Tuesday Open Comments

Worked very late last night.
Had to wrap wrist again this morning.
I’m opening the door, come on in.
Topic for discussion – can young children be labeled psychopaths?
Scary. Darn scary.

Comments

  1. Hamous Avatar

    Happy 3rd day of the week firsticus.

  2. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Happy 3rd day of the week firsticus.

  3. Hamous Avatar

    This is a great video (<5 min) to combat the lies of the left and expose the horrors of Obamacare.

  4. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This is a great video (<5 min) to combat the lies of the left and expose the horrors of Obamacare.

  5. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Kids have to be labeled something – autistic, bully, learning disabled, psycopath, whatever in order to justify their poor performance in basic school subjects. Couldn’t be the fault of the teachers or the administration or the idiotic policies they put in place – must be something wrong with the kids. Plus, they get extra money for extra programs to care for these degenerates and probably get referral fees to send them out for professional counseling. What a racket, but just one more of many.

  6. El Gordo Avatar

    Kids have to be labeled something – autistic, bully, learning disabled, psycopath, whatever in order to justify their poor performance in basic school subjects. Couldn’t be the fault of the teachers or the administration or the idiotic policies they put in place – must be something wrong with the kids. Plus, they get extra money for extra programs to care for these degenerates and probably get referral fees to send them out for professional counseling. What a racket, but just one more of many.

  7. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Close Encounters of the 1/32 Kind:

    It looks like he is not saying she is 1/32 Cherokee just that O.C. Sarah Smith, the person who had been claimed to be on the marriage certificate, was 1/32 of her ancestry.

    h/t powerlineblog.com

  8. Hamous Avatar

    Close Encounters of the 1/32 Kind:

    It looks like he is not saying she is 1/32 Cherokee just that O.C. Sarah Smith, the person who had been claimed to be on the marriage certificate, was 1/32 of her ancestry.

    h/t powerlineblog.com

  9. Tedtam Avatar

    #3 El Gordo

    While I agree with your point, if you read this article, you’ll see that these kids are in a class all by themselves. The article shows actual brain differences in these kids, not just the cold, calculating, manipulative behaviors.

  10. Tedtam Avatar

    #3 El Gordo
    While I agree with your point, if you read this article, you’ll see that these kids are in a class all by themselves. The article shows actual brain differences in these kids, not just the cold, calculating, manipulative behaviors.

  11. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Barry – The missing years.

    In the very early 1970s Davis met a young Barack Obama, whose mother had sent the boy to live with his grandparents in Hawaii. Obama’s grandfather, Stanley Armour Dunham, arranged for Davis to become the boy’s mentor and advisor. From approximately 1971-79, Davis had considerable influence on the young Obama, particularly during the last four of those years. (Notably, Davis once sat on a union-publicity committee with Chicago Sun-Times reporter Vernon Jarrett, father-in-law of Valerie Jarrett, the latter of whom would later become a close confidante and advisor to President Barack Obama).

  12. Hamous Avatar

    Barry – The missing years.

    In the very early 1970s Davis met a young Barack Obama, whose mother had sent the boy to live with his grandparents in Hawaii. Obama’s grandfather, Stanley Armour Dunham, arranged for Davis to become the boy’s mentor and advisor. From approximately 1971-79, Davis had considerable influence on the young Obama, particularly during the last four of those years. (Notably, Davis once sat on a union-publicity committee with Chicago Sun-Times reporter Vernon Jarrett, father-in-law of Valerie Jarrett, the latter of whom would later become a close confidante and advisor to President Barack Obama).

  13. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Uh oh Shannon – Teh Lutherans are going gay too?

  14. Hamous Avatar

    Uh oh Shannon – Teh Lutherans are going gay too?

  15. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Morning All

    6 Hamous

    Several articles on that on Brietbart. The researcher has gone back through all of her research and now states that nowhere does anything say she had any Indian blood at all. She had “heard” about a newsletter, but had never seen it. She goes to great length to apologize for her sloppy research.

  16. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning All

    6 Hamous

    Several articles on that on Brietbart. The researcher has gone back through all of her research and now states that nowhere does anything say she had any Indian blood at all. She had “heard” about a newsletter, but had never seen it. She goes to great length to apologize for her sloppy research.

  17. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Word for the day:

    hy-poc-ri-sy
       [hi-pok-ruh-see]
    noun, plural hy·poc·ri·sies.

    a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.

    Example:

    Obama Attacks Private Equity, Raises Funds from Private Equity Leaders
    10:42 AM, May 14, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

    President Obama is attending a fundraiser today in New York City that will be hosted by Hamilton E. James, the chief operating officer and president of Blackstone. The financial firm Blackstone is “one of the world’s largest private equity fund businesses,” according to its website.

    But ironically, Obama today is using Mitt Romney’s background in private equity as the basis of an attack on his Republican rival.

    “In a career of buying and selling companies, Romney’s pattern was to reap quick profits for himself and his investors at the expense of workers and communities,” the Obama campaign says of Romney’s record in a campaign ad out today. “Sometimes it meant sending American jobs overseas. Other times, it meant cutting wages and benefits. In Romney’s economic philosophy, CEOs and wealthy investors prosper by any means necessary, even when it meant companies failed and workers were left behind. Romney believes in two sets of rules – one for people like him, another for everyone else.”

    As Politico describes the new line of attack, “The Obama campaign is launching a multi-pronged, multimedia attack on Mitt Romney’s record as a private equity buyout specialist.”

    Yet considering President Obama’s New York City fundraiser with private equity money men, it seems more than a bit ironic that Romney is today being targeted with this line of attack.

    http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-attacks-private-equity-raises-funds-private-equity-leaders_644470.html

    Oh, and the example theyt’re using in the ad? See word for the day, above.

    Dems Attack Romney Over Layoffs Made by Obama Bundler

    Realizing that Obama’s reelection is in serious jeopardy, the President’s campaign today released a two-minute ad slamming Mitt Romney for layoffs made at a company controlled by Bain Capital. The ad is built around interviews with former steelworkers at GST Steel, a mill in Kansas City, who were laid off as the company collapsed in the wake of a downturn in the steel market. The ad is certainly gripping and emotional. It is also, however, completely wrong.

    The company was shut down in 2001. Romney left Bain in 1999, long before the plant closing, to run Winter Olympics. Two years is an eternity in the business world. Blaming Romney for decisions made two years after the left the company is at best disingenuous.

    However, there was a political power-player serving as a director of Bain at the time of the company’s bankruptcy and layoffs–Jonathan Lavine. Lavine joined Bain in 1993. He is currently Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer. He is also a major bundler for Barack Obama, raising between $100-200k for the his reelection. While we don’t know the specific role Lavine had in decisions regarding the bankrupt company, he certainly had more influence than someone who had left Bain two years before.

    Perhaps Obama should use some of Lavine’s donations to help the steelworkers featured in his ad.

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/14/Dem-ad-attacks-romney-for-layoffs-made-by-obama-bundler

  18. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Word for the day:

    hy-poc-ri-sy
       [hi-pok-ruh-see]
    noun, plural hy·poc·ri·sies.
    a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.

    Example:
    Obama Attacks Private Equity, Raises Funds from Private Equity Leaders
    10:42 AM, May 14, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
    President Obama is attending a fundraiser today in New York City that will be hosted by Hamilton E. James, the chief operating officer and president of Blackstone. The financial firm Blackstone is “one of the world’s largest private equity fund businesses,” according to its website.
    But ironically, Obama today is using Mitt Romney’s background in private equity as the basis of an attack on his Republican rival.
    “In a career of buying and selling companies, Romney’s pattern was to reap quick profits for himself and his investors at the expense of workers and communities,” the Obama campaign says of Romney’s record in a campaign ad out today. “Sometimes it meant sending American jobs overseas. Other times, it meant cutting wages and benefits. In Romney’s economic philosophy, CEOs and wealthy investors prosper by any means necessary, even when it meant companies failed and workers were left behind. Romney believes in two sets of rules – one for people like him, another for everyone else.”
    As Politico describes the new line of attack, “The Obama campaign is launching a multi-pronged, multimedia attack on Mitt Romney’s record as a private equity buyout specialist.”
    Yet considering President Obama’s New York City fundraiser with private equity money men, it seems more than a bit ironic that Romney is today being targeted with this line of attack.

    http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-attacks-private-equity-raises-funds-private-equity-leaders_644470.html
    Oh, and the example theyt’re using in the ad? See word for the day, above.

    Dems Attack Romney Over Layoffs Made by Obama Bundler
    Realizing that Obama’s reelection is in serious jeopardy, the President’s campaign today released a two-minute ad slamming Mitt Romney for layoffs made at a company controlled by Bain Capital. The ad is built around interviews with former steelworkers at GST Steel, a mill in Kansas City, who were laid off as the company collapsed in the wake of a downturn in the steel market. The ad is certainly gripping and emotional. It is also, however, completely wrong.
    The company was shut down in 2001. Romney left Bain in 1999, long before the plant closing, to run Winter Olympics. Two years is an eternity in the business world. Blaming Romney for decisions made two years after the left the company is at best disingenuous.
    However, there was a political power-player serving as a director of Bain at the time of the company’s bankruptcy and layoffs–Jonathan Lavine. Lavine joined Bain in 1993. He is currently Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer. He is also a major bundler for Barack Obama, raising between $100-200k for the his reelection. While we don’t know the specific role Lavine had in decisions regarding the bankrupt company, he certainly had more influence than someone who had left Bain two years before.
    Perhaps Obama should use some of Lavine’s donations to help the steelworkers featured in his ad.

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/14/Dem-ad-attacks-romney-for-layoffs-made-by-obama-bundler

  19. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Caveman porn or overactive junior high school fixation? Looks like a circle with a stick. I could think of a hundred things it could be and a cootchie wouldn’t be one of them.

  20. Hamous Avatar

    Caveman porn or overactive junior high school fixation? Looks like a circle with a stick. I could think of a hundred things it could be and a cootchie wouldn’t be one of them.

  21. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    9 Hamous
    Oh yes, the ELCA has been blissfully chasing the Episcopalians down the putred, muddy slope to irrelevancy for at least ten years. Minnesota, arguably the heart of Lutheranism in the U.S., is always on the Progressive leading edge.
    Though not as high profile and nasty as the Anglican schism, the Lutherans are in full realignment mode with orthodox parishes leaving the ELCA to join or create new umbrella institutions of conservative Lutherans.

  22. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    9 Hamous
    Oh yes, the ELCA has been blissfully chasing the Episcopalians down the putred, muddy slope to irrelevancy for at least ten years. Minnesota, arguably the heart of Lutheranism in the U.S., is always on the Progressive leading edge.
    Though not as high profile and nasty as the Anglican schism, the Lutherans are in full realignment mode with orthodox parishes leaving the ELCA to join or create new umbrella institutions of conservative Lutherans.

  23. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    One of my pastors, of whom I am still very fond, carries a gender neutral Bible around with him.

  24. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    One of my pastors, of whom I am still very fond, carries a gender neutral Bible around with him.

  25. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Brooks continues his bromance with Barry:

    Normally, presidents look weak during periods of economic stagnation, overwhelmed by events. But Obama has displayed a kind of ESPN masculinity: postfeminist in his values, but also thoroughly traditional in style — hypercompetitive, restrained, not given to self-doubt, rarely self-indulgent. Administrations are undone by scandal and moments when they look pathetic, but this administration, guarded in all things, has rarely had those moments.

    He has defined a version of manliness that is postboomer in policy but preboomer in manners and reticence.

  26. Hamous Avatar

    Brooks continues his bromance with Barry:

    Normally, presidents look weak during periods of economic stagnation, overwhelmed by events. But Obama has displayed a kind of ESPN masculinity: postfeminist in his values, but also thoroughly traditional in style — hypercompetitive, restrained, not given to self-doubt, rarely self-indulgent. Administrations are undone by scandal and moments when they look pathetic, but this administration, guarded in all things, has rarely had those moments.

    He has defined a version of manliness that is postboomer in policy but preboomer in manners and reticence.

  27. Hamous Avatar

    #5 Shannon: The article tried to be neutral but exposed the author’s left bias. To lament the SCOTUS conservative judicial activism, while ignoring the Circus on the left coast seems a bit much in my book.

  28. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #5 Shannon: The article tried to be neutral but exposed the author’s left bias. To lament the SCOTUS conservative judicial activism, while ignoring the Circus on the left coast seems a bit much in my book.

  29. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    12 Hamous
    Caveman porn or overactive junior high school fixation?

    You’ve done it now! That’s child porn and you’ve downloaded it. Expect the black helicopters any moment.

  30. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    12 Hamous
    Caveman porn or overactive junior high school fixation?

    You’ve done it now! That’s child porn and you’ve downloaded it. Expect the black helicopters any moment.

  31. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Must be a right wing poll.
    Oh, wait, it’s from CBS/New York Times.

    Well, then it must be from a selected group.
    Oh, wait, it’s from all women.

    Poll: Romney Winning the Women’s Vote

    by Mike Flynn 12 hours ago
    I expect the media to be in a surly mood tonight. After months of manufactured “GOP War on Women” silliness, a new CBS/NYT poll finds Romney leading Obama 46-44% among woman voters. Mind you, that isn’t GOP woman or even independent women, but ALL women voters.

    More importantly, today’s poll finds a notable shift among women in just the last month. In April, Obama was leading Romney by 6% among women. No other group saw an 8 point shift in their support.

    Turns out women’s top concern is the same as men’s: The Economy. All the contrived outrage about contraceptives and women’s health can’t mask the fact that 73% of voters listed either the economy or the federal deficit as their number on issue.

    Looks like its going to be a long, hot summer for Team Obama.

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/14/romney-winning-womens-vote-against-obama

  32. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Must be a right wing poll.
    Oh, wait, it’s from CBS/New York Times.
    Well, then it must be from a selected group.
    Oh, wait, it’s from all women.

    Poll: Romney Winning the Women’s Vote
    by Mike Flynn 12 hours ago
    I expect the media to be in a surly mood tonight. After months of manufactured “GOP War on Women” silliness, a new CBS/NYT poll finds Romney leading Obama 46-44% among woman voters. Mind you, that isn’t GOP woman or even independent women, but ALL women voters.
    More importantly, today’s poll finds a notable shift among women in just the last month. In April, Obama was leading Romney by 6% among women. No other group saw an 8 point shift in their support.
    Turns out women’s top concern is the same as men’s: The Economy. All the contrived outrage about contraceptives and women’s health can’t mask the fact that 73% of voters listed either the economy or the federal deficit as their number on issue.
    Looks like its going to be a long, hot summer for Team Obama.

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/14/romney-winning-womens-vote-against-obama

  33. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    And how is Roseanna Barr doing in her Green Party candidacy effort?

    Her battle for the Green Party’s presidential nomination is hitting a serious snag.

    As of last week, Jill Stein, a physician who has previously run for governor of Massachusetts, has 75 percent of delegates thus far in the run-up to the Green Party convention in Baltimore in July.

    After the Maine meeting of the Greens, Stein had a total of 96.5 delegates and Barr had 18.5 delegates.

    And in another blow to Roseanne’s campaign, she unsuccessfully tried to recruit Willie Nelson as her running mate over the weekend.

  34. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    And how is Roseanna Barr doing in her Green Party candidacy effort?

    Her battle for the Green Party’s presidential nomination is hitting a serious snag.
    As of last week, Jill Stein, a physician who has previously run for governor of Massachusetts, has 75 percent of delegates thus far in the run-up to the Green Party convention in Baltimore in July.
    After the Maine meeting of the Greens, Stein had a total of 96.5 delegates and Barr had 18.5 delegates.
    And in another blow to Roseanne’s campaign, she unsuccessfully tried to recruit Willie Nelson as her running mate over the weekend.

  35. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I see where the John Travolta thing just won’t seem go away.

    Everyone Knows John Travolta Is Gay, Says Carrie Fisher

    In comments unusually candid for a celebrity discussing another star, Carrie Fisher dropped a bombshell in a new interview, saying that everyone knows John Travolta is gay.

    Travolta has been followed by gay rumors and reports since the late 1980s. He has always denied them and has enlisted his legal team to help squelch them.

    But Fisher, speaking to the Advocate, showed no fear in addressing the topic.

    The interviewer asked: “I know you and Travolta go way back, so let’s get really blunt here: Does his (Travolta’s) legal team have any business demanding Gawker remove a recent post suggesting that he’s given (bleep) jobs?”

    Fisher answered: “Wow! I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care. Look, I’m sorry that he’s uncomfortable with it, and that’s all I can say. It only draws more attention to it when you make that kind of legal fuss. Just leave it be.”

    The Advocate also notes that in 2009 Fisher gave this statement for a piece about 10 Things gay men should know about women: “We don’t really care that John Travolta is gay.”

    The actor has raised eyebrows with his behavior, including kissing male staff members on the lips. But beyond that there have been consistent and numerous allegations by men who say the actor either pursued them sexually or indulged in gay sexual acts.

    A new book has drawn heavy fire from Travolta’s legal team as the author alleges to have direct knowledge of Travolta leading a secret gay life.

    John has a song he made up that he sings to the staff:

    “These lips were made for kissing, and that’s just what they’ll do. One of these days these lips will kiss all over you.”

  36. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    I see where the John Travolta thing just won’t seem go away.

    Everyone Knows John Travolta Is Gay, Says Carrie Fisher
    In comments unusually candid for a celebrity discussing another star, Carrie Fisher dropped a bombshell in a new interview, saying that everyone knows John Travolta is gay.
    Travolta has been followed by gay rumors and reports since the late 1980s. He has always denied them and has enlisted his legal team to help squelch them.
    But Fisher, speaking to the Advocate, showed no fear in addressing the topic.
    The interviewer asked: “I know you and Travolta go way back, so let’s get really blunt here: Does his (Travolta’s) legal team have any business demanding Gawker remove a recent post suggesting that he’s given (bleep) jobs?”
    Fisher answered: “Wow! I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care. Look, I’m sorry that he’s uncomfortable with it, and that’s all I can say. It only draws more attention to it when you make that kind of legal fuss. Just leave it be.”
    The Advocate also notes that in 2009 Fisher gave this statement for a piece about 10 Things gay men should know about women: “We don’t really care that John Travolta is gay.”
    The actor has raised eyebrows with his behavior, including kissing male staff members on the lips. But beyond that there have been consistent and numerous allegations by men who say the actor either pursued them sexually or indulged in gay sexual acts.
    A new book has drawn heavy fire from Travolta’s legal team as the author alleges to have direct knowledge of Travolta leading a secret gay life.

    John has a song he made up that he sings to the staff:
    “These lips were made for kissing, and that’s just what they’ll do. One of these days these lips will kiss all over you.”

  37. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hammie
    RE: Caveman porn/female anatomy text book

    i checked out the additional pictures. Definitely NSFW. (LOL). Here is one of the captions that caught my gaze

    A vulva carving associated with other, unidentifiable carvings.

    They just happened to identified the carving into that……. associated w/ other unidentifiable carvings>. This guy must be the same person that extrapolated the Cromagnum man from a single hip bone or whatever it was.

    Unidentifiable Animal …… Researchers aren’t sure what animal an ancient artist was trying to draw – it could be a bison, or perhaps a horse.

    Or perhaps they were playing hangman.
    /Reason #27 why I am creationist. “Researchers” that make S.W.A.G.s when “interpreting” what something is or is not.

  38. squawkbox Avatar

    Hammie
    RE: Caveman porn/female anatomy text book
    i checked out the additional pictures. Definitely NSFW. (LOL). Here is one of the captions that caught my gaze

    A vulva carving associated with other, unidentifiable carvings.

    They just happened to identified the carving into that……. associated w/ other unidentifiable carvings>. This guy must be the same person that extrapolated the Cromagnum man from a single hip bone or whatever it was.

    Unidentifiable Animal …… Researchers aren’t sure what animal an ancient artist was trying to draw – it could be a bison, or perhaps a horse.

    Or perhaps they were playing hangman.
    /Reason #27 why I am creationist. “Researchers” that make S.W.A.G.s when “interpreting” what something is or is not.

  39. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    El Gordo,

    Sir! I believe you are wrong. I would agree that just about any government program is subject to abuses. There is no 60-Minutes News flash there!

    Ms Simple and I are raising our grandaughter. Our angel has been diagnosed with Asberger’s Syndrome, which is on the autistic spectrum. She is smart, but sees the world in a much different manner than the norm, which renders traditional teaching techniques less than effective. Ms Simple and I spend 2-3 hours each night doing homework with her after we have spent 1-2 hours a day in afterschool Vision and Physical Therapy.

    At least half of the weekend is spent getting an early start on the homework, which is pretty tough for 1st graders with no learning disabilities. The curriculum has been ratcheted up in Texas in the last year. Yet, Angel is in a class with main stream students and making A’s and B’s, but it is a FIGHT every day just to tread water.

    She also gets special classes each day. You see besides having her brain wiring a little fouled, Angel is legally blind.

    I was a pretty tough Marine in my youth, but that little girl is one heck of a lot tougher than me and I suspect a lot tougher than some of the other whiners in this world.

    I would give anything and spend any expense to change this, but it is what it is. I am also sympathetic to the parents of autistic childern who are on the other end of the spectrum. Take just a few minutes out of your day to think about what those parents are facing. You expect your children to grow up one day and lead independent lives. What if you had a child who would never be fully independent and would depend upon the care and love of others for everything? What happens to that child when life takes its course and someday that child is alone? This fear is part of our everyday life!

    Simple

  40. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    El Gordo,
    Sir! I believe you are wrong. I would agree that just about any government program is subject to abuses. There is no 60-Minutes News flash there!
    Ms Simple and I are raising our grandaughter. Our angel has been diagnosed with Asberger’s Syndrome, which is on the autistic spectrum. She is smart, but sees the world in a much different manner than the norm, which renders traditional teaching techniques less than effective. Ms Simple and I spend 2-3 hours each night doing homework with her after we have spent 1-2 hours a day in afterschool Vision and Physical Therapy.
    At least half of the weekend is spent getting an early start on the homework, which is pretty tough for 1st graders with no learning disabilities. The curriculum has been ratcheted up in Texas in the last year. Yet, Angel is in a class with main stream students and making A’s and B’s, but it is a FIGHT every day just to tread water.
    She also gets special classes each day. You see besides having her brain wiring a little fouled, Angel is legally blind.
    I was a pretty tough Marine in my youth, but that little girl is one heck of a lot tougher than me and I suspect a lot tougher than some of the other whiners in this world.
    I would give anything and spend any expense to change this, but it is what it is. I am also sympathetic to the parents of autistic childern who are on the other end of the spectrum. Take just a few minutes out of your day to think about what those parents are facing. You expect your children to grow up one day and lead independent lives. What if you had a child who would never be fully independent and would depend upon the care and love of others for everything? What happens to that child when life takes its course and someday that child is alone? This fear is part of our everyday life!
    Simple

  41. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    When I looked at those carvings I saw early man’s inhumanity to neanderthals.

  42. Hamous Avatar

    When I looked at those carvings I saw early man’s inhumanity to neanderthals.

  43. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #24 Hammy
    Bullying had to start somewhere.
    🙂
    Actually it started a lot earlier, and you see it in many of the lower species. It’s especially pronounced in the pigeon family — pecking order, ya know.

  44. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #24 Hammy
    Bullying had to start somewhere.
    🙂
    Actually it started a lot earlier, and you see it in many of the lower species. It’s especially pronounced in the pigeon family — pecking order, ya know.

  45. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    There’s gear, good gear, great gear and , well———–

  46. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    There’s gear, good gear, great gear and , well———–

  47. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Sarge

    That thing looks…. well I dunno what it looks like. I would be afraid that you might sneak up on me and toss me into a river if I had that thing on. Paybacks are hell? No? 😉

  48. squawkbox Avatar

    Sarge
    That thing looks…. well I dunno what it looks like. I would be afraid that you might sneak up on me and toss me into a river if I had that thing on. Paybacks are hell? No? 😉

  49. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    27 squawkbox says:
    May 15, 2012 at 11:44 am
    Sarge

    That thing looks…. well I dunno what it looks like. I would be afraid that you might sneak up on me and toss me into a river if I had that thing on. Paybacks are hell? No?

    The bigger danger of that would be that the thig fills up with condensation and sweat and you sink like a stone.

  50. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    27 squawkbox says:
    May 15, 2012 at 11:44 am
    Sarge
    That thing looks…. well I dunno what it looks like. I would be afraid that you might sneak up on me and toss me into a river if I had that thing on. Paybacks are hell? No?

    The bigger danger of that would be that the thig fills up with condensation and sweat and you sink like a stone.

  51. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I’m not denying the fact that there are children out there who suffer any number of medical issues and disabilities. My contention however is that the majority, if not all of them, do not fall into that category as many would have you believe. There are any number of stories of heroes and heroines out there who love and care for the children with legitimate special needs, and I applaud them all.

  52. El Gordo Avatar

    I’m not denying the fact that there are children out there who suffer any number of medical issues and disabilities. My contention however is that the majority, if not all of them, do not fall into that category as many would have you believe. There are any number of stories of heroes and heroines out there who love and care for the children with legitimate special needs, and I applaud them all.

  53. Tedtam Avatar

    #28 Texanadian

    From the comments:

    “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning-the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. n nBy the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. President Obama saw this and said “I was totally going to do it in 5 days and get in two days of golf, but whatever.”

  54. Tedtam Avatar

    #28 Texanadian
    From the comments:

    “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning-the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. n nBy the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. President Obama saw this and said “I was totally going to do it in 5 days and get in two days of golf, but whatever.”

  55. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    16 Bones
    I expect nothing more from Jeffrey Toobin but still enjoyed the comprehensive recounting of events.

  56. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    16 Bones
    I expect nothing more from Jeffrey Toobin but still enjoyed the comprehensive recounting of events.

  57. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Dang it. I fat fingered squawk’s link in #32 and hit the delete button. Sorry, dude.

  58. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Dang it. I fat fingered squawk’s link in #32 and hit the delete button. Sorry, dude.

  59. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #21 – Well no WONDER Marcellus Wallace trusted ‘Vinnie’ around MsMia for a dinner date eh?

    MEGASNIKKER™

  60. Katfish Avatar

    #21 – Well no WONDER Marcellus Wallace trusted ‘Vinnie’ around MsMia for a dinner date eh?
    MEGASNIKKER™

  61. Hamous Avatar

    via DRUDGE: Google shuts down a conservative blog with no explanation to the blog owner. Perhaps the reason is this:

    In June 2008, KSM was brought before a tribunal at Guantanamo Bay. He announced at that time that he wished to enter a guilty plea so he could be “martyred.” He expressed the same desire again in December 2008. In a criminal proceeding, the accused always has the option of entering a plea of “not guilty” and demanding a trial or entering a guilty plea and accepting his sentence. So, as is apparent, when one pleads guilty and admits his crime, there is no need for a trial. Instead of years of pointless proceedings to try issues not in dispute, the Court should simply say:
    “The Court hereby deems your previously entered plea of guilty as accepted and shall now impose sentence. The sentence of the Court is that you be taken hence to the place of execution and that you there be hanged by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on your soul. Next case.”

    Simple, solid, conservative, impeccably logical thought simply can not be allowed out in the wild of the innanet.

  62. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    via DRUDGE: Google shuts down a conservative blog with no explanation to the blog owner. Perhaps the reason is this:

    In June 2008, KSM was brought before a tribunal at Guantanamo Bay. He announced at that time that he wished to enter a guilty plea so he could be “martyred.” He expressed the same desire again in December 2008. In a criminal proceeding, the accused always has the option of entering a plea of “not guilty” and demanding a trial or entering a guilty plea and accepting his sentence. So, as is apparent, when one pleads guilty and admits his crime, there is no need for a trial. Instead of years of pointless proceedings to try issues not in dispute, the Court should simply say:
    “The Court hereby deems your previously entered plea of guilty as accepted and shall now impose sentence. The sentence of the Court is that you be taken hence to the place of execution and that you there be hanged by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on your soul. Next case.”

    Simple, solid, conservative, impeccably logical thought simply can not be allowed out in the wild of the innanet.

  63. Katfish Avatar

    #28 texanukian
    from the comments:

    Where is the reference to Allah morphing into Obama to bring us such great joy!

  64. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #28 texanukian
    from the comments:

    Where is the reference to Allah morphing into Obama to bring us such great joy!

  65. Katfish Avatar

    When I looked at those carvings I saw early man’s inhumanity to neanderthals.

    I saw a Tootsie-Pop.

  66. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    When I looked at those carvings I saw early man’s inhumanity to neanderthals.

    I saw a Tootsie-Pop.

  67. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #33 Shannon
    OMG, does Shannon have the doomsday codes?

  68. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #33 Shannon
    OMG, does Shannon have the doomsday codes?

  69. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #39 – NO……but Mrs. Shannon does (and might USE them if Shannon ever drinks the last beer)

    🙂

  70. Katfish Avatar

    #39 – NO……but Mrs. Shannon does (and might USE them if Shannon ever drinks the last beer)
    🙂

  71. Katfish Avatar

    OMG, does Shannon have the doomsday codes?

    He used to, but he left them in is pants pocket when he went to get them dry-cleaned.

  72. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    OMG, does Shannon have the doomsday codes?

    He used to, but he left them in is pants pocket when he went to get them dry-cleaned.

  73. Katfish Avatar

    Pretty good storms rolling in.

  74. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Pretty good storms rolling in.

  75. Hamous Avatar

    #37 Pyro: DRUDGE has a link to that story, at first I thought it was a bad joke, then sadly, I realized it was just like the rest of his presidency. The man’s ego knows no bounds, his arrogance is beyond hubris, it is pathological; prolly a text book case of narcissistic personality disorder.

  76. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #37 Pyro: DRUDGE has a link to that story, at first I thought it was a bad joke, then sadly, I realized it was just like the rest of his presidency. The man’s ego knows no bounds, his arrogance is beyond hubris, it is pathological; prolly a text book case of narcissistic personality disorder.

  77. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    35
    Judging from that, it doesn’t appear that Google will be hosting a BonesBlog.

  78. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    35
    Judging from that, it doesn’t appear that Google will be hosting a BonesBlog.

  79. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    33 Shannon says:

    Dang it. I fat fingered squawk’s link in #32 and hit the delete button. Sorry, dude.

    KEWLLLLL How many people can claim they have been banned or censored by Shannon? Now where was that other guys blog so I can run over there and beecht about it? 😉

  80. squawkbox Avatar

    33 Shannon says:

    Dang it. I fat fingered squawk’s link in #32 and hit the delete button. Sorry, dude.

    KEWLLLLL How many people can claim they have been banned or censored by Shannon? Now where was that other guys blog so I can run over there and beecht about it? 😉

  81. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    For anyone that might have wondered what I said……… well I am never posting here again.
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  82. squawkbox Avatar

    For anyone that might have wondered what I said……… well I am never posting here again.
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  83. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Cool, overcast, and breezy with occasional mist and light rain. Started at 67 at 5:30 and made it to 70 at 2. Now if nothing heavier than that arrives, the day will be good.

    The story of the ever-eroding drainage ditch in River Forest subdivision north of Richmond that’s made the TV news is about a mile west of us. Truly alarming for the residents near it. Newspaper and TV reports approximated the rainfall on Friday night-Saturday morning as about 10″, but surely they got as much as we did, 11.4″. Perhaps nobody over there had a digital rain gauge, and the weather service estimate scale didn’t go much above 8″. The county folks are working very hard to keep things from getting worse.

    A natural gas transmission line crossed beneath it but has been exposed and has been shut down. A dam near the ditch’s entrance to the Brazos to control outflow as well as prevent river high-water inflow burst in the deluge, and that started the rapid erosion. A steel and concrete bridge crossing it is the only way in and out of one of the sections, and that has received much attention.

    Went to vote this morning about 10:30 at the local Randall’s on FM 359 at Pecan Grove The good volunteers staffing the polling place said yesterday’s turnout there was the highest of all the early voting sites in Fort Bend County. The Pecan Grove and FM 359 area has a strongly conservative population, and I would guess the eagerness in first day early voting is significant. This morning it was quieter but steady, but maybe that was because of light rain and mid 60s. I had my say and voted for Newt.

    Expect that Texas could put Mitt over the top in delegate count, so in a deliciously perverse way we still have our clout despite the whiny Texas Dems and their nuisance lawsuits over redistricting to delay and delay the primary. Will support Mitt with enthusiasm and delight; the man is beginning to sound Reaganesque. That’s the right direction, sir.

  84. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Cool, overcast, and breezy with occasional mist and light rain. Started at 67 at 5:30 and made it to 70 at 2. Now if nothing heavier than that arrives, the day will be good.
    The story of the ever-eroding drainage ditch in River Forest subdivision north of Richmond that’s made the TV news is about a mile west of us. Truly alarming for the residents near it. Newspaper and TV reports approximated the rainfall on Friday night-Saturday morning as about 10″, but surely they got as much as we did, 11.4″. Perhaps nobody over there had a digital rain gauge, and the weather service estimate scale didn’t go much above 8″. The county folks are working very hard to keep things from getting worse.
    A natural gas transmission line crossed beneath it but has been exposed and has been shut down. A dam near the ditch’s entrance to the Brazos to control outflow as well as prevent river high-water inflow burst in the deluge, and that started the rapid erosion. A steel and concrete bridge crossing it is the only way in and out of one of the sections, and that has received much attention.
    Went to vote this morning about 10:30 at the local Randall’s on FM 359 at Pecan Grove The good volunteers staffing the polling place said yesterday’s turnout there was the highest of all the early voting sites in Fort Bend County. The Pecan Grove and FM 359 area has a strongly conservative population, and I would guess the eagerness in first day early voting is significant. This morning it was quieter but steady, but maybe that was because of light rain and mid 60s. I had my say and voted for Newt.
    Expect that Texas could put Mitt over the top in delegate count, so in a deliciously perverse way we still have our clout despite the whiny Texas Dems and their nuisance lawsuits over redistricting to delay and delay the primary. Will support Mitt with enthusiasm and delight; the man is beginning to sound Reaganesque. That’s the right direction, sir.

  85. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Oh btw I was responding to Texanadian’s comment about Obammy not having any shame and his massive (Obama’s not Texanadian) ego. I said:

    It could get worse. 😉

  86. squawkbox Avatar

    Oh btw I was responding to Texanadian’s comment about Obammy not having any shame and his massive (Obama’s not Texanadian) ego. I said:
    It could get worse. 😉

  87. Hamous Avatar

    #44 Shannon: Should I ever decide to start the Bonecrusher Rumblings blog, it will not be on googoyle.

  88. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #44 Shannon: Should I ever decide to start the Bonecrusher Rumblings blog, it will not be on googoyle.

  89. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    39 mharper
    Yes, I am the Secret Merciless Moderator.
    It’s only happened a couple of times here, but I have been known to instantly nuke an offensive comment without warning or explanation.
    I am supposed to be posting periodically but can’t seem to find the time. And the longer in the tooth I get, the more I recognize the strong possibility that that which I find interesting probably doesn’t set anyone else’s pants on fire.

  90. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    39 mharper
    Yes, I am the Secret Merciless Moderator.
    It’s only happened a couple of times here, but I have been known to instantly nuke an offensive comment without warning or explanation.
    I am supposed to be posting periodically but can’t seem to find the time. And the longer in the tooth I get, the more I recognize the strong possibility that that which I find interesting probably doesn’t set anyone else’s pants on fire.

  91. Hamous Avatar

    that which I find interesting probably doesn’t set anyone else’s pants on fire.

    Prolly a good thing cuz that would hurt like hell.

  92. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    that which I find interesting probably doesn’t set anyone else’s pants on fire.

    Prolly a good thing cuz that would hurt like hell.

  93. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Heh

    And the longer in the tooth I get, the more I recognize the strong possibility that that which I find interesting probably doesn’t set anyone else’s pants on fire.

    Yabbut ya didn’t have to delete muh comment didja?

    /Just kidding.
    /This is too funny to ignore 🙂

  94. squawkbox Avatar

    Heh

    And the longer in the tooth I get, the more I recognize the strong possibility that that which I find interesting probably doesn’t set anyone else’s pants on fire.

    Yabbut ya didn’t have to delete muh comment didja?
    /Just kidding.
    /This is too funny to ignore 🙂

  95. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    BTW
    Have I mentioned that retirement has never felt so good. A modernspenator’s life is a lonely life.

  96. squawkbox Avatar

    BTW
    Have I mentioned that retirement has never felt so good. A modernspenator’s life is a lonely life.

  97. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #48 Squawk
    So that sign is at the Canadian border? I don’t see any feet in the picture.

  98. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #48 Squawk
    So that sign is at the Canadian border? I don’t see any feet in the picture.

  99. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Adee,
    I saw a report on the “ditch sinkhole” but they didn’t tie it to the stranded subdivsion. I had no idea they were related.

  100. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Adee,
    I saw a report on the “ditch sinkhole” but they didn’t tie it to the stranded subdivsion. I had no idea they were related.

  101. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #37 Wagonburner, #43 Bonecrusher

    Bet ole Obama will be the complete subject of a psychiatry text on narcissism.

    Regarding Obama’s “evolution” on the gay marriage bit, I recall a scene in one of the I, Claudius Masterpiece Theatre episodes in which the head of the Praetorian Guard explained to the imperial court that Caligula had undergone a “metamorphosis” and was now a god. 🙂

  102. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #37 Wagonburner, #43 Bonecrusher
    Bet ole Obama will be the complete subject of a psychiatry text on narcissism.
    Regarding Obama’s “evolution” on the gay marriage bit, I recall a scene in one of the I, Claudius Masterpiece Theatre episodes in which the head of the Praetorian Guard explained to the imperial court that Caligula had undergone a “metamorphosis” and was now a god. 🙂

  103. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Oh, my moderating exclusively covers random offenses. Like you, Squawk, I’m now too cranky to do it full time.

  104. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Oh, my moderating exclusively covers random offenses. Like you, Squawk, I’m now too cranky to do it full time.

  105. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Okay, okay. I’ll do my periodic testing of the “delete button” on shamaal instead.
    🙂

  106. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Okay, okay. I’ll do my periodic testing of the “delete button” on shamaal instead.
    🙂

  107. Hamous Avatar

    Thor’s debt hammer is about to fall on Greece and the Greeks know it.

    Stocks faded in the final hour of trading Tuesday to finish lower after a transcript from the Greek meeting showed deposits leaving the nation’s banking system and after the Greece’s leaders failed to agree on a coalition government.

    The S&P 500 closed at 3-month lows, while the Dow logged its ninth loss in the last 10 sessions. Major averages are on pace for their biggest monthly losses since last September.

    According to a transcript, Greek depositors recently withdrew 700 million euros from the nation’s local banks, said President Karolos Papoulias, though the exact timing of the transfer was unclear.

    The Euro is now at $1.2744 and falling. Twernt that long ago that the Euro was at $1.50+

  108. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Thor’s debt hammer is about to fall on Greece and the Greeks know it.

    Stocks faded in the final hour of trading Tuesday to finish lower after a transcript from the Greek meeting showed deposits leaving the nation’s banking system and after the Greece’s leaders failed to agree on a coalition government.
    The S&P 500 closed at 3-month lows, while the Dow logged its ninth loss in the last 10 sessions. Major averages are on pace for their biggest monthly losses since last September.
    According to a transcript, Greek depositors recently withdrew 700 million euros from the nation’s local banks, said President Karolos Papoulias, though the exact timing of the transfer was unclear.

    The Euro is now at $1.2744 and falling. Twernt that long ago that the Euro was at $1.50+

  109. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    59 Bones
    It’s the beginning of The End.
    I’m glad I’m so well prepared with a week’s worth of peanut butter in the pantry and forty rounds of ten-year-old ammunition.

  110. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    59 Bones
    It’s the beginning of The End.
    I’m glad I’m so well prepared with a week’s worth of peanut butter in the pantry and forty rounds of ten-year-old ammunition.

  111. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bet ole Obama will be the complete subject of a psychiatry text on narcissism.

    http://drsanity.blogspot.ca/2009/05/narcissism-pathological-lying-and.html

  112. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bet ole Obama will be the complete subject of a psychiatry text on narcissism.

    http://drsanity.blogspot.ca/2009/05/narcissism-pathological-lying-and.html

  113. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    58 Shannon says:
    May 15, 2012 at 3:33 pm
    Okay, okay. I’ll do my periodic testing of the “delete button” on shamaal instead.

    Might be a while. Looks like OTC has run overtime.

  114. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    58 Shannon says:
    May 15, 2012 at 3:33 pm
    Okay, okay. I’ll do my periodic testing of the “delete button” on shamaal instead.

    Might be a while. Looks like OTC has run overtime.

  115. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    But I always maintain enough gasoline in the car to make it to Sarge’s Compound for mac n’ cheese and a warm hammock.

  116. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    But I always maintain enough gasoline in the car to make it to Sarge’s Compound for mac n’ cheese and a warm hammock.

  117. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Bring ammo and all the gold

  118. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Bring ammo and all the gold

  119. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Okay. I’m tired of packing around this ton of Krugerrands anyway.

  120. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Okay. I’m tired of packing around this ton of Krugerrands anyway.

  121. Hamous Avatar

    . . . .and some people call conservatives paranoid.

    HEADLINE: Turkey suspects bird was Israeli agent
    Ankara security services search bee-eater’s nostrils for Mossad surveillance equipment
    T
    urkish authorities are examining the carcass of a European bee-eater on suspicion that the bird was spying for Israel, Turkish websites and media have reported in the past couple of days.

    The story, which hit Israel’s Yediot Ahronoth on Tuesday, has apparently been reported seriously in Turkey — an indication of the dire state of Turkish-Israeli relations, and an apparent readiness to give credibility to even the most outlandish assertions of Israeli iniquity.

    Of particular interest to the authorities, the media reports say, were the dead bird’s nostrils, one of which is larger than the other, leading to suspicions that Mossad surveillance equipment was implanted in the beak.

    The bird was banded with “Israel” on its leg; that is how the geniuses (genii?) knew it was a spy.
    /heh, you just can’t make this stuff up:>)

  122. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    . . . .and some people call conservatives paranoid.

    HEADLINE: Turkey suspects bird was Israeli agent
    Ankara security services search bee-eater’s nostrils for Mossad surveillance equipment
    T
    urkish authorities are examining the carcass of a European bee-eater on suspicion that the bird was spying for Israel, Turkish websites and media have reported in the past couple of days.
    The story, which hit Israel’s Yediot Ahronoth on Tuesday, has apparently been reported seriously in Turkey — an indication of the dire state of Turkish-Israeli relations, and an apparent readiness to give credibility to even the most outlandish assertions of Israeli iniquity.
    Of particular interest to the authorities, the media reports say, were the dead bird’s nostrils, one of which is larger than the other, leading to suspicions that Mossad surveillance equipment was implanted in the beak.

    The bird was banded with “Israel” on its leg; that is how the geniuses (genii?) knew it was a spy.
    /heh, you just can’t make this stuff up:>)

  123. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Speaking of mac n cheese, has anyone heard from Texpat since he whipped up that recipe he got from Super Dave, to serve on Mother’s Day as I recall? Mebbe he got the proportions of tequila and nutmeg mixed up.

  124. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Speaking of mac n cheese, has anyone heard from Texpat since he whipped up that recipe he got from Super Dave, to serve on Mother’s Day as I recall? Mebbe he got the proportions of tequila and nutmeg mixed up.

  125. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Hi Gang, Did I ever tell you “Life is Good!!!!” Film @ 11.

  126. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Hi Gang, Did I ever tell you “Life is Good!!!!” Film @ 11.

  127. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #9 Hamous – I will be really concerned when the LCMS or the WELS vote for something similar to the ELCA. The ELCA folks have been way left of center for quite some time now. Of course the LCMS are not too far behind. Just one of many reasons I converted to Orthodoxy from a LCMS church.

  128. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    #9 Hamous – I will be really concerned when the LCMS or the WELS vote for something similar to the ELCA. The ELCA folks have been way left of center for quite some time now. Of course the LCMS are not too far behind. Just one of many reasons I converted to Orthodoxy from a LCMS church.

  129. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    On Thursday, Reid, who has traditionally been a defender of the filibuster, took to the Senate floor to apologize to all the reformers he had stymied over the years.

    “The rest of us were wrong,” he said. “If there were anything that ever needed changing in this body, it’s the filibuster rule, because it’s been abused, abused and abused.”

    Fitty bucks sez he’ll be singing a different tune come January 2013.

  130. Hamous Avatar

    On Thursday, Reid, who has traditionally been a defender of the filibuster, took to the Senate floor to apologize to all the reformers he had stymied over the years.
    “The rest of us were wrong,” he said. “If there were anything that ever needed changing in this body, it’s the filibuster rule, because it’s been abused, abused and abused.”

    Fitty bucks sez he’ll be singing a different tune come January 2013.

  131. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Good thing Fuji Films never got out of line.

    For more than 30 years, Kodak Park was home to a little-known underground labyrinth containing a small nuclear research reactor, one of the few of its kind in the world.

  132. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Good thing Fuji Films never got out of line.

    For more than 30 years, Kodak Park was home to a little-known underground labyrinth containing a small nuclear research reactor, one of the few of its kind in the world.

  133. Katfish Avatar

    Okay, okay. I’ll do my periodic testing of the “delete button” on shamaal instead.

    One of three things will happen:
    1. He’ll miss and delete a completely innocuous post instead
    2. He’ll forget how to delete a post
    3. He’ll delete something purely by accident and not even realize it

  134. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Okay, okay. I’ll do my periodic testing of the “delete button” on shamaal instead.

    One of three things will happen:
    1. He’ll miss and delete a completely innocuous post instead
    2. He’ll forget how to delete a post
    3. He’ll delete something purely by accident and not even realize it

  135. Katfish Avatar

    The bird was banded with “Israel” on its leg;

    They ought to go get a buncha feathered rats from NYC or Paris or wherever, put a “Israel” leg band on ’em & release them into Iranian airspace by the thousands.

    Much hilarity would ensue.

  136. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    The bird was banded with “Israel” on its leg;

    They ought to go get a buncha feathered rats from NYC or Paris or wherever, put a “Israel” leg band on ’em & release them into Iranian airspace by the thousands.
    Much hilarity would ensue.

  137. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Fitty bucks sez he’ll be singing a different tune come January 2013.

    You’re on. Set your calendar and send the donation to Navy Relief.

  138. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Fitty bucks sez he’ll be singing a different tune come January 2013.

    You’re on. Set your calendar and send the donation to Navy Relief.

  139. Dooood Avatar

    The jubilation on the morning of Wednesday, November 7th, at the riddance of Barack Obama, will remain in the hearts and memories of all genuine liberty-loving Americans for the rest of their natural lives.

  140. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The jubilation on the morning of Wednesday, November 7th, at the riddance of Barack Obama, will remain in the hearts and memories of all genuine liberty-loving Americans for the rest of their natural lives.

  141. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    The jubilation on the morning of Wednesday, November 7th, at the riddance of Barack Obama, will remain in the hearts and memories of all genuine liberty-loving Americans for the rest of their natural lives.

    Bad form not to cite the Al-Qaeda website you got that from ………………………. 😉

  142. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    The jubilation on the morning of Wednesday, November 7th, at the riddance of Barack Obama, will remain in the hearts and memories of all genuine liberty-loving Americans for the rest of their natural lives.

    Bad form not to cite the Al-Qaeda website you got that from ………………………. 😉

  143. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Franciscan University of Steubenville is dropping their health insurance offering entirely for up to 200 students in August 2012. Although the new law doesn’t apply to them next year, they apparently believe it better to make a political statement now rather than offer health insurance and rely on their student body’s conscience. Of course those engaged in athletics or studying in Austria will be offered health insurance. Luckily the health act makes insurance available for students up to age 26 on their parents plan

    Due to these changes in regulation by the federal government, beginning with the 2012-13 school year, the University 1) will no longer require that all full-time undergraduate students carry health insurance, 2) will no longer offer a student health insurance plan, and 3) will no longer bill those not covered under a parent/guardian plan or personal plan for student health insurance.

  144. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Franciscan University of Steubenville is dropping their health insurance offering entirely for up to 200 students in August 2012. Although the new law doesn’t apply to them next year, they apparently believe it better to make a political statement now rather than offer health insurance and rely on their student body’s conscience. Of course those engaged in athletics or studying in Austria will be offered health insurance. Luckily the health act makes insurance available for students up to age 26 on their parents plan

    Due to these changes in regulation by the federal government, beginning with the 2012-13 school year, the University 1) will no longer require that all full-time undergraduate students carry health insurance, 2) will no longer offer a student health insurance plan, and 3) will no longer bill those not covered under a parent/guardian plan or personal plan for student health insurance.

  145. Katfish Avatar

    “Privately, they guess at my troubled heart, I suppose—the mixed blood, the divided soul, the ghostly image of the tragic mulatto trapped between two worlds.”
    — Barack H. Obama – Dreams From My Father

  146. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    “Privately, they guess at my troubled heart, I suppose—the mixed blood, the divided soul, the ghostly image of the tragic mulatto trapped between two worlds.”
    — Barack H. Obama – Dreams From My Father

  147. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Interesting returns coming in from Nebraska. Its seems that the Establishment candidate Jon Bruning is losing to Tea Party candidate Deb Fischer, who recently got Sarah Palin’s endorsement.

    Reportedly, Ted Cruz has popped the top on a cold one and is leaning back in his recliner and David Dewcrist is cleaning his shorts.

  148. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Interesting returns coming in from Nebraska. Its seems that the Establishment candidate Jon Bruning is losing to Tea Party candidate Deb Fischer, who recently got Sarah Palin’s endorsement.
    Reportedly, Ted Cruz has popped the top on a cold one and is leaning back in his recliner and David Dewcrist is cleaning his shorts.

  149. Dooood Avatar

    #77 shamaal

    Good for them. The students shouldn’t be depending on the school for their health insurance coverage anyway. It’s just one more perq on the campus that needs to be relinquished and re-ordered to its proper place. Universities should not be in the business of comprehensive health insurance.

  150. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #77 shamaal
    Good for them. The students shouldn’t be depending on the school for their health insurance coverage anyway. It’s just one more perq on the campus that needs to be relinquished and re-ordered to its proper place. Universities should not be in the business of comprehensive health insurance.

  151. Katfish Avatar

    Didn’t Dewhusrt’s dad fight in a war somewhere?

  152. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Didn’t Dewhusrt’s dad fight in a war somewhere?

  153. Dooood Avatar

    #81 WB

    David Dewhurst’s father is a modest man. He never even told you he fought in this famous battle.

  154. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #81 WB
    David Dewhurst’s father is a modest man. He never even told you he fought in this famous battle.

  155. Dooood Avatar

    #78 WB

    The world’s smallest violin plays on….

  156. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #78 WB
    The world’s smallest violin plays on….

  157. Dooood Avatar

    #79 Sarge

    Politico:

    Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer won a surprise upset in the the Republican Senate primary, riding a late wave of anti-establishment sentiment to victory over the longtime frontrunner in the race, state Attorney General Jon Bruning.

    Don’t you just love the late wave effect they invoke to cover their a$$ when they realize at the last minute they had it wrong all along ?

  158. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #79 Sarge
    Politico:

    Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer won a surprise upset in the the Republican Senate primary, riding a late wave of anti-establishment sentiment to victory over the longtime frontrunner in the race, state Attorney General Jon Bruning.

    Don’t you just love the late wave effect they invoke to cover their a$$ when they realize at the last minute they had it wrong all along ?

  159. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    81 wagonburner says:

    May 15, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    Didn’t Dewhusrt’s dad fight in a war somewhere?

    Its the mainliest reason to vote for him.

    Don’t you just love the late wave effect they invoke to cover their a$$ when they realize at the last minute they had it wrong all along ?

    It ain’t like we didn’t warn them.

  160. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    81 wagonburner says:
    May 15, 2012 at 10:17 pm
    Didn’t Dewhusrt’s dad fight in a war somewhere?

    Its the mainliest reason to vote for him.

    Don’t you just love the late wave effect they invoke to cover their a$$ when they realize at the last minute they had it wrong all along ?

    It ain’t like we didn’t warn them.

  161. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I think Dewdaddy fought in the Boer War.

  162. Hamous Avatar

    I think Dewdaddy fought in the Boer War.

  163. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I think Dewdaddy fought in the Boer War.

    So he spoke Dutch?

  164. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I think Dewdaddy fought in the Boer War.

    So he spoke Dutch?

  165. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon #58;

    Okay, okay. I’ll do my periodic testing of the “delete button” on shamaal instead.

    I KNEW Shamaal had a positive purpose for being here.

    #14;

    One of my pastors, of whom I am still very fond, carries a gender neutral Bible around with him.

    So is the Godhead the It, the It and the Holy Ghost? That’s weird.

  166. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon #58;

    Okay, okay. I’ll do my periodic testing of the “delete button” on shamaal instead.

    I KNEW Shamaal had a positive purpose for being here.
    #14;

    One of my pastors, of whom I am still very fond, carries a gender neutral Bible around with him.

    So is the Godhead the It, the It and the Holy Ghost? That’s weird.

  167. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Squawk 348;

    That’s a VERY effective sign to stop people from coming here illegally.

  168. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Squawk 348;
    That’s a VERY effective sign to stop people from coming here illegally.

  169. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon;

    Shouldn’t THIS read, “and the sibling of Simon named Andrew…”?

  170. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon;
    Shouldn’t THIS read, “and the sibling of Simon named Andrew…”?

  171. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    A medical report compiled by the family physician of accused Trayvon Martin murderer George Zimmerman and obtained exclusively by ABC News found that Zimmerman was diagnosed with a “closed fracture” of his nose, a pair of black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head and a minor back injury the day after he fatally shot Martin during an alleged altercation.

    Did you all get that? geroge Zimmerman is reported as a “murderer”.

    ABC News Exclusive: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose, Lacerations After Trayvon Martin Shooting

    SANFORD, Fla. —

    WFTV has learned charges against George Zimmerman could be getting more serious.

    State prosecutors said Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, profiled and stalked 17-year-old Trayvon Martin before killing him, so the FBI is now looking into charging him with a hate crime.

    Zimmerman “profiled” and “stalked” Martin? Ummmm, yeah, right.

    FBI may charge George Zimmerman with hate crime

  172. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    A medical report compiled by the family physician of accused Trayvon Martin murderer George Zimmerman and obtained exclusively by ABC News found that Zimmerman was diagnosed with a “closed fracture” of his nose, a pair of black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head and a minor back injury the day after he fatally shot Martin during an alleged altercation.

    Did you all get that? geroge Zimmerman is reported as a “murderer”.
    ABC News Exclusive: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose, Lacerations After Trayvon Martin Shooting

    SANFORD, Fla. —
    WFTV has learned charges against George Zimmerman could be getting more serious.
    State prosecutors said Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, profiled and stalked 17-year-old Trayvon Martin before killing him, so the FBI is now looking into charging him with a hate crime.

    Zimmerman “profiled” and “stalked” Martin? Ummmm, yeah, right.
    FBI may charge George Zimmerman with hate crime

  173. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #91 Darren:

    Apparently, that thug Zimmerman assaulted that sweet little guy, Travon, by hitting Trayvon’s fist with his face – repeatedly.

    I’m guessing that with more investigation we will find that not only is Zimmerman guilty of a hate crime against Trayvon, but (given his surname) he’s probably a zionist oppressor.

  174. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    #91 Darren:
    Apparently, that thug Zimmerman assaulted that sweet little guy, Travon, by hitting Trayvon’s fist with his face – repeatedly.
    I’m guessing that with more investigation we will find that not only is Zimmerman guilty of a hate crime against Trayvon, but (given his surname) he’s probably a zionist oppressor.

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