I am snarkless...

re: #1 brookly red

I am snarkless...

I liked the end. "In a moment, we'll talk to that pilot who heroically crash-landed his plane into Maureen Dowd." That was funny.

In other news, WND is suing the White House Press Corps.

I wish that were an Onion headline, but it's not.

Yes, WND is really trying to sue the WH Press Corp because, well, I guess the press just isn't being wingnutty enough.

re: #3 freetoken

This seems like either a wonderful or awful time to be a judge, depending on whether you like your cases to be based on comedy value or actual merit.

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

I liked the end. "In a moment, we'll talk to that pilot who heroically crash-landed his plane into Maureen Dowd." That was funny.

well being in NYC I still have issues with crashing planes into things...

re: #3 freetoken

In other news, WND is suing the White House Press Corps.

I wish that were an Onion headline, but it's not.

Yes, WND is really trying to sue the WH Press Corp because, well, I guess the press just isn't being wingnutty enough.

Google link?

re: #5 brookly red

well being in NYC I still have issues with crashing planes into things...

Me too. It was a good gag line, but it should only be a gag.

re: #6 Dark_Falcon

It's WND's headline story.

re: #7 Dark_Falcon

Me too. It was a good gag line, but it should only be a gag.

Okay, I'll pull up.

re: #8 freetoken

It's WND's headline story.

They're irritated that they didn't get three table at the Press Club Dinner on May 1st. The Press Club only let them buy 1 table. Lame, very lame.

Army to Court Martial Nirther....

From NBC's Jim Miklaszewski and Mark Murray
U.S. military officials tell NBC News that the U.S. Army will court martial a lieutenant colonel who refuses to deploy to Afghanistan because he considers orders from President Obama to be "illegal."

re: #11 Thanos

Finally, some serious goddamn action.

re: #11 Thanos

Army to Court Martial Nirther...

again, I am snarkless...

re: #10 Dark_Falcon

Amazing, isn't it? Yet it's their top story. And just because they couldn't buy all the tables they wanted then the headline reads "WH Press Corps doing Obama's bidding".

re: #11 Thanos

Army to Court Martial Nirther...

Good. That sort of crap needs to be landed on fast and hard. It's the only way.

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

I was just reading a great piece on the one soldier Eisenhower executed for desertion in WWII. Just one guy, Eddie Slovik.

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

Good. That sort of crap needs to be landed on fast and hard. It's the only way.

I tend to agree... but having said that the discovery phase will be interesting.

re: #16 Obdicut

I was just reading a great piece on the one soldier Eisenhower executed for desertion in WWII. Just one guy, Eddie Slovik.

I've read about that too. It seems it was done at least partially "pour encourager les autres".

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

It was, but it was also a case of-- by the book, we could have executed far more deserters. But we didn't want to, because we're not that kind of society. Whereas Hitler was executing thousands.

It was definitely done somewhat symbolically, and he was chosen as an example-- but it wasn't because there was any particular axe to grind against him personally.

Just a short rant about science journalism, and especially science press releases: they tend to be poorly written and full of errors.

Put in the spin-offs a link to an important announcement today about exoplanets. Good science news and worthy of reporting, but the actual PR linked has little errors here and there that really ought to have been caught before release.

re: #19 Obdicut

It was, but it was also a case of-- by the book, we could have executed far more deserters. But we didn't want to, because we're not that kind of society. Whereas Hitler was executing thousands.

It was definitely done somewhat symbolically, and he was chosen as an example-- but it wasn't because there was any particular axe to grind against him personally.

That's my feeling as well. It was tragic case in the classical sense, though: Slovik fell on his own misdeeds. It's shame that he had to pay the full freight like he did, but someone had to. An army needs to maintain discipline, and sometimes that means executing a deserter.

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

I liked the end. "In a moment, we'll talk to that pilot who heroically crash-landed his plane into Maureen Dowd." That was funny.

HEY! I like Maureen Dowd.

And my dad has a crush on her.

re: #19 Obdicut

And he wrote an incriminating note and refused to destroy it even when given the chance-- he wanted life in a stockade. But you don't get to choose what the court gives you.

It's a sad story, but it shows how incredibly rare harsh punishment was in the Army.

re: #19 Obdicut

It was, but it was also a case of-- by the book, we could have executed far more deserters. But we didn't want to, because we're not that kind of society. Whereas Hitler was executing thousands.

It was definitely done somewhat symbolically, and he was chosen as an example-- but it wasn't because there was any particular axe to grind against him personally.

Well, not in any political way, but weather the offense is theft, corruption, assault or homicide or slander at some point society needs to make some examples to remain credible. IMO.

Nothing like a little Onion to relax after a hard day of Nid slaying. Me and my brother just beat Dawn of War 2 on Captain difficultly, we more of less skull f***ed the Alpha Hive Tyrant, it was glorious, the guy just walked towards us and we pumped him full of plasma, never even ran out of invulnerability...

Congratulations to Buck, current undisputed Champion of the bottom comments.

re: #25 jamesfirecat

Nothing like a little Onion to relax after a hard day of Nid slaying. Me and my brother just beat Dawn of War 2 on Captain difficultly, we more of less skull f***ed the Alpha Hive Tyrant, it was glorious, the guy just walked towards us and we pumped him full of plasma, never even ran out of invulnerability...

yes that does sound like a hard day...

re: #26 JasonA

Yeah, there should be some sort of award when any given poster corners the entire bottom 10 to himself.

President Obama had another accomplishment at the nuclear summit. He got Kazakhstan to open its airspace so our troops going to Afghanistan can fly direct - in 12 hours from Chicago, instead of having to fly to Germany first. That's not a small accomplishment.

re: #25 jamesfirecat

James, in polite society, one doesn't mentioning having coitus with an eye socket.

re: #26 JasonA

Congratulations to Buck, current undisputed Champion of the bottom comments.

That was quite a spat.

re: #24 brookly red

Well, not in any political way, but weather the offense is theft, corruption, assault or homicide or slander at some point society needs to make some examples to remain credible. IMO.

That's true. In this case he had no choice: you're right that an example had to be made. In war, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one.

re: #30 Obdicut

James, in polite society, one doesn't mentioning having coitus with an eye socket.

Additionally, he should have written "My brother and I" not "Me and my brother"

re: #29 darthstar

President Obama had another accomplishment at the nuclear summit. He got Kazakhstan to open its airspace so our troops going to Afghanistan can fly direct - in 12 hours from Chicago, instead of having to fly to Germany first. That's not a small accomplishment.

That is indeed a victory. I give Barack Obama credit; On this he did indeed succeed.

re: #33 darthstar

Additionally, he should have written "My brother and I" not "Me and my brother"

Where's Cato when we really need him?

Lincoln was known for pardoning deserters.

re: #34 Dark_Falcon

That is indeed a victory. I give Barack Obama credit; On this he did indeed succeed.

You can see why Fox felt it was important to cut away from his press conference so viewers wouldn't miss one second of Glenn Beck's program (though in Fox's defense, Beck fans would likely come throw rocks at their offices if they ever gave the president top billing over Beck).

re: #35 JasonA

Well, I said 'mentioning' instead of 'mention', so I should get some mockery too.

re: #37 darthstar

Yeah, his opiniutainment is so much more important than news.

re: #38 Obdicut

Well, I said 'mentioning' instead of 'mention', so I should get some mockery too.

*Nelson Muntz voice*

Hah Hah!

re: #11 Thanos

Lakin refused this week to report to Fort Campbell, KY for deployment to Afghanistan, but instead showed up at the Pentagon, where he was confronted by his brigade Commander Col. Gordon Roberts, a Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient.

[SNIP]

Larkin is a an Army surgeon. This conspiracy monger's selfishness re: the nirth certifikat could very well put more lives in peril on the front-lines by his refusing deployment.

re: #37 darthstar

You can see why Fox felt it was important to cut away from his press conference so viewers wouldn't miss one second of Glenn Beck's program (though in Fox's defense, Beck fans would likely come throw rocks at their offices if they ever gave the president top billing over Beck).

Sad but true. They don't like to cut out any of Beck's show, because his fans are quite devoted (and by devoted I mean "crazy").

re: #41 Slumbering Behemoth

[SNIP]

Larkin is a an Army surgeon. This conspiracy monger's selfishness re: the nirth certifikat could very well put more lives in peril on the front-lines by his refusing deployment.

I don't think they should let him practice medicine at Walter Reed. Have him do grunt work at 29 Palms all summer, where it's 115 degrees outside. You're a soldier, you do what you're told.

re: #43 darthstar

They saying goes, "The Army can't make you do anything but it can sure as hell make you wish that you had."

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

Sad but true. They don't like to cut out any of Beck's show, because his fans are quite devoted (and by devoted I mean "crazy").

Yeah having Beck's fans like you is riding like a tiger... oh wait that's suppose to be what Obama's job is like.

Having Beck's fans like you is like smoking while refusing your car...

re: #45 jamesfirecat

Having Beck's fans like you is like smoking while refusing your car...

Gentleman, what is this?

re: #44 Obdicut

They saying goes, "The Army can't make you do anything but it can sure as hell make you wish that you had."

My point exactly. No reason to give this fucker an easy ride while he's awaiting court martial.

Okay, Giants/Pirates. First pitch is a steeeerike!

re: #45 jamesfirecat

Yeah having Beck's fans like you is riding like a tiger... oh wait that's suppose to be what Obama's job is like.

Having Beck's fans like you is like smoking while refusing your car...

Thanks for the change. It's important not to insult the graceful and poised tiger by comparing it (or any other cat) to the clownish Beck.

re: #46 Obdicut

Gentleman, what is this?

It's like peanut-butter while refusing your sandwich.

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

Sad but true. They don't like to cut out any of Beck's show, because his fans are quite devoted (and by devoted I mean "crazy").

And by "crazy" we mean "dangerously insane".

re: #50 darthstar

I am so fucking lost right about now.

I see the words, but any meaning just slips past my brain. Luckily, it kind of tickles as it goes, so I"m laughing.

re: #51 SteelPH

And by "crazy" we mean "dangerously insane".

And by "dangerously insane" we mean they're cukoo for coco puffs, cukoo for coco puffs!

re: #43 darthstar

I have no idea what they'll do with him, dishonorable discharge, whatever.

I do know he is a decorated Army surgeon, and that our men and women (and anyone else our military doctors would treat) may quite possibly be at greater risk because of his birther nonsense.

re: #49 Dark_Falcon

Thanks for the change. It's important not to insult the graceful and poised tiger by comparing it (or any other cat) to the clownish Beck.

What about this one?

(I'll bet chicks just love this guy)

re: #52 Obdicut

I am so fucking lost right about now.

I see the words, but any meaning just slips past my brain. Luckily, it kind of tickles as it goes, so I"m laughing.

If you smoke while refulling your car, then there's a chance some of the flaming ash from your cigar will end up coming into contact with some of the gas/gas fumes, and then....

Not that I'm recommending it, but discussions about military discipline always bring decimation to mind.

re: #48 Sionainn

In general, Charles frowns on direct links to crazy places, preferring to use a google cache link to it as well. You can get that on google by searching for the webpage address, minus the HTTP:// part, with cache: preceding it. So, like cache:www.yahoo.com.

re: #56 jamesfirecat

If you smoke while refulling your car, then there's a chance some of the flaming ash from your cigar will end up coming into contact with some of the gas/gas fumes, and then...

Refueling? Oh, that's what you meant...you had 'refusing'.

Obama: US can't force Mideast peace deal
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
14/04/2010 01:39
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama said no matter how hard he tries, Israel and the Palestinians may give up on a US-brokered peace deal.

Giving a surprisingly downbeat assessment Tuesday, Obama says peace remains a vital goal. But he says that US pressure can't succeed if the Israelis and Palestinians themselves conclude they don't want an agreement.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Duh...it only takes one side not to agree, Mr. President.
And that one side is the side who just cannot bring themselves to even recognize Israel's right to exist.
Israel OTOH has always wanted a peace agreement.

re: #56 jamesfirecat

Oh. By refusing, and refulling, you mean refueling.

Thank you, James, you keep me young.

re: #44 Obdicut

Hey Obdi, Happy coming Nuptials and move. I have one piece of entrepreneurial advice and that is that the customer does not know your struggles. Portray only confidence to them and you will be 35% ahead. The customers do not know the difference. I think it is called "flying by the seat of your pants".
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re: #60 darthstar

Refueling? Oh, that's what you meant...you had 'refusing'.

Well I also wrote "riding like a tiger" instead of "like riding a tiger" so clearly my mind was somewhere else at the time.

re: #55 darthstar

photoshop

re: #64 jamesfirecat

Well I also wrote "riding like a tiger" instead of "like riding a tiger" so clearly my mind was somewhere else at the time.

Minimize the porn window while you're talking to us.

re: #62 Obdicut

Oh. By refusing, and refulling, you mean refueling.

Thank you, James, you keep me young.

hmmm, & there I thought it was some kinda code...

Happy Birthday Charles..May you have many many more..
You know.. I have always said the Birthday holiday is the best.. It's the only holiday that is just for you..Nobody else in History..Every other Holiday is for someone or something else...
Charles got lucky..He could have been born April 15th.. You know those parties are a bummer on tax day..
Christmas babies are always messed over.. Who can compete with Baby Jesus? Any Birthday on a Holiday is hell on earth i suppose..You know the crazy aunt bringing you a bottle of wine for Thanksgiving and last year's fruit bread...
New years day would be OK cause everybody is going to get drunk anyway...
By noon everybody would be buying you crap with their credit card..
/

re: #65 Naso Tang

photoshop

Can they photoshop Beck to make him look less crazy?

re: #66 JasonA

Minimize the porn window while you're talking to us.

He already did that. His problem is that his computer keys are sticking.

//

re: #59 Obdicut

In general, Charles frowns on direct links to crazy places, preferring to use a google cache link to it as well. You can get that on google by searching for the webpage address, minus the HTTP:// part, with cache: preceding it. So, like cache:www.yahoo.com.

Thanks for the tip. Sorry about that. I usually won't even go to the crazy places myself and just read what people cut and paste from those sites. Too bad I can't go back and edit it out.

re: #69 Dark_Falcon

Can they photoshop Beck to make him look less crazy?

careful what you ask for....

re: #63 prairiefire

Thanks very much. I just had my meeting with HR and I am totally free to take any contracts I want and use the contacts I've built at the company to reach out to potential clients, so I've got that going for me.

I basically just have to decide how quickly I want to try to ramp things up; should I give it awhile with just myself working so I can figure out the business financial flow part, or should I jump in with a small number of subcontractors/employees? I'm leaning towards giving myself time to learn.

re: #65 Naso Tang

photoshop

I hope so. That's a seriously stupid tattoo otherwise. Though it is at a stupid tat site.
[Link: thehostages.wordpress.com...]

re: #3 freetoken

Anyone who thinks Whirled Nuts Doily is real news seriously needs to see a psychiatrist.

As for that WND thing... I want to laugh at them, I really do, but I'm afraid I don't know enough about these sorts of things to tell if they've been genuinely wronged. Would someone help me with this cumbersome conscience thing?

re: #71 Sionainn

It's no big. It's considered a courtesy to Charles to use the 'report' button-- the exclamation point-- any any post you make that you realize in retrospect might not be in the best taste or might be a site that doesn't deserve to get any traffic pushed to it. That way, if he wants to, he'll delete it-- and he won't hold it against you.

re: #61 Spare O'Lake

Duh...it only takes one side not to agree, Mr. President.
And that one side is the side who just cannot bring themselves to even recognize Israel's right to exist.
Israel OTOH has always wanted a peace agreement.

Better status quo than more land for peace deals :(

re: #70 Dark_Falcon

He already did that. His problem is that his computer keys are sticking.

//

Pfft! What an amateur. He needs get one of these keyboards. They work great.
/

re: #77 Obdicut

It's no big. It's considered a courtesy to Charles to use the 'report' button-- the exclamation point-- any any post you make that you realize in retrospect might not be in the best taste or might be a site that doesn't deserve to get any traffic pushed to it. That way, if he wants to, he'll delete it-- and he won't hold it against you.

Okay, I appreciate it.

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

I liked the end. "In a moment, we'll talk to that pilot who heroically crash-landed his plane into Maureen Dowd." That was funny.

Lol.

Ooh, look. Somebody managed to sweep the bottom ten again.

re: #3 freetoken

In other news, WND is suing the White House Press Corps.

I wish that were an Onion headline, but it's not.

Yes, WND is really trying to sue the WH Press Corp because, well, I guess the press just isn't being wingnutty enough.

How do you do that? Is the press corps an entity? Or are they suing each individual member?

re: #82 EmmmieG

Ooh, look. Somebody managed to sweep the bottom ten again.

I think he'll have that fine distinction for awhile!

re: #73 Obdicut

As much output as I have read you can produce, I think you could perhaps produce at the rate of income you need for your household by yourself for about 2-3 months. Logistics can be a bitch in NYC, and you always know where you are!

Plus, you will need to be tough and screen out all the past meth heads. Be Tough!!!

re: #82 EmmmieG

Ooh, look. Somebody managed to sweep the bottom ten again.

With a little help from yours truly. I had to engage in some cruel mercy of updinging post I had previously downdinged, but I felt it was a good cause for someone who spent so much of the afternoon being so aggressively wrong.

Ain't I a stinker?

re: #85 prairiefire

I have the pleasure that a lot of people I've worked with in the past, who I know and trust, have said they'd be interested in working for me. Including my current boss, which is funny.

re: #30 Obdicut

Socket to me baby!

re: #58 EmmmieG

Not that I'm recommending it, but discussions about military discipline always bring decimation to mind.

Old cartoon--nine guys in Roman military gear standing around looking at the tenth guy on the ground. One of them says "Hey! This decimation thing isn't too bad."

re: #78 marjoriemoon

Better status quo than more land for peace deals :(

A man's got to know his limitations.
- Harry Callahan

re: #88 Irenicum

Black humor: good sign!

re: #86 jamesfirecat

With a little help from yours truly. I had to engage in some cruel mercy of updinging post I had previously downdinged, but I felt it was a good cause for someone who spent so much of the afternoon being so aggressively wrong.

Ain't I a stinker?

Yep, Bugs, you are.

The soft eventide of April 13, A.D. 2010 on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. Towercam, Pacific time zone.

Sanity break.

& Join the Modern Whigs too.

re: #87 Obdicut

Excellent! All pre-screening done. What about bricks and mortar capacity? Can the work be completed and submitted in the cyber world?

re: #93 Ojoe

Blue!

re: #66 JasonA

Yeah, it also frees up both of your hands.
///

It's very rare that I execute perfect bbq but the Big Green Egg smiled upon me tonight and blessed me with perfect pork chops. Wahoo!

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re: #73 Obdicut

I think you are going to hit it out of the Park! Congrats on your future success, Obdi. Take a bite out of Manhattan.

re: #99 prairiefire

I think you are going to hit it out of the Park! Congrats on your future success, Obdi. Take a bite out of Manhattan.

Just don't let it bite first!

re: #69 Dark_Falcon

Like this? I think this is the sanest I've seen ol' Becky.

re: #101 Irenicum

Like this? I think this is the sanest I've seen ol' Becky.

He fits the "mad as a hatter" motif very well.

Another part of the GOP base leaving the party, the military.

military.

re: #102 Dark_Falcon

But instead of drinking tea, he's passing out kool-aid.
/DECLINE! TYRANNY! OLIGARHY!

re: #86 jamesfirecat

You wascally wabbit!

re: #104 Slumbering Behemoth

But instead of drinking tea, he's passing out kool-aid.
/DECLINE! TYRANNY! OLIGARHY!

GOOOLLLDDD

re: #103 avanti

Another part of the GOP base leaving the party, the military.

military.

If that isn't a sign that something's rotten in the state of Denmark I don't know what is.

re: #103 avanti

Aiding and abetting racists will do that for ya.

re: #103 avanti

An exclusive survey of some 1,800 active-duty troops shows the percentage of self-identified Republicans has decreased by one-third since 2004, from 60 percent to 41 percent, while the percentage of self-identified independents has nearly doubled to 32 percent during the same period.

These career-oriented officers and mid-grade and senior enlisted members are still far more conservative than liberal, but they are less likely today to identify with the GOP, the survey shows.

Much of the shift appears to have occurred only very recently, with the percentage of troops identifying themselves as Republican dropping nine percentage points from 2008 to 2009 and the percentage of those calling themselves independents increasing 10 points over the same period.

Interesting.

re: #106 Varek Raith

don't you wish the damn thing wouldn't truncate to just 3 letters in a row?

re: #110 windsagio

don't you wish the damn thing wouldn't truncate to just 3 letters in a row?

YES
:D

re: #109 Killgore Trout

Interesting.

Course the big question is which way will they vote? Will they still vote GOP while calling themselves something else, will they go over the blue side, will they just sit out the entire thing? Only time will tell....

re: #11 Thanos

Army to Court Martial Nirther...

Confronted by his Brigade Commander ... Gordon Ray Roberts, Medal of Honor Recipient. Right there is a certain level of justice...

Bust that light bird to private, give him a year in the stockade & a dishonorable discharge.

William

re: #110 windsagio

don't you wish the damn thing wouldn't truncate to just 3 letters in a row?

No!

re: #113 wlewisiii

Confronted by his Brigade Commander ... Gordon Ray Roberts, Medal of Honor Recipient. Right there is a certain level of justice...

Bust that light bird to private, give him a year in the stockade & a dishonorable discharge.

William

No, give him 5 years. An example needs to be made.

re: #112 jamesfirecat

Course the big question is which way will they vote? Will they still vote GOP while calling themselves something else, will they go over the blue side, will they just sit out the entire thing? Only time will tell...

Well, if Republicans continue down the Ron Paul/Libertarian/America Empire path (which I suspect they will) this could result in a significant change.
/Change!

re: #116 Killgore Trout

I think this November is gonna be pretty damn interesting. The "May you live in interesting times" kind of interesting.

re: #116 Killgore Trout

BUY GOLD!!

It's hard to fathom how highly educated people (That army guy was apparently a MD) can believe the conspiracy stories ---- scary in a way

re: #115 Dark_Falcon

No, give him 5 years. An example needs to be made.

Oh, but a dishonorable discharge is a hard example. You are barely a citizen after that. You can't vote, you can't own a firearm, you can't hold office, you can't hold most professional licenses (he's a doctor, remember. He can't work.)

His life would be over.

I like that thought.

William

Heh, I just said absafrikkinlutely on my FB age. Cool.

re: #97 Killgore Trout

It's very rare that I execute perfect bbq but the Big Green Egg smiled upon me tonight and blessed me with perfect pork chops. Wahoo!

The big green egg? Please do explain?

re: #117 Slumbering Behemoth

I think this November is gonna be pretty damn interesting. The "May you live in interesting times" kind of interesting.

It's not going to be the kind of watershed that the Republican party seems to think that it's going to be, IMO.

The Dems are going to loose seats, absolutely no doubt about it. They had too damn good a year and picked up some whodathunk Congressional seats for them not to lose some of them without a strong set of coat-tails.

However, Rs are going to lose some seats, too. I see this as much more an anti-incumbent year than a pro-Republican year.

Speaking of gold bugs, Pat Buchanan has found a way to link the recent tragedy of the death of the Polish leadership to yet another essay to try and show England and France were wrong to declare war on Germany.

re: #118 freetoken

BUY GOLD!!

NO, SEEDS WILL BE WORTH MORE, I SAW THE CHART ON BECK !

re: #117 Slumbering Behemoth

I think this November is gonna be pretty damn interesting. The "May you live in interesting times" kind of interesting.

Well, there was a congressional election today, in Florida. Guess which party won? (remember: Health Care Reform just passed, and America hates it...so this is an indictment of Obama's unpopularity).

Second big hint: Fox news probably didn't report the results of the election.

Dunno if this was discussed yet, but it's the strange and terrible outrageous outrage I've discovered while wandering Greater Wingnuttia today: Obama attends non-existent soccer game!

American Stinker appears to be suggesting Obama slipped off to do something nefarious:

[...]Another problem is that when the press pool got close to the reported location, they were told that Obama was leaving and to turn around. The press pool complied, but why? Wouldn't they have wanted a photo of him, even leaving the event, to formally document his whereabouts? What's also suspect is the very casual, nothing-to-see-here tone of the Time article.

Something is most definitely wrong. The President of the United States venturing out to a soccer game that didn't exist in a high-crime area.

Nice. I wonder what they are worried about?

Oh, here's the cache link-- sorry.

[Link: webcache.googleusercontent.com...]

re: #126 darthstar

Well, there was a congressional election today, in Florida. Guess which party won? (remember: Health Care Reform just passed, and America hates it...so this is an indictment of Obama's unpopularity).

Second big hint: Fox news probably didn't report the results of the election.

Okay, okay...enough suspense:

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Democratic state Sen. Ted Deutch on Tuesday handily won the first U.S. House race since Congress passed President Barack Obama's massive health care overhaul.

With 59 percent of precincts reporting, Deutch had 62 percent of the vote compared to 36 percent for Republican underdog Ed Lynch. No-party candidate Jim McCormick trailed far behind with just 3 percent. The Associated Press called the race just about two hours after the polls closed.

re: #127 iceweasel

Yo! Nice to see you here.
How's NYC's spring?
And Jimmah!

re: #123 ~Fianna

"loose seats" is a malady I've struggled with for years, I'll have you know. And I don't appreciate the reminder!
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re: #120 wlewisiii

Oh, but a dishonorable discharge is a hard example. You are barely a citizen after that. You can't vote, you can't own a firearm, you can't hold office, you can't hold most professional licenses (he's a doctor, remember. He can't work.)

His life would be over.

I like that thought.

William

Works for me.

re: #118 freetoken

BUY GOLD!!

Need to hire a Soccer announcer to yell "Buy GOOOLLLDDD~!"

re: #124 freetoken

Speaking of gold bugs, Pat Buchanan has found a way to link the recent tragedy of the death of the Polish leadership to yet another essay to try and show England and France were wrong to declare war on Germany.

He's really pissed we won that war, isn't he?

re: #130 Floral Giraffe

Yo! Nice to see you here.
How's NYC's spring?
And Jimmah!

Hey cutie! Fabulous here! What's shakin? We did a little wandering around Central Park the other day. :)

re: #124 freetoken

Speaking of gold bugs, Pat Buchanan has found a way to link the recent tragedy of the death of the Polish leadership to yet another essay to try and show England and France were wrong to declare war on Germany.

That man is an elephant's ass.

re: #136 Dark_Falcon

That man is an elephant's ass.

Yes. A very big one.

re: #135 iceweasel

Hey cutie! Fabulous here! What's shakin? We did a little wandering around Central Park the other day. :)

Spring means so much more, where you have a real winter!
SNOW! COLD. YUCK!
Hope you're having a fine time!
Do they have paddle boats in Central Park?

re: #136 Dark_Falcon

That man is an elephant's ass.

Elephant's are wonderful creatures! Why would you compare them to Pat Buchanan?

re: #123 ~Fianna

I have a feeling it may turn out worse for the GOP than even their detractors suspect.

As far as my "interesting times" comment goes, I was thinking more of the potential shit slinging bloodbath the campaigns may turn out to be, than the actual outcome of the elections.

re: #138 Floral Giraffe

Spring means so much more, where you have a real winter!
SNOW! COLD. YUCK!
Hope you're having a fine time!
Do they have paddle boats in Central Park?

NO. WINTER BETTER!
POLLEN. ALLERGIES. YUCK!
:P

re: #127 iceweasel

Dunno if this was discussed yet, but it's the strange and terrible outrageous outrage I've discovered while wandering Greater Wingnuttia today: Obama attends non-existent soccer game!

American Stinker appears to be suggesting Obama slipped off to do something nefarious:

Nice. I wonder what they are worried about?

The president is slipping off to score dime bags!!!

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re: #138 Floral Giraffe

Spring means so much more, where you have a real winter!
SNOW! COLD. YUCK!
Hope you're having a fine time!
Do they have paddle boats in Central Park?

All kinds of stuff!

How's it going FG? Hope you're well!

re: #139 freetoken

Elephant's are wonderful creatures! Why would you compare them to Pat Buchanan?

Only the ass part. The whole elephant is obviously much nicer and more intelligent than Pat Buchanan.

re: #118 freetoken

Gooold!!!

re: #94 prairiefire

Excellent! All pre-screening done. What about bricks and mortar capacity? Can the work be completed and submitted in the cyber world?

Yes, it's all digital. I can literally do it from a Starbucks, though my cats will prefer that I do it at home.

re: #127 iceweasel

Dunno if this was discussed yet, but it's the strange and terrible outrageous outrage I've discovered while wandering Greater Wingnuttia today: Obama attends non-existent soccer game!

American Stinker appears to be suggesting Obama slipped off to do something nefarious:

Nice. I wonder what they are worried about?

Found on the net:

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bbbustard [Moderator] 4 hours ago
Amazing... Am Thinker links you to the Athletic Schedule for grades 7 and up to prove no soccer game. But the President's daughters are in the third and the sixth grade. They claim that it was in a dangerous neighborhood - in fact it's one of the safest in D.C. They show a google picture to show how bad a neighborhood it really is. When google took the photo there was construction in the area. The view that they show on Am Thinker is only available if the President were to have climbed into the dumpster parked nearby.
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Tom_Maguire [Moderator] 58 minutes ago
I am putting the kibosh on this speculation - there was a youth soccer league game scheduled at that park for 9AM Saturday. The teams were age and gender appropriate."

re: #122 Floral Giraffe

The big green egg? Please do explain?

[Link: www.biggreenegg.com...]
It's a rather expensive but very nifty bbq.

re: #139 freetoken

Elephant's are wonderful creatures! Why would you compare them to Pat Buchanan?

I have to compare him to some type of ass. So I'm going to compare him to the biggest ass possible.

re: #142 SanFranciscoZionist

The president is slipping off to score dime bags!!!

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That's exactly what the commenters are saying:

Posted by: NaperBille
Apr 13, 01:47 AM
A man with a self-admitted history of "doing a little blow" heads off to a high crime area without his homies. Sounds like the famous Obama's stash needed restocking.

Posted by: VHG
Apr 13, 02:14 AM
What better courier for state secrets to the Russians than an unaccompanied Obama? Wonder how much he got for whatever it is he sold us down the river for? But the ego this person has really has begin to show itself as an ugly attachment and what he thinks of the United States and his duty to the country. Pressure the media to find out more. Keep asking the WaPo, NY Times, and the rest of the fawning media lapdogs to dig! Maybe Tina Fey can do an Obama parody?

Posted by: gordo
Apr 13, 12:27 AM
Maybe he went to meet his pusher? George Soros? Vladimir Putin? Bill Ayers? The one thing I know for sure is that the MSM isn't going to tell us a thing.

Posted by: Emudude
Apr 13, 12:53 AM
It is believed that he went to the Kenyan Embassy to stop the Kenyan Parliament Minutes of March 25, 2010 from being released or at least have it pulled by the Embassy People there. Page 31 of the Document states that he was Born in Kenya and that he is not a Native American. This Document is all over the web now.

re: #147 avanti

Found on the net:

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bbbustard [Moderator] 4 hours ago
Amazing... Am Thinker links you to the Athletic Schedule for grades 7 and up to prove no soccer game. But the President's daughters are in the third and the sixth grade. They claim that it was in a dangerous neighborhood - in fact it's one of the safest in D.C. They show a google picture to show how bad a neighborhood it really is. When google took the photo there was construction in the area. The view that they show on Am Thinker is only available if the President were to have climbed into the dumpster parked nearby.
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Tom_Maguire [Moderator] 58 minutes ago
I am putting the kibosh on this speculation - there was a youth soccer league game scheduled at that park for 9AM Saturday. The teams were age and gender appropriate."

Tom McGuire? Is that from the moderate voice?

re: #127 iceweasel

Nice. I wonder what they are worried about?

I know exactly what happened, but keep this under your hat...

He was selling crack to school children, while dressed as a nun.

re: #150 iceweasel

What better courier for state secrets to the Russians than an unaccompanied Obama? Wonder how much he got for whatever it is he sold us down the river for?

The... the Russians?

re: #150 iceweasel

Hello, Ice! i think Michelle is the only drug Barack needs. Hope you and Jimmah are well.

Stewart just did a nice segment. I didn't know Exxon paid 15 billion in taxes... all to other countries. Huh.

re: #149 Dark_Falcon

I have to compare him to some type of ass. So I'm going to compare him to the biggest ass possible.

That would probably be the rear end of Argentinosaurus.

Suitable it is, to compare Buchanan to something extinct from Argentina.

re: #152 Slumbering Behemoth

Why on earth would a comment on a Heavy Metal video be:

You got that right ...along with Tim Geithner, Hank Paulson and the rest of the slime at Goldman Sachs. Hanging IS too good for them. ;-) 8 months ago

Fuckin' youtube, filled with morons.

re: #151 iceweasel

Tom McGuire? Is that from the moderate voice?

He said kibosh?

Ooo Tea Party bit on the Daily Show.

re: #129 darthstar

Wait, isn't that area predominantly populated by the elderly? And aren't the elderly known to vote regularly, in huge numbers? And aren't they the exact demographic who would be against Obama's death panels?

All I am left to ask is, how is it that ACORN could so successfully suppress the elderly vote when ACORN doesn't even exist anymore?
/we need a new boogyman, STAT!

re: #153 Obdicut

The... the Russians?

Yeah, the majority of the commenters say he was meeting a drug dealer, a few say it was the Russians, but the rest believe he was seekritly moving his Kenyan birth certificate. (Not kidding.)

Posted by: JanevonMises
Apr 13, 07:45 AM
He ditches the press lackeys and Lady M, and goes away for about 41 minutes. No soccer game is scheduled, the field is abandoned, the press is told to turn around. Sounds like he had to meet his connection alright. Maybe a little storm blew in from Bolivia, maybe a little local "agriculture".

BTW, you are not allowed to smoke TOBACCO in the White House. Rules don't say anything about anything else. Where were his kids?

Posted by: amerigal1
Apr 13, 07:55 AM
We have every reason in the world to suspect something foul when obama disappears like this. It's not the first time. Obviously he didn't want the press corps following and photographing him. Since there was no verifiable "soccer game," his leaving the WH like that is provocative. He's hidden his documents and most of his history. He doesn't care about the process of how things get done......he said so himself. What was he "getting done" this time?

Posted by: tresdogs
Apr 13, 08:34 AM
Just about enough time to score a dime bag.

Posted by: stormywthr
Apr 13, 08:10 AM
Since Emudude has brought up the topic, I would add that if Obama has found a place to hide he better keep it a secret, he may want to return there.
The Hansard reports that “Obama born in Kenya”. (March 25, 2010, page 31.) [www. bunge.go.ke]
In fact this record of the Kenya Parliament has revealed much about the great love and devotion that the Kenyan people have for their “son of Kenya”. The records of November 5, 2008 and March 25, 2010 alone are evidence enough suggesting that Obama has a great connection with the African country. [www.bunge.go.ke] And should not the question be asked, will the Kenya government ask to see and examine Obama’s long form birth certificate now under seal?

re: #148 Killgore Trout

[Link: www.biggreenegg.com...]
It's a rather expensive but very nifty bbq.

It looks neat. Sorry for those thoughts I had!
LOL!

re: #140 Slumbering Behemoth

This Public Policy Polling post/poll is interesting:[Link: publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com...]

re: #161 iceweasel

HAHAHAHA! Moronic wingnuts are moronic.

re: #149 Dark_Falcon

I have to compare him to some type of ass. So I'm going to compare him to the biggest ass possible.

If you call him a "Behemoth's ass", I am so gonna put a turd in your mailbox. :)

re: #161 iceweasel
Or...

Image: cat-internet-failure.jpg

re: #159 JasonA

Ooo Tea Party bit on the Daily Show.

Tea Partiers, you don't need Republicans, they're just an incredibly vocal minority!

re: #164 Varek Raith

HAHAHAHA! Moronic wingnuts are moronic.

These comments are KILLING ME!

Posted by: IAmDagny
Apr 13, 09:18 AM
The President of the United States doesn't personally buy his own drugs. He sends someone to do that for him. No. This was an activity that required his personal, physical presence. Ockham's Razor is screaming "sex". Given Barry's storied history at the Man's Country bathhouse on the North side of Chicago . . . .

Posted by: DHSreallybugsme
Apr 13, 08:57 AM
Didn't Hilary and Barry take a trip to Chantilly VA last June or so, after she sent the press corps by plane somewhere else? I think Barry met his true handlers and was briefed on the 'agenda'. Sneaky snake.

Thesis, Antithesis, and now Synthesis: both a drug run AND a seekrit meeting to compromise national security!

Posted by: sccdc08
Apr 13, 09:46 AM
I think we are being led down a rabbit hole. This administration is very good at creating red herrings. What ever happened during that time, we would need to look at something bigger than just where the president was, and why the press corps was lured away, and why none of the players seem interested in truth. The commentators who mention that the heads of several important nations were in town, and that Poland's highest officials had just died, are most likely onto something. If this is indeed a nice neighborhood, rather than a bad one, I think that hints at a secret meeting, rather than a drug run. But it could have been both. Imagine how much blackmail power a foreign country could have in the white house is they were the supplier for POTUS. But life isn't a Tom Clancy novel. Beware the red herring.

The Wingularity is nigh, o my LGF droogies!

"Ockham's Razor is screaming "sex". "

Rotating title?

re: #151 iceweasel

Tom McGuire? Is that from the moderate voice?

No, found it
here.

BTW, not positive why he ditched the press, but not likely that is was some nefarious purpose.

re: #157 Obdicut

Why on earth would a comment on a Heavy Metal video be:

Fuckin' youtube, filled with morons.

Long ago I decided I wasn't gonna read youtube comments unless I needed to feel better about myself, like a confidence booster.

re: #148 Killgore Trout

[Link: www.biggreenegg.com...]
It's a rather expensive but very nifty bbq.

This is what I'm going to surprise my wife with when we finally find a house

La Cornue

Love their ranges and ovens.

re: #168 iceweasel

The Wingularity is nigh, o my LGF droogies!

Why, you think the POTUS sneaking out for a crack run is a bit of a stretch ?/

re: #171 Slumbering Behemoth

Long ago I decided I wasn't gonna read youtube comments unless I needed to feel better about myself, like a confidence booster.

I don't read them because it would make me press the red button to blast the Earth into oblivion.
;)

re: #172 darthstar

This is what I'm going to surprise my wife with when we finally find a house

La Cornue

Love their ranges and ovens.

Damn, that thing looks serious.

Hey, if Cato stops by, my nic is blue. Should get some sleep before tomorrow's Dr.'s appt. (for some reason I couldn't do the whole sekrit Lizard reverse email thingamajiggydoohickybobaloo, so hopefully he can) G'nite fellow lizards!

re: #169 iceweasel

Seconded, only if the misspelling is kept.

I get the feeling that "IAmDagny" wouldn't recognize Occam's Razor if it shaved his dog.

re: #103 avanti

The Modern Whig PArty was started by veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters.

re: #168 iceweasel

The Prez is a gay drug addict! Yuk yuk!

re: #177 Slumbering Behemoth

Seconded, only if the misspelling is kept.

I get the feeling that "IAmDagny" wouldn't recognize Occam's Razor if it shaved his dog.

OK, I have to say that one made me laugh! Now g'nite!

re: #174 Varek Raith

Don't do it!

re: #181 Slumbering Behemoth

Don't do it!

Classic episode!
:D

re: #182 Varek Raith

"Don't forget to scrub where the sun don't shine!"

re: #177 Slumbering Behemoth

Seconded, only if the misspelling is kept.

I get the feeling that "IAmDagny" wouldn't recognize Occam's Razor if it shaved his dog.

I'm guessing it's a she. Isn't the main character from Atlas Shrugged named Dagny?

re: #184 JasonA

I'm guessing it's a she. Isn't the main character from Atlas Shrugged named Dagny?

Ah, Atlas Shrugged. Twilight for wingnuts.

re: #185 Renaissance_Man

Ah, Atlas Shrugged. Twilight for wingnuts.

Never read it. If I'm going to sit down with a book that big it better have dragons in it. Or be written by a Russian.

re: #185 Renaissance_Man

Nutterdammerungen

re: #184 JasonA

I wouldn't know. I was fortunate enough not to have my mind poisoned by Rand as a teen. Instead, I chose to poison it with King, Lovecraft, and Orwell.

re: #186 JasonA

Never read it. If I'm going to sit down with a book that big it better have dragons in it. Or be written by a Russian.

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers

I'm sure someone's posted that quote here before, but it's good enough to repeat.

re: #189 Renaissance_Man

Yeah, that line's given me a laugh before :)

re: #150 iceweasel

So stupid. Thankfully, you gave me a tool to explain their emotions:

re: #154 prairiefire

Hello, Ice! i think Michelle is the only drug Barack needs. Hope you and Jimmah are well.

Hey prairie! Agreed. How are you? Hope you and your honey are well!

re: #131 Irenicum

"loose seats" is a malady I've struggled with for years, I'll have you know. And I don't appreciate the reminder!
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ouch. I hate it when I do stupid things like that.

Would someone please remind me which witch is which?

re: #193 ~Fianna

ouch. I hate it when I do stupid things like that.

Would someone please remind me which witch is which?

I have a loose seat...never get into an elevator with me.

re: #150 iceweasel

So would they like him better if he were Native American rather than black?

//inquiring minds want to know.

re: #185 Renaissance_Man

Ah, Atlas Shrugged. Twilight for wingnuts.

I think you're my new BFF.

May I have your permission to use that quote to torment the Objectivist nut I work with?

re: #188 Slumbering Behemoth

I wouldn't know. I was fortunate enough not to have my mind poisoned by Rand as a teen. Instead, I chose to poison it with King, Lovecraft, and Orwell.

So what exactly would happen if Cthulu had Two Minutes Hate in 'Salem's Lot?

re: #194 darthstar

I have a loose seat...never get into an elevator with me.

Thanks for the tip. :)

re: #197 ~Fianna

Human 1: "Crap, I think I see a group of vampires over there".

Human 2: "Quick, lets rush over there and see if we can't blend in".

Vampires: "Screw you guys, get the fuck away from us. Cthulhu is looking to eat mortal souls, and we don't want to get caught up in the mix.

Human 2: "C'mon, just let us hide out with you for a couple of minutes 'til this blows over".

Vampires: "FOAD, snack food. We're getting as far away from you warm-bloods as possible".

re: #196 ~Fianna

I think you're my new BFF.

May I have your permission to use that quote to torment the Objectivist nut I work with?

By all means.

When a culture haunted by modesty issues is infested with big government, the latter will at some point attempt to control your orgasms. This piece of footage illustrates how it does transform the surveillance that is corrupting it into a sexual assault against its inhabitants. Where there is no sexual self-determination there can be no self-determination of the soul as well, and one persons ultimate pornography is another persons worst abuse, or vice versa.