Sometimes ugly is pretty. Take this fine aircraft for example.
It was designed to do one thing and do it really well. It was designed to kill Soviet tanks. To do that, the entire front half of the airframe excluding the actual cockpit is a really big machine gun. That shoots really big bullets. This will give you an idea:
The upper left-hand cartridge is used in the M-16. The third from the right on the bottom is a 50 caliber round, which is about 5″ or so long from base to tip. The round the A-10 fires is the one in the lower right-hand corner. It’s about the size of an old-fashioned Coke bottle, the kind you used to return to the store to get your deposit back for.
One more picture to get an idea of how big the gun is:
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The Warthog has always been one of my favorites. Just point and shoot. It does allow for some pretty fancy flying to get that front end aimed properly at times. Ugly really is beautiful in this case.
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The Warthog has always been one of my favorites. Just point and shoot. It does allow for some pretty fancy flying to get that front end aimed properly at times. Ugly really is beautiful in this case.
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Ahhh, the A 10 Wart Hog my favorite aircraft to kick A$$ and take names. Have you ever looked at the 30MM Gatling Gun up close? Awsome!
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Ahhh, the A 10 Wart Hog my favorite aircraft to kick A$$ and take names. Have you ever looked at the 30MM Gatling Gun up close? Awsome!
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OK here’s an IDIOT; Economic trouble puzzles Fed chief, too.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told reporters Wednesday that the central bank had been caught off guard by recent signs of deterioration in the economy. And he said the troubles could continue into next year.
“We don’t have a precise read on why this slower pace of growth is persisting,” Bernanke said. He said the weak housing market and problems in the banking system might be “more persistent than we thought.”
It was the Fed chief’s most explicit warning yet that the economy will face serious challenges next year. For several months, he had said the factors working against economic growth appeared to be “transitory.”
Yanno, It’s NOT that hard to figger out, the businesses aren’t about to invest in people or equipment as long as Barry is in the White House,…and no, they’er not racists, they just
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OK here’s an IDIOT; Economic trouble puzzles Fed chief, too.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told reporters Wednesday that the central bank had been caught off guard by recent signs of deterioration in the economy. And he said the troubles could continue into next year.
“We don’t have a precise read on why this slower pace of growth is persisting,” Bernanke said. He said the weak housing market and problems in the banking system might be “more persistent than we thought.”
It was the Fed chief’s most explicit warning yet that the economy will face serious challenges next year. For several months, he had said the factors working against economic growth appeared to be “transitory.”Yanno, It’s NOT that hard to figger out, the businesses aren’t about to invest in people or equipment as long as Barry is in the White House,…and no, they’er not racists, they just
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Super Dave,
Uncertainty attributable to Obama, is part of it. But it’s not the entirety of it. This environment has been brewing for decades, and we have yet to see it really come to a head. Excessive government spending did not start with Barack Obama nor will it end with him. At least people are becoming more acutely aware of it though. That’s an important first step.
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Super Dave,
Uncertainty attributable to Obama, is part of it. But it’s not the entirety of it. This environment has been brewing for decades, and we have yet to see it really come to a head. Excessive government spending did not start with Barack Obama nor will it end with him. At least people are becoming more acutely aware of it though. That’s an important first step. -
Let’s make Bernanke “transitory” too!
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Let’s make Bernanke “transitory” too!
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From yesterday #89;
Beware the Granniehammies.
That’s good advice, Shannon. Mrs. Darren’s got a mouth that’ll put them all to early graves.
I love my woman.
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From yesterday #89;
Beware the Granniehammies.
That’s good advice, Shannon. Mrs. Darren’s got a mouth that’ll put them all to early graves.
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I’m not the only one who thinks Bernanke is a bumbling idiot:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/06/fed-forecasts-puh-leeze/
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I’m not the only one who thinks Bernanke is a bumbling idiot:
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I disagree with Ron Paul — its not that we should End the Fed, it is that we should replace much of its ruling economists with mathematicians and engineers.
Barry Ritholtz for Fed Chair!!!! We could do (and have done) a helluva lot worse. End the reign of terror of Been A. Beernapkin!!!!
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I disagree with Ron Paul — its not that we should End the Fed, it is that we should replace much of its ruling economists with mathematicians and engineers.
Barry Ritholtz for Fed Chair!!!! We could do (and have done) a helluva lot worse. End the reign of terror of Been A. Beernapkin!!!!
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Beyond the institutional habit of being excessively optimistic, the Fed’s economic forecasts have been working off the wrong data set, stubbornly refusing to recognize that this is a credit driven crisis, and not your run of the mill business cycle contraction.
Which supports the idea I put forth in #4. The problem is not simply Obama, as much disdain as I have for him. The problem is systemic and it’s a system that existed before Obama and will exist after Obama. Let’s address that and quit spinning our wheels bleating about “Obama is da boogeyman”.
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Beyond the institutional habit of being excessively optimistic, the Fed’s economic forecasts have been working off the wrong data set, stubbornly refusing to recognize that this is a credit driven crisis, and not your run of the mill business cycle contraction.
Which supports the idea I put forth in #4. The problem is not simply Obama, as much disdain as I have for him. The problem is systemic and it’s a system that existed before Obama and will exist after Obama. Let’s address that and quit spinning our wheels bleating about “Obama is da boogeyman”.
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Boo Been A. Beernapkin. Boo Been Boo. Boo Been. Liar. Been A. Beernapkin liar boo.
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Boo Been A. Beernapkin. Boo Been Boo. Boo Been. Liar. Been A. Beernapkin liar boo.
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#9, Dud, if I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times, he’s not “da boogeyman”.
Marxist Muslim Mulatto – 3M President
(apologies to Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing)
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#9, Dud, if I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times, he’s not “da boogeyman”.
Marxist Muslim Mulatto – 3M President
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Boo Been A. Beernapkin. Boo Been Boo. Boo Been. Liar. Been A. Beernapkin liar boo.
It really is a shame I never met that dude during my time in Toledo, OH (the YouTube boo dude, not Beernapkin). The only problem with that guy is that he’s drinking Buttwiper beer in the video. I could help him with that though.
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Boo Been A. Beernapkin. Boo Been Boo. Boo Been. Liar. Been A. Beernapkin liar boo.
It really is a shame I never met that dude during my time in Toledo, OH (the YouTube boo dude, not Beernapkin). The only problem with that guy is that he’s drinking Buttwiper beer in the video. I could help him with that though.
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I hope that Bumbling Ben Butt-nozzle’s head ‘splodes. The very concept that Keynesian economics is inherently flawed is beyond the capacity of the eggheads to grasp. Keynes himself emphatically stated that you must not borrow to pend and stimulate the economy.
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I hope that Bumbling Ben Butt-nozzle’s head ‘splodes. The very concept that Keynesian economics is inherently flawed is beyond the capacity of the eggheads to grasp. Keynes himself emphatically stated that you must not borrow to pend and stimulate the economy.
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Have you ever looked at the 30MM Gatling Gun up close?
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Have you ever looked at the 30MM Gatling Gun up close?
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If only Josey Wales could have commandeered THAT gun!
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If only Josey Wales could have commandeered THAT gun!
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It should never have come to this, of course. Wilders may have angered Muslims by likening Islam to fascism and the Koran to Mein Kampf, but expressing opinions that some find offensive is not the same thing as inciting hatred. But, as is generally the case in Europe these days, those who called for Wilders to be prosecuted were determined to silence him, partly out of knee-jerk political correctness, and partly because they feared his remarks might provoke a violent response from Muslims – which of course rather helps to make Wilders’ point for him.
I’m so glad court people exist to make sure society doesn’t hate.
/sarc off
Dutch court clears Geert Wilders of inciting hatred against Muslims
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It should never have come to this, of course. Wilders may have angered Muslims by likening Islam to fascism and the Koran to Mein Kampf, but expressing opinions that some find offensive is not the same thing as inciting hatred. But, as is generally the case in Europe these days, those who called for Wilders to be prosecuted were determined to silence him, partly out of knee-jerk political correctness, and partly because they feared his remarks might provoke a violent response from Muslims – which of course rather helps to make Wilders’ point for him.
I’m so glad court people exist to make sure society doesn’t hate.
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For some reason this gatling gun now seems a wee bit small? What changed?
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For some reason this gatling gun now seems a wee bit small? What changed?
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Just got bad news on my brother-in-law. Please keep my sis and her hubby in your prayers. They have one more visit, but it may be their last ‘hopeful’ visit. The cancer is moving and growing faster than the chemo, radiation, and surgery can contain it.
Sis has been fighting for disability. This is the one who wants to work, but has spinal and neurological problems that prevent her from holding a job. What she’ll do when her hubby can’t work anymore is a major issue, especially if her appeal for disability is refused again. It seems her last lawyer screwed her application for appeal up big-time, and now she’s trying to do it herself. No other lawyer wants to touch it, since her previous lawyer still has billing hours attached to it, so she’s trying to do the research herself and write her own brief.
When she’s feeling well enough to sit at the computer, and while she’s caring for her husband.
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Just got bad news on my brother-in-law. Please keep my sis and her hubby in your prayers. They have one more visit, but it may be their last ‘hopeful’ visit. The cancer is moving and growing faster than the chemo, radiation, and surgery can contain it.
Sis has been fighting for disability. This is the one who wants to work, but has spinal and neurological problems that prevent her from holding a job. What she’ll do when her hubby can’t work anymore is a major issue, especially if her appeal for disability is refused again. It seems her last lawyer screwed her application for appeal up big-time, and now she’s trying to do it herself. No other lawyer wants to touch it, since her previous lawyer still has billing hours attached to it, so she’s trying to do the research herself and write her own brief.
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G’Morning all
Back from New York. I should have the yankee taste and aroma out of my system by Saturday.
TT: Kneemail via Divine Delivery is “ON”. If you are willing to collect $$ for them, I’ll sure be happy to donate.
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G’Morning all
Back from New York. I should have the yankee taste and aroma out of my system by Saturday.
TT: Kneemail via Divine Delivery is “ON”. If you are willing to collect $$ for them, I’ll sure be happy to donate. -
In his own words Bernanke said he didn’t have a clue about the economy but it was all the Republican’s fault.
Oh, that’s right, I forgot they have to stay on message……..Headline:
Bernanke Admits He’s Clueless On Economy’s Soft PatchPARA 1:
Bernanke touched on every topic, admitting that the recovery was weaker than expected and that beyond temporary factors like supply chain disruptions in Japan and high energy prices, he was at a loss as to what was causing the soft patch.PARA 6:
Brutally honest, Bernanke admitted that he had no clue what was actually causing the current fragility in the U.S. economic recovery.…….admitting only some of the factors were temporary and that he didn’t know exactly what was causing the slowdown,
PARA 9:
The Fed chairman was explicit about the situation in Washington, directly slapping Republicans in the face saying “I don’t think sharp immediate cuts in the deficit would bring more jobs.” -
In his own words Bernanke said he didn’t have a clue about the economy but it was all the Republican’s fault.
Oh, that’s right, I forgot they have to stay on message……..Headline:
Bernanke Admits He’s Clueless On Economy’s Soft Patch
PARA 1:
Bernanke touched on every topic, admitting that the recovery was weaker than expected and that beyond temporary factors like supply chain disruptions in Japan and high energy prices, he was at a loss as to what was causing the soft patch.
PARA 6:
Brutally honest, Bernanke admitted that he had no clue what was actually causing the current fragility in the U.S. economic recovery.
…….admitting only some of the factors were temporary and that he didn’t know exactly what was causing the slowdown,
PARA 9:
The Fed chairman was explicit about the situation in Washington, directly slapping Republicans in the face saying “I don’t think sharp immediate cuts in the deficit would bring more jobs.” -
TT: Kneemail via Divine Delivery is “ON”. If you are willing to collect $$ for them, I’ll sure be happy to donate.
Seconded, TT. If something other than $ would be better (gift card for a particular grocery store maybe?) just say the word.
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TT: Kneemail via Divine Delivery is “ON”. If you are willing to collect $$ for them, I’ll sure be happy to donate.
Seconded, TT. If something other than $ would be better (gift card for a particular grocery store maybe?) just say the word.
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Today, in 1948, Justice Clarence Thomas was born. Happy Birthday, Justice Thomas!
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Today, in 1948, Justice Clarence Thomas was born. Happy Birthday, Justice Thomas!
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And while Bernanke’s screaming for more stimulus money, what did their first stimulus do?
CBO: Stimulus almost doubled U.S. debt
By: Conn Carroll | Senior Editorial Writer | 06/22/11 11:27 AMA new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that President Obama’s economic stimulus program helped nearly double U.S. debt.
The 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook, released Wednesday morning, reports that the “the combination of automatic budgetary responses” and Obama’s stimulus “had a profound impact on the federal budget.” According to CBO projections, before Obama’s stimulus became law, federal debt equaled 36 percent of GDP and was projected to decline slightly over the next few years. Instead, thanks in large part to the stimulus, debt reached 62 percent
of GDP by 2010.Other lowlights from the report include:
Debt will reach 70 percent of GDP by the end of this year – the highest percentage since World War II.
Spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will reach 15 percent of GDP by 2035 – spending on all government programs has averaged 18.5 percent over the past 40 years.
Total government spending is set to hit 27 percent of GDP by 2035.
Taxes are set to grow from 19 percent of GDP in 2013, to 23 percent by 2035.
Americans “at various points on the income scale would pay a larger percentage of their income in taxes than people at the same points do today.”
The effective marginal tax rate on labor income would rise from about 25 percent now to about 35 percent in 2035.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/06/cbo-stimulus-almost-doubled-us-debt?
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And while Bernanke’s screaming for more stimulus money, what did their first stimulus do?
CBO: Stimulus almost doubled U.S. debt
By: Conn Carroll | Senior Editorial Writer | 06/22/11 11:27 AM
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that President Obama’s economic stimulus program helped nearly double U.S. debt.
The 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook, released Wednesday morning, reports that the “the combination of automatic budgetary responses” and Obama’s stimulus “had a profound impact on the federal budget.” According to CBO projections, before Obama’s stimulus became law, federal debt equaled 36 percent of GDP and was projected to decline slightly over the next few years. Instead, thanks in large part to the stimulus, debt reached 62 percent
of GDP by 2010.
Other lowlights from the report include:
Debt will reach 70 percent of GDP by the end of this year – the highest percentage since World War II.
Spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will reach 15 percent of GDP by 2035 – spending on all government programs has averaged 18.5 percent over the past 40 years.
Total government spending is set to hit 27 percent of GDP by 2035.
Taxes are set to grow from 19 percent of GDP in 2013, to 23 percent by 2035.
Americans “at various points on the income scale would pay a larger percentage of their income in taxes than people at the same points do today.”
The effective marginal tax rate on labor income would rise from about 25 percent now to about 35 percent in 2035.http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/06/cbo-stimulus-almost-doubled-us-debt?
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partly out of knee-jerk political correctness, and partly because they feared his remarks might provoke a violent response from Muslims
That sure sounds familiar.
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partly out of knee-jerk political correctness, and partly because they feared his remarks might provoke a violent response from Muslims
That sure sounds familiar.
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Why is Hugo Chavez wearing this clown suit in his photo with Castro?
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Why is Hugo Chavez wearing this clown suit in his photo with Castro?
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Congratulations, President Friedman:
Barack Obama is out of ideas. Done. Empty. Finished. Through. His grand pronouncement last night on the country’s direction: “America, it is time to focus on nation building here at home.” Powerful stuff indeed. And lifted directly from no less than 14 Tom Friedman columns.
From the link within the link:
That’s 14 New York Times columns and 34 deployments of the phrase “nation-building,” for those keeping track. Approximately zero of which grapple with the great unmentionable buzz-harsher of National Greatness dreamers and infrastructure-cancellation lamenters everywhere: Just about everything government provides has gotten too damned expensive, because government is a definitionally corruptible monopoly, and as a result there is precious little money left over to pay for whatever shiny new government-monopoly gewgaw you brainfarted this morning on the links.
Heh. Fileting Obama with the words of the insufferable Friedman.
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Congratulations, President Friedman:
Barack Obama is out of ideas. Done. Empty. Finished. Through. His grand pronouncement last night on the country’s direction: “America, it is time to focus on nation building here at home.” Powerful stuff indeed. And lifted directly from no less than 14 Tom Friedman columns.
From the link within the link:
That’s 14 New York Times columns and 34 deployments of the phrase “nation-building,” for those keeping track. Approximately zero of which grapple with the great unmentionable buzz-harsher of National Greatness dreamers and infrastructure-cancellation lamenters everywhere: Just about everything government provides has gotten too damned expensive, because government is a definitionally corruptible monopoly, and as a result there is precious little money left over to pay for whatever shiny new government-monopoly gewgaw you brainfarted this morning on the links.
Heh. Fileting Obama with the words of the insufferable Friedman.
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Gas prices are already going down and now Barry decides to tap the SPR. Stock prices plummet. Yet another blow to the Texas economy. Coincidence?
In the immortal words of Charlie Daniels: Watch him folks, ’cause he’s a thoroughly dangerous man.
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Gas prices are already going down and now Barry decides to tap the SPR. Stock prices plummet. Yet another blow to the Texas economy. Coincidence?
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#28 hamous
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#28 hamous
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No love in oil futures today. Price was already down due to a stronger dollar and now this. Crappola.
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No love in oil futures today. Price was already down due to a stronger dollar and now this. Crappola.
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Let’s talk about increasing the debt limit for a minute (talking to myself, of course). Simply stated, why don’t we (the Congress) just drop everything else right now and start whacking away at the spending side of the equation. The existing ceiling is a given, the burn rate can easily be computed, and the days to failure can be counted. Tax Cheat Timmy is already stealing the retirement funds from government employees (no harm is that really that I can see) to fund government operations (read continue spending) not subject to the ceiling. The SS fund is already gone, all of our creditors have already cut us off and are in fact liquidating their positions in our debt, and the only remaining lender of last resort is the Fed, which merely prints the money as needed out of whole cloth without regard for the inflationary impact waiting down the road (think of tearing a dollar bill in half and declaring that you now have two dollars, have them again and you have four dollars, etc.).
Once again, our limp spine Republican leaders are talking about the possibility of raising the debt ceiling in return for some more magic beans that will cause our debt to go down some time in the future, but not right now. Do no kick this can down the road. The Dems, and particularly the CIC, are in panic mode about re-election already. Tapping the strategic oil reserves to manipulate the market rather than to meet an unexpected supply disruption is a pure political decision and works to the detriment of our safety as a nation (which of course is in keeping with every other policy he has enacted). Who knows what’s next – maybe he will go ahead and tell Al-Queda how long they need to hunker down, reconstitute themselves, lick and heal their wounds, and wait for us to go away before they can reemerge as a new force to be reckoned with.
I’ve got more, but that’s enough to digest for now.
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Let’s talk about increasing the debt limit for a minute (talking to myself, of course). Simply stated, why don’t we (the Congress) just drop everything else right now and start whacking away at the spending side of the equation. The existing ceiling is a given, the burn rate can easily be computed, and the days to failure can be counted. Tax Cheat Timmy is already stealing the retirement funds from government employees (no harm is that really that I can see) to fund government operations (read continue spending) not subject to the ceiling. The SS fund is already gone, all of our creditors have already cut us off and are in fact liquidating their positions in our debt, and the only remaining lender of last resort is the Fed, which merely prints the money as needed out of whole cloth without regard for the inflationary impact waiting down the road (think of tearing a dollar bill in half and declaring that you now have two dollars, have them again and you have four dollars, etc.).
Once again, our limp spine Republican leaders are talking about the possibility of raising the debt ceiling in return for some more magic beans that will cause our debt to go down some time in the future, but not right now. Do no kick this can down the road. The Dems, and particularly the CIC, are in panic mode about re-election already. Tapping the strategic oil reserves to manipulate the market rather than to meet an unexpected supply disruption is a pure political decision and works to the detriment of our safety as a nation (which of course is in keeping with every other policy he has enacted). Who knows what’s next – maybe he will go ahead and tell Al-Queda how long they need to hunker down, reconstitute themselves, lick and heal their wounds, and wait for us to go away before they can reemerge as a new force to be reckoned with.
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The Warthog is a perfect example of the beauty of the philosophy FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION. The plane can still fly with half of one of its wings shot off and to my knowledge there is no vehicle on the planet that can withstand an assault from it. It may not be supersonic but who the heck cares, it is made for close work and does that better than any other aircraft on the planet. Absolute beauty and efficiency in function and darned scary to look at, I would imagine that it has a very peculiar sound at close range as well. I think the plane is wissin gorgeous!
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The Warthog is a perfect example of the beauty of the philosophy FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION. The plane can still fly with half of one of its wings shot off and to my knowledge there is no vehicle on the planet that can withstand an assault from it. It may not be supersonic but who the heck cares, it is made for close work and does that better than any other aircraft on the planet. Absolute beauty and efficiency in function and darned scary to look at, I would imagine that it has a very peculiar sound at close range as well. I think the plane is wissin gorgeous!
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Let’s talk about increasing the debt limit for a minute (talking to myself, of course). Simply stated, why don’t we (the Congress) just drop everything else right now and start whacking away at the spending side of the equation. The existing ceiling is a given, the burn rate can easily be computed, and the days to failure can be counted.
The answer to that is that “whacking away at the spending side of the equation” isn’t a strategically sound method to get (re)elected. The only result that interests most politicians is winning elections.
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Cantor and Kyl may be growing a spine:
Bipartisan budget talks led by Vice President Biden collapsed Thursday after the top two Republican negotiators pulled out, complaining Democrats won’t drop their push for tax increases and calling on the president to get involved.
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Cantor and Kyl may be growing a spine:
Bipartisan budget talks led by Vice President Biden collapsed Thursday after the top two Republican negotiators pulled out, complaining Democrats won’t drop their push for tax increases and calling on the president to get involved.
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CHICAGO — An Illinois family remained in shock Thursday after a teenage girl died in a car accident while attempting to save her pet dog from being put down.
Taylor Mae Stinchcomb, 15, stole the family minivan and fled her home in Gurnee, Lake County at midnight Tuesday with her cancer-stricken Doberman, Romulus, and a friend, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
When Taylor became too distressed to drive, the 15-year-old friend took over the wheel.
The unnamed friend later lost control of the van and crashed into several trees and a utility pole, police said.
Very unfortunate. Thoughts and prayers to the parents. They must be devastated.
And as fate would have it…
Taylor was taken to the hospital where she died of multiple internal injuries. Her dog Romulus was thrown from the vehicle and also killed.
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CHICAGO — An Illinois family remained in shock Thursday after a teenage girl died in a car accident while attempting to save her pet dog from being put down.
Taylor Mae Stinchcomb, 15, stole the family minivan and fled her home in Gurnee, Lake County at midnight Tuesday with her cancer-stricken Doberman, Romulus, and a friend, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
When Taylor became too distressed to drive, the 15-year-old friend took over the wheel.
The unnamed friend later lost control of the van and crashed into several trees and a utility pole, police said.Very unfortunate. Thoughts and prayers to the parents. They must be devastated.
And as fate would have it…Taylor was taken to the hospital where she died of multiple internal injuries. Her dog Romulus was thrown from the vehicle and also killed.
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Tedtam;
Thoughts and prayers for Hubby and his.
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Tedtam;
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Try to keep a straight face and/or keep yourself from saying “WISS!!!” in one form or another as you read this tripe.
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Try to keep a straight face and/or keep yourself from saying “WISS!!!” in one form or another as you read this tripe.
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TT: Ditto Dooood #22. Just say when.
Darren #17: Regarding Geert Wilders’ exoneration, YEA. Let’s make him an honorary Texan. Better yet, let’s invite him to live in Texas and become a naturalized Texan.
Oh, and Good afternoon Hamsters.
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TT: Ditto Dooood #22. Just say when.
Darren #17: Regarding Geert Wilders’ exoneration, YEA. Let’s make him an honorary Texan. Better yet, let’s invite him to live in Texas and become a naturalized Texan.
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The goal of deficit reduction can’t simply be arithmetic. It has to be philosophical, as well.
That’s where I quit reading.
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#37
The goal of deficit reduction can’t simply be arithmetic. It has to be philosophical, as well.
That’s where I quit reading.
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I just got back from helping aforementioned sister help clean out her hubby’s mother’s apartment. I think we’re almost done. Today was a clothes day. Since reaching and lifting will tear said sister up, I didn’t want her removing all those clothes from the closet herself. Some of them are going to my assistant, who is struggling financially (baby is due in August). Brother-in-law’s mother spent a lot of money on clothes, and helper can certainly use any free items right now. The rest of them (five bags left behind) are being donated to some of the women sis met at the apartment complex. They could use the help as well, according to Sis.
Thanks for all the good wishes. All prayers are welcome. I’ll let you know if Sis gives the okay on anything else.
It’s good to have family, especially blogger families. God bless you all.
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I just got back from helping aforementioned sister help clean out her hubby’s mother’s apartment. I think we’re almost done. Today was a clothes day. Since reaching and lifting will tear said sister up, I didn’t want her removing all those clothes from the closet herself. Some of them are going to my assistant, who is struggling financially (baby is due in August). Brother-in-law’s mother spent a lot of money on clothes, and helper can certainly use any free items right now. The rest of them (five bags left behind) are being donated to some of the women sis met at the apartment complex. They could use the help as well, according to Sis.
Thanks for all the good wishes. All prayers are welcome. I’ll let you know if Sis gives the okay on anything else.
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That’s where I quit reading.
I had to mock the very lines you blockquoted in the comments section. I couldn’t help myself.
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That’s where I quit reading.
I had to mock the very lines you blockquoted in the comments section. I couldn’t help myself.
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Hmmm, we’ve known that the NYT has for years been a sanctuary for the bewildered and reason-challenged, so I suppose it shouldn’t be a great surprise that one of the inmates has wandered away from The Home and written the article linked in #37. Likewise, no surprise the NYT published it. Are there any subscribers left who actually pay for it? Just asking.
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Hmmm, we’ve known that the NYT has for years been a sanctuary for the bewildered and reason-challenged, so I suppose it shouldn’t be a great surprise that one of the inmates has wandered away from The Home and written the article linked in #37. Likewise, no surprise the NYT published it. Are there any subscribers left who actually pay for it? Just asking.
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Are there any subscribers left who actually pay for it?
That’s a good question. As for me, when I want tripe I get it in the pho at my local Vietnamese restaurant. A much better use of my money as far as I’m concerned.
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Are there any subscribers left who actually pay for it?
That’s a good question. As for me, when I want tripe I get it in the pho at my local Vietnamese restaurant. A much better use of my money as far as I’m concerned.
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Here’s some potentially good news on how the perennial swing vote on the SCOTUS may come down on Obamneycare’s individual mandate.
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Here’s some potentially good news on how the perennial swing vote on the SCOTUS may come down on Obamneycare’s individual mandate.
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The B.O. Media has already found its 2012 version of McCain and is scavenging to gin up support for Jon Huntsman. He’s pals with B.O. and the Chinese and believes in global warming. I guess you could say that Romney and Huntsman are members of the Latter Day Republicans.
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The B.O. Media has already found its 2012 version of McCain and is scavenging to gin up support for Jon Huntsman. He’s pals with B.O. and the Chinese and believes in global warming. I guess you could say that Romney and Huntsman are members of the Latter Day Republicans.
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Keep ya head down.
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#46.
Reminds me of the term “my esteemed colleague”.
When you hear that coming from any of THE 535, better activate the titanium sphincter shield because, as sure as the day is long, one of them thinks he/she’s seen a bullseye on it.
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#46.
Reminds me of the term “my esteemed colleague”.
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Hammy, I was about to comment that your little monkey-pope avatar had winked out, but I see he is back now…
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Hammy, I was about to comment that your little monkey-pope avatar had winked out, but I see he is back now…
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With 4th of July approaching I need to change him to Sparkler Monkey.
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With 4th of July approaching I need to change him to Sparkler Monkey.
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#46 – From what little I’ve heard Huntsman is a 2-wheeler also – as IF us riders didn’t already HAVE bad enough reps!!
*beam me the HADES UP GrammyHammy!
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#46 – From what little I’ve heard Huntsman is a 2-wheeler also – as IF us riders didn’t already HAVE bad enough reps!!
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Yo Sha-Na-NA………..you gotta boomer sneakin towards ya from the EAST (of all angles eh?)……….if it doesn’t rain itself out you fixxin to git wet
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Yo Sha-Na-NA………..you gotta boomer sneakin towards ya from the EAST (of all angles eh?)……….if it doesn’t rain itself out you fixxin to git wet
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Shannon;
Here I come… 😉
________________________________________________________________________________Hamous #46;
Latter Day Republicans
Dude, that’s funny.
________________________________________________________________________________Katfish;
In the dark of night, weld some training wheels on his bike. That’ll separate him from the rest of you all.
/Shhhhhhhhhhhhh…
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Shannon;
Here I come… 😉
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Hamous #46;Latter Day Republicans
Dude, that’s funny.
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Katfish;
In the dark of night, weld some training wheels on his bike. That’ll separate him from the rest of you all.
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Delta Airlines allows Saudi Arabian Airlines into their cooperative group.
Delta Air Lines’ plan to add Saudi Arabian Airlines to its SkyTeam Alliance of partnering companies would require the American carrier to ban Jews and holders of Israeli passports from boarding flights from New York or Washington bound for Jeddah, prompting outraged accusations of illegal religious discrimination.
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The restrictions could include clothing requirements for women and banning passengers from “carrying and reading religious literature of their choice.”“This includes, but is not limited to, both Christian and Jewish sacred texts, such as the Old Testament and the New Testament, as well as any objects that reflect their religion, such as a cross necklace,” Lovitky said.
To hear the moooooooooslim terd-nozzles in this country and around the world scream at how they are humiliated when they are searched for weapons, and how they belly ache at all the supposed (imagined) discrimination they suffer makes me want to puke.
Just imagine if we treated them in our country like they treat us in theirs. As a Jew, I would be killed on sight anywhere in Saudi Arabia, and (almost) everyone else here (white and Christian) would face a similar fate if you are so foolish to wander too far from the American work compounds. Let’s take it for granted that I don’t give a pile of stepped in dog schizzle if the Saudis or any other mooooooslim group gets offended when they are asked to be searched; seeing as how almost 100% of terrorists activities are committed by the hands of moooooslims in the name of allah.Send them all ALL to get their 72 virgins toot suite. How much more evidence do we need that they can not be reasoned nor negotiated with and that their promises are only good for a MAXIMUM of 10 years. They still have the “blacklist” for anything associated with Israel and the State Dept has the temerity to even have discussions with them??
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Delta Airlines allows Saudi Arabian Airlines into their cooperative group.
Delta Air Lines’ plan to add Saudi Arabian Airlines to its SkyTeam Alliance of partnering companies would require the American carrier to ban Jews and holders of Israeli passports from boarding flights from New York or Washington bound for Jeddah, prompting outraged accusations of illegal religious discrimination.
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The restrictions could include clothing requirements for women and banning passengers from “carrying and reading religious literature of their choice.”
“This includes, but is not limited to, both Christian and Jewish sacred texts, such as the Old Testament and the New Testament, as well as any objects that reflect their religion, such as a cross necklace,” Lovitky said.To hear the moooooooooslim terd-nozzles in this country and around the world scream at how they are humiliated when they are searched for weapons, and how they belly ache at all the supposed (imagined) discrimination they suffer makes me want to puke.
Just imagine if we treated them in our country like they treat us in theirs. As a Jew, I would be killed on sight anywhere in Saudi Arabia, and (almost) everyone else here (white and Christian) would face a similar fate if you are so foolish to wander too far from the American work compounds. Let’s take it for granted that I don’t give a pile of stepped in dog schizzle if the Saudis or any other mooooooslim group gets offended when they are asked to be searched; seeing as how almost 100% of terrorists activities are committed by the hands of moooooslims in the name of allah.
Send them all ALL to get their 72 virgins toot suite. How much more evidence do we need that they can not be reasoned nor negotiated with and that their promises are only good for a MAXIMUM of 10 years. They still have the “blacklist” for anything associated with Israel and the State Dept has the temerity to even have discussions with them?? -
Tedtam;
Sorry, I miss read the family relationship. You dd say t was your sister’s hubby, not Hubby (your Hubby). Sorry. Thoughts and prayers all the same.
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Tedtam;
Sorry, I miss read the family relationship. You dd say t was your sister’s hubby, not Hubby (your Hubby). Sorry. Thoughts and prayers all the same. -
I noticed after Dudeski’s wife gave him some favorite brews last night, no more Dudeski. I think we know who has who trained over there.
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I noticed after Dudeski’s wife gave him some favorite brews last night, no more Dudeski. I think we know who has who trained over there.
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Mark Halperin explains what is wrong with the Republican Party without actually intending to do so:
Is there really still a Republican establishment? If so, who belongs to it?
Despite the Tea Party, the Twitterverse and the multimedia dilution of traditional Republican authority, the old-school GOP rules the roost. Members of Congress, governors, big-time fundraisers, well-paid pundits and activist shoguns in early-voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina still have the loudest voices. Winning the party’s nomination without the backing of a majority of these groups is a nearly insurmountable challenge.
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Some are resigned to supporting Romney as the best available option for a viable general-election challenge — especially those who fear the Michele Bachmann surge. Others want to see if Huntsman is for real, if Tim Pawlenty can muster enough dynamism to be the Romney alternative or if Perry will be as tough and determined a national candidate as he has been a Texas battler. It could be early winter — or even the spring of 2012 — before the establishment gets off the fence. They want to beat President Obama but still can’t figure out how.
We’re frikkin dooomed.
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Mark Halperin explains what is wrong with the Republican Party without actually intending to do so:
Is there really still a Republican establishment? If so, who belongs to it?
Despite the Tea Party, the Twitterverse and the multimedia dilution of traditional Republican authority, the old-school GOP rules the roost. Members of Congress, governors, big-time fundraisers, well-paid pundits and activist shoguns in early-voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina still have the loudest voices. Winning the party’s nomination without the backing of a majority of these groups is a nearly insurmountable challenge.
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Some are resigned to supporting Romney as the best available option for a viable general-election challenge — especially those who fear the Michele Bachmann surge. Others want to see if Huntsman is for real, if Tim Pawlenty can muster enough dynamism to be the Romney alternative or if Perry will be as tough and determined a national candidate as he has been a Texas battler. It could be early winter — or even the spring of 2012 — before the establishment gets off the fence. They want to beat President Obama but still can’t figure out how.We’re frikkin dooomed.
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#56 GTO: She bribed him to get away from his square headed girlfriend.
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#56 GTO: She bribed him to get away from his square headed girlfriend.
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Little Timmy Geitner Terd-Nozzle just does not seem to understand:
(CNSNews.com) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the House Small Business Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration believes taxes on small business must increase so the administration does not have to “shrink the overall size of government programs.
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Geithner initially responded by saying that the administration’s planned tax increase would hit “three percent of your small businesses.”
Ellmers then said: “Sixty-four percent of jobs that are created in this country are for small business.”
Geithner conceded the point, but then suggested the administration’s planned tax increase on small businesses would be “good for growth.”Get a wissin rope and I mean NOW!
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Little Timmy Geitner Terd-Nozzle just does not seem to understand:
(CNSNews.com) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the House Small Business Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration believes taxes on small business must increase so the administration does not have to “shrink the overall size of government programs.
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Geithner initially responded by saying that the administration’s planned tax increase would hit “three percent of your small businesses.”
Ellmers then said: “Sixty-four percent of jobs that are created in this country are for small business.”
Geithner conceded the point, but then suggested the administration’s planned tax increase on small businesses would be “good for growth.”Get a wissin rope and I mean NOW!
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Sarge, just eat the Straus sandwich and be grateful.
The anti-sanctuary city bill hit a road block today, will be taken up again Monday. Guess what party the road blocker belonged to.
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Sarge, just eat the Straus sandwich and be grateful.
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#58, I respect the Dude’s standards. I’d of ditched the square head for a Bud. At least he knows how to negotiate, but I bet he made the sammiches.
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#58, I respect the Dude’s standards. I’d of ditched the square head for a Bud. At least he knows how to negotiate, but I bet he made the sammiches.
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Get a wissin rope and I mean NOW!
Bonecrusher;
If you’re going to climb the Cliffs of insanity, I’ll go with you; but YOU do the climbing. 🙂
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Get a wissin rope and I mean NOW!
Bonecrusher;
If you’re going to climb the Cliffs of insanity, I’ll go with you; but YOU do the climbing. 🙂
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In this day and age of STD’s that can rot your bidness off, or even actiually kill you, I’ve been having a hard time wondering why anyone uses prostitutes. Looking at the ladies in this story doesn’t make me any less perplexed,
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In this day and age of STD’s that can rot your bidness off, or even actiually kill you, I’ve been having a hard time wondering why anyone uses prostitutes. Looking at the ladies in this story doesn’t make me any less perplexed,
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OK First off, I’m NOT keeping up, BUTT that “Bound To” problem has got a whole lot worse,….made contact today, negotiating now, all may very well be history by Monday. 😀 FWIW; I can’t wait! YES life is Good!!
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OK First off, I’m NOT keeping up, BUTT that “Bound To” problem has got a whole lot worse,….made contact today, negotiating now, all may very well be history by Monday. 😀 FWIW; I can’t wait! YES life is Good!!
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Another story from the hometown rag shows us just how Conservative New Hampshire is.
CONCORD – The House voted today by the necessary two-thirds majority to override Gov. John Lynch’s veto of a parental notification law that requires an abortion provider to notify a parent 48 hours before performing an abortion on a minor.
The 266-102 vote sends the issue to the Senate, where the bill previously passed by a veto-proof 17-7.
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Another story from the hometown rag shows us just how Conservative New Hampshire is.
CONCORD – The House voted today by the necessary two-thirds majority to override Gov. John Lynch’s veto of a parental notification law that requires an abortion provider to notify a parent 48 hours before performing an abortion on a minor.
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Sarge, just eat the Straus sandwich and be grateful.
Dang. Sorry. Fergot my place there for a minute. I’ll be good from now on.
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Sarge, just eat the Straus sandwich and be grateful.
Dang. Sorry. Fergot my place there for a minute. I’ll be good from now on.
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I think we know who has who trained over there.
Now I really resent that remark. In fact, I… oh crap gotta go now…
yes dear…
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I think we know who has who trained over there.
Now I really resent that remark. In fact, I… oh crap gotta go now…
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In all seriousness, I did just return from being dragged through the furniture store. They didn’t even have any beer there. Can you imagine? Downright inhumane I tell ya.
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In all seriousness, I did just return from being dragged through the furniture store. They didn’t even have any beer there. Can you imagine? Downright inhumane I tell ya.
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Wife drags hubby into mind numbingly boring store. If they had beer,hubby would chill out and tell the salesman to wiss off. See an obvious strategy here? On the other hand, if there was a way to keep the wife amused at Trailer Wheel and Frame, I’d be broke or rich. Depending on which side of the counter I worked.
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Wife drags hubby into mind numbingly boring store. If they had beer,hubby would chill out and tell the salesman to wiss off. See an obvious strategy here? On the other hand, if there was a way to keep the wife amused at Trailer Wheel and Frame, I’d be broke or rich. Depending on which side of the counter I worked.
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Ya gotta hold out for those “home shows” at the GRB or Reliant Arena. At least they got beer.
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Ya gotta hold out for those “home shows” at the GRB or Reliant Arena. At least they got beer.
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SEC dominating the college world series with three of the final four teams. Go Gators!
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SEC dominating the college world series with three of the final four teams. Go Gators!
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Furniture stores and home shows. Well I just…….I thought…….oh nevermind.
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Furniture stores and home shows. Well I just…….I thought…….oh nevermind.
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College baseball. Hrrrrrrrumph.
Buncha nancy-boys prancing around.
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College baseball. Hrrrrrrrumph.
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#73 –
Buncha nancy-boys prancing around.
With Al-u-minium BATS no less!!
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#73 –
Buncha nancy-boys prancing around.
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(sticks head out of LurkCave, into mild humidity and wildly growing green grass –YAY!! )
Hello Hamsterousians! So many topics, so little time… First of all, prayers and stuff to those who request ’em.
Second, the mention of boring furniture stores jogged my recent memory of my first trip EVER (and I’ve been here a l-o-n-g time) to Mattress Mac’s Gallery Furniture on I45 North. Yowza!! Anything but boring!! My Gawd, it’s a cross between a zoo, Disneyworld, and a museum!! A MUST SEE, bring the kids, there is a name-brand pizza joint in the back (don’t know if they sell beer or not) and you will wander around jaw-dropped for hours in the little rooms-within-rooms. Mac himself is at the front desk 🙂 and he loves saying hi to the customers. A historical place in Houston, worth the trip.
Well, I have not yet gone out to measure the cracks in the dirt down the road a ways, but before the rain came they were 22 – that’s twenty-two! inches deep and about 2 inches wide, 6-8 feet long. Bottomless pits to he!! and just spooky to look at.
Watch out for the wildlife sniffing around for water, found two cottonmouth snakes hanging ’round when I had the sprinklers running a few nights ago. I think they are (uh, make that WERE) the offspring of granddaddy cottonmouth who has a home in another part of the yard.
Time for a nap. Y’all be good.
(withdraws into LurkCave, roots around in fridge for a cold adult beverage) 😀
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(sticks head out of LurkCave, into mild humidity and wildly growing green grass –YAY!! )
Hello Hamsterousians! So many topics, so little time… First of all, prayers and stuff to those who request ’em.
Second, the mention of boring furniture stores jogged my recent memory of my first trip EVER (and I’ve been here a l-o-n-g time) to Mattress Mac’s Gallery Furniture on I45 North. Yowza!! Anything but boring!! My Gawd, it’s a cross between a zoo, Disneyworld, and a museum!! A MUST SEE, bring the kids, there is a name-brand pizza joint in the back (don’t know if they sell beer or not) and you will wander around jaw-dropped for hours in the little rooms-within-rooms. Mac himself is at the front desk 🙂 and he loves saying hi to the customers. A historical place in Houston, worth the trip.
Well, I have not yet gone out to measure the cracks in the dirt down the road a ways, but before the rain came they were 22 – that’s twenty-two! inches deep and about 2 inches wide, 6-8 feet long. Bottomless pits to he!! and just spooky to look at.
Watch out for the wildlife sniffing around for water, found two cottonmouth snakes hanging ’round when I had the sprinklers running a few nights ago. I think they are (uh, make that WERE) the offspring of granddaddy cottonmouth who has a home in another part of the yard.
Time for a nap. Y’all be good.
(withdraws into LurkCave, roots around in fridge for a cold adult beverage) 😀
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