1 | erik_t Mon, Jul 2, 2012 3:57:25pm |
Achievement unlocked: unbutton pants while unlocking front door.
(dies)
(spontaneously combusts)
It's hot out there, y'all.
2 | Kid A Mon, Jul 2, 2012 3:58:51pm |
Just to comment on an earlier post- The fact that Anderson Cooper came out today and announced he was gay, and the reaction was "Yaaaawwwwnnn..." speaks volumes about how far we have come as a nation, especially the last twenty years towards respect and acceptance (I detest the word 'tolerance') to the LGBT community. My sister is twenty-one, and someone being gay to her is like being left-handed; no one gives a shit anymore, thank god.
3 | Kragar Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:03:08pm |
re: #2 How Am I Gonna Get My Sixty Goals??!!
no one gives a shit anymore, thank god.
No one whose opinion matters anyways
6 | erik_t Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:09:38pm |
7 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:10:13pm |
re: #5 Killgore Trout
Thanks for the update.
YW. Yeah, I can't stand bologna science. People jumping the gun on this and coming to conclusion without any valid science or even coming close to telling the truth. Such as the complete falsehood that Tifton 85 is a GM product.
8 | jaunte Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:11:12pm |
Lou Beach:
THE POND froze over last night, black pane frosted, framed by a stubble of cattail and brush. A blackbird sways on a stalk of swamp weed, the red and yellow patch on his shoulder his rank, little corporal. Geese fly overhead, big V honking south. Jesse and I bring the old skiff back to the barn. She wants to buy some red paint, give the boat a facelift. I say why spend the money, we’ve got grey paint right here.
[Link: www.loubeach.com...]
9 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:18:30pm |
re: #2 How Am I Gonna Get My Sixty Goals??!!
Just to comment on an earlier post- The fact that Anderson Cooper came out today and announced he was gay, and the reaction was "Yaaawwwnnn..." speaks volumes about how far we have come as a nation, especially the last twenty years towards respect and acceptance (I detest the word 'tolerance') to the LGBT community. My sister is twenty-one, and someone being gay to her is like being left-handed; no one gives a shit anymore, thank god.
You know. I thought he was already "out". Maybe it was something he said once which made me assume that he was gay.
10 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:21:32pm |
Rut roh.
Confirmed by @DavidCornDC: Romney invested in medical waste firm that disposed of aborted fetuses. motherjones.com/politics/2012/...— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) July 2, 2012
11 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:23:05pm |
Evening Lizardim from the absurdly hot wild north country. Summer is in full swing and the Twin Cities broke a temperature record that has stood since 1911. What's new on the front lines of the war on derp?
12 | Kid A Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:24:19pm |
re: #9 Gus
You know. I thought he was already "out". Maybe it was something he said once which made me assume that he was gay.
Gus, I don't think so, though I could be wrong. However, most have "assumed" that he is gay for years, kind of the same way Michael Stipe has been "assumed" for being gay as well. I still don't think Stipe has ever come out either.
13 | Kragar Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:24:28pm |
re: #10 Gus
Rut roh.
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No biggee, we aren't supposed to pay attention to what he did in his Bain Capital days.
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15 | Killgore Trout Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:25:29pm |
Officials: Iranians targeted Israeli, US interests
Two Iranians who led authorities to a cache of explosives after their arrest planned to attack Israeli, U.S., British or Saudi targets inside Kenya, officials told The Associated Press on Monday.
The two are believed to be members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, an elite and secretive unit that acts against foreign interests, one of the officials said.
16 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:27:03pm |
re: #11 thedopefishlives
Evening Lizardim from the absurdly hot wild north country. Summer is in full swing and the Twin Cities broke a temperature record that has stood since 1911. What's new on the front lines of the war on derp?
How hot is it?
17 | Achilles Tang Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:27:04pm |
Those Finns know how to celebrate summer, for sure.
18 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:27:38pm |
19 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:30:11pm |
re: #12 How Am I Gonna Get My Sixty Goals??!!
Gus, I don't think so, though I could be wrong. However, most have "assumed" that he is gay for years, kind of the same way Michael Stipe has been "assumed" for being gay as well. I still don't think Stipe has ever come out either.
[Link: www.towleroad.com...]
20 | jaunte Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:30:16pm |
re: #10 Gus
In 1995, Stericycle was fined $3.3 million—later decreased to $800,000—by Rhode Island for knowingly exposing workers to life-threatening diseases at its medical-waste treatment facility in Woonsocket. Two years later, workers at another of its medical-waste processing plants in Morton, Washington, were exposed to tuberculosis.[Link: www.motherjones.com...]
I hear Romney is nice to his own family.
21 | Kid A Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:33:47pm |
22 | Killgore Trout Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:33:52pm |
Obama requests correction, denied
FactCheck to Obama Camp: Your Complaint is All Wet
The Obama campaign complains that we got a key fact wrong in our June 29 article, “Obama’s ‘Outsourcer’ Overreach.” We strongly disagree. We find the Obama campaign’s evidence to be weak or non-existent, and contrary to statements Romney has made on official disclosure forms under pain of federal prosecution.
The Obama complaint claims we erred in saying Mitt Romney gave up active management of Bain Capital in early 1999 to run the 2002 Winter Olympics, insisting we were then wrong in saying Romney was not responsible for shipping U.S. jobs overseas.
In fact, if the Obama campaign were correct, Romney would be guilty of a federal felony by certifying on federal financial disclosure forms that he left active management of Bain Capital in February 1999.
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The Obama campaign’s objections are contained in a six-page letter sent to us (and — without notice to us — to other news organizations as well). It cobbles together selective news snippets and irrelevant securities documents in an attempt to show that Romney was still running Bain Capital on a part-time basis while he was also running the Olympics committee.In a nutshell, the Obama campaign is all wet on this point.
23 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:35:07pm |
re: #20 jaunte
I hear Romney is nice to his own family.
No doubt he has some excuse. That's Romney. Always coming up with excuses.
24 | Killgore Trout Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:35:13pm |
re: #20 jaunte
I hear Romney is nice to his own family.
Meh, Given the past history of these kinds of stories this one will probably end up being various shades of not true and/or not important.
25 | allegro Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:36:00pm |
re: #20 jaunte
I hear Romney is nice to his own family.
Yeah, shoving their faces into food and stuff and laughing. Such a cut-up.
27 | erik_t Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:36:48pm |
re: #24 Killgore Trout
Meh, Given the past history of these kinds of stories this one will probably end up being various shades of not true and/or not important.
A more intellectually lazy casual dismissal could not be penned. You get a gold star.
29 | Interesting Times Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:42:09pm |
re: #21 How Am I Gonna Get My Sixty Goals??!!
Except Seamus the dog.
Slow news day so far. In the meantime enjoy this photo: twitter.com/Path2Enlighten...— Path2Enlightenment (@Path2Enlighten) July 2, 2012
30 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:43:10pm |
FYI, my @TheLastWord interview is tentatively scheduled for 10:45 PM, but I'd tune in for the whole thing just to be safe.— Jonathan Krohn (@JonathanLKrohn) July 2, 2012
31 | Kid A Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:45:53pm |
Let's see here, shall we?
1.) Obama's HC plan was damn near identical to Romney's when Mitt was Governor.
NO IT WASN'T!!!"
2.) Romney said repeatedly in his campaign for Governor of Massachusetts that he supported a woman's right to an abortion.
LIES! LIES! MORE LIBRUL-MEDIA LIES!!!
3.) Romney wrote an opinion piece for the WSJ claiming that the auto bailout (started by President George W. Bush, I might add) would destroy the American auto industry.
RUSH LIMBAUGH SAID IT WAS A SLUSH FUND FOR THE UNIONS, SO WHAT???!!!
Just checking, wingnuts, carry on.
32 | Charles Johnson Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:47:16pm |
Conservatives love this joke.
Remember when Anderson Cooper thought "teabagging" was hysterical? No comment.— benshapiro (@benshapiro) July 2, 2012
Can @andersoncooper give us his expert opinion on teabagging now? ow.ly/bXQvT— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) July 2, 2012
33 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:47:48pm |
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Conservatives love this joke.
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Are you freaking serious. Have these people no shame?
34 | Kid A Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:48:50pm |
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Conservatives love this joke.
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I fully expect Brent Bozell to never be invited as a guest on Fox News ever again.
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35 | dragonfire1981 Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:49:37pm |
re: #34 How Am I Gonna Get My Sixty Goals??!!
I fully expect Brent Bozell to never be invited as a guest on Fox News ever again.
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I was about to question you but then I noticed the tags. :P
36 | Kid A Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:50:18pm |
re: #33 thedopefishlives
Are you freaking serious. Have these people no shame?
What a bunch of fucking assholes.
37 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:50:24pm |
:)
The Tom Crruise and Anderson Cooper stories show how invaluable Twitter is at spreading information people already knew.— Andy Borowitz (@BorowitzReport) July 2, 2012
38 | dragonfire1981 Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:50:27pm |
Oh yeah, people would TOTALLY buy this:
Firm develops ink that slowly disappears off pages of books
Because I never feel like loaning someone a book three months after I buy it...
39 | allegro Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:52:04pm |
re: #22 Killgore Trout
Obama requests correction, denied
FactCheck to Obama Camp: Your Complaint is All Wet
The Stericycle deal—the abortion connection aside—is relevant because of questions regarding the timing of Romney's departure from the private equity firm he founded. Responding to a recent Washington Post story reporting that Bain-acquired companies outsourced jobs, the Romney campaign insisted that Romney exited Bain in February 1999, a month or more before Bain took over two of the companies named in the Post's article. The SEC documents undercut that defense, indicating that Romney still played a role in Bain investments until at least the end of 1999.
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Another SEC document filed November 30, 1999, by Stericycle also names Romney as an individual who holds "voting and dispositive power" with respect to the stock owned by Bain. If Romney had fully retired from the private equity firm he founded, why would he be the only Bain executive named as the person in control of this large amount of Stericycle stock?
...
But the document Romney signed related to the Stericycle deal did identify him as a participant in that particular deal and the person in charge of several Bain entities. (Did Bain and Romney file a document with the SEC that was not accurate?) Moreover, in 1999, Bain and Romney both described his departure from Bain not as a resignation and far from absolute. On February 12, 1999, the Boston Herald reported, "Romney said he will stay on as a part-timer with Bain, providing input on investment and key personnel decisions." And a Bain press release issued on July 19, 1999, noted that Romney was "currently on a part-time leave of absence"—and quoted Romney speaking for Bain Capital. In 2001 and 2002, Romney filed Massachusetts state disclosure forms noting he was the 100 percent owner of Bain Capital NY, Inc.—a Bain outfit that was incorporated in Delaware on April 13, 1999—two months after Romney's supposed retirement from the firm. A May 2001 filing with the SEC identified Romney as "a member of the Management Committee" of two Bain entities. And in 2007, the Washington Post reported that R. Bradford Malt, a Bain lawyer, said Romney took a "leave of absence" when he assumed the Olympics post and retained sole ownership of the firm for two more years.
40 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:52:14pm |
re: #38 dragonfire1981
Oh yeah, people would TOTALLY buy this:
Firm develops ink that slowly disappears off pages of books
Because I never feel like loaning someone a book three months after I buy it...
Sounds perfect for written media produced by the MPAA/RIAA.
41 | Kid A Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:52:59pm |
Keep it classy, Ben!!!
Tom Cruise divorces Katie Holmes. Anderson Cooper comes out as gay. Coincidence?— benshapiro (@benshapiro) July 2, 2012
42 | Usually refered to as anyways Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:53:47pm |
re: #38 dragonfire1981
Oh yeah, people would TOTALLY buy this:
Firm develops ink that slowly disappears off pages of books
Because I never feel like loaning someone a book three months after I buy it...
I didn't read the article, but I'd call it a fax, or a shopping receipt.
I think they are late on that invention.
43 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:56:45pm |
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Conservatives love this joke.
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That must be an example of "center right" humor.
44 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:57:20pm |
45 | goddamnedfrank Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:58:17pm |
re: #38 dragonfire1981
Oh yeah, people would TOTALLY buy this:
Firm develops ink that slowly disappears off pages of books
Because I never feel like loaning someone a book three months after I buy it...
What's to stop someone from cutting the spine off and running the pages through a duplexing batch scanner w/OCR?
46 | dragonfire1981 Mon, Jul 2, 2012 4:59:07pm |
Remember how I said that many more states would follow Jindal's Louisiana lead and move to NOT implement Obamacare?
It seems the dam is starting to burst:
Republicans in at least 4 states want to abandon Medicaid expansion after high court ruling
Republicans in at least four states want to abandon an expansion of Medicaid in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, and more than a dozen other states are considering it in the wake of the Supreme Court decision removing the threat of federal penalties.
The high court upheld most of Obama’s law, but the justices said the federal government could not take away states’ existing federal Medicaid dollars if they refused to widen eligibility to include adults who are only slightly above the poverty line. Some Republican governors and lawmakers quickly declared that they would not carry out the expansion.
The states considering whether to withdraw from the expansion include presidential battlegrounds Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
Of course this article doesn't include mention Louisiana. In addition, it appears my home state of Mississippi will also opt out and Texas may be soon to follow.
I suspect it will be a long, long, LONG time before we see much meaningful impact from the ACA as it relates to the medicaid expansion and the individual mandate.
47 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:00:02pm |
Fuck you, Twitchy dot com, until you shit on this piece of shit: mediaite.com/online/brent-b... #p2 #tcot @twitchyteam and fuck you even then.— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) July 2, 2012
48 | Gus Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:01:03pm |
re: #47 Gus
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Which leads to:
Brent Bozell On Anderson Cooper Being Gay: ‘Can [He] Give Us His Expert Opinion On Teabagging Now?’
by Andrew Kirell | 1:52 pm, July 2nd, 2012
49 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:04:43pm |
Why do I think Anderson Cooper came-out a long time ago. I read the headline and said, "well yes, this is so last year or something". Like I thought it was old news.
50 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:06:09pm |
Also, is it just me, or are the RightWingWhacko's really into Junior High Boy jokes? Bodily functions really seem to fascinate them (as they do all men) and they talk about them in "polite" company well past the age they should know better.
51 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:07:40pm |
re: #50 ggt
Also, is it just me, or are the RightWingWhacko's really into Junior High Boy jokes? Bodily functions really seem to fascinate them (as they do all men) and they talk about them in "polite" company well past the age they should know better.
It's because they never grew up.
52 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:08:30pm |
53 | allegro Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:09:42pm |
re: #49 ggt
Why do I think Anderson Cooper came-out a long time ago. I read the headline and said, "well yes, this is so last year or something". Like I thought it was old news.
I did, too. Maybe we have a marketable talent for precognition?
54 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:11:11pm |
re: #53 allegro
I did, too. Maybe we have a marketable talent for precognition?
Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one!
55 | goddamnedfrank Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:12:03pm |
re: #46 dragonfire1981
Remember how I said that many more states would follow Jindal's Louisiana lead and move to NOT implement Obamacare?
It seems the dam is starting to burst:
Republicans in at least 4 states want to abandon Medicaid expansion after high court ruling
Of course this article doesn't include mention Louisiana. In addition, it appears my home state of Mississippi will also opt out and Texas may be soon to follow.
I suspect it will be a long, long, LONG time before we see much meaningful impact from the ACA as it relates to the medicaid expansion and the individual mandate.
Many poor red staters are going to suffer due to their Governors refusing to expand Medicaid. The question is will they recognize it.
57 | Interesting Times Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:15:06pm |
re: #55 goddamnedfrank
Many poor red staters are going to suffer due to their Governors refusing to expand Medicaid. The question is will they recognize it.
They'll blame it on gay marriage.
58 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:15:41pm |
Out to mow the back 40. Be back later.
59 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Mon, Jul 2, 2012 5:16:48pm |
re: #55 goddamnedfrank
Many poor red staters are going to suffer due to their Governors refusing to expand Medicaid. The question is will they recognize it.
Honestly, I don't see Louisiana being able to administrate anymore than they are (not) already administrating without additional corruption and waste.
People complain about Illinois and Chicago politics --by Louisianna politics is even beyond that.