1 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:46:42pm |
My favorite part - watching the four network heads standing in front of the dais waiting for their moment of glory.
2 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:48:15pm |
This should be interesting. Here’s hoping there’s plenty to get TP/RWNJ heads all enraged and head-explodey…
3 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:48:26pm |
Then there’s this guy.
GOP Rep. compares fighting Obamacare to fighting 9/11 attackers
Rep. John Culberson of Texas essentially compared the fight against Obamacare to the tackling of 9/11 attackers by passengers on flight United 93. ” I said, like 9/11, ‘Let’s roll!’ ” Culberson shouted as he and his colleagues clamored for a vote. “Let’s roll!” was of course the famous rallying cry uttered by United 93 passenger Todd Beamer.
4 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:48:40pm |
Three guys figuring out how to screw up this story as it unfolds in the coming minutes. #PresidentObamaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/zvxDSTNm05— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 30, 2013
6 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:49:19pm |
7 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:49:26pm |
Todd’s probably playing Candy Crush. Meh why should he give a shit it ain’t his job.
8 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:49:59pm |
re: #2 Archangelus
This should be interesting. Here’s hoping there’s plenty to get TP/RWNJ heads all enraged and head-explodey…
That’s simple enough: “I will not negotiate with Congress.” They’ve been going nuts since Friday about how Obama “Will negotiate with Iran, but not with Boehner!”
9 | b.d. Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:50:21pm |
Chuck Todd, what an embarrassment. He only covers the horse race and not the story.
10 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:50:26pm |
re: #4 darthstar
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Guy on left texting guy on right: “WTF is this guy doing?”
Guy in the middle: “My underwear are really riding up today.”
11 | You_Stole_Fizzy-Lifting_Drinks Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:51:20pm |
I wish a shoe thrown from off camera blasted Chunk Toad in his goddamn face.
12 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:51:40pm |
re: #4 darthstar
And Chuck Todd really is tweeting. This just came out.
House GOPers think they might get 8-12 Dems to vote for this version of Gov't funding bill with indv mandate delay and treat all Cong same— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 30, 2013
13 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:51:54pm |
Suddenly, they began an A Capella version of “Its not unusual”
14 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:52:30pm |
re: #8 Targetpractice
That’s simple enough: “I will not negotiate with Congress.” They’ve been going nuts since Friday about how Obama “Will negotiate with Iran, but not with Boehner!”
Yup. Teh Truth, it hurtz…
15 | b.d. Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:52:30pm |
Who is the stiff on the right ?
(edited - orignally said left)
16 | You_Stole_Fizzy-Lifting_Drinks Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:52:46pm |
re: #12 darthstar
He just made that shit up. Just because they believe something will happen doesn’t mean that it is reportable news, especially when it comes to something a republican says.
17 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:53:31pm |
re: #12 darthstar
And Chuck Todd really is tweeting. This just came out.
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Yeah, and I might win the lottery tomorrow, despite not buying a ticket.
This, folks, is what desperation looks like.
19 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:53:59pm |
Is it just me, or does the dude on the right seem as though he’s filling in a crossword puzzle??
20 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:54:06pm |
Todd looks like a comedian. 2 drink minimum.
21 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:54:33pm |
re: #19 Archangelus
Is it just me, or does the dude on the right seem as though he’s filling in a crossword puzzle??
Whats a 4 letter word for Douche?
22 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:54:38pm |
re: #17 Targetpractice
Yeah, and I might win the lottery tomorrow, despite not buying a ticket.
This, folks, is what desperation looks like.
Buying a ticket only increases your odds incrementally.
//
23 | You_Stole_Fizzy-Lifting_Drinks Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:54:42pm |
re: #14 Archangelus
Well, seeing as how Iran is sounding much more rational and reasonable than the Republican caucus, I can understand why Obama would be much more receptive to the Iranian president. Hell, at least he has the backing of the clerics in Iran…
24 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:54:52pm |
25 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:55:28pm |
re: #20 Amory Blaine
Was just thinking that. Keep expecting him to say “Thank you folks, all be here all week!” once it ends…
26 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:55:59pm |
27 | Charles Johnson Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:56:39pm |
Now they’re all playing with iPhones.
Why are they standing in front of the camera anyway?
28 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:56:49pm |
So Chuck, in exchange for a year delay on the mandate and requiring Congress to get on the exchanges, what are Democrats getting?
Oh, they’re getting stuck with the sequester anyway.
Well shit, that don’t sound like much of a “compromise.”
30 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:57:24pm |
re: #27 Charles Johnson
Why are they standing in front of the camera anyway?
The exact same thought shared by every person watching right now across the globe…
31 | b.d. Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:57:30pm |
re: #12 darthstar
And Chuck Todd really is tweeting. This just came out.
[Embedded content]
House GOPers think they might get 8-12 Dems to vote for this version of Gov’t funding bill with indv mandate delay and treat all Cong same
Unless one of those votes is from Obama, who cares?
32 | Carlos Danger Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:57:34pm |
So this is what the end of functional government looks like…
33 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:57:38pm |
34 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:57:40pm |
35 | b.d. Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:58:14pm |
re: #27 Charles Johnson
Now they’re all playing with iPhones.
Why are they standing in front of the camera anyway?
They’re waiting to give their live intro when it’s time.
36 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:58:50pm |
K, the dude on the left looks EXACTLY like a friend of mine did while seriously drunk and trying to dial his ex GF…
37 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:58:59pm |
if i was president i would start right out with “lissen up, bitchez’
38 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:59:17pm |
BTW, I flipped on MSNBC to hear what Chuck was saying, and they had Ed Shultz on talking to Martin Bashir, with Todd on the split screen in side view. Maybe they’re recording his stuff now because they can’t trust him to talk live.
39 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:59:24pm |
What I wouldn’t give for somebody in the back of the room to scream “HEY! DOWN IN FRONT!”
40 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:59:33pm |
41 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:59:40pm |
re: #37 dog philosopher
if i was president i would start right out with “lissen up, bitchez’
“What we got here is a failure to communicate…”
42 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 1:59:47pm |
Hmmmm. It must be humid in the office today. The glass of water I just got seems scarcely below tepid, yet it’s covered in condensation. Stupid ‘Value Engineering.”
43 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:00:06pm |
re: #41 Kragar
“What we got here is a failure to communicate…”
“What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?!”
44 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:00:51pm |
Here we go…
I second the recommendation for the Full Truman statement.
45 | Charles Johnson Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:00:58pm |
Obama should come out and just ignore the shutdown. Talk about the finale of Breaking Bad, and his feelings on Jesse Pinkman’s escape.
46 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:01:16pm |
The news has a shutdown clock chyron. How fucking lame.
48 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:02:04pm |
re: #37 dog philosopher
if i was president i would start right out with “lissen up, bitchez’
I’d start right out by channeling Red Forman from That 70s Show at congress: “OK, pay close attention, dumbasses!”…
49 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:02:05pm |
re: #41 Kragar
“What we got here is a failure to communicate…”
“When Life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make Life take the lemons BACK!”
51 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:02:49pm |
re: #49 GeneJockey
“When Life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make Life take the lemons BACK!”
Okay, I realize it’s not in the same vein as the other two quotes, but it really makes me laugh.
52 | The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:04:01pm |
re: #45 Charles Johnson
Obama should come out and just ignore the shutdown. Talk about the finale of Breaking Bad, and his feelings on Jesse Pinkman’s escape.
My fellow Americans,
I just can’t hate any situation where a bunch of Nazis die.
53 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:04:33pm |
“NASA will shut down almost entirely”… why encourage the TPers?? /
55 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:05:53pm |
FUCK YOU BRYAN
Obama: even in a shutdown, Social Security, Medicare operate as is, military paid, mail delivered. LET IT SHUT DOWN.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) September 30, 2013
56 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:05:54pm |
57 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:06:41pm |
re: #55 Vicious Babushka
The post office is self-funded. What a derpwad.
58 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:06:55pm |
FUCK YOU TOO ERICK
Think of all the muslims we can't do outreach too with NASA shutdown.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 30, 2013
59 | GlutenFreeJesus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:06:55pm |
When is the President going to stop using generalities when referring to the GOP? Use their words and actions and be as detailed as possible so the damn public has no doubt as to who is to blame for this fucking mess.
When the Grifters On Parade come out to lambast and call the President all sorts of names, broadcast video of these idiots saying exactly what they have said. Stop playing softball with these neanderthals.
60 | You_Stole_Fizzy-Lifting_Drinks Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:07:35pm |
re: #45 Charles Johnson
Obama should come out and just ignore the shutdown. Talk about the finale of Breaking Bad, and his feelings on Jesse Pinkman’s escape.
We need to encourage investment in American entrepreneurs such as Walter White, who crafted an oscillating machine gun out of a garage door opener, and put it to use by wiping out a white supremacist group. Since Congress is playing games with our full faith and credit, we may never see things such as that.
61 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:07:37pm |
FUCK YOU SIDEWAYS PRUDENCE
“@ConNewsNow: Obama can't say a single sentence without looking down and reading it. He's beyond pathetic #tcot #p2 #UniteBlue— Prudence (@dennygirltwo) September 30, 2013
62 | ProTARDISLiberal Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:07:43pm |
re: #58 Vicious Babushka
I really want to lash out at that evil, ignorant, small-minded, worthless bunch of cells.
63 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:07:49pm |
“ACA happening no matter what happens - you can’t shut it down” - cue exploding heads in 3…2…1..
64 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:07:50pm |
Gotta love lag time. Just read this tweet as President Obama spoke the words:
Obama: GOP leaders “making impossible promises to the extreme wing of their party.”— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 30, 2013
65 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:08:53pm |
re: #61 Vicious Babushka
U used teleprompter so yu unvalidated!!!!
66 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:09:14pm |
DUMBASS
Hey Obama, the Supreme Court also upheld slavery as constitutional and Republicans stopped that #tcot #p2 #UniteBlue— Conservative News (@ConNewsNow) September 30, 2013
Slavery & #Obamacare: What's the difference? #UniteBlue #lnyhbt #ACA #GOP #tgdn #tcot #rwnj #ShutdownTheGOP pic.twitter.com/U3nNLf86qR— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) September 30, 2013
67 | sattv4u2 Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:09:25pm |
re: #27 Charles Johnson
Now they’re all playing with iPhones.
Why are they standing in front of the camera anyway?
Behind the scenes in TV land
Cameras / audio have to get balanced. video and audio levels need to be set. IFB’s have to be checked to make sure the reporter can hear the director back in the studio
68 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:09:37pm |
Shit, do VA disability checks get delayed as well?
69 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:09:58pm |
re: #58 Vicious Babushka
NASA shutting down still Dems fault. ///
70 | You_Stole_Fizzy-Lifting_Drinks Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:10:56pm |
re: #61 Vicious Babushka
FUCK YOU SIDEWAYS PRUDENCE
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Dear prudence, go fuck yourself:
71 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:11:07pm |
DUMBASS
People haven't been priced out of the market, they are too lazy to try, content with welfare checks! #LNYHBT #Obamacare— Jr Stud (@southern___boy) September 30, 2013
72 | Charles Johnson Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:11:28pm |
73 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:11:32pm |
Pres. Obama: “One faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government doesn't get to shutdown the entire government”— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) September 30, 2013
74 | Ian G. Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:12:03pm |
re: #66 Vicious Babushka
Strange, ain’t it, that the modern GOP considers Republicans like Lincoln to be tyrants, and that you can’t get a good conservative rally going without the Confederate battle flag making an appearance.
Oh, you mean “conservative news” is full of shit?
75 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:12:19pm |
BOOM! POTUS just called all their demands ransom.
76 | ProTARDISLiberal Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:12:23pm |
re: #71 Vicious Babushka
He is a marvelous example why the South needs to be colonized.
77 | Charles Johnson Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:12:28pm |
Obama: “You don't get to extract a ransom just for doing your job.”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 30, 2013
78 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:12:46pm |
79 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:13:03pm |
re: #71 Vicious Babushka
Another troubled heart who apparently missed the welfare debate two decades ago.
80 | GlutenFreeJesus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:13:10pm |
re: #73 Lidane
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This is exactly what I’m talking about. The President needs to NAME NAMES and call them out. Directly.
82 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:13:35pm |
Savvy move of GOP operatives to try to blame the GOP #shutdown on Harry Reid. Now all the need to do is explain to people who Harry Reid is.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) September 30, 2013
83 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:13:37pm |
I like that he’s speaking in a calm voice. Nice counter to Boehner’s hysterics.
See? Both sides don’t actually say stupid shit.
84 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:14:06pm |
re: #59 GlutenFreeJesus
When is the President going to stop using generalities when referring to the GOP? Use their words and actions and be as detailed as possible so the damn public has no doubt as to who is to blame for this fucking mess.
When the Grifters On Parade come out to lambast and call the President all sorts of names, broadcast video of these idiots saying exactly what they have said. Stop playing softball with these neanderthals.
obama is always one to wear a restrained and tasteful brooks brothers suit to a mudfight
85 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:15:35pm |
re: #81 ProTARDISLiberal
Can we help?
It just means I lose $500 dollars out of my monthly budget till they settle this shit, which means I’ll have to use the credit card to pay bills and for food, then get stuck with the interest when they checks finally come in.
Mother fuckers.
87 | sattv4u2 Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:15:48pm |
88 | GlutenFreeJesus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:16:19pm |
re: #84 dog philosopher
obama is always one to wear a restrained and tasteful brooks brothers suit to a mudfight
Look at where it’s gotten us. Enough is enough. He can still be calm and collected in his delivery. But he’s got to be very specific with who is doing what.
89 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:16:19pm |
re: #82 Lidane
Now all the need to do is explain to people who Harry Reid is
i thought it was from the bible: “and they shall speak with a voice like unto a hairy reed whispering in the wilderness; and none shall hearken unto it”
90 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:16:56pm |
Waiting to hear .@chucktodd say something about the President giving signs of weakness in his statement by remaining calm and confident.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 30, 2013
91 | erik_t Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:17:11pm |
re: #85 Kragar
It just means I lose $500 dollars out of my monthly budget till they settle this shit, which means I’ll have to use the credit card to pay bills and for food, then get stuck with the interest when they checks finally come in.
Mother fuckers.
Sorry, man. Bryan Fischer doesn’t think your food is critical.
92 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:17:28pm |
EPIC CAVE!!!!!— Joey (@60th_Street) September 30, 2013
93 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:17:42pm |
re: #87 sattv4u2
#41
usatoday.com
So I might get paid tonight, but next month is iffy.
Better than nothing I guess.
94 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:18:08pm |
re: #93 Kragar
So I might get paid tonight, but next month is iffy.
Better than nothing I guess.
Buy ramen.
///
95 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:19:16pm |
re: #85 Kragar
It just means I lose $500 dollars out of my monthly budget till they settle this shit, which means I’ll have to use the credit card to pay bills and for food, then get stuck with the interest when they checks finally come in.
Mother fuckers.
according to the teabaggers you’re just a gummint bureaucrat
96 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:19:29pm |
I posted this pic on my twitter page when Obama called Boehner to tell him he wasn’t negotiating, and now I’ma post it one more ‘gin…please excuse the strong language!
@NerdyWonka @ReignOfApril @3ChicsPolitico Once again…President Obama to House Repubs and Tea Party! pic.twitter.com/CeHD8FVM2E— Nelly B (@psddluva4evah) September 30, 2013
97 | You_Stole_Fizzy-Lifting_Drinks Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:19:31pm |
re: #85 Kragar
I’m in a similar boat as you, but that money is my sole source of income until I start a new job next month. Thankfully, the VA has the money to pay our benefits until late October, so we’re still in the clear.
98 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:19:31pm |
re: #56 GeneJockey
That’s EIEIO.
No, my friend and former co-worker is an american born of mexican descent. She has the best ei-ei-ei ever.
It all kinda runs together.
more like I-yi-yyi-yyyiiiiiiiii!
99 | GlutenFreeJesus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:20:17pm |
100 | sattv4u2 Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:20:24pm |
re: #93 Kragar
So I might get paid tonight, but next month is iffy.
Better than nothing I guess.
If you also get SS and/ or unemployment those won’t be affected
(#’s 34 and 37)
101 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:20:26pm |
MT @EWErickson: If we do shutdown, the GOP just needs to go for full repeal. // Siri, look up “symptoms of rabies.”— Hunter (@HunterDK) September 30, 2013
102 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:20:33pm |
Because that worked so well the last 40+ goddamn times:
If we do shutdown, the GOP just needs to go for full repeal. To hell with delay or defund.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 30, 2013
What’s the definition of insanity again?
103 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:21:04pm |
re: #100 sattv4u2
If you also get SS and/ or unemployment those won’t be affected
(#’s 34 and 37)
Because those folks are sooooooooooooo much more important than the people who made physical sacrifices for our country.
Fucking priorities, what are they?
104 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:21:08pm |
re: #96 psddluva4evah
Greatest picutre ever. And so perfect. POTUS isn’t giving them an inch. It’s great.
105 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:21:25pm |
re: #85 Kragar
It just means I lose $500 dollars out of my monthly budget till they settle this shit, which means I’ll have to use the credit card to pay bills and for food, then get stuck with the interest when they checks finally come in.
Mother fuckers.
One way Wall Street profits?
106 | sattv4u2 Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:21:34pm |
107 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:21:48pm |
re: #102 Lidane
Because that worked so well the last 40+ goddamn times:
[Embedded content]
What’s the definition of insanity again?
Listening to Erick, son of Erick.
110 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:22:58pm |
re: #102 Lidane
Because that worked so well the last 40+ goddamn times:
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What’s the definition of insanity again?
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again.
111 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:23:15pm |
112 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:23:42pm |
Ed Shultz: If you're a Glenn Beck disciple who hates Obama, the website is healthcare dot gov/dumbass. HA! #edshow— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 30, 2013
113 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:23:42pm |
re: #102 Lidane
Because that worked so well the last 40+ goddamn times:
[Embedded content]
What’s the definition of insanity again?
And it’ll still get stripped out and the CR sent back to the House. And before you say “The Senate will filibuster it,” think about that for a long second, Erick. How do you blame Reid for the failure to end the shutdown when your own fucking party filibusters the CR?
114 | erik_t Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:23:45pm |
I wonder what the House would do if they did, somehow, by some sort of magical wand, repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Stick their feet up? Whittle a hot-dog-campfire-stick? Just go home?
Do they even allege to have any other policy or platform or legislative agenda?
115 | A Man for all Seasons Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:23:54pm |
re: #78 Kragar
Fuck. That seriously screw me.
Thats messed up bro..Don’t worry..The Gov’t won’t be shut down for very long. Now I noticed the President’s list of bad things was 2 million Fedworkers that won’t get a paycheck. I doubt folks in the private sector really care. I recall the shut-down under Clinton. Most Fed workers I knew including me knew it was a short term deal. We all planned fishing trips and vacations for a week or so. I think everybody got paid.. I left the Gov’t with several years of sick leave.
Other than that..This whole deal sucks because of the GOP.
116 | ProTARDISLiberal Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:24:16pm |
I hope Republicans look at what happened to their Ideological friends in the MB and Jamaat-i-Islami earlier this year when they tried to disrupt a country (Egypt and Bangladesh).
117 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:24:31pm |
“J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government employees, said he expects the number [of government employees to be furloughed] will be 800,000 to 1 million, out of 2.1 million federal employees.”
usatoday.com
118 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:24:57pm |
or as the French say…. The Fuck, she has not been given….
I am glad to see the President holding his ground, I am saddened that the R’s feel the need to fuck over working people yet again in order to act out their emotional tantrum…. the media that enables this behavior, go diaf.
119 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:25:47pm |
re: #117 jaunte
800,000 to 1 million people who will spend however long this shutdown goes sitting on what money they have. I’m sure the small business owners are thrilled by the idea that, starting tomorrow until the GOP gives in, they can expect to see their sales drop.
120 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:25:50pm |
re: #115 A Man for all Seasons
With all due respect, because the GOP of today is just like the GOP of the 90s (i.e., sane), right? And so after a week or so they’re going to wake up and end the shutdown?
Forgive me for my lack of optimism.
121 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:26:24pm |
re: #118 piratedan
or as the French say…. The Fuck, she has not been given….
I am glad to see the President holding his ground, I am saddened that the R’s feel the need to fuck over working people yet again in order to act out their emotional tantrum…. the media that enables this behavior, go diaf.
Zeese fuckinge overr of ze working class - she eez ze feature, not ze bug, yes?
122 | nines09 Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:26:27pm |
Dear US House of Representatives. If any of you esteemed political hyenas were to be choking on a bone I would surely walk as far as I had to to get you medical attention.
123 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:26:38pm |
I’m so fucking tired of this fucking shit.
124 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:27:22pm |
re: #122 Zombie Mutt
Dear US House of Representatives. If any of you esteemed political hyenas were to be choking on a bone I would surely walk as far as I had to to get you medical attention.
Wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire.
126 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:28:29pm |
127 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:29:05pm |
re: #116 ProTARDISLiberal
I hope Republicans look at what happened to their Ideological friends in the MB and Jamaat-i-Islami earlier this year when they tried to disrupt a country (Egypt and Bangladesh).
My Republican rep doesn’t even look at what he’s doing to people in his own district. Can’t expect him to have a perspective on reality of any sort, let alone an international sort.
128 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:29:17pm |
re: #121 GeneJockey
Zeese fuckinge overr of ze working class - she eez ze feature, not ze bug, yes?
ze beauty of ze carnage, it is magnifique, nes pas? The true artist strives for maintaining le balance of le crisis fatigue and a dash of insolent denounement, tres bien?
129 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:29:18pm |
As shutdown looms, many Rs aren't welcoming it, but they're hardly sweating. Think base will be plsd, political pain will be brief— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) September 30, 2013
These motherfuckers are delusional. I’ll bet money they think everything’s going to be over quickly because the Dems will cave and they’ll come out as heroes.
Once more with feeling: Fuck the GOP sideways. These people are deranged.
130 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:29:41pm |
re: #120 klys
With all due respect, because the GOP of today is just like the GOP of the 90s (i.e., sane), right? And so after a week or so they’re going to wake up and end the shutdown?
Forgive me for my lack of optimism.
The GOP of the 90s was not sane. It was less insane than the one we’ve got now.
131 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:30:10pm |
re: #122 Zombie Mutt
Dear US House of Representatives. If any of you esteemed political hyenas were to be choking on a bone I would surely walk as far as I had to to get you medical attention.
perhaps the senate should respond by sending back a bill stripping congresspersons and their families of gummint health insurance and requiring children of congressional members to obtain health insurance w/out parental help
132 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:30:18pm |
re: #130 EPR-radar
The GOP of the 90s was not sane. It was less insane than the one we’ve got now.
I was operating on a by-comparison basis.
133 | erik_t Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:30:36pm |
re: #130 EPR-radar
The GOP of the 90s was not sane. It was less insane than the one we’ve got now.
The only Contract with America that interests me with this version of the GOP is a fucking restraining order.
134 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:30:39pm |
Surrender caucus in high gear. Peter King says 2/3 of House GOPers ready to cave. Means last week's vote was a show vote.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) September 30, 2013
No shit Sherlock. You’re just now figuring that out?
135 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:31:13pm |
re: #134 Kragar
One of the few times I actually hope B. Fischer is right.
136 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:31:31pm |
re: #133 erik_t
The only Contract with America that interests me with this version of the GOP is a fucking restraining order.
Heh. I remember that. We used to call it the “Contract on America”.
138 | Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:31:51pm |
re: #134 Kragar
Surrender caucus in high gear. Peter King says 2/3 of House GOPers ready to cave. Means last week’s vote was a show vote.
as was every single other vote to repeal ACA
139 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:32:06pm |
140 | GlutenFreeJesus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:32:18pm |
re: #106 sattv4u2
54 and 57 are my favorites!
Get rid of 57 and see them suddenly have a change of heart.
141 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:32:38pm |
re: #129 Lidane
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These motherfuckers are delusional. I’ll bet money they think everything’s going to be over quickly because the Dems will cave and they’ll come out as heroes.Once more with feeling: Fuck the GOP sideways. These people are deranged.
No doubt Boehner’s in there with every meeting of the caucus, assuring them that if they just hold out a little longer, Obama will give up something just to work out a deal. “Be patient, it’s worked before.”
142 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:32:56pm |
re: #130 EPR-radar
The GOP of the 90s was not sane. It was less insane than the one we’ve got now.
They were able to learn from their failures, and once Clinton was reelected, with a lot of help from their intransigence, they became more willing to work with him and compromise a bit.
That, and impeach him of shading the truth in a perjury trap in a frivolous lawsuit.
143 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:33:33pm |
No reason for the House to cave. Military is fully funded, Social Security and Medicare roll right on. DON'T FOLD, DEFUND.— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) September 30, 2013
Because its worked so well the other 42 times.
144 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:34:25pm |
re: #129 Lidane
I don’t see the wisdom in pissing off a base that regularly demonstrates that it is not very well balanced, and also has an obsession with owning lots of guns.
145 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:34:35pm |
re: #143 Kragar
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Because its worked so well the other 42 times.
Yeah, after all, why do you care what happens, Bryan? Your little flock of useful idiots will still send you checks while cursing the evils of Obama.
146 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:34:49pm |
re: #143 Kragar
Wait, we’re back to “defund” now? Wish they’d make up their minds. Defund, delay, defund. All useless anyway. Please proceed…
147 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:36:13pm |
re: #146 Bulworth
Wait, we’re back to “defund” now? Wish they’d make up their minds. Defund, delay, defund. All useless anyway. Please proceed…
doesn’t the oath of office make you promise to “defund and project the constitution of the united snakes”?
148 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:36:33pm |
re: #144 darthstar
I don’t see the wisdom in pissing off a base that regularly demonstrates that it is not very well balanced, and also has an obsession with owning lots of guns.
The economic well-being of the country should be a big enough motivator. If it’s not, they need to GTFO.
149 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:36:44pm |
Rumors were going around earlier that Boehner really just wants to roll this into the debt ceiling business, then pass a single bill that will address both, in the hopes of getting a single less painful vote instead of capitulating now and then being under even more pressure to push us into a default to appease the unruly children.
The man really does not want to have to be the one to take them aside and tell them that that unicorn he’s been promising since ‘10 isn’t going to happen.
150 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:36:51pm |
re: #142 GeneJockey
They were able to learn from their failures, and once Clinton was reelected, with a lot of help from their intransigence, they became more willing to work with him and compromise a bit.
That, and impeach him of shading the truth in a perjury trap in a frivolous lawsuit.
I think the GOP House will end up impeaching Obama, even if he doesn’t blow off the debt ceiling via the 14th amendment.
The screaming id of the teahadi base demands impeachment.
151 | ProTARDISLiberal Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:37:12pm |
The co-host of What the Fuck is Wrong with You has been seething today.
There were too many offensive quotes in this article for me to choose from. #FuckYouGOP http://t.co/Glln3SGFVk
— Tara Deenihan (@tara_atrandom) September 29, 2013
152 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:37:45pm |
re: #149 Targetpractice
The man really does not want to have to be the one to take them aside and tell them that that unicorn he’s been promising since ‘10 isn’t going to happen.
Tough shit. That’s what being Speaker means.
If he can’t handle that, he should resign.
153 | brennant Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:39:03pm |
Listening to this fool on the Senate floor proves to me once again that they just want to burn this whole thing down.
154 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:40:28pm |
The Fischer/Greenwald Convergence
Even in a shutdown, Obama's NSA will keep right on spying on Americans. http://t.co/ICT2Foq3wY— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) September 30, 2013
155 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:41:00pm |
re: #154 Kragar
The Fischer/Greenwald Convergence
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National security isn’t an essential function.
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156 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:41:27pm |
re: #153 brennant
Listening to this fool on the Senate floor proves to me once again that they just want to burn this whole thing down.
157 | Varek Raith Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:41:33pm |
158 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:44:37pm |
Comedy: Rick Santorum telling the GOP how to win elections
The former senator said he’s found that work in the entertainment industry isn’t wholly different from his life in politics.
“It’s about communicating a message. It’s about telling a story,” Santorum said of his role at EchoLight. “One of the reasons the GOP has done so terrible is because we’re not really good at telling stories. We’re good at charts and bar graphs but we’re not good at telling a story.”
Just as he believes Republicans have failed at conveying their story, he said conservatives have been equally poor at ensuring that their world views are heard in Hollywood — “or anywhere else.” Rather than beating moviegoers over the head with values-based messages, Santorum said that it’s entirely possible to make good films that invoke emotion and deal with important themes.
Instead of preaching sermons in movies, story lines can convey positivity in a more viable way, he argued, saying liberals have done it successfully for years. Conservatives must “tell stories about the truth, about values and virtues.”
159 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:45:17pm |
Pres Obama meets w/Cabinet this afternoon.
160 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:46:13pm |
re: #150 EPR-radar
I think the GOP House will end up impeaching Obama, even if he doesn’t blow off the debt ceiling via the 14th amendment.
The screaming id of the teahadi base demands impeachment.
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised. The thing that stops them is actual grounds. What they have now are a series of buzzwords - Benghazigate, IRSgate, NSAgate, etc. - with no actual accusation of wrongdoing, let alone any evidence of it. Hence the lament of one GOP Rep. recently, that he’d talked to lawyers about impeachment, and they told him he’d have to have actual EVIDENCE and all.
161 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:46:19pm |
Well damn! When you’ve lost Trent Lott…..
162 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:46:46pm |
In a move that would make a government shutdown all but inevitable, House Republicans intend to pass yet another bill Monday night to undermine Obamacare, just hours before a midnight deadline to keep the government open.
Their new strategy is to attach a one-year delay of Obamacare’s individual mandate and a provision denying subsidies under the law to members of Congress and staff, commonly known as the Vitter amendment. Numerous Republican lawmakers expressed some doubt in the afternoon that the plan had the votes.
163 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:47:24pm |
164 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:48:45pm |
re: #154 Kragar
The Fischer/Greenwald Convergence
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It’s okay, Bryan. Mainly they’re spying on those scary Moozlims.
165 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:48:46pm |
Rubio Reportedly Gets Earful About Shutdown On Flight To D.C.
Sen. Marco Rubio probably wished he was a face in the crowd rather than the face of Florida Republicans in Congress when he boarded his flight Monday morning from Miami to Washington D.C.
Passenger after passenger recognized Rubio and gave him an earful about the looming federal government shutdown being precipitated by Congress, a source on the flight tells us.
Except Rubio sought to downplay the issue and sympathize with constituents.
At one point, a flight attendant asked him if the partial government shutdown would, in fact, begin at midnight.
Rubio responded by calling the likely impasse “not really a shutdown, more of a slowdown — but not a good way to do business.”
166 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:49:49pm |
Asking Santorum how to win an election is like getting marital advice from Gingrich or Limbaugh.
167 | ProTARDISLiberal Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:50:06pm |
re: #151 ProTARDISLiberal
Unfortantely, someone else said he was waiting for it, because that meant we would leave the Middle East. However, she quickly got rid of that notion.
However, I told him to buy a fucking clue, and I expect a tweet-fight from him. I want it with this pampered little libertarian video game reviewer. Not that there is anything bad with that, but when you are that ignorant about the world around you, you needed to be nailed with a Clue by 4.
168 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:52:50pm |
re: #158 Kragar
Ed Schultz is running a segment right now showing the best stories being told by GOPer’s LOL.
169 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:52:59pm |
re: #164 GeneJockey
It’s okay, Bryan. Mainly they’re spying on those scary Moozlims.
Right now I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some very active surveillance going on regarding extreme right-wing groups.
170 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:54:19pm |
171 | ContraryLemming Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:55:58pm |
I really try to shy away from contacting my elected representatives without good cause. I know that there are enough screaming morons, even in a reliably Blue district like mine.
However, in the last three days, I’ve sent messages to Sens. DiFi and Boxer to tell them they’re doing a good job & stay the course, and then also to my local congresscritter. I just hope that this doesn’t result in my being added to some unbreakable ElectionContributionSpam list.
But I figure it’s worth it, just to offset the baying from the right, that has been whipped up by the Fox News & talk radio wingnuts. If you haven’t taken time to *at least* send an email to your elected reps, on this issue, then really folks… that’s pretty lame.
172 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:56:14pm |
re: #169 klys
Right now I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some very active surveillance going on regarding extreme right-wing groups.
Oooo, 14 karma to go to 10,000 as of the time of this posting.
Probably the only bright spot in my day today. Fuck you Pythagoras and modulus math.
174 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 2:59:09pm |
re: #165 Kragar
I read the original article on Miami Herald I think. I LMBAO. Rubio, unsurprisingly, punked completely out when confronted by actual constituents. Then once in the safety of his DC bubble basically call said constituents liars.
175 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:00:55pm |
And they’ve lost Erickson:
Erick Erickson @EWErickson5m
At this point, the House should just go on and pass a clean CR. They’ve already embarrassed themselves and done requisite head pats.
At this point, the House should just go on and pass a clean CR. They've already embarrassed themselves and done requisite head pats.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 30, 2013
176 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:01:55pm |
re: #172 klys
Oooo, 14 karma to go to 10,000 as of the time of this posting.
Probably the only bright spot in my day today. Fuck you Pythagoras and modulus math.
I just checked my Karma, and it said 10,983. I find this HIGHLY unlikely, since I’ve only been here since October. That’s like 1000/month.
178 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:05:08pm |
re: #176 GeneJockey
I just checked my Karma, and it said 10,983. I find this HIGHLY unlikely, since I’ve only been here since October. That’s like 1000/month.
is there a prize at 10,000 or do you move onto supercommenter level where you have to battle Bryan Fischer and Prudence in a twitter universe death match of being able to match facts fast enough to counter their derp?
179 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:05:51pm |
re: #178 piratedan
is there a prize at 10,000 or do you move onto supercommenter level where you have to battle Bryan Fischer and Prudence in a twitter universe death match of being able to match facts fast enough to counter their derp?
Fuck, if that’s the case I’d like some downdings please.
180 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:06:14pm |
re: #178 piratedan
is there a prize at 10,000 or do you move onto supercommenter level where you have to battle Bryan Fischer and Prudence in a twitter universe death match of being able to match facts fast enough to counter their derp?
that would be more like Dogma points
181 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:06:37pm |
I think that’s the level at which we start getting those Zionist checks? Still waiting for my first one.
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182 | calochortus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:06:38pm |
re: #179 klys
Fuck, if that’s the case I’d like some downdings please.
Nope, I’m moving you closer, ever closer to your responsibilities.
183 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:07:28pm |
re: #180 dog philosopher
that would be more like Dogma points
Would you buy a used Karma from this man?
184 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:07:44pm |
generally speaking, if your Dogma is higher than your Karma, you should consult your physician
185 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:07:53pm |
re: #182 calochortus
Nope, I’m moving you closer, ever closer to your responsibilities.
If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.
186 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:08:07pm |
ok, it’s just getting ridiculous and it’s nothing to laugh over, but I just can’t help smirking over this if true!
@DanaBashCNN
CNN has learned: House GOP moderates who want a clean spending bill working to stage a revolt on the House floor. More on @CNNSitRoom soon
CNN has learned: House GOP moderates who want a clean spending bill working to stage a revolt on the House floor. More on @CNNSitRoom soon— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) September 30, 2013
188 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:09:11pm |
Klys, I think I put you over the top.
Now I’ll teach you the secret handshake. Here, you’ll need to hold this bar of soap…..
189 | Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:09:19pm |
Revolt? I thouth that was the Tea Party’s bailiwick!
190 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:09:29pm |
re: #186 psddluva4evah
GOP moderates who want a clean spending bill working to stage a revolt
inching ever closer to gop splitsville
191 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:09:30pm |
@daveweigel If this happens, watch for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio to be re-spun as moderates before Xmas.— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 30, 2013
192 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:09:55pm |
Of course, if our stealth downdinger continues, it could allllllllllllllllll change.
Hi there derbigdog!
193 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:10:42pm |
re: #192 klys
Of course, if our stealth downdinger continues, it could allllllllllllllllll change.
Hi there derbigdog!
You’re still at 10K ;)
194 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:11:27pm |
re: #191 darthstar
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In-fucking-credible. What a joke the GOP has become, and why hasn’t ‘GOPerdammerung’ caught on yet?
195 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:11:29pm |
re: #186 psddluva4evah
ok, it’s just getting ridiculous and it’s nothing to laugh over, but I just can’t help smirking over this if true!
@DanaBashCNN
CNN has learned: House GOP moderates who want a clean spending bill working to stage a revolt on the House floor. More on @CNNSitRoom soon[Embedded content]
Wow. I’d do a happy dance right here in my office if that happened.
Quite a tell, though - that the moderates have to ‘revolt’ against the crazies. No better explanation of where the GOP is right now.
196 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:11:30pm |
re: #193 Dr. Matt
You’re still at 10K
I’m probably safe. They seem to have a distinct dislike for VB’s twitter posts.
197 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:12:17pm |
re: #185 GeneJockey
If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.
In that case, may we have your permission to clone you a few hundred times and use those clones to replace all TP/GOPers in Congress? Think of the good to the nation!!!
198 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:13:00pm |
I’m only in the mid-7K range of karma.
Must…comment…harder.
199 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:13:34pm |
re: #196 klys
I’m probably safe. They seem to have a distinct dislike for VB’s twitter posts.
The twitter twingnut children are quite riled up today. I have received more foaming wingnut rants today than I have all month. Full moon?
200 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:13:56pm |
re: #199 Dr. Matt
The twitter twingnut children are quite riled up today. I have received more foaming wingnut rants today than I have all month. Full moon?
Obamacare starts tomorrow?
201 | Archangelus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:14:03pm |
re: #198 makeitstop
I’m only in the mid-7K range of karma.
Must…comment…harder.
I’ve been registered here since 2007 and still haven’t hit 1.5K. You’re doing fine…
202 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:14:50pm |
re: #195 makeitstop
Wow. I’d do a happy dance right here in my office if that happened.
Quite a tell, though - that the moderates have to ‘revolt’ against the crazies. No better explanation of where the GOP is right now.
imagine - a violent uprising of revolutionary moderateness
the Beige Revolution
203 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:14:52pm |
re: #197 Archangelus
In that case, may we have your permission to clone you a few hundred times and use those clones to replace all TP/GOPers in Congress? Think of the good to the nation!!!
“If there were two of you,
“Or God forbid, a few of you,
“Too much is what it would beeee!”
204 | CuriousLurker Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:15:09pm |
For those who don’t use the spy:
Incoming - A sleeper has awoken and is busy dispensing down-dings.
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205 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:15:10pm |
I’m out to subvert XOR encryption today. Watch out NSA, I’m coming for youuuuuuuuuuu….
(Really, what the number means is I talk a lot.)
206 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:15:23pm |
re: #198 makeitstop
I’m only in the mid-7K range of karma.
Must…comment…harder.
That’s actually 7K comments, 18K karma.
207 | calochortus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:15:27pm |
Good heavens! I just looked and I’m at 10,010.
Quick-I need to know the secret handshake too.
208 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:16:06pm |
Pete King: Latest House GOP Plan ‘Is Going Nowhere’
Rep. Pete King (R-NY) told National Review Online that moderate Republicans would revolt against House leadership’s latest ploy to derail Obamacare in exchange for funding the government.
King said he had 25 House Republicans who would oppose the latest plan, which would delay Obamacare’s individual mandate for a year and eliminate subsidies for Congress members and staff. If that’s true and House Democrats united against the plan, it likely wouldn’t have the votes to pass.
“This is going nowhere,” he told NRO. “If Obamacare is as bad as we say it’s going to be, then we should pick up a lot of seats in the next election and we should win the presidency in 2016. This idea of going through the side door to take something you lost through the front door — to me it’s wrong.”
209 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:16:46pm |
211 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:17:13pm |
re: #208 Kragar
Guess who actually picked up the phone when the call from the Chamber of Commerce came in.
212 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:17:34pm |
tbh, I don’t even know how to check my karma….. I must be somewhere in the middle of a reincarnation…..
213 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:17:40pm |
re: #206 EPR-radar
That’s actually 7K comments, 18K karma.
Oh.
In that case, where’s my Zionist check?
214 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:17:43pm |
.@replouiegohmert , @SeanHannity ,@SteveKingIA - 3 stupidest Americans on 1 @FoxNews show! Can't wait! #p2 #tcot #pjnet
— Blue DuPage (@BlueDuPage) September 30, 2013
215 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:17:50pm |
216 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:18:05pm |
Dear derbigdog,
Let me be the first to welcome you back and to invite you to eat a bag of dicks.
Sincerely,
The acting LGF welcoming committee vice chair.
217 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:18:11pm |
re: #209 klys
The reality of being a Republican in the northeast sets in…
What was that quote from some Teabagger Rep. about the meeting? Something about ‘It was unanimous”?
218 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:18:39pm |
re: #217 GeneJockey
What was that quote from some Teabagger Rep. about the meeting? Something about ‘It was unanimous”?
I’m going to guess that was discussing the pizza order.
219 | calochortus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:18:43pm |
re: #209 klys
Someone on FR was complaining earlier about Republicans from the northeast. I wondered what would be preferable-Democrats from the northeastern states? It’s not like they are going to drum the northeastern states out of the country.
220 | CuriousLurker Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:18:51pm |
re: #212 piratedan
tbh, I don’t even know how to check my karma….. I must be somewhere in the middle of a reincarnation…..
Just click on your profile pic.
221 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:19:49pm |
re: #219 calochortus
Someone on FR was complaining earlier about Republicans from the northeast. I wondered what would be preferable-Democrats from the northeastern states? It’s not like they are going to drum the northeastern states out of the country.
That’s what they think secession is - kicking the other 40 states out of the USA.
222 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:19:52pm |
re: #217 GeneJockey
What was that quote from some Teabagger Rep. about the meeting? Something about ‘It was unanimous”?
Only the votes that agree with me count. All contrary votes are invalid/fradulent etc.
223 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:20:16pm |
My old man is at odds with himself. He’s a civil servant, working for the Coast Guard on their helicopters, but learned last week that he’s classified as non-essential in the event of a shutdown. So he badly wants to avoid a shutdown so that he doesn’t miss work. But, he also doesn’t want to see Republicans give in and pass a “clean” CR, because he’s been convinced by the FNC crowd that it’s the “Worst Thing Evah!”
Oy vey.
224 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:20:42pm |
225 | Dr. Matt Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:20:44pm |
The wingnuts are not taking this news well….at all….
The poorest states in the US are all red states: http://t.co/jMp11nLwLg Congrats, teabaggers. #opslam #tcot #tgdn #gop #teaparty #LNYHBT
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) September 30, 2013
226 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:20:58pm |
re: #223 Targetpractice
My old man is at odds with himself. He’s a civil servant, working for the Coast Guard on their helicopters, but learned last week that he’s classified as non-essential in the event of a shutdown. So he badly wants to avoid a shutdown so that he doesn’t miss work. But, he also doesn’t want to see Republicans give in and pass a “clean” CR, because he’s been convinced by the FNC crowd that it’s the “Worst Thing Evah!”
Oy vey.
I don’t discuss politics or religion with my parents.
We’re all much happier that way.
My sisters, on the other hand, have been handly subverted by yours truly.
227 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:21:21pm |
re: #218 klys
I’m going to guess that was discussing the pizza order.
I dunno. If there are New York and Illinois Reps, they’ll never agree on thin-and-foldable vs deep-dish.
(The answer, of course, is thin-and-foldable).
228 | celticdragon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:21:42pm |
re: #72 Charles Johnson
I think so.
Regular SS disability checks are being delayed? Did I understand that correctly?
229 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:21:58pm |
Erick Erickson is at odds with himself, too.
I can't handle all this whiplash RT @EWErickson: GOP should either find for defund or just embrace the suck.
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) September 30, 2013
230 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:22:05pm |
Evening Lizardim from the beautiful wild north country. How go things in the war on derp?
231 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:22:38pm |
re: #230 thedopefishlives
Evening Lizardim from the beautiful wild north country. How go things in the war on derp?
The GOP are working towards another Pyrrhic victory.
232 | CuriousLurker Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:22:44pm |
re: #224 piratedan
TY…. low on karma, but high on hit points….
YW. Your positive karma:comments ratio is 2:1, so you’re not doing too bad.
233 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:23:36pm |
re: #225 Dr. Matt
The wingnuts are not taking this news well….at all….
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Oooo, quelle surprise.
234 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:24:33pm |
re: #230 thedopefishlives
Evening Lizardim from the beautiful wild north country. How go things in the war on derp?
It looks like the knives are about to come out in the House.
I’m really starting to think that the Derp Party may split from the GOP and become a reality.
235 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:24:34pm |
re: #231 Targetpractice
The GOP are working towards another Pyrrhic victory.
“We are the Judean People’s Front Crack Suicide Squad!…”
236 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:25:34pm |
@DanaBashCNN has learned moderate House Republicans are lining up votes to fund the govt with no strings attached, in an apparent revolt.
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 30, 2013
237 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:25:38pm |
re: #231 Targetpractice
The GOP are working towards another Pyrrhic victory.
Yeah, I’ve been watching the coming firestorm with great interest. I wish them all the luck in the world - when this trebuchet lets go, their trajectory is aimed squarely at their own camp.
238 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:26:29pm |
re: #236 jaunte
This would be so very entertaining if it comes to pass. The wingnut tears would be delicious.
239 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:26:37pm |
re: #237 thedopefishlives
Yeah, I’ve been watching the coming firestorm with great interest. I wish them all the luck in the world - when this trebuchet lets go, their trajectory is aimed squarely at their own camp.
Building a trebuchet is probably beyond their engineering capabilities. I’m thinking this is more like a primitive slingshot stretched well beyond its breaking point.
(Dude, trebuchets are fucking hard to build. Stupid engineering class projects. There’s a reason I’m not an engineer.)
240 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:26:48pm |
re: #234 makeitstop
It looks like the knives are about to come out in the House.
I’m really starting to think that the Derp Party may split from the GOP and become a reality.
Oh, that would be ideal. Maybe we’d get a halfway sane and rational GOP that would be a proper balance to the Democrats and offer legitimate ideas for governing.
///BAHAHAHAHAHA
241 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:26:52pm |
BRING IT #ACA #Obamacare pic.twitter.com/ZaP5KbweWh pic.twitter.com/6XHjhaopLY
— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) September 30, 2013
242 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:27:04pm |
re: #236 jaunte
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25 Republicans voting together with Democrats? Yeah, it’s clear at this point, Boehner’s lost. He needs to give in, void the damned “Hastert Rule” and just put this whole kabuki theater to an end.
243 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:27:22pm |
re: #232 CuriousLurker
YW. Your positive karma:comments ratio is 2:1, so you’re not doing too bad.
ty…. half of the time I’m simply snarking and venting because there’s only so many times you can roll your eyes at the ongoing fail parade that is the GOP but it’s just nice to know that you’re not alone out there, a big reason for lurking here (and sometimes posting and sometimes failing here too, but I almost always learn something).
244 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:27:26pm |
re: #239 klys
Building a trebuchet is probably beyond their engineering capabilities. I’m thinking this is more like a primitive slingshot stretched well beyond its breaking point.
(Dude, trebuchets are fucking hard to build. Stupid engineering class projects. There’s a reason I’m not an engineer.)
A Wile E. Coyote slingshot, hopefully.
245 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:27:34pm |
re: #237 thedopefishlives
Yeah, I’ve been watching the coming firestorm with great interest. I wish them all the luck in the world - when this trebuchet lets go, their trajectory is aimed squarely at their own camp.
Like Wile E. Coyote’s. They need to stop ordering online from Acme.com.
246 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:27:58pm |
re: #244 EPR-radar
A Wile E. Coyote slingshot, hopefully.
I figured that aim is another one of those sophisticated concepts.
247 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:28:13pm |
re: #245 GeneJockey
Like Wile E. Coyote’s. They need to stop ordering online from Acme.com.
As noted above, it’s not like they could build it themselves.
248 | CuriousLurker Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:28:21pm |
249 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:28:43pm |
re: #246 klys
I figured that aim is another one of those sophisticated concepts.
Forget aiming. The GOP first needs to work out how not to get a face full of boulder when stretching the sling shot.
250 | b.d. Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:28:57pm |
251 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:29:01pm |
So now we watch as Boehner tries to figure out some way to spin a total cave-in as a symbolic “victory” and convince the unruly children that they’ll have better luck with the debt ceiling.
252 | celticdragon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:29:10pm |
re: #239 klys
Building a trebuchet is probably beyond their engineering capabilities. I’m thinking this is more like a primitive slingshot stretched well beyond its breaking point.
(Dude, trebuchets are fucking hard to build. Stupid engineering class projects. There’s a reason I’m not an engineer.)
But they are certainly helpful if you are running a Warhammer Fantasy Brettonian army…
253 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:29:35pm |
And why is the Federal government America's largest employer, you communist swine? #tcot #shutdown— Erik Rush (@erikrush) September 30, 2013
254 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:29:38pm |
re: #249 EPR-radar
Forget aiming. The GOP first needs to work out how not to get a face full of boulder when stretching the sling shot.
You think they’re using boulders? I was thinking it was more flaming piles of poo.
And given that they opted for the mesh pocket, it’s not going to stop flinging back into their faces.
255 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:29:52pm |
Wow, so a minority of the majority is holding the majority hostage!!!! Boehner really is incompetent.
@BenjySarlin 40s
One of the best inside reporters on GOP @ByronYork attributes shutdown to just 30 tea party Republicans washingtonexaminer.com …
One of the best inside reporters on GOP @ByronYork attributes shutdown to just 30 tea party Republicans http://t.co/KYovYUAsoc— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) September 30, 2013
256 | celticdragon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:30:06pm |
I missed some of the early parts of the POTUS’s statements.
Does anybody know if SS disability checks are delayed??
257 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:30:12pm |
re: #252 celticdragon
But they are certainly helpful if you are running a Warhammer Fantasy Brettonian army…
Brettonians? I thought better of you.
///
258 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:30:41pm |
re: #251 Targetpractice
So now we watch as Boehner tries to figure out some way to spin a total cave-in as a symbolic “victory” and convince the unruly children that they’ll have better luck with the debt ceiling.
The GOP big money heavy hitters in the background will not be idle if the debt ceiling is taken hostage.
259 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:30:55pm |
re: #256 celticdragon
I missed some of the early parts of the POTUS’s statements.
Does anybody know if SS disability checks are delayed??
He said Social Security checks will go out. Whether that encompasses disability checks is a question I can’t answer.
260 | celticdragon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:31:21pm |
re: #255 psddluva4evah
Wow, so a minority of the majority is holding the majority hostage!!!! Boehner really is incompetent.
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Weakest Speaker of the House since the Civil War, easily. I am seeing more and more comparisons to the 1840’s and 1850’s for dysfunction…and we know how that worked out…
261 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:31:37pm |
re: #258 EPR-radar
The GOP big money heavy hitters in the background will not be idle if the debt ceiling is taken hostage.
I noted with interest the LGF Page about Wall Street begging the Teabaggers to “put the debt ceiling gun down”. All but the most brain-dead derp-lovers are realizing just how bad this is.
262 | celticdragon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:32:18pm |
re: #257 Kragar
Brettonians? I thought better of you.
///
Well, I haven’t even built and painted them yet since I am still finishing my Chaos fantasy army.
263 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:32:28pm |
re: #239 klys
Building a trebuchet is probably beyond their engineering capabilities. I’m thinking this is more like a primitive slingshot stretched well beyond its breaking point.
(Dude, trebuchets are fucking hard to build. Stupid engineering class projects. There’s a reason I’m not an engineer.)
There was an EXCELLENT show on PBS sometime back, where they tried to duplicate historical engineering feats. One show was about ‘War Wolf’, Edward I’s most feared trebuchet. They weren’t sure how they were going to keep the thing from tearing itself apart, till they modeled it and found that letting it roll back and forth just a little gave it much better range. The demolished a rapidly built faux-medieval wall.
AND they used Simon Stanley shooting a warbow to determine the range at which they could safely work. Watching him draw and shoot that thing was incredibly cool, especially knowing just how heavy a piece of Yew that thick would draw!
264 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:32:42pm |
Dear god. Al Sharpton has that tea party idiot from Texas (the gap toothed one who posed in his pajamas with a stripper).
265 | Snarknado! Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:33:06pm |
266 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:33:12pm |
re: #263 GeneJockey
There was an EXCELLENT show on PBS sometime back, where they tried to duplicate historical engineering feats. One show was about ‘War Wolf’, Edward I’s most feared trebuchet. They weren’t sure how they were going to keep the thing from tearing itself apart, till they modeled it and found that letting it roll back and forth just a little gave it much better range. The demolished a rapidly built faux-medieval wall.
AND they used Simon Stanley shooting a warbow to determine the range at which they could safely work. Watching him draw and shoot that thing was incredibly cool, especially knowing just how heavy a piece of Yew that thick would draw!
That reminds me, how likely would it be that a fellow Lizard could wheedle archery lessons out of you?
/totally shameless
267 | makeitstop Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:33:41pm |
re: #251 Targetpractice
So now we watch as Boehner tries to figure out some way to spin a total cave-in as a symbolic “victory” and convince the unruly children that they’ll have better luck with the debt ceiling.
I’m thinking that as bad as they looked on this one, they’re gonna look even worse on the debt ceiling.
And, yeah, Big Money will keep the overall level of fuckery down somewhat.
268 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:33:44pm |
re: #264 darthstar
Dear god. Al Sharpton has that tea party idiot from Texas (the gap toothed one who posed in his pajamas with a stripper).
Glad you clarified. Tea Party idiot from Texas doesn’t really narrow the field down.
269 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:33:59pm |
@JohnJHarwood 3m
True @ByronYork: Most likely final outcome: Clean CR passes w/majority of GOP, lots of Dems; big majority passage. ow.ly
270 | Backwoods_Sleuth Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:34:07pm |
re: #264 darthstar
Dear god. Al Sharpton has that tea party idiot from Texas (the gap toothed one who posed in his pajamas with a stripper).
I had to turn off the tv…
271 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:34:42pm |
re: #262 celticdragon
Well, I haven’t even built and painted them yet since I am still finishing my Chaos fantasy army.
In a display of moderation, I’ve chosen to stick solely to 40k, and not cross over the Fantasy.
272 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:34:44pm |
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
I had to turn off the tv…
I’m not even watching this particular brand of political theater. If I’m going to watch crappy afternoon/evening television, it’s going to be GOOD crappy afternoon/evening television.
273 | urbanmeemaw Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:34:59pm |
re: #186 psddluva4evah
There are actually “House GOP Moderates”? What does the GOP consider “Moderate”?
274 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:35:14pm |
I have found the logic to how to switch messages when you have an encrypted version of one of two messages XORed with a key (and you don’t know which) that you want to switch for the encrypted version of the other messages!
Now I just have to write it up in formal fucking proof logic.
275 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:35:56pm |
Great video of Great Whites feeding on a dead whale. Think of it as a metaphor for the GOP and the Tea Party.
You can see our Southern California friends hanging out while sharks have lunch: http://t.co/E2g1Qnzz5i— AT&T Park Seagulls (@ATTSeagull) September 30, 2013
276 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:36:22pm |
re: #266 klys
That reminds me, how likely would it be that a fellow Lizard could wheedle archery lessons out of you?
/totally shameless
I’d have to remember how to shoot, myself*. Haven’t drawn a bow in a couple years.
*Not “shoot myself”, that would be easy.
277 | kirkspencer Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:36:27pm |
re: #227 GeneJockey
I dunno. If there are New York and Illinois Reps, they’ll never agree on thin-and-foldable vs deep-dish.
(The answer, of course, is thin-and-foldable).
It depends on the question.
Deep dish is a casserole, not a pizza. That noted, I’d rather have the casserole.
278 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:36:32pm |
re: #264 darthstar
Dear god. Al Sharpton has that tea party idiot from Texas (the gap toothed one who posed in his pajamas with a stripper).
He’s tearing him apart too LOL.
279 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:36:34pm |
re: #273 urbanmeemaw
There are actually “House GOP Moderates”? What does the GOP consider “Moderate”?
Someone who knows when to fold’em.
280 | Gus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:36:45pm |
GOP Rep Peter King to NRO on backing clean CR w/out O-Care stuff: “going thru side door to take something you lost thru front door is wrong”— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 30, 2013
Rep. King says he has 25 GOP votes in House to help kill new Tea Party/Boehner plan http://t.co/jwraIgbbIR— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 30, 2013
281 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:36:49pm |
re: #273 urbanmeemaw
There are actually “House GOP Moderates”? What does the GOP consider “Moderate”?
The members of the GOP caucus who don’t routinely bay at the moon and piddle on fire hydrants, I suppose.
282 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:37:05pm |
re: #274 klys
I have found the logic to how to switch messages when you have an encrypted version of one of two messages XORed with a key (and you don’t know which) that you want to switch for the encrypted version of the other messages!
Now I just have to write it up in formal fucking proof logic.
you’re not allowed to use the Spousal/Maternal Proof Theory?
“because I said so”
////
283 | celticdragon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:37:07pm |
re: #271 Kragar
In a display of moderation, I’ve chosen to stick solely to 40k, and not cross over the Fantasy.
My son has an Ogre kingdoms army that ate my Skaven alive.
284 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:37:53pm |
re: #253 Kragar
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Erik, you ignorant slut.
Could it be possible that this is a country of over 325M people, and most corporations employ only a fraction of their workforce here in the US and the rest in other countries, therefore ensuring that the US govt might, after all, turn out to be the largest employer?
285 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:38:36pm |
re: #278 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
He’s tearing him apart too LOL.
The guy is an idiot…and he knows he’s toast…his eyes are searching the air for a sensible answer, and he has none.
286 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:38:49pm |
re: #283 celticdragon
My son has an Ogre kingdoms army that ate my Skaven alive.
If I had to pick one, I’d probably run Vampire Counts, just for the undead.
287 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:39:56pm |
re: #285 darthstar
The guy is an idiot…and he knows he’s toast…his eyes are searching the air for a sensible answer, and he has none.
Love how Al just threw it in his face that he’s fucking over his constituents.
288 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:40:52pm |
re: #254 klys
You think they’re using boulders? I was thinking it was more flaming piles of poo.
And given that they opted for the mesh pocket, it’s not going to stop flinging back into their faces.
The boulders I had in mind weren’t the payload of the slingshot. They are the anchor that lets loose at an inopportune time for Mr. Coyote.
289 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:41:11pm |
re: #285 darthstar
The guy is an idiot…and he knows he’s toast…his eyes are searching the air for a sensible answer, and he has none.
Tonight in the Right Wing Twitterverse - “See [gap-toothed Texas Teabagger] totally DESTROY Al Sharpton!!!”
290 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:41:18pm |
re: #273 urbanmeemaw
There are actually “House GOP Moderates”? What does the GOP consider “Moderate”?
willing to consider that phlogiston theory might have some flaws
291 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:43:10pm |
re: #287 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
Love how Al just threw it in his face that he’s fucking over his constituents.
Well, he did say the furloughs amounted to a paid vacation for federal workers. He really is stupid.
292 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:43:40pm |
re: #274 klys
I have found the logic to how to switch messages when you have an encrypted version of one of two messages XORed with a key (and you don’t know which) that you want to switch for the encrypted version of the other messages!
Now I just have to write it up in formal fucking proof logic.
Suffering builds character.
293 | b.d. Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:43:40pm |
re: #264 darthstar
Dear god. Al Sharpton has that tea party idiot from Texas (the gap toothed one who posed in his pajamas with a stripper).
That guy is a Farenthold which, in Texas means you win elections automatically with that last name, Yarborough also works that way here.
I think he is a grandson of the great Sissy Farenthold who should go and kick his butt or make him change his name.
294 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:44:00pm |
re: #290 dog philosopher
willing to consider that phlogiston theory might have some flaws
Understands that ‘If A, then B; if B, then C’ implies ‘If A then C’, but not that ‘If A, then B’ does NOT imply ‘If B, then A’.
295 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:45:06pm |
re: #294 GeneJockey
Understands that ‘If A, then B; if B, then C’ implies ‘If A then C’, but not that ‘If A, then B’ does NOT imply ‘If B, then A’.
Logic is rejected. It is of teh debbil.
296 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:45:08pm |
re: #261 thedopefishlives
I noted with interest the LGF Page about Wall Street begging the Teabaggers to “put the debt ceiling gun down”. All but the most brain-dead derp-lovers are realizing just how bad this is.
When Wall Street speaks……
297 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:46:02pm |
re: #295 EPR-radar
Logic is rejected. It is of teh debbil.
“Logic! LOGIC!! I’m sick to death of Logic!” - Spock’s Mommy.
298 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:46:13pm |
re: #294 GeneJockey
Understands that ‘If A, then B; if B, then C’ implies ‘If A then C’, but not that ‘If A, then B’ does NOT imply ‘If B, then A’.
I should downding you for that.
299 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:46:22pm |
re: #291 darthstar
Well, he did say the furloughs amounted to a paid vacation for federal workers. He really is stupid.
“Paid vacation”? He does know what “furlough” means, right?
300 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:47:13pm |
re: #299 Targetpractice
“Paid vacation”? He does know what “furlough” means, right?
Well, I mean, he gets paid for doing no work, so why wouldn’t all other federal employees?
301 | Gus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:47:34pm |
Ouch, Erick Erickson tells House GOPers to give it up. http://t.co/I9nKW3vohb— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 30, 2013
302 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:47:41pm |
re: #266 klys
That reminds me, how likely would it be that a fellow Lizard could wheedle archery lessons out of you?
/totally shameless
But seriously, if you’re really interested, PM me, assuming this place has PMs.*
*Not PMS. Not sure a forum can HAVE PMS.
303 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:48:04pm |
304 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:48:52pm |
305 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:49:14pm |
re: #302 GeneJockey
But seriously, if you’re really interested, PM me, assuming this place has PMs.*
*Not PMS. Not sure a forum can HAVE PMS.
I don’t think it does, but I am interested. My e-mail is sylkai at that big Google e-mail provider.
306 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:51:36pm |
re: #301 Gus
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He’s not saying give it up so much as he’s saying “Either keep the shutdown going until Democrats give in or capitulate now.”
307 | erik_t Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:53:12pm |
re: #306 Targetpractice
He’s not saying give it up so much as he’s saying “Either keep the shutdown going until Democrats give in or capitulate now.”
A dangerously rational position from Son of Erick.
If you know you’re going to lose the argument, don’t put three slugs into your midfoot while doing so.
308 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:53:24pm |
re: #306 Targetpractice
He’s not saying give it up so much as he’s saying “Either keep the shutdown going until Democrats give in or capitulate now.”
Agreed. EE is trying to stiffen the spines of the House GOP for a death or glory charge.
309 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:54:54pm |
re: #308 EPR-radar
Agreed. EE is trying to stiffen the spines of the House GOP for a death or glory charge.
He could not have been more opaque, then.
310 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:56:12pm |
re: #309 GeneJockey
He could not have been more opaque, then.
I interpreted this very literally at first, and it was like duh, because the human body is opaque to visible light (and ultraviolet and …)
311 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:56:17pm |
RT @jonkarl: NEWS FLASH — President Obama just spoke to @SpeakerBoehner. Their first conversation since a week ago Friday.— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) September 30, 2013
I hope President Obama simply said, “Sucks to be you.”
312 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:56:22pm |
re: #308 EPR-radar
Agreed. EE is trying to stiffen the spines of the House GOP for a death or glory charge.
“Forward the Light Brigade, charge for the guns!”
313 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:56:31pm |
according to the we-won-teh-2010-election logic of the teabaggers, the takeover of the house by the democrats in 2006 should have resulted in nancy pelosi shutting down the government until all troops were removed from iraq and afghanistan
it are only lojjikal!!
314 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:56:34pm |
re: #309 GeneJockey
He could not have been more opaque, then.
I refuse to try to understand tweets. The post on RedState on this point is clear enough.
315 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:57:33pm |
re: #311 darthstar
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I hope President Obama simply said, “Sucks to be you.”
“You assholes done fucking around?
316 | darthstar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:57:36pm |
re: #311 darthstar
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I hope President Obama simply said, “Sucks to be you.”
Of course, this won’t end until Boehner hears it directly from President Koch’s lips.
317 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:58:45pm |
re: #311 darthstar
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I hope President Obama simply said, “Sucks to be you.”
Boehner: “Can you get me off the hook, Mr. President? For old time’s sake?”
Obama: “Can’t do it, Johnny.”
318 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:58:46pm |
re: #311 darthstar
President Obama just spoke to @SpeakerBoehner. Their first conversation since
promised to make him ambassador to the Orange Free State after he is deposed by teabaggers?
319 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:02:41pm |
Lets just let the government shut down, cool off and well turn it back on in 15 minutes. It should work fine after that.— Kelly Sater (@LazyBabyMama) September 30, 2013
320 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:03:08pm |
re: #319 wrenchwench
Did you try reinstalling Windows?
321 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:03:16pm |
re: #314 EPR-radar
I refuse to try to understand tweets. The post on RedState on this point is clear enough.
Ah, now see, I’m only willing to expose myself 140 characters at a time. Dropping in on Freeperville is like trying to crowd surf the zombie hordes.
322 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:03:40pm |
re: #317 Targetpractice
I always thought it would be Clemenza….
323 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:04:44pm |
@lrozen @dana_hughes @jonkarl And both calls required translators.— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) September 30, 2013
324 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:05:36pm |
re: #321 GeneJockey
funny you should mention Zombies, there’s this electro/Industrial band called “Santa Hates You” that has a video for their song called “Scum” that basically features right wingers as zombies that the two band members go after.
325 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:06:21pm |
re: #321 GeneJockey
Ah, now see, I’m only willing to expose myself 140 characters at a time. Dropping in on Freeperville is like trying to crowd surf the zombie hordes.
RedState is somewhat like a moderated version of FreeRepublic. No idea is too far to the right, of course, but they do moderate well enough to keep the worst manifestations of RW bigotry at bay.
327 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:07:27pm |
re: #320 thedopefishlives
Did you try reinstalling Windows?
Back in 1997, I worked at a startup where we were trying to develop an assay for drug resistance in HIV, working from patient plasma. We needed to have a working version of the test to get our second tranche of financing. For every week in the lab we had to spend a week at the computer analyzing, with a cobbled together procedure involving Word, Excel, and Cricket Graph. The latter kept crashing the computers, so for the month before the presentation to the Scientific Advisory Board, the most frequently heard sound was:
“Aw, SHIT!” *BONG!*
EDIT - working on Macs.
328 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:07:42pm |
Ooooooo, I wonder if we get a bonus letter from francis today or if he was just delayed.
329 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:07:54pm |
The technologically inevitable is near.
330 | Justanotherhuman Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:09:08pm |
Members of the House were told to be prepared for more votes late tonight. Translation: Shutdown may be averted but it could be at 2am— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 30, 2013
331 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:09:21pm |
re: #328 klys
Ooooooo, I wonder if we get a bonus letter from francis today or if he was just delayed.
I find I can bear this suspense with great fortitude.
332 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:09:43pm |
re: #327 GeneJockey
Back in 1997, I worked at a startup where we were trying to develop an assay for drug resistance in HIV, working from patient plasma. We needed to have a working version of the test to get our second tranche of financing. For every week in the lab we had to spend a week at the computer analyzing, with a cobbled together procedure involving Word, Excel, and Cricket Graph. The latter kept crashing the computers, so for the month before the presentation to the Scientific Advisory Board, the most frequently heard sound was:
“Aw, SHIT!” *BONG!*
For all of my Ph.D. work, figures were produced using KaleidaGraph, imported into Powerpoint, and then turned into Office drawing objects.
And then with the introduction of the .pptx, the ungrouping and turning into objects resulted in fun points where bits of the drawing would randomly appear and disappear as you zoomed in or out or attempted to print.
I kept my Macbook running Office 2003 (and therefore never went past OSX 10.5 or whatever) precisely to avoid this bug.
333 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:09:52pm |
re: #327 GeneJockey
Back in 1997, I worked at a startup where we were trying to develop an assay for drug resistance in HIV, working from patient plasma. We needed to have a working version of the test to get our second tranche of financing. For every week in the lab we had to spend a week at the computer analyzing, with a cobbled together procedure involving Word, Excel, and Cricket Graph. The latter kept crashing the computers, so for the month before the presentation to the Scientific Advisory Board, the most frequently heard sound was:
“Aw, SHIT!” *BONG!*
I once built a Windows ME box, just to see what all the fuss was about.
Yeah, that didn’t last long.
334 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:10:23pm |
re: #329 Amory Blaine
The technologically inevitable is near.
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Interesting.
I’d say the future is pretty much here. Hatsune Miku.
Vocaloid superstar.
335 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:10:34pm |
re: #330 Justanotherhuman
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It’s a question of whether or not Boehner wants to just end this all now or go down looking like an idiot for going forward with a vote that members of his own party have publicly said is doomed to failure.
336 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:10:52pm |
re: #335 Targetpractice
It’s a question of whether or not Boehner wants to just end this all now or go down looking like an idiot for going forward with a vote that members of his own party have publicly said is doomed to failure.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
337 | Rev_Arthur_Belling Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:10:58pm |
Couldn’t happen to a (not)nicer bunch of idiots.
338 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:12:26pm |
re: #336 thedopefishlives
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Thing about that is that it weakens the party’s debt ceiling position if they have moderates actually stand up and say that they’re not willing to let the party destroy itself over something it’s never going to attain.
339 | Rev_Arthur_Belling Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:13:08pm |
Per some of the other comments, I was able to check my “karma.” I admit to not commenting so much, but you people are so quick to say what I would have said! Even so, for 8 comments, 37 karma is nice. Thanks.
340 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:13:30pm |
re: #336 thedopefishlives
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
You know, that only works if you win. If you get blowed up, you sound like an idiot in the history books.
341 | brennant Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:13:44pm |
re: #338 Targetpractice
Thing about that is that it weakens the party’s debt ceiling position if they have moderates actually stand up and say that they’re not willing to let the party destroy itself over something it’s never going to attain.
With Rep. King, I wonder if the cracks are really starting to show.
342 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:13:52pm |
re: #340 GeneJockey
You know, that only works if you win. If you get blowed up, you sound like an idiot in the history books.
It sounds like something that should be in a list of famous last words.
343 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:14:14pm |
re: #338 Targetpractice
Thing about that is that it weakens the party’s debt ceiling position if they have moderates actually stand up and say that they’re not willing to let the party destroy itself over something it’s never going to attain.
Christ, I hope so.
344 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:14:19pm |
re: #339 Rev_Arthur_Belling
Per some of the other comments, I was able to check my “karma.” I admit to not commenting so much, but you people are so quick to say what I would have said! Even so, for 8 comments, 37 karma is nice. Thanks.
Clearly we don’t mind repetition. See: at least half of my posts.
We like different viewpoints even if the end conclusion is similar.
345 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:14:30pm |
re: #340 GeneJockey
You know, that only works if you win. If you get blowed up, you sound like an idiot in the history books.
Yes indeed. May the GOP perform a political re-enactment of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow for the next few decades.
346 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:14:51pm |
re: #336 thedopefishlives
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
It is appropriate that this comes from a fish.
347 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:15:00pm |
re: #341 brennant
With Rep. King, I wonder if the cracks are really starting to show.
Would not surprise me. Why throw yourself on your sword for jackasses who can be as crazy as they like because their districts are “safe”?
348 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:15:11pm |
349 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:15:43pm |
re: #342 thedopefishlives
It sounds like something that should be in a list of famous last words.
“Hold my beer…”
“Watch this…”
“I seen this done oncet…”
“What’s the worst that could happen?”
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
“Luigi! Bring-a my brown pants!”
350 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:16:23pm |
re: #348 thedopefishlives
Swim, swim, HUNGRY… *kaboom!*
All my logical faculties are going to wrestling with this problem set.
I’m trying not to think too hard about the fact that this is the first of 9, and I have two exams to pass too.
So this is about the level of comment I can generate.
351 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:16:35pm |
re: #349 GeneJockey
“Hold my beer…”
“Watch this…”
“I seen this done oncet…”
“What’s the worst that could happen?”
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
“Luigi! Bring-a my brown pants!”
Away Team to Enterprise, it’s all quiet here.
352 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:16:35pm |
re: #349 GeneJockey
“Hold my beer…”
“Watch this…”
“I seen this done oncet…”
“What’s the worst that could happen?”
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
“Luigi! Bring-a my brown pants!”
“Is it supposed to sound like that?”
353 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:17:13pm |
re: #349 GeneJockey
“Hold my beer…”
“Watch this…”
“I seen this done oncet…”
“What’s the worst that could happen?”
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
“Luigi! Bring-a my brown pants!”
“Trust me, I know what I’m doing.”
354 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:17:58pm |
re: #352 Targetpractice
“Is it supposed to sound like that?”
“It’s quiet. It’s…TOO quiet.”
“There’s an almost superhumanly strong and invulnerable psychotic killer loose in the woods. Let’s split up.”
355 | Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:18:04pm |
re: #349 GeneJockey
“Hold my beer…”
“Watch this…”
“I seen this done oncet…”
“What’s the worst that could happen?”
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
“Luigi! Bring-a my brown pants!”
“I saw this in a movie once.”
356 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:18:10pm |
re: #347 Targetpractice
Would not surprise me. Why throw yourself on your sword for jackasses who can be as crazy as they like because their districts are “safe”?
The funny thing about a gerrymander is that the whole point is to give your party a large number of districts that lean your way, and a small number of districts that are overwhelmingly in favor of the other party.
It would please me greatly if the insanity of the GOP were to move the voter preferences nationwide enough to put some/all of those gerrymandered GOP House districts back into play in 2014.
Yet another reason the Dems need to fight as best they can in every state and district.
357 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:18:24pm |
re: #350 klys
All my logical faculties are going to wrestling with this problem set.
I’m trying not to think too hard about the fact that this is the first of 9, and I have two exams to pass too.
So this is about the level of comment I can generate.
I’m brain-dead after an exhausting few weeks of little sleep for a variety of reasons. I’m hoping to go crash here in a little while and recover myself.
358 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:19:26pm |
re: #355 Eclectic Cyborg
“I saw this in a movie once.”
“I’ve done this a million times, of COURSE I know what I’m doing.”
359 | Rev_Arthur_Belling Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:19:38pm |
On another blog, I noted this morning that there are a (relatively) not-insignificant number of pundits who are calling out the tea partiers on this strategy, specifically Roger Simon at Politico. I suspect the worm has turned on this whole charade. The question is, how do they back out now. If they cave on the shutdown, how do they then try to hold the debt ceiling hostage?
As mentioned above, clearly the Chamber of Commerce and Wall Street types are making some phone calls (Erick bin Erick tweeting that they should cave?!).
We live in interesting times, unfortunately.
360 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:19:52pm |
And revolt fails!
Revolt fails. Any different on final vote?— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) September 30, 2013
GOP moderate revolt in House fails. Gosh, what a surprise.
— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) September 30, 2013
361 | Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:20:07pm |
re: #354 GeneJockey
“There’s an almost superhumanly strong and invulnerable psychotic killer loose in the woods. Let’s split up.”
OR
“Yay! We managed to escape from the psychotic killer. Now, instead of actually calling police or going for help, let’s go back and rescue our friends the killer is still holding hostage.”
362 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:20:48pm |
re: #357 thedopefishlives
I’m brain-dead after an exhausting few weeks of little sleep for a variety of reasons. I’m hoping to go crash here in a little while and recover myself.
Those reasons don’t involve little fishies, do they?
In all seriousness, best wishes.
363 | Cardio (formerly JRCMYP) Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:21:17pm |
re: #45 Charles Johnson
Obama should come out and just ignore the shutdown. Talk about the finale of Breaking Bad, and his feelings on Jesse Pinkman’s escape.
Argh. Spoiler!
364 | Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:21:32pm |
re: #360 psddluva4evah
And revolt fails!
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It’s kind of like a modern Alamo type situation, a small number of sane people vs an army of crazies.
365 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:22:00pm |
re: #362 klys
Those reasons don’t involve little fishies, do they?
In all seriousness, best wishes.
Some of them do. Some of them involve just plain stress. I need a real vacation, but I’m too workaholic to take one.
367 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:22:44pm |
re: #365 thedopefishlives
Some of them do. Some of them involve just plain stress. I need a real vacation, but I’m too workaholic to take one.
I would say bad fish, but the ongoing joke here is that I have no fucking clue how to relax, so…
368 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:23:15pm |
re: #367 klys
I would say bad fish, but the ongoing joke here is that I have no fucking clue how to relax, so…
If it makes you feel any better, my job and my relaxation take mostly the same form. I write programs in my spare time, for fun.
369 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:23:17pm |
Surprising no one… RT@politicoroger GOP moderate revolt in House fails. Gosh, what a surprise. pic.twitter.com/SrrXsQ6upD— Nelly B (@psddluva4evah) September 30, 2013
370 | Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:23:43pm |
re: #369 psddluva4evah
Ted Cruz needs to be in that collage.
371 | Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:24:37pm |
I don’t usually post political stuff on facebook but I am *this close* to posting a rant because of how much this situation pisses me off.
372 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:25:55pm |
I went to a psychologist today. Meet and greet. I found it odd he didn’t know what an agnostic was.
373 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:25:57pm |
re: #371 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t usually post political stuff on facebook but I am *this close* to posting a rant because of how much this situation pisses me off.
Go for it. It is a valuable public service to push back against right wing swill.
374 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:26:37pm |
re: #368 thedopefishlives
If it makes you feel any better, my job and my relaxation take mostly the same form. I write programs in my spare time, for fun.
I could see that.
On the other hand, I do not write proofs for fun. I just wanna write programs, dammit.
375 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:26:53pm |
so the revolt of the moderates didn’t succeed?
376 | Gus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:27:34pm |
30 minutes later…
Moderate GOP revolt in the works?
377 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:27:49pm |
re: #369 psddluva4evah
I recently saw the movie Lincoln. It was disorienting, seeing a depiction of Republicans that were actually good for something.
378 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:28:14pm |
re: #372 Amory Blaine
I went to a psychologist today. Meet and greet. I found it odd he didn’t know what an agnostic was.
Might want to meet and greet another few….
379 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:28:22pm |
re: #374 klys
I could see that.
On the other hand, I do not write proofs for fun. I just wanna write programs, dammit.
It says something that I haven’t even managed to dredge up the interest to touch my favorite side project in a month.
380 | Rev_Arthur_Belling Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:28:28pm |
381 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:28:29pm |
re: #374 klys
I could see that.
On the other hand, I do not write proofs for fun. I just wanna write programs, dammit.
while you stand a good chance of being asked to come up with these algorithmic solutions you’ve been studying in a software engineer job interview, i can virtually guarantee you you will never be asked to do a proof
382 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:29:12pm |
re: #381 dog philosopher
while you stand a good chance of being asked to come up with these algorithmic solutions you’ve been studying in a software engineer job interview, i can virtually guarantee you you will never be asked to do a proof
I know. That makes this class even more frustrating.
But it’s required for algorithms.
383 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:29:25pm |
re: #372 Amory Blaine
I went to a psychologist today. Meet and greet. I found it odd he didn’t know what an agnostic was.
somebody with a college degree never heard of the word ‘agnostic’?
384 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:30:30pm |
re: #379 thedopefishlives
It says something that I haven’t even managed to dredge up the interest to touch my favorite side project in a month.
Go sleep with the fishies….
I did very nearly nothing yesterday. It helped a lot. (Overcoming a virus here.)
386 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:31:43pm |
re: #384 wrenchwench
Go sleep with the fishies….
I did very nearly nothing yesterday. It helped a lot. (Overcoming a virus here.)
Yeah. I’m definitely going early to bed tonight instead of going to sparring like I should.
387 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:33:33pm |
re: #382 klys
I know. That makes this class even more frustrating.
But it’s required for algorithms.
Some of the academic background of programming feels a little bit arcane and useless. Nevertheless, I’ve managed to find good uses for much of the theoretical background classwork. No proofs, though.
388 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:33:40pm |
re: #378 wrenchwench
Might want to meet and greet another few….
Yeah I was facepalming (in my mind).
389 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:33:51pm |
re: #372 Amory Blaine
I went to a psychologist today. Meet and greet. I found it odd he didn’t know what an agnostic was.
Never heard the word, or asked you do define it?
I find that ‘agnostic’ and ‘atheist’ overlap by a lot. I used to call myself agnostic, but I later realized that if you believe there is no god or gods, even if you accept that you might be wrong, ‘atheist’ is a good description. I also realized I used ‘agnostic’ to avoid seeming too hardassed.
390 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:34:18pm |
re: #386 thedopefishlives
Yeah. I’m definitely going early to bed tonight instead of going to sparring like I should.
Imma be my dad for a minute…
Wanna go to bed? Go get your pajamas on. Wanna stay up? Go get your pajamas on.
391 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:35:32pm |
re: #390 wrenchwench
Imma be my dad for a minute…
I am SO GOOD at this concept.
“Ugh, tomorrow is going to suck. I have so much shit I need to get done. I know, I’ll stay up late playing stupid little video games so I’m EVEN MORE EXHAUSTED TOMORROW but hey, I will have gotten 3 hours of not-caring in.”
392 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:36:16pm |
393 | psddluva4evah Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:36:24pm |
Really Boehner…really! This is not the comment of a serious person. Boehner was probably already 3 sheets to the wind at this point.
. @Brendan_Buck says Obama call with Boehner lasted 10 min. Boehner “told the president that Obamacare is costing jobs.”— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) September 30, 2013
394 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:36:56pm |
He didn’t know what it was. He asked me what my faith was and I said I was agnostic, usually I call myself an athiest and call it a day but I figured this guy should know what it was. I had to explain it and he then moved on to more questions.
395 | Danack Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:37:29pm |
re: #175 psddluva4evah
And they’ve lost Erickson:
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I’m guessing that Mr Erickson has received a phone call from one of the people or organisations that pays his wages and speaking fees, explaining that shutting down the government isn’t in their, or his, interest.
I guess other GOP operatives will be receiving similar phone calls this evening, and by sometime tomorrow the majority of the GOP will proceed to vote for either a CR or an actual budget.
396 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:37:47pm |
re: #387 thedopefishlives
Some of the academic background of programming feels a little bit arcane and useless. Nevertheless, I’ve managed to find good uses for much of the theoretical background classwork. No proofs, though.
I’m not sure what it says that the only one I have figured out so far (but can’t write in proper proof form, because fuck that shit) is the one with direct application to computer science (e.g., why reusing keys for XOR encryption is bad).
397 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:37:59pm |
re: #393 psddluva4evah
Really Boehner…really! This is not the comment of a serious person. Boehner was probably already 3 sheets to the wind at this point.
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Namely his if he doesn’t succeed in killing it.
398 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:38:05pm |
re: #391 klys
I am SO GOOD at this concept.
“Ugh, tomorrow is going to suck. I have so much shit I need to get done. I know, I’ll stay up late playing stupid little video games so I’m EVEN MORE EXHAUSTED TOMORROW but hey, I will have gotten 3 hours of not-caring in.”
I forget what famous person said this:
We’ll start with the procrastination, so at least that will get done.
399 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:38:13pm |
re: #393 psddluva4evah
And we’ve seen how much today’s GOP cares about jobs. //
401 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:39:26pm |
re: #394 Amory Blaine
He didn’t know what it was. He asked me what my faith was and I said I was agnostic, usually I call myself an athiest and call it a day but I figured this guy should know what it was. I had to explain it and he then moved on to more questions.
In fairness to the therapist, it is not unreasonable to ask someone for clarification when they say they are agnostic. The dictionary definition may or may not be applicable.
402 | Targetpractice Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:40:02pm |
Well Pete, your count of how many Republicans would “revolt” was only off by 19. Easy mistake to make.
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403 | Rev_Arthur_Belling Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:40:02pm |
re: #394 Amory Blaine
That’s kind of … weird. Maybe you should have went with pastafarian.
404 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:40:28pm |
re: #394 Amory Blaine
He didn’t know what it was. He asked me what my faith was and I said I was agnostic, usually I call myself an athiest and call it a day but I figured this guy should know what it was. I had to explain it and he then moved on to more questions.
Unless there was some great highlight in another area, this man may not be the one. You need to see him as smarter than you having some wisdom in some way.
405 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:40:57pm |
re: #391 klys
I am SO GOOD at this concept.
“Ugh, tomorrow is going to suck. I have so much shit I need to get done. I know, I’ll stay up late playing stupid little video games so I’m EVEN MORE EXHAUSTED TOMORROW but hey, I will have gotten 3 hours of not-caring in.”
In my family we call say, “I’m going to get up early, study for the test…”, based on our college experience (my wife and I met Freshman year. During orientation, actually. Still took 13 years to get married. Long story. Boring. Kinda personal.). Many was the time one or the other of us would be staring at a book, unable to convert the words into sentences and paragraphs in our minds.
We’d say to ourselves, “I’m too tired to study. But tomorrow, I’m going to get up early, eat a good breakfast, do my laundry, study for the test…”
We always failed to do that. It became a running joke, which has been running for 38 years, now.
406 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:41:14pm |
Yeah he’s just there to prescribe my meds. I won’t see him again for 3 months.
407 | calochortus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:41:36pm |
I’m happy to report that we got our rates for healthcare insurance for next year and while it has gone up (Surprise! Oh. Not really.) The percentage increase is the lowest in several years despite having moved into an older age category.
Our options, should we wish to move to a different plan are mind-numbing. I think we’ll stay where we are…
408 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:41:45pm |
re: #396 klys
I’m not sure what it says that the only one I have figured out so far (but can’t write in proper proof form, because fuck that shit) is the one with direct application to computer science (e.g., why reusing keys for XOR encryption is bad).
It could be much, much worse. Imagine an academic course in Computer Science that uses Knuth’s The Art of Computer Programming as the text…
409 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:42:03pm |
Boehner To Resign, Accept Ambassadorship To Orange Free State
chocolate eclair brought in as speaker, expected to demonstrate backbone to stand up to baggers
410 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:42:11pm |
re: #408 EPR-radar
It could be much, much worse. Imagine an academic course in Computer Science that uses Knuth’s The Art of Computer Programming as the text…
I’m going go to sob into my drink now, if you don’t mind.
411 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:42:47pm |
Them little baby chocolate eclairs are of the devil.
412 | Rev_Arthur_Belling Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:42:50pm |
re: #404 wrenchwench
I have had several therapists in recent years, and honestly, the interview process is a PITA. One seems okay, but too docile, another seems okay, but too prescriptive. It’s almost like dating, in some weird way. “Could this one be the one?” Hard to describe, but damn I wish it was easier to find someone that would “click.”
413 | goddamnedfrank Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:43:52pm |
re: #393 psddluva4evah
Really Boehner…really! This is not the comment of a serious person. Boehner was probably already 3 sheets to the wind at this point.
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Right, the thing that needs to have it’s implementation delayed for a year is costing jobs …
414 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:44:15pm |
re: #406 Amory Blaine
Yeah he’s just there to prescribe my meds. I won’t see him again for 3 months.
Hope it’s a psychAITRist. PsychOLOGists can’t prescribe. You’d be in for disappointment!
415 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:44:56pm |
We should require a background check on garage door openers.
416 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:44:59pm |
re: #408 EPR-radar
It could be much, much worse. Imagine an academic course in Computer Science that uses Knuth’s The Art of Computer Programming as the text…
Oh. Oh God. I … I’m sorry. I didn’t know.
417 | Decatur Deb Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:45:08pm |
re: #372 Amory Blaine
I went to a psychologist today. Meet and greet. I found it odd he didn’t know what an agnostic was.
He’s just fukn’ wit ya.
418 | calochortus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:45:22pm |
re: #405 GeneJockey
In my family we call say, “I’m going to get up early, study for the test…”, based on our college experience (my wife and I met Freshman year. During orientation, actually. Still took 13 years to get married. Long story. Boring. Kinda personal.). Many was the time one or the other of us would be staring at a book, unable to convert the words into sentences and paragraphs in our minds.
We’d say to ourselves, “I’m too tired to study. But tomorrow, I’m going to get up early, eat a good breakfast, do my laundry, study for the test…”
We always failed to do that. It became a running joke, which has been running for 38 years, now.
Actually, my freshman year I figured out that the best way for me to study for a test was to go to bed at 10:00 pm and get up at about 4:00 am (assuming an 8 or 9 a.m. class) and do my studying bright and early. Not a night person.
419 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:45:47pm |
re: #416 thedopefishlives
Oh. Oh God. I … I’m sorry. I didn’t know.
This is a thought experiment on my part.
420 | Amory Blaine Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:46:16pm |
He also had a box on his desk clearly labelled “Placebo”.
421 | Stanley Sea Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:47:03pm |
re: #275 darthstar
Great video of Great Whites feeding on a dead whale. Think of it as a metaphor for the GOP and the Tea Party.
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Ha ha the Seagulls. They’re everywhere.
422 | thedopefishlives Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:48:28pm |
re: #419 EPR-radar
This is a thought experiment on my part.
That you could even think such a thing is still cause for pity.
423 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:48:54pm |
re: #412 Rev_Arthur_Belling
I have had several therapists in recent years, and honestly, the interview process is a PITA. One seems okay, but too docile, another seems okay, but too prescriptive. It’s almost like dating, in some weird way. “Could this one be the one?” Hard to describe, but damn I wish it was easier to find someone that would “click.”
You are in a better position to advise Amory, then.
424 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:49:33pm |
re: #418 calochortus
Actually, my freshman year I figured out that the best way for me to study for a test was to go to bed at 10:00 pm and get up at about 4:00 am (assuming an 8 or 9 a.m. class) and do my studying bright and early. Not a night person.
One of my roommates (a morning person) would miss the 8:30am class we had together because she would get up at 4am and then get distracted doing a homework problem.
My opinion was that if it took me 3 alarms to get out the fucking door and make it, she was on her own, because I couldn’t be relied upon to remember anything that early.
425 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:49:54pm |
re: #418 calochortus
Actually, my freshman year I figured out that the best way for me to study for a test was to go to bed at 10:00 pm and get up at about 4:00 am (assuming an 8 or 9 a.m. class) and do my studying bright and early. Not a night person.
i did all my studying for computer science in cafes
if i tried to study at home, i did the dishes and cleaned everything in the apartment, anything to keep from studying
if i tried to study in the library, i fell asleep
in a cafe, the music, hot and cold running coffee drinks, and toothsome young maidens coming in to the cafe kept me alert and made studying more entertaining
426 | piratedan Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:50:00pm |
well Boehner is certainly right about one thing, Obamacare is most assuredly causing people to lose their jobs, after all, the GOP is kicking millions of people out of work because of it.
427 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:50:01pm |
re: #420 Amory Blaine
He also had a box on his desk clearly labelled “Placebo”.
That’s where all the insurance paperwork goes, right?
428 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:50:02pm |
re: #418 calochortus
Actually, my freshman year I figured out that the best way for me to study for a test was to go to bed at 10:00 pm and get up at about 4:00 am (assuming an 8 or 9 a.m. class) and do my studying bright and early. Not a night person.
Sophomore year, I fell behind in my reading for a History course. I ended up with 6x 300 page books to read, and a week to do it in. I stayed up each night till 5 AM, got up at 7:50 for my 8:00 classes, ate breakfast then went to my 10:40, and took a nap after lunch. It worked out really well for 4 days. The 5th day, I couldn’t get up for the 8:00 and slept through till lunch.
Still Aced the course.
429 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:50:36pm |
re: #425 dog philosopher
i did all my studying for computer science in cafes
if i tried to study at home, i did the dishes and cleaned everything in the apartment, anything to keep from studying
if i tried to study in the library, i fell asleep
in a cafe, the music, hot and cold running coffee drinks, and toothsome young maidens coming in to the cafe kept me alert and made studying more entertaining
Best study sessions were for advanced instrumental analysis in chemistry, at the microbrewery. Ahhh, those were the days….
430 | goddamnedfrank Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:50:54pm |
All politics is local, LOL!
GOP is such dogshit. Republicans are dogshit. The conservative ones are holding the country hostage, the moderates are useless. Functionally what exactly is the difference between them and a gang like MS13, overt criminality? MS13 wishes it could do the kind of damage about to be inflicted by the House GOP.
431 | calochortus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:52:00pm |
re: #424 klys
One of my roommates (a morning person) would miss the 8:30am class we had together because she would get up at 4am and then get distracted doing a homework problem.
My opinion was that if it took me 3 alarms to get out the fucking door and make it, she was on her own, because I couldn’t be relied upon to remember anything that early.
The ever-popular ‘so much time that you end up being late’. I have that happen from time to time. Of course, these days I’m not such a dedicate morning person as I used to be.
432 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:52:51pm |
No drinking on job? // RT @GOPLeader: RT if you agree: Congress should have to live by the same laws that you do. #NoSpecialTreatment
— Blue DuPage (@BlueDuPage) September 30, 2013
433 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:53:54pm |
re: #412 Rev_Arthur_Belling
I have had several therapists in recent years, and honestly, the interview process is a PITA. One seems okay, but too docile, another seems okay, but too prescriptive. It’s almost like dating, in some weird way. “Could this one be the one?” Hard to describe, but damn I wish it was easier to find someone that would “click.”
A couple years ago, I needed a therapist. This was the second time. The first, I found someone I could manipulate, so I had a jaundiced eye on therapy.
This time, however, I found someone who cut me no slack. One session, I was whinging on about something or other, and she looks at me and mock-pouts and says, “Awwwww! Poor Dougie!” It was exactly what I needed.
434 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:54:15pm |
re: #425 dog philosopher
one frenchman to another sitting next to me in a cafe where i was studying:
“q’est que tu pense sur cette déesse la?”
that woke me up!
435 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:55:57pm |
Tomorrow, millions of our uninsured veterans and their families can #GetCovered thanks to #Obamacare: http://t.co/V9O4fmXW7g— FLOTUS (@FLOTUS) September 30, 2013
HAHA
436 | goddamnedfrank Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:56:02pm |
re: #432 jaunte
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Needs to be a breathalyzer interlock on the House and Senate voting machines, all failures published.
437 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:56:04pm |
re: #431 calochortus
The ever-popular ‘so much time that you end up being late’. I have that happen from time to time. Of course, these days I’m not such a dedicate morning person as I used to be.
To be fair, she has ADHD. Distraction was not an uncommon issue.
I love her dearly, but there is a reason I was the responsible one of the pair.
438 | austin_blue Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:56:07pm |
Perspectives:
and
Oh, and I continue to wonder how the R’s can manage to fit 50 lbs. of crazy in a ten-pound bag.
441 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:59:14pm |
re: #440 wrenchwench
fwancis is pissing me off.
Well, at least he was honest about the whole “presence of Democrats means we must restrict voting rights” bit.
//
442 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:59:27pm |
re: #440 wrenchwench
fwancis is pissing me off.
I stopped assuming good faith on the part of that one a long time ago.
443 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 4:59:40pm |
I accidentally updinged him. Maybe it’s time for a break….
444 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:00:29pm |
re: #181 GeneJockey
I think that’s the level at which we start getting those Zionist checks? Still waiting for my first one.
//
Sorry, those are gonna be stopped by the shutdown.
445 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:01:02pm |
re: #424 klys
One of my roommates (a morning person) would miss the 8:30am class we had together because she would get up at 4am and then get distracted doing a homework problem.
My opinion was that if it took me 3 alarms to get out the fucking door and make it, she was on her own, because I couldn’t be relied upon to remember anything that early.
I had a roommate Freshman year who drove me batty. I’m by no means a morning person, but I hate the alarm SO MUCH that, even though I put it across the room so I couldn’t just turn it off in my sleep, I would often wake up at the ‘click’, before the buzz, and other times I woke up already halfway across the room to turn it off.
Not this guy.
*BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*
Stirring in the top bunk.
*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*
Legs swing over the side.
*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*
Finally, he hops down and strolls leisurely to the clock to turn it off.
Bastard.
446 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:02:05pm |
re: #342 thedopefishlives
It sounds like something that should be in a list of famous last words.
But it wasn’t. Adm. Farragut won the battle of Mobile Bay after saying that.
447 | Stanley Sea Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:03:06pm |
re: #446 Dark_Falcon
But it wasn’t. Adm. Farragut won the battle of Mobile Bay after saying that.
So you were nowhere near the train wreck today?
448 | SpaceJesus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:03:14pm |
“The damn bill is too big, it’s not readable but I know what’s in it and doesn’t work even though it hasn’t started yet!”
-republicans
449 | klys Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:03:42pm |
re: #445 GeneJockey
I had a roommate Freshman year who drove me batty. I’m by no means a morning person, but I hate the alarm SO MUCH that, even though I put it across the room so I couldn’t just turn it off in my sleep, I would often wake up at the ‘click’, before the buzz, and other times I woke up already halfway across the room to turn it off.
Not this guy.
*BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*
Stirring in the top bunk.
*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*
Legs swing over the side.
*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*
Finally, he hops down and strolls leisurely to the clock to turn it off.
Bastard.
There’s a reason the alarm is on my side of the bed.
450 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:04:01pm |
re: #448 SpaceJesus
“The damn bill is too big, it’s not readable but I know what’s in it and doesn’t work even though it hasn’t started yet!”
TRAINWRECK!
451 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:05:21pm |
re: #425 dog philosopher
i did all my studying for computer science in cafes
if i tried to study at home, i did the dishes and cleaned everything in the apartment, anything to keep from studying
if i tried to study in the library, i fell asleep
in a cafe, the music, hot and cold running coffee drinks, and toothsome young maidens coming in to the cafe kept me alert and made studying more entertaining
Interesting; if I studied shortly before a test, I’d invariably fail it. However, if I made sure not to study 48 hours before a test, I’d pass the test high marks - I just relied on my memory. For some reason, studying prior to taking a test seems to mess it up.
452 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:05:27pm |
re: #440 wrenchwench
fwancis is pissing me off.
Just ignore the Letter Troll. His letters have all the impact of a vote to defund Obamacare.
453 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:06:26pm |
re: #452 Dark_Falcon
Just ignore the Letter Troll. He’s letters have all the impact of a vote to defund Obamacare.
The House GOP really is trying to shoot the hostage(s) here, however.
454 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:06:30pm |
re: #209 klys
The reality of being a Republican
in the northeasteverywhere outside the white evangelical South sets in…
FTFY
455 | Stanley Sea Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:06:46pm |
456 | Bulworth Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:07:53pm |
Can’t stop watching my stupid Twitter feed, even though I already know nothing will happen tonight or anytime soon.
457 | Kragar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:07:54pm |
“When in deadly danger,
when beset by doubt,
run around circles,
wave your arms and shout.”
- parody of the litany of command
GOP operations plan
458 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:07:56pm |
re: #452 Dark_Falcon
Just ignore the Letter Troll. His letters have all the impact of a vote to defund Obamacare.
But I can have a back-and-forth with francis, which I cannot with Ted Cruz.
It is a waste of energy, though.
459 | SpaceJesus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:08:16pm |
How do the congressional staffers for these republicans get paid now?
460 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:08:23pm |
Peter King just fired a broadside at Ted Cruz on CNN.
461 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:09:09pm |
re: #458 wrenchwench
But I can have a back-and-forth with francis, which I cannot with Ted Cruz.
It is a waste of energy, though.
It’s not worth it. All it does is waste your time.
462 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:09:31pm |
re: #459 SpaceJesus
How do the congressional staffers for these republicans get paid now?
They don’t, not until the CR passes.
463 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:09:36pm |
re: #451 Dr Lizardo
Interesting; if I studied shortly before a test, I’d invariably fail it. However, if I made sure not to study 48 hours before a test, I’d pass the test high marks - I just relied on my memory. For some reason, studying prior to taking a test seems to mess it up.
what worked for me was taking notes in class. somehow the act of writing things down fixed it in my memory. then i would just go over my notes and compare them to the text
but i was also doing the homework problems and writing pseudocode in the cafe, and everybody knows that the best way to learn something is to bang your head against it for a while…
464 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:09:46pm |
Great quote / @JohnJHarwood Rep Peter King to @DanaBashCNN on futile House maneuvering: “The situation has been somewhat lost control of.”
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) October 1, 2013
465 | dog philosopher Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:10:16pm |
what is this ‘francis’ that everybody keeps a talkin about?
466 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:10:30pm |
re: #449 klys
There’s a reason the alarm is on my side of the bed.
My wife can fall asleep leaning up against a post, and fall BACK to sleep even more easily. During labor with our first son, she fell asleep between contractions - seriously, she’d be snoring and then her snores would be replaced by groans, then switch seamlessly back to snores as it faded (to be fair, this was 30 hours into it).
She used to use the snooze button. The alarm would go off. I’d wake up. She’d wake up enough to hit the snooze button, but be snoring again within seconds of hitting the pillow. I’d be awake, and with luck, I’d almost get back to sleep when the alarm went off again.
She’d wake up enough to hit the snooze button, but be snoring again within seconds of hitting the pillow. This would continue for most of an hour.
Eventually, I overcame my inherent confrontation avoidance to ask her to please, PLEASE stop using the snooze button!
Mind you, now the male Greyhound usually wakes her up before the alarm.
467 | Lidane Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:11:09pm |
re: #462 Dark_Falcon
They don’t, not until the CR passes.
So the House GOP was prepared to screw over their own staffers so they could tilt at the Obamacare windmill a few more times?
Morons.
468 | EPR-radar Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:11:11pm |
re: #465 dog philosopher
what is this ‘francis’ that everybody keeps a talkin about?
Chew toy in the pages. Into sharing incoherent letters to President Obama with LGF.
469 | Dr Lizardo Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:11:31pm |
re: #463 dog philosopher
what worked for me was taking notes in class. somehow the act of writing things down fixed it in my memory. then i would just go over my notes and compare them to the text
but i was also doing the homework problems and writing pseudocode in the cafe, and everybody knows that the best way to learn something is to bang your head against it for a while…
For me, it was just reading. I remember a lot of what I read, especially if I enjoy it.
Even now, though it’s been 20 years since I first read it, I can still remember about 50% of “The Call of Cthulhu” verbatim.
470 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:11:55pm |
re: #465 dog philosopher
He’s our own Lazlo Toth.
471 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:12:22pm |
472 | calochortus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:12:34pm |
re: #466 GeneJockey
30 hours into labor? Be glad she was sleeping between contractions rather than cursing you for being involved in the reproductive adventure.
473 | Stanley Sea Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:12:54pm |
Only 6 GOP revolted. Looking at who it is, there’s not a more clear sign that complete idiots are bought and paid for and then heed their master’s bidding.
Six Republicans voted against the rule with Democrats: Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN), Rep. Paul Broun (GA), Rep. Charlie Dent, Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX), Rep. Pete King (NY), Rep. Steve King (IA).
474 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:12:56pm |
475 | SpaceJesus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:13:04pm |
re: #462 Dark_Falcon
“Hey everybody, sorry you can’t pay your rent this month, but please continue to work for me and show up to the office and work for no pay. thanks”
476 | wrenchwench Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:13:49pm |
re: #461 Dark_Falcon
It’s not worth it. All it does is waste your time.
I think I’m getting to him, now. Maybe he’ll go away.
477 | jaunte Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:14:12pm |
re: #459 SpaceJesus
How do the congressional staffers for these republicans get paid now?
They’re going to have to borrow 20k or so from their parents.
478 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:15:25pm |
re: #472 calochortus
30 hours into labor? Be glad she was sleeping between contractions rather than cursing you for being involved in the reproductive adventure.
Oddly enough, she never reached that stage. Probably because she had the birthing center doctor who sent her home after monitoring for 6 or so hours, saying, “Go home and enjoy the early stages of labor!” There was already someone to hate.
479 | calochortus Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:21:41pm |
re: #478 GeneJockey
Oddly enough, she never reached that stage. Probably because she had the birthing center doctor who sent her home after monitoring for 6 or so hours, saying, “Go home and enjoy the early stages of labor!” There was already someone to hate.
LOL. My first was something around 14 hours and the second was 2 hours. We were lucky I didn’t have him in the car.
480 | BongCrodny Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:24:37pm |
482 | Carlos Danger Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:30:37pm |
re: #473 Stanley Sea
Only 6 GOP revolted. Looking at who it is, there’s not a more clear sign that complete idiots are bought and paid for and then heed their master’s bidding.
Six Republicans voted against the rule with Democrats: Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN), Rep. Paul Broun (GA), Rep. Charlie Dent, Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX), Rep. Pete King (NY), Rep. Steve King (IA).
Only 2 of those are for real, Dent and King - Dent is considered a “moderate”, for what that’s worth, but he actually showed some gumption for once. King represents an area with an actual urban population.
I think King (IA), Gohmert, Bachmann and Broun voted against the bill because they didn’t think it went far enough.
483 | GeneJockey Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:32:49pm |
re: #482 Carlos Danger
Only 2 of those are for real, Dent and King - Dent is considered a “moderate”, for what that’s worth, but he actually showed some gumption for once. King represents an area with an actual urban population.
I think King (IA), Gohmert, Bachmann and Broun voted against the bill because they didn’t think it went far enough.
Yeah, but remember, the Right considers ALL opposition to Obamacare to be in favor of repeal-and-let ‘em die, ignoring that 1/4 of the opposition want Single Payer instead, so maybe we should use GOP math and call them moderates?
484 | ObserverArt Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:39:13pm |
re: #399 Bulworth
And we’ve seen how much today’s GOP cares about jobs. //
Yeah, it is a real disappointment that the Dems outright blocked all 40+ jobs bills that Boehner and his boys have created. And then the Dems go all crazy now and say the Republicans are at fault for this impending government shutdown and it is hurting the jobs.
The nerve!
///
485 | compound_Idaho Mon, Sep 30, 2013 5:55:05pm |
re: #463 dog philosopher
what worked for me was taking notes in class. somehow the act of writing things down fixed it in my memory. then i would just go over my notes and compare them to the text
but i was also doing the homework problems and writing pseudocode in the cafe, and everybody knows that the best way to learn something is to bang your head against it for a while…
It took me a while to learn that taking copious notes in class was a distraction for me. I did better if I watched and listened. I would take a few quick notes if I was having trouble following. It mostly served as a reminder to revisit the topic in the text on my own or get some help.