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Wednesday Grinch Open Comments

Well, let’s look at the situation:
1) Our economy is in the crapper
2) The Middle East situation is heating up
3) It becomes even more public how Obama feels about our ally (Israel) in Middle East
4) We have #Occuliars smelling up parks all over the country, displacing the homeless and causing untold lost dollars for businesses in those areas, further hindering the economic recovery
AND NOW…
Obama authorizes a new tax – on CHRISTMAS TREES!

President Obama’s Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas trees—the Christmas Tree Tax—to support a new Federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees.

I mean – really? REALLY?! With our world going into major swirl mode, we have to tax a season of joy – to market a season of joy?
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134 responses to “Wednesday Grinch Open Comments”

  1. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Good wissin morning y’all
    firsticus!

  2. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Good wissin morning y’all
    firsticus!

  3. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Can we tax really stupid bureaucrats? ‘Cause if we could we could balance the budget!

  4. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Can we tax really stupid bureaucrats? ‘Cause if we could we could balance the budget!

  5. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Got these from a friend:

    A little old lady who had lost her marbles was running up and down the halls in a nursing home.
    As she walked, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say “Supersex.”
    She walked up to an elderly man in a wheelchair, flipping her gown at him, she said, “Supersex.”
    He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, “I’ll take the soup.”

    80-year old Bessie bursts into the rec room at the retirement home. She holds her clenched fist in the air and announces,”Anyone who can guess what’s in my hand can have sex with me tonight!!”
    An elderly gentleman in the rear shouts out, “An elephant?”
    Bessie thinks a minute and says, “Close enough.”

    And my favorite:

    Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.
    One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, “Now don’t get mad at me… I know we’ve been friends for a long time but I just can’t think of your name.. I’ve thought and thought, but I can’t remember it. Please tell me what your name is.”
    Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, “How soon do you need to Know?”

  6. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Got these from a friend:

    A little old lady who had lost her marbles was running up and down the halls in a nursing home.
    As she walked, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say “Supersex.”
    She walked up to an elderly man in a wheelchair, flipping her gown at him, she said, “Supersex.”
    He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, “I’ll take the soup.”

    80-year old Bessie bursts into the rec room at the retirement home. She holds her clenched fist in the air and announces,”Anyone who can guess what’s in my hand can have sex with me tonight!!”
    An elderly gentleman in the rear shouts out, “An elephant?”
    Bessie thinks a minute and says, “Close enough.”

    And my favorite:

    Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.
    One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, “Now don’t get mad at me… I know we’ve been friends for a long time but I just can’t think of your name.. I’ve thought and thought, but I can’t remember it. Please tell me what your name is.”
    Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, “How soon do you need to Know?”

  7. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Drudge lede:

    “First Lady: Being married to Barack is ‘scary’…”

    Just think what it’d be like married to her…

  8. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Drudge lede:

    “First Lady: Being married to Barack is ‘scary’…”

    Just think what it’d be like married to her…

  9. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #4 Pyro-flamer:
    from earlier this am on yesterdays page:

    I’m sure the feeling is mutual.

    “I mean this is scary,” she said. “Shoot, being married to Barack Obama?

    I ask you, what could possibly be scarier than being married to the wookie and have her mother-wookie living with you?

  10. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #4 Pyro-flamer:
    from earlier this am on yesterdays page:

    I’m sure the feeling is mutual.
    “I mean this is scary,” she said. “Shoot, being married to Barack Obama?
    I ask you, what could possibly be scarier than being married to the wookie and have her mother-wookie living with you?

  11. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #3 TT: In the elderly humor vein, I shall re-post:
    FROM MY INBOX:

    IF MY BODY WERE A CAR…

    If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model. I’ve got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull ….
    But that’s not the worst of it.

    My headlights are out of focus and it’s especially hard to see things up close

    My traction is not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and bump into things even in the best of weather.

    My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins.

    It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed. My fuel rate burns inefficiently.

    But here’s the worst of it —

    Almost every time I sneeze, cough or sputter, either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires!

    I don’t need to cough, sneeze or sputter, breathing makes me backfire.

  12. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #3 TT: In the elderly humor vein, I shall re-post:
    FROM MY INBOX:

    IF MY BODY WERE A CAR…
    If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model. I’ve got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull ….
    But that’s not the worst of it.
    My headlights are out of focus and it’s especially hard to see things up close
    My traction is not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and bump into things even in the best of weather.
    My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins.
    It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed. My fuel rate burns inefficiently.
    But here’s the worst of it —
    Almost every time I sneeze, cough or sputter, either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires!

    I don’t need to cough, sneeze or sputter, breathing makes me backfire.

  13. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Good thing they are all “holiday” trees now isn’t it. There aren’t any more Christmas trees anywhere in public are there?

  14. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Good thing they are all “holiday” trees now isn’t it. There aren’t any more Christmas trees anywhere in public are there?

  15. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    TT: Your O/C thread is nothing more than the foul “O” attempting to bribe xmas tree producers with the proceeds of the tax. It displays his utter contempt for the US populace. Does anyone other than DC Ds think that another tax will help anything or anyone other than those who get bribed with the proceeds? This, of course does not even take into account that the DC establishment is going to get their cut (prolly at least half) of any tax proceeds.

    I don’t ever put xmas trees in my house (in fact, I forbid them) and I still think the tax sux.

  16. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    TT: Your O/C thread is nothing more than the foul “O” attempting to bribe xmas tree producers with the proceeds of the tax. It displays his utter contempt for the US populace. Does anyone other than DC Ds think that another tax will help anything or anyone other than those who get bribed with the proceeds? This, of course does not even take into account that the DC establishment is going to get their cut (prolly at least half) of any tax proceeds.
    I don’t ever put xmas trees in my house (in fact, I forbid them) and I still think the tax sux.

  17. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Not as funny as your jokes but funny non-the-less

    http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/5minute_arguments/and_the_bleat_goes_on.php

    and they’re not all holiday trees
    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/atheists-angry-after-wis-gov-changes-holiday-tree-back-to-christmas-tree/

  18. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Not as funny as your jokes but funny non-the-less
    http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/5minute_arguments/and_the_bleat_goes_on.php
    and they’re not all holiday trees
    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/atheists-angry-after-wis-gov-changes-holiday-tree-back-to-christmas-tree/

  19. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    The Christmas tree tax is Obamanation’s way of getting back at Wisconsin.

  20. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    The Christmas tree tax is Obamanation’s way of getting back at Wisconsin.

  21. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I feel my muse struggling to get moving, but I have so much work to do… /whining

  22. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I feel my muse struggling to get moving, but I have so much work to do… /whining

  23. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Fannie Mae raids treasury for 7.8 billion dollars.

  24. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Fannie Mae raids treasury for 7.8 billion dollars.

  25. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #9 texanukian

    Not everyone agrees, though. The infamous Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group of atheists and “freethinkers,” doesn’t plan to let the change go unnoticed. Annie Laurie Gaylor, the group’s president, called the decision both rude and insensitive to non-Christians. Gaylor said:

    “The reason that it was turned into a holiday tree was to avoid this connotation that the governor chooses one religion over another. It’s essentially a discourtesy by the governor to announce that. He intends that to be a slight and a snub to non-Christians, otherwise he would not do it.”

    And this stupid bint doesn’t realize (or more likely, want to admit) that calling a Christmas tree a “holiday tree” effectively chooses one pitifully small group of malcontents over the vast majority of the public at large, a decision that is both rude and insensitive to non-Christians.

  26. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #9 texanukian

    Not everyone agrees, though. The infamous Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group of atheists and “freethinkers,” doesn’t plan to let the change go unnoticed. Annie Laurie Gaylor, the group’s president, called the decision both rude and insensitive to non-Christians. Gaylor said:

    “The reason that it was turned into a holiday tree was to avoid this connotation that the governor chooses one religion over another. It’s essentially a discourtesy by the governor to announce that. He intends that to be a slight and a snub to non-Christians, otherwise he would not do it.”

    And this stupid bint doesn’t realize (or more likely, want to admit) that calling a Christmas tree a “holiday tree” effectively chooses one pitifully small group of malcontents over the vast majority of the public at large, a decision that is both rude and insensitive to non-Christians.

  27. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Yields on Italian 10-year bonds exceed 7%.

    Perspective:
    German: 2.25%
    UK: 3.75%
    US: 2.125%
    Japan: 1.0%

    Italy’s annual deficit in 2009 was just shy of EUR1b. At 7.4%, that means it will cost them ~EUR74m every year just to finance this year’s deficit. The killer is the refinancing of existing debt.

    Italian debt = ~EUR2.4t

    If we assume they need to refinance 1/8 of their total debt every year, a 100bp increase in borrowing costs means they will spend an extra EUR3b every year. This amount compounds, so it would be EUR6b next year EUR9b the year after, &c. Of course, any new debt would be financed at the ~7.45 yield.

    I don’t know what their financing costs are right now, but let’s assume a weighted average borrowing cost of existing debt of 3.5%. That means Italy spends ~EUR84b per year on interest. If we use a GDP of ~EUR2t, that means their interest payments alone are about 4.2% of GDP. This will be increasing quickly as new debt is accumulated and existing debt is refinanced.

  28. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Yields on Italian 10-year bonds exceed 7%.
    Perspective:
    German: 2.25%
    UK: 3.75%
    US: 2.125%
    Japan: 1.0%
    Italy’s annual deficit in 2009 was just shy of EUR1b. At 7.4%, that means it will cost them ~EUR74m every year just to finance this year’s deficit. The killer is the refinancing of existing debt.
    Italian debt = ~EUR2.4t
    If we assume they need to refinance 1/8 of their total debt every year, a 100bp increase in borrowing costs means they will spend an extra EUR3b every year. This amount compounds, so it would be EUR6b next year EUR9b the year after, &c. Of course, any new debt would be financed at the ~7.45 yield.
    I don’t know what their financing costs are right now, but let’s assume a weighted average borrowing cost of existing debt of 3.5%. That means Italy spends ~EUR84b per year on interest. If we use a GDP of ~EUR2t, that means their interest payments alone are about 4.2% of GDP. This will be increasing quickly as new debt is accumulated and existing debt is refinanced.

  29. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Glenn Beck suggested to tax prayer rugs.

  30. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Glenn Beck suggested to tax prayer rugs.

  31. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TLC’s Duggar Family Criticized After Announcing 20th Child

    Whoohoo for 20!!! (The critics can cry me a river). After their second child, the Brammatis will have only 18 more to go. Duggards move over, the Brammatis are here.

    (Am I spelling Brammati correctly?)

  32. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TLC’s Duggar Family Criticized After Announcing 20th Child
    Whoohoo for 20!!! (The critics can cry me a river). After their second child, the Brammatis will have only 18 more to go. Duggards move over, the Brammatis are here.
    (Am I spelling Brammati correctly?)

  33. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    (Am I spelling Brammati correctly?)

    no

    OTOH, that’s never stopped you before.

  34. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    (Am I spelling Brammati correctly?)

    no
    OTOH, that’s never stopped you before.

  35. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    (Am I spelling Brammati correctly?)

    Yes, you are spelling “Brammati” correctly.

    However, that’s not the correct spelling of his name. /heh heh heh

  36. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    (Am I spelling Brammati correctly?)

    Yes, you are spelling “Brammati” correctly.
    However, that’s not the correct spelling of his name. /heh heh heh

  37. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Right around the corner…

    I like the ornament idea, myself.

    When the chilluns were little, I made an advent calendar from felt. I had a big blue felt background piece, and each day we added another felt character in the nativity scene. First we did the animals, then the angels, then Joseph and Mary, and finally the manger and Jesus.

  38. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Right around the corner…
    I like the ornament idea, myself.
    When the chilluns were little, I made an advent calendar from felt. I had a big blue felt background piece, and each day we added another felt character in the nativity scene. First we did the animals, then the angels, then Joseph and Mary, and finally the manger and Jesus.

  39. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Well, we started off the day at 55 and the breeze from overnight becoming stronger as the Sun rose. Will have to water the yard again and parts of the pastures the hoses can reach. Everybody who got rain yesterday won the lottery.

    Yea Governor Walker. Hope the Tyrants of the Minority in Wisconsin have a rollicking case of the vapors over the return of the Chrisrtmas tree to the Capitol rotunda. Also hope the tree doesn’t require guards to keep the Primordial Oozers from invading again to protest. But maybe the #Occupy fill in the blankers will hang on long enough to keep the Oozers busy.

  40. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Well, we started off the day at 55 and the breeze from overnight becoming stronger as the Sun rose. Will have to water the yard again and parts of the pastures the hoses can reach. Everybody who got rain yesterday won the lottery.
    Yea Governor Walker. Hope the Tyrants of the Minority in Wisconsin have a rollicking case of the vapors over the return of the Chrisrtmas tree to the Capitol rotunda. Also hope the tree doesn’t require guards to keep the Primordial Oozers from invading again to protest. But maybe the #Occupy fill in the blankers will hang on long enough to keep the Oozers busy.

  41. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    How long do you suppose it will take for a back pedal on the Chrsitmas tree tax? Congress, specifically the House, can take away funds for those who will implement it, and in the spirit of the season should royally skewer the idiots who dreamed this up.

  42. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    How long do you suppose it will take for a back pedal on the Chrsitmas tree tax? Congress, specifically the House, can take away funds for those who will implement it, and in the spirit of the season should royally skewer the idiots who dreamed this up.

  43. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    As if we needed any more evidence, the Justice Department gene pool needs a serious dose of chlorine. A more efficient method may be to drain the blasted thing and start over with an R admin.

  44. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    As if we needed any more evidence, the Justice Department gene pool needs a serious dose of chlorine. A more efficient method may be to drain the blasted thing and start over with an R admin.

  45. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #21 Miss Adee: Limbaugh just announced that JugEars has just killed the xmas tree tax.

  46. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #21 Miss Adee: Limbaugh just announced that JugEars has just killed the xmas tree tax.

  47. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Coming soon…
    A crèche nativity tax.

  48. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Coming soon…
    A crèche nativity tax.

  49. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    # 23 Bonecrusher
    Wow, fast move to back pedal from idiocy.

  50. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    # 23 Bonecrusher
    Wow, fast move to back pedal from idiocy.

  51. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Something just struck me (I can be a bit slow at times).

    Many (most) of the “occupy” rabble like to vilify “Big Oil”. I wonder how many of them realize their tents are made of either natural gas or oil?

  52. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Something just struck me (I can be a bit slow at times).
    Many (most) of the “occupy” rabble like to vilify “Big Oil”. I wonder how many of them realize their tents are made of either natural gas or oil?

  53. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #26 Pyro:

    Many (most) of the “occupy” rabble like to vilify “Big Oil”. I wonder how many of them realize their tents are made of either natural gas or oil?

    The fundamental issue is that liberal jack-holes are incapable of thinking beyond the first step; that is why they are liberal jack-holes.

  54. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #26 Pyro:

    Many (most) of the “occupy” rabble like to vilify “Big Oil”. I wonder how many of them realize their tents are made of either natural gas or oil?

    The fundamental issue is that liberal jack-holes are incapable of thinking beyond the first step; that is why they are liberal jack-holes.

  55. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    #26 Wagonburner

    RE: OWS products made from gas and oil.

    See the photo at this link. Her name is Tiffani and she is married to a Texas rig hand.

    Her poster explains why they are proud members of the 53%.

    James Delingpole of the London Telegraph saw this and mentioned it in his column.

    Here you can hear Tiffani from Texas interviewed.

  56. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #26 Wagonburner
    RE: OWS products made from gas and oil.
    See the photo at this link. Her name is Tiffani and she is married to a Texas rig hand.
    Her poster explains why they are proud members of the 53%.
    James Delingpole of the London Telegraph saw this and mentioned it in his column.
    Here you can hear Tiffani from Texas interviewed.

  57. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TT;

    So, is it, “Brammmati”?

    Wagon;

    I’m a lernin’

  58. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TT;
    So, is it, “Brammmati”?
    Wagon;
    I’m a lernin’

  59. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration says that any product that’s been ultra-filtered and no longer contains pollen isn’t honey. However, the FDA isn’t checking honey sold here to see if it contains pollen.

    Ultra filtering is a high-tech procedure where honey is heated, sometimes watered down and then forced at high pressure through extremely small filters to remove pollen, which is the only foolproof sign identifying the source of the honey. It is a spin-off of a technique refined by the Chinese, who have illegally dumped tons of their honey – some containing illegal antibiotics – on the U.S. market for years.

    This is a fascinating article on honey in the USA.

    Aggies are involved.

    •76 percent of samples bought at groceries had all the pollen removed, These were stores like TOP Food, Safeway, Giant Eagle, QFC, Kroger, Metro Market, Harris Teeter, A&P, Stop & Shop and King Soopers.

    •100 percent of the honey sampled from drugstores like Walgreens, Rite-Aid and CVS Pharmacy had no pollen.

    77 percent of the honey sampled from big box stores like Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Target and H-E-B had the pollen filtered out.

    •100 percent of the honey packaged in the small individual service portions from Smucker, McDonald’s and KFC had the pollen removed.

    •Bryant found that every one of the samples Food Safety News bought at farmers markets, co-ops and “natural” stores like PCC and Trader Joe’s had the full, anticipated, amount of pollen.

    Florida has come up with a legal standard and many other states, like Texas, are following their lead.

  60. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration says that any product that’s been ultra-filtered and no longer contains pollen isn’t honey. However, the FDA isn’t checking honey sold here to see if it contains pollen.
    Ultra filtering is a high-tech procedure where honey is heated, sometimes watered down and then forced at high pressure through extremely small filters to remove pollen, which is the only foolproof sign identifying the source of the honey. It is a spin-off of a technique refined by the Chinese, who have illegally dumped tons of their honey – some containing illegal antibiotics – on the U.S. market for years.

    This is a fascinating article on honey in the USA.
    Aggies are involved.

    •76 percent of samples bought at groceries had all the pollen removed, These were stores like TOP Food, Safeway, Giant Eagle, QFC, Kroger, Metro Market, Harris Teeter, A&P, Stop & Shop and King Soopers.
    •100 percent of the honey sampled from drugstores like Walgreens, Rite-Aid and CVS Pharmacy had no pollen.
    77 percent of the honey sampled from big box stores like Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Target and H-E-B had the pollen filtered out.
    •100 percent of the honey packaged in the small individual service portions from Smucker, McDonald’s and KFC had the pollen removed.
    •Bryant found that every one of the samples Food Safety News bought at farmers markets, co-ops and “natural” stores like PCC and Trader Joe’s had the full, anticipated, amount of pollen.

    Florida has come up with a legal standard and many other states, like Texas, are following their lead.

  61. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Spumoni

  62. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Spumoni

  63. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Chianti

  64. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Chianti

  65. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    #29 Darren

    B-R-A-M-A-N-T-I

  66. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #29 Darren
    B-R-A-M-A-N-T-I

  67. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #33 texpat
    There you go, ruinin’ our funnin’.

    buzzkill

  68. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #33 texpat
    There you go, ruinin’ our funnin’.
    buzzkill

  69. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    The Senate released a report that claims that on 1,800 separate occasions, the U.S. military or contractors have purchased electronics materials for defense systems that were either fake or poorly recycled.

    In some cases, defective chips made their way into critical U.S. weapons and navigation systems. The examples could provide a serious wake-up call to defense contractors and others involved in the military supply chain. In one instance highlighted by the Senate report, it was pointed out that, on September 8th, the defense contractor Raytheon notified the Navy of the following:

    “Counterfeit transistors had been found on a night vision or FLIR system used on the Navy’s SH-60B helicopters. If the FLIR system were to fail, the Navy said the helicopter would be unable to conduct surface warfare missions using Hellfire missiles.”

    If this problem continues, why not just make the parts in the US?

    ‘Made in China’: U.S. Military Finding Fake Chinese Electronics in Gear At Alarming Rate

  70. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    The Senate released a report that claims that on 1,800 separate occasions, the U.S. military or contractors have purchased electronics materials for defense systems that were either fake or poorly recycled.
    In some cases, defective chips made their way into critical U.S. weapons and navigation systems. The examples could provide a serious wake-up call to defense contractors and others involved in the military supply chain. In one instance highlighted by the Senate report, it was pointed out that, on September 8th, the defense contractor Raytheon notified the Navy of the following:

    “Counterfeit transistors had been found on a night vision or FLIR system used on the Navy’s SH-60B helicopters. If the FLIR system were to fail, the Navy said the helicopter would be unable to conduct surface warfare missions using Hellfire missiles.”

    If this problem continues, why not just make the parts in the US?
    ‘Made in China’: U.S. Military Finding Fake Chinese Electronics in Gear At Alarming Rate

  71. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #33;

    Thanx!

  72. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #33;
    Thanx!

  73. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Even some spumoni couldn’t make me budge

  74. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Even some spumoni couldn’t make me budge

  75. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #35 Darren: I am, like, so totally bummed that you don’t read my linkies, #44 yesterday:

    From a strategic standpoint, this is brilliant, from the Chinese perspective. The Chinese are not our allies and we will one day enter military conflict with them – directly or indirectly.
    From a moral and US national security perspective, it is a wissin nightmare. The Chinese are “sprinkling” counterfeit parts in our military orders, so now our military is forced to test each and every part to be sure that it meets all the specs; this drives up the cost and kills productivity. They have to test to be sure that a $200 weapons system/aircraft/etc is not brought down by the failure of a $2 part.

    Dude, I feel less than human.

  76. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #35 Darren: I am, like, so totally bummed that you don’t read my linkies, #44 yesterday:

    From a strategic standpoint, this is brilliant, from the Chinese perspective. The Chinese are not our allies and we will one day enter military conflict with them – directly or indirectly.
    From a moral and US national security perspective, it is a wissin nightmare. The Chinese are “sprinkling” counterfeit parts in our military orders, so now our military is forced to test each and every part to be sure that it meets all the specs; this drives up the cost and kills productivity. They have to test to be sure that a $200 weapons system/aircraft/etc is not brought down by the failure of a $2 part.

    Dude, I feel less than human.

  77. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Virginia invents The Next Big Thing.

    Fully-cooked turkey on the hoof.

  78. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Virginia invents The Next Big Thing.
    Fully-cooked turkey on the hoof.

  79. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    The fire occurred Tuesday night. No injuries were reported.

    Huh, tell that to the turkeys. 🙁

  80. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    The fire occurred Tuesday night. No injuries were reported.

    Huh, tell that to the turkeys. 🙁

  81. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    37
    You didn’t know that Dan Hicks was Texpat’s stage name, didya??

  82. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    37
    You didn’t know that Dan Hicks was Texpat’s stage name, didya??

  83. Dooood Avatar
    Dooood

    WB

    Quoted at Zerohedge from Barclays Bank institutional sales newsletter:

    Summary from Barclays Capital inst sales:

    1) At this point, it seems Italy is now mathematically beyond point of no return
    2) While reforms are necessary, in and of itself not be enough to prevent crisis
    3) Reason? Simple math–growth and austerity not enough to offset cost of debt
    4) On our ests, yields above 5.5% is inflection point where game is over
    5) The danger:high rates reinforce stability concerns, leading to higher rates
    6) and deeper conviction of a self sustaining credit event and eventual default
    7) We think decisions at eurozone summit is step forward but EFSF not adequate
    8/ Time has run out–policy reforms not sufficient to break neg mkt dynamics
    9) Investors do not have the patience to wait for austerity, growth to work
    10) And rate of change in negatives not enuff to offset slow drip of positives
    11) Conclusion: We think ECB needs to step up to the plate, print and buy bonds
    12) At the moment ECB remains unwilling to be lender last resort on scale needed
    13) But frankly will have hand forced by market given massive systemic risk

    Hint:Not Good.Sell EUR, Buy Gold

  84. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    WB
    Quoted at Zerohedge from Barclays Bank institutional sales newsletter:

    Summary from Barclays Capital inst sales:
    1) At this point, it seems Italy is now mathematically beyond point of no return
    2) While reforms are necessary, in and of itself not be enough to prevent crisis
    3) Reason? Simple math–growth and austerity not enough to offset cost of debt
    4) On our ests, yields above 5.5% is inflection point where game is over
    5) The danger:high rates reinforce stability concerns, leading to higher rates
    6) and deeper conviction of a self sustaining credit event and eventual default
    7) We think decisions at eurozone summit is step forward but EFSF not adequate
    8/ Time has run out–policy reforms not sufficient to break neg mkt dynamics
    9) Investors do not have the patience to wait for austerity, growth to work
    10) And rate of change in negatives not enuff to offset slow drip of positives
    11) Conclusion: We think ECB needs to step up to the plate, print and buy bonds
    12) At the moment ECB remains unwilling to be lender last resort on scale needed
    13) But frankly will have hand forced by market given massive systemic risk
    Hint:Not Good.Sell EUR, Buy Gold

  85. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    I do not have good feelings about this at all. The federal eas that was tested today was a failure. I was listening to Limbaugh when it happened and the voice over was on top of the alert signal. This was a take over of the broadcast signals. Now they want to be able to do the same thing with cell phones and the innanet.

    It would be interesting to see the agency undertaking something similar in partnerships with major Internet companies. Could it be possible for the Google logo to turn into an alert message? Or for Twitter’s promoted ads — which appear in user timelines — to be a message from FEMA?

    It may not be that long in the future for a truly integrated nationwide alert system. FEMA is working on an Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) that will employ all communication devices. Until then, though, if you want to be warned, tune into the television at 2 p.m.

    I do not trust the feds, particularly this bunch, with the power to broadcast a message to the populace on all methods of communication because if they can do that they can also shut it all down or force feed only the misinfo they want you to have.

  86. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I do not have good feelings about this at all. The federal eas that was tested today was a failure. I was listening to Limbaugh when it happened and the voice over was on top of the alert signal. This was a take over of the broadcast signals. Now they want to be able to do the same thing with cell phones and the innanet.

    It would be interesting to see the agency undertaking something similar in partnerships with major Internet companies. Could it be possible for the Google logo to turn into an alert message? Or for Twitter’s promoted ads — which appear in user timelines — to be a message from FEMA?
    It may not be that long in the future for a truly integrated nationwide alert system. FEMA is working on an Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) that will employ all communication devices. Until then, though, if you want to be warned, tune into the television at 2 p.m.

    I do not trust the feds, particularly this bunch, with the power to broadcast a message to the populace on all methods of communication because if they can do that they can also shut it all down or force feed only the misinfo they want you to have.

  87. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    oooooooooooooops I kilted the blog.

  88. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    oooooooooooooops I kilted the blog.

  89. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #44 And kilt it good, it’s still kilt.
    Tiffani rig worker’s wife item was worth it. Thanks to TexPat for posting that.

  90. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #44 And kilt it good, it’s still kilt.
    Tiffani rig worker’s wife item was worth it. Thanks to TexPat for posting that.

  91. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    HPD forced to deal with juvenile delinquents. These cops are so needed elsewhere at these hours. Greedy stupid self absorbed little twirps.

    http://occupyhouston.org/2011/11/8070/

  92. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    HPD forced to deal with juvenile delinquents. These cops are so needed elsewhere at these hours. Greedy stupid self absorbed little twirps.
    http://occupyhouston.org/2011/11/8070/

  93. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Anyone still thinking there is a punishment too severe for any involved in the Penn State sexual predator case let alone the sick bastard himself, just read page 7.

  94. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Anyone still thinking there is a punishment too severe for any involved in the Penn State sexual predator case let alone the sick bastard himself, just read page 7.

  95. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Like I said earlier, it’s an athletic complex. There had to have been a baseball bat around there somewhere.

  96. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Like I said earlier, it’s an athletic complex. There had to have been a baseball bat around there somewhere.

  97. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Even if you were the towel boy, you walk in and see what’s happening, the FIRST thing you do is call the cops. THEN you notify your supervisors. Everyone who knew about this and didn’t report it to the legal authorities is complicit.

  98. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Even if you were the towel boy, you walk in and see what’s happening, the FIRST thing you do is call the cops. THEN you notify your supervisors. Everyone who knew about this and didn’t report it to the legal authorities is complicit.

  99. phil Avatar
    phil

    Uh-duh-Uh-duh-uh-duh-uh Uh–campaign over.

  100. phil Avatar
    phil

    Uh-duh-Uh-duh-uh-duh-uh Uh–campaign over.

  101. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Yup. Toast.

  102. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Yup. Toast.

  103. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Rick needs to write notes on his hands like Sarah Palin was excoriated for by the LSM.

  104. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Rick needs to write notes on his hands like Sarah Palin was excoriated for by the LSM.

  105. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    This is a disgrace.

  106. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    This is a disgrace.

  107. phil Avatar
    phil

    As much as I dislike tRick, I almost felt serry for him.–Had he just said there are 3 agencies in all 57 states he’d get rid of he’d still be in good shape.

    Then it wouldn’t have mattered whether he named the third agency.

    Maybe he should’ve taken a whiff of his breathalyzer, uh I mean, uh his inhalator before he tried to name the three agencies.

  108. phil Avatar
    phil

    As much as I dislike tRick, I almost felt serry for him.–Had he just said there are 3 agencies in all 57 states he’d get rid of he’d still be in good shape.
    Then it wouldn’t have mattered whether he named the third agency.
    Maybe he should’ve taken a whiff of his breathalyzer, uh I mean, uh his inhalator before he tried to name the three agencies.

  109. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Paterno and the Penn State University President fired.

  110. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Paterno and the Penn State University President fired.

  111. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bone #38;

    Dude, I feel less than human.

    I think I read about every third or fourth post yesterday. It was a quick jump in and then out. I am a slow reader and so when I want to do a quick post I usually don’t read much. Though I will try to make an effort to read more of your posts. Overall I do like them. 🙂

  112. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bone #38;

    Dude, I feel less than human.

    I think I read about every third or fourth post yesterday. It was a quick jump in and then out. I am a slow reader and so when I want to do a quick post I usually don’t read much. Though I will try to make an effort to read more of your posts. Overall I do like them. 🙂

  113. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Bones, don’t take it so personally. You are a prolific poster, one of the best and surely one of the most ardent, but we all gots lives to live beyond the Couch.

  114. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Bones, don’t take it so personally. You are a prolific poster, one of the best and surely one of the most ardent, but we all gots lives to live beyond the Couch.

  115. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    You can buy The Lord ofthe Rings Extended Edition on Blu-Ray and brand new for about $78 at Amazon. You can, of course, pay $99 for the same discs at Best Buy. However, I just saw it ofor sale for $999.99 used from a seller on Amazon. Is that a deal or what?

  116. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    You can buy The Lord ofthe Rings Extended Edition on Blu-Ray and brand new for about $78 at Amazon. You can, of course, pay $99 for the same discs at Best Buy. However, I just saw it ofor sale for $999.99 used from a seller on Amazon. Is that a deal or what?

  117. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Rick needs to write notes on his hands like Sarah Palin was excoriated for by the LSM.

    🙂

  118. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Rick needs to write notes on his hands like Sarah Palin was excoriated for by the LSM.

    🙂

  119. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT #47;

    What if we believe they are all guilty? Do we still have to read page 7? 🙂

  120. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT #47;
    What if we believe they are all guilty? Do we still have to read page 7? 🙂

  121. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #50 & 51;

    Video: Perry implodes; Update: Campaign is over, says top fundraiser

    He’s down to 4.9 percent now on InTrade; before the debate he was at 9.3 percent. Remember two months ago when he was going to be the guy who saved us from Romney? Yeah.

    and

    Update: WaPo’s Aaron Blake tweets: “Top Perry fundraiser to me: ‘Perry campaign is over. Time for him to go home and refocus on being Gov of TX.’”

  122. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #50 & 51;
    Video: Perry implodes; Update: Campaign is over, says top fundraiser

    He’s down to 4.9 percent now on InTrade; before the debate he was at 9.3 percent. Remember two months ago when he was going to be the guy who saved us from Romney? Yeah.

    and

    Update: WaPo’s Aaron Blake tweets: “Top Perry fundraiser to me: ‘Perry campaign is over. Time for him to go home and refocus on being Gov of TX.’”

  123. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Up twinkles for the Board of Trustees at Penn State for dealing with their problem. Clean house and start over. Best way to restore your reputation, plus eliminates a lot of finger pointing. A number of firms, including government, could learn the proper way to deal with situations by studying this model. Responsibility and accountability properly acknowledged.

  124. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Up twinkles for the Board of Trustees at Penn State for dealing with their problem. Clean house and start over. Best way to restore your reputation, plus eliminates a lot of finger pointing. A number of firms, including government, could learn the proper way to deal with situations by studying this model. Responsibility and accountability properly acknowledged.

  125. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #56 Darren and #57 Mharper: That was supposed to be an example of hyperbole. Ifn I really took stuff too personally I would have left this couch a long time ago.

  126. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #56 Darren and #57 Mharper: That was supposed to be an example of hyperbole. Ifn I really took stuff too personally I would have left this couch a long time ago.

  127. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Quick! Somebody get a defibrillator this blogs a dying!

  128. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Quick! Somebody get a defibrillator this blogs a dying!

  129. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    The INCREDIBLE F-15 flies and safely lands after losing a wing. Watch the video!
    Joooooz Rule

  130. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The INCREDIBLE F-15 flies and safely lands after losing a wing. Watch the video!
    Joooooz Rule

  131. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    TEL AVIV, Israel – The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners. It’s an armored booth you step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your person.

    Israel sees this as a win-win situation for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling. It will also eliminate the costs of long and expensive trials.

    You’re in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion. Shortly thereafter, an announcement: “Attention to all standby passengers, El Al is proud to announce a seat available on flight 670 to London. Shalom!”

  132. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    TEL AVIV, Israel – The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners. It’s an armored booth you step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your person.
    Israel sees this as a win-win situation for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling. It will also eliminate the costs of long and expensive trials.
    You’re in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion. Shortly thereafter, an announcement: “Attention to all standby passengers, El Al is proud to announce a seat available on flight 670 to London. Shalom!”

  133. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Who’d a thunk it?? Oooooooooooooooooooooooooogo has been lying about his condition.

    President Hugo Chávez’s cancer is spreading faster than expected and his doctors fear that he may have only a few months left to live, a former U.S. government official said Wednesday, citing sources inside the Venezuelan government.
    “The international team of doctors in charge of treating Hugo Chávez’s cancer does not expect him to live more than six months,” said Roger Noriega, former U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States.
    Noriega’s opinion came in a column titled “Hugo Chávez’s Big Lie and Washington’s Apathy,” published on the Internet portal of Inter-American Security Watch.

  134. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Who’d a thunk it?? Oooooooooooooooooooooooooogo has been lying about his condition.

    President Hugo Chávez’s cancer is spreading faster than expected and his doctors fear that he may have only a few months left to live, a former U.S. government official said Wednesday, citing sources inside the Venezuelan government.
    “The international team of doctors in charge of treating Hugo Chávez’s cancer does not expect him to live more than six months,” said Roger Noriega, former U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States.
    Noriega’s opinion came in a column titled “Hugo Chávez’s Big Lie and Washington’s Apathy,” published on the Internet portal of Inter-American Security Watch.

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