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- Japanese Leader Expresses Remorse For WW2
- Ferguson Protestors Shut Down Ron Wyden Town Hall That Was Honoring A 100 Year Old WW2 Vet
- Christie Happy That The Cowboys Won
- Texas Republican Announces Challenge To Boehner
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 05, 2015 07:55 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Bigby's Wooly Mittens at January 05, 2015 07:56 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 07:56 AM (bWFHa)
Early dump
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 05, 2015 07:57 AM (DoX/w)
Posted by: Sven10077 at January 05, 2015 07:57 AM (/4AZU)
Ooooh! A "mystery" slot in the dump listing!
What was going to be there? Might it have referred to this?
http://www.smalltime.com/findthespam/
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 07:58 AM (bWFHa)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 05, 2015 08:00 AM (4S5jY)
Solar Goretex(TM) is mightily pissed that its layabout cousin is getting tons of free press... again!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 08:01 AM (bWFHa)
No fooling. They are calling for 15 degrees in Dallas Thursday morning. Dry, but still, 15???
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:01 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President of the Jerry Jones Fan Club at January 05, 2015 08:01 AM (OWjjx)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President of the Jerry Jones Fan Club at January 05, 2015 08:03 AM (OWjjx)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 08:05 AM (bWFHa)
Printed instruction to check the website. "Film at 11."
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 05, 2015 08:06 AM (xq1UY)
But (and this is a big but), it wasn't That Kind of Game.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 05, 2015 08:07 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Deety at January 05, 2015 08:09 AM (gSkMY)
Without the app, P & V would have never met.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:09 AM (nOvTJ)
A protester wearing a pigeon mask takes part in a protest organised by business owners in Paris against hefty taxes, charges and stifling regulations they say are driving their firms into the ground
What we weren't told: the wearer of the pigeon mask was the sole proprietor and owner of a "cannot help but be a hit" pigeon mask-making enterprise. So long, life's savings!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 08:09 AM (bWFHa)
Bad time for a typo.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:10 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2015 08:10 AM (g1DWB)
Without the app, P & V would have never met.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:09 AM (nOvTJ)
Hey, fcuk you... just fcuk you!
-- Eden's snake
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 08:10 AM (bWFHa)
Protester's argument promptly shot down.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:12 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: fluffy at January 05, 2015 08:12 AM (Ua6T/)
What do these Ferguson idiots think they are accomplishing by busting up
a meeting honoring an elderly WWII vet or protesting brunch? Brunch?
They are an ignorant culture.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 05, 2015 08:12 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 08:14 AM (XzRw1)
They are an ignorant culture.
They are a small people. A little people - greedy, barbarous and cruel.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 08:14 AM (bWFHa)
Posted by: --- at January 05, 2015 08:14 AM (MMC8r)
It's hard to account for Europeans' sense of irony. Those pigeon masks could catch on big with the OWS set. Guy Fawkes is getting old and tired. Wonder if he's got any financial backing? I'm sure WSJ would cover his IPO approvingly.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 05, 2015 08:14 AM (xq1UY)
The Hill: GOP Committee Chair leaves wiggle room on gas tax
"I don't favor increasing any tax," Sen. Jim Thune (R-S.D.) said on Fox News Sunday,. "BUT I think we have to look at all options." Thune, who will chair the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee continued, "Those discussions continue... It is important that we fund infrastructure."
Ah, nothing quite like the Republican majority "showing it can govern" to start your day.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 05, 2015 08:15 AM (kdS6q)
The Hill: GOP Committee Chair leaves wiggle room on gas tax
"I don't favor increasing any tax," Sen. Jim Thune (
More accurate.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 08:17 AM (XzRw1)
Know anyone at the patent office? Business opportunity.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:18 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 05, 2015 08:18 AM (5rCkU)
Ah, nothing quite like the Republican majority "showing it can govern" to start your day.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 05, 2015 08:15 AM (kdS6q)
I've never understood the idea that 'governing' is defined only as 'passing new regulations.'Why can't it be defined as 'removing the regulations that hinder growth in an effort to streamline the lives of our fellow citizens'?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 05, 2015 08:18 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 05, 2015 08:18 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: steevy at January 05, 2015 08:18 AM (v5UtH)
So the big take away from the unprecedented electoral victory is we must now raise gas taxes?
First they give sweet heart deals to Wall Street in the CROMNIBUS then the shaft the people with higher gas taxes.
These guys really are in their own little worlds.
Posted by: Kreplach at January 05, 2015 08:18 AM (gcTzl)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 08:19 AM (XzRw1)
Yep. Some people just don't get what they were elected for.
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:19 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2015 08:10 AM (g1DWB)
Intimidation. People are too conditioned to be "respectful" not to give one of the idiots a fistful of knuckles.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 05, 2015 08:19 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 08:21 AM (bWFHa)
"I don't favor increasing any tax," Sen. Jim Thune (R-S.D.) said on Fox News Sunday,. "BUT I think we have to look at all options."
Thune, who will chair the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee continued, "Those discussions continue... It is important that we fund infrastructure."
Here's a novel idea. How about using those funds that are earmarked for "infrastrucure" only for infrasturcture and not a general slush fund?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:21 AM (nOvTJ)
*extends rhetorical middle finger in Kevin's direction*
Cuz we do.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 05, 2015 08:21 AM (/5MHE)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 08:21 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: steevy at January 05, 2015 08:22 AM (v5UtH)
I'm starting to say that we don't need a third party, we need a second. What difference is there between Boehner and Pelosi? They both push the same agenda, and defend it from all attacks. What letter they have by their name as they do it matters little to me.
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:22 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 05, 2015 08:23 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 05, 2015 08:24 AM (Hs52w)
Because the "knuckler" goes to jail, not the "knucklee".
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:24 AM (nOvTJ)
I've never understood the idea that 'governing' is defined only as 'passing new regulations.'
I'm especially ticked off when the metric for "do-nothingness" of a Congress is its failure to pass fewer laws than a previous Congress.
Repeat after me: "activity is not accomplishment".
This the universal comeback to the "Ready for Shrillary!" crowd, too.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 08:25 AM (bWFHa)
You make a point I have often made: When a new law is passed, usually something that was legal before is being made illegal. Why should we celebrate a Congresss that passes a lot of laws?
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:26 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 05, 2015 08:19 AM (zF6Iw)
...and riding someone out on a rail takes a team effort and 6 people.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 05, 2015 08:28 AM (uSAVP)
Yeah, the MS legislature is taking up raising our gas tax as well. My prediction?
Hey, why is a long cylindrical object ENTERING my nether region? That's an EXIT, dammit.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 05, 2015 08:29 AM (/5MHE)
They need to bring back tar and feathering. We could use a lot of it in DC.
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:29 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:24 AM (nOvTJ)
Fear of the thing is usually worse than the thing itself.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 05, 2015 08:29 AM (uSAVP)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 05, 2015 08:29 AM (uSAVP)
Our side is not known for using force until we absolutely must. This emboldens them.
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:33 AM (J+mig)
And federal agencues should not he allowed to pass regulations. EOA, I'm looking at you.
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 08:33 AM (cbfNE)
Governing, as far as the eye can see:
Incoming congressman and GOP freshman class president Ken Buck made it clear that he hoped
to work across the aisle to get things done, and that taking a "combative role is not effective."
"Im not gonna look at a party label when I sit down and talk to somebody about the need to vote yes or no" Buck pledged on CSPANs Newsmakers program. "I just think its so important that we approach this job as problem solvers, not as partisans."
Buck said he doesnt want to impeach President Barack Obama and Congress should streamline the guest-worker program as part of any legislative effort to overhaul the nations immigration system.
Rollcall
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 05, 2015 08:33 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 08:34 AM (cbfNE)
Good morning, pretty Hordelings.
I have some Game of Thrones questions that necessarily include butt-tons of spoilers.
All character names will be misspelled.
So I just binge watched all four seasons. Any critiques come in the context of me loving the show enough to give it 40 more hours.
I could totally have done without the torture porn element of Therion/Reek and the Bolton kid. I never read the books, so I don't know if it was necessary.
Dario in S3 was a big Clay Matthews looking dude. He was smaller and dark in S4. What up with that?
There were some serious continuity issues with Aiwa's voyage in the last episode when they were sailing north. Sometime it showed the ship sailing south.
Now for the real problems. In the beginning of the attack by the King Beyond the Wall there was one shot that implied that the white walkers were part of the army. The wildlings are supposed to be fleeing south because of the horrors that are coming. They seem to have an accommodation with white walkers, they're friends with the giants. The only new horror is those ice monsters that attack Bran's party. What up?
And then after the first day's battle at the wall, Stanis Barathian shows up north of the wall with thousands of armored cavalry charging in ranks. (a) How did they know where exactly in a 100,000 strong wildling army where to close on the king, and (2) where and how the f*ck did they cross the wall?
Thank you.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 08:34 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 05, 2015 08:36 AM (bWFHa)
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:33 AM
Fixed.
"Our Side" is as dead as the proverbial dodo, fully absorbed into the Democrat way of life.
Those payoffs extended "across the aisle" keep the GOPe fat and happy, so why mess up the gravy train by showing any concern for America?
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 05, 2015 08:37 AM (yAC3X)
And a maximum length for laws, say, 42 pages. Each law may only pertain to a single subject, and may not revise or modify other laws unless that is its sole purpose. Laws must be in plain English and must include the full text of any cited portion of other relevant law within their text, so as to avoid the whole thing being an unreadable mess of cross-references.
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:37 AM (J+mig)
This is known as "bad luck." - Robert A. Heinlein
Posted by: I'm not Robert Heinlein or even an actor playing Robert Heinlein at January 05, 2015 08:38 AM (e8kgV)
Fear of the thing is usually worse than the thing itself.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 05, 2015 08:29 AM (uSAVP)
Note to self.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 05, 2015 08:38 AM (yxw0r)
First off, the only real reason to be watching isn't the plot, it's the bewbs.
BBL, y'all first department meeting of the new year in a few minutes. Yay.
Posted by: Country Singer at January 05, 2015 08:38 AM (8hctH)
should streamline the guest-worker program as part of any legislative
effort to overhaul the nations immigration system."
Ah, goody.
Gots to work together to please D.C. Gots too....
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 05, 2015 08:38 AM (Hs52w)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 05, 2015 08:40 AM (4gN5w)
I can't see the need for any law that can't be boiled down to a single paragraph. Most shouldn't require more than a single sentence.
Look into those hundred-page laws and what you see are the exceptions and digressions that make them vulnerable to being struck down by appeals courts, or simply rendered unworkable.
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 05, 2015 08:41 AM (yAC3X)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 05, 2015 08:41 AM (7ObY1)
It's 60 at 4am and I am freezing....well the heater is blasting so not too cold
Posted by: Navycopjoe at January 05, 2015 08:44 AM (MaUQj)
I call it adverse bipartisanship. Both sides are working together to advance the interests of the DC elites, the cause of global socialism, and their supporters in business and media. This political class is establishing itself as a new aristocracy, at our expense, and it gets harder and harder not to believe they're playing for the same team. When you put the rhetoric aside, they never make a serious effort to oppose the "other" agenda, nor repeal any act no matter how unctious to their base.
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:44 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Fritz at January 05, 2015 08:46 AM (UzPAd)
25 years ago when I was converting to libertarianism through reading and an exchange of letters my correspondent had a great line:
"Republicans and Democrats have the same goal, to limit freedom. They just have different lists."
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 08:47 AM (JtwS4)
I used to be a big fan of the books until it dawned on me that GRRM had lost the plot and was stuck and all I could look forward to is him using the dwarf for some kind of weird therapy through fiction thing.
With any luck HBO will write their own ending with Dany finally getting to Westeros.
The torture and mental destruction of Theon/ Reek is in the books.
Daario s3/S4 I think was a casting thing.
Wildlings are fleeing the White Walkers iirc.
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 08:48 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid
All things being equal. Unfortunately, they are not equal.
Would someone from the right be let out of jail with no bail for threatening the lives of the police?
Would someone on the left actually be charged with ag assault, instead of something lesser?
Would they, by force of law, lose something they hold dear? (My CHL)
Which is why we hold back.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:49 AM (nOvTJ)
Lord I hope I never get arrested. Teh stoopid in this room is unbelievable.
BTW I think jury summons come from the voter rolls.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 05, 2015 08:50 AM (N5VEB)
Morning Factoid:
President Obama's love of Golf is well documented. He has spent roughly 1,000 hours playing 214 rounds since he was elected in 2008
DailyMail
http://tinyurl.com/27huflb
So instead of just d1cking around, he could have learned Russian or something useful.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 05, 2015 08:50 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: MTF at January 05, 2015 08:50 AM (6um35)
Posted by: The Glaciers at January 05, 2015 08:51 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 08:52 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 08:33 AM (cbfNE)
You make a point I have often made: When a new law
is passed, usually something that was legal before is being made
illegal. Why should we celebrate a Congresss that passes a lot of laws?
Posted by: Cato at January 05, 2015 08:26 AM (J+mig)
Votermom raises a related and important point which IMHO makes it worse than Cato's statement appears on the surface.
More and more of the laws passed by Congress remove or limit previously enjoyed individual freedoms, but worse, they actually cede the details of the implementation to a Federal Agency and empower them with regulatory authority which has the force of law, but emanates from an unelected unaccountable body primarily concerned with keeping key senior bureaucrats employed with generous performance independent bonuses, ensuring Federal funds keep flowing in to the growing bureaucracy, making sure the agency SWAT team has enough ammo, and enhancing the power and status of the agency.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 05, 2015 08:53 AM (fL/7/)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 08:53 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 05, 2015 08:54 AM (fL/7/)
Posted by: MTF at January 05, 2015 08:54 AM (6um35)
More and more of the laws passed by Congress remove or limit previously enjoyed individual freedoms, but worse, they actually cede the details of the implementation to a Federal Agency and empower them with regulatory authority which has the force of law, but emanates from an unelected unaccountable body primarily concerned with keeping key senior bureaucrats employed with generous performance independent bonuses, ensuring Federal funds keep flowing in to the growing bureaucracy, making sure the agency SWAT team has enough ammo, and enhancing the power and status of the agency.
This.
I have nothing to add, it just needed to be said again.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 08:55 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: maddogg at January 05, 2015 08:57 AM (xWW96)
I've come to the conclusion that America needs its own Churchill, right now.
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 08:57 AM (cbfNE)
Went to the gym in shorts yesterday morning.
Today it's thermals and wool socks.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 05, 2015 08:58 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at January 05, 2015 08:58 AM (XzRw1)
They should, just shitting on things and flying away.
Posted by: t-bird at January 05, 2015 09:00 AM (FcR7P)
How about the law must be comprehensible to a typical LIV. If the 'average' American cannot understand the law, then it is either too complicated or your education system is a failure.
Wasnt it the job of the town crier to publicly read new laws so that the populace could not claim ignorance ?
Posted by: McCool at January 05, 2015 09:00 AM (nCSwS)
Busting up a brunch?-
NO JUSTICE! NO QUICHE!
(I shamelessly stole that line from someone else on the internet, I must admit>)
They're both really idiotic though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:00 AM (DXzRD)
Says an optimist. Pessimists think he already understands Russian all too well.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 05, 2015 09:02 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Producers at January 05, 2015 09:03 AM (6um35)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:03 AM (DXzRD)
'Electable' is someone Democrats will congratulate on getting second place. "Good show, old boy!"
Posted by: t-bird at January 05, 2015 09:03 AM (FcR7P)
He's scary.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell
Laa-Laa Teletubby for Speaker!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 09:04 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: t-bird at January 05, 2015 09:04 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:06 AM (DXzRD)
Half of the stories on the home page of the Frankfurter Allgemeine are about the possibility and potential consequences of a Greek exit from the Euro.
Why am I sharing this? Because there's a cool new word for it.
Grexit.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 09:06 AM (JtwS4)
Looks like it was an Arena game that got played outdoors. Not a good day to be a defender.
Posted by: t-bird at January 05, 2015 09:07 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 05, 2015 09:08 AM (zOTsN)
I think a lot of laws are pretty much comprehensible to LIVs in the sense that what they're being told is Hey, we're shoveling moar money your way, monkeys! And they, rationally enough, say Hey, we like money!
Posted by: Bigby's Wooly Mittens at January 05, 2015 09:08 AM (3ZtZW)
The current War on Rape mirrors almost exactly the KKK's War on Rape-
except, you know, with a change of color.
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-
war-on-rape-the-logic-of-the-lynch-mob-
returns/16349#.VKqSwMae3Wg
The Democrats never change.
The exact same people who are howling for white frat blood would've been howling for poor black blood with the KKK.
But hey, stupid, ignorant, evil, broken, sociopaths have to have political representation too.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 05, 2015 09:08 AM (KBvAm)
FenelonSpoke: "If you have a Republican Rep please e-mail or call themthem today and urge them not to vote for Boehner as Speaker even if you think it will do no good."
My problem helping on this is, my congressman was already the first out of the gate saying he wouldn't vote for Boehner. (Yay, Jim!) Only thing to write him for is thanks and congratulations.
Elect the right guy in the first place - save on stamps (real & figurative).
___
Now I gots to go do stuff in the so-called real world. Have a day, folks.
Posted by: mindful webworker - proud Okie at January 05, 2015 09:09 AM (uys7x)
It was good to give him back to the mainland
Posted by: Navycopjoe at January 05, 2015 09:10 AM (MaUQj)
What kind of a friggin idiot passes a law like that?
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 05, 2015 09:11 AM (uSAVP)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 09:04 AM (nOvTJ)
Oooh, yes!
Boehner would make a fine Teletubby-
Glug-Glug
in a orange suit with a martini glass for his little antenna thingy.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 05, 2015 09:11 AM (KBvAm)
Hahahahaha, that shit is so funny. Now, let's work on good responsible government.
Posted by: John Boehner at January 05, 2015 09:13 AM (6um35)
What did I ever do to you, bud? It was a movie. A MOVIE.
Posted by: John Carpenter's The Thing at January 05, 2015 09:13 AM (kUL7J)
alternative title "Sometimes Mom just needs to take the pill"
"Tensions are rising between pharmaceutical companies and the UK government, as the industry braces for a decision on which drugs will be axed from a special fund for expensive cancer therapies. NHS England is due to announce this month the results of a review of the cost-effectiveness of more than 40 medicines currently paid for by the Cancer Drugs Fund. The expected decision to cut the number of cancer treatments available to NHS patients in England will intensify debate over access to medicines, as the government battles to close a forecast £30bn health funding gap by 2020-21. Pharmaceutical companies say patients risk being denied the latest treatment because of financial pressure while critics accuse the industry of overcharging for medicines that offer only marginal benefits over existing products. These arguments have come to the fore in the increasingly rancorous dispute over the Cancer Drugs Fund, which was set up in 2010 to provide extra funding for medicines deemed too expensive under the usual formula for judging value for money in the NHS."
Posted by: McCool at January 05, 2015 09:14 AM (nCSwS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:14 AM (DXzRD)
Posted by: John Boehner at January 05, 2015 09:15 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:19 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:20 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:21 AM (2s7md)
Posted by: Zeke Emmanuel at January 05, 2015 09:22 AM (6um35)
Why are you poisoning your pregnant wife? I mean, really, doesn't that seem harsh?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:22 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Evilpens64 at January 05, 2015 09:22 AM (xxjaY)
Meanwhile over at the Washingston Post, Jennifer Rubin (Myxini Republicanus) would like to advise you of the following:
Cruzs ego prevents him from mounting a realistic presidential race
Sen Ted Cruz has become so identified with an ideologically extreme and politically impractical brand of conservatism that he has put off just about everyone else who may vote in the GOP primaries.
http://tinyurl.com/mobhjgp
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 05, 2015 09:23 AM (kdS6q)
Note how in all comedies of late the obnoxious person who is lampooned is most often liberal and not conservative. Conservatives are still the targets of comedians, but in sketch pieces it is almost always the liberal scold who is the buffoon, like in Portlandia.
In Downton Abbey there is a new character who is a socialist school teacher. She gets invited to an anniversary party at the aristocrats house and proceeds to lecture everyone about politics, make fun of them for wanting to erect a World War I memorial, be rude to her host, and generally make an ass of herself. Now this show is on PBS. But it is beloved by a pretty wide audience. And the comments coming in after the appearance of this loathsome guest were interesting. The audience hates her. This very liberal audience hates her for her scolding and rude manner
I think this is a hopeful sign
Posted by: ThunderB at January 05, 2015 09:23 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:21 AM (2s7md)
Are they letting you come in for the whole thing or right before?
I got called in right before, after they dumped me in a closet for 45 minutes while they prepped. Saw everything.
Posted by: EC at January 05, 2015 09:24 AM (GQ8sn)
Shorter: "We call it weather. Typically it gets colder in the winter, and warmer in the summer."
Seriously, the ancient Germanics and Celts had figured this stuff out. Yet the "smart set" seems all aflutter every time we get a snow flurry.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:25 AM (kff5f)
Damn you autocorrect! PAIN not poison.
Although by the end of this the wife may claim pitocin is poison.
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:25 AM (2s7md)
Posted by: John Boehner at January 05, 2015 09:25 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 05, 2015 09:26 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:26 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 09:27 AM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 05, 2015 09:27 AM (jyNWw)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 05, 2015 09:27 AM (zF6Iw)
Although by the end of this the wife may claim pitocin is poison.
Maybe not. Assuming she went for the epidural (she *did* go for the epidural, yes?), the pitocin (sp?) is supposed to help speed everything up, and the epi should keep her from feeling too much.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:27 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 05, 2015 09:27 AM (zOTsN)
Mike Judge's "The Goode Family" should have never been cancelled. I guess it just hit too close to home for the perpetually aggrieved scolds to stand.
Posted by: Country Singer at January 05, 2015 09:28 AM (8hctH)
I am right next to her on a fold out bed the hospital has. Her doc is the chief of OB so we got a nice room.
I'm here for the long haul. Which could be early tomorrow
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:28 AM (2s7md)
And the important thing is to keep her laughing. At least, that worked with my wife both times. If she's laughing (with or at you doesn't matter) she's less likely to care as much about what pain she does feel.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:28 AM (kff5f)
I'm pretty sure you can see him mouth, " if you smear these cream puffs on my tits, I'll suck your did for free" to Jerry Jones
Posted by: That guy at January 05, 2015 09:28 AM (+YNzP)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:26 AM (cbfNE)
From your keyboard to God's screen, votermom.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:29 AM (kff5f)
Ronna Romney McDaniel, the niece of Michigan native and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has quickly emerged as the front-runner in the race to succeed Michigan Republican Party Chairman Bobby Schostak.
McDaniel, who represents Michigan on the Republican National Committee....
Detroit Free Press
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 05, 2015 09:29 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: John Boehner at January 05, 2015 09:29 AM (XzRw1)
Epis can't go until 5cm. And pitocin may speed up but induced labor I'd often longer says the doc
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:29 AM (2s7md)
I've heard walking around helps.
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:29 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 05, 2015 09:30 AM (zOTsN)
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Word.
If we can't get a Churchill I'd settle for a Cesare Borgia at this point.
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:31 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: maddogg at January 05, 2015 09:31 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 05, 2015 09:31 AM (zOTsN)
Down with political dynasties!
No, really. Just the fact that she's related to Mitt should disqualify her from office. Then they can take a look again when it's her grandkids who are running.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:31 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Jaws at January 05, 2015 09:31 AM (WKNX4)
Posted by: Daenerys Stormborn at January 05, 2015 09:32 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: maddogg at January 05, 2015 09:33 AM (xWW96)
tsrblke asked me to keep yall updated on the impending arrival of his firstborn child.
Update: "The induction has begun."
Feel free to return to whatever you were doing before.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 05, 2015 09:34 AM (cNUMj)
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.Victor Borge would be a better choice IMO.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 05, 2015 09:35 AM (4oSLk)
Posted by: Bigby's Wooly Mittens at January 05, 2015 09:35 AM (3ZtZW)
Best news item of the week. Boehner needs to go.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at January 05, 2015 09:35 AM (zxQ4h)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:36 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Evilpens
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A week ago I received a note from a friend who is an engaged 'warmist'. Among other comments was this,
">Much rain here- would be snow, in earlier times."
I replied,
"Checking Baltimore weather, I see that it is ~50 degrees, which is a lot cooler than last year's 62 degrees At least it isn't 71 degrees, as it was in 1929. Probably no snow then either. I'll also note that in 1891, on this date, it never fell below 53 degrees. Daily data do not mean ( a pun!) an awful lot where weather is concerned.
At any rate, the historical average for Baltimore is 43 degrees on this date, so not snowy on average.
Take heart, the predicted temperatures for the rest of December are forecast to be below normal."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 09:36 AM (vPh3W)
I wish cable and satellite providers were obligated to give ala carte service. Then I could dump 80% of the crap I'm paying for.
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at January 05, 2015 09:36 AM (ljIUb)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 05, 2015 09:36 AM (zOTsN)
149 isn't it traditional to have a baby pool? Guess tge weight, gender, and time of birth?
Chick thing.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 09:37 AM (XzRw1)
One would think make-up would clue them in about the importance of the drapes matching the carpet.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 09:37 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: Evilpens64 at January 05, 2015 09:38 AM (xxjaY)
Posted by: Baldy at January 05, 2015 09:38 AM (+35FH)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 09:38 AM (XzRw1)
Currently she doesn't feel like walking we had to be here at 6:30 and I think she's tired.
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:39 AM (2s7md)
I suppose when God punished Eve and said labor was gonna be painful there isn't much use praying to make it less so...
Posted by: Bigby's Wooly Mittens at January 05, 2015 09:39 AM (3ZtZW)
I'm just sayin' think about it.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 05, 2015 09:40 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 09:40 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: fairweatherbill
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That can generally be forced by local city/county council. It only requires that citizens demand it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 09:40 AM (vPh3W)
Hi BC!
Wife I'd napping so I got to drop in.
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:40 AM (2s7md)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Droppin' the Hammer.
#HammerTime
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 09:41 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:41 AM (DXzRD)
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Aw, poor thing.
You know this is all your fault. ;P
J/k. You guys must be very excited. Any names lined up?
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:41 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 05, 2015 09:42 AM (IXrOn)
Was that crudity really necessary?
I don't think Christie is gay. He may be a loud mouthed RINO that many people don't like but I don't think he's gay.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:42 AM (DXzRD)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 09:43 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:43 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 05, 2015 09:43 AM (2Ojst)
The family has a time pool
Wife holds basically anything after midnight.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 09:40 AM (dFi94
Tech had improved, they have portable wireless monitors now!
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:44 AM (2s7md)
They had Kerry's spokesidiot on and her brows looked like they used a fat Sharpie.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 09:44 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:43 AM (cbfNE)
Amen to that.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 09:44 AM (dFi94)
You know this is all your fault. ;P
J/k. You guys must be very excited. Any names lined up?
Posted by: votermom
Minime?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 09:45 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:42 AM (DXzRD)
You're right, I don't think any of us actually think that Chubbins is a homosexual. A man who would lick the ice-cream out of a horse penis isn't really homosexual, is he?
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 05, 2015 09:45 AM (MbqmP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:45 AM (DXzRD)
http://tinyurl.com/q2guxza
Posted by: Country Singer at January 05, 2015 09:46 AM (8hctH)
Oh, that will help then with the walking around. My daughter didn't have that as recently as two years ago. Best wishes to you and your wife, and the little wee one.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 09:46 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:46 AM (DXzRD)
*covers baby tsrblke's eyes*
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:48 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2015 09:45 AM (DXzRD
All of your prayers are appreciated. She says she thinks d she feels some small contractions
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:48 AM (2s7md)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Tao-Liu-photography-15.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 05, 2015 09:49 AM (jyNWw)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 09:49 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 05, 2015 09:49 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 09:49 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:48 AM (2s7md)
QUICK! GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL!!!!
Posted by: EC at January 05, 2015 09:49 AM (GQ8sn)
It's a really nice hospital that just builds insurers to the max
We also apparently have a dedicated nurse unless they get busier than expected.
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:50 AM (2s7md)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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As we all know, self-awareness is not a strong point of most Liberals.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 09:51 AM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 05, 2015 09:51 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: MTF at January 05, 2015 09:51 AM (6um35)
Heh
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 09:49 AM (dFi94)
I won't tell my wife.
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:52 AM (2s7md)
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:53 AM (2s7md)
she thinks d she feels some small contractions
Posted by: tsrblke
QUICK! GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL!!!!
Posted by: EC
Get to da choppah!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 09:53 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at January 05, 2015 09:54 AM (ljIUb)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 09:54 AM (XzRw1)
I won't tell my wife.
Ya, that's probably best. Seriously, God bless your little family, and may the delivery go smoothly.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 09:54 AM (dFi94)
BTW doctor's three kids were born in a bathtub at home.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 05, 2015 09:54 AM (N5VEB)
ecigars FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 09:56 AM (nOvTJ)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 05, 2015 09:56 AM (6n332)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:56 AM (cbfNE)
Good point. But at least we (finally) learned how to fuck up Alabamians.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at January 05, 2015 09:57 AM (5Un6g)
Liquor store used to be about four blocks from the hospital. Came in handy in July of 1993.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 05, 2015 09:57 AM (N5VEB)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 09:57 AM (0FSuD)
There was this website where you could make your own wrappers.
Of course we didn't actually hand them out until her baptism.
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 09:58 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 05, 2015 09:58 AM (N5VEB)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 09:59 AM (nOvTJ)
I watched my two sons' births up close and personal. One caesarian, one vaginal.
They're both really gross.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 09:59 AM (JtwS4)
See 207.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 05, 2015 10:00 AM (N5VEB)
Heh. My nickname for "Fox and Friends" has been "Two Boobs and a Blonde".
Mornin' Horde. Back to work after the Holidays and I'm sort of lacking motivation this fine day.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:01 AM (DT3rQ)
Hello from Way Down Here and it's 2am on Tuesday
And we're off to spend a day at the cricket - Aussies v India (first day of the 4th Test - 5 days long) 10.30am till 6pm - love Test cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground - wonderful arena!
http://goo.gl/1daW
Predictions from Down Under for Baby tsrblke
Weight: 3.45 kgs Time of arrival: 1850
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:01 AM (b/1aA)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:02 AM (0FSuD)
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Don't forget the rainbow ones for SJWs determined to eff up their kids psyches.
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 10:02 AM (cbfNE)
BURMA-SHAVE
...I can't be the only one seeing that in the structure.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:02 AM (DT3rQ)
If standing next to wife when contractions start, and she wants to run her fingers through your hair in love and affection.....
Don't, just don't.
Crew cut, or shorter.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 05, 2015 10:02 AM (DoX/w)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 10:03 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 10:03 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:03 AM (JtwS4)
Weight: 3.45 kgs Time of arrival: 1850
So I have to convert metric to real units, then hop in that time machine we totally don't have to pick the kid up from 165 years ago?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:03 AM (DT3rQ)
tsrblke-
best wishes to you and the wife. My wife's first time was 40 hours in labor. Hopefully Mrs. Tsrblke won't have to go through that.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 05, 2015 10:04 AM (6n332)
Congratulations Nip!
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 05, 2015 09:58 AM (N5VEB)
Thanks. The game was great fun. Not going to Seattle unless I can organize a posse. It would be an overnight stay, etc.
Not cheap for a poor ole fellow on SS.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:04 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 10:03 AM (dFi94)
That's how my wife did all of her's. I was a first time dad and she told me we just show up at the hospital at a certain time and then everything happens on a schedule.
I thought to myself, "hey, this is easy!"
Posted by: EC at January 05, 2015 10:05 AM (GQ8sn)
Predictions from Down Under for Baby tsrblke
Weight: 3.45 kgs Time of arrival: 1850
When did they teach the "prisoners" metric?
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:05 AM (0FSuD)
I thought Australians spoke English.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:03 AM
that's 7.6 lbs...
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 05, 2015 10:05 AM (4gN5w)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 10:06 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 05, 2015 10:06 AM (5yHi1)
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:06 AM (b/1aA)
BTW doctor's three kids were born in a bathtub at home.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 05, 2015 09:54 AM (N5VEB)
Both of mine, as well.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 05, 2015 10:06 AM (vgIRn)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:06 AM (0FSuD)
If you were hot as a non-blonde, you'll still be hot as a blonde. In other words, you didn't need it.
If you were NOT hot as a non-blonde, going blonde isn't going to make you hot. It might make you look more slutty, if that's what you were going for, but not hotter.
As for the Fox chicks, well, I just assume any dame in the news biz had to blow somebody to get her job. Good luck with that, ladies.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 05, 2015 10:07 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 05, 2015 10:07 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Penfold at January 05, 2015 10:07 AM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:07 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:06 AM (0FSuD)
The doc said my wife was too "petite" for the old fashioned way.
Posted by: EC at January 05, 2015 10:08 AM (GQ8sn)
223 Brother Cavil
Oops, sorty about the time - I'm an RN and we do the 24 hour c;ovck thingie
As for weights, we're metric Down Under (and obviously funny, gorgeous and wonderful)
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:08 AM (b/1aA)
I'll take 7 pounds 4 ounces at 11.05 pm
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 10:09 AM (dFi94)
EC, after one C sections, I think they make you do it the next time. The wall is too weak for a regular birth.
No. It's called VBAC, vaginal birth after caesarian. Mrs. Bandersnatch did that for No. 2 Son.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:09 AM (JtwS4)
No sweat, I kinda figured that but couldn't resist
And someone else did the math I was totally told there wouldn't be any of on this blog, so it's all good.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:10 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 05, 2015 10:10 AM (MbqmP)
"Guess what I am". His feet had not passed yet.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:10 AM (0FSuD)
gave birth to all of our kiddos sans drugs-
and popped them all out like a champ.
Though-
in all cases she made sure they had a birth chair in the hospital.
Gravity...is there nothing it can't do?
Posted by: naturalfake at January 05, 2015 10:10 AM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:09 AM (JtwS4)
Oh, well damn you learn something everyday, if you are lucky. Thanks.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:11 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:11 AM (DT3rQ)
7 pounds 5 ounces at 11:06 pm.
--Asshole Price is Right contestant
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 10:12 AM (nOvTJ)
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She can't relate. First she'd have to know who her father was.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 05, 2015 10:12 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Joanne at January 05, 2015 10:12 AM (qbNX7)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 10:12 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (JtwS4)
7 pounds 5 ounces at 11:06 pm.
--Asshole Price is Right contestant
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 10:12 AM (nOvTJ)
7 pounds 6 ounces, Bob!
Posted by: Ultimate Price Is Right Asshole at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (GQ8sn)
Now they are after home schoolers who obviously must hate their kids.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (0FSuD)
7 pounds 5 ounces at 11:06 pm.
--Asshole Price is Right contestant
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 10:12 AM (nOvTJ)
I lol'd.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (XUKZU)
Or care beyond denouncing the patriarchal PIV rapeyness.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (kgisg)
I'm fixing them b per a cigar stores advice
they'll be late to the party but its cold and I have to smoke outside so that's fine.
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (2s7md)
Ahhh, I see the Universe is buttressing my life choices again.
Good Universe. You may have one of Mommy's home made chocolate chip cookies.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 05, 2015 10:14 AM (mf5HN)
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How much is that in foot-pounds?
Can we just say just above a half-stone and be done with it?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:14 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 05, 2015 10:13 AM (XUKZU)
How many "Stones" is that?
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:14 AM (0FSuD)
defined only as 'passing new regulations.'Why can't it be defined as
'removing the regulations that hinder growth in an effort to streamline
the lives of our fellow citizens'?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 05, 2015 08:18 AM (fwARV)
I had lunch with my out-of-state brother-in-law, he is retired law enforcement type, and in his retirement he works with his local city government.
He says he was trying to get a point home to the city council, and eventually asked them, "why are you here, what purpose do you serve, what is the role of this government?"
He said he had to take them by the hand and lead them through the logic as to what they were supposed to do, and what purpose they served other than, "enact and enforce laws for the purpose of enacting and enforcing laws"
It sounded like the Brawndo scene from Idiocracy, but handled by someone with actual management skills.
He also pointed out while we were eating that in the US, the only government that has its purpose defined in the charter is the federal government: the purpose and duties of the government is set out in the constitution. All the state and municipal governments he was aware of basically have no stated purpose, which I think may explain a lot of the jack-assery they get up to; if the only purpose is to act, then any act is valid.
Dad pointed out that the town I live in started a town government originally because someone started a tavern and the important people didn't like it. Lacking any legal basis to shut him down they formed a city government to enact a law to make his tavern illegal and run him out of town.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 05, 2015 10:14 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:15 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Yer math's off, 1 stone = about 14 lbs.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:15 AM (DT3rQ)
Sounds like one of those guys what started playing doctor for fun as a kid and is still astonished that people will pay him for it. Like me and programming.
Posted by: Anachronda at January 05, 2015 10:15 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: tsrblke (phone) at January 05, 2015 09:21 AM (2s7md)
My first child's been herefor 17 days. Wife went the Pitocin route, pushed for 15 hours, dilated to 2cm and got c-sectioned.
It's insane, exhausting, crazy, relentless and hands-down the most joyful thing I've ever been a part of.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 05, 2015 10:15 AM (fwARV)
In English.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:07 AM (JtwS4)
7.59 stone, to be completely English.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 05, 2015 10:16 AM (vgIRn)
Be thousands of miles away cause when she is pain screaming "this is Joe's fault, he's dead, DEAD!!!" You know you're safe
Posted by: Navycopjoe at January 05, 2015 10:16 AM (MaUQj)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 05, 2015 10:16 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 10:16 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:17 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 05, 2015 10:17 AM (vgIRn)
May blessings rain down upon your wee one . Congratulations!
Posted by: grammie winger at January 05, 2015 10:17 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:17 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:18 AM (DT3rQ)
227 Nip Sip
Hi and I predict in your future you will go metric
*about time you lot were like the Europeans and us Aussies *
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:19 AM (b/1aA)
for some reason my husband kept reading another womans monitor in my room. he was telling me a contraction was coming when nothing happening. oh theres a big contraction coming
nothing
geez I'm having a big contraction
him: no you arent
maddening
then he kept telling me to breathe
when I am in pain i want to crawl into a corner by myself. i do not want to be comforted I want to be left alone
so this poor man keep telling me to breath
I told him to come close, I would squeeze his balls as hard as I could, and then he could breath
he is a saint
Posted by: thunderb at January 05, 2015 10:19 AM (zOTsN)
We need to talk.
Is this about that hash that's dangerously close to "virgin"? Because I got nothin' to do with that.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 05, 2015 10:19 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 05, 2015 10:03 AM (XzRw1)
Wow, just watched Martha MacCallum talk over Louie Gohmert for most of his interview. How not surprised I am.
Posted by: Joanne at January 05, 2015 10:20 AM (qbNX7)
He's been a mainstay of the local scene for longer than I can remember. The end of an era. We shant see his likes again.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 05, 2015 10:20 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 10:20 AM (62/xp)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 05, 2015 10:20 AM (08Znv)
*about time you lot were like the Europeans and us Aussies *
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:19 AM (b/1aA)
Slowly it's taking over car specs, but I predict my grand kids will still be driving in MPH and measuring in inches.
The liberals tried that metric shit here in the 60's. Didn't sell.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:21 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Brother Cavil,
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Only by a couple orders of magnitude..
0.54 Stone.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:21 AM (vPh3W)
I'm not gonna hope she's in labor for two days.
Midnight, Jan 6th.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 05, 2015 10:21 AM (OsWis)
Posted by: steevy at January 05, 2015 10:21 AM (v5UtH)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at January 05, 2015 10:21 AM (ljIUb)
That would be a ginormous baby.
1 stone equals about 14 lbs.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2015 10:22 AM (g1DWB)
he is a saint
Posted by: thunderb at January 05, 2015 10:19 AM (zOTsN)
My left hand still has a scar from when my wife squeezed it till it bled and cried she wanted the damn epidural NOW.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:23 AM (0FSuD)
*about time you lot were like the Europeans and us Aussies *
Posted by: aussie
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You can have my Yardstick (and my Pint) when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:23 AM (vPh3W)
Posted by: steevy at January 05, 2015 10:23 AM (v5UtH)
I always figured in ye olde days, most towns and villages formed, and there were bandits and brigands about, so the villagers sorta pooled together and formed a way to protect themselves.
But such things cost money, so the protectors started asking for money, then demanded money, and eventually the protectors were no better than the brigands and bandits they ran off.
That is, in a nutshell, municipal government.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 05, 2015 10:24 AM (Dj0WE)
Even the Babylonians knew it was 60 that's magic.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 05, 2015 10:24 AM (MbqmP)
Re: UC pensions being all super boned - what's the minimum level of present funding for future obligations under GAAP? I thought it was something like 105% but hell if I know and it's way easier to Horde source that then go bother to look myself.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 05, 2015 10:24 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (JtwS4)
1 stone equals about 14 lbs.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2015 10:22 AM (g1DWB)
I blame the interwebs.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (vgIRn)
Posted by: Bigby's Wooly Mittens at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (MbqmP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (vPh3W)
Posted by: thunderb at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 05, 2015 10:24 AM (MbqmP)
Yep. Next up redoing a compass with metric? ha ha
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (0FSuD)
That is, in a nutshell,
La Cosa Nostra.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (62/xp)
Posted by: votermom at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (cbfNE)
Congratulations Washington Nearsider and Mrs Washington Nearsider !!!
Such a lovely time, a new baby in the house!
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:26 AM (b/1aA)
And in San Francisco, tres suprise. workday morning dance "raves" are a thing for aging moms in denial of biological shot clock and can't stop being fabulous for a single instant types from Boystown:
http://tinyurl.com/kah5gld
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 05, 2015 10:26 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Bob's House
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We never had these problems before.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:26 AM (vPh3W)
That's pretty ghey. Alternative head line.
Bored mom's looking for strange at a dance party.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:28 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 05, 2015 10:28 AM (Dj0WE)
Our first was home-born. Happened so fast the midwife was late getting to the bedroom from the living room. I got a quick lesson in midwifery. And biology.
Our next were twins. Ten minutes from hospital arrival to birth of son #1, ten minutes later, son #A. No time for the docs to intervene with anything.
Birth is spectacular and scary. Milady was, plainly, good at it. I count our blessings, but sometimes wish, despite the terror of childbirth, that we had had more kids.
Newborn and mother doodle from years back, link in nic.
Posted by: mindful webworker - dad at January 05, 2015 10:28 AM (ACs58)
And then after the first day's battle at the wall, Stanis Barathian shows up north of the wall with thousands of armored cavalry charging in ranks. (a) How did they know where exactly in a 100,000 strong wildling army where to close on the king, and (2) where and how the f*ck did they cross the wall?
Thank you.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 08:34 AM (JtwS4)
(a) The Red Woman has GPS in her twat, apparently.
(2) Stannis and his army sailed up the Narrow Sea and landed north of the wall, then marched west.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 05, 2015 10:28 AM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Cryin' John Boehner, Man of Tan at January 05, 2015 10:28 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Nip
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Already done. Gradians. Commonly used by engineers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:28 AM (vPh3W)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 05, 2015 10:28 AM (4gN5w)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 05, 2015 10:29 AM (j6e8f)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:25 AM (0FSuD)
Oh, now that's silly. Nobody would do that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradian
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 05, 2015 10:29 AM (MbqmP)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:30 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:28 AM (vPh3W)
Don't tell that to the pilots landing on runway 23L.
I have seen on my GPS various formats, is that one?
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:31 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Nip
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?
What is this 'GPS' of which you speak?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:32 AM (vPh3W)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 10:33 AM (62/xp)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:34 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Draki at January 05, 2015 10:35 AM (0eidE)
This, I use to carry it on planes when I flew or was flying. Always got flight plan from captain and amazed my kids when I would say.
I think we are going to turn now. And we did. Now most flights have wi fi and I track flight on computer with Flight Aware.
http://tinyurl.com/omevr88
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:36 AM (0FSuD)
What's this? A Game of Thrones sighting?
I haven't thought of that in months... just finished watching Boardwalk Empire though. What a disappointment that whole mess turned out to be.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 05, 2015 10:36 AM (Dj0WE)
Sometimes it pays to keep one ear tuned to the Lamaze class.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 05, 2015 10:36 AM (FpybW)
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Cold have made for an interesting..., okay more interesting , Flight 370.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:38 AM (vPh3W)
Posted by: thunderb
You don't need to. We'll all hear the scream.
Posted by: Blue Hen at January 05, 2015 10:39 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:39 AM (vPh3W)
Work all day
Search for underpants, hey!
I can't stop 'til I find underpants
Rum tum tummytum hey!
Posted by: Anachronda at January 05, 2015 10:40 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:40 AM (vPh3W)
*about time you lot were like the Europeans and us Aussies *
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:19 AM (b/1aA)"
Part of Jimmy Carter's legacy of discredited policies is his attempt to switch the US to the Metric System.
Since everything else that Carter did was a disaster, the assumption of everybody who was old enough to have lived through that period is that the Metric System is just one more bad idea.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 05, 2015 10:40 AM (PD6iL)
Nice story from the dreadful South Australian bushfire near Adelaide
A wedding goes ahead...and scroll down to see a heartwarming pic of a little koala which escaped the fire, having a drink
http://goo.gl/v7lYEg
Nightynight everyone, off to the cricket in a few hours! So excited !
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:41 AM (b/1aA)
That is, in a nutshell, municipal government.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 05, 2015 10:24 AM (Dj0WE)
People throw things, they like to dig, they like to cooperate, this is built in like cats chasing small prey. It is what we do
We also form governments. If you have more than about 100 members you have to have a government of some sort.
The problem is that once the government becomes a pretext to do what you want all bets are off, and it just a legal method of theft and oppression.
The US constitution was supposed to be a sort of guide, then a sort of master limit on the actions of local governments. The local governments were also limited by the scope and funding limitations of the local community, which is why NYC and Silver City ID could be equally corrupt, but no-one cared about Silver City, Population 30.
This does not seem to be working any more.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 05, 2015 10:41 AM (t//F+)
I demand a recount.
There is no ways I commented that many times in just two days.
And tied with Nip.
No.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 05, 2015 10:41 AM (OsWis)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 05, 2015 10:41 AM (FpybW)
Posted by: aussie at January 05, 2015 10:41 AM (b/1aA)
Posted by: Price Is Right Contestant who thinks the other two overbid. at January 05, 2015 10:42 AM (NeFrd)
becomes a pretext to do what you want all bets are off, and it just a legal method of theft and oppression.
See: HOA
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 10:42 AM (62/xp)
Posted by: Price Is Right Contestant who thinks the other two overbid.
Two ounces.
--The often forgotten FOURTH contestant.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2015 10:44 AM (62/xp)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2015 10:45 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2015 10:45 AM (vPh3W)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 05, 2015 10:45 AM (vgIRn)
One time coming back from Moble Al into ATL I saw something was a miss.
We circled for an hour. Hartsville was backed up. One time I noticed we were off course going into SLC. REALLY off course.
They had a tornado next to the airport. This was about 10 years ago.
Never had any problems with it accept one time when an old hag was telling me I couldn't use it on the plane, might blow the plane up, blah blah blah. I was asking the captain for the flight plan. He told the ole bitch he was the captain and I could use it. And STFU.
THAT was fun!
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 05, 2015 10:45 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: exdem13 at January 05, 2015 10:46 AM (/mTq0)
Posted by: exdem13 at January 05, 2015 10:47 AM (/mTq0)
Posted by: garrett at January 05, 2015 10:48 AM (hGjrm)
Posted by: Common Sense at January 05, 2015 10:48 AM (+YNzP)
I had no idea Stuart Scott was so important.
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He was a nice guy on a national TV network, and he enjoyed his job and talking about it with others, and he didn't throw himself a pity party over his illness. A guy like that will be missed.
Posted by: exdem13 at January 05, 2015 10:50 AM (/mTq0)
Right, government is, more or less, a necessary evil.
The problem right now appears to be, we have too many bodies wandering around who have no vested interest in limiting the role of government, so that evil goes unchecked.
Here in the St. Louis area, the Ferguson business was a perfect opportunity to have a discussion about out of control, and unnecessary municipal governments. Instead, it turned into a great big "bad whitey" and "rogue MILITARIZED cops" movement.
People who have been unwilling and unable to self-govern for decades are suddenly realizing government is oppressive. Well duh. What's your solution? More and bigger government?
Yeah, that's a great idea.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 05, 2015 10:50 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: The Oort Cloud - SMOD is missing at January 05, 2015 10:52 AM (yTMXB)
I kept looking for you in comments yesterday & asking if anyone had seen you, but no one answered.
Posted by: Carol at January 05, 2015 10:57 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2015 11:07 AM (vqSqm)
Posted by: CCO at January 05, 2015 11:08 AM (sPrms)
Posted by: CCO at January 05, 2015 11:08 AM (sPrms)
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Because they fight like marlins. It's like fishing for dragons.
Posted by: Soona at January 05, 2015 11:13 AM (vqSqm)
They were fucking animals and deserved everything they got.
Posted by: ubik at January 05, 2015 09:28 PM (lCc6O)
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