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That’s pretty funny right there.
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That is funny
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A kid at a football game had this t-shirt.
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A champion debater, Cruz trained to win any side of an argument at a coin flip.
Isn’t that the requirement of all debate teams in school? What is that statement about?
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Things are getting a bit tense between the State Department and White House these days.
Wonder how long Bubba’s gonna be willing to keep helping black jesus if they keep trying to underbus Hillary!? -
#5 GJT
Resolved: Ted Cruz is a master debater.
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The TSA dolts are checking ID at the gate today for some reason. I wonder how that makes us more secure on our voyage to foreign and exotic lands?
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The world stopped getting warmer almost 16 years ago, according to new data released last week.
The figures, which have triggered debate among climate scientists, reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012, there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures.
This means that the ‘plateau’ or ‘pause’ in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period when temperatures rose, 1980 to 1996. Before that, temperatures had been stable or declining for about 40 years.
The new data, compiled from more than 3,000 measuring points on land and sea, was issued quietly on the internet, without any media fanfare, and, until today, it has not been reported.
This stands in sharp contrast to the release of the previous figures six months ago, which went only to the end of 2010 – a very warm year.
Ending the data then means it is possible to show a slight warming trend since 1997, but 2011 and the first eight months of 2012 were much cooler, and thus this trend is erased. -
In the second of two good essays on the subject, Vincent Muñoz of the Witherspoon Institute worries about the shift in legal strategy of those challenging the Obamcare infringement on religious liberty.
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#4 Pyro
I notice the TEIAM t-shirt is only available in men’s sizes.
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The o/c pic is very clever.
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Yesterday Shamaal wrote in regards to the miner’s ad:
I’ll go with the Chief Operating Officer’s statement.
Like you wrote, their jobs are on the line.Today I read this:
Murray Energy Chief Financial Officer Rob Moore told the radio station in an extended interview that the company shut down the mine because senior managers wanted to attend, and it could not remain open during a rally.
“We had managers that communicated [to employees] that the attendance was mandatory,” Moore said. “But no one was forced to attend the event.” He said some workers did not show up and they faced no consequences.
Murray Energy Chief Executive Officer Robert Murray has thrown fundraisers for and personally donated to the Romney campaign.
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I worked until well after 2:00 a.m. Got stuff done, but had to quit when I started feeling nauseated. Needless to say, I’m a little slow getting going this morning.
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I’m sure her kids are proud.
When officers arrived, Hunziker told them they didn’t need to be there because she’s a Republican.
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#13 – heavy stuff Brother
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And being small business owners ourselves, and struggling to make ends meet…that story really resonates.
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#16 bobozo: Do you really wanna compare R losers to D losers? I will stop at Trayvon Martin.
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There are losers and loudmouths in both parties, especially on blogs.
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#19 TT: But you didn’t build that business, you are a winner in life’s lottery! You have to spread the wealth around because the people who drink and do dope all night and sleep all day don’t have as much as you therefore you need to share. You know, just to make it fair. You take more than what you put into the system, you are getting rich offa the backs of the poor, you are stealing from the poor so you have to pay higher taxes.
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A customer called police, fearing Hunziker could hurt one of the employees.
Because, as the media has made abundantly clear, all Republicans are right-wing domestic terrorists to be feared.
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Canada’s PM Steven Harper
Stephen Harper: This is how a defender of liberal democracy sounds
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#23 You forgot “xenophobic fascists.”
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I was just discussing the blackboard/powder bath project with my office help, and remembered a book I purchased yeeeaaaars ago on graffiti from the Southwest Conference. (Yes, it’s an old book.) It seems the authors toured colleges all over the country and accumulated the wit and wisdom left behind from the students at each university. Let’s just say that graffiti from universities is a tad above the scribblings of hormonally charged teenagers at your junior and senior high schools.
While giving her some samples from the book, I came across this piece of wisdom, taken from Fat Dawg’s at Texas Tech:Free men are never equal. Equal men are never free.
I thought about putting the book in the powder bath for inspiration, but there are way too many cuss words to risk someone’s kid getting their hands on it.
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#17 Shannon 😀
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Back when I was living under the crushing bad influence of my roommate Katfish in Austin in the 70’s, he would take me to a little dive called Spellman’s where he ruled over the pool tables like some psychotic Minnesota Fats.
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#22 Bonecrusher
#19 TT: But you didn’t build that business, you are a winner in life’s lottery!
I refer you to my first post of the day:
I worked until well after 2:00 a.m. Got stuff done, but had to quit when I started feeling nauseated. Needless to say, I’m a little slow getting going this morning.
Speaking of getting going…gotta get some bonds to the city.Yep, I did nothing by myself. I do get just a little heated when I hear that kind of crap. It would take more than hands and feet of myself and my siblings (eleven of those) to count the number of nights I’ve been up so late working that I almost made myself sick. Working into the wee hours of the morning is nothing new nor unusual for me. Those who are unwilling to take risks and do the work have no right to criticize the small business owners who do.
Now that I’ve verified a few things with our insurance agent, I have to go leave anddo business withwait forever at the City’s permitting office. -
My favorite poem from the book (and there are several humorous limericks, as well), is a sexually oriented yet (relatively) clean one:
’twas I who did the pushin’
Left the stains up on the cushion,
And my footprints on the dashboard
Upside down.
But since I screwed your daughter,
I’ve had trouble passing water,
So now I think we’re even
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Michael Berry makes it on Breitbart.
Coplen for mayor! -
#13 Shannon
A long read, and very sad story. I think everyone that wants to be a self-sufficient and successful American knows that Obama’s policies are the cause of this prolonged suffering. -
#29 – Psychotic?????
GEEZ – you ARE gettingmorecrotchety in your antiquity Brother!
The Spellman’s grafitti-in-the-loo was top notch though…………. -
#27 TT
Made me remember, I once wrote a term paper on Graffiti in women’s restrooms at UT Austin. In some buildings, the women’s restrooms didn’t have any graffiti, so I seeded a few stalls to see if I could propagate some more. I don’t remember now if that always worked or not. Somewhere in a closet upstairs, among some sealed boxes that I moved down to Houston 31 years ago, because it was too much trouble to triage boxes of stuff — I probably still have that paper. -
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Just creating a word picture for our couch friends.
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#17 Shannon
You rascal, I wouldn’t have watched that but for Dave’s #28… Needs a better teaser than “short version”.
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We must be in much better shape than we all thought, the pool salesman article above notwithstanding.
Michellebacca sez so.
And President Lightbringer has time to call in to a pop radio show and discuss the apparent American Idol controversy since there aren’t any more foreign catastrophes brewing. -
Clever, attention-grabbing headline seen on billboard for physicians group in College Station:
Bleeding Maroon?
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I figured SD’s comment might draw you in.
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Apparently the NEW connotation of “short” is “non existent”?
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Naw, that “short” version does exist, I saw it on video with my own eyes!
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It wouldn’t work for you? Hmm.
Try this…
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#45 – hater!
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Maybe because JugEars was spending so much time with this sort of thing that he did not have time to be informed of the nightmare in Benghazi. The fact that there were 200+ incidents in the year prior at that consulate, and that it was the anniversary of 9-11, and that there were numerous warnings that an attack was imminent, and that there were numerous requests for more security for months may cause one to ask WHY WEREN’T THOSE DOTS CONNECTED?
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#47 – simple – they don’t give a rat’s behind………….
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#48 The threw Hitlery under the bus by stating (falsely) that the white house was never notified and so “the buck never got here”. Not that I mind her getting the bum’s rush, she deserves it for her own incompetence; how’s that friggin reset button working with Russia, there Hil? The fact of the matter is that the glaring incompetence in the white house makes us all much more vulnerable because now every bomb throwing, goat raping sleeze ball is gonna think they can take a shot at us and get away with it. One of those may get through and kill a bunch of innocents.
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“Fearless Felix” traveled so fast, he returned to earth shortly before he left.
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You beat me to it Bob.
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Maybe, but I didn’t use time-travel, just the improbability drive.
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MOre evidence of the death of journalizm
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#53 – More evidence of the death of the American educational system. These are the same people who support Zero, so who am I to dispute their findings.
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Cheer up Bones. It’s almost 4:20… Seriously, this should be an open and shut case.
The government was petitioned to examine the most recent scientific evidence proving cannabis’ medical value and as a result move marijuana to a lower schedule, but the DEA first stonewalled and than finally rejected the petition in 2011. The DEA was then sued for inappropriately rejecting the petition. The court may decide if the DEA did in fact fail to follow its legal requirements on this issue.
In 1971, Nixon rejected the report of a study he commissioned and forced congress to classify cannabis as a Sched 1 (as dangerous as heroin) substance. What the cowardly politicians (of both parties) have failed to do, the courts will.
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Did they add a pillar to Islam that sez the faithful should whine fervently and frequently.
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but the DEA first stonewalled and
thanTHEN finally rejected the petition in 2011still more evidence of the death of editorial oversight and a crappy educational system.
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#57 Pyro: They all voluntarily bunched up and due to an appalling lack of planning and testicular fortitude, they did not have several of these fully deployed.
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#55 Bob420: You won’t get any arguments from me about the decriminalization of wacky t’backy.
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#60 I recall. Good for you. I hope more conservatives will join you.
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#61: There are prolly a whole lot more out there with the same view than what you realize, it is just that most do not partake so it is not a big deal to them.
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Where have I heard this kinda crapola before?
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmebbe Fast & Furious?
NYT: Most weapons shipments to Syrian rebels are flowing to jihadists, not secularists
I swear these Mo-Ronz (aka the current administration from top to bottom) put the STOOPID in stupid!! -
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#64: Thanks, I think.
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Heh
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For those interested in the Houston music scene, this guy claims to have 50,000+ photographs he is posting. So far he has 1965 through 1982 posted with a new year going up every couple weeks. This dude attended a lot of concerts.
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Shannon is great with those compliments that leave you feeling a bit uncertain… 🙂
But surely “an enormous lack of jackassery” is a good thing! -
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Aw, Harper, yew knOW I lubs ya. -
Norodom Sihanouk, has passed away.
One more southeast asian racketeer. -
#69 Sarge
I see what you mean, if that MO-ron Akin is ahead… -
WOW – I had no idea – Baltimore Raven’s MLB Ray Lewis has apparently suffered a season ending Triceps injury yesterday vs. the Cowboys – the ESPN crew just now is discussing it “could be” a career ending scenario………….now THAT is a True Legend whether he ever plays another down or not……………..
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Leaving the Art Festival yesterday, the Shamaalina passed a man handing out flags. I asked her how many stars? – 50; why? – one for each state, how many stripes? – 13.
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Between Chappel Hill and Washington, I wish TxDOT would take these damn Deer Crossing signs down so these deers wouldn’t keep jumping out in front of me.
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Andy Warhol puts the lie to the hatred of gays in the Church.
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#50 #51, I heard that on the radio today! The sad part is that the IDIOTS that reported it didn’t know the difference. 🙁
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Arguably one of the most famous promoters of the so called “homosexual lifestyle.” Good to see the RCC is down with that. He was only hospitalized once with condylomata.
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YUP! This would be the typical Obama voter; New Threats to Riot if Obama Loses Election.
Yanno’ it would be funny if it wasn’t so sad, that the Lame Stream Media always said that the Tea Partiers are dangerous, but they’re always polite and leave the place cleaner than they found it, unlike the Occupoopers. SPITS! -
My #79, read the tweets,….CRAZY!!
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‘Bout that war on women; Swing States poll: Women push Romney into lead.
Oh and that would be USA Today, not the most communist rag out there but close. -
#79/80
Far be it for me to stifle individual’s predilection to join the team, but the Blog Monkey has requested that folks not link to maniacs. -
This has been going on for many years. This year Harris County has 29 schools participating.
A national campaign launched by Teaching Tolerance a decade ago, Mix It Up at Lunch Day encourages students to identify, question and cross social boundaries.
In our surveys, students have identified the cafeteria as the place where divisions are most clearly drawn. So on one day – October 30 this school year – we ask students to move out of their comfort zones and connect with someone new over lunch. It’s a simple act with profound implications. Studies have shown that interactions across group lines can help reduce prejudice. When students interact with those who are different from them, biases and misperceptions can fall away.Uh oh, the nucking futz crowd has an opinion. Best to keep your child out of school than run the risk that they will have lunch with someone outside their social circle.
But this year, the American Family Association, a conservative evangelical group, has called the project “a nationwide push to promote the homosexual lifestyle in public schools” and is urging parents to keep their children home from school on Oct. 30, the day most of the schools plan to participate this year.
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Those tweets actually originate from the residence of well-known dyke bomber George W. Bush.
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Maniacs are demonstrably welcome here.
Linking to the infowars dot com scum is vehemently discouraged. -
Guess which state, guess which state,….No not the hangy down one, BUTT the land of Fruits and Nuts! Man In Critical Condition After Being Shot Trying To Slaughter Pig. 😉
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For those interested in discovering whom your zip code neighbors are contributing to, The Chronicle has provided an interactive map. My part of Friendswood breaks even at around $31K each.
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Well it’s certainly a nice gesture, but I do not John Glenn is needing a memorial just yet. Clearly a typo by the editorial staff or Pete Olson.
Father Lubomir Kupecz blesses the statues of Yuri Gagarin and memorial to John Glenn with holy water at the city of Houston’s parks department headquarters, which was the original NASA headquarters in Houston, Texas.
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I’m so embarrassed. Bret Favre got ejected from the stands at the Packer game last night ……………………
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Wondering if the Glenn statue has him carrying Bill Clinton’s water.
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The only water I see being carried is by Father Lubomir Kupecz. 😉
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The National Hockey League has locked out the players for the 3rd time in 18 years. This is getting a little tedious. So they hire Frank Lutz to spin their way out of it. You may remember Frank Lutz for inventing “Climate Change” to replace global warming or inventing the term “Death Taxes.”
You’re going to hear a lot about “shared sacrifice” from the NHL in the days and weeks to come. That’s the word from inside a secret emergency PR focus group, in which a top Republican Party strategist tested pro-ownership messages on a captive audience of hockey fans. One of those fans shared the documents with us, for a sneak preview of the propaganda campaign the NHL will be unloading on the public as the lockout drags on.
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Bret Favre got ejected from the stands at the Packer game last night
Busted for sexting sans qualified equipment no doubt.
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Because I do not and never have watched CNN, I don’t know anything about Candy Crowley, except she doesn’t look very attractive in the “Trick or Treat” pic up on Drudge the last few days. My search turned up a gruesome compare.
http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/2008/10/8/128679940471256083.jpg -
Howdy Hamsters. Checking in to see what I’ve missed while gone to Wisconsin the past 6 days.
Saw the Texans-Packers game last night in a Madison suburb at the home of my brother-in-law and wife after spouse and I had spent most of the time with them at their cottage in Door County, some 50 miles north of Green Bay. Returned through Green Bay in a downpour yesterday not very far from Lambeau Field, which is not quite visible from the highway on a sunny day nevermind in a deluge. The whole state needed the rain, and quite a lot fell over the weekend.
As for the game, Packers needed to win it more than the Texans did, and they did so decisively. Texans got a wakeup call–and how. Meaningful Learning Experience.
Will expound later on observations while there regarding the mood of Badgers in general and some particulars regarding the trappings of the election. Romney-Ryan can win the state IMHO. The natives are restless to put it mildly. 🙂
G’night all.
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