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This is just sad, sad, sad:
101M Get Food Aid from Federal Gov’t; Outnumber Full-Time Private Sector Workers

The number of Americans receiving subsidized food assistance from the federal government has risen to 101 million, representing roughly a third of the U.S. population.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that a total of 101,000,000 people currently participate in at least one of the 15 food programs offered by the agency, at a cost of $114 billion in fiscal year 2012.
That means the number of Americans receiving food assistance has surpassed the number of full-time private sector workers in the U.S.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 97,180,000 full-time private sector workers in 2012.
The population of the U.S. is 316.2 million people, meaning nearly a third of Americans receive food aid from the government.
Of the 101 million receiving food benefits, a record 47 million Americans participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. The USDA describes SNAP as the “largest program in the domestic hunger safety net.”
The USDA says the number of Americans on food stamps is a “historically high figure that has risen with the economic downturn.”

This administration is the sorriest, ragtag bunch of **** I’ve ever seen.

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  1. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    2-fer Tuesday

  2. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Another in a continuing series I like to call “Big Brass Ones”

    I had a good look at the fire and I thought there was a sporting chance of reaching it by getting out through the astro-dome, then down the side of the fuselage and out on to the wing.

  3. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #2 Sarge
    Yep, ballsy. Good morning, Hamsterville!

  4. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #2: Huge, titanium, gutsy beyond imagination.

  5. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    What’s the big deal. Isn’t everything free now? Housing, food, medical, shoes, education, entertainment, energy, etc. Utopia.

  6. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    getting out through the astro-dome

    How did he time-travel to Houston?

  7. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    An Egyptian dumbs down the message and puts it in terms the Low Info Voter can potentially understand. This is what happened in Egypt over the last year.

    /snip
    “There are no exaggerations or lies. These events all took place: On June 30th 2012, democratically elected Barack Obama wins the election with 51.7%, takes the oath, and is sworn in as president of the United States.” Actually it’s about Morsi, but you get the drift. “First five months of [Obama’s] term go relatively smoothly, where he makes almost no decisions (except for some dubious presidential pardons to a dozen convicted terrorists, including some convicted for their part in the assassination of a former US president).”

    Read the article.

  8. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Bin Laden to his minions: don’t bother targeting Biden for assassination

  9. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    TT, have you had an actual medical diagnosis as to what is wrong with your problem hip? I forgot to ask last night, but I think you said you had a filling in a baby tooth. How is that possible?

  10. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    TT, have you had an actual medical diagnosis as to what is wrong with your problem hip?

    I REALLY aggravated the nerve that runs through the hip, and I just haven’t been able to rest it enough for it to get well. I’m trying harder in that area, but it’s hard to keep me still. And as soon as I get to feeling better, I push myself harder than I should. My steps should only be a few inches at most, but yesterday when I felt that I was holding people up who were holding doors or walking behind me, I tried to take 6 or 8 inch steps. Big mistake. Big, big, mistake.
    We’ll see what the x-rays show tomorrow.

    I forgot to ask last night, but I think you said you had a filling in a baby tooth. How is that possible?

    I have inherited a condition from my father where I have retained baby teeth and missing adult molars. The enamel on the baby teeth is pretty much gone. With the wacky tooth thing, I also have problems at times with my teeth migrating or moving around in my jaw. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve had that problem, but when this tooth goes, that will probably spark a race to fill the space, which will throw what alignment I do have out of whack, and I could experience intermittent jaw pain as the teeth move around and find new grinding surface angles. That could be off and on for years. A spacer will really help.
    Considering how many babies I have, it’s remarkable that I have so few cavities. This one chipped off (that’s happening more often lately) which left a hard to clean space in the tooth. I haven’t had any pain, thank goodness, but I need to have it removed before I do.
    BTW, Dr. Payne, my dentist in college (and YES, that is his name) told me that the baby teeth thing is becoming more common. That was mmfmmf years ago that he said that.

  11. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    We’re Dooooooomed!

  12. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Your symptoms in the hip joint sound like bursitis to me and that is helped by simple cheap medication. Shouldn’t you be seeing an orthopedist instead of a chiropracter?

  13. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    That may be next. Dr. B. has always been able to get me through similar, though not as serious, problems. I have an appointment with my regular doc soon, so if things don’t get better, I may end up with a coritisone shot. I’ve had that before. Hated it.
    But then, I hate this, too. 🙁

  14. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This is interesting. It has been widely reported that dogs can detect cancer by scent, now there is a machine that can detect bladder cancer with 100% (to date) accuracy. It is still in the testing phase, no telling what hoops the USDA are a gonna make them jump through to get this in every doctors office.

  15. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #13: While a cortisone shot may cure the symptoms, it does not address the real problem. Additionally, the site of a cortisone shot suffers from a permanent decrease in circulation; this will tend to make the next incident more severe and harder to treat.

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Another reason not to get one if I don’t have to.

  17. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Heh.

    Senator Rand Paul may not have made up his mind about whether to run for president in 2016, but he is already having some fun at the expense of a possible opponent in the GOP primary. Appearing on Fox News’ Hannity this evening, the Kentucky Republican was asked to comment on both his own presidential prospects and those of Texas Governor Rick Perry, who announced this morning that he will not seek re-election to his current office. Paul replied, “Well, I don’t know about what I’ve decided yet, but if Governor Perry decides to run for president, I think there are three good reasons he could be president: You know, Texas is a big, successful state; he’s a long-term governor; . . . I can’t remember the third one, but, uh . . .” – Will Allen at The Corner

  18. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    NO SOUP FOR YOU!

  19. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Broward County Sheriff’s Office Prepares Zimmerman Verdict Riot Plan.…..Sigh
    🙁

  20. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Patient Wakes Up as Doctors Get Ready to Remove Organs. Mercy!!

  21. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #17 Shannon
    That is funny. But truth is I would put Rick Perry in the W.H. over Rand Paul any day.

  22. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #11 bone
    Looks like the only people in the US who might be doomed are a buncha crackers, Cuban refugees, and retired Jews.

  23. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    The biggest tradgedy of the 2012 Elections.

  24. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Barf Kitty is feeling much better. She’s upstairs,”following the sun” as it comes through the skylight. She’ll gradually follow her sunbeam down the stairs, on top of Hubby’s crap table by his chair, and finally retire to her usual spot on the couch.
    This last week or so, she had not felt like moving much.

  25. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    How chocolate jesus screwed himself on “immigration reform”.

  26. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    This is interesting. An isolated tribe that has no outside contact with the world. From Merican Digest.
    http://www.neatorama.com/2013/07/08/The-Forbidden-Island/

  27. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #25 Pyro
    Lots of pundits are saying Bronco never wanted the GangNam Bill to pass in the House anyway. He would prefer to use its failure to pass as a bludgeon for Republicans up for re-election in the 2014 midterms. If he has both the Senate and the House, he could do anything he wants to in 2015. Deport us. Give US citizenship to the entire population of Mexico. Use tax money to build mosques all around the world. Whatever.

  28. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #26
    Sounds like headshaker.com.

  29. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    We still haven’t heard from Ms. Adee have we?

  30. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Someone said they would contact her directly, but I haven’t seen any news.

  31. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Mebbe they headed out to a cooler place.

  32. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #18 – ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  33. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #28 Tom

    Sounds like headshaker.com.

    So did Headshaker ever rush out and attack you with bow and arrows?

  34. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #30 – I did send MsAdee an email the other day – so far no response

  35. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #26 – VERY interesting for sure! (still have not seen that shipwreck as yet – but I’m not zoomed all the way in)

  36. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I liked #26 too, TexCan. Also enjoyed seeing the Soup Nazi again, Daverino.

  37. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    These guys are saying we might be doomed.
    These guys are less convinced, but holding open the possibility.

  38. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Started feeling better in the last few hours.
    This is my danger zone.
    It’s where I start wanting to run marathons and jackhammer concrete and stuff.

  39. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Nicolas Cage discovers it may not be wise to by 8mm movies from bunsonburner‘s garage sale.

  40. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Quick. Someone shoot her with the tranquilizer dart.

  41. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Nice thunderstorm here in the barrio. 60-70% chance all weekend and not a drop. 10% chance today and it’s a deluge.

  42. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    The thunderclouds are passing us by, just grazing the area.

  43. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I need to go find another cold pack. It seems my last one sprung a leak, and it was the one I was supposed to return tomorrow. And I need to return the flea treatment I bought yesterday, I didn’t realize I was buying a collar for Barf Kitty. BK abhors anything around her neck. The vet tried to put a collar on her, and BK promptly removed it with prejudice.
    I believe the exact words from the vet were “She’s a feisty one!”
    This from the same people who would treat that monster Great Dane with a death wish for every living thing near it in the lobby, being held back only at constant and firm attention by it’s owner.

  44. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #29 squack
    But it was a movie of yourself that you sent me.

  45. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #39: Pillsbury Doughboy in a speedo?!
    GET ME THE EYE BLEACH, STAT!

  46. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    39
    You a baaaaad man.

  47. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Too good not to share.
    Favorite quote (courtesy of Bramanti):

    I was just cleaning it and the thing went off!

    h/t Benzion

  48. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    The only gun buy back program I would ever participate in.

  49. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    (still have not seen that shipwreck as yet – but I’m not zoomed all the way in)

    The Primrose is on the northwest corner of the Island, where the little bay is.
    Google Maps, enter: 11.593487,92.212412 & it’s right there!

  50. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #41 Hammy
    I wonder if the thunder from your barrio storm was audible at Chez Harp. It’s dry outside here, but I can see something still moving through your area on Doppler 13. My scarediest cat came out from under the bed when I got up from my afternoon nap. This always means she heard something weather related.

  51. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    My #49, is this a man made structure? 11.528036,92.228368 if it is it may or may not have been made by the natives. This LQQks likes an open boat? Lifeboat? 11.538887,92.211948

  52. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #49 Dave
    Yes indeedy. And if you move around the edges of the island in satellite view, you can see the several openings in the coral that would let a small boat get in closer to the land. That tribe is a long, long way from any landmass that still has black-skinned natives. It would be neat to have their DNA and see what could be learned of their origins.
    Regarding the remains of the boat, it’s been there for 30+ years, hasn’t it? It looks to be mostly submerged. I would assume it has been damaged by waves and storms. Wonder why the big tsunami didn’t dislodge it from the reef?

  53. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OK have any of you gun nuts seen this INSANE thang? Boberg XR9-S 9mm CCW pistol.
    It has an Bassackwards magazine, the rounds face foreword and are stripped out the rear, primer first! It’s claim to fame is a 3” barrel instead of 2” like most mouse guns.

  54. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Oh my #53 It’s the “Bull-Pup of pistols. 😉

  55. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Smug Prius Driver Insults Couple Because They Drive A Truck. HT Michael Berry
    First of all I’d NEVER hit a lady, I never have, but if this Fat Cow cussed in front of my little kids like that, she’d be leaving minus a few teeth…..SPITS!

  56. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #53 – for a GRAND?…………….not ME!

  57. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #55 – uh……….er………………isn’t a smattering of actual intelligence required BEFORE one can truly BE smug?
    I’m really ecstatic I did not encounter that bloviating bovine imitation of a human female! (it would not have ended nicely)

  58. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #47: Replace virginia with baby and it reads not to bad.

  59. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Superdave, can you reccommend a place to procure an AC/AC transformer? The replacement I need plugs into a standard 120V recepticle and converts 120V to 24V.
    I just happened to look at the display to my water softener and noticed it was dead. The outlet is fine. I am getting nothing on the other end.

  60. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    I am trying to beat the Sears price of $45!!!!!

  61. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #55: I think my response would be something like this: “LEAVE NOW! If you curse in front of my children again I will strike you vigorously and repeatedly until you are unconscious. LEAVE NOW while you still can.” SMACK!!

  62. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    While I openly applauded the FBI for this ad campaign, I now sit in disgust at the lack of backbone and their eagerness to bow to PC insanity. I am not hte least bit surprised that the criminal Jim McDermott raised an objection to the ad campaign. They simply can not get their arms around the fact that 90+% of the terrorist acts in the last 40 years globally have been at the hands of muslimes in the name of allah.

  63. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #59 TexMo I assume that you need 120 AV to 24 VDC? How much current/watts, if its just a display it should be less than an amp, if so almost any small DC transformer, will work. 24 Volts is harder to come by than 12 or 9. Try Amazon 24 VDC 600mA AC Adapter $15 bucks. Also you may want to check Radio Shack or EBay.

  64. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Bout my #63 I have a whole box full of old adapters from 6 VDC to 24 VDC in all shapes and sizes from anything from portable phones to computer junk. For years I had an old flat bed scanner that had unbelievable resolution for its day. The first computer that I used it on didn’t have enough RAM to run the thing high resolution. Along about the third computer I could use it to its best advantage and the 12 volt power supply went south. It was around 600-800 ma I think. I found and old transformer that went to a portable phone and tried to use it but the AC hum showed in the pictures. Then I found one that came with the boys defunct Jeep radio/TV/lamp/flashlight/dishwasher….etc and it worked perfectly. Sadly a few years later Microsoftstupid changed their software so my old scanner wouldn’t work with my newer computer. I’ve NOT had as good a scanner since then.

  65. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I just put BK’s flea collar on her. When I bought the product, I thought I was getting separate treatments, like drops. It came in an unusual can packaging that I hadn’t seen before. I was reluctant to open it, as BK has usually fought anything on her neck. I cuddled her under a blanket and while she was soporofic, I gently placed the collar on her. Other than a slightly annoyed “meow” she didn’t really react.
    Now let’s hope the expensive piece of plastic does it’s job. It’s supposed to be good for 8 months, so I shouldn’t have to change it until February.

  66. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #62 –

    I am not the least bit surprised that the criminal Jim McDermott OXYGEN THIEF raised an objection to the ad campaign.

    ………….insert dreaded acronym here 🙂

  67. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I have restrained myself from overdoing today. I wanted to get new covers for my crutches. The pads are old and are coming apart. That would be one stop. I needed to go to the bank. I wanted to go by Wal-Mart and get some spinach and stuff for dinner. (I use spinach in my morning smoothies.) WM has the motorized scooters. Hubby told me I was trying to do too much again, and we’d send Handsome to get the (expletive deleted) crutch pads and other stuff. He thought that crutching from the car to the store to get to the scooter might be too far. And I wanted to return the flea collar and get something else for Barf Kitty, because I really thought she’d take a few fingers in the attempt to put the unfamiliar thing around her neck.
    I used the drive through at the bank, so that was good. When I got to Wal-Mart, there was a cart guy driving a cart back to the store. I honked my horn and told him I could use the cart, and would he please take it to the last available handicapped spot over there? He gladly drove it over, so I had all of one step from the car door to the cart. (BTW – I saw a very fit woman drive another handicapped parked car away. Wisser.) So I was able to shop from the cart. Felt weird. And slow. I wish that thing had gears on it. Anyway, got a cold pad that’s supposed to be cold for a long time for when I go to sleep tonight. I think that’s what took me from feeling very sore last night to okay this morning. I had to be sure not to get more than I could carry on crutches. Back to the car and skipped going to Walgreens or CVS for the crutch pieces.
    Once home, I started dinner (one of those stick-in-the-oven things), put the cold packs in the freezer, and grabbed my blue-green duck tape. I taped what was left of the cushioning on the crutch, so I saved a few bucks and another stress on my hip. And they’re pretty, too!
    As far as the flea collar, Barf Kitty has allowed me to put it on her, so that was a trip to the pet store that was avoided, too.
    Maybe my guardian angel’s looking out for me today.

  68. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Oh, and I finished “Dune”. Every bit as good as I remembered. The first time I read it, the whole Islamic overtone of the story didn’t hit me like it did this time.
    Now, for the second book….

  69. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Oops! Schools are starting to reject the Man-Woman’s school lunch program!
    I am sure that their defiance will be appropriately punished.

  70. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    SDave it is actually 24V AC & 400mA. I have already reread the label multiple times to make sure I read it correctly.

  71. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #70 Quick E Bay search and came up with this odd ball; Radio Shack, Power Supply Plug-In Transformer, output: 18VAC, 24VAC , 1A, @ 1 amp it would be quite a honker.
    It says; Free Shipping?

  72. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I’m sure that you know that 1 amp is 1000 ma.

  73. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    One more vote tomorrow.
    http://clashdaily.com/2013/07/chew-on-this-satan-texas-house-passes-20-week-abortion-ban/

  74. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    TT: An alternative to buying cold packs is to soak a sponge really well in water and then freeze it. It will cool and doesn’t drip all over because the sponge retains the water. Works great.

  75. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #67 TT
    I started reading your activity wrapup and it sounded like your son was going to run some of the errands (although we have heard that doesn’t always work out quite right). But then you went out and did most of it yourself anyway. Isn’t this why you keep having relapses? For example, while you are buzzing along OK in the motorized shopping scooter, don’t you have to get out of the thing and stand up to fetch most of the items you want? Then get yourself back into the scooter…

  76. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I didn’t know when Handsome was coming home. He’s been working overtime lately, being in the A/C business in Houston in the middle of summer. Hubby’s been working at the shop late, fixing things that broke this week, and when he comes home he just crashes. So if I needed to get things done, I had to do them myself.
    Yep, that’s part of the relapse problem. If I was living alone, I’d have to handle things, so if I’m without help, I do the same.

  77. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #74 TexCan
    Tedtam: That reminds me, I have blue ice in a variety of formats and sizes, which can be frozen, used, refrozen indefinitely. It’s mainly for transporting things in my insulated cooler — I’m not left with cold water in the cooler, as would be the case with crushed ice. But I have used blue ice bricks successfully for treating swollen bug bites. There may well be blue ice wraps that are designed specifically for medical uses.

  78. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    When I think of all the things you have mentioned that you do for your relatives, why isn’t anyone helping you when you need it?

  79. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    My sister is taking me downtown for the second time tomorrow, for which I am really grateful. My MIL offered to take me, which surprised me, but I’d rather go with my sister so I’m glad that was arranged. My MIL’s sister is visiting, and she took MIL to her 2 doctor appointments today, so I didn’t have to. Handsome is helping me. He’s got the kitty’s bed set up so she’ll sleep on the other couch tonight (although she’s being darn clingy). He and Hubby have both been fetching fresh ice packs for me and Hubby brought my dinner to me so I didn’t have to get up. Handsome put together the salad I requested for dinner, and I’m hoping he finishes the dishes tonight. My neighbor across the street carried Barf Kitty in for me yesterday after the vet visit. OH3 also fetched and toted for me today while we were in the office, and dropped off some papers to MIL’s house just down the street on her way home. Handsome has also gone to pick up my mother’s laundry twice for me now, and will probably go again this week. Hubby’s been willing to buy dinner so I wouldn’t have to cook. I’m just really getting tired of the take-out. After 3 weeks, it gets old.
    I’m getting some help, and I’m darn grateful for every effort.

  80. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    OK, when it is laid out like that, it sounds much better, to know that you are in fact getting some help! Please take care of yourself and get better as soon as you can.

  81. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #77: Oops, put the sponge in a zip lock just in case.
    #78: Good question. Answered

  82. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Just came across this at another blog I frequent for lots of good information, I recommend it. Sounds like an interesting read that many here might enjoy, it’s called “how to survive without a salary. A conserver’s lifestyle.
    I haven’t read it but looked at some of the reviews and will see if I can get a copy from the library.
    http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/book-review-survive-salary/#comment-249408
    There’s a link at the website if you want to order it.

  83. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Some Drudge headlines:

    •Watch lifestyles, attitudes and behaviors…
    •Odd working hours, unexplained travel…
    •Monitor co-workers stress, divorce, financial problems…
    •Track online activities…
    •Those failing to report face penalties, criminal charges…
    OBAMA ORDERS FED WORKERS: SPY ON EACH OTHER

    And:

    NY school drops Michelle O’s lunch standards: Kids too hungry…

    As I recall, the utopian society established in Cuba had people spy on people and the utopian society established in China once dictated how much food the Chinese people could receive leading to starvation. Hmmmmm…….

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