 hours a week and then some to scrape together what I have. Entitlement complexes are THE fastest way to piss me off, and I throw a mean left hook.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:10:57pm |
re: #145 goddamnedfrank
In refusing to perform required infrastructure maintenance when commodity and labor prices were depressed Republicans hobbled the government at the worst possible moment. We could have capitalized on government's unique ability to boost employment, spending and consumer confidence when needed, but instead we've now been forced to wait until the maintenance costs have grown through neglect and to compete with a recovering market for resources. All to satisfy an ideology that runs completely counter to all empirically data driven economic models.
The 2000's version of the WPA would have done wonders with our economy, unemployment & infrastructure. But no. There's a bunch of idiots terrified of that thing they have no understanding of, socialism. And they hate the government. The GOP went along for the votes, in turn, giving up any "service to the people who elected them"
Oh the history books.
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Gus Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:10:59pm |
re: #156 Targetpractice
"Starting to"?
Yeah. I think this CNN poll really spooked them today. So they're on a curve.
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:13:24pm |
re: #160 Gus
Yeah. I think this CNN poll really spooked them today. So they're on a curve.
They've been desperate for awhile, now it's just been cranked to 11. They couldn't get their "Not Mitt" back in the spring, so now they're trying to rope one of their dream candidates on as VP. Thing is, I doubt most of their dream lovers are willing to jump aboard a sinking ship.
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:14:08pm |
Landslide on the Horizon
erudite cluelessnes
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:14:50pm |
Well, both the kids passed their test, but they only told the parents. They officially become yellow belts next week.
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:15:26pm |
re: #155 Gus
Other wins!
The GOP is starting to look a little desperate.
but they have such well financed flopsweat
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:15:41pm |
re: #163 Kragar
Well, both the kids passed their test, but they only told the parents. They officially become yellow belts next week.
Coolness. Congrats to them both.
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freetoken Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:17:02pm |
GOP Rep.: Defense cuts fears 'a hysteria parade'
Maryland Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is not exactly toeing the party line when it comes to this winter’s threat of looming, across-the-board restrictions in military spending.
A senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee and chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, Bartlett said the uproar among his GOP colleagues over the potential cuts amounts to what some would describe “as a hysteria parade.”
“We need to have a national dialogue on this,” Bartlett said. “We need to stop being so partisan on this. We need to stop dramatizing the thing.”
[...]
Bartlett is known for liking to swim upstream on occasions.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:17:15pm |
re: #163 Kragar
Well, both the kids passed their test, but they only told the parents. They officially become yellow belts next week.
Spectacular. What style?
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:18:28pm |
re: #166 freetoken
GOP Rep.: Defense cuts fears 'a hysteria parade'
Bartlett is known for liking to swim upstream on occasions.
Must not be up for reelection anytime soon.
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jaunte Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:20:26pm |
Ohio Early Voting Cutbacks Disenfranchise Minority Voters
"I cannot create unequal access from one county board to another, and I must also keep in mind resources available to each county,” Husted said in explaining his decision to deny expanded early voting hours in heavily Democratic counties. Yet in solidly Republican counties like Warren and Butler, GOP election commissioners have approved expanded early voting hours on nights and weekends. Noted the Cincinnati Enquirer: “The counties where Husted has joined other Republicans to deny expanded early voting strongly backed then-candidate Barack Obama in 2008, while most of those where the extra hours will stand heavily supported GOP nominee John McCain.”
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Kragar Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:21:35pm |
re: #167 thedopefishlives
Spectacular. What style?
Basic karate. They actually just study self defense basics, so there is some judo and other styles mixed in as well.
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Gus Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:24:17pm |
Conservative Group Launches "Dump Romney" Campaign buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/cons... via @buzzfeed— great wall of snark (@MaggiePriceless) August 10, 2012
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:26:33pm |
re: #170 Kragar
Basic karate. They actually just study self defense basics, so there are some judo and other styles mixed in as well.
Ah, okay. I study a variant of tae kwon do that is heavily flavored by American styles of self-defense. Good stuff.
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Gus Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:28:00pm |
re: #173 jaunte
There's just not enough circus music.
...
The nine-page memo casts Romney's nomination in the direst terms. A press release from the group reads:
"DUMP ROMNEY" contends that no delegates are actually "bound" by law or GOP rules to vote for Romney and that, to win the White House and toss-up Senate seats, delegates must exercise their right to "conscientiously abstain" from Romney on the crucial first ballot, aiming for a stronger ticket leader in subsequent convention voting rounds.
The core of a hard-hitting new 80,000 word book and incubating Tampa insurgency, the entire memo can be read online free via Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader using the Amazon.com search term "DUMP ROMNEY." "Were frontrunners simply entitled to the nomination, a convention wouldn't be necessary," the texts say, noting that Intrade predictive markets gives Obama odds of about 60-40 over Romney and that New York Times political analyst Nate Silver projects about 300 electoral votes for Obama, rating Romney's current odds around 21%.
The memo doesn't specify who Romney should be replaced with.
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Gus Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:28:50pm |
re: #175 Gus
...
The memo doesn't specify who Romney should be replaced with.
...
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