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Whoa, dude. The mother of all curse words makes the Hamous front page!!!
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Darren WOW – George Carlin musta caused you to drink a truckload of Maalox over the years eh? 🙂
*packin up* here for regional BACA mtg in Austin – then north to Arlington to visit my Baby Sister as I’ve not seen her in a couple o months…………then back south to Temple early tomorrow morning to help empower another new HERO (aka BACA child)………as SD says “Life is GOOD!” -
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I work with some really cool space toys with some really smart people.
There are a lot of smart people out there. They didn’t build that.
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Glenn Reynolds linked to this yesterday as the blog comment of the day.
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Cassandra Lite | July 20, 2012 at 10:32 am
Fascinating that a man shouting “Allahu akbar” as he mows down 35 people on an army base isn’t motivated by Islam…but a guy who has the same name as hundreds of others—and says nothing as he fires—is obviously a Tea Party zealot. -
G’Morning All
3 El Gordo
You got too many items on your list. Please remove one.
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5 Texpat
And don’t forget these knee jerk types.
Ebert: Gun-Free Theater Proves Concealed Carry Doesn’t Work
Warner Todd Huston 20 Jul 2012
In the wake of over a dozen murders at a movie theater in Colorado, film critic Roger Ebert rushed to decry America’s “insane” gun laws in a New York Times op-ed. Within the piece, he pooh-poohed concealed carry laws by noting that no one in the theater shot back at the gunman. But Ebert misses an important point. The Cinemark theater chain has a “gun-free zone” policy.
In the NYT, Ebert chided America for allowing gun ownership for the common man.
That James Holmes is insane, few may doubt. Our gun laws are also insane, but many refuse to make the connection. The United States is one of few developed nations that accepts the notion of firearms in public hands. In theory, the citizenry needs to defend itself. Not a single person at the Aurora, Colo., theater shot back, but the theory will still be defended.
Of course, if Ebert had bothered to check before trying to use this murderous crime for his own anti-Second Amendment purposes, he may have found that no one could have shot back, because the theater chain does not allow its customers to carry guns in its theaters.
As it happens, the Century 16 theaters at 14300 E. Alameda Ave in Aurora, Colorado are owned by Cinemark Century Theaters, headquartered in Plano, Texas, and for several years this chain movie theater has told customers they are not welcome to bring their firearms into theaters.
So, as Ebert scoffs that no one returned fire at this theater and assumed that it that would diminish the efficacy of concealed carry laws, he didn’t bother to find out if anyone was or even could be armed in that theater. Turns out they couldn’t, but Ebert tried to use this crime and its tragic consequences for his own political purposes anyway. -
but a guy who has the same name as hundreds of others—and says nothing as he fires—is obviously a Tea Party zealot.
Here’s the best coverage of the apology I’ve found.
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Fascinating that a man shouting “Allahu akbar” as he mows down 35 people on an army base isn’t motivated by Islam
Speaking of Allahu akba, (2 different vid’s.)
Teenager shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he tries to grab Olympic flame from torch bearer’s hands as police bundle runner to safety, A 17-year-old shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ – Arabic for ‘God is Great’ – as he unsuccessfully tried to grab the Olympic torch during a stretch of the flame’s route through Maidstone towards Redhill.
Broadcast live on the BBC, the youth lunged from the crowd to try to take the torch from the hands of its bearer Anna Skora, but was swiftly bundled away by officers.Ms Skora was about to hand over the torch to Graham White, a Surrey charity worker, when the teenager burst out of the crowd and tried to grab it.
He managed to get through the line of police officers escorting the torch as it headed through the town.
One of the officers at the back of the group swiftly grabbed hold of Ms Skora and the torch, guiding them to the opposite side of the road. The incident happened as the torch was being taken into Gravesend on Friday morning.
Ms Skora was able to keep hold of the torch as the youth tried to wrestle it from her grasp, and security and police officers stepped in to protect the torch bearer and bundle away the youth.
The youth, from Gravesend, is currently being held in custody and the torch continued on its way without disruption, Kent Police said.
A Kent Police spokesman said: ‘At around 9.55am a man apparently attempted to take the Olympic Flame from a Torchbearer in Rochester Road.
‘The man, who is from Gravesend, was arrested within seconds and is now in the custody of Kent Police.
‘No one was injured in the incident and the Torch continued on its way without disruption.’http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_-tKlqv574Q
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Seventeen.
Only seventeen years old.
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Only seventeen years old.
And never been kissed. And now he doesn’t even have a job…………….If only he had applied himself………….
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#10 Texpat:
He’s a really smart kid. He didn’t make that discovery. . . . .
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Instapundit seined up this six year old post about Brian Ross at the blog, Sweetness & Light:
But all of these recent achievements pale in comparison to Mr. Ross’s earlier journalistic lapse, if an earlier entry in Wikipedia is to be believed. For it claimed Ross who was responsible for Dateline NBC’s rigging of truck fuel tanks in 1993.
Here is how the earlier Wikipedia entry for Dateline NBC used to read, via their mirror site at Answers.com:Controversy
On 18 February 1993 Dateline NBC aired an investigative report about General Motors pickup trucks allegedly exploding upon impact during accidents, because fuel tanks were badly designed. Although there were fuel tanks design problems with GM cars before, Dateline’s film showed a sample of a staged low speed accident with the fuel tank exploding. Dateline NBC did not disclose the fact that this accident was staged, or the fact that the only reason there was an explosion was that the vehicle contained planted explosives. The viewers were never told about it. It appeared to be a major discovery of investigative reporters. GM investigators discovered a mistake by a study of the Dateline film. GM subsequently filed an anti-defamation lawsuit against NBC. The lawsuit in question was quickly settled by NBC and as a result Brian Ross and a few persons responsible for the incident were fired from NBC, and Ross found employment with ABC News, where he continues to work to this day. -
New York Times, November, 1987:
A Federal district judge has reduced to $5.3 million the $22.8 million libel judgment that the entertainer Wayne Newton won against NBC, ruling that the evidence did not support Mr. Newton’s assertion that television broadcasts linking him to organized crime figures had hurt his reputation or income.
However, the judge, Myron Crocker, has upheld the jury’s determination that the entertainer was defamed and that the network had shown a reckless disregard for the truth.
Judge Crocker said Wednesday that he was convinced the NBC News reporters, Brian Ross and Ira Silverman, had ”serious subjective doubts as to the truth of the broadcasts” but went ahead anyway. -
Mornin’ Hamsterville. I’m a grab some breakfast and process my TODO list which is identical to El Gordo’s in #3.
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Hehe. Brian Ross, meet the new media.
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Can’t believe a Sinatra Burger is on no one’s to do list.
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Sweet baby granddaughter’s parents let us do our first babysitting last night, she is getting interactive now. Life is very good.
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It has been well-received in private screenings so far, often receiving standing ovations, and is poised to open in select theaters across the country next week. While at Regal Cinema 9 in Bossier City, it was the highest grossing film there.
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In one segment community leader Marvin D. Rogers gives Bryant a history lesson in which Rogers points out that Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington were all Republicans. Republicans were in control of both houses of Congress when the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were passed, which granted freedom, citizenship, voting rights, and due process to blacks. Rogers also explains that President Eisenhower, a Republican, signed into law the 1957 civil rights act, which set in motion the civil rights commission and created the civil rights division of the Justice Department. It was a Republican senator, Everett Dirksen who blocked a Democratic filibuster against the 1964 civil rights legislation. Dirksen said, “The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing of government, in education, and in employment. It must not be stayed or denied.”
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The Top 20% Paid 94.1% of Income Taxes in 2009
The chart above is based on data in the recently-released CBO report “Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2008 and 2009,” showing the share of federal income taxes paid by income group in 2009. In 2009, almost all (94.1%) federal income taxes collected were paid by just one-fifth of Americans (top quintile) and the top 1% paid almost 39% of all taxes collected. In contrast, the lowest and second quintiles were net “tax collectors” because that 40% of Americans received more in refundable tax credits than they paid in income taxes.
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There are a lot of smart people out there. They didn’t build that.
Yes Hamous, you are correct. As the President pointed out, all of us who work at or with NASA rely on government infrastructure support. I’ll mark you in the President’s support column.
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Can’t believe a Sinatra Burger is on no one’s to do list.
I think because most of us don’t wanna conduct a seance to contact Dean Martin.
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Good report Texpat. I particularly liked
Those data suggest that overall income continued to grow slowly in 2010 and 2011 and that income for households toward the higher end of the distribution increased more rapidly than income for households elsewhere in the income distribution in 2010. Average federal tax rates probably remained near their post-1979 low levels in both 2010 and 2011.
The rich got richer and their tax rates are the lowest in thirty years. Coincidentally the deficit is exploding.
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One more observation
The federal tax system is progressive—that is, average tax rates generally rise with income. In 2009, households in the bottom fifth of the before-tax income distribution paid 1.0 percent of their before-tax income in federal taxes, households in the middle quintile paid 11.1 percent, and households in the highest quintile paid 23.2 percent.
This can be used as a guide for relevance to your particular application. On average the highest 20% paid 23.2 percent of their income in taxes. Anyone recall what you paid last year?
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Off to do yard work and head to to Hempstead Watermelon festival thingy, my brother-in-law’s cook off team is there.
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Shamaal #s 23 & 24
Delightful examples of sifting the facts and omitting those not useful to your perverted fallacies. Considered in full context, your selective quotes completely support the notion America’s tax system is grossly unfair and confiscatory.
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And a last observation
The Carpe Diem graph shows 94.1% of income taxes paid by 20% of the population, while the CBO shows as their first graphic 68% of federal taxes paid by the top 20%.
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from the troll last night:
In response to the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 dead and dozens wounded, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert told the Istook Live show Friday that he believed that the country’s move away from its “Judeo-Christian beliefs” was responsible for God withdrawing his “protective hand” from the country.
I guess it demonstrates the audience you want to pander to reach
One guy’s President and the other’s a wannabe.Did we previously enjoy a Protective Hand that now seems to be missing, just look at our current lack of leadership in the WH?
Have we or have we not moved away from the classic Judeo-Christian belief and behavior? I say yes, we have.
Speaking the truth is not pandering. That the troll would make such a claim demonstrates a complete lack of understanding and actually proves the point that we have moved away as a country, not necessarily as all individuals. It is a really great thing that Redemption and Salvation are not collectively determined. Punishment on a country is collective, however, when a significant portion (particularly leadership) strays from the path of enlightenment (Judeo-Christian Belief and Behavior) to the dark side of secular humanism. -
Texpat #27
I’m not the one posting the CBO and Carpe Diem’s, ahem ……… interpretationThe chart above is based on data in the recently-released CBO report “Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2008 and 2009,” showing the share of federal income taxes paid by income group in 2009. In 2009, almost all (94.1%) federal income taxes collected were paid by just one-fifth of Americans (top quintile) and the top 1% paid almost 39% of all taxes collected. In contrast, the lowest and second quintiles were net “tax collectors” because that 40% of Americans received more in refundable tax credits than they paid in income taxes.
But all we hear about is how the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes, and proposals for increasing taxes on “the rich,” like the one from Warren Buffett discussed here. -
Given Shamall’s repeated and emphatic denunciations of Rep. Louis Ghomert, I’ve changed my thinking a bit.
Shamall is not a Liberal, he must be racist. Its the only conclusion one coudl gather given the vitriolic nature of his posts.
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I know. I’m shocked too.
A troll, repeatedly demonstrating trollish behavior. . . . . . . . .so amazing you could have knocked me over with a bull dozer.
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Well she may not be much of a hurdler, but she most certainly gets points for style.
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Anyone recall what you paid last year?
A helluva lot more than I should’ve had to pay.
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Not being a Facebook aficionado, I’ll have to take their word for it.
A new study by a Baylor University researcher finds that some of the largest anti-Obama Facebook groups focus on the president’s race, not his politics.
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I guess some folks will never understand just who “the government” is.
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from what I can see on TexPats tax chart:
The bottom 40% take 10% of all taxes paid, they pay nothing into the system (net) and take out 10%. Not only are the poor not paying taxes, they are getting paid to not pay taxes. OTOH, if you look at the top 40% they collectively pay something like 107.3% to cover the “negative tax” the bottom dwelling 40% consume. The middle 20% pay (net) 2.7% to cover the difference. The top 20% pay 94%, and somehow that is not enough for the proggies so we should tax them more?!? Here is an idea. . . . . .how about we stop wasting so much money on unnecessary programs and departments? -
#17 Tim
Can’t believe a Sinatra Burger is on no one’s to do list.
Innit too late to call for Deano?
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A new study by a Baylor University researcher finds that some of the largest anti-Obama Facebook groups focus on the president’s race, not his politics.
Well Duh!! I could’ve told you that. Everyone knows that if you don’t support Fido Obumma then you must be a racist.
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Unleash the power within! The other day I heard Jimmy Walker describe Obama as Tony Robbins on speed. That’s pretty danged accurate.
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In the old days, one could pitch one’s camp and be fairly certain that one could sojourn off on short jaunts in the locality and be reasonably assured that one’s gear would remain unmolested by both the curious and those with criminal intent.
Today, with modern gear that makes many envious in a society that seems to encourage not only coveting the posessions of the more fortunate, but appropriating them for ones own use, certain steps must be taken. -
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Well she may not be much of a hurdler,
Not much of a hurdler, she WON?!
Oh, and Shannon posted this on Thursday, #45. Of course, several of us old preverts commented on it. 😉 -
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How to impress your new ladyfriend when you take her home to meet Mom (from one of my movie favorites, The Loved One, circa 1965)
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I guess some folks will never understand just who “the government” is.
Obvious to most of us who are familiar with the submission of the Constitution.
The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money, and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union; but the impropriety of delegating such extensive trust to one body of men is evident: hence results the necessity of a different organization.
It is obviously impracticable in the Federal Government of these States to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. -
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July 21, 2012 at 11:59 am
#42 SargeClick on the thumbnail here.
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$48 SArge: The thumbnail takes you right back to the you are not logged in page.
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Well, dang.
I guess its just for fourm members
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Dang jokes aren’t no good if the timiong is off.
Certain measures must be taken. -
This isn’t the hammock I recall from my time in the Navy.
In retrospect, combining his love of trains and hammocks turned out to be not such a good idea. -
#46 El Gordo
The word “revulsion” comes to mind.
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That is one disturbing movie.
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#51 That was before he got fat, bald, and “progressive”. But he got him a purty wife now.
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#51 That was before he got fat, bald, and “progressive”.
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Congress is getting closer to taxing the internet.
There’s traditionally been a disparity behind brick and mortar establishments collecting and reporting taxes while internet sales do not. With the federal government’s cash pipeline drying up the states have been clamoring for new revenue streams and internet taxes are it.
When passed this looks like it will be the biggest tax hike in history, but how to disguise it?
I know! We’ll call it “A bill to restore States’ sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws, and for other purposes.”
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And just to make sure—and at the risk of confirming one of Shamall’s favorite bigotted stereotypes
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With the federal government’s cash pipeline drying up the states have been clamoring for new revenue streams and internet taxes are it.
Because, you know, its absolutely impossible to cut spending or taxes once they are in place.
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In one of the more bizarre pronouncements this year the U o P has lost their naming rights. They are still Catholic, the just can’t call themselves Catholic.
The Vatican has stripped the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, one of the most prominent centres of learning in Latin America, of its right to continue calling itself a Catholic or pontifical university, saying it had damaged the interests of the Church.
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The whelping box of Liberation Theology jackals is officially not Catholic. That is excellent news. Good job, Papa!
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I know this is horrible, but I still laugh every time I see it:
The answer machine at a psychiatric hospital
“Hello, welcome to the Mental Health Hotline.
If you are:
Obsessive-Compulsive, press 1, repeatedly.
Co-Dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you.
Multiple Personalities, press 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Paranoid, we know who you are and what you want. Stay on the line so we can trace your call.
Delusional, press 7, and your call will be transferred to the Mother Ship.
Schizophrenic, listen carefully, and a small voice will tell you which number to press.
Manic-Depressive, it doesn’t matter which number you press. No one will answer.
Dyslexic, press 96969696969696.
If you have:
Nervous Disorder, please fidget with the Pound Button until a representative comes on the line.
Amnesia, press 8 and state your name, address, phone number, date of birth, social security number, and your mother’s and grandmothers’ maiden names.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, slowly and carefully press 911.
Bi-Polar Disorder, please leave a message after the beep. Or before the beep. Or after the beep. Please wait for the beep.
Short-Term Memory Loss, please try your call again later.
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#65 Hamous
I thought you’d like that.
They’re still Catholic though, they just can’t call themselves that. The original grant for the church property stipulates that the University be Catholic. Otherwise they would have to give the property back, and the Vatican never walks away from equityIn 1986, the university gave an honorary doctorate to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict.
No word yet on whether the Pope has to give back the doctorate.
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Liberace in one of his finest roles:
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Brian Ross actually dropped his last name and goes by his first and middle name Brian Ross.
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Dell going to put Ubuntu on some of its computers this fall.
Dell didn’t reveal pricing of its Ubuntu XPS 13, however given that users won’t have to pay the Microsoft tax it should be a little cheaper, unless Dell wants to keep Microsoft happy. The firm has previously offered machines pre-loaded with Linux, however this will be the first time it offers the option on one of its high-profile, high-end machines and it might make its competitors take note.
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Watching “Wild, Wild West”. I remember how my sister and I had a crush on the main character, James West.
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Texpat, from yesterday… Fortunately my urge to laugh was slightly greater than the understandable gag reflex. I must of been in my stash in order to suppress the nausea.
…Bob42 and Ann Coulter.
Romance is so sweet.
The whole idea is so touching.
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I haven’t seen anything posted regarding the LIBOR scandal.
I have refrained because I have not seen a good article to quote. In a nutshell the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is a bank self-reported estimate of how much interest they would have to pay to borrow from other banks. LIBOR establishes the interest rate for approx $300T in loans or derivatives. The US Banks that contribute are JP Morgan, Citgroup and Bank of America, you know the banks that were bailed out by the US government.
Well as can be expected, the banks mis-reported their rates to improve their trading positions and the LIBOR was manipulated. Barclays has paid a $453M fine and they are a small fish.
Unlike the CDS fiasco which was an egregious failure of the government to regulate sanctioned securities, LIBOR is based on a faulty premise to begin with – self-reported expectations. Sort of like basing your economic well being on bets on wrestling matches.
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Rupert Murdoch has taken the next logical step by stepping down from NI Group Ltd. They owned the The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. Speculation is that he will sell them.
Mr Murdoch, 81, quit directorships at NI Group Ltd, NewsCorp Investments and Times Newspaper Holdings on Friday.
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# 68 El Gordo
The Loved One is hysterical satire of the funeral industry. It was wildly popular in our college days, and if you watch the whole thing you can easily see how it became a cult favorite. Liberace was great. Gotta take into account the curling toes due to rigor setting in when selecting shoes for the deceased–never mind that the bottom half of the body is covered by the bottom lid. And you certainly wouldn’t want a scratchy casket lining for eternal rest. 🙂 -
All righty then, dinner in Galveston. Any recommendations?
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Treat your lady to some French cuisine, Jaque in the Box.
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For breakfast, Los Compas, 2314 45th Street.
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…not touristy. A local favorite.
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Take a walk on one of the piers in Galveston and if you see a Great White Shark jump in.
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Breakfast?
First I have to ply her with dinner and get her liquored up before I work out the shack up arrangements
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#74 – The LIEBOR scandal is a result of a few of the Too Big To Fail (TBTF) banks getting together and manipulating interest rates, coupled with telling fibs to the market as to what rates they were actually charging/receiving on loans to each other. The Central Banks (read government) are upset because they believe that manipulation of interest rates is the sole purview of the the government (as opposed to the market) and they don’t like their exclusive territory being invaded by those pesky banks who would prefer to chart their own course. So, there will be some fines, which the central bank will have to lend to the TBTF in order to permit them to have the fund to pay, and maybe some resignations which permit the principles to relocate to remote Caribbean Islands with a small staff, and that should be the end of it. Laws are just for the little people.
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Great point EG.
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It must be a slow year for Congress
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is floating legislation that would name most U.S. coastal waters after former President Ronald Reagan.
Issa reintroduced his bill Wednesday to rename the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which generally extends from three miles to 200 miles offshore, as the Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone.I imagine the Gulf of Bush is not far behind.
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All righty then, dinner in Galveston. Any recommendations?
Mosquito Cafe
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#73 Bob42
Frankly, I was thinking it was Ann who was going to be needing the Viagra. With all the stupid Leftwing rumors floating around…,hell, you nevah know.
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Great place for breakfast and lunch.
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Wear the red skirt and the black tank top, Bobbie. Oh, and don’t forget the strappy high heels.
They’ll make him feel really pretty.
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Get there early enough and go to the bakery aross the street. Get some sticky buns kolahes and bagels. Have breakfast on the beach.
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They’ve come a long way from the Game of Life
A bacterium that in humans can cause genital pain, itching, and a burning sensation while urinating has become the subject of the first-ever complete software simulation of an entire organism, the New York Times reports.
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#91 Sarge
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Panetta is caving in to the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee regarding leaks.
Leon Panetta, the US defence secretary, has ordered senior Pentagon officials to begin monitoring major US news media for disclosures of classified information in an effort to stop the release of government secrets in the wake of a series of high-profile leaks.
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93 Texpat says:
July 21, 2012 at 9:29 pm
#91 Sarge
Mosquito Cafe looks like a great find. I’ll be sure to go there next time I’m down on the island.S.O. and I went on our last trip to the rich relations’ beach house on the recommendation of loal freinds. We didn’t make it in time to get to the bakery, but the recommendation fot the eatery was spot on, so I have every reason to beleive that the bakery is exellent as well. Mosquito serves thier pies and other pastries.
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I also have to say that whoever did thier interior design has a good eye. They kept the best elements of an old building that would have looked trashy and made the food suspect if it hadn’t been done so well. I would like to think that the proprietor did it himself. The the food and atmosphere ertanly indicate that he either did or was able to transmit his vision to someone who completely understood.
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Rosie Flores does Rockabilly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8Sr1h9a-Y
So does JD McPherson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGn4LncY0g
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Amy MacDonald belts one out in Contralto range.
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Well, 100 and good night Hamsterville
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#88 & 90 Don’t tempt me. I’m pretty sure I could find some heels too.
Wear the red skirt and the black tank top, Bobbie. Oh, and don’t forget the strappy high heels.
Earlier this year after all the communists had left the bob42 compound, there was a cute little red bikini still hanging in the laundry room. I sent all former residents a pic of me modeling the suit. “Is this yours?” Still no takers.
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Greater Fort Bend County Tea Party organized a watch party to see Obama 2016 this afternoon at 4:15 at the AMC multiplex in Sugar Land near First Colony Mall. The management twice moved the showing to larger venues to accommodate the pre-sold tickets and ended up showing in a 250-seat theater. 🙂 Delighted with the turnout. I couldn’t attend but will seek a report from friends who did.
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All went well. I’d guess 200+ easily. Nice to say hello to James and Melissa again.
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Late to bed and early to rise, makes a man have bags under his eyes.
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Is Obama 2016 showing again?
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Edwards Houston Marq*E Stadium 23 & IMAX6.7 mi
7600 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX
11:25am 1:40 4:40 7:05 9:30pm
AMC Gulf Pointe 3014 mi
11801 So. Sam Houston Pkwy E, Houston, TX
11:05am 1:40 4:35 7:10 9:45pm
AMC First Colony 2419 mi
3301 Town Centre Blvd. South, Sugar Land, TX
11:15am 1:45 4:15 6:55 9:25pm
Santikos Silverado IMAX24 mi
24720 Tomball Parkway, Tomball, TX
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G’Sunday Morning All
But since I don’t drink, I have been disrespected, and I demand the entire $100 be given to me.Bar Stool Economics
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers”, he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20”. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his “fair share?”
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got a dollar out of the $20,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got $10!” “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I!” “That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!” “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!” The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
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Those times don’t match what Im finding elsewhere.
“Check your local listings.”
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I have a new least favorite campaign commercial – “Burns me up!” It replaces “Lawyer Ted Cruz” which replaced “My father was a bomber on D-Day.” In the beginning I was ambivalent about Dewchip but he may be the first politician to drive me away solely because of his television commercials.
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“Breaking news” this morning on Channel 2: SWAT standoff at shooting range! Chron gets in on the anti-gun reporting: SWAT Standoff near Cypress Shooting Range! Of course it has absolutely nothing to do with the shooting range. It’s some drunk guy holed up in his trailer.
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NCAA to throw the book at Penn State
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-57477382/ncaa-source-unprecedented-penalties-against-penn-state/?tag=stack
While I find the entire episode at Happy Valley to be disgusting, it would seem to me to be a criminal matter that our judicial system should handle. I cannot figure out why the NCAA is involved, and further how they can act based on no hearings or testimony. Looks like a big old CYA by the NCAA, and if I were Penn State, I would protest, but under the circumstances, I guess they will tuck their tail and take their whipping. The upper echelon powers that be will escape, future generations will pay the price, and in a couple of years everything will be up and running again. Laws or just for the little people. -
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man spotted dressed in a goat suit among a herd of wild goats in the mountains of northern Utah has wildlife officials worried he could be in danger as hunting season approaches.
Phil Douglass of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said Friday the person is doing nothing illegal, but he worries the so-called “goat man” is unaware of the dangers.
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Douglass said 60 permits will be issued for goat hunting season in that area, which begins in September. He worries the goat man might be accidentally shot or could be attacked by a real goat.“Attacked” may not be the proper word if he is dressed as a female goat.
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#103 gto
Thanks for the report.
#106 Shannon
Thanks for posting the movie places and times.
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#110 Hamous
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Ain’t never heard of one of these………….
TONGUE-EATING LOUSE
Family: Cymothoidae
Habitat: Coastal California
This creature enters a fish’s body through its gills, attaches itself to the base of the fish’s tongue and extracts blood from the tongue with its claws. Then it replaces the tongue by attaching itself to the muscles of the exposed tongue stub. The fish uses the louse as if the parasite were its very own tongue -
#116 OTL: You can’ fool me, that’s a picture of shammy.
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Wow, that looks like the Alien movies’ visual premise, where one arthropod extrudes from the mouth of another.
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“Breaking news” this morning on Channel 2: SWAT standoff at shooting range! Chron gets in on the anti-gun reporting: SWAT Standoff near Cypress Shooting Range! Of course it has absolutely nothing to do with the shooting range. It’s some drunk guy holed up in his trailer.
But it appears it was the Sheriff’s Office that provided the location
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says a SWAT team has responded to a suspect barricaded in a trailer near the Hot Wells Shooting Range in on U.S. 290 in Cypress. There is currently a standoff at the scene at U.S. 290 and West Drive, the sheriff’s office confirmed. Details are sketchy, but the altercation appears to have started early Sunday morning and involves a lone gunman.
Darn that liberal press and their accurate reporting! Don’t they know the news is to be massaged and screened for conservative sensibilities before releasing to the masses?
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Spur of the moment, we’re going to try to make the early showing on the Katy @ 610, TT.
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#116 OTL
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The website for the Obama 2016 movie is here. Navigate to the theaters and times.
Starring: Dinesh D’Souza
Based on the book by: Dinesh D’Souza
Executive Producer: Dinesh D’Souza
Written By: Dinesh D’Souza
Directed By: Dinesh D’Souza
Dinesh D’Souza
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#110 Hammy
At least “Burns me up” is an anti-Obama ad that does not even mention Ted Cruz.
While searching for that one, I came across Dewhurst ad that features Cruz yelling at Dan Patrick.When I belatedly listened to the interview last week, I was struck by how you really don’t want to go on the air with Dan Patrick and get hostile.
I’ve heard Dewhurst yell at Matt Patrick. Every time DD has been interviewed by Matt P, he has accused him of “carrying water for” Cruz. But I also heard this past week a show where Matt Patrick had both candidates on phone-in at the same time, and everyone was fairly well mannered.
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Dear valued customers,
This morning, 07-22-2012, many of you may have seen news reports involving
Hot Wells Shooting Range. Unfortunately, many of these reports have confused the facts.
Please understand the property involved is not owned by or in anyway affiliated with
Hot Wells Shooting Range. Furthermore, the only connection the suspect in question has with our range is the fact that he is our neighbor.
As for the rest of the circumstances surrounding the events of this morning we do not know all the facts nor do we wish to speculate.
Thank you for your consideration and understanding,
Josh Vacek
General Manager
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This morning, 07-22-2012, many of you may have seen news reports involving Hot Wells Shooting Range. Unfortunately, many of these reports have confused the facts.
I’ve gone though 10 news reports, none of them report a shooting or standoff involving the range. All, like the Chronicle‘s reporting of the Sheriff’s release, say adjacent or near the range.
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Also in the Chronicle this morning, early voting starts tomorrow. If folks wish to rely on appealing to the Hispanic vote carrying the day for Cruz, talk it up at work and leisure. No one can fault you for encouraging registration and voting, just don’t mention a candidate. Perhaps time off to register and vote would be a good idea. 😉
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Joe Paterno’s statue to come down.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bigten/story/2012-07-22/penn-state-paterno-statue/56410366/1
In other news, “Paternoville” is now called “Nittanyville”, only cause ol Joe is no longer coach you see. From their website;In the summer of 2012, “Paternoville” officially became “Nittanyville.” As Coach Paterno was no longer the coach of Penn State’s football team, the organization decided that since it was unlikely another coach would stay as long as Coach Paterno had, changing the name for each new coach would be impractical. However, aside from the name, nothing has changed and students will continue to support the team and camp out for the best seats long into the future.
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#112
EGNCAA to throw the book at Penn State
From what I’ve gathered from the sports world, the NCAA has been under a lot
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The President is going to Aurora to meet with the families and officials involved in the Knightmare.
The Aurora appearance will offer Obama a chance to present himself as a healing unifier, even as he has waged a slash and burn campaign that has featured unsubstantiated charges against Mitt Romney, elements of class warfare, and suggestions by Vice President Joe Biden and other surrogates that Republicans are practicing racism.
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Once again, we the people are to blame.
I blame Obama
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#115 Adee – I’d give it a 4.5 cowchip rating.
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HOUSTON –
An off-duty police officer said he shot at a vehicle early Sunday morning.
Houston police said the officer was leaving an approved extra security job when he noticed some men that he asked to leave the club earlier waiting in the parking lot.
Police said as that officer was leaving the men got into a dark colored SUV and followed him.
The officer said the men then pulled up next to him and one of them displayed a weapon.
He said that’s when he fired his weapon.
No one was believed to be hit by the shots, but the window in the vehicle was shot out.
Houston Police are investigating.No mention of the fact that the incident occurred adjacent to a Holiday Inn Express. Even stranger, this is the caption for the picture accompanying the story:
October 16, 1991: George Hennard crashed his pickup through the wall of a Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, then shot 23 people to death and wounded 20. He then killed himself.
News you can use.
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The addition of a secondary objective on Phase 4 is sheer brilliance.
I hope to see his immediate promotion to General.
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Did anyone catch This Week today? I’ve banned all news shows this weekend here in the barrio but was wondering if Little Georgie Snuffleupagus had anything to say about his and the child molester Brian Ross’s attempt to implicate the Tea Party in the murders.
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Three heroes died in Aurora taking bullets for their girlfriends
Three survivors of the Colorado movie-theater massacre escaped with minor wounds, but were left with broken hearts because their heroic boyfriends died saving them.
In final acts of valor, Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn and Alex Teves used their bodies to shield their girlfriends as accused madman James Holmes turned the Aurora cineplex into a shooting gallery.
Blunk’s girlfriend, Jansen Young; McQuinn’s girlfriend, Samantha Yowler; and Teves’ gal pal Amanda Lindgren made it out of the bloodbath — but they would have been killed had it not been for the loves of their lives.
“He’s a hero, and he’ll never be forgotten,” a tearful Jansen Young told the Daily News of Blunk. “Jon took a bullet for me.” -
#134 As a pre-Disney Cracker, I will eagerly join in the assault on Cinderella’s Castle and It’s a Small World if we don’t stop there – the entire region between Dixie Lake, Big Sand Lake, Lake Cecile, and Lake Davenport is scrubbed clean of anything rodent-related and allowed to return to the swamp it once was.
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Just got back from the 11:00 showing of “2016”. I think it was rather well done – it wasn’t ranting anti-Obama, but in my opinion, took a rather scholarly research type approach to the factors in Obama’s life that is affecting his current policies and what we have to look forward to. D’Souza’s interpretation of the facts seems to fit with TBO’s official actions.
Basically, Obama is an anti-colonialist, not just a marxist or socialist. You really need to see the movie to get the full import, but it all fits. -
Wow, these America in 2016 predictions are becoming quite a cottage industry. Who knew?
Then [Obama] shocked the punditocracy with a 77 percent win in the 2012 elections despite polls that showed him losing by an overwhelming margin in the Real America. Subsequent investigations discovered that the Real America had dwindled to one county in southern Arkansas. Also, the 23 percent who voted for Sarah Palin turned out to be the same 23 percent who stuck with George Bush to the bitter end, even after he became a Saudi citizen and started making Laura wear that burqa.
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I just read here that the Aurora shootist’s apt has been cleared of explosives.
By late Saturday afternoon, all hazards had been removed from the apartment and residents in surrounding buildings were allowed to return home, police said.
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All of us here have access to resources on the internet that reinforce our collective beliefs, I tend to post items from the news and government statistics, while others focus on opinions and punditry. It appears we throttle our choices to avoid pedantry, hopefully through some amount of critical thinking – that’s too stupid to repeat. Or in my case – how could anyone be so stupid to believe that.
So in that spirit I submit an interesting photo article on the Huffington Post (HuffPo) Titled “Like You’ve Never Seen Her Before.” This shows a wedding picture of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio on their wedding day. Following the link brings you to an article titled “Classic Photos From Stars’ Big Days”
Take a few moments to peruse and see if you can see what the message is here.
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#141:
404 Error File Not Found
The page you are looking for might have been removed,
had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.Why am I not surprised.
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The Aurora shooter is being held in solitary confinement, in shackles. Word has it that ifn he is in the general population, he will not see his court date tomorrow.
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#141
OK good. The lead in is DiMaggio and Monroe, any of the folks in the old-fogey female demographic, knows that Monroe and DiMaggio were married in a CIVIL ceremony, because he was a previously married Catholic. After these pictures were taken, they went over to Saints Peter and Paul Church to stand on the steps and have their publicity stills taken. There was no cover-up, but the whole affair was kinda tacky for the times.
That’s the lede.
In the linked article itself we are presented with a number of interesting marriages all with a tacky backstory known by the targeted old-fogey female demographic who read Hollywood gossip magazines. but what stands out is that John F Kennedy was married in a church. Barack Obama and Michelle are also shown on their wedding day, I don’t believe there is anybody amongst the red meat crowd who does not know they were married in Trinity Church.
Mitt and Ann Romney in slide 4 however, were married in a CIVIL ceremony; not church, but civil. Left unsaid is that the marriage was performed by a Mormon guy and afterwords they went to Utah where, I imagine, a church service of some sort was performed.
So the message is: Democrats – Religious/Church
[Romney] – Civil/Different
Target Demographics – Ole fogey women who read Modern Screen movie magazines.
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Why am I not surprised.
Is that a rhetorical question or are you just fishing for more [abuse]. 😉
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Filed under: Do you believe this s**t ? or DYBTS?
Professor Reynolds linked to this hilarious verbal beatdown of a, well, here’s the beginning of the letter the woman wrote into the Slate.com advice blogger, Emily Yoffe, whose nom be plume is Dear Prudence:My husband is kind, supportive, funny, generous, smart, and loving. However, I feel like I must divorce him. Six years ago, when we were in our early 20s and had just fallen in love, after a night of partying and drinking, he woke me up in the middle of the night and started to have sex with me. I was dozing and still drunk and, yes, I took my panties off myself. But when I realized that it was not OK for him to make advances on me in my state, I pushed him away and ran out. He later felt so bad he wanted to turn himself in for rape. I was very confused and thought at times that I was overreacting and at others that I was raped. We painfully worked through this, but the incident made my husband very reluctant about having sex…..
Now I would taken the Dan Ackroyd approach as in, “Jane, you ignorant slut !”
However, Yoffe being a woman of patience wrote in part:Your approach, however, seems to be to treat your sex life as if it is subject to regulatory review by the Department of Health and Human Services. Your prim, punctilious, punitive style has me admiring your put-upon husband’s ability to even get it up, given the possibility he’ll be accused of rape….
Read the whole thing.
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One more reason I joined the Navy instead of the Army.
Survival Technique: How to Light a Fire With Your Pee! [Video]
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#131 Hamous
I suppose it would be wise to establish a framework for the Cowchip Rating Scale, as it will likely have use frequently through November 6th and beyond. Its primary purpose is to rate the repulsiveness and/or noxiousness of campaign ads. However it might lend itself to other things as well. 🙂
Scale 1-4, 4 being the most repulsive and noxious. Ratings above 4 inject any or all elements of 1) extreme insult, 2) evil intent, 3) off the deep end thinking.
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#143 Bonecrusher
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Insufferable, sanctimonious liberals hoisted on their petards.
It doesn’t get any better than this.Uber-liberal* George Lucas, thwarted in his plans to build a film studio on his 60,000 acre ranch in Marin County, announces that he’s selling the whole place to a developer of low-income housing. His liberal neighbors go nuts.
Marin County residents have long been famous for both advocacy for the poor and punitive zoning and environmental regulations protecting their own homes’ value, with the result that there are no poor folk squatting on the country’s most expensive real estate. Given an opportunity to show that they really do love the poor, instead of a desire to see untermenschen forced to live in a galaxy far, far away, it was no contest. Liberal claptrap vs. property values? The match lasted three seconds. -
Why, Ms Adee, you have truly become a Texan in your thinking.
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Ooh! Ooh!
Breakout the tinfoil tuques, turbans, trilbies and Tam o’ ShantersThe Marine Corps has created its first law enforcement battalions – a lean, specialized force of military police officers that it hopes can quickly deploy worldwide to help investigate crimes from terrorism to drug trafficking and train fledgling security forces in allied nations.
It has started
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#149: I am struggling to think of a downside. . . . . . . . .perhaps maybe some of the inmates would get hurt jostling for position, wanting to be “the one”.
OTOH it may be useful to interrogate him to find out his politics, religious beliefs and general world outlook.
I’m going to guess he is from the Ted Kazinsky/ Gabby Giffords shooter wing of the D party. -
Tedtam
We saw it too. I concurr with your assesment.
I will add that any politigeek who has been paying attention is already aware of most of the information presented.
When he returned the bronze bust of Churchill, I knew at the time he wasn’t simply being gauche.
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And giving the queen CD’s of his speeches…
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On a roll at Althouse via Instapundit:
UPDATE: “That is, out of 12 individuals who died, 3 were men instinctively performing the traditional, masculine protective role.”
Plus, from the comments: “If Obama’s Julia were in the theater, who would have dove in front of her? A bureaucrat from the Social Security Administration or perhaps someone from Planned Parenthood?” -
#155 Shannon
And don’t forget the technological geniuses in the White House didn’t calculate for the difference in security coding between USA and European digital recordings so the Queen couldn’t even play those CDs back in the UK. -
How about Hitlery’s stupid “reset button” that actually had “overcharged” in Russian instead of “reset.”
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If Anglo American relations can withstand this, it can handle anything.
This gifting protocol stuff seems to be a mystery to many folks, particularly if they only read the tabloids. As the visiting dignitaries, what else did the President and first Lady present in addition to the iPod? The Queen reciprocated with a picture of herself in a silver frame, the same gift she gives everybody. -
Sweet!
A contest comparing President Obama’s mis-speaks against Bushisms!
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Lots of links to the Falklands and renewed interest in the place.
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Schmug, you obviously did not follow your own advise about reading beyond the header.
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#157 Texpat
And don’t forget the technological geniuses in the White House didn’t calculate for the difference in security coding between USA and European digital recordings so the Queen couldn’t even play those CDs back in the UK.
Dude you know better than that. Multi-region DVD players are widely available in the US and UK. Also Amazon sells multi-region DVDs.
And everybody knows the Ph*lips multi-region h*cks, even the Queen.
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Bad boy, bad boy, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boy, bad boy, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come to kick your a$$? -
And everybody knows the Ph*lips multi-region h*cks, even the Queen.
Florida Crackers, Texas Rednecks, and the Queen of England. Rather a unique reach I have not seen before. Given Schmug, I’d prefer to be in the Queen’s lot. -
#163 goat racker
I read the entire article. Looks pretty straight forward to mePresident Obama erred during a speech at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, when attempting to call the disputed archipelago by its Spanish name.
Instead of saying Malvinas, however, Mr Obama referred to the islands as the Maldives, a group of 26 atolls off that lie off the South coast of India.He said Maldives and meant Malvinas. The US has a base in Diego Garcia and China is looking to place a base in the Maldives, I can imagine it was on the tip of his tongue.
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Oh, and my tat for your tit in the contest
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
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Schmug, once again you quit reading when you wanted to.
Cristina Kirchner, the Argentine president, has renewed her country’s sovereignty claim to the Falklands in the build-up to the 30th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the islands, which triggered the Falklands War, on April 2.
She has accused David Cameron of maintaining a “colonial enclave” in the South Atlantic and taken Argentina’s claim to the UN.
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But Mrs Kirchner left the summit – attended by North, South and Central American nations – earlier than expected last night as Colombian press reported she was unhappy that a declaration of support for the Argentine claim to the British-controlled territory was not included in the summit’s final document, which went unsigned after the USA and Canada used their vetoes. -
I’d prefer to be in the Queen’s lot.
Funny, I did not figure you for one who would be batting for the other team.
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Freddy Mercury was always so dreamy… sigh.
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We must be talking past each other. I posted Argentina’s spin up some time ago when they started rattling their sabers. I’m assuming that we both know that Malvinas is the Argentinian name for the Falklands.
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One person was killed and three were injured after a suspected 21-year-old drunken driver slammed into the back of a horse-drawn carriage as it headed toward Galveston’s Seawall late Saturday.
The driver, Michael Shane Grayson, allegedly tried to flee, but witnesses held him until police arrived.
In some countries he wouldn’t have survived the accident until the police arrived.
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Schmug,
It is not about getting the names mixed up. That is no biggie. It is about our government not supporting an old friend and Obama declaring neutrality in the dispute. Looking at my own post, looks like we did not go there. The Argentine President left the summit because we, and the Brits, vetoed the Argentine claim. If so .oops. I should have read it a bit more thoroughly. -
No harm, no foul. Yes, he unwittingly added insult to injury by confusing their claims with another set of islands. 😉
In other news, Texas is changing their license plates starting in August. It appears to me that the new ones can be more accurately read by red light and toll way cameras.
Here’s a statement that I do not understand from the article.The August time frame applies only to cars. State law prohibits using the new plates on light trucks before Oct. 15, he said.
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Giant bottle of wine
This giant bottle of wine could make for a very merry party.
The enormous container filled with a new variety of wine produced in China was specially made for the Sixth Yantai International Wine Expo held in Shandong province. ….
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ISS night time Time Lapse photography
The Cupola Window that this was shot out of is what I made, with a little help from the government . 😉
Turn out the lights and go to full screen, it’s filmed in HD.
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We went to the movie as well, in Tomall. Very powerful, but agreed, everyone in the theater was part of the choir. Applause at the end, my wife came out fightin’ mad!
We tried to go to the 4:45 showing, got there a little after 3 to get tickets and go eat, but it was sold out already. We went to the 7:15 and it was full. They had another showing that I think was added at 10.
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