Jim Hoft’s Inadvertent Comedy of the Day: Obama Flips Chuck Todd the Bird!

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The moron who won the “Accuracy in Media” award at CPAC has uncorked another imaginary outrage tonight; I’ll just let Dim Jim tell the story in his inimitably dense way:

Nice. Obama Flips Off NBC Reporter in Israel (Video) | the Gateway Pundit

New tone.

Don’t look now but it looks like Barack Obama just flipped off an NBC reporter for asking a tough question. NBC’s Chuck Todd went rogue today and asked Obama why he was so unpopular in Israel. Obama went rogue and flipped him a bird.

President Thin-Skin doesn’t like the tough questions.

Words are inadequate to plumb the depths of Hoft’s sniveling stupidity, but here’s the video he posted at YouTube to back up his post. Feel the outrage, if you will.

UPDATE at 3/20/13 8:45:42 pm

Jim’s semi-literate post in free verse form.

New tone.

Don’t look now
but it looks
like Barack Obama just flipped off
an NBC reporter
for asking a tough question.

NBC’s Chuck Todd
went rogue today
and asked Obama why he was so unpopular
in Israel.

Obama went rogue
and flipped him
a bird.

President Thin-Skin
doesn’t like
the tough questions.

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403 comments
1 Kragar (Antichrist )  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:37:54pm

The famous 2 finger bird.

He’s so cunning, but he couldn’t slip it past the rapier wit of Dim Jim.

2 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:39:23pm

Always a new level of stupid with this guy.

3 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:41:18pm

NEW TONE.

4 Kid A  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:43:27pm

A Dim Jim haiku:

Black man President,
How do I post my outrage?
Yes! Two-fingered bird!

5 Tigger2  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:44:29pm

I don’t think Obama did but I would, I don’t like Todd.

6 Kid A  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:44:59pm

I think Dim meant President Black-Skinned, not Thin-Skinned.

7 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:45:36pm

re: #4 Kid A

A Dim Jim haiku:

Black man President,
How do I post my outrage?
Yes! Two-fingered bird!

Dim Jim DERPs dimly.

8 Gus  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:46:16pm

Several screws loose. At least 20.

9 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:46:23pm

Poor Dim Jim is going to have to find a new line of work when President Obama leaves office.

10 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:47:17pm

Jim’s semi-literate post in free verse form.

NEW TONE.

Don’t look now
but it looks
like Barack Obama just flipped off
an NBC reporter
for asking a tough question.

NBC’s Chuck Todd
went rogue today
and asked Obama why he was so unpopular
in Israel.

Obama went rogue
and flipped him a bird.

President Thin-Skin
doesn’t like
the tough questions.

11 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:48:53pm

Outrage, outrage
Obama gave Todd the bird
What bird, the bird
don’t you know the bird
everyone knows the bird

12 Kid A  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:49:23pm

re: #9 HappyWarrior

Poor Dim Jim is going to have to find a new line of work when President Obama leaves office.

Maybe not. Dim’s outrageous outrage will continue when another Democrat wins in 2016.

13 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:49:51pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Sounds vaguely like Joni Mitchell lyrics.

14 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:50:22pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Jim’s semi-literate post in free verse form.

Jimmy Dumb-Ass thinks the president is as stupid as he is.

15 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:51:38pm

re: #12 Kid A

Maybe not. Dim’s outrageous outrage will continue when another Democrat wins in 2016.

True. A guy like that is going to find things to bitch about regardless. My favorite by him is when he flipped his shit over the Obama twitter account posting a photo of fireworks on a past 4th of July wishing the people of the US a Happy New Year. Because you know that’s such a scandal. Or his awesome bit last week when he accused Bo the White House Dog of having his own personal motorcade.

16 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:52:29pm

re: #12 Kid A

Maybe not. Dim’s outrageous outrage will continue when another Democrat wins in 2016.

If a Republican wins, Hoft will cheer for a month or two and then start lamenting the new president’s “betrayal”. This will be because Dim jim can’t stand being part of the majority, because it means you actually have to get stuff done.

17 Kragar (Antichrist )  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:53:40pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

Jim’s semi-literate post in free verse form.

Got to have the right back beat.

Youtube Video
18 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:55:31pm

Another awesome bit of journalism by this year’s Accuracy In Media winner. A real Nellie Bly, Dim Jim is.

19 Gus  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:55:47pm

Get over it wingers. Bibi gave a glowing assessment of President Obama’s leadership in support of Israel.

20 Kid A  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:55:48pm

re: #11 HappyWarrior

Outrage, outrage
Obama gave Todd the bird
What bird, the bird
don’t you know the bird
everyone knows the bird

Bird!Image: image.jpg

21 Gus  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:00:00pm

Bibi even didn’t know who he was. Chuck Todd, is as PBO characterized, incorrigible. The WH Press Corps is a joke.

22 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:03:06pm

re: #21 Gus

Bibi even didn’t know who he was. Chuck Todd, is as PBO characterized, incorrigible. The WH Press Corps is a joke.

You go to war with the reporters you got..
/

23 Gus  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:05:47pm

re: #22 HoosierHoops

You go to war with the reporters you got..
/

He was even trembling while asking the questions.

24 BongCrodny  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:06:28pm

I thought those guys liked it when people went rogue.

25 BroncD  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:09:14pm

I’m so tired of these idiots and their “NEW TONE” bullshit. As if any of them ever had the slightest intention to engage in a new form of discourse. People are shit to each other, period. There was never going to be any kind of “new tone” from anybody, so stop making a big deal when you think someone’s broken the rules.

26 freetoken  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:09:33pm

If we could only get Bill Shatner to read the free-verse version, the Universe would be a bit more sensical.

27 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:09:38pm

re: #24 BongCrodny

I thought those guys liked it when people went rogue.

Only if they’re going rogue on the left silly. But yeah, I love this, whenever Obama gets upset at the media, he’s “raging” but if one of their own does it, it’s “standing up to the lamestream media!”

28 Kragar (Antichrist )  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:11:51pm

A new tone for the GOP:

Quit being a bunch of dicks.

29 freetoken  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:12:26pm

The Scrambled Text version:

New tnoe.

Don᾿t look now but it lkoos lkie Bcarak Omaba jsut flppied off an “incigirroble” NBC retroper for aniksg a tguoh quitseon. NBC᾿s Ccuhk Tdod wnet rugoe tadoy and aeksd Omaba why he was so unlupopar in Iearsl. Omaba wnet rugoe and flppied him a brid.

30 Destro  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:14:20pm

The mistaken middle finger gag was a Seinfeld episode. Republicans have become the party of the absurd.

31 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:15:18pm

re: #28 Kragar (Antichrist )

A new tone for the GOP:

Quit being a bunch of dicks.

Jim Hoft isn’t the GOP. He’s just some asshole blogger.

32 freetoken  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:21:59pm

Running the Google Translator loop version - English ➟ Japanese ➟ Russian ➟ Japanese ➟ English:

However, please do not turn off the reporter, now look at Barack Obama, he seemed to draw “too many” tough questions at NBC. Why is it, Chuck Todd of NBC is wrong today I asked Obama to do because it was unpopular in Israel. Can go wrong, President Obama flips him the bird.

33 austin_blue  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:22:08pm

If Obama walked across the Sea of Galilee tomorrow, Jim Hoft and Faux News would lead with “Obama too lazy to swim!”

34 freetoken  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:24:15pm

And of course, everything at GatewayPundit is backwards… or upside down:

˙pɹıq ɐ ɯıɥ pǝddıןɟ puɐ ǝnboɹ ʇuǝʍ ɐɯɐqo ˙ןǝɐɹsı uı ɹɐןndodun os sɐʍ ǝɥ ʎɥʍ ɐɯɐqo pǝʞsɐ puɐ ʎɐpoʇ ǝnboɹ ʇuǝʍ ppoʇ ʞɔnɥɔ s’ɔqu ˙uoıʇsǝnb ɥbnoʇ ɐ buıʞsɐ ɹoɟ ɹǝʇɹodǝɹ ɔqu ”ǝןqıbıɹɹoɔuı“ uɐ ɟɟo pǝddıןɟ ʇsnظ ɐɯɐqo ʞɔɐɹɐq ǝʞıן sʞooן ʇı ʇnq ʍou ʞooן ʇ’uop

35 austin_blue  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:25:25pm

re: #34 freetoken

And of course, everything at GatewayPundit is backwards… or upside down:

Oh! My eyes!

36 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:25:49pm

re: #33 austin_blue

If Obama walked across the Sea of Galilee tomorrow, Jim Hoft and Faux News would lead with “Obama too lazy to swim!”

Obama announces cure to cancer, “Why is Obama putting so many hard working doctors out of business” OR “He doesn’t have to spike the football.”

37 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:27:01pm

re: #34 freetoken

And of course, everything at GatewayPundit is backwards… or upside down:

It actually reads quite a bit like Russian or any language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet.

38 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:27:37pm

Sorry to sign off right after Floral gets here, but I’m just too worn out to stay.

Good Night, all.

39 freetoken  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:31:47pm

When Hoft discovers Unicode:

Ɖσи’т ℓσσκ иσω вʋт ιт ℓσσκƨ ℓικɛ βαяαcκ Ѳвαмα ʝʋƨт ғℓιρρɛ∂ σғғ αи “ιиcσяяιɢιвℓɛ” ИβƆ яɛρσятɛя ғσя αƨκιиɢ α тσʋɢн զʋɛƨтισи. ИβƆ’ƨ Ɔнʋcκ Ƭσ∂∂ ωɛит яσɢʋɛ тσ∂αʏ αи∂ αƨκɛ∂ Ѳвαмα ωнʏ нɛ ωαƨ ƨσ ʋиρσρʋℓαя ιи Ɩƨяαɛℓ. Ѳвαмα ωɛит яσɢʋɛ αи∂ ғℓιρρɛ∂ нιм α вιя∂.

40 austin_blue  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:33:50pm

re: #38 Dark_Falcon

Sorry to sign off right after Floral gets here, but I’m just too worn out to stay.

Good Night, all.

DF and Floral, sittin’ in a tree, K I S S I N G!

…

Y’all need to get a room.

;-)

41 HoosierHoops  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:39:12pm

Hi Floral! Did you have a great time?

42 SpaceJesus  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:41:46pm

i actually kind of want this one to be true

43 Dancing along the light of day  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:42:29pm

re: #40 austin_blue

You’re too funny!

44 Dancing along the light of day  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:43:22pm

re: #41 HoosierHoops

Hiya Hoopster! It was AMAZING! I’ll send you some pictures, once I get settled back in! More fun than should be legal, even!

45 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:46:07pm

re: #42 SpaceJesus

i actually kind of want this one to be true

Did you stop by the Co. clerk’s office?

46 Mattand  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:47:27pm

Did Chuck Todd’s “Israelis hate Obama” question have any basis in fact?

Also, in a fit of masochism, I went over to Gateway Pundit. How these people manage not to poke their eyes out while brushing their teeth is beyond comprehension.

One person posts that Chuck Todd deserves the alleged flipping for asking an asshat question. A person replying states that Respondent #1 is missing the point, as that it’s very unpresidential to flip anyone off.

Of course, there the tiny matter that ALL OBAMA WAS DOING WAS SCRATCHING A GODDAMN ITCH ON HIS FACE.

Oy.

Of course, most of the “intelligentsia” at Gateway Pundit are probably okay with a Governor flipping the middle finger.

47 SpaceJesus  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:49:12pm

re: #45 wrenchwench

Nope. Doing drinks with the City Clerk tomorrow who’s a buddy of mine. Gonna ask her if she knows anything.

48 SpaceJesus  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:50:20pm

re: #45 wrenchwench

I work for the City by the way, and the City and County don’t really get along.

49 Kragar (Antichrist )  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:50:39pm

re: #46 Mattand

Did Chuck Todd’s “Israelis hate Obama” question have any basis in fact?

Also, in a fit of masochism, I went over to Gateway Pundit. How these people manage not to poke their eyes out while brushing their teeth is beyond comprehension.

One person posts that Chuck Todd deserves the alleged flipping for asking an asshat question. A person replying states that Respondent #1 is missing the point, as that it’s very unpresidential to flip anyone off.

Of course, there the tiny matter that ALL OBAMA WAS DOING WAS SCRATCHING A GODDAMN ITCH ON HIS FACE.

Oy.

Of course, most of the “intelligentsia” at Gateway Pundit are probably okay with a Governor flipping the middle finger.

Isn’t scratching your face a sign of demonic possession?
/

50 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:50:42pm

google.com

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It’s an obsession.

51 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:52:19pm

re: #48 SpaceJesus

I work for the City by the way, and the City and County don’t really get along.

The feelings are so bitter because the stakes are so low, as usual, I’m guessing.

Drinks are the way to go.

52 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:54:45pm

It was a two-finger salute to Romney.

Image: obama-bird-e1351401453590.jpg

The Dim Hoft link.

53 engineer cat  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:55:43pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

NEW TONE.

more like a semi tone

54 SpaceJesus  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:56:36pm

re: #51 wrenchwench

Thursday we always do happy hour, so I’m not trying to pry. I don’t even know if she knows the County Clerk but it’s worth asking I think.

55 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:00:15pm

re: #54 SpaceJesus

Thursday we always do happy hour, so I’m not trying to pry. I don’t even know if she knows the County Clerk but it’s worth asking I think.

I fixed a bike for our county clerk, but I don’t think he ever rode it. Needs to, though.

56 Hal_10000  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:02:00pm

Prepare for a rant later about how Obama actually gave him “the forks”. In the UK and Australia, you can make an insulting gesture using your index and middle finger like the bird and it means the exact same thing. But it’s kind of obscure for Americans. Also, clearly not what Obama did. But I’m waiting for someone over there to say, “Well, maybe it wasn’t the bird but it was definitely the forks. Totally!”

57 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:02:56pm

I just finished a job for a guy who said, “I don’t care what it costs!” as he dropped it off in a hurry. I’m guessing the bill is about twice what he expected, and I should charge more, cause it was a major pain.

58 wheat-dogghazi  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:05:24pm

Limerick time, since we’re being so poetical

There once was a blogger named Jim
Whose pronouncements often are dim
What he thinks of Obama
Is full of much drama
While the truth often eludes him

59 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:06:23pm

re: #32 freetoken

Running the Google Translator loop version - English ➟ Japanese ➟ Russian ➟ Japanese ➟ English:

From English to English via every Google Translate language, in alphabetical order:

U.S.. It. President Barack Obama, the most difficult member Chad TOD NBC News India, Pakistan, area president, Barack Obama, is one.

For quite a while in the middle there, the last sentence was about Barack Obama’s penis. I don’t know where that came from or where it went. I also don’t know exactly when India and Pakistan entered the mix.

60 Kid A  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:32:00pm

Choice comment from Dim’s site:

Honestly who cares about Benghazi? The guy wasn’t an ambassador.

He was a CIA arms dealer running high-powered weaponry to Zionist-backed Syrian rebels through NATO proxies in Neo-Ottoman Turkey.

The whole ordeal just goes to show how in the tank for the Jews Soetoro really is.

I did not make this up.

61 Mattand  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:39:48pm

re: #60 Kid A

Choice comment from Dim’s site:

I did not make this up.

These are the same people who insist that liberals are anti-Semitic.

One of the bigger take aways from all of this is how conservatives are moving the goalposts regarding Israel and Obama.

First it was Obama hates Israel because he never visited as President (just like noted liberal and anti-Semite Ronald Reagan.) Now that he’s there, it’s all “Israelis actually hate him” and “Bibi thinks he’s a dolt” and so on.

62 Kragar (Antichrist )  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:44:03pm

re: #61 Mattand

These are the same people who insist that liberals are anti-Semitic.

One of the bigger take aways from all of this is how conservatives are moving the goalposts regarding Israel and Obama.

First it was Obama hates Israel because he never visited as President (just like noted liberal and anti-Semite Ronald Reagan.) Now that he’s there, it’s all “Israelis actually hate him” and “Bibi thinks he’s a dolt” and so on.

and also “HOW MUCH IS THIS COSTING US?”

63 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:55:19pm

[You still waiting Stanley?]

Image: h5BD7AC31.jpg

Later, lizards.

64 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:56:37pm

re: #61 Mattand

These are the same people who insist that liberals are anti-Semitic.

One of the bigger take aways from all of this is how conservatives are moving the goalposts regarding Israel and Obama.

First it was Obama hates Israel because he never visited as President (just like noted liberal and anti-Semite Ronald Reagan.) Now that he’s there, it’s all “Israelis actually hate him” and “Bibi thinks he’s a dolt” and so on.

Or now that Bibi has praised him, some of them like Bolton are saying “Oh, that’s just propaganda.” Really, if there was any indication that Bibi despised Obama like they want to claim, he would have shunned him on this visit. Their relationship probably isn’t the best but you’re not always going to get along with your counterparts. The wingnuts love to make a great deal of how Reagan and Thatcher got along but there’s a lot out that suggests it wasn’t as totally chummy as it was made out to be. Besides, the wingnuts were fine with Bush actually alienating “Old Europe” in the lead up to Iraq.

65 Kragar (Antichrist )  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:12:41pm

Rockets explode in southern Israel as Obama visits: police

Two rockets exploded in a southern Israeli town near the Gaza border on Thursday, the second day of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to the Jewish state, Israeli police said.

One of the rockets damaged the yard of an Israeli home but there were no immediate reports of injuries. There were also no immediate claims of responsibility issued in Hamas Islamist-ruled Gaza.

66 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:14:46pm

re: #65 Kragar (Antichrist )

Rockets explode in southern Israel as Obama visits: police

Obviously Obama’s doing.//

67 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:22:46pm
Barack Obama just flipped off an NBC reporter

Gee, dim Jim says that like it’s bad thing./

Seriously, if Bush had done this, these clods would be cheering him as a hero. (I might too, come to think of it; depends on the reporter.)

68 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:32:42pm

The Gettysburg Address via Bengali and Latin. I rather like this version.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now, with a civil war, and the people involved should try, or should no longer be considered a dedicated support. We are met by the war in the great plain of it. This page was last part of a piece of land in the bed they gave us, which are here made ​​it holy, in order that the people may live. Altogether fitting and proper that we should do.
Deeper Now - we can make St. - You can not might not be in the Holy Land. Brave dead, who is here to fight, so that our poor power to add or detract from, not to have been and dedicate. Famous for not enough, nor long remember what we say here, but they are what can I forget. But we who are alive, who are here to the unfinished work which they consecrated thing has been done, has been hitherto so nobly protulerunt.gens the freedom of the people and the multitude of government of the people, there was nothing new, it does not Let the day perish in the land.

My favorite: “This page was last part of a piece of land in the bed they gave us.” Bad Lip Reading was here.

And so to bed.

69 stabby  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:32:58pm

I saw the video and went “two fingers? but that’s only obscene if you’re British… Are American wingnuts sheep enough to take Jim’s word for it that it’s even an insult?” Anyway even in Britain, scratching your face that way probably wouldn’t offend anyone.

forteantimes.com

70 Kragar (Antichrist )  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:34:44pm

re: #69 stabby

I saw the video and went “two fingers? but that’s only obscene if you’re British… Are American wingnuts sheep enough to take Jim’s word for it that it’s even an insult?” Anyway even in Britain, scratching your face that way probably wouldn’t offend anyone.

www.forteantimes.com

It doesn’t offend anyone here except assholes looking for an excuse to whine.

71 Kragar (Antichrist )  Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:54:56pm

Discovery Docu-Special Uncovers the Secrets of the KKK

Wednesday night, Discovery Channel will air a one-hour special, “KKK: Beneath the Hood,” that delves into the truths and secrets behind one of the largest surviving white-supremacist organizations, the Ku Klux Klan. This exclusive clip from the docu-special reveals that the organization, which was formed on Christmas Eve of 1865 (the same year the American Civil War ended), began in an unexpected way: as a sophomoric gag. In his first televised interview, Richard Bondira, a Traditionalist American Knights member, talks about the Klan’s surprising origins.

According to Bondira, the group began “innocently enough in a law office in Pulaski, Tennessee.” Six Confederate Civil War veterans were deciding how to occupy their time now that the war was over, Bondira continued, and they agreed that forming a mysterious organization similar to college fraternities — in which they could engage in pranks and hazing — would be fun.

It was during this time that the name Ku Klux Klan was conceived. At first, the name was not intended to be menacing, Bondira said; “Ku Klux” was a variation of the Greek word “kýklos,” which means wheel or band.

It wasn’t long, though, before the organization turned violent and terroristic. In 1869, the first era of the Klan disbanded under pressure from the federal government, but factions of the KKK continue to exist to this day. Discovery was able to gain access via acclaimed photojournalist Anthony Karen, who has long documented the secret world of the Klan (as well as White Nationalists, the Westboro Baptist Church, the Maricopa County Jail, and more).

72 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 2:14:10am

re: #31 Dark_Falcon

Jim Hoft isn’t the GOP. He’s just some asshole blogger.

But one admired enough by CPAC to be given an award - that makes him more than a rogue asshole.

73 freetoken  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 2:14:33am

Dvorak’s Requiem, “Offertorium”:

MP3 Audio
74 Flounder  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:06:23am

POTUS is out and about in his Mideast tour, Palestinian militants fire rockets into southern Israel.

apnews.myway.com

75 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:11:46am

re: #74 Flounder

POTUS is out and about in his Mideast tour, Palestinian militants fire rockets into southern Israel.

apnews.myway.com

In other words, a normal day in Israel.

76 Flounder  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:14:19am

re: #75 wheat-dogghazi

Unfortunately, yes, but maybe these were Estes rockets?!

77 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:22:23am

As we say in the holy Hebrew tongue, Charles is erech apayim ve’rav chesed. (Slow to anger and full of compassion) Because he has not bid Stinky to smite this bunch of derp rage.

78 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:23:55am

re: #76 Flounder

Kinda doubt it.

79 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:26:19am

Derp o’the Mornin’ to ya!

80 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:27:05am

re: #77 Vicious Babushka

Yeah, this was before my time here. What’s the lowdown on this guy?

81 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:29:50am

re: #80 wheat-dogghazi

Yeah, this was before my time here. What’s the lowdown on this guy?

He claims Charles has not sufficiently “repented” from his previous sins of Being A Wingnut from 2003-2008.

82 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:30:49am

re: #81 Vicious Babushka

Oh, got it. He wants Charles to flagellate himself in public, or some such drama?

83 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:31:58am

re: #82 wheat-dogghazi

Oh, got it. He wants Charles to flagellate himself in public, or some such drama?

He wants Charles to allow him to post pages based on threads and comments from ten years ago, so that those of us who were here back then can see what derps we all were.

Charles told him to go fuck himself.

84 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:35:28am

re: #83 Vicious Babushka

I can see why. What point is there in dredging up decade-old ephemeral commentary?

85 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:36:44am

re: #84 wheat-dogghazi

I can see why. What point is there in dredging up decade-old ephemeral commentary?

Some people can’t let go of the past.

SEE! I WAS RIGHT AND YOU WERE WRONG!!11!!!! I OWN ALL OF YOU!!! ADMIT I OWN U!11!!!!

86 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:49:44am

Whatever. He needs to move on, like everyone else seems to have done.

87 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:12:11am

re: #86 wheat-dogghazi

Whatever. He needs to move on, like everyone else seems to have done.

NO!
REMEMBER THERMOPYLAE!

88 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:14:42am

HA HA HA WINGNUTS ARE BOYCOTTING FOX NEWS FOR BEING TOO “LIBRUL”
I apologize for the seizure-inducing graphic.

89 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:15:07am

re: #87 Varek Raith

I’d actually be fine with an honest analysis of LGF’s past to present, but that clearly wasn’t the guy’s intention. He claimed that this was ‘exulting in carnage’:

Shock and Awe

Baghdad is being pounded. Journalists were warned to leave the Al Rashid hotel; they didn’t. And now I’m hearing on the radio that the entire area is in flames.

90 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:18:10am

re: #89 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

I’d actually be fine with an honest analysis of LGF’s past to present, but that clearly wasn’t the guy’s intention. He claimed that this was ‘exulting in carnage’:

Yeah, I hear ya.

91 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:18:49am

re: #88 Vicious Babushka

I can’t even read that.

92 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:20:09am

Wingnuts are seething over a DHS decision to grant “trusted passenger” status to CERTAIN SELECTED citizens of Saudi Arabia who pass a background check. They think that this applies to ALL Saudis and HURR HURR 9/11

93 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:20:26am

re: #91 Varek Raith

I can’t even read that.

I love the “Benghazi witnesses?” stuck in there. What witnesses? What the hell are they even talking about?

94 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:21:23am

re: #91 Varek Raith

I can’t even read that.

Yes, it is migraine inducing. That’s why a disclaimer was included.

95 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:21:30am

re: #93 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

I love the “Benghazi witnesses?” stuck in there. What witnesses? What the hell are they even talking about?

I think they are referring to the survivors who they want the GOP to officially interview to find the ‘truth’.

96 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:26:26am

re: #92 Vicious Babushka

Wingnuts are seething over a DHS decision to grant “trusted passenger” status to CERTAIN SELECTED citizens of Saudi Arabia who pass a background check. They think that this applies to ALL Saudis and HURR HURR 9/11

Considering the deep pockets of some Saudis and their connections to American government and commerce, the policy makes sense. Nuance is however lost on some people.

97 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:27:01am

My DIL posted some cute pictures of my grandson playing on the beach with his sand bucket. Tomorrow they are coming to Michigan where the temperature is like 25. I have to buy him a winter cost.

98 Stoatly  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:30:03am

Gah, made the mistake of looking at at the comments at Hoft’s House of Derp.

Predictably there’s a shit-stain called sswallonie puking anti-semitic slime:

Speaking of Communism, just who do you think funds and controls International Communism? The Jews.

I also take the comparison with the Deutsches Reich as a compliment of the highest order.

Sieg Heil!

Apparently the Juice are responsible for all that beastlyness with Islamist extremists:

Egypt, in case you haven’t heard the news, is under the control of the Muslim Brotherhood — a radical political group that was created in the 1920s by BRITISH INTELLIGENCE. The same Great Britain that has been under total Rothschild [read: Zionist] control since the 1600s.

His administration is actively funding the Zionist Free Syrian Army in their ongoing genocide of Syrians.

Obviously a Librul plant (-except for all the updings Vs the small number of downdings he gets)

99 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:34:48am

DERP DERP
You dumbass, he is saying how would U.S. react if Canada was launching rockets into Detroit. Wingnuts would probably be all like SEND MOAR BOMBS!1!!!

100 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:37:31am

re: #99 Vicious Babushka

DERP DERP
You dumbass, he is saying how would U.S. react if Canada was launching rockets into Detroit. Wingnuts would probably be all like SEND MOAR BOMBS!1!!!

Here, take my +1 Clue by Four.

101 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:42:42am

re: #99 Vicious Babushka

DERP DERP
You dumbass, he is saying how would U.S. react if Canada was launching rockets into Detroit. Wingnuts would probably be all like SEND MOAR BOMBS!1!!!

Obama on the Israeli West Bank settlements: “You didn’t build that!”

102 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 5:58:36am
103 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:11:53am

Gaza militants lobbed two rockets in the general direction of our president. Fascinating.

104 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:13:40am

DERP

105 makeitstop  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:15:16am

A TP boycott of Fox News? Really?

Okay, you can poke my eyes out now, I’ve seen everything.

Good Morning, Lizards.

106 geoffm33  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:16:45am

re: #32 freetoken

Running the Google Translator loop version - English ➟ Japanese ➟ Russian ➟ Japanese ➟ English:

Put yours through Babylon English - Portuguese - Spanish - English:

However, do not disconnect the reporter, now that Barack Obama, it seems that the calls “too many” difficult issues NBC. For this reason, Chuck Todd of NBC and wrong today i asked Obama to do because it was unpopular in Israel. You can go wrong, President Barack Obama, is that the bird.

107 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:19:23am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Hamas and the Islamic extremists in Gaza shot themselves in the foot with the latest barrage of kassams against Israel. Doing it all while President Obama was meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders no less.

Making friends and influencing people, Hamas is. Influencing them in the wrong way, and allowing Obama to draw a different set of conclusions from the ones that Hamas would seek (which is to force Israel to eliminate the border fence, rigid controls on Palestinian movement to-from Gaza, etc., in furtherance of Hamas’ ultimate goal of seeking a one-state solution).

The attacks highlight Israel’s need to maintain security protocols relating to Gaza, but Israel could use this as an opportunity to further reduce security controls in the West Bank - a carrot/stick approach.

At the same time, the situation in Syria remains on everyone’s mind in Israel, as rebel forces take control of areas near the DMZ in the Golan and reports continue to sputter on about the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

I’m skeptical of the reports, and while US officials think that simulants may have been used, the Israelis seem more certain that chemical weapons were used. It doesn’t mean that the Israelis are going to take action, but it does indicate that there’s a range of opinions on whether Assad used them or not. The intel sources and reports I’ve read indicate that it wasn’t likely to be the rebels that used them, but it could have been Assad loyalists. They also indicate that it could more likely have been chemicals released when a scud missile landed and propellant/gases from the missile itself sickened people or that someone detonated munitions that released chemicals stored in a pharmaceutical or chemical production facility (like those for pesticides). Some pesticides are closely related to chemical weapons - their origin was in the creation of making more effective pesticides), so if a bomb or missile hit a pesticide storage area, it could have released vapors into the air that mimicked the effects of a chemical weapon.

As desperate as Assad is to remain in power, I don’t think Assad’s that crazy to use chemical weapons at this stage of the civil war. He hasn’t used them to date, and I don’t think his forces would want to suddenly become targets of NATO/US/Israeli airstrikes (depending on circumstances of the use and whether Israelis were affected downwind for example). That would surely hasten his regime’s collapse.

108 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:25:17am

Apropos of the comments in the links, next month marks the 30th anniversary of the US embassy bombing in Beirut (with 17 US citizens killed, including CIA Near East director and the CIA station chief) and this October marks the 30th anniversary of the Hizbullah bombings in Beirut that leveled the Marine barracks and French peacekeeping forces facilities with over 300 killed.

109 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:27:12am

THIS DERP FANTASY WINGNUTS HAVE THAT THEY ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO “WORK”
GO GALT ALREADY.

110 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:28:01am

re: #71 Kragar (Antichrist )

What a whitewash attempt. The KKK started as just some folk wanting to prank.

111 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:28:24am

A Kurdish Spring on Many Fronts

LONDON — Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdish Workers Party, the P.K.K., called for a ceasefire Thursday in the three-decades-long war between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish state, giving a whole new impetus to New Year celebrations by Kurds…

…The past decade, with the war in Iraq, the Arab Spring, and Syria’s descent into civil war, has seen a dramatic change in their fortunes.

Ten years ago this week, Kurds were fleeing to the mountains from the cities of northern Iraq in anticipation of attack by the forces of Saddam Hussein in the wake of a U.S.-led invasion.

Kurdish forces held the line in the north on behalf of the international coalition after Turkey refused to join the invasion.

A decade on, an autonomous Kurdistan is now the most secure and prosperous region of Iraq and enjoys close relations with a formerly hostile Turkey…

112 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:29:00am

History takes a long time for it to evolve.

113 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:30:37am

Good morning Lizards!

Spring is in the air in Philadelphia. Oh wait, that’s… snow.

O_o

114 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:35:56am

re: #112 Gus

History takes a long time for it to evolve.

And like evolution, it has no destination.

115 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:40:15am

re: #109 Vicious Babushka

I haven’t really been keeping track, but I think 9 is the maximum number of wingnut hashtags in a single tweet.

116 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:40:24am
117 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:41:52am

re: #115 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I haven’t really been keeping track, but I think 9 is the maximum number of wingnut hashtags in a single tweet.

That’s more hashtag than tweet.

118 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:46:25am

re: #117 Vicious Babushka

That’s more hashtag than tweet.

Leaves no room for original thought. Oh, wait, they don’t need it. Nevermind.

119 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:46:55am

Classic video game music is classic.

Youtube Video
120 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:47:27am

re: #56 Hal_10000

Prepare for a rant later about how Obama actually gave him “the forks”. In the UK and Australia, you can make an insulting gesture using your index and middle finger like the bird and it means the exact same thing. But it’s kind of obscure for Americans. Also, clearly not what Obama did. But I’m waiting for someone over there to say, “Well, maybe it wasn’t the bird but it was definitely the forks. Totally!”

PBO should have just gone with the acceptable response and called him a “major league asshole”. That seems to have been acceptable to the right.

121 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:47:34am

re: #114 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

And like evolution, it has no destination.

I eagerly await the condemnation of the industrial revolution that accelerated the modernization and progress of civilization.

//

122 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:49:07am

Well, since Obama spoke about the Palestinians getting an independent state now (echoing the standard US policy of the last decade or two) I expect today’s outrage will be back to Obama hates Israel, Obama is a secret Muslim, etc.

123 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:49:08am

re: #121 Gus

I eagerly await the condemnation of the industrial revolution that accelerated the modernization and progress of civilization.

//

BUT TEH BASKET WEAVERS AND TEH COBBLERS!11!!!

124 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:49:52am

re: #121 Gus

I eagerly await the condemnation of the industrial revolution that accelerated the modernization and progress of civilization.

//

But revolutions are different. Unless you’re massively profiting from the status quo of course. ;)

125 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:49:55am

re: #123 Vicious Babushka

Ex post facto guilt. //

126 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:51:49am

DERP DERP
Dumbass, the leading cause of death in the U.S. is heart disease & cancer.

127 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:53:55am

re: #126 Vicious Babushka

DERP DERP
Dumbass, the leading cause of death in the U.S. is heart disease & cancer.

I thought the leading cause of death was vaccines and Unite Blue.

//

128 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:54:20am

I think this idiot is just a derp-spewing bot and not an actual real stupid person, like the bot that spams the fake quotes.

129 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:54:45am

re: #127 Gus

I thought the leading cause of death was vaccines and Unite Blue.

//

GUN FREE ZONES!!!111!!!!!

130 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:54:59am

re: #127 Gus

I thought the leading cause of death was vaccines and Unite Blue.

//

Chemtrails.

131 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:55:48am

re: #130 Varek Raith

Chemtrails.

BENGHAZI!!!1111!!!!TY

132 Interesting Times  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:57:05am

re: #128 Vicious Babushka

I think this idiot is just a derp-spewing bot and not an actual real stupid person, like the bot that spams the fake quotes.

The future of Twitter is robots tweeting at each other

133 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:58:45am

Shorter Cyprus. We don’t want to pay for our shit and want Germany and the EU to give us money.

134 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 6:59:11am

re: #132 Interesting Times

The future of Twitter is robots tweeting at each other

If you look at any trending hashtag it is pretty much overrun with pr0nbots.

135 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:02:29am
Youtube Video
136 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:02:55am

“The future of Progressive America is pr0nbots, sodomy, and the lash!”
- Theodore Roosevelt

(for the fake quote file)

137 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:04:55am

re: #134 Vicious Babushka

If you look at any trending hashtag it is pretty much overrun with pr0nbots.

Can’t Twitter ban those accounts or do they pop back up so fast it’s not worth the trouble?

138 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:07:02am

re: #137 Eclectic Cyborg

Can’t Twitter ban those accounts or do they pop back up so fast it’s not worth the trouble?

They do ban those accounts but it takes about an hour or so, and they all show up in a swarm.

139 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:08:04am

re: #138 Vicious Babushka

They do ban those accounts but it takes about an hour or so, and they all show up in a swarm.

Like the Goons?
/

140 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:08:19am
141 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:09:34am

re: #140 Vicious Babushka

Isn’t the appropriate word, “gnoshing”?

142 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:10:06am

re: #141 wheat-dogghazi

Isn’t the appropriate word, “gnoshing”?

The “g” is silent.

143 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:11:29am

re: #142 Vicious Babushka

The “g” is silent.

Gnoshing Unchained

“The ‘g’ is silent.”

144 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:11:39am

re: #142 Vicious Babushka

The “g” is silent.

gnostics gnosh by gnawing on ghostly gnarly gnocci?
;)

(Edit: replacement to keep the silent “g” trend)

145 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:12:47am

re: #144 Feline Fearless Leader

gnostics gnosh by gnawing on ghostly gnocci?
;)

Ghastly. (and no, the G isn’t silent, but the h is).

146 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:12:55am

re: #144 Feline Fearless Leader

gnostics gnosh by gnawing on ghostly gnocci?
;)

gnarly gnocci

147 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:13:15am

re: #113 Feline Fearless Leader

Good morning Lizards!

Spring is in the air in Philadelphia. Oh wait, that’s… snow.

O_o

Yeah, coming back (into PA) last night from a Todd Snider concert in Cleveland it was blowing all around. Pretty nasty drive back.

148 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:14:50am

GDERP

149 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:15:50am

re: #148 Vicious Babushka

GDERP

Gderp indeed.

150 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:16:05am

DERP
THE DIGNITY OF DOING BACK-BREAKING LABOR FOR LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE

151 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:16:07am

re: #148 Vicious Babushka

GDERP

GBryan GFischer, legal eagle extraordinaire

152 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:17:06am

Yes.
The dignity of a low wage, shit job.
Awesome.

153 Stoatly  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:17:53am

re: #132 Interesting Times

The future of Twitter is robots tweeting at each other

What a loss…

154 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:20:20am

re: #152 Varek Raith

Yes.
The dignity of a low wage, shit job.
Awesome.

We might be better off passing laws requiring all these people to take mandatory refresher courses in working low-wage jobs. A couple of weeks every few years of being a grocery store clerk, waiter, or factory line worker.

155 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:20:46am

Why is this wingnut blaming Nancy Pelosi & Democrats? The wingnut meme is that working 2 or 3 jobs is a VIRTUE! GET WITH THE PROGRAM DUDE. People who work 40 hrs/wk are LAZY SLACKERS.

156 iossarian  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:21:10am

re: #152 Varek Raith

Yes.
The dignity of a low wage, shit job.
Awesome.

IF ONLY I COULD BE PICKING LETTUCE IN SEARING HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOR $5.50 AN HOUR AND NO BENEFITS

157 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:21:24am

CVS to employees: Hand over your health info or pay more for insurance

CVS is launching a “voluntary” new program for employees that allows them to avoid paying more for health insurance, if they just share personal medical information — weight, body fat, glucose levels, etc. — with the company.

ABC News reports that CVS staffer have until May 1, 2014, to make an appointment with a doctor in order to gather the required information.
“Our benefits program is evolving to help our colleagues take more responsibility for improving their health and managing health-associated costs,” explains a CVS rep to the Boston Herald. “All personal health data is kept private by our wellness program’s third party administrator and is never shared with CVS Caremark.”

We just hope these files don’t end up on a city sidewalk like the bunch of old prescriptions a Manhattan CVS left outside for anyone to pick through.
The CVS program is just the latest among companies trying the carrot/stick approach to keeping healthcare costs down.

However, many of the larger companies that have started such programs offer discounts or refunds for employees who take part in certain wellness programs, rather than penalize employees who feel it may be invasive for their employer to request such personal information.

“The approach they’re taking is based on the assumption that somehow these people need a whip, they need to be penalized in order to make themselves healthy,” Patient Privacy Rights founder Dr. Deborah Peel tells ABC News. “It’s technology-enhanced discrimination on steroids.”

A company I used to work for did something similar to this. The first year, all you needed to do to get health insurance discounts was get a health assessment done. It focused on key numbers (BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.). If they were within a certain range you could get the discounts.

The second year, if you still wanted the discounts, you had to not only work with a company provided health coach to set and reach health goals, you ALSO had to show you were making progress on those goals within six months. No progress = No discounts for next year.

I have a real problem with this approach because it also penalizes healthy people. I myself am 30 and in good health, there is little I could gain and few (if any) health goals I would need to reach if working with a coach. I already take good care of myself. Even though my numbers are good enough to qualify for a discount, I’d probably still be denied because of that “progress” requirement.

These companies say they are taking this approach to improve the health of workers, I think they are doing it as a stealth way to raise premiums. They know a lot of employees aren’t going to want to jump through all these hoops and will just pay the higher premiums.

158 prairiefire  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:21:29am

I was just reading about “beam work” at the top of a tannery where they first unload the whole cow skins. The meat processing plants that produce a huge amount of what Americans consume. Lots of missing thumbs. At the Tyson plant I toured, I think it was the line position that cut the chicken breast from the valuable chicken breast tenderloin that was the most dangerous.

159 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:21:57am

re: #148 Vicious Babushka

GDERP

Bryan, I’ll save you the time: Polls have turned against DOMA and in favor of gay marriage. I’m not a lawyer, but I’m pretty sure that when one has a client that takes him aside and asks to change his plea, the lawyer risks being charged himself with ethical violations if he tells his client to shut up and continues forward with the original plea.

160 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:22:16am

I’m starting think Soros (*drink!!!*) or some other nefarious left-wing “boogie man” pays Jim Derp Hoft to be an asshole. Seriously, can anyone really be this fucking stupid?

*that last question was rhetorical*

161 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:22:46am

re: #155 Vicious Babushka

Why is this wingnut blaming Nancy Pelosi & Democrats? The wingnut meme is that working 2 or 3 jobs is a VIRTUE! GET WITH THE PROGRAM DUDE. People who work 40 hrs/wk are LAZY SLACKERS.

It’s ‘uniquely American’, to quote Bush.

162 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:23:27am

re: #156 iossarian

IF ONLY I COULD BE PICKING LETTUCE IN SEARING HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOR $5.50 AN HOUR AND NO BENEFITS

$5.50 AN HOUR! THAT’S TOO MUCH!!! LAZY MOOCHERS JUST COME HERE TO GET MOAR FOOD STAMPS!!!111111

They really do Tweet this.

163 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:23:39am

re: #150 Vicious Babushka

DERP
THE DIGNITY OF DOING BACK-BREAKING LABOR FOR LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE

Not to mention, several states (Alabama and Georgia to name a couple) have TRIED to give those jobs “back to Americans” and (big shock!) it turns out they DON’T WANT THEM! Whoulda thunk it?

164 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:24:24am

re: #162 Vicious Babushka

They really do Tweet this.

In the good old days they’d work all day for sugar in their tae.
(Down by the railway.)

165 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:24:28am

re: #154 Feline Fearless Leader

Or farm worker who has to pick x bushels of crop by hand per hour/day or else lose their job. /

In a related subject, if the US amends its immigration policy and brings about a path to citizenship, it could result in a upswing in revenues captured by various taxes. It would mean that the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid would be improved since more people are paying into the system and the same goes for health care - they would be paying into the system (through their employers) and reliance on emergency rooms for indigent care would be reduced.

That also doesn’t take into account the fact that if a path to citizenship (or more broadly a legal immigrant status), there could be fees imposed for bringing someone’s status into legal conformity.

166 iossarian  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:24:35am

re: #157 Eclectic Cyborg

I think this is exactly the kind of area where you need government to step in and regulate the extent to which this kind of approach is acceptable. Clearly it’s not a bad idea to incentivize people to behave in healthy ways *to some extent*.

The problems begin when you allow companies to take it too far. At the end of the day, it turns into the same kind of system that finds creative ways to deny high-cost treatment to serious conditions.

167 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:24:47am

re: #163 Eclectic Cyborg

Not to mention, several states (Alabama and Georgia to name a couple) have TRIED to give those jobs “back to Americans” and (big shock!) it turns out they DON’T WANT THEM! Whoulda thunk it?

Crops rotted in the field and then VEGETABLES & FRUITS BECAME MORE EXPENSIVE.

168 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:25:07am

re: #163 Eclectic Cyborg

Not to mention, several states (Alabama and Georgia to name a couple) have TRIED to give those jobs “back to Americans” and (big shock!) it turns out they DON’T WANT THEM! Whoulda thunk it?

Not just that, the states that have tried to make up the difference with convict labor found that the convicts would work a day or less in the fields, then refuse to do any more work.

169 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:26:29am

re: #166 iossarian

I think this is exactly the kind of area where you need government to step in and regulate the extent to which this kind of approach is acceptable. Clearly it’s not a bad idea to incentivize people to behave in healthy ways *to some extent*.

The problems begin when you allow companies to take it too far. At the end of the day, it turns into the same kind of system that finds creative ways to deny high-cost treatment to serious conditions.

Bingo. The health assessment approach is fine. That way your numbers determine if you get a discount or not. There’s only a single session needed to make a determination.

But this health coach nonsense is really taking it too far.

170 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:26:43am

re: #165 lawhawk

Or farm worker who has to pick x bushels of crop by hand per hour/day or else lose their job. /

In a related subject, if the US amends its immigration policy and brings about a path to citizenship, it could result in a upswing in revenues captured by various taxes. It would mean that the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid would be improved since more people are paying into the system and the same goes for health care - they would be paying into the system (through their employers) and reliance on emergency rooms for indigent care would be reduced.

That also doesn’t take into account the fact that if a path to citizenship (or more broadly a legal immigrant status), there could be fees imposed for bringing someone’s status into legal conformity.

Which is a great proposal…until you remember that the folks bitching the most about “illegals” are generally also the ones who think we need to do away with SS and Medicare/Medicaid because “the free market will do it better.”

171 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:28:33am

Even permanent resident status is enough to allow someone to legally pay taxes and file annual returns.

172 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:29:20am

re: #165 lawhawk

Or farm worker who has to pick x bushels of crop by hand per hour/day or else lose their job. /
[snip]

I lasted about two days picking strawberries as a teen. Too slow and a little too picky about how heavily the berry had been chewed on by slugs.

5am-2pm work. And back-breaking from working down a row of 8-12” high plants picking berries while bent over. Or if you tried a bent-knee approach your back was better off but your knee joints got worked over.

173 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:30:13am

Michelle Malkin Savages Obama’s ‘Photo Op’ Middle East Trip: ‘He Shouldn’t Have Gone In The First Place’

On Thursday, Michelle Malkin appeared on Fox & Friends where she pummeled President Barack Obama’s approach to America’s relationship with Israel and the peace process between the Jewish state and Palestine. She said that Obama’s entire trip to the Middle East was political and merely a “photo op.” When asked what the president could have done to make her think the trip was a success, Malkin said “he shouldn’t have gone in the first place.”

What a fucking psycho moron.

174 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:30:30am

Yep, cheap labor is the only reason the farming industry hasn’t automated to the extent it could.

175 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:32:00am

re: #173 Gus

Michelle Malkin Savages Obama’s ‘Photo Op’ Middle East Trip: ‘He Shouldn’t Have Gone In The First Place’

What a fucking psycho moron.

Psycho hose beast.

/

176 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:32:26am

BREITBART PSYCHO DERP

177 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:32:57am

Wingnuts: Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel?

Obama goes to Israel.

Wingnuts: Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel!

178 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:33:04am

re: #173 Gus

Michelle Malkin Savages Obama’s ‘Photo Op’ Middle East Trip: ‘He Shouldn’t Have Gone In The First Place’

What a fucking psycho moron.

So she could gloat about how Obama does not care enough about Israel to bother visiting?

(PS Gus did it better)

179 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:33:25am

re: #173 Gus

Michelle Malkin Savages Obama’s ‘Photo Op’ Middle East Trip: ‘He Shouldn’t Have Gone In The First Place’

What a fucking psycho moron.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

In fact, I seem to remember a bunch of whining when word got out that Israel wasn’t on Kerry’s itinerary a couple weeks back.

180 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:33:36am

re: #172 Feline Fearless Leader

I lasted about two days picking strawberries as a teen. Too slow and a little too picky about how heavily the berry had been chewed on by slugs.

5am-2pm work. And back-breaking from working down a row of 8-12” high plants picking berries while bent over. Or if you tried a bent-knee approach your back was better off but your knee joints got worked over.

I’ve often wondered if hispanics can handle the work better because they tend to be a bit shorter .

181 prairiefire  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:33:42am

re: #174 Varek Raith

Yep, cheap labor is the only reason the farming industry hasn’t automated to the extent it could.

They’ve come pretty close with the oversized pig farms. They foul up miles of land and waterways.

182 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:33:47am

re: #177 Gus

Wingnuts:

Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel?

Obama goes to Israel.

Wingnuts:

Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel!

183 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:34:49am

Obama: Effective immediately I am putting in place a requirement that all overseas trips for U.S. officials include at least a two day stop in Israel.

Wingnuts:

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WASTED ON VACATIONS!!! BLARGH!!

184 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:35:08am

And don’t forget:

TAXPAYERS PAID FOR HIS LIMO!111!
TAXPAYERS PAID FOR AIR FORCE ONE!!!1111
WHY DOESN’T HE STAY HOME AND SPEND 100% OF HIS TIME ON TEH BUDGET & BENGHAZI!!!1111

185 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:35:09am

re: #182 Vicious Babushka

Obama goes to Israel.

Wingnuts:

They’re so passive-aggressive. Adult-children.

186 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:35:31am

re: #173 Gus

How often was she and the rest of the right wing nutters complaining that Obama hasn’t gone to Israel or is burning Israel as an ally or screwing up the relationship between Israel and the US? Too often to count, that’s for sure.

Now, she’s bitching that the President shouldnt’ have gone? Why?

Because Obama has shot down the preposterous notion that the relationship between the US and Israel was bad or that Obama and Bibi could actually get along nicely. That’s why.

Obama’s Israel policy has been a continuation of longstanding US policy towards Israel. It hasn’t changed. He’s not forcing the sides into talks and he’s not demanding conferences or summits. Obama recognizes that there are those in the PA that don’t want peace with Israel - Hamas for one. Today’s rocket attacks reinforce that.

It’s why yesterday’s friendly banter and speech was taken as a surprise by right wing observers - they bought into the notion that Obama wasn’t an Israel supporter, when he’s been just that all along.

187 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:35:44am

*FACE PALM*

188 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:37:28am

re: #186 lawhawk

It’s why yesterday’s friendly banter and speech was taken as a surprise by right wing observers - they bought into the notion that Obama wasn’t an Israel supporter, when he’s been just that all along.

What made me realize that Obama is a friend of Israel? When MJayRosenberg had a meltdown about OBAMA IS CONTROLLED BY TEH ZIONISTS!!1111

189 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:37:57am

re: #180 Eclectic Cyborg

I’ve often wondered if hispanics can handle the work better because they tend to be a bit shorter .

I’m not sure if it is enough of a difference to really matter.

There’s probably stats somewhere on what the long-term health issues are for produce pickers. My bet is that back and joint arthritis is right up there.

I’m not a good example. Pretty tall, always a little overweight, and it turns out that I have an inherited back condition.

I also did more upright work in a packaging facility (oil, anti-freeze, etc.) a few years later. A lot less back trouble, a lot more chemical exposure. :P

190 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:38:34am

re: #186 lawhawk

How often was she and the rest of the right wing nutters complaining that Obama hasn’t gone to Israel or is burning Israel as an ally or screwing up the relationship between Israel and the US? Too often to count, that’s for sure.

Now, she’s bitching that the President shouldnt’ have gone? Why?

Because Obama has shot down the preposterous notion that the relationship between the US and Israel was bad or that Obama and Bibi could actually get along nicely. That’s why.

Obama’s Israel policy has been a continuation of longstanding US policy towards Israel. It hasn’t changed. He’s not forcing the sides into talks and he’s not demanding conferences or summits. Obama recognizes that there are those in the PA that don’t want peace with Israel - Hamas for one. Today’s rocket attacks reinforce that.

It’s why yesterday’s friendly banter and speech was taken as a surprise by right wing observers - they bought into the notion that Obama wasn’t an Israel supporter, when he’s been just that all along.

Of course, when he finally does go, those that don’t incessently bitch about how he “wasted our money!” to make the trip instead engage in snickering about how Bibi has “forced” Obama to support Israel.

I sometimes find myself wondering, for all of five seconds, if these spoiled children know that Bush put off visiting Israel until late in his second term.

191 darthstar  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:38:57am

Mornin’ everyone.

192 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:39:52am

re: #191 darthstar

Mornin’ everyone.

Bagels and cream cheese over by the coffee machine. Help yourself.
;)

193 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:40:10am

re: #189 Feline Fearless Leader

There’s probably stats somewhere on what the long-term health issues are for produce pickers. My bet is that back and joint arthritis is right up there.

I do recall reading about serious kidney problems involving agricultural workers in Central America who are not allowed to drink sufficient fluids while doing manual labor in the hot sun.

194 darthstar  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:41:11am

re: #192 Feline Fearless Leader

Bagels and cream cheese over by the coffee machine. Help yourself.
;)

I like my bagels toasty hot with butter melted into them…yum.

195 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:42:43am

re: #194 darthstar

You people are killing me. I’m thousands of miles from a decent bagel. Or even a crappy bagel.

196 darthstar  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:42:53am

re: #193 Sol Berdinowitz

I do recall reading about serious kidney problems involving agricultural workers in Central America who are not allowed to drink sufficient fluids while doing manual labor in the hot sun.

Also a problem for manual laborers in central California.

197 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:44:29am

re: #196 darthstar

Also a problem for manual laborers in central California.

not surprised, those freeloaders always wanting to stop for a drink and a siesta

/

198 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:46:50am

re: #195 wheat-dogghazi

You people are killing me. I’m thousands of miles from a decent bagel. Or even a crappy bagel.

But you can get kickass steamed buns and spring roll!

199 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:47:23am
200 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:47:42am

re: #198 Vicious Babushka

But you can get kickass steamed buns and spring roll!

And dumplings! To die for. So, yeah, I’m surrounded by great Chinese food.

201 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:47:58am

re: #190 Targetpractice

GWB went in January and May 2008.
Clinton went in 1994, Nov 1995 (Rabin funeral), May 1996, December 1998
GHWB - no visit
Reagan - no visit
Carter - March 1979
Ford - no visit
Nixon - June 1974
LBJ - no visit
JFK - no visit
Eisenhower - no visit
Truman - no visit

en.wikipedia.org

202 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:50:05am
203 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:50:22am

re: #201 lawhawk

GWB went in January and May 2008.
Clinton went in 1994, Nov 1995 (Rabin funeral), May 1996, December 1998
GHWB - no visit
Reagan - no visit
Carter - March 1979
Ford - no visit
Nixon - June 1974
LBJ - no visit
JFK - no visit
Eisenhower - no visit
Truman - no visit

en.wikipedia.org

What, St. Reagan never visited the Holy Land? Inconceivable!

//

204 Dr. Matt  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:53:44am

re: #173 Gus 802

Michelle Malkin Savages Obama’s ‘Photo Op’ Middle East Trip: ‘He Shouldn’t Have Gone In The First Place’

What a fucking psycho moron.

The sad part is that the teahadists are actually linking to Dim Jim and the non-existent ‘flipping the bird’ hissy fit.

205 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:54:38am

re: #200 wheat-dogghazi

And dumplings! To die for. So, yeah, I’m surrounded by great Chinese food.

While in that region it was tough/near impossible to find good European-style bread when we wanted some. Until we visited Vietnam of course. ;)

206 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:55:03am

*sigh*

207 Backwoods_Sleuth  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:56:11am

re: #193 Sol Berdinowitz

I do recall reading about serious kidney problems involving agricultural workers in Central America who are not allowed to drink sufficient fluids while doing manual labor in the hot sun.

They also usually do not have access to porta-potties or hand washing facilities (although that is changing on some farms).
And people wonder why so much produce is recalled for salmonella, listeria, etc. contamination.
This is also true for many US farms.

208 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:57:23am

re: #205 Feline Fearless Leader

Vietnam has really great coffee, too. A new supermarket opened here, offering European-style breads, so if I’m craving real bread I just need to take a half-hour bus ride. Most Chinese-made bread is too sweet, like cake, and too white, like wonder.

209 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:59:15am

re: #208 wheat-dogghazi

I would have thought that the French influence would have led to easier access to baguettes and croissants and other French baked goods.

210 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:59:28am

…I think about five Israelis who boarded a bus in Bulgaria, who were blown up because of where they came from; who were robbed of the ability to live, and love, and raise families. That’s why every country that values justice should call Hizbollah what it truly is – a terrorist organization. Because the world cannot tolerate an organization that murders innocent civilians, stockpiles rockets to shoot at cities, and supports the massacre of men, women and children in Syria.

The fact that Hizbollah’s ally – the Assad regime – has stockpiles of chemical weapons only heightens the urgency. We will continue to cooperate closely to guard against that danger. And I have made it clear to Bashar al-Assad and all who follow his orders: we will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people or the transfer of these weapons to terrorists. The world is watching, and we will hold you accountable.

America will also insist that the Syrian people have the right to be freed from the grip of a dictator who would rather kill his own people than relinquish power. Assad must go so that Syria’s future can begin. Because true stability in Syria depends upon establishing a government that is responsive to its people – one that protects all communities within its borders, while making peace with countries beyond them…

211 erik_t  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 7:59:42am

Has this been addressed? Not a stunning observation, but it makes me happy.

Pediatrics Group Backs Gay Marriage, Saying It Helps Children (NYT)
The American Academy of Pediatrics declared its support for same-sex marriage for the first time on Thursday, saying that allowing gay and lesbian parents to marry if they so choose is in the best interests of their children.

The academy’s new policy statement says same-sex marriage helps guarantee rights, benefits and long-term security for children, while acknowledging that it does not now ensure access to federal benefits. When marriage is not an option, the academy said, children should not be deprived of foster care or adoption by single parents or couples, whatever their sexual orientation.

212 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:00:31am

I can see the cringing from a mile away. Bwahahaha!

213 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:00:45am

re: #209 lawhawk

I would have thought that the French influence would have led to easier access to baguettes and croissants and other French baked goods.

It took me a few years but I finally found a place down here where I could get good croissants. Now if I could only find somewhere that had some kickass sourdough bread…

214 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:00:55am

re: #209 lawhawk

I would have thought that the French influence would have led to easier access to baguettes and croissants and other French baked goods.

I live in China.

215 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:02:00am
216 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:02:18am

re: #211 erik_t

Has this been addressed? Not a stunning observation, but it makes me happy.

I’m a Christian but I admit I have been struggling a lot lately with the supposed truth that a loving God would rather have kids living in a strained home with a mother and father versus a stable home with two moms or two dads.

217 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:02:25am
218 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:03:04am
219 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:03:06am

re: #217 Vicious Babushka

Nice sentiment but Hamas will never do that.

220 leftynyc  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:04:58am

re: #177 Gus

Wingnuts: Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel? Why hasn’t Obama gone to Israel?

Obama goes to Israel.

Wingnuts: Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel! Obama shouldn’t have gone to Israel!

That dovetails nicely into this story about O’Reilly taking on Michelle Bachman over her stupid and easy to discover lies. She just opens her mouth and says something stupid and then is surprised when people ask for proof. O’Reilly’s point (and I really have no use for Bill but it’s always nice to see someone on fox not fellate a conservative) was that she (and those like her) have made it too easy to ignore them because they bitch about every small little thing so people tune them out even when it comes to the supposed big stuff.

mediaite.com

221 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:07:28am

re: #214 wheat-dogghazi

Ah, that explains my confusion then.

222 leftynyc  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:07:41am

re: #188 Vicious Babushka

What made me realize that Obama is a friend of Israel? When MJayRosenberg had a meltdown about OBAMA IS CONTROLLED BY TEH ZIONISTS!!1111

Any liberal website will have that idiocy. That he’s controlled by AIPAC and the Zionists. A complete mirror image of the conservative sites. Both look like fools.

223 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:07:54am

re: #220 leftynyc

The new right wing children’s story is “The girl who cried ‘Obama!’”.

224 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:08:45am

*FACE PALM*
Expect this to be DERP OF THE DAY.
POTUS did SO NOT say Canada was “just like Hamas.” He asked how U.S. would respond if Canada was launching rockets into Detroit.
If that actually happened wingnuts would cheer the bombers.

225 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:09:04am

re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg

Nice sentiment but Hamas will never do that.

There’s never and then there’s never. The IRA was never going to make peace with Britain, either.

226 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:11:20am

SO TOTALLY DID NOT SAY THIS.

227 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:12:10am

Oops. Forget Germany, the EU… looks like they’re going elsewhere…

228 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:12:28am

re: #221 lawhawk

The French have created a passably good wine industry here, though reds predominate and whites are ridiculously expensive.

Most of the climate and terrain in China does not lend to cultivation of wheat, but works fine for rice. So, Chinese (and nearby countries) get their daily starch from rice. Further north, wheat and breadstuffs are more common. Bread in the western sense is a relatively new foodstuff outside the big international cities like Beijing and Shanghai.

229 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:13:25am

re: #225 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

There’s never and then there’s never. The IRA was never going to make peace with Britain, either.

My thought exactly. And the two Germanies would never re-unite.

230 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:14:09am

re: #228 wheat-dogghazi

The French have created a passably good wine industry here, though reds predominate and whites are ridiculously expensive.

Most of the climate and terrain in China does not lend to cultivation of wheat, but works fine for rice. So, Chinese (and nearby countries) get their daily starch from rice. Further north, wheat and breadstuffs are more common. Bread in the western sense is a relatively new foodstuff outside the big international cities like Beijing and Shanghai.

What about dairy? I have heard that many han Chinese have a lactose intolerance and do not eat milk, cheese or other dairy products.

231 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:14:43am

re: #227 Gus

Oops. Forget Germany, the EU… looks like they’re going elsewhere…

So first they were about to hang the Russians out to dry to appease the EU, but when their own citizens squealed, they gave the finger to the EU and now are trying to go groveling to the Russians.

Has all the makings of a Greek tragedy.

232 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:15:33am
233 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:16:09am

Not the current speech.

234 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:16:53am

re: #231 Targetpractice

So first they were about to hang the Russians out to dry to appease the EU, but when their own citizens squealed, they gave the finger to the EU and now are trying to go groveling to the Russians.

Has all the makings of a Greek tragedy.

The sort of global power strategy that would make Stalin Proud: gas pipeline in the north, credit pipeline in the south.

235 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:17:02am

re: #232 Gus

Fuck Pollard. He sold U.S. secrets for money.

236 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:18:47am
237 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:19:52am

re: #230 Vicious Babushka

Surprisingly, milk (of the ultra-pasteurized kind), yoghurt and ice cream have become popular here. I suppose some people are lactose-intolerant, and they just avoid it. Cheese, on the other hand, has not caught on. The local equivalent is tofu, which comes in many more styles than in the States. Butter is also almost non-existent, at least where I live.

238 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:20:47am

re: #237 wheat-dogghazi

Surprisingly, milk (of the ultra-pasteurized kind), yoghurt and ice cream have become popular here. I suppose some people are lactose-intolerant, and they just avoid it. Cheese, on the other hand, has not caught on. The local equivalent is tofu, which comes in many more styles than in the States. Butter is also almost non-existent, at least where I live.

So no pizza?

239 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:21:43am

re: #238 Vicious Babushka

So no pizza?

I just had a sudden image of dim sum suddenly having little pizzas on the cart as well…

:D

240 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:21:50am

re: #238 Vicious Babushka

So no pizza?

yes, just a lot of ham and pineapple floating about without a place to land…

241 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:22:27am

re: #238 Vicious Babushka

There are Pizza Huts and Papa John’s outlets in the bigger cities. Where I live, there is no pizza. Thus, I have succeeded in losing weight.

242 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:23:39am

re: #241 wheat-dogghazi

There are Pizza Huts and Papa John’s outlets in the bigger cities. Where I live, there is no pizza. Thus, I have succeeded in losing weight.

We can take care of that. Just introduce the concept of the Philly Cheesesteak eggroll to the area.

243 sagehen  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:23:54am

re: #195 wheat-dogghazi

You people are killing me. I’m thousands of miles from a decent bagel. Or even a crappy bagel.

hhbagels.com

244 Joanne  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:24:11am

re: #242 Feline Fearless Leader

We can take care of that. Just introduce the concept of the Philly Cheesesteak eggroll to the area.

That sounds oddly delicious!

245 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:24:55am

re: #242 Feline Fearless Leader

We can take care of that. Just introduce the concept of the Philly Cheesesteak eggroll to the area.

Local products would ruin it. Beef is too tough and cheese is non-existent.

246 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:25:33am

re: #232 Gus

Pollard broke US law. Sold US secrets to Israel. Prosecuted, convicted. EOS. Deserved life sentence. Doesn’t matter that he was spying for a US ally - because it was still spying and a violation of US law.

It’s been an issue for some since the conviction was handed down, but not for me. He was caught and convicted.

247 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:26:11am

re: #243 sagehen

Thanks for the thought, but I doubt they deliver to China.

248 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:26:12am

re: #235 Vicious Babushka

Fuck Pollard. He sold U.S. secrets for money.

Capitalism! Free markets!

249 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:27:03am

re: #245 wheat-dogghazi

Local products would ruin it. Beef is too tough and cheese is non-existent.

Philly also makes a good pork roll. Perhaps a sub for the beef. Per the cheese issue, it’s Whiz and can be imported.

;)

250 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:27:17am

re: #239 Feline Fearless Leader

I just had a sudden image of dim sum suddenly having little pizzas on the cart as well…

:D

I misread that as dim jim…maybe I’ve been on LGF too long?

251 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:27:37am

re: #246 lawhawk

Pollard broke US law. Sold US secrets to Israel. Prosecuted, convicted. EOS. Deserved life sentence. Doesn’t matter that he was spying for a US ally - because it was still spying and a violation of US law.

It’s been an issue for some since the conviction was handed down, but not for me. He was caught and convicted.

The FBI picked up a Chinese guy who was apparently trying to sneak NASA documents back to China. He’d been working as a visiting scientist.

252 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:28:03am

re: #246 lawhawk

Pollard broke US law. Sold US secrets to Israel. Prosecuted, convicted. EOS. Deserved life sentence. Doesn’t matter that he was spying for a US ally - because it was still spying and a violation of US law.

It’s been an issue for some since the conviction was handed down, but not for me. He was caught and convicted.

I have heard it argued that he received a much harsher sentence than other convicted spies who traded secrets to the USSR (Roger Hansen, Walker brothers), that may be true, maybe Hansen & Walkers also shared some Soviet secrets in a deal?

253 Political Atheist  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:28:54am

PETA busted again, killed 90% of the animals in its “care” at the Virginia city location. Paged for details.

254 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:29:11am

re: #249 Feline Fearless Leader

Philly also makes a good pork roll. Perhaps a sub for the beef. Per the cheese issue, it’s Whiz and can be imported.

;)

Hmm. That’s a thought. I’ll be in the States next month. Maybe I’ll bring back a can of Whiz and ask my Philly-born co-worker to join in some experimentation with it.

255 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:29:59am

Peace is a two way street.

256 chadu  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:30:01am

re: #177 Gus

littlegreenfootballs.com

257 sagehen  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:30:59am

re: #247 wheat-dogghazi

Thanks for the thought, but I doubt they deliver to China.

They do!! It says right there on the website, “we deliver worldwide”.

258 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:31:59am

re: #257 sagehen

They do!! It says right there on the website, “we deliver worldwide”.

So is the new standard for semi-nonsensical trade “shipping bagels to Tel Aviv”?

259 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:33:09am

re: #258 Feline Fearless Leader

So is the new standard for semi-nonsensical trade “shipping bagels to Tel Aviv”?

New York is the Bagel Capital of the World.

Israeli bagels suck (unless they’re made by a U.S. expat)

260 prairiefire  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:34:36am

re: #237 wheat-dogghazi

No butter!?!

261 sagehen  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:34:57am

re: #258 Feline Fearless Leader

So is the new standard for semi-nonsensical trade “shipping bagels to Tel Aviv”?

NYC tap water is unique; therefore, NYC bagels taste like no other bagels in the world.

(also, NYC pastrami or corned beef or pizza crust. Fortnum & Mason even makes a special New York blend tea, formulated with our water supply’s trace minerals taken into account).

262 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:36:59am

re: #257 sagehen

They do!! It says right there on the website, “we deliver worldwide”.

Reading more closely, it seems you need to call them to confirm they deliver to your location. I live in the interior, so even if they do deliver to China, by the time the bagels arrive I could only use them as doorstops and hockey pucks.
re: #260 prairiefire

Only in really big supermarkets, imported from Oz or Kiwiland. Sometimes I can find little butter pats like you get in US restaurants for your dinner rolls in my local market.

But there is bacon, so all is not lost.

263 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:40:55am

re: #252 Vicious Babushka

Some of that stems from animus with Cap Weinberger, or the effectiveness of their respective counsels.

Hanssen is serving life in prison.

Ames is serving life in prison (with no parole).

Pollard entered a guilty plea and is eligible for parole and could be released in 2015. His supporters have argued that he’s got poor health and should be released earlier.

264 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:42:35am
265 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:42:58am

Canadian man wants to sell house for virtual currency

He’s asking $400 000 OR Approx. 6000 bitcoins.

266 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:43:19am

re: #264 Lidane

Welcome to America, land of the free.

//

267 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:43:53am

Cue the OUTRAGE from the peanut gallery:

268 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:45:04am

Tree Planted By Obama In Israel May Be Dug Up For Testing: Reports (UPDATED)

The Office of the President and the Ministry of Agriculture would like to clarify that, contrary to recent reports, the magnolia tree, given as a gift to President Peres by the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, and planted in the garden of the resident will not be removed from its place. The relevant authority in the Ministry of Agriculture will conduct all the necessary tests in accordance with the law within the garden of the president’s residence without removing the tree from the place where it was planted, as was agreed.

And here are the dripping morons.

269 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:47:55am

More OUTRAGE:

270 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:49:26am

re: #264 Lidane

Is the follow-on being that doctors can proscribe certain medications from being given to patients depending on their views regarding evolution and the accompanying development of anti-biotic resistance?
//

271 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:50:29am

re: #265 Eclectic Cyborg

Canadian man wants to sell house for virtual currency

He’s asking $400 000 OR Approx. 6000 bitcoins.

Just balancing out the older trick of selling a virtual house for real money.

272 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:50:30am

My wingnut neighbor told me Israel always has been and always will be, ultimately, a Christian state.

Unfortunately, a true story.

273 dragonath  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:51:19am

Sen. Saxby Chambliss: ‘I’m Not Gay, So I’m Not Going To Marry One’

With mounting evidence that support for same-sex marriage continues to grow throughout the country, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) offered a simple take on why he’s not budging in his opposition.

“I’m not gay. So I’m not going to marry one,” Chambliss, who willl retire at the end of 2014, told Politico in a piece published Thursday.

274 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:52:18am

re: #272 Eclectic Cyborg

My wingnut neighbor told me Israel always has been and always will be, ultimately, a Christian state.

Unfortunately, a true story.

And they would prefer a Kahanist for Prime Minister JUST TO GET TEH ARMAGEDDON ON!

275 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:53:00am

re: #273 dragonath

Sen. Saxby Chambliss: ‘I’m Not Gay, So I’m Not Going To Marry One’

Saw that this morning. Stupid.

276 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:53:04am

re: #203 Targetpractice

What, St. Reagan never visited the Holy Land? Inconceivable!

//

His astrologer didn’t think it would be a good idea, what with the alignment of Pluto to Uranus during his administration.

277 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:53:26am

re: #273 dragonath

Sen. Saxby Chambliss: ‘I’m Not Gay, So I’m Not Going To Marry One’

He’s filling in mad libs again I see.

I’m not ______. So I’m not going to marry one.

a) a dog
b) black
c) gay
d) a Democrat
e) Rush Limbaugh
f) all of the above

:p

278 dragonath  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:53:30am

Another Martian from Georgia

Rep. Paul Broun Hunted, Ate A Lion: ‘If I Shoot It, I’m Gonna Eat it’ (PHOTO)

279 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:55:02am

re: #277 Feline Fearless Leader

He’s filling in mad libs again I see.

I’m not ______. So I’m not going to marry one.

a) a dog
b) black
c) gay
d) a Democrat
e) Rush Limbaugh
f) all of the above

:p

“I’m not a woman. So I’m not going to marry one.”

Oh wait…

280 erik_t  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:55:13am

re: #273 dragonath

Sen. Saxby Chambliss: ‘I’m Not Gay, So I’m Not Going To Marry One’

Certainly explains his positions on women’s rights.

/

281 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:56:12am
282 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:56:25am

Why I oppose gay marriage? I’m not a woman which is why I won’t marry a lesbian.

//

283 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:56:54am

RWNJ history, y’all:

284 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:57:50am

re: #283 Lidane

RWNJ history, y’all:

You know what comes from Texas?

//

285 Political Atheist  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:58:01am

re: #268 Gus

I read somewhere they had buried it still in it’s clay pot, to facilitate removal, inspection and replanting all as planned. Oh, yeah that was the story drudge actually linked and misrepresented in the headline.

286 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:58:23am

WTF? No, really:

So he’s going to Israel to send a signal that he doesn’t believe in Israel?

How the fuck does that make any sense?

287 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:58:43am

re: #283 Lidane

RWNJ history, y’all:

lolwut and at Saxby Chambliss’s commnet.

288 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:58:49am

DERP DERP TO DERPFINITY & BEYOND

289 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:58:58am

Did the RWNJs flip their lids over “Brokeback Mountain”? I didn’t really follow U.S. politics much at the time.

290 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:59:28am

re: #288 Vicious Babushka

DERP DERP TO DERPFINITY & BEYOND

The tweet is bad enough…then I noticed who wrote it.

Oy.

291 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:00:03am

re: #286 Lidane

WTF? No, really:

So he’s going to Israel to send a signal that he doesn’t believe in Israel?

How the fuck does that make any sense?

Of course Glenn Beck has showed his respect for the Israeli and Jewish people by repeatedly quoting and praising prominent Anti-Semites.

292 prairiefire  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:00:14am

New Star Trek movie trailer full of awesome ~ collider.com

293 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:00:29am

re: #289 Eclectic Cyborg

Did the RWNJs flip their lids over “Brokeback Mountain”? I didn’t really follow U.S. politics much at the time.

Yeah. Of course, they did.

294 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:00:33am

John of Orange declares his intent to tilt at yet another windmill:

Boehner: ‘Dollar For Dollar’ Cuts For Raising Debt Limit

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Thursday that Republicans will require a dollar in spending cuts for every dollar that they agree to raise the debt ceiling, which the United States is expected to hit in August.

“Dollar for dollar is the plan,” Boehner said at a press conference.

295 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:00:47am

re: #289 Eclectic Cyborg

Did the RWNJs flip their lids over “Brokeback Mountain”? I didn’t really follow U.S. politics much at the time.

That was more US culture than politics, but yes, cowboys are not supposed to be gay unless they are gay caballeros. And some people accused Hollywood of using films like that to promote “the gay agenda”, because it had such a happy ending and all, you know…

296 chadu  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:01:18am

re: #286 Lidane

I really wish people felt pain when they say something stupid.

(I include myself in that, btw.)

297 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:02:36am

re: #289 Eclectic Cyborg

Did the RWNJs flip their lids over “Brokeback Mountain”? I didn’t really follow U.S. politics much at the time.

Yep.

It was all ZOMG GAY AGENDA MORAL DECLINE all the time on the right when that movie came out.

298 dragonath  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:03:23am
Conservative activist is angry that the North won the Civil War and says it led to…gay marriage

Abraham Lincoln, serving the homosexual agenda since 1861

299 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:03:37am

re: #296 chadu

I really wish people felt pain when they say something stupid.

(I include myself in that, btw.)

I did feel pain last night reading some of the DERP comments that I made here 10 years ago.

I sucked.

300 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:03:54am

re: #294 Targetpractice

John of Orange declares his intent to tilt at yet another windmill:

Boehner: ‘Dollar For Dollar’ Cuts For Raising Debt Limit

Up next: John of Orange makes repealing Obamacare a priority.

Derp.

301 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:04:31am

re: #289 Eclectic Cyborg

Did the RWNJs flip their lids over “Brokeback Mountain”? I didn’t really follow U.S. politics much at the time.

I just couldn’t understand those two guys boning each other when there were so many good-looking sheep right outside the tent…

302 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:04:58am

And listening to Michele Bachmann literally kills brain cells, so it’s a wash:

303 erik_t  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:05:31am

re: #302 Lidane

And listening to Michele Bachmann literally kills brain cells, so it’s a wash:

Michelle Bachmann literally does not know what the word ‘literally’ means.

304 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:05:54am

re: #302 Lidane

And listening to Michele Bachmann literally kills brain cells, so it’s a wash:

She literally shouldn’t be elected to any position.

305 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:06:39am

re: #303 erik_t

Michelle Bachmann literally does not know what the word ‘literally’ means.

She should call Joe Biden. Literally. ;)

306 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:06:54am

re: #302 Lidane

Obamacare death rays. Or hunter-killers floating through the air.

307 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:08:09am

GOP re-branding. Now with more batshit crazy included.

308 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:08:16am

re: #292 prairiefire

Just finished watching it over at USA Today. Looks like it is going to be a kick ass movie. To bad there isn’t an I-Max theater were I live.

309 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:08:53am
310 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:09:57am

re: #296 chadu

Some people may end up spending all their days in a pain amplifier.

311 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:10:49am

re: #309 Lidane

or when he told an Israeli PM who lost of his family in the Holocaust that he was doing a “Holocaust” during a bombing. Yeah……… Go Ronnie Go.

312 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:11:33am

re: #310 lawhawk

Some people may end up spending all their days in a pain amplifier.

They finally finished work on the Agony Booth?

313 erik_t  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:11:44am

And the productivity of the entire United States office workforce plummets to zero in ten… nine… eight…

314 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:12:56am

DERPTY DERP. WINGNUT LOGIC 101.

315 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:15:20am

re: #302 Lidane

And listening to Michele Bachmann literally kills brain cells, so it’s a wash:

Because the actions of private insurers have never, ever led to any deaths.

EVER.

316 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:16:32am

re: #313 erik_t

And the productivity of the entire United States office workforce plummets to zero in ten… nine… eight…

Well, I’ve got to root for my alma mater for what’s likely to be all 40 minutes that they’ll likely last into the tournament. Albany faces Duke tomorrow. 16-1. Last time Albany made the tourney, they came close to upsetting UConn, leading in the second half but couldn’t close it out.

Now, if they do manage the upset, Duke will never ever ever hear the end of it (and I can’t stand Duke). And Albany will forever be etched into NCAA icon status as giant-killer.

317 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:18:47am

My idiot governor, y’all:

318 Eclectic Cyborg  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:19:41am

re: #317 Lidane

My idiot governor, y’all:

“This henhouse is perfectly fine” said the Foxes.

319 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:19:47am

re: #299 Vicious Babushka

I did feel pain last night reading some of the DERP comments that I made here 10 years ago.

I sucked.

I think a lot of us who have been here a while had posted things back then that today, we would never even think about posting. But like the old Virginia Slims commercials used to say. We’ve come a long way Baby.

320 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:20:53am

re: #316 lawhawk

Well, I’ve got to root for my alma mater for what’s likely to be all 40 minutes that they’ll likely last into the tournament. Albany faces Duke tomorrow. 16-1. Last time Albany made the tourney, they came close to upsetting UConn, leading in the second half but couldn’t close it out.

Now, if they do manage the upset, Duke will never ever ever hear the end of it (and I can’t stand Duke). And Albany will forever be etched into NCAA icon status as giant-killer.

I hope they do well against Duke. Never liked them for some reason. My alma mater, George Mason isn’t in the tournament unfortunately. Think they made it to the NIT.

321 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:21:12am

re: #319 Bubblehead II

I think a lot of us who have been here a while had posted things back then that today, we would never even think about posting. But like the old Virginia Slims commercials used to say. We’ve come a long way Baby.

Those Virginia Slims commercials were full of WTF.

322 iossarian  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:21:15am

re: #314 Vicious Babushka

DERPTY DERP. WINGNUT LOGIC 101.

What these buffoons don’t get is that liberals are, relatively speaking, pushing for the US to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels for a variety of reasons, one of which is precisely that many oil-producing countries have shitty regimes that we support to keep the crude flowing.

So, in fact, the same people who shun Chik-fil-A due to the gay rights thing ARE ALSO attempting to persuade our elected officials to be tougher on places like Saudi Arabia.

323 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:21:42am

re: #317 Lidane

My idiot governor, y’all:

Goodhair is still looking at long odds for reelection, isn’t he? Or has he been forgiven for thinking he was presidential timber for awhile there?

324 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:21:59am

You guys shouldn’t feel guilty about past shit said. I was pretty moonbatty back then. We live and learn from our mistakes.

325 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:22:49am

re: #322 iossarian

What these buffoons don’t get is that liberals are, relatively speaking, pushing for the US to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels for a variety of reasons, one of which is precisely that many oil-producing countries have shitty regimes that we support to keep the crude flowing.

So, in fact, the same people who shun Chik-fil-A due to the gay rights thing ARE ALSO attempting to persuade our elected officials to be tougher on places like Saudi Arabia.

Pesky little facts.

326 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:24:02am

Time for bed here in no-bagel land. See you guys and gals anon.

327 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:24:24am

re: #322 iossarian

What these buffoons don’t get is that liberals are, relatively speaking, pushing for the US to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels for a variety of reasons, one of which is precisely that many oil-producing countries have shitty regimes that we support to keep the crude flowing.

So, in fact, the same people who shun Chik-fil-A due to the gay rights thing ARE ALSO attempting to persuade our elected officials to be tougher on places like Saudi Arabia.

Also, there are many other places to get chicken than Chik-Fil-A. Whereas if you want to fuel a motor vehicle you are limited in fuel choices.

328 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:24:37am

re: #321 Vicious Babushka

Those Virginia Slims commercials were full of WTF.

In retrospect, they (cigarette commercials) were all full of WTF.

329 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:25:59am

re: #328 Bubblehead II

In retrospect, they (cigarette commercials) were all full of WTF.

VS started specifically marketing to women so they wouldn’t smoke those ugly, smelly man cigarettes.

330 BongCrodny  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:27:10am

re: #292 prairiefire

New Star Trek movie trailer full of awesome ~ collider.com

Ooo!

If there’s one regret I have, it’s now that J.J. Abrams is going to be helming “Star Wars,” it’ll most likely mean he’ll be handing off the reins to someone else for “Star Trek 3.”

But as long as it’s not “Star Trek 3 directed by Michael Bay,” I suppose I could learn to live with it.

331 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:27:33am

re: #322 iossarian

What these buffoons don’t get is that liberals are, relatively speaking, pushing for the US to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels for a variety of reasons, one of which is precisely that many oil-producing countries have shitty regimes that we support to keep the crude flowing.

So, in fact, the same people who shun Chik-fil-A due to the gay rights thing ARE ALSO attempting to persuade our elected officials to be tougher on places like Saudi Arabia.

Hell, any who’d ask me if I’ll stop buying gas because it comes from anti-gay countries like Saudi Arabia would get asked in response if they’re filling up their “manly” pick-up truck with gas coming from terror-supporting nations like…Saudi Arabia.

332 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:27:41am

I have noticed that while tobacco companies no longer advertise on TV, prime time is full of adverts for prescription drugs. I especially love the disclaimers which are placed at double speed:

yadayadayadayadaSUDDENDEATHyadayadayadayadaSUDDENDEATHyadayada

333 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:28:09am
“Dollar for dollar is the plan,” Boehner said at a press conference.

I initially read this as “Dollar for dollar is the pain…”

Which it more or less is. I’m just wondering how this dollar for dollar math = more jobs? /

334 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:28:20am

re: #330 BongCrodny

Ooo!

If there’s one regret I have, it’s now that J.J. Abrams is going to be helming “Star Wars,” it’ll most likely mean he’ll be handing off the reins to someone else for “Star Trek 3.”

But as long as it’s not “Star Trek 3 directed by Michael Bay,” I suppose I could learn to live with it.

If they handed off the franchise to Michael Bay, you’d be able to see the angry mob descending on Hollywood from space.

335 iossarian  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:28:22am

re: #327 Vicious Babushka

Also, there are many other places to get chicken than Chik-Fil-A. Whereas if you want to fuel a motor vehicle you are limited in fuel choices.

This is very true. And many (most?) people don’t really have much flexibility in reducing their consumption, due to having to drive to work, for example.

Having said that I do think that the crappiness of many oil-producing regimes is a very good reason to make efforts to reduce our oil consumption (on top of the pollution aspect as well, of course).

336 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:29:23am

Oh lovely. One of my wingnut friends is derping about this, “asking questions” about why it’s not on the news yet:

jspace.com

I have no idea how to even debunk that. WTF.

337 lawhawk  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:29:55am

Despite massive losses in revenues and an inability to figure out how to stem those losses, Congress is about to force the USPS to keep its Saturday scheduled service. Dropping the weekend service would help the postal service cut costs and help restructure the business, but Congress doesn’t want to lose that service - but they’re not going to help either.

The Postal Service, which lost $16 billion last year, had announced last month its plan to switch to five-day mail service to save $2 billion annually.

No law requires the Postal Service to deliver mail six days a week, but Congress has traditionally included a provision in legislation to fund the federal government each year that has prevented the Postal Service from reducing delivery service.

The House of Representatives on Thursday gave final approval to the legislation, known as a continuing resolution, that maintains the provision, sending it to President Barack Obama to sign into law. The Senate approved the measure on Wednesday.

“Once the delivery schedule language in the Continuing Resolution becomes law, we will discuss it with our Board of Governors to determine our next steps,” said David Partenheimer, a spokesman for the Postal Service.

Several polls have shown a majority of the public supports ending six-day delivery of first-class mail.

The Postal Service has said that while it would not pick up or deliver first-class mail, magazines and direct mail, it would continue to deliver packages and pharmaceutical drugs.

The plan for a new delivery schedule, Partenheimer said, would respond to the customers’ changing needs and would help keep the Postal Service from becoming a burden to taxpayers.

The Postal Service, an independent agency not funded by taxpayers, has said it could need a taxpayer bailout of more than $47 billion by 2017 if Congress does not give it flexibility to change its operations.

Email and e-payments have made hash of the first class postage business over the past couple of years, and the recession has reduced business on the other classes of postage as well.

338 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:30:21am

re: #336 Lidane

Oh lovely. One of my wingnut friends is derping about this, “asking questions” about why it’s not on the news yet:

www.jspace.com

I have no idea how to even debunk that. WTF.

twitter.com

339 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:31:19am

Results for “why is this not news”

340 BongCrodny  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:31:27am

re: #278 dragonath

Another Martian from Georgia

Rep. Paul Broun Hunted, Ate A Lion: ‘If I Shoot It, I’m Gonna Eat it’ (PHOTO)

I hope nobody ever breaks into his house.

341 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:32:03am
342 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:32:16am

re: #340 BongCrodny

I hope nobody ever breaks into his house.

The chairman recognizes the cannibal from Georgia.

343 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:32:25am

re: #338 Gus

Thanks!

344 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:32:27am

“why is this not news” - Google Search

345 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:32:54am

re: #344 Gus

“why is this not news” - Google Search

Why is this news?

346 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:33:23am

re: #343 Lidane

Thanks!

Also…

google.com

347 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:34:32am

re: #345 Sol Berdinowitz

Why is this news?

CHILDREN ARE DYING BECAUSE OF VACCINATIONS!! WHY IS THIS NOT NEWS?

348 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:34:51am

re: #346 Gus

Danke. I actually looked around and didn’t see it on either MSNBC or CNN’s sites, so I was confused.

349 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:35:12am

re: #332 Vicious Babushka

I have noticed that while tobacco companies no longer advertise on TV, prime time is full of adverts for prescription drugs. I especially love the disclaimers which are placed at double speed:

yadayadayadayadaSUDDENDEATHyadayadayadayadaSUDDENDEATHyadayada

Yeah, some times the cure is even worse than the illness. I wonder what would happen if they ran one of the ambulance chaser commercials peddling class action lawsuits against drug makers right after one of these commercials pitching a cure for some affliction.

350 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:35:15am

PHARMACEUTICALS IN OUR DRINKING WATER!? WHY IS THIS NOT NEWS?

351 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:35:33am

re: #347 Gus

CHILDREN ARE DYING BECAUSE OF VACCINATIONS!! WHY IS THIS NOT NEWS?

BENGHAZI SURVIVORS!!11 OBAMA SSN!!!!!11 WHY IS THIS NOT NEWS!!!11!!!

352 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:35:41am

re: #337 lawhawk

Despite massive losses in revenues and an inability to figure out how to stem those losses, Congress is about to force the USPS to keep its Saturday scheduled service. Dropping the weekend service would help the postal service cut costs and help restructure the business, but Congress doesn’t want to lose that service - but they’re not going to help either.

Email and e-payments have made hash of the first class postage business over the past couple of years, and the recession has reduced business on the other classes of postage as well.

The GOP screamed bloody murder when the suggestion was made to put limits on the pay for bank executives, with accusations that it and other measures meant to force banks that had sought federal bailouts into accepting their obligation to taxpayers amounted to “nationalization.”

Yet here you have Congress essentially telling the USPS it will not only take on a massive obligation (pre-funding 75 years of pension payments) that it cannot afford, but it will continue to operate in a manner that is losing it the very money it needs to address that obligation.

Color me shocked.////

353 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:35:50am

re: #348 Lidane

Danke. I actually looked around and didn’t see it on either MSNBC or CNN’s sites, so I was confused.

Saw it on Twitter within the first 5 minutes of going online.

354 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:36:25am

re: #350 Gus

PHARMACEUTICALS IN OUR DRINKING WATER!? WHY IS THIS NOT NEWS?

RAINBOWS IN ARE SPRINKLRRZ!11111 Y DIS NOT NOOZ!111TY

355 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:37:39am

re: #354 Vicious Babushka

HORMONES IN OUR MAYONNAISE? WHY IS THIS NOT NEWS?

356 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:39:45am
357 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:39:52am

re: #355 Gus

HORMONES IN OUR MAYONNAISE? WHY IS THIS NOT NEWS?

WHERE’S THE COVERAGE?????

I haven’t seen that headline in a while. Did the aigle-bot finally get banned?

358 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:40:58am

re: #356 Gus

Right after Pat warns about the dangers of intolerance I assume.

359 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:41:29am

re: #357 Vicious Babushka

I haven’t seen that headline in a while. Did the aigle-bot finally get banned?

Haven’t seen anything from him for a while. Not sure if he was banned.

360 prairiefire  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:42:13am

re: #330 BongCrodny

Good grief, not Michael Bay. He just had a cameo on the TV show “The Neighbors” that made fun of himself. 1 point for being a good sport.

361 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:42:59am

Not banned.

littlegreenfootballs.com

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362 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:51:06am

Where’s the coverage?

363 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:51:17am

re: #309 Lidane

That was for Hawk missiles though. What red-blooded American could refuse that?
//

364 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:52:15am

Crazy Pam is at it again:

365 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:53:51am

re: #326 wheat-dogghazi

Time for bed here in no-bagel land. See you guys and gals anon.

Would a world map of “good” bagel distribution and no-bagel end up shaped like a torus? Or only in a rational world?
;p

366 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 9:58:05am

re: #364 Lidane

True. But how are those ads homophobic?

367 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:04:20am

re: #366 Gus

True. But how are those ads homophobic?

They point out that many Muslim clerics support the death penalty for homosexuality.

As do a number of Christian leaders throughout the world.

368 Targetpractice  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:04:22am

It’s the second day of spring…and we have snow falling from the sky in Virginia Beach.

Obviously that whole global warming thing is a hoax.///

369 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:05:26am

re: #368 Targetpractice

It’s the second day of spring…and we have snow falling from the sky in Virginia Beach.

Obviously that whole global warming thing is a hoax.///

Sunny and windy up near DC.

370 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:05:50am

re: #357 Vicious Babushka

I haven’t seen that headline in a while. Did the aigle-bot finally get banned?

No, just checked. It’s not blocked but haven’t seen anything new since about 2/15

371 sagehen  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:06:06am

re: #273 dragonath

Sen. Saxby Chambliss: ‘I’m Not Gay, So I’m Not Going To Marry One’

In the grand conservative tradition of “if it’s not my problem, it’s not a problem.”

372 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:06:16am

re: #367 Sol Berdinowitz

They point out that many Muslim clerics support the death penalty for homosexuality.

As do a number of Christian leaders throughout the world.

That’s kind of like saying an anti-racist ad is racist. Incorrect use of language.

373 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:06:25am

re: #369 Varek Raith

Sunny and windy up near DC.

Time to spread a rumor that the magnetic poles have reversed and that now the equator will get snow and the poles will be tropical.
:D

374 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:06:51am

re: #369 Varek Raith

Sunny and windy up near DC.

Like Brazil. //

375 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:10:53am

My grandson playing in the sand at the beach.

And the little guy is coming up to Michigan tomorrow!

I have to buy him a winter coat.

376 Bubblehead II  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:11:43am

Classic Obama.

Obama heckled during speech in Israel

377 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:12:18am
378 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:12:38am

re: #372 Gus

That’s kind of like saying an anti-racist ad is racist. Incorrect use of language.

But the people who complain about racism are the true racists, remember?

/

379 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:13:11am

re: #377 Gus

He didn’t mention that he could fly better than the average bear, boo boo.

380 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:14:06am

re: #377 Gus

“Hey Boo-boo watch me as I pull this lever!”

381 Varek Raith  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:14:22am

re: #377 Gus

Unharmed, but WTF is wrong with you humans?!?!
-Yogi.

382 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:15:52am

re: #374 Gus

Like Brazil. //

Before or after Bob Hoskins & company worked on the ventilation system?
;)

383 Lidane  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:16:21am

re: #376 Bubblehead II

Classic Obama.

Obama heckled during speech in Israel

Heh.

384 Gus  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:19:33am

re: #378 Sol Berdinowitz

But the people who complain about racism are the tru racists, remember?

/

Well, now that you mention it. People will do that.

385 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:24:34am

An aside:

Was looking at Bob Hoskins wikipedia page.
en.wikipedia.org

Talk about a range of roles played. A pope, Mussolini, Churchill, Khrushchev, plus the whole gamut of “secondary” characters as gangsters, detectives, and Sancho Panza.

386 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:24:48am

re: #376 Bubblehead II

Classic Obama.

Obama heckled during speech in Israel

Obama threatened ‘hecklers’ who were ‘just asking questions’!

387 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:25:52am

*DERP*
Link is to TheBlaze.

388 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:26:53am

re: #387 Vicious Babushka

Scandal! Makes Benghazi look like a cakewalk. /

389 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:27:25am

re: #388 Bulworth

Scandal! Makes Benghazi look like a cakewalk. /

WHY ISN’T THIS IN THE MAINSTEAM NEWS!!11!!???TY

390 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:28:39am

re: #385 Feline Fearless Leader

An aside:

Was looking at Bob Hoskins wikipedia page.
en.wikipedia.org

Talk about a range of roles played. A pope, Mussolini, Churchill, Khrushchev, plus the whole gamut of “secondary” characters as gangsters, detectives, and Sancho Panza.

Don’t forget his most awesome role of all, Mario Mario
Image: ygamesblog-594491198-1308607959.jpg
You know whose range doesn’t get talked a lot about is Al Pacino. Everyone knows he’s a great actor but he’s played a Godfather, Cuban drug kingin, Shylock, Roy Cohn, Jack Kervorkian, and now Phil Spector. Heard he’s going to do a production of King Lear too in said role.

391 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:29:07am

re: #389 Vicious Babushka

Especially since the cake is a lie.

392 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:30:57am

re: #390 HappyWarrior

Don’t forget his most awesome role of all, Mario Mario
Image: ygamesblog-594491198-1308607959.jpg
You know whose range doesn’t get talked a lot about is Al Pacino. Everyone knows he’s a great actor but he’s played a Godfather, Cuban drug kingin, Shylock, Roy Cohn, Jack Kervorkian, and now Phil Spector. Heard he’s going to do a production of King Lear too in said role.

From the Hoskin’s page:

Hoskins was not initially aware that Super Mario Bros. was based on the popular video game of the same name. His son had asked him what film he was working on, and recognising it, showed Hoskins the video game on the Nintendo video game console. In a 2007 interview, he revealed that despite getting praised for his performance on the film, he was extremely unhappy with the film and was greatly angered by his experiences making it, referring to it as the “worst thing I ever did”.

and

He was slated to be a last-minute replacement in the film The Untouchables if star Robert De Niro had not decided to play Al Capone. When De Niro took the part, director Brian De Palma mailed Hoskins a cheque for £20,000 with a “Thank You” note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more movies he didn’t want him to be in.

393 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:31:14am

I see the good people at the Blaze are busy cracking the stories that the lamestream media won’t cover. Next they’ll cover the groundbreaking story about how Obama once sneezed while Bibi was talking.

394 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:32:08am

re: #392 Feline Fearless Leader

From the Hoskin’s page:

and

Yeah I was aware he hates it heh.

395 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:32:49am

re: #337 lawhawk

I’d be a bit happy if the USPS would astronomically increase the rates they charge for delivering the completely useless advertising that ends up in my mailbox almost every day. There are giant recycle bins next to each bank of mailboxes at my apartment complex. Every day they’re full filled to overflowing with junk mail that nobody wants.

SURELY this study has already been done, but I’d be curious to see how the revenue just from bulk-rate junk mail compares against the manpower, fuel, and other overhead consumed by that alone.

396 HoosierHoops  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:33:45am

It’s March Madness!!
2 Indiana teams are on at the same time so my clicker finger is getting sore!
All Hail College Basketball!

397 Political Atheist  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:37:38am

re: #395 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

You should see this

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service has a new plan to boost revenue, but you might find your mailbox filling up as a result — with junk mail.

The agency is launching a marketing campaign to promote Every Door Direct Mail, an online tool that helps small businesses circulate direct mail, promoting their services to new or existing customers without their names or addresses.

Read more: politico.com

398 HappyWarrior  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:38:54am

re: #396 HoosierHoops

It’s March Madness!!
2 Indiana teams are on at the same time so my clicker finger is getting sore!
All Hail College Basketball!

Indiana’s playing a school I applied to.

399 Bulworth  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:39:38am

Obummer throwing tax-payer dollars in the wishing well! Why isn’t this a story?!

400 kirkspencer  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:40:52am

re: #397 Political Atheist

You should see this

The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service has a new plan to boost revenue, but you might find your mailbox filling up as a result — with junk mail.

The agency is launching a marketing campaign to promote Every Door Direct Mail, an online tool that helps small businesses circulate direct mail, promoting their services to new or existing customers without their names or addresses.

Read more: www.politico.com

What annoys me more than a little is that USPS would not be struggling if not for congressional dickery over their pension.

401 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 10:44:37am

re: #395 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I’d be a bit happy if the USPS would astronomically increase the rates they charge for delivering the completely useless advertising that ends up in my mailbox almost every day. There are giant recycle bins next to each bank of mailboxes at my apartment complex. Every day they’re full filled to overflowing with junk mail that nobody wants.

SURELY this study has already been done, but I’d be curious to see how the revenue just from bulk-rate junk mail compares against the manpower, fuel, and other overhead consumed by that alone.

My bet is that it turns into a complex calculation real quick. The USPS needs capacity to handle a high-peak season (something like Christmas) and high-peak periods (end/beginning of month when bills and payments go flying back and forth.) And said system has to work broadly and timely in being able to move large quantities of mail hither and non. And a half-full mail semi costs roughly as much as a full one, so some economics of scale kick in as well. So even the reduced revenue (or operation at a minor loss) might be considered acceptable since the capacity and system need to be maintained. And underneath there are probably some hoops involved in getting rate increases approved - it’s not like they just raise/lower rates on a monthly basis based on some condition.*

On the mailers’ side they have already done the calculation that sending out thousands of junk mails and circulars generate enough “hits” to make it profitable to due at the bulk mail rates.

* - A lot of contract rail and truck freight rates carry riders on them adding on a fuel surcharge that is based on the trending price of diesel fuel. So, for example, if the average price of diesel in the US is over a certain threshold all the freight rates are increased by 7%.

402 Death Panel Truck  Thu, Mar 21, 2013 11:37:34am

re: #352 Targetpractice

All in an effort to force privatization of the Postal Service.

403 Stentor  Fri, Mar 22, 2013 12:41:11am

He looked like he was just scratching his nose, some people use the middle finger to scratch because if you use the index, it looks too much like you might pick it.


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