1 | darthstar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 8:59:53pm |
I want to see Grover Norquist's influence shrink small enough it could be drowned in a bathtub— Gen JC Christian (@JC_Christian) November 27, 2012
3 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:13:29pm |
If steel is the king and plywood the queen then what does that make concrete?
4 | ProGunLiberal Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:14:22pm |
re: #3 watching you tiny alien kittens are
The Prince?
5 | Gus Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:17:42pm |
Only because I can.
Current mood. twitter.com/Gus_802/status...— Gus (@Gus_802) November 25, 2012
7 | A Man for all Seasons Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:23:17pm |
Jim Parsons from the Big Bang theory was on Jay Leno tonight.
He is the funniest guy. He cracks me up. Jim spent Thanksgiving watching Football, Watching the Red Zone and playing Fantasy football.
He is a huge fan and his innocence comes through.
Great guy
8 | jaunte Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:25:13pm |
10 | jaunte Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:33:08pm |
No, Andrew W.K. is Not the State Department's Cultural Ambassador to the Middle East
...The US government appointing a rocker-diplomat—known for partying til he pukes, covering himself in blood, dabbling in the My Little Pony-based subculture of "bronies," and sing-screaming about the McLaughlin Group—to represent American interests in the Kingdom of Bahrain? That sounds totally plausible! Nevertheless, a host of media outlets ran with the news without bothering to check with State Department, including UPI, the Huffington Post, New York magazine's culture blog "Vulture," Pitchfork Media, Breitbart.com, Mediaite, DCist, NME, Gawker, and Russia Today.
11 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:34:50pm |
re: #9 Gus
Gus, please email me the link to that?
PLEASE?
14 | Gus Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:37:54pm |
re: #10 jaunte
No, Andrew W.K. is Not the State Department's Cultural Ambassador to the Middle East
Did they have a buffet?
15 | jaunte Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:43:00pm |
#SaySomethingNiceAboutDemocrats they gave us Shira Law! War on religion, and took God out of their plank! Wow
— Pink AsSassin~ (@kayesassin) November 27, 2012
Shira Law!
16 | dragonath Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:43:06pm |
re: #10 jaunte
When your news agency is on par with the guys who declared OK Computer the best album of the 90s, you know you're bad.
19 | Varek Raith Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:46:07pm |
20 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:46:08pm |
re: #17 Gus
LOL Stop What? Stop
Oh, it gets better
#SaySomethingNiceAboutDemocrats wasn't it sweet that Obama sent Stevens to sell guns to al-Qaeda and watch him die for his kindness..chills— Pink AsSassin~ (@kayesassin) November 27, 2012
21 | Kdizzle Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:46:09pm |
re: #16 dragonath
When your news agency is on par with the guys who declared OK Computer the best album of the 90s, you know you're bad.
I see nothing wrong with that selection.
I think it may be a case of "even the blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time" sort of thing.
Out of curiosity what would you consider the best album of that decade?
24 | Varek Raith Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:47:58pm |
25 | jaunte Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:48:28pm |
#ThingsThatUpsetObamaVoters the women look like men, and the men act like whiny woman with #LadyParts— Pink AsSassin~ (@kayesassin) November 25, 2012
She's the Energizer bigot.
26 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:49:25pm |
29 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:51:35pm |
re: #21 Kdizzle
I see nothing wrong with that selection.
I think it may be a case of "even the blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time" sort of thing.
Out of curiosity what would you consider the best album of that decade?
Foo Fighters
30 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:53:53pm |
#SaySomethingNiceAboutDemocrats disenfranchising military rights to vote, forcing military to pay for healthcare! Cutting military budget!— Pink AsSassin~ (@kayesassin) November 27, 2012
Its a simple question of what the fucking hell is this nitwit nattering on about.
31 | Varek Raith Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:54:59pm |
re: #30 Kragar
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Its a simple question of what the fucking hell is this nitwit nattering on about.
Random wingnut buzzword bot.
32 | Kdizzle Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:55:18pm |
re: #29 Kragar
The Colour and the Shape or There is Nothing Left to Lose?
33 | jaunte Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:55:23pm |
re: #30 Kragar
I just followed one of the links on her TL. More snake oil:
Image: Screen_Shot_2012-11-26_at_11.54.26_PM.png
34 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:55:28pm |
re: #30 Kragar
[Embedded content]
Its a simple question of what the fucking hell is this nitwit nattering on about.
Hitting as many Fox News talking points in the 144 character limit as possible.
35 | Gus Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:56:36pm |
re: #30 Kragar
[Embedded content]
Its a simple question of what the fucking hell is this nitwit nattering on about.
Sick.
36 | dragonath Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:58:29pm |
re: #21 Kdizzle
Oh, there is so much to choose from. And if I wanted to actually listen to music that I like, I sure wouldn't put a sad sack sounding album like that at the top.
Pitchfork used to have a much better list up at one time, what happened to that, I don't know, the newer one is much more commercial. There is remarkably little real independent stuff on it.
37 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 9:58:40pm |
re: #5 Gus
Only because I can.
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That is exactly how I picture you Gus --well, except I think you might wear glasses.
38 | Varek Raith Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:00:18pm |
re: #37 Holidays are Family Fun Time
That is exactly how I picture you Gus --well, except I think you might wear glasses.
39 | Gus Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:00:39pm |
re: #37 Holidays are Family Fun Time
That is exactly how I picture you Gus --well, except I think you might wear glasses.
We get by.
40 | jaunte Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:00:58pm |
#saysomethingniceaboutdemocrats They implemented "Universal Healthcare", just like another historic leader... twitter.com/Bidenshairplug…
— AdolfJoeBiden (@Bidenshairplugs) November 27, 2012
head under desk.
41 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:01:42pm |
Women who look like men --what exactly do men look like????? Is there a specific template that women can fit into?
42 | Varek Raith Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:01:47pm |
43 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:01:56pm |
44 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:02:27pm |
re: #33 jaunte
I just followed one of the links on her TL. More snake oil:
Image: Screen_Shot_2012-11-26_at_11.54.26_PM.png
The Plan to subvert America? Its called listening to Evangelicals.
45 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:02:39pm |
Felt like carp all day. Yes carp. Nasty stuff.
Up for about an hour, then back in bed. This is the hour. Another 40 minutes or so I'll be back in bed --a dry carp.
46 | engineer cat Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:03:10pm |
what's all this i hear about forcing the military to pay for heathencare?
it just takes the god right outta mah plank
47 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:03:39pm |
What's worse is that everytime I get and log-in to the intertoobs there is another story about my personal blood-pressure-raising subject.
Just posted another.
48 | Varek Raith Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:03:59pm |
re: #46 engineer cat
what's all this i hear about forcing the military to pay for heathencare?
it just takes the god right outta mah plank
Arrr, you be supposin to walk it!
49 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:04:14pm |
re: #45 Holidays are Family Fun Time
Felt like carp all day. Yes carp. Nasty stuff.
Up for about an hour, then back in bed. This is the hour. Another 40 minutes or so I'll be back in bed --a dry carp.
Can't say as I've felt like carp before. Felt like flounder a few times, just lying there, watching everything go by.
50 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:04:24pm |
re: #46 engineer cat
what's all this i hear about forcing the military to pay for heathencare?
it just takes the god right outta mah plank
Then we'd have to pay them more. They don't earn enough to pay for healthcare. I smell a rat.
51 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:04:48pm |
re: #46 engineer cat
what's all this i hear about forcing the military to pay for heathencare?
it just takes the god right outta mah plank
IIRC, there's talk that the sequestration will force Tricare rates to go up.
52 | engineer cat Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:06:08pm |
They implemented "Universal Healthcare", just like another historic leader...
the leader who first got universal healthcare underway in germany was BISMARK you fuchsinger moron
BISMARK!!!
53 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:06:39pm |
re: #52 engineer cat
They implemented "Universal Healthcare", just like another historic leader...
the leader who first got universal healthcare underway in germany was BISMARK you fuchsinger moron
BISMARK!!!
Well, all Germans are alike!
54 | dragonath Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:09:19pm |
The D AND THE A AND THE M AND THE N AND THE A AND THE T AND THE I O N !!
55 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:09:23pm |
57 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:10:09pm |
58 | engineer cat Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:13:03pm |
wikiwikiwiki
pedia:
Germany had a tradition of welfare programs in Prussia and Saxony that began as early as the 1840s. In the 1880s his social insurance programs were the first in the world and became the model for other countries and the basis of the modern welfare state.[32] Bismarck introduced old age pensions, accident insurance, medical care and unemployment insurance. He won conservative support by promising to undercut the appeal of Socialists—the Socialists always voted against his proposals, fearing they would reduce the grievances of the industrial workers. His paternalistic programs won the support of German industry because its goals were to win the support of the working classes for the Empire and reduce the outflow of emigrants to America, where wages were higher but welfare did not exist.
shove that up your godwin, buster
59 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:13:54pm |
I love hot the fucktards who screamed everyone needed to fall in line behind Bush, the whole "Lead, Follow, or Get out of the way" schtick, are now all about civil disobedience and don't obey the government.
61 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:15:12pm |
re: #58 engineer cat
wikiwikiwiki
pedia:
Germany had a tradition of welfare programs in Prussia and Saxony that began as early as the 1840s. In the 1880s his social insurance programs were the first in the world and became the model for other countries and the basis of the modern welfare state.[32] Bismarck introduced old age pensions, accident insurance, medical care and unemployment insurance. He won conservative support by promising to undercut the appeal of Socialists—the Socialists always voted against his proposals, fearing they would reduce the grievances of the industrial workers. His paternalistic programs won the support of German industry because its goals were to win the support of the working classes for the Empire and reduce the outflow of emigrants to America, where wages were higher but welfare did not exist.
shove that up your godwin, buster
Oh, pleez, don't give the ignorant more information for them to twist.
62 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:15:18pm |
re: #59 Kragar
I love hot the fucktards who screamed everyone needed to fall in line behind Bush, the whole "Lead, Follow, or Get out of the way" schtick, are now all about civil disobedience and don't obey the government.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism!
...wait, what?
63 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:16:34pm |
64 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:19:34pm |
65 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:26:13pm |
Cantor: Cutting Obamacare should be ‘on the table’ in debt negotiations
Just so long as slamming Cantor's nuts with a carnival hammer are on the table as well.
66 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:29:34pm |
re: #65 Kragar
Cantor: Cutting Obamacare should be ‘on the table’ in debt negotiations
Just so long as slamming Cantor's nuts with a carnival hammer are on the table as well.
As Charlie Pierce noted today, this is pretty simple: The Democrats are not under any obligation to give the GOP jack squat.
67 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:33:12pm |
because I can't stop.
68 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:35:01pm |
re: #66 Targetpractice
As Charlie Pierce noted today, this is pretty simple: The Democrats are not under any obligation to give the GOP jack squat.
Obama winning the Presidency: Not a mandate
The GOP gerrymandering their way into keep the house: Mandate
70 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:37:15pm |
re: #68 Kragar
Obama winning the Presidency: Not a mandate
The GOP gerrymandering their way into keep the house: Mandate
The Breitbartians are up in arms today because polls continue to show that the public blames the GOP for no deal being made. And, in predictable fashion, they're whining that it's because "the media isn't doing it's job!!!"
71 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:38:43pm |
Yep, I'm going to hell.
eh, it's ok, that's were the oreos are.
72 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:40:08pm |
re: #69 Holidays are Family Fun Time
MAN-date?
Ironically, the GOP campaigned on the platform they would put an end to all man dates.
73 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:40:10pm |
re: #70 Targetpractice
The Breitbartians are up in arms today because polls continue to show that the public blames the GOP for no deal being made. And, in predictable fashion, they're whining that it's because "the media isn't doing it's job!!!"
It's not our faul the public are god-less heathens who are blind followers of the sekrit muslin, kenyan, manchurian candidate. This is what happens when you let women learn to read and then give them the vote.
*spit*
74 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:40:32pm |
75 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:41:20pm |
re: #74 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
"The requested content cannot be loaded"
WE seem to have that kind of relatlonship today.
76 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:45:58pm |
re: #73 Holidays are Family Fun Time
It's not our faul the public are god-less heathens who are blind followers of the sekrit muslin, kenyan, manchurian candidate. This is what happens when you let women learn to read and then give them the vote.
*spit*
Don't laugh, there was an editorial on FoxNews.com today that basically made that classical argument we all know well by now: "Working women are too confrontational, make men feel inferior, and so are being passed up for marriage for 'traditional' women."
77 | dragonath Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:46:00pm |
78 | engineer cat Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:46:11pm |
what the well educated moron is raving about these days
France is not an outlier. Besides Greece and Spain, and the other PIIGS in Europe, we have the poorest example of all: Japan. John Mauldin describes Japan as a "bug in search of a windshield" Twenty years of Keynesian economics (al la Richard Koo) has done nothing except let the demographics outrun the economy.
Expect Japan to find that windshield in the next year or two.
The combination of ObamaCare and the resolution of the impending fiscal cliff are likely to cause. not another recession, but a depression. The Fed has no arrows left in its quiver. The combination of frantic money printing facing the lack of investment due to regime uncertainty, no long produces any effect except, maybe, to drive up asset prices and bankrupt those who rely on interest income. Five years of no interest has harmed the economy as much as the money printing has been designed to help.
Obama has won, but now he will reap what he has sown
so beware, earthlings - all the countries of earth have fallen victim to the cruel scourge of rampant socialism, and will soon be economically prostrate
80 | engineer cat Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:46:58pm |
re: #74 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
"The requested content cannot be loaded"
thank goodness - i thought i was the only one who couldn't get loaded
81 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:49:37pm |
I think I got it right this time.
82 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:50:27pm |
re: #76 Targetpractice
Don't laugh, there was an editorial on FoxNews.com today that basically made that classical argument we all know well by now: "Working women are too confrontational, make men feel inferior, and so are being passed up for marriage for 'traditional' women."
I know. I shared it on my fb with the caption: ONly for wimpy men. Real men will step-up-to the plate, accept the challenge and play ball.
83 | Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:50:38pm |
re: #81 Holidays are Family Fun Time
I think I got it right this time.
I can see it now. Not sure that's a good thing.
84 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:52:03pm |
re: #83 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
I can see it now. Not sure that's a good thing.
My sense of humour get's sick when I do.
85 | engineer cat Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:52:32pm |
re: #81 Holidays are Family Fun Time
I think I got it right this time.
no more heroin for you, gretchen!
86 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:52:32pm |
87 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:53:10pm |
re: #85 engineer cat
no more heroin for you, gretchen!
I can't even get vicodin. You know I don't do that shit (anymore)
:0
88 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Nov 26, 2012 10:53:56pm |
OK, I never did heroin. But I can dream, can't i?
90 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 11:23:56pm |
According to CNN's breaking news, Arafish's remained were exhumed today.
91 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 11:33:54pm |
re: #90 Targetpractice
According to CNN's breaking news, Arafish's remained were exhumed today.
So they can test for the residue to what would have amounted to several pounds of material they didn't notice when he died.
Right.
92 | Targetpractice Mon, Nov 26, 2012 11:35:58pm |
re: #91 Kragar
So they can test for the residue to what would have amounted to several pounds of material they didn't notice when he died.
Right.
What, you really want to believe that the great and noble Arafat was felled by something other than Israeli assassination?!
///
93 | Kragar Mon, Nov 26, 2012 11:40:58pm |
re: #92 Targetpractice
What, you really want to believe that the great and noble Arafat was felled by something other than Israeli assassination?!
///
What other possible reason could there be for a 75 year old man with his history and background (and according to the Russians, certain proclivities) to drop dead?
94 | Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 27, 2012 12:32:07am |
re: #76 Targetpractice
Don't laugh, there was an editorial on FoxNews.com today that basically made that classical argument we all know well by now: "Working women are too confrontational, make men feel inferior, and so are being passed up for marriage for 'traditional' women."
It is all part of the "I want my mythical-country-that-never-existed back!" riff that has really been ramped up since the GOP was called to answer for its inability to get a majority.
Remember when women were women and men were men and minorities knew their places, etc...
Everything was FINE back then!!!
96 | freetoken Tue, Nov 27, 2012 12:48:36am |
One little bit of international parrying from Doha: a plenary session currently running, the "Subsidiary Body for Implementation", is chattering about including more women in the UNFCCC process. A normally blandly discussed nod at some sort of feel-good moment, one of the European nations (Sweden I think) brought up the issue of having separate security lines for men and women entering the conference center - a subtle but real reminder that the host nation (Qatar) does not have truly equal rights for women.
97 | Targetpractice Tue, Nov 27, 2012 12:56:01am |
So I hear that McCain's going to meet Susan Rice today. I figure odds are good that he'll walk out muttering that he still doesn't believe her, but he'll back off his opposition to her nomination.
98 | Sophist is the VillageGreen Preservation Society Tue, Nov 27, 2012 1:19:24am |
butts #tcot— Kæß de Bruscecq (@mishakaz) November 27, 2012
Most cogent tweet I've seen in #tcot all week.
101 | goddamnedfrank Tue, Nov 27, 2012 2:25:44am |
I dug up some background information regarding the Thanksgiving day beating of Mallory Owens in Mobile, Alabama, paged it.
102 | freetoken Tue, Nov 27, 2012 2:26:10am |
103 | Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 27, 2012 2:44:46am |
re: #101 goddamnedfrank
I dug up some background information regarding the Thanksgiving day beating of Mallory Owens in Mobile, Alabama, paged it.
One of the key pieces of conservative ideology is that our rights originate from God, not from mankind. This is often used to bludgeon Obama for not metnioning God enough whenever he does or fails to do so.
And it will always be their excuse for not obeying laws made by people in a free and democratic process because they are seen as "ungodly". And if God speaks to someone and tells him to beat up his own kids, who is to argue, right? Didn't God tell Abraham to kill his own son?
105 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:47:56am |
106 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:48:33am |
Naked man accused of running through golf course, fleeing from Pasco deputies
HOLIDAY — A man accused of running naked through a golf course and later leading deputies on a chase early Tuesday was arrested, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said.
[Link: www.tampabay.com...]
107 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:49:11am |
re: #106 Cannadian Club Akbar
Naked man accused of running through golf course, fleeing from Pasco deputies
HOLIDAY — A man accused of running naked through a golf course and later leading deputies on a chase early Tuesday was arrested, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said.
[Link: www.tampabay.com...]
Was he holding his putter at the time?
108 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:49:31am |
re: #105 sattv4u2
Not according to my body clock!!
Mine either. I'm trying to be awake as much as possible because I work at 10PM. Ugh.
109 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:50:10am |
re: #108 Cannadian Club Akbar
Mine either. I'm trying to be awake as much as possible because I work at 10PM. Ugh.
Just when my body clock gets used to the overnights, I get switched back to days!
110 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:53:15am |
re: #109 sattv4u2
Just when my body clock gets used to the overnights, I get switched back to days!
People, like my friend I live with, have no fucking clue. I was supposed to be at work yesterday and today at 6AM.
111 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:54:07am |
re: #108 Cannadian Club Akbar
Mine either. I'm trying to be awake as much as possible because I work at 10PM. Ugh.
Try to make it like 'regular" time as best you can
If you had to be at work at (say) 9 a.m., you would sleep 7-9 hours prior till 7:30-8:00 a.m or so. Get up, shower dress and go to work. I try to do the same thing going in at 10 p.m.. Sleep 1 p.m till about 8-8:30, get up, shower, get dressed and drive to work.
112 | Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:57:44am |
re: #110 Cannadian Club Akbar
People, like my friend I live with, have no fucking clue. I was supposed to be at work yesterday and today at 6AM.
I used to work every morning at 6am for a shipping company. that was okay once I got used to it, and I enjoyed getting off work at 3pm every day, especially in the summer.
The people I most pitied were the poor dispatchers who spent one week doing 4am-12pm and then the next week doing 12pm to 8pm. Totally kills any ability to have a life outside work and sleep.
113 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:57:47am |
re: #111 sattv4u2
They sprung this on me Saturday after working overnights for Thanksgiving week. I really have a hard time sleeping during the day.
114 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:58:32am |
re: #112 Sol Berdinowitz
You meant 4AM til noon?
115 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 3:59:37am |
re: #113 Cannadian Club Akbar
They sprung this on me Saturday after working overnights for Thanksgiving week. I really have a hard time sleeping during the day.
Yeah. I have restless sleep (daytime) for several weeks trying to get adjusted and as stated, just as I get acclimated, I get switched back to days!
116 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:02:39am |
re: #115 sattv4u2
Yeah. I have restless sleep (daytime) for several weeks trying to get adjusted and as stated, just as I get acclimated, I get switched back to days!
What sucks is I have to go to the local community college and do some entrance test and doing shit like that after no sleep won't bode well.
117 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:06:21am |
When you have to ask people what day it is, well, that's not good.
119 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:10:39am |
re: #117 Cannadian Club Akbar
When you have to ask people what day it is, well, that's not good.
Day,,, hell, the only way I know what season it is is by what sport we're broadcasting at the time (although, now, with baseball lasting till November and basketball/ hockey lasting till June it's getting harder and harder!!)
120 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:11:10am |
121 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:13:24am |
122 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:14:00am |
Mainly because I can fit more stuff into the backpack than the rolling carryon and it has a bunch of little compartments.
124 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:16:16am |
re: #122 Vicious Babushka
Mainly because I can fit more stuff into the backpack than the rolling carryon and it has a bunch of little compartments.
I got my kick ass backpack from sportsauthority.com for $35. It's a $75 backpack.
125 | Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:16:23am |
126 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:17:01am |
127 | Flounder Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:18:42am |
re: #3 watching you tiny alien kittens are
If steel is the king and plywood the queen then what does that make concrete?
The red-headed step child
128 | Flounder Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:21:57am |
Am I the only one here sporting wood while watching this video?!
129 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:30:45am |
I might hit a local pub around 11. Throw back a few. Come home and take a nap around 2. Sleep 'til 8. At least this way I have control over everything, unlike with taking a pill.
130 | Obdicut Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:37:59am |
re: #129 Cannadian Club Akbar
You could try losing yourself in the trees.
Hey, have you watched "The Good Guys"?
131 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:38:57am |
re: #130 Obdicut
You could try losing yourself in the trees.
Hey, have you watched "The Good Guys"?
I effing LOVE the good guys!!!! Cancelled. Sucks.
132 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:39:51am |
re: #131 Cannadian Club Akbar
I effing LOVE the good guys!!!! Cancelled. Sucks.
The good ones often are!
133 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:42:25am |
re: #132 sattv4u2
The good ones often are!
"The Good Guys" was the best. Basically made fun of cop dramas. Old guy playing a 1970's cop role always got the chicks. Overacting, backwards writing, awesome.
134 | Obdicut Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:44:37am |
re: #131 Cannadian Club Akbar
I effing LOVE the good guys!!!! Cancelled. Sucks.
Yeah, I just showed it to my dad and realized, along with the other classics that it's spoofing and homaging, it's giving a bunch of big nods to Rockford. Stark lives in a trailer, the classic car + escape sequences, Julius as a kind of Angel-like figure, etc.
The show gets better every time I watch. At least there's a whole 20 episodes.
135 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:45:06am |
re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar
"The Good Guys" was the best. Basically made fun of cop dramas. Old guy playing a 1970's cop role always got the chicks. Overacting, backwards writing, awesome.
Old cop. "To hell with the rules!! They don't apply to me!!!!"
136 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:45:54am |
re: #134 Obdicut
Yeah, I just showed it to my dad and realized, along with the other classics that it's spoofing and homaging, it's giving a bunch of big nods to Rockford. Stark lives in a trailer, the classic car + escape sequences, Julius as a kind of Angel-like figure, etc.
The show gets better every time I watch. At least there's a whole 20 episodes.
I was gonna say Rockford Files meets Law and Order. Heh.
137 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:48:15am |
re: #133 Cannadian Club Akbar
"The Good Guys" was the best. Basically made fun of cop dramas. Old guy playing a 1970's cop role always got the chicks. Overacting, backwards writing, awesome.
I watched it
138 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:48:48am |
re: #136 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was gonna say Rockford Files meets Law and Order. Heh.
I say L&O because the one guy (Angel) reminds me of Benjamin Bratt. Fucking Obdi!!! Now I have to go rent it!!!!
139 | Obdicut Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:52:08am |
re: #138 Cannadian Club Akbar
Every Rockford episode is available on Netflix. So is the Good Guys.
140 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:54:17am |
re: #139 Obdicut
Every Rockford episode is available on Netflix. So is the Good Guys.
I don't own a TV. My friend does and he has the Rockford Files collection. But he watches shit like Stargate:whatever.
141 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 4:58:34am |
Tell me. How is it I have gotten used to the cold so fast here? If I was still in FLA, I would be freezing right now. I walk around and I'm like, "Meh". I did buy thermal socks and long undies, though.
143 | Flounder Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:02:05am |
re: #141 Cannadian Club Akbar
That's because it's not cold yet, silly!
(says the man with a space heater under his desk)
144 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:02:09am |
145 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:02:56am |
re: #143 Flounder
That's because it's not cold yet, silly!
(says the man with a space heater under his desk)
It's 36 with a feel like of 27 here.
146 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:04:40am |
Don't get me wrong. I AM NOT CALLING FOR COLD!!!!*
*when I lived in Canada, I bitched because it didn't snow. Then we got 4 feet one week and 4 feet the next.
147 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:05:54am |
re: #146 Cannadian Club Akbar
Don't get me wrong. I AM NOT CALLING FOR COLD!!!!*
*when I lived in Canada, I bitched because it didn't snow. Then we got 4 feet one week and 4 feet the next.
You should bitch about not having cash!!!
148 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:06:15am |
149 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:06:53am |
150 | Targetpractice Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:07:38am |
I know I'm weird, because here I am, hopeful that it will rain today.
151 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:09:12am |
re: #147 sattv4u2
You should bitch about not having cash!!!
Riddle me this. I have more money now, being poor than I did while making money. I know this answer: Be poor and you learn how to stretch a buck. The fact that I can go to the local pub on Sunday to spend $20 and watch football is a big win for me.
152 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:25:37am |
re: #150 Targetpractice
I know I'm weird, because here I am, hopeful that it will rain today.
It is raining.
153 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:29:29am |
re: #152 Cannadian Club Akbar
It is raining.
Smells/ looks as if we're going to get some today also
umm,,,, rain that is !
154 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:35:11am |
Caveat. words are hard. (talking to my rommie)
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155 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:36:52am |
156 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:39:49am |
157 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:42:01am |
158 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:49:22am |
re: #90 Targetpractice
According to CNN's breaking news, Arafish's remained were exhumed today.
Ah, open that can of worms. And a no-win situation in any case.
No poison found - they just claim that the investigators are covering up.
Poison found - claims made that the test was rigged and/or the poison planted.
So the conspiracies run with it in any case and claim Israel (Mossad) are engaged in it one way or another.
159 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:53:14am |
re: #158 Feline Fearless Leader
Ah, open that can of worms. And a no-win situation in any case.
No poison found - they just claim that the investigators are covering up.
Poison found - claims made that the test was rigged and/or the poison planted.
So the conspiracies run with it in any case and claim Israel (Mossad) are engaged in it one way or another.
OR ,, maybe his wife was trying to locate more of the money he embezzled over the years decades
/ (half)
160 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:53:38am |
re: #136 Cannadian Club Akbar
I was gonna say Rockford Files meets Law and Order. Heh.
Coming soon to FOX... Law & Order: Benghazi
:p
161 | Targetpractice Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:54:11am |
Joe Scarborough: ‘Grover’s Not The Bad Guy’
"Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough said Tuesday that the only reason Grover Norquist has power in Washington is because he chose to fight against taxes, an issue Scarborough said conservatives believe in regardless of the anti-tax pledge.
"The only reason why Grover has any power is because he chose an issue that guys like me believe in anyway," Scarborough said. "… Grover's not the bad guy. If you hate Grover, then you hate the elected representatives that signed the pledge just so they could have a piece of paper to hold up to represent what they were doing. I never, in seven years in Congress, met somebody going, 'I don't know what to do because Grover might be upset.' No, they go, 'I'm not voting to raise taxes because I'll have my ass primaried, and I'm not coming back here. And I like getting elected.'"
You know Joe, I might believe you if the guy whose toes you're sucking didn't have a wall dedicated to the people whose political careers he's destroyed for refusing to sign/going back on his pledge.
162 | Flounder Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:54:46am |
re: #158 Feline Fearless Leader
I imagine them exhuming his body a few more times in the future. Pretty convenient eh? They should give him an at-sea burial.
163 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 5:56:39am |
re: #162 Flounder
I imagine them exhuming his body a few more times in the future. Pretty convenient eh? They should give him an at-sea burial.
Going to become a Palestinian equivalent to "waving the bloody shirt"? Possibly.
164 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:00:49am |
re: #161 Targetpractice
Joe Scarborough: ‘Grover’s Not The Bad Guy’
You know Joe, I might believe you if the guy whose toes you're sucking didn't have a wall dedicated to the people whose political careers he's destroyed for refusing to sign/going back on his pledge.
Yeah Norquist seems to relish in his ability to ruin people who go against him. Honestly when I saw former Virginia Republican congressman and now GMU professor Tom Davis speak, I was really glad to see him call out Norquist's stupid tax pledge. I've said it here before but I would resent someone equally dogmatic as Grover on the left. I know conservatives don't like tax raises but signing a pledge to one man is so fundamentally stupid. I say, they're free to sign Grover's stupid ass pledge but I don't want to hear them bitch about the president and Congressional Democrats being at fault for the deficit when Grover's Republican puppets in Congress refuse to show any political flexibility whatsoever. There's just no realistic way to fix the debt only by cutting spending.
165 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:05:29am |
Interpreting Tea Party signs....Lol twitpic.com/bgxhd9 via @twitpic— 47% donald hartley (@donthebear) November 27, 2012
166 | A Mom Anon Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:06:40am |
re: #161 Targetpractice
I was just going to say that if Grover wasn't such a bad guy, why does he have an homage to all the careers he's wrecked in his office? Norquist is a lobbyist, first and foremost. You go against him, you're going to find your district flooded with negative ads everywhere they can be placed, money is no object. That's how he came to power in DC, by being a high priced bully.
167 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:06:42am |
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]
And I thought Santorum already was a pathetic dickhead. Gotta love the conspiracy mongreling him and Senator Lee of Utah engage in to justify their bullshit.
168 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:09:56am |
re: #166 A Mom Anon
I was just going to say that if Grover wasn't such a bad guy, why does he have an homage to all the careers he's wrecked in his office? Norquist is a lobbyist, first and foremost. You go against him, you're going to find your district flooded with negative ads everywhere they can be placed, money is no object. That's how he came to power in DC, buy being a high priced bully.
In a way, it's their own fault for enabling him. But yeah, Scarborough's engaging in some bullshit here. The man relishes the fact that he has shown the ability to ruin people's careers who stand up against his crap. He's a pathetic little weasel with a very unrealistic expectation of how the budget should work. Congressional Republicans should be embarrassed for helping create this slimebag.
169 | Targetpractice Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:10:21am |
Axelrod: Ryan Pick A Big Surprise
Top Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said one of the biggest surprises of the campaign was Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate, according to the Associated Press.
Speaking to students at the University of Chicago Monday, Axelrod said the Ryan pick helped Romney play to his base when he should have been reaching out to more Americans. He also said that the campaign had expected Romney to pick either Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) or former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Axelrod added that the Ryan pick was less shocking than Sen. John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in 2008.
I do have to admit that it came as a surprise to me when Ryan was announced as Willard's running mate. I had expected him to go for the "bland and blander" approach of Portman or bringing T-Paw onto the ticket to be the Bible-thumper that he couldn't be openly.
170 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:15:16am |
My fucking friend highjacked my puter. Fucker!!
171 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:17:56am |
re: #169 Targetpractice
Axelrod: Ryan Pick A Big Surprise
I do have to admit that it came as a surprise to me when Ryan was announced as Willard's running mate. I had expected him to go for the "bland and blander" approach of Portman or bringing T-Paw onto the ticket to be the Bible-thumper that he couldn't be openly.
I wasn't too shocked. Romney needed someone who was popular with the conservative base. I thought Pawlenty while a possibility was unlikely since he's as bland as Mitt. Ditto Portman and I think there was a worry that Portman could be tied to the Bush administration since he was Bush's OMB director and later trade representative. I thought there was a possibility that it would be Rubio but I thought it unlikely since Mitt's not the ambitious type. So, yeah Ryan made sense for me. I knew it would be an establishment white guy though regardless of who it was.
172 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:25:18am |
Mornin' all...we took the legs and thighs off the turkey we were cooking Sunday and set them aside...last night, we threw them in the crock pot with two cups of duck fat...turkey leg confit. Nine hours later, the house smells delicious...the cat is camped out next to the crock pot because of the lovely smell of confit. Of course, it's not great for a diet, but we'll let these things cool in the fat, then bag and freeze them for cold winter nights at the ski house.
173 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:28:32am |
re: #172 darthstar
Mornin' all...we took the legs and thighs off the turkey we were cooking Sunday and set them aside...last night, we threw them in the crock pot with two cups of duck fat...turkey leg confit. Nine hours later, the house smells delicious...the cat is camped out next to the crock pot because of the lovely smell of confit. Of course, it's not great for a diet, but we'll let these things cool in the fat, then bag and freeze them for cold winter nights at the ski house.
The Feline Overlord gets a cut during the packaging, right?
174 | Targetpractice Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:30:12am |
re: #171 HappyWarrior
I wasn't too shocked. Romney needed someone who was popular with the conservative base. I thought Pawlenty while a possibility was unlikely since he's as bland as Mitt. Ditto Portman and I think there was a worry that Portman could be tied to the Bush administration since he was Bush's OMB director and later trade representative. I thought there was a possibility that it would be Rubio but I thought it unlikely since Mitt's not the ambitious type. So, yeah Ryan made sense for me. I knew it would be an establishment white guy though regardless of who it was.
I think why it surprised me was because I honestly didn't think that Willard would wish to tie himself to Ryan's plan, for reasons that became obvious after the announcement.
175 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:30:38am |
re: #170 Cannadian Club Akbar
My fucking friend highjacked my puter. Fucker!!
"Maryland Room Mates Brawl Over Computer Usage. Film At 11"
176 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:38:00am |
re: #174 Targetpractice
I think why it surprised me was because I honestly didn't think that Willard would wish to tie himself to Ryan's plan, for reasons that became obvious after the announcement.
This is true. What was amusing to watch was seeing Romney and his surrogates shake off the Ryan Plan as a "disagreement" between Mitt and Ryan. True enough but it's obvious that the Ryan Plan is why he was chosen because without the Ryan Plan, who really is Paul Ryan? It was a stupid game they tried to play and I wouldn't be shocked to see that mentioned in one of the tell alls that will eventually come out.I bet you Ryan himself especially disliked it because he knows he was chosen because of the plan and then got pretty much muted on it.
177 | sattv4u2 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:43:47am |
And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons
178 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:46:14am |
179 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:47:21am |
180 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:49:18am |
Cookie Monster Ha Ha's twitter.com/KCGibbons/stat...— KCGibbons (@KCGibbons) November 27, 2012
181 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:50:30am |
Fox News chief flack says Tom Ricks apologized privately for calling out Fox on air. Ricks says BS, never happened livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/fox-news...— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 27, 2012
Fox is so damn insecure. Benghazi!
182 | Targetpractice Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:51:08am |
re: #181 darthstar
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Fox is so damn insecure. Benghazi!
Damnit darth, I was just about to post that.
/
183 | Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:56:28am |
re: #181 darthstar
I find it funny that people make a big deal about calling Fox right wing. But nobody blinks with MSNBC and all the other douchebag liberal networks. Gee, Fox is right wing? Well, no fucking shit. Sheesh.
184 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:56:36am |
Is it true @senjohnmccain rubs Benghazi on his testicles before meetings because it "makes him feel mean?" #p2 #50questions— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 27, 2012
185 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 6:59:30am |
re: #183 Cannadian Club Akbar
I find it funny that people make a big deal about calling Fox right wing. But nobody blinks with MSNBC and all the other douchebag liberal networks. Gee, Fox is right wing? Well, no fucking shit. Sheesh.
Douchebag liberal networks use something called 'facts' in their reporting. That's why people pay attention to them. Fox doesn't, which is why people like Mitt Romney live there - they create their own reality and assume that the only people who exist are the less than 1% of the population that watches their shows exclusively.
186 | Targetpractice Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:00:13am |
There's a certain sort of joy in watching your enemy destroy himself before you very eyes:
RINO Hunters Fire Warning Shots At Republican Senate Candidates
After two disappointing election cycles, Republican leaders demanded that conservative groups end their war on electable primary candidates or risk handing the Senate to the Democrats in 2014. This week, the groups delivered their reply: “Nuts!”
Activists on the right launched a volley of criticism at 2014’s first major Senate hopeful on Monday, Rep. Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV). Capito is considered a strong contender for the seat held by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), especially if he decides to retire, but her conservative detractors are demanding a purer candidate.
187 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:01:13am |
re: #186 Targetpractice
There's a certain sort of joy in watching your enemy destroy himself before you very eyes:
RINO Hunters Fire Warning Shots At Republican Senate Candidates
Sounds like the West Virginia seat is another one they want to snatch from the jaws of victory. Go for it purer than thou.
188 | Eventual Carrion Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:02:31am |
re: #186 Targetpractice
There's a certain sort of joy in watching your enemy destroy himself before you very eyes:
RINO Hunters Fire Warning Shots At Republican Senate Candidates
Rigidity and overreach, sounds like a winning strategy. Onward christian mental midgets.
189 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:04:49am |
Regarding Fox, I think the biggest problem I have with them at least is the distortion. Bias is fine. It's inevitable to me really and part of human nature. but when you distort shit like Fox does, I have a problem and I laugh at your journalistic credentials. Plus they appeal to the mean and stupid in their viewers by having asshats like O'Reilly, Hannity, and in the past Beck have shows on their network.
190 | William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:06:09am |
Good Morning all,
It's a nice bright, clear & crisp (15 F) morning up here in Northern Wisconsin. But I've got a way to beat that - starting with a 5 lb whole chicken and a pot of water that will, by nightfall, be chicken noodle soup.
So how is your day shaping up?
191 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:10:16am |
re: #189 HappyWarrior
Regarding Fox, I think the biggest problem I have with them at least is the distortion. Bias is fine. It's inevitable to me really and part of human nature. but when you distort shit like Fox does, I have a problem and I laugh at your journalistic credentials. Plus they appeal to the mean and stupid in their viewers by having asshats like O'Reilly, Hannity, and in the past Beck have shows on their network.
That, and they're so obsessed with denying that they are a shit network. Look how attractive we all are! We're nice, white people! Just like you! How could we be unfair or imbalanced? Stop looking at us like that! Stop it! This is hard! You want to try it? Get in the ring! (Ann Romney, new Fox anchor)
193 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:11:23am |
re: #190 William Barnett-Lewis
Good Morning all,
It's a nice bright, clear & crisp (15 F) morning up here in Northern Wisconsin. But I've got a way to beat that - starting with a 5 lb whole chicken and a pot of water that will, by nightfall, be chicken noodle soup.
So how is your day shaping up?
What, are you some kind of alchemist? Sounds like the work of SATAN!!!
194 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:12:07am |
re: #191 darthstar
That, and they're so obsessed with denying that they are a shit network. Look how attractive we all are! We're nice, white people! Just like you! How could we be unfair or imbalanced? Stop looking at us like that! Stop it! This is hard! You want to try it? Get in the ring! (Ann Romney, new Fox anchor)
They really are pathetic. It's a shit network because they're obsessed with trying to po the left. I still remember their lame attempt to create a right wing version of the Daily Show which was painfully unfunny.
195 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:16:12am |
re: #188 Eventual Carrion
Rigidity and overreach, sounds like a winning strategy. Onward christian mental midgets.
Just need to add more rebar.
/
196 | abolitionist Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:20:28am |
re: #170 Cannadian Club Akbar
My fucking friend highjacked my puter. Fucker!!
What -- borrowed it? Changed a logon pw? Installed MS Office? Set it up as a porn site?
197 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:22:07am |
re: #190 William Barnett-Lewis
Good Morning all,
It's a nice bright, clear & crisp (15 F) morning up here in Northern Wisconsin. But I've got a way to beat that - starting with a 5 lb whole chicken and a pot of water that will, by nightfall, be chicken noodle soup.
So how is your day shaping up?
Drizzly and high 30s in Philly today. Chance of converting to snow.
On the cooking front it's turkey rice soup today. Made some nice broth from the smoked turkey carcass, so it's time to work in the vegetables, some chunk turkey bits and a cup or so of cooked rice to make dinner. Maybe some homemade biscuits to go with it.
198 | Eventual Carrion Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:22:09am |
re: #195 Feline Fearless Leader
Just need to add more rebar.
/
Rebar is the work of the debil. Our foundation is strong without that artificial addition. Says so in the manual:
"Nay ye need to reinforce ye faith with the rebar of life. For I made your concrete to withstand the freeze of Satan and his chilly minions."
199 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:24:08am |
re: #198 Eventual Carrion
Rebar is the work of the debil. Our foundation is strong without that artificial addition. Says so in the manual:
"Nay ye need to reinforce ye faith with the rebar of life. For I made your concrete to withstand the freeze of Satan and his chilly minions."
One of the History channels was running "Engineering Disasters" over the weekend. Concrete without properly built in metal reinforcement is a recipe for getting people killed.
200 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:25:20am |
re: #196 abolitionist
What -- borrowed it? Changed a logon pw? Installed MS Office? Set it up as a porn site?
It might explain the sudden use of proper grammar.
201 | Mattand Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:25:53am |
re: #183 Cannadian Club Akbar
I find it funny that people make a big deal about calling Fox right wing. But nobody blinks with MSNBC and all the other douchebag liberal networks. Gee, Fox is right wing? Well, no fucking shit. Sheesh.
Do we have to have this discussion? Again?
MSNBC has a bias, but they don't disguise it and pretend they're "fair and balanced". Fox presents itself as neutral; many of their viewers buy into that bullshit. The smarter ones know it's bullshit and are just happy to have someone maintain their bubble.
As for "other liberal douchebag networks"? Are you fucking kidding? If we had "other liberal douchebag networks", thousands of American soldiers would have celebrated Thanksgiving last Thursday with their families, rather than getting killed in Iraq.
I'm so sick of people complaining about "liberal" media because every six months they call a conservative out on their bullshit.
202 | Petero1818 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:26:36am |
Hello Pot...Have you met Kettle?
[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]
203 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:32:52am |
re: #202 Petero1818
Hello Pot...Have you met Kettle?
[Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]
Yes, this is rich coming from the Birther King. He does have a point though about tone though. The Republicans come across as total assholes to immigrants.
204 | Mattand Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:35:04am |
re: #191 darthstar
That, and they're so obsessed with denying that they are a shit network. Look how attractive we all are! We're nice, white people! Just like you! How could we be unfair or imbalanced? Stop looking at us like that! Stop it! This is hard! You want to try it? Get in the ring! (Ann Romney, new Fox anchor)
I had my annual Thanksgiving dose of Fox last week, and you've hit the nail on the head. Everything piece of reporting is presented as the Most Important Story EVAH!!!! Every video has graphics flying across the screen like they're in a hurricane. Except for Juan Williams and Geraldo Rivera, you can see more diversity in a den of polar bears.
On another note, Sam Walton should come back from the grave and give Roger Ailes a blow job for all of the pro-Walmart coverage that frigging chain received last week.
205 | ReamWorks SKG Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:43:51am |
Watching that video reminds me why I have all my cuts made for me on a CNC machine! I like my fingers too much.
206 | dragonath Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:45:55am |
re: #183 Cannadian Club Akbar
Please tell me the last time MSNBC featured:
The Joy of Working at Flammable Bangladeshi Sweatshops
Global Warming Denial
Birthers
Scary Black People
Anti-Science Demagoguery
Slander of Sandra Fluke
Yeah, I didn't think so.
207 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:46:56am |
re: #206 dragonath
Please tell me the last time MSNBC featured:
The Joy of Working at Flammable Bangladeshi Sweatshops
Global Warming Denial
Birthers
Scary Black People
Anti-Science Demagoguery
Slander of Sandra Fluke
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Exactly. They're fucking hacks.
208 | Mattand Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:52:00am |
re: #206 dragonath
Please tell me the last time MSNBC featured:
The Joy of Working at Flammable Bangladeshi Sweatshops
Global Warming Denial
Birthers
Scary Black People
Anti-Science Demagoguery
Slander of Sandra Fluke
Yeah, I didn't think so.
They've taken it down, but Fox's website used to feature a "Evolution Controversies" in their Science section. Again, I'd love for someone to show me the equivalent on "liberal" networks (AKA, news orgs who don't repeat conservative talking points).
210 | darthstar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 7:58:30am |
re: #204 Mattand
On another note, Sam Walton should come back from the grave and give Roger Ailes a blow job for all of the pro-Walmart coverage that frigging chain received last week.
I think CCA has video of that on his computer, if his roommate ever lets him have it back.
211 | lawhawk Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:00:01am |
re: #209 Gus
Never watched the show, but apparently craziness didn't stop with Sheen.
212 | William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:02:42am |
re: #204 Mattand
I had my annual of Thanksgiving dose of Fox last week, and you've hit the nail on the head. Everything piece of reporting is presented as the Most Important Story EVAH!!!! Every video has graphics flying across the screen like they're in a hurricane. Except for Juan Williams and Geraldo Rivera, you can see more diversity in a den of polar bears.
On another note, Sam Walton should come back from the grave and give Roger Ailes a blow job for all of the pro-Walmart coverage that frigging chain received last week.
He'd be laughing his ass off at Fox. He was a Blue Dog and always gave the max to democratic candidates.
213 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:04:58am |
re: #211 lawhawk
Never watched the show, but apparently craziness didn't stop with Sheen.
I never liked it and didn't need him to tell me not to watch it. Which is really pretty strange considering he made millions off that show until he had his little revelation.
214 | Mattand Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:05:48am |
re: #212 William Barnett-Lewis
He'd be laughing his ass off at Fox. He was a Blue Dog and always gave the max to democratic candidates.
That's surprising, given Walmart's treatment of its workers at times seems to give conservatives that funny feeling in their pants (low wages for max corporate profit, no unions, etc.)
215 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:05:57am |
re: #213 Gus
I never liked it and didn't need him to tell me not to watch it. Which really pretty strange considering he made millions off that show until he had his little revelation.
That's what amuses me about it. Plus like I'm gonna believe that a nineteen year old dude is more prudish than my eighty plus year old grandmother who watches that show.
216 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:06:45am |
Speaking of comedies. I'm finally getting into Louie since I reactivated my netflix account.
217 | lawhawk Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:06:59am |
re: #213 Gus
Yeah, for a moment he sounded like Mike Seaver aka Kirk Cameron. Made crazy coin before going and finding religion. I wouldn't be surprised if Jones goes all Left Behind.
218 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:07:42am |
re: #217 lawhawk
Yeah, for a moment he sounded like Mike Seaver aka Kirk Cameron. Made crazy coin before going and finding religion. I wouldn't be surprised if Jones goes all Left Behind.
I used the Cameron comparison when I read about the story on the pages. I think it's a good one really for the reasons you say.
219 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:08:44am |
re: #215 HappyWarrior
That's what amuses me about it. Plus like I'm gonna believe that a nineteen year old dude is more prudish than my eighty plus year old grandmother who watches that show.
If we're lucky maybe he'll go full metal Kirk Cameron. At least he'll have a head start on his son to be washed up child actor period.
//
220 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:09:54am |
re: #219 Gus
If we're lucky maybe he'll go full metal Kirk Cameron. At least he'll have a head start on his son to be washed up child actor period.
//
The world doesn't need another Kirk Cameron. Already annoying enough with the one. Really that dude has so much self-righteousness, it's not even funny. I hear he was unbearable to his costars on Growing Pains.
221 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:10:12am |
re: #217 lawhawk
Yeah, for a moment he sounded like Mike Seaver aka Kirk Cameron. Made crazy coin before going and finding religion. I wouldn't be surprised if Jones goes all Left Behind.
Had me thinking of Cameron too. Maybe he will. I think he should :D
222 | Mattand Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:10:29am |
223 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:12:10am |
224 | lawhawk Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:12:11am |
re: #219 Gus
Well, he's being counseled/preached to by a nutter.
TMZ has dug up some interesting nuggets from Hudson’s ForeRunner Chronicles video series, including:
— Why he believes Jay-Z is a Freemason with ties to the devil
— How he alleges Obama's pro-gay agenda has similarities to Hitler
— How he claims NYC's gas crisis can lead to cannibalism
Hudson had bizarrely warned his followers that the gas crisis could turn into a food crisis, forcing women to eat their own children: "Your baby might start looking like a chicken wing."
It is unclear if Angus believes everything the pastor is saying, but in the now-viral "testimony" video, the young man only had praise for his spiritual guide. "I love watching ForeRunner Chronicles,” Angus said. “All the information is so great…Your videos have no doubt been a blessing to me."
226 | lawhawk Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:13:01am |
re: #222 Mattand
That's what he gets for trying to stay in Hollywood after Duckie. /
Well, he too is getting a nice paycheck for putting up with the nonsense.
228 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:13:40am |
229 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:15:25am |
GOP senators not backing down on Benghazi: tpm.ly/Y0uBz6— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) November 27, 2012
230 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:19:10am |
re: #229 Gus
Hmm. I wonder on what the political calculus says about the Obama Administration putting Susan Rice up for confirmation by the Senate at the same time the House has to deal with the "fiscal cliff". If Rice is game to put up with a lot of flak this could be giving the GOP a lot of rope to hang itself with.
231 | Henchman Ghazi-808 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:20:58am |
re: #206 dragonath
Please tell me the last time MSNBC featured:
The Joy of Working at Flammable Bangladeshi Sweatshops
Global Warming Denial
Birthers
Scary Black People
Anti-Science Demagoguery
Slander of Sandra Fluke
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Every time MSNBC is brought up in relation to Fox and bias I hear the sounds of sheep braying.
232 | lawhawk Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:22:13am |
re: #230 Feline Fearless Leader
218 House votes = cliff deal. 55 Dems + 5 Rs = Susan Rice confirmation. The rest is senatorial blather.— daveweigel (@daveweigel) November 27, 2012
234 | kirkspencer Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:23:40am |
re: #214 Mattand
That's surprising, given Walmart's treatment of its workers at times seems to give conservatives that funny feeling in their pants (low wages for max corporate profit, no unions, etc.)
Because Sam Walton isn't his kids.
While Sam was a live, working for Wal-mart was actually a good thing. Sam hated unions, but felt that the best way to prevent unionization was to ensure workers didn't want or need them. Employees got decent benefits - and ask someone who worked then about the stock options for everyone.
You can see the break if you get the right data. It happens about a year and a half after Sam died.
Not to say Walmart was great back then, but then and now are totally different places anyway.
235 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:25:49am |
re: #234 kirkspencer
Because Sam Walton isn't his kids.
While Sam was a live, working for Wal-mart was actually a good thing. Sam hated unions, but felt that the best way to prevent unionization was to ensure workers didn't want or need them. Employees got decent benefits - and ask someone who worked then about the stock options for everyone.
You can see the break if you get the right data. It happens about a year and a half after Sam died.
Not to say Walmart was great back then, but then and now are totally different places anyway.
Sounds like the difference between Mitt and George Romney.
236 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:28:20am |
re: #232 lawhawk
Actually, isn't it 51 Senators to confirm Rice - and the sixty requirement is simply to end a threatened filibuster? (And which I think the Senate leadership should start making the GOP actually follow through with.) Also, wasn't there a gentleman's agreement for years not to filibuster votes on appointment confirmation votes?
238 | lawhawk Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:31:01am |
The other day I was in the mall, and wandered past the Tesla outlet there. It's a pretty sleek looking car, though I'm not quite sure about the ergonomics inside.
The big difference between the Tesla and other EVs? The Teslas have their battery packs integrated into the chassis under the passenger compartment. That means that the center of gravity gets lower to the road, and seems like it should improve handling dynamics.
That they're running outlets in malls has raised hackles from other conventional dealerships who are complaining about how those outlets are operating.
239 | Political Atheist Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:34:12am |
re: #238 lawhawk
Well an electric car makes no fumes, which makes it ok for enclosed spaces. No gas fire risk, no engine fire risk. Natural advantage-Tesla
240 | Killgore Trout Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:37:52am |
China's Party Paper Falls for Onion Joke About Kim
The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man Alive" — not realizing it is satire.
The People's Daily on Tuesday ran a 55-page photo spread on its website in a tribute to the round-faced leader, under the headline "North Korea's top leader named The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012."
Quoting the Onion's spoof report, the Chinese newspaper wrote: "''With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman's dream come true."
"Blessed with an air of power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side, Kim made this newspaper's editorial board swoon with his impeccable fashion sense, chic short hairstyle, and, of course, that famous smile," the People's Daily cited the Onion as saying.
241 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:40:59am |
Harry Jackson attacks Obama on Israel while praising the Iron Dome, the defense shield Obama funded bit.ly/VbdN71— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) November 27, 2012
Yet another stupid anti-gay activist.
242 | Coracle Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:47:10am |
About this Ricks thing.
In the Hollywood Reporter article, Clemente is quoted as saying:
"He apologized in our offices afterward but doesn’t have the strength of character to do that publicly."
Ricks, of course disagrees:
"Please ask Mr. Clemente what the words of my supposed apology were. I'd be interested to know," he said. "Frankly, I don't remember any such apology."
All well and good, but Clemente looks to me in this case as the poster boy for Fox News' and the entire right wing's fundamentally childish and destructive attitude. It boils down to: "If someone disagrees with you in your face (or worst of the worst, on air), then 1) cut them off, and 2) attempt to destroy them."
And Clemente for his bald lie and attempt at character assassination ('strength of character' my ass) to the media, will still have a job tomorrow. It steams me.
243 | Petero1818 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:48:32am |
re: #203 HappyWarrior
Yes, this is rich coming from the Birther King. He does have a point though about tone though. The Republicans come across as total assholes to immigrants.
There is no question Romney is nuts on immigration. The only question is why Trump has come to this conclusion only now? And that people in glass houses.........
244 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:55:53am |
Idaho Lawmaker wants states to prevent Obama's re-election by refusing to participate in Electoral College thkpr.gs/RglXJR— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) November 27, 2012
Her Tweets:
A 'last chance" to have Mitt Romney as President in January (it's still not too late)....ELECTION (more.. chumly.com/n/185c26f )— Sheryl Nuxoll (@SherylNuxollID) November 20, 2012
Dictators Endorse Obama--do you?Please share this. * * * * * FOLLOW GARY ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.... twitter.com/SherylNuxollID...— Sheryl Nuxoll (@SherylNuxollID) November 20, 2012
245 | Shiplord Kirel Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:56:46am |
Not worth a page but good for laughs:
Lubbock's "Mr. Conservative," Dr. Donald May: “The Communists Have Won in America”
Dr. Fantasia's source is none other than Pravda and its nutcake op-ed writer Xavier Lerma. That's right, wingnuts are now citing Pravda, the former commie propaganda rag turned sleazy conspiracy 'bloid.
Glenn Beck is also quoting Lerma these days.
246 | gwangung Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:57:28am |
re: #243 Petero1818
There is no question Romney is nuts on immigration. The only question is why Trump has come to this conclusion only now? And that people in glass houses.........
As someone points out, the assumption by most Republicans is that immigrants refer to those from Latin America.
This, naturally, confuses Asian Americans, over half of which are first generation immigrants, into thinking that the fiery Republican talk about immigrants is about THEM (and a large, large portion of Chinese Americans are actually descended from illegal immigrants).
Hm. Asian Americans assuming "immigrants" actually means "immigrants." Maybe they should have learned English before coming over.
247 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:58:30am |
248 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:59:00am |
re: #245 Shiplord Kirel
Not worth a page but good for laughs:
Lubbock's "Mr. Conservative," Dr. Donald May: “The Communists Have Won in America”
Dr. Fantasia's source is none other than Pravda and its nutcake op-ed writer Xavier Lerma. That's right, wingnuts are now citing Pravda, the former commie propaganda rag turned sleazy conspiracy 'bloid.
Glenn Beck is also quoting Lerma these days.
249 | Eventual Carrion Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:01:01am |
250 | dragonath Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:03:16am |
Hey, does anyone know anything about the editorial stance of Algemeiner? I've been trying to ask this in the pages but nothing ever comes out of it.
A few people have been linking to their website recently. During the election I noticed that they ran misleading stories like this:
Exit Polls Show 85% for Romney, 14% for Obama Among Israeli Voters
Buried in the last paragraph of the text is an admission that this was only among "Americans living in Israel". They also have run editorials by the Geller associated ZOA, so I'm extremely wary of this source, to say the least.
251 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:04:43am |
re: #245 Shiplord Kirel
Not worth a page but good for laughs:
Lubbock's "Mr. Conservative," Dr. Donald May: “The Communists Have Won in America”
Dr. Fantasia's source is none other than Pravda and its nutcake op-ed writer Xavier Lerma. That's right, wingnuts are now citing Pravda, the former commie propaganda rag turned sleazy conspiracy 'bloid.
Glenn Beck is also quoting Lerma these days.
Lerma is a far-right Russian Orthodox nationalist. Mostly he writes garbage for Russia Today. Pravda doesn't give a shit what they "print" as long as it's anti-American. Pravda didn't put that up because they specifically hate Obama but only because they can use it to attack the USA. The wingnuts don't get that of course because they're stupid.
252 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:05:48am |
re: #244 Gus
Sigh...I thought we buried that one already when the stupid WND article crashed and burned and they admitted they were wrong about what the constitution said. Go ahead Red states, don't certify the elections, withhold your electoral votes, throw whatever tantrum you want to. It doesn't change a damn thing because the Blue states Electoral votes are enough for a simple majority and that is all that is needed.
If you want to waste your time trying to find a way to legally subvert the will of the people then more power to you. It wont work and only makes you look even more like douche-nozzles than you already do!
253 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:05:51am |
re: #243 Petero1818
There is no question Romney is nuts on immigration. The only question is why Trump has come to this conclusion only now? And that people in glass houses.........
No argument from me there.
254 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:09:20am |
They simply can't take the simple fact that the majority of America preferred Obama over Romney.
Don't like it, fine. But to basically act like Obama is not the legitimately elected leader of this country is childish and pathetic. Bunch of bitter right wing assholes whose sole purpose is being miserable people who refuse to live in reality.
255 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:09:34am |
re: #240 Killgore Trout
Going to the original site it really doesn't appear that they "fell" for anything, the Chinese aren't allowed to have a sense of humor too?
256 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:09:47am |
re: #250 dragonath
Hey, does anyone know anything about the editorial stance of Algemeiner? I've been trying to ask this in the pages but nothing ever comes out of it.
A few people have been linking to their website recently. During the election I noticed that they ran misleading stories like this:
Buried in the last paragraph of the text is an admission that this was only among "Americans living in Israel". They also have run editorials by the Geller associated ZOA, so I'm extremely wary of this source, to say the least.
Algemeiner is kinda wingnutty, like Arutz Sheva.
257 | Killgore Trout Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:11:20am |
re: #250 dragonath
Hey, does anyone know anything about the editorial stance of Algemeiner? I've been trying to ask this in the pages but nothing ever comes out of it.
A few people have been linking to their website recently. During the election I noticed that they ran misleading stories like this:
Buried in the last paragraph of the text is an admission that this was only among "Americans living in Israel". They also have run editorials by the Geller associated ZOA, so I'm extremely wary of this source, to say the least.
Editorially it's a generic pro-Israel site but most of their stories are poorly sourced with obscure blog posts or unreliable sites like Debka. I don't recognize any of the main contributors but I would consider much of the content to be junk. The worthwhile stories the do run with can be found from better sources.
258 | Jolo5309 Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:12:38am |
re: #80 engineer cat
thank goodness - i thought i was the only one who couldn't get loaded
You need to drink faster...
259 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:15:40am |
WTF. Two in a row today.
Hungarian Politician Demands List of Jews tinyurl.com/cwsnpfm #p2— CaptivatingNews (@CaptivatingNews) November 27, 2012
Aspiring Norwegian politician wishes "Hitler could come back to give Jews a shower"; defends the comment as "ironic". toi.sr/Rg8wtl— Adam Holland (@adamhollandblog) November 27, 2012
260 | Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:17:06am |
re: #240 Killgore Trout
America does not have any monopoly on politics that are impossible to tell apart from satire.
261 | Our Precious Bodily Fluids Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:28:27am |
re: #242 Coracle
About this Ricks thing.
In the Hollywood Reporter article, Clemente is quoted as saying:
Ricks, of course disagrees:
All well and good, but Clemente looks to me in this case as the poster boy for Fox News' and the entire right wing's fundamentally childish and destructive attitude. It boils down to: "If someone disagrees with you in your face (or worst of the worst, on air), then 1) cut them off, and 2) attempt to destroy them."
And Clemente for his bald lie and attempt at character assassination ('strength of character' my ass) to the media, will still have a job tomorrow. It steams me.
From that:
In a statement to THR, Clemente says: "I'm surprised by the General’s utter dishonesty. I'll refresh his memory – what he said following the segment was, 'Sorry… I’m tired from a non-stop book tour.' Perhaps now he can finally get some rest."
Ricks is not, nor has he ever been, a "General". DOes Clemente even know who/what he's talking about?
262 | Shiplord Kirel Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:31:34am |
re: #259 Gus
WTF. Two in a row today.
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Amazing? Shocking? Not at all. A prominent Lubbock Republican once suggested re-opening the investigation of the 1993 WTC bombing to look for indications of Israeli Mossad involvement. This could only suppose, of course, that "the Juice" are so powerful and disloyal as to completely subvert the criminal justice system in this country. You don't have to be a canine to hear that dog-whistle.
On top of that, we have crazed libertarians everywhere flocking to the openly antisemitic Russia Today as a news source. Our local libertarian party chair suggests that Russia Today is the only reliable news source anywhere, since American media are "under control." He doesn't say by whom but it isn't hard to guess.
263 | kirkspencer Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:31:56am |
264 | lostlakehiker Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:33:03am |
re: #76 Targetpractice
Hmm. My mother-in-law was a manager, my grandmothers both music teachers, daughters both primary breadwinners at the moment.
And back along the family tree and one step sideways, the second-most-famous suffragette.
Somehow I must have missed the memo to conservatives about women and work.
But now, going off topic, Link
the midwest-southwest drought is shaping up to dust bowl.
There's a political tipping point to be had here, when it comes to climate change.
The evidence is piling in. Link(sea shells dissolving.)
Obama could help here, by pushing. Link(New Scientist editorial
If we carry on as we are, global temperatures could rise by more than 2 °C - the "dangerous level" of warming to be avoided at all costs - before expected. Given what we have seen so far, the potential impact, in terms of storms, floods and heatwaves, is frightening.
What's needed is very clear: emissions cuts, and soon. The best way to do that is to change our economic systems to reflect the true long-term cost of fossil fuels. That means ending the $1 trillion of annual subsidies for fossil fuels and imposing carbon taxes instead.
With four more years in office and no need to worry about re-election, Obama should make good on the climate promises he made in 2008. "Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all," he said back then, when anything seemed possible. "Delay is no longer an option."
The policies he promised - to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 and invest $150 billion in renewable energy technologies - are probably no longer sufficient, but the sentiment is still the right one. Like George W. Bush after his narrow re-election in 2004, Obama has renewed political capital. Unlike Bush, he should spend it wisely.
265 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:36:28am |
So much for sophisticated savvy 21st century PR, the Ikhwan's twitter account is an e-version of Baghdad Bob. #Epic #Egypt #Tahrir— weddady (@weddady) November 27, 2012
266 | lostlakehiker Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:37:13am |
re: #263 kirkspencer
At ~$50,000 for the 160 mile ranged vehicle it's a bit pricey for most.
But at least it goes. The Fiskar wasn't even able to make it around Consumer Reports' test track.
The best of the electric vehicles is probably the Nissan Leaf. But there's a good chance that green automobiles will take a different path from battery powered electric. Liquid nitrogen has no particular energy content, but it has a lot of entropy content and that's what counts. Drawing energy from ambient air, which is possible because it's so cold, it can drive a motor. Thinking of liquid nitrogen as a battery is apt. The primary energy source, the one needed to get the N2 to liquid form in the first place, should be wind/solar/nuclear electricity. Or there's hydrogen fuel cells.
267 | Shiplord Kirel Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:42:14am |
Then there was this:
The Ford Nucleon was a scale model concept car developed by Ford Motor Company in 1958 as a design on how a nuclear-powered car might look. The design did not include an internal-combustion engine, rather, the vehicle was to be powered by a small nuclear reactor in the rear of the vehicle, based on the assumption that this would one day be possible based on shrinking sizes.
Iirc, Ford also designed a nuclear powered tank. The mockup looked like a Sherman with a lengthened engine deck. Even in those nuke-crazed days, the Army wasn't interested for some reason.
268 | lawhawk Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:42:27am |
Record Powerball jackpot increased to $500 million for Wednesday's drawing amid soaring ticket sales - @ap— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) November 27, 2012
269 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:44:56am |
Ricks mocks Fox, which cuts and runs
Posted By Thomas E. Ricks
Maybe I am getting cranky as I go into my third week of book tour. I was on Fox News yesterday morning and said (as I had indicated beforehand that I would) that the whole Benghazi story has been hyped. The anchor pushed back, so I defended my position. My view -- that Fox is openly supportive of the Republican Party, and that the Benghazi incident was hyped in part because it occurred near the end of the presidential campaign -- induced heart flutters in some quarters.
270 | Shiplord Kirel Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:45:47am |
Since actual fucking Nazis seem to be crawling up out of every swamp and bog these days, I move that we declare Godwin's Law null and void.
271 | Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:47:53am |
re: #270 Shiplord Kirel
Since actual fucking Nazis seem to be crawling up out of every swamp and bog these days, I move that we declare Godwin's Law null and void.
Cannot agree, we need to just be careful to only apply the term to real Nazis, be they historical or contemporary.
272 | Mattand Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:51:02am |
re: #234 kirkspencer
Because Sam Walton isn't his kids.
While Sam was a live, working for Wal-mart was actually a good thing. Sam hated unions, but felt that the best way to prevent unionization was to ensure workers didn't want or need them. Employees got decent benefits - and ask someone who worked then about the stock options for everyone.
You can see the break if you get the right data. It happens about a year and a half after Sam died.
Not to say Walmart was great back then, but then and now are totally different places anyway.
Appreciate the info. Walmart, at least to me, is still a relatively new phenomenon in the South Jersey area. I think we've had them 15 years, tops, if that.
273 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:54:43am |
McCain is still hobbling around DC with PBO's 2008 foot broken off in his backside.— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) November 27, 2012
274 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 9:56:32am |
Hungary condemns far-Right MP over 'Jewish list' idea tgr.ph/YnmQCh— Daily Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) November 27, 2012
275 | RadicalModerate Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:03:32am |
Stop me if you didn't see this one coming from a mile away.
Defeated candidate Brad Staats arrested on domestic assault charge
Less than three weeks after he lost a bid to represent Nashville in Congress, Republican nominee Brad Staats was arrested on a domestic assault charge after allegedly slapping his wife, Bethany.
A police affidavit said officers were dispatched to the couple’s Hermitage home Sunday after receiving a call from Bethany Staats, who said her husband had slapped her in the face.
[...]
Staats, 43, said in interviews before the election that he was worried about the nation’s direction and the impact it could have on his four children. He raised eyebrows in late September with a Facebook post in which he showed a photo of his handgun and wrote, “Welcome to Tennessee Mr. Obama.”
276 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:04:10am |
I wonder whatever happened with Zombietime's extensive Folsom Street Fair porn collection? This reminded me of him.
277 | engineer cat Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:06:01am |
susan rice
somebody should warn her about the secretary of snakes
278 | Kragar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:08:33am |
Glenn Beck's Grand Plan to Save the World
As he explained, God has given him a huge variety of tasks, including completely redesigning the media, preparing and strengthening families, protecting Israel, defending the Constitution and liberty, and even finding new sources of energy, all of which he concluded can only be done once he has first reformed our system of education and fundamentally changed our culture.
The only problem is that Beck doesn't know exactly how to do all of this ... yet, but it will get done:
TO THE BLACKBOARD!!!
279 | makeitstop Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:11:14am |
Coolest video so far today: Bruce Lee playing ping pong with nunchucks. Bonus footage - lighting matches with his nunchucks as they're thrown.
280 | abolitionist Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:19:25am |
re: #240 Killgore Trout
Seems they have much to learn about the concept of a free press. It is a nice concept, of course.
281 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:19:28am |
Wut?
Pat Robertson breaks with Young Earth creationists and his own TV network, says humans didn't live with dinosaursbit.ly/SreV1C— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) November 27, 2012
282 | William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:22:01am |
283 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:23:28am |
re: #282 William Barnett-Lewis
He's going the route of "the bones were put here to test our faith"?
284 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:24:58am |
Pat Robertson mentions radio carbon dating! Positively even. Wow.
286 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:27:31am |
re: #284 Gus
Pat Robertson mentions radio carbon dating! Positively even. Wow.
Wow. Pat has been possessed by Satan!
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288 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:36:50am |
Pat Robertson says atheists hate Xmas b/c they don't want you to be happy. What does famed atheist Ricky Gervais think? tv.msnbc.com/2012/11/26/hap...— msnbc (@msnbc) November 27, 2012
289 | Eventual Carrion Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:39:42am |
re: #286 Feline Fearless Leader
Wow. Pat has been possessed by Satan!
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Or at least Satan is riding shotgun beside him. Satan couldn't handle the cold since it seems hell has frozen over.
290 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:45:34am |
Hey all!
feeling much better today.
How are you?
291 | Kragar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:48:27am |
292 | TedStriker Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:50:54am |
re: #291 Kragar
Fischer: The Way to Win Over Independents is for the GOP to Become More Conservative
Sure, go for it.
Exactly what we thought they'd do: say that they weren't "conservative" enough and double-down some more to go screaming, off-the-rails, full metal wingnut.
And they'll be even more up Shit Creek come 2014 and 2016.
293 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 10:55:06am |
Gah. For crying out loud. Fuck these guys.
Lindsey Graham says he'll put a hold on Amb. Rice's nomination if Obama picks her for Sec of State. nyti.ms/Y13Evn— Jim Roberts (@nytjim) November 27, 2012
294 | The Gender Ambiguity of a Flea Tue, Nov 27, 2012 11:00:49am |
RINO Hunters Fire Warning Shots At Republican Senate Candidates
“Congresswoman Capito has a long record of support of bailouts, pork, and bigger government,” Club For Growth president Chris Chocola wrote in a press release. “She voted to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for massive expansions of government-run health insurance, giveaways to big labor, and repeatedly voted to continue funding for wasteful earmarks like an Exploratorium in San Francisco and an Aquarium in South Carolina. That’s not the formula for GOP success in U.S. Senate races.”
Chocola made clear that he would ignore Republican whining about his previous primary interventions in states like like Indiana, where Club-backed Richard Mourdock defeated incumbent Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN) only to collapse in the general election. He noted that more mainstream candidates “the Republican establishment cheered” like Denny Rehberg in Montana, Rick Berg in North Dakota, and Heather Wilson in New Mexico, also lost in 2012.
The same day, Jim DeMint’s Senate Conservatives Fund announced it wouldn’t endorse the “too liberal” Capito. DeMint threw his weight behind a number of candidates in the 2010 primaries that made national GOP strategists uncomfortable. While some, like Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, ended up becoming stars, others, like Christine O’Donnell, were embarrassing losers who helped tarnish the party’s national brand.
295 | Kragar Tue, Nov 27, 2012 11:01:41am |
re: #292 TedStriker
In Fischer's assessment, such a move would be tantamount to political suicide for the GOP because, contrary to popular opinion, those who classify themselves as "independents" are not moderates, but rather hard-line conservatives who refuse to consider themselves Republicans because the party is not conservative enough ... and so the only way to win over "independents," especially white voters who are "naturally" a part of the Republican base, is for the GOP to become more conservative on all the issues:
296 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Nov 27, 2012 11:04:14am |
re: #295 Kragar
I suspect the membership bucket labeled "GOP" would leak voters as much as it would gain them (if not moreso) if said bucket was made more conservative. Also, at some point, I suspect that the business class support of the party might start to waver if it goes further and further down the social legislation rabbit hole.
297 | Gus Tue, Nov 27, 2012 11:06:10am |
Awesome photo essay: Children around the world and their rooms. bit.ly/ToLz3i— Brett Brownell (@BrettBrownell) November 27, 2012
298 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 11:13:46am |
re: #294 The Questionable Timing of a Flea
RINO Hunters Fire Warning Shots At Republican Senate Candidates
They keep on shooting themselves in the foot with this crap. Not that I care but insanity is after all doing the same thing and expecting different results which is exactly what DeMint and his like minded allies keep doing with Senate candidates. I want to see the day where DeMint himself is primaried for not being conservative enough and honestly it wouldn't shock me because for every conservative out there, there is someone more purer than thou.
299 | Shiplord Kirel Tue, Nov 27, 2012 11:19:07am |
re: #281 Gus
Wut?
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"If you fight revealed science, you are going to lose your children."
Whoa! This is big.
Pat's really old, and not looking too good even at that. He may well have started to repent of the deception and bigotry to which he knows he has contributed. He has a long way to go, but the loathesome superstition of young earth creationism is a very good place to start the backtracking.
300 | HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 27, 2012 11:24:06am |
re: #291 Kragar
Fischer: The Way to Win Over Independents is for the GOP to Become More Conservative
Sure, go for it.
That's kind of true. Of course, the true reality is that a growing number of independents are people who think the GOP isn't right wing enough. In the past, there could be said to be a correlation between self described moderate voters and independent voters but that was not the case in the past election. Obama beat Romney overwhelmingly with voters who describe themselves as moderates. Really, the GOP can hang themselves politically for all I care but going more to the right isn't a winning strategy at all.