Morning Thread (2-3-2015)

"Oh, great, there is a 16th minute!" ~ Jenny McCarthy, probably.

Posted by: Andy at 06:11 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo who doesn't want to be turned into jerky at February 03, 2015 06:12 AM (8gpAQ)

2 2nd

Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo who doesn't want to be turned into jerky at February 03, 2015 06:13 AM (8gpAQ)

3 Good morning! Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 03, 2015 06:13 AM (u82oZ)

4 Trifecta?

Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo who doesn't want to be turned into jerky at February 03, 2015 06:13 AM (8gpAQ)

5 Denied!

Posted by: Anonymous Scandi Hobo who doesn't want to be turned into jerky at February 03, 2015 06:13 AM (8gpAQ)

6 Good Morning Morons. Today is Tuesday, February 03, 2015. On this day in 1690 the colony of MA became the first in the Americas to issue paper money. It figures that MA would become the first fiat currency State.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:13 AM (wlDny)

7 Mmm, jerky.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 03, 2015 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

8 The Fat Man and Ran Paul have come under heavy fire from experts regarding their stance on compulsory immunization. As I said previously I grew up in "backwards" GA in the 50s, it was compulsory there in the 50s. Why is it not now?

http://is.gd/CWSeHy

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:14 AM (wlDny)

9 A campaign in the UN is being waged to get rid of dictator and fruitcake Kim Jung Un and completely dismantle his regime.

http://is.gd/1XM8Bu

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:14 AM (wlDny)

10 Terrorist groups in Africa are now killing elephants in mass for their tusks to finance their activities. It is illegal to sell ivory now in most countries because there is no way to separate legally obtained ivory from the illegal. So where is it all going? mostly China.

http://is.gd/eeKlH1

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:14 AM (wlDny)

11 There's a new sheriff in Sublette County, WY and he has banned western attire for his deputies. Wants them all in a uniform.

http://is.gd/QdbYGn

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:15 AM (wlDny)

12 AP just had to get their anti-gun plug in this story of the GA man who killed his family "using an evil hand gun".

http://is.gd/byOtAj

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:15 AM (wlDny)

13 Here is a list of Obama's proposed tax increases. I would not put it past Republicans to pass a lot of these. Especially now that RINO Rubio and Lunkhead Lee have jumped on the tax train.

http://is.gd/MENWBG

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:15 AM (wlDny)

14 Fox is bashing NBC news for their hard-hitting interview of Obama about his food preferences. It's cruel to blow him like that said one reporter. (may be an exaggeration)

http://is.gd/lxMYJw

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:15 AM (wlDny)

15 Thank you Vic.

*Steps aside so a proper linkage array can be assembled.*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 03, 2015 06:16 AM (u82oZ)

16 The nation is turning into an icicle. So what causes this? Global warming of course.

http://is.gd/cAG1ix

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:16 AM (wlDny)

17 And just in case you missed it yesterday, that overgrown rat in PA said there would be 6 more weeks of winter.

http://is.gd/V5RRsf

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:16 AM (wlDny)

18 Stupid story:

ISIS and Al Qaeda are increasingly mounting and calling for attacks on soft targets as a means of deterring Western assaults on their strongholds, a strategy that is extending the reach of terrorism to hotels, cafés, supermarkets and malls where Europeans and Americans once felt safe.

I have some news for you dumb ass; terrorists have always targeted these civilian places. That is why they call them "terrorists".

http://is.gd/F1rZfg

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:16 AM (wlDny)

19 Robin William's widow and children are fighting over his bones.

http://is.gd/eCZc9o

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:17 AM (wlDny)

20 Trey Gowdy to review "secret" Scankles tapes on Benghazi.

http://is.gd/UwDBsT

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:17 AM (wlDny)

21 Are you an unemployed American citizen? Want to know why besides the shitty Obama economy? Read this but make sure you have your lisinopril handy.

http://is.gd/PW4fxG

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:17 AM (wlDny)

22 What little tough talk you hear from the RNCe on illegals should be discounted as hot air BS.

http://is.gd/sgD6YQ

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:17 AM (wlDny)

23 Transgender illegals are being given hormone therapy while being detained. How do they have time for this? Why aren't their asses being deported toot-sweet?

http://is.gd/6Dndjy

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:18 AM (wlDny)

24

DAY 819

644 to go (717 to Inauguration Day 2017)

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:18 AM (CMkNk)

25 Global Warming scam: Obama, Congress, and the tax code thanks to traitor John "it's a tax" Roberts.

http://is.gd/lMapER

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:18 AM (wlDny)

26 9>> Not to defend the NORKs or that insipid man-child petty tyrant that rules them, but I wonder what the reaction would be if the story were about an effort to depose the government of the US based on the UN's opinion of our 'human rights' behavior.

The UN needs to be shit canned and kicked out of the US.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 06:18 AM (60Vyp)

27 Pro-muzzie terrorist students yell insults at Jewish students at UC Davis. University officials were quick to point out that it doesn't reflect university position but not a single soul was disciplined in any manner. I guess Israel has joined the white American Male as the last group that can be discriminated against because of their race.

http://is.gd/ozjJJM

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:19 AM (wlDny)

28 Black yoots make film of evil cops stopping their snowball fight with drawn guns. What they don't say is that the cops and maybe the yoots are the victim of a "swatting".

http://is.gd/QDkhTV

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:19 AM (wlDny)

29 An Illinois state legislator has introduced a bill that would prevent anyone who has been convicted of crimes related to terrorism from teaching courses at taxpayer-funded colleges and universities.

The fact that they need a bill for this says it all. I would like to see bills in every State that make it a requirement that all government funds for colleges that hire terrorists and other dangerous felons be cut off from State and federal support.

http://is.gd/mMzqKe

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:19 AM (wlDny)

30 Speaking of yoots; this is what Democrat leadership and lax law enforcement will do for you.

http://is.gd/LTICK0

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:20 AM (wlDny)

31 The Canadian Prime Minister had some balls and the libtards and muzzies don't like it. Piss be upon them.

http://is.gd/y7OuWn

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:20 AM (wlDny)

32 2,000 criminal illegals released by Obama have gone on to commit new crimes. Victims should sue Obama.

http://is.gd/Y7IJYH

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:20 AM (wlDny)

33 The no shit item for today: CNN contributor says CNN and other alphabets are biased against Republicans.

http://is.gd/G9qjHt

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:20 AM (wlDny)

34
Vic's on a roll and I ain't even sipped my first sip o'coffee.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:20 AM (CMkNk)

35 Obama's budget would strip funding for a program that allows vets to go outside the VA for faster medical care.

http://is.gd/OCk3OX

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:21 AM (wlDny)

36 She'll be remembered for her hysteria for some time to come. That said, for parents of autistic children desperately looking for answers, the bullshit "scientists" are willing to give them one that only feeds their fears and insecurities.

There are two edges to this knife: Unvaccinated kids and bad research and reporting that have relegated any genuine risks/questions to some dark corner of suspicion, if not downright hostility.

Sharyl Attkisson is trying to get answers but any time she dare mention that there is this or that which requires further study, she's attacked as anti-vax.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 03, 2015 06:21 AM (DmNpO)

37 Obama's interior head says a fracking rule will be out soon. I am sure it will be based on and reflect an honest scientific study just like all the rest <snark>.

http://is.gd/cmhuuK

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:21 AM (wlDny)

38 32 2,000 criminal illegals released by Obama have gone on to commit new crimes. Victims should sue Obama.

http://is.gd/Y7IJYH
Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:20 AM (wlDny)

Crime? Well, it's a tax.

- - Justice Julia Roberts

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:21 AM (CMkNk)

39 Palin has joined the growing crowd who want a State level Constitutional Convention. This is what you get when congress allows a President to do illegal acts with impunity and the congress itself doesn't even make a nod toward the Constitution. This article says 17 States have called for one. The last article I saw said 34.

http://is.gd/E16I0O

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:21 AM (wlDny)

40 IBD on Obama budget: DBA; Dead Before Arrival.

http://is.gd/7l6EQR

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:22 AM (wlDny)

41 Transgender illegals are being given hormone therapy while being detained. How do they have time for this? Why aren't their asses being deported toot-sweet?http://is.gd/6Dndjy
Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:18 AM (wlDny)
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More importantly, how do we have money for this?

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:22 AM (KlVdw)

42 Obama over-regulators are now going after fireplaces with gas logs.

http://is.gd/CpAvvE

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:22 AM (wlDny)

43 Impact of stupid minimum wage laws is once again proven. SF raised its minimum wage to $15/hour. Borderlands bookstore promptly closed its doors.

http://is.gd/KxdG1m

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:22 AM (wlDny)

44
If the kids are unvaccinated, I'd lay good money that they're from south of the border and got here within the last 12-18 months.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:23 AM (CMkNk)

45 So you are on a dating game

A. Ground sloth
B. Sarah Silverman
C. Camel Spider
D. Jenny McCarthy

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 06:24 AM (I7upL)

46 41 More importantly, how do we have money for this?
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:22 AM (KlVdw)

Ink, paper, Heidelbergs.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:24 AM (CMkNk)

47 The Daily Deals

http://is.gd/C3J5Tn

That's it for today folks. I more than likely will not be here tomorrow. I will be going into the hospital for an ass poking. And today is ass poking prep torture day. Clear liquid diet only. Arrrggg. Already starving. No coffee or breakfast.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:24 AM (wlDny)

48 42 Vic,

Luckily they're so full of shit we can get our mongol on and burn their dung....

Posted by: The Smiling Bandit at February 03, 2015 06:25 AM (/4AZU)

49 47 Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:24 AM (wlDny)

I have felt your pain. But, good luck and hope all's well the ends well after your end swells.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:25 AM (CMkNk)

50
Levin's page is down?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:26 AM (CMkNk)

51 26 The UN needs to be shit canned and kicked out of the US.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 06:18 AM (60Vyp)

I agree with that.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:27 AM (wlDny)

52 Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:24 AM

Best of luck to ya Vic. When your done, go have some bacon, eggs and hash browns and a stout cup o' Joe. Cholesterol FTW!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 06:28 AM (60Vyp)

53
It's up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:28 AM (CMkNk)

54 I have a pen a phone and a big ass printing press, spend, spend, spend.

Posted by: Barky 'O Fudgenut at February 03, 2015 06:29 AM (vntmB)

55 14 Vic,

I think Fox prefers an Ivy Irish male does the blowing....

#LGBTABCXYZ O'Shamrock Justice

Posted by: The Smiling Bandit at February 03, 2015 06:29 AM (/4AZU)

56 I guess Israel has joined the white American Male as the last group that can be discriminated against because
of their race.

White joos?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 06:30 AM (wZCB4)

57 >> Sharyl Attkisson is trying to get answers but any time she dare mention that there is this or that which requires further study, she's attacked as anti-vax.

Because she is.

Posted by: Andy at February 03, 2015 06:30 AM (q4YLd)

58 Ole!

http://tinyurl.com/mhyy4ub

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 06:31 AM (I7upL)

59 So you are on a dating gameA. Ground slothB. Sarah SilvermanC. Camel SpiderD. Jenny McCarthy
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 06:24 AM (I7upL)
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And a roll of duct tape. Because as they say, silence is goldenbut duct tape is silver.

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:34 AM (KlVdw)

60 I'm going with the sloth...

Posted by: shredded chi at February 03, 2015 06:37 AM (Ntnpb)

61 Fox is pimping the Obama 2 year free college plan by citing some BS study (of course no information or source is cited) that says poor folk aren't getting degrees as often as rich folk by age 24.

Hey no shit captain obvious. It MIGHT be because a) public school sucks and doesn't prepare kids for college and b) so many kids get BS 'studies' degrees instead of STEM degrees.

I'd say that of the degrees conferred to all of those 'rich kids' a lot of them aren't worth the paper they're printed on when it comes to leveraging any knowledge attained to get a job.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 06:37 AM (60Vyp)

62 22.4F here this morning and dropping like a rock. Where is my global warming? And for a change Worland, WY is not much colder than that. Must point that out to wifey. They are at 18F.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:38 AM (wlDny)

63 Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:34 AM (KlVdw)

The ground sloth wins, it'll take things slow and you'll know it won't work out before it goes too far.

Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:38 AM (J+mig)

64 Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:38 AM (wlDny) That. That is why I stay in the subtropical zones. God bless Texas.

Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:38 AM (J+mig)

65 61
Fox is pimping the Obama 2 year free college plan by citing some BS
study (of course no information or source is cited) that says poor folk
aren't getting degrees as often as rich folk by age 24.

Hey no shit captain obvious. It MIGHT be because a) public school
sucks and doesn't prepare kids for college and b) so many kids get BS
'studies' degrees instead of STEM degrees.

I'd say that of the degrees conferred to all of those 'rich kids' a
lot of them aren't worth the paper they're printed on when it comes to
leveraging any knowledge attained to get a job.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 06:37 AM (60Vyp)

Is that on their morning news program? Those turds are just about as liberal as MSDNC.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:39 AM (wlDny)

66 Clear liquid day?
Gin is clear. Vodka is clear...

Did you see the flying Jihadi video at WZ, Vic?
Put me in a great mood for the day!

Posted by: shredded chi at February 03, 2015 06:39 AM (Ntnpb)

67
So, before we get all hot and horny about Scott Walker, his answer about immigration to Martha Ratsass was mush and dissembling.

I like him a lot, and he's great on a lot of things. But he needs to get his mind right on border security and the illegal aliens in country.

That is all. For now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:42 AM (CMkNk)

68 I really hope commercial spaceflight takes off before the over-regulators win, because when it does, I'm off this ridiculous back-asswards rock.

Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:42 AM (J+mig)

69 Regarding the story in the sidebar about the parent of the unvaccinated child who spread measles...

Notwithstanding the fact that people who refused to vaccinate their children placed other children at higher risk, another element of the truth to this story is that measles were wiped out in this country before open borders. Is Obama at fault? Absolutely. So is every other politician in this country that tacitly or explicitly supported/supports open borders, especially those whose support is the product of pressures from lobbyists who legally bribe them.

One could pull on that string forever.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 03, 2015 06:42 AM (BZAd3)

70 66 Did you see the flying Jihadi video at WZ, Vic?

Put me in a great mood for the day!

Posted by: shredded chi at February 03, 2015 06:39 AM (Ntnpb)

I could not get my computer to play it. It has a lot of problems with some of these videos.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:42 AM (wlDny)

71 Is that on their morning news program? Those turds are just about as liberal as MSDNC.
Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:39 AM

Its just some fodder in their RH column. It references an AP report and provides no link or correlating reference to the study. Just a bald face propaganda blurb: http://tinyurl.com/pqvy46p

I wonder sometimes why I even bother to visit that website.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 06:43 AM (60Vyp)

72 I felt some sympathy for the Borderland's book store until I read this quote:
"Although all of us at Borderlands support the concept of a living wage in [principal] and we believe that it's possible that the new law will be good for San Francisco- Borderland Books as it exist is not a financially viable business if subjuect to that minimum wage."
Essentially- tax others and not us. Screw 'em.

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:43 AM (KlVdw)

73 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:42 AM (CMkNk)

Right on. Border security is the lynchpin issue. Think of how California went solid blue after the 1986 Amnesty, never to return. If we get another Amnesty, we lose Florida for sure, probably more.

Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:43 AM (J+mig)

74 67 That is all. For now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:42 AM (CMkNk)

He has made comments before supporting "pathway to citizenship". He is not the golden boy a lot of people think he is.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:44 AM (wlDny)

75 68 I really hope commercial spaceflight takes off before the over-regulators win, because when it does, I'm off this ridiculous back-asswards rock.
Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:42 AM (J+mig)

Straight to Uranus. Oh wait, we're already there.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:44 AM (CMkNk)

76 71 I wonder sometimes why I even bother to visit that website.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 06:43 AM (60Vyp)

I somehow missed that this morning.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:45 AM (wlDny)

77 Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:43 AM (KlVdw)

It's funny how you can vote yourself out of a job, isn't it? The Progs just don't get how business and Capitalism work. There's no magic pool of money, and if you make it too costly to do a business, that business simply stops being done. See also Venezuela, empty shelves.

Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:45 AM (J+mig)

78
Yeah, Levin laid it out (and Walker) in his opening segment from yesterday.

Worth the listen.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:46 AM (CMkNk)

79 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:44 AM

*snort!!*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 06:46 AM (60Vyp)

80 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:44 AM (CMkNk)

I'm pretty sure it's some kind of anus, but it's not mine.

Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:46 AM (J+mig)

81 80 I'm pretty sure it's some kind of anus, but it's not mine.
Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:46 AM (J+mig)

Mianus ain't just a river in Connecticut.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:47 AM (CMkNk)

82 Flying Jihadi vid at LiveLeak (hint, he got 'sploded, so maybe NSFW?):

http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=b79_1422828872

WZ has the short version, and says the good part of this one is at 1:45...

Posted by: shredded chi at February 03, 2015 06:47 AM (Ntnpb)

83

The flying jihadi looks like the lighting dummy that Donald O'Connor dances with in the "Make 'em Laugh" number from "Singing in the Rain."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:49 AM (CMkNk)

84 Here's a story in WSJ about floating armories. Sounds like something a moron would start.

http://tinyurl.com/kwxu75o

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 06:49 AM (0FSuD)

85 Nevada has a maximum limit for the number of days the Legislature can stay in session: 120 days. This means that by June, Nevada will begin over a year and a half free of the Legislature.

For the first time in nearly 100 years, the GOP picked up both houses of the Legislature and the Governorship. Sadly, the Governor is pushing for a massive tax hike that would put a progressive "fee" on businesses of up to 20,000% (despite the people of Nevada voting down a similar measure by a 4:1 margin in November).

The Gov. has the state Senate in his pocket, but unexpectedly, the Assembly flipped GOP. Lot's of dirty stuff going on due to the fact that the majority of the majority are not squishes (for now). However, my Assemblyman was elected unanimously as Speaker of the Assembly.

Also, it looks like the GOP dominated legislature may end up re-districting the legislature so that it is more favorable for Republicans (in 2011, the Dem Leg. and the GOP Gov. were at a stalemate, so judges wrote the boundaries.).

In two of the last three elections, more voters voted for GOP Assembly candidates, though the Dems held solid majorities in two of the three elections.

To complicate things further, the Dem collapse in '14 led to hard-core right wingers being elected AG and Sec. of State... as well as Controller and Treasurer. All of those four are hardcore right and have already stood up against our squishy Governor.

119 days left before Nevadans are free of the specter of "new laws"...

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 03, 2015 06:49 AM (0Ew3K)

86 What really pissed me off was that article in the WaEx that listed positions all the current crop of potential Republican primary candidates are taking. On amnesty (by what ever BS name you want to call it) every damn one of them but Cruz supported some kind of amnesty.

And that is not surprising since that is the position of the RNCe now. I guess they think the Chamber of Commerce can elect them by itself now.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:49 AM (wlDny)

87 Clear liquid day?
Gin is clear. Vodka is clear...

'shine is clear.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 06:50 AM (GrWUx)

88 s funny how you can vote yourself out of a job, isn't it? The Progs just don't get how business and Capitalism work. There's no magic pool of money, and if you make it too costly to do a business, that business simply stops being done. See also Venezuela, empty shelves.
Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 06:45 AM (J+mig)
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It's like I said in the overnight, when I worked a minimum wage job, I knew that it wasn't going to be the be-all, end-all of my financial existance. That I would have to improve my skills and make myself valuable if I wanted to make a decent living wage.

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:51 AM (KlVdw)

89 Reposted, forgive me.

In 1957 I got pulled out of school, they jabbed me with gammagloblin and threw my ass in isolation. Little brother had The Polio, as I remember them calling it. We had taken the Salk vaccine. But he still got it.

For the next year and a half he mostly lived in an iron lung because he couldn't breathe. He was fed through a tube down his nose because he couldn't swallow. They vacuumed him out through a tube to his lungs because he couldn't cough the phlegm up.

He lived. He actually recovered. If he showed you the old tracheotomy scar on his neck you might suspect what happened, otherwise you'd never know.

There were some powerful prayers getting lofted.

New comment: This was in what we called "the good old days". We do not want them back.

Bonus comment: The little shithead could get away with murder for the next few years.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 03, 2015 06:51 AM (1FtZU)

90 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

One of the big silent stars of the 1920s was the actress Mae Murray, also called "The Girl With the Bee-Stung Lips." Although never a critical favorite, her movies made money and were well-like by the public. Her career declined after talkies came in* and especially after her husband, the gold-digging "Prince" David Mdivani, encouraged her to walk out on her MGM contract. The result was that Louis Mayer blacklisted her, and other studios would not hire her.

In her later years, she appeared as a featured attraction at the "Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe" nightclub, most often performing her signature waltz from 1925s The Merry Widow. But she refused to acknowledge her age, wearing too much makeup and wearing dresses much too short and plunging for her (she was in her 50s at this point). So it might very well have been Murray who was the subject of the following story:

When Sinclair Lewis finished his novel Kingsblood Royal, he flew to Hollywood and "relaxed" by working on a screen adaptation of the story of Adam and Eve for producer Leo McCarey. Word of the production got around, and one day a "famous star of the twenties, still dressing like an ingenue although she showed signs of cracking around the edges," appeared at McCarey's office, applying for the role of Eve.

"It's true I'm going to do a new version of Adam and Eve," Carey remarked, eyeing the actress sourly, "but not with the original cast."

Here's Murray in her most famous role, the dancer Sally O'Hara in The Merry Widow:

http://goo.gl/tgtviD
And here's a 1922 portrait of Murray by the artist Theodore Lukits - Symphony in Jade and Gold (The Actress Mae Murray):

http://goo.gl/MsblQ3

And here's a webpage devoted to pictures of Murray. I must admit, she was very luscious in her prime. . .

http://goo.gl/AHMLD9

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

*although not for her voice, which was decent enough, if with a slight German tinge.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 03, 2015 06:51 AM (zF6Iw)

91

I saw Clear Liquid Day open for Hole at Red Rocks in '93.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:51 AM (CMkNk)

92 Mianus ain't just a river in Connecticut.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:47 AM (CMkNk)
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I'm pretty sure that Mianusport is in that state with all the Mass-holes.

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:52 AM (KlVdw)

93 Liberals are trying to turn this vaccination thing around on conservatives.

When this became a big issue, Didre? Imus, Don Imus' raving liberal wife, was promoting a bullshit report saying vaccines (or maybe the preservatives in the vaccine) were responsible for autism.

The argument now is vaccines should be mandatory. Of course, some should. Polio, measles, these are proven safe and effective. But what about vaccines against lessor threats?

Ebola? Should a parent in Ohio have the right to say the risk of her child being exposed to Ebola is low enough that she is refusing the vaccine?

I believe this is what Rand Paul and even the Fat Man are saying, but the hysterical press are spinning into an anti-science, Jesus riding a dinosaur thing.

Paul did show that he understands how the next election will be won - he is openly attacking reporters. Good man.

Posted by: jwest at February 03, 2015 06:52 AM (9ZZd+)

94 Morning MPPPP, I love that comment "cracking around the edges."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 06:53 AM (I7upL)

95
Maybe it was Hole that opened.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 06:54 AM (CMkNk)

96 Holes opened for Butt-Hole Surfers?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 06:55 AM (I7upL)

97 Huh.
Ms. Murray was born a few short miles from here.
Never heard of her.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 03, 2015 06:55 AM (Ntnpb)

98 Clear liquid diet only. Arrrggg. Already starving. No coffee or breakfast.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:24 AM (wlDny)

Look at the bright side: No crappy Jell-O salad, just crappy Jell-O (but not the red colored ones).

Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2015 06:56 AM (47ca9)

99 @85

I believe GA legislators can only meet 60 or 90 days. The last day everyone eats burgers from The Varsity.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 06:57 AM (0FSuD)

100 98 Look at the bright side: No crappy Jell-O salad, just crappy Jell-O (but not the red colored ones).

Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2015 06:56 AM (47ca9)

The only thing I have here at home that is on the allowed list besides apple juice and water is beef broth.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:58 AM (wlDny)

101 I believe GA legislators can only meet 60 or 90 days. The last day everyone eats burgers from The Varsity.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 06:57 AM (0FSuD)

45 session days

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 03, 2015 07:00 AM (X+nFp)

102 Occupy Syllabus: A Fisking

How dare a classical social theory class talk about classical social theorists of Western thought be mentioned, at the expense of modern theorists and foreign ideologies?

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=8165

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 03, 2015 07:01 AM (0Ew3K)

103 @101

NC use to have the same sort of rules. What happened is the staff took advantage of the absence of the honorable s and made up their own rules.

The constitution was amended.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:03 AM (0FSuD)

104

Surrender the power of the purse - check
Surrender the threat of impeachment - check
Surrender the appointments clause with Lynch -check

Yup. The GOP-e. Staunch defenders of liberty.

Fuck the lot of them to Hell.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:04 AM (CMkNk)

105 The vaccination thing, if have to Hearn what rand said exactly, but I think the media is trying to turn a bad dem issue into one for us because it kills their "yay" science line.

Not everyone can get a vaccine and they do have bad effects for a small number of people although I don't know of any mental ones he is a doctor and might know about one I don't.

Btw, Shredded chi, I conked out early last night but I saw your comment last night about the skynard song. I am learning it in my guitar lessons. I'm working in bending strings which is fun.

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 03, 2015 07:04 AM (vmMMi)

106 Obama stands for expanding government and higher taxes. Do any Republicans disagree with him, other than Walker and Perry? Just need a reference check.

Posted by: MTF at February 03, 2015 07:07 AM (FCsIb)

107 Only the GOP can screw up something as simple as the correct stance on MMR vaccinations and allow the libs to gin up an issue out of whole cloth the way the "war on woman" woman meme started.

You don't want to get your child vaccinated for MMR fine but they won't be attending school and if it can be traced back to you or your brat spreading a contagious disease you will be fined up the wazoo and or sued civily for damages.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 03, 2015 07:09 AM (reftz)

108 Speaking of shots. I got a cortisone shot for my shoulder last week.

After four showers the damn bandage was still on my shoulder.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:09 AM (0FSuD)

109 Perhaps the horde can explain something.

Suppose my kid's vaccinated for measles and some other kids are not.

So what do my kid and I care? He's not going to catch measles. After all, he's vaccinated.

Is
not the risk of infection (i.e., the risk of not being vaccinated)
confined only to the unvaccinated? Is that not a risk they knowingly
take when they choose not to be vaccinated? Think of it this way. There are 500 kids in a school. All but 20 of them are vaccinated. One kid brings measles to school. She sickens at most the other 19 who are unvaccinated, right?

So why the big stink? Most parents are responsible. Those parents who are not responsible will have hurt their own kids and no others. Thus, has it ever been.

Or, is it that the vaccination is not really as effective as some might have others think?

Posted by: Reieu at February 03, 2015 07:09 AM (4HYng)

110 The only thing I have here at home that is on the allowed list besides apple juice and water is beef broth.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:58 AM (wlDny)

When I had my over 50 'date with destiny', beef broth was verboten, too dark; only chicken broth/bouillon. (Besides, who drinks vegetable broth anyway?)

Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2015 07:11 AM (47ca9)

111 It's the anniversary of the 16th Amendment (booooo!)

And The Day the Music Died.

And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die.

Posted by: Citizen X at February 03, 2015 07:12 AM (7ObY1)

112 @109 Read the stories in the sidebar. Not all parents CHOOSE to not vaccinate their child. They are at the mercy of the others.

Morning all. Thanks for the news, Vic. Best wishes for your procedure tomorrow.

Posted by: RedDish at February 03, 2015 07:13 AM (5eXg1)

113 109>> So why the big stink? Most parents are responsible. Those parents who are not responsible will have hurt their own kids and no others.

I think the virus changes (adapts) to some extent in populations where the immunity is high, and thus becomes more virulent for those who are not resistant.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 07:13 AM (60Vyp)

114 Night all... erm, I mean "morning all"

Since the ONT had talk of arming the Horde via letters of Marque and Reprisal... here is is "Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates" by The Aquabats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GXy3NIygLw

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 03, 2015 07:14 AM (0Ew3K)

115 Posted by: Reieu at February 03, 2015 07:09 AM (4HYng)
====================

You care because there are times when your child cannot be vaccinated and/or your child's immune system is less capable of fighting off disease, even when vaccinated. At any of those times you depend upon herd immunity to protect your child.

Posted by: MTF at February 03, 2015 07:14 AM (FCsIb)

116 Reieu, you are assuming most parents are responsible. Look at Dahl's article from the ONT. Or the side-bar story from Mother Jones about a little girl battling blood cancer, hence her immune system is very weak, and over 190 others getting exposed to measles at the doctor's office because of one unvaccinated child.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:16 AM (I7upL)

117 The costs of Measles is amazing.

http://tinyurl.com/luc4e3w

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:16 AM (0FSuD)

118 Posted by: Reieu at February 03, 2015 07:09 AM (4HYng)

The big deal is that the vaccine doesn't always work, and the un-vaccinated can transmit it to them also. Something like a 3% failure chance on many vaccines. One out of thirty three, statistically speaking. That un-vaccinated kid is likely to sit in classrooms, lunch tables, buses, and so on with enough people to cause multiple cases in one day.

Why else is it a big deal? Viruses mutate, and some of them do so at an alarming rate. With these vaccines, we have the chance to eradicate these viruses in the wild, much like we did with Smallpox. If we lose that chance, it might mutate into something far worse that we can't control.

Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 07:19 AM (J+mig)

119 I love it when the NY Slime tries to gin up a story. The measles quote from Christie is front page.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:19 AM (0FSuD)

120 My concern is should we be getting our kids a booster? I was surprised when my oldest came down with a (thankfully) slight case of chicken pox. I think the booster recommendation was released shortly after that. Is there any talk of a booster shot?

Posted by: RedDish at February 03, 2015 07:20 AM (5eXg1)

121 Gas is up to $1.99 overnight from $1.85/gal.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:20 AM (gt0r0)

122 Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:20 AM (gt0r0) Think it went up about 9c here. The powers that be don't like cheap energy and will do everything they can to throw a wrecnh in the works.

Posted by: Cato at February 03, 2015 07:21 AM (J+mig)

123 110 When I had my over 50 'date with destiny', beef
broth was verboten, too dark; only chicken broth/bouillon. (Besides,
who drinks vegetable broth anyway?)

Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2015 07:11 AM (47ca9)

Beef broth is on the "approved" list the nurse gave me.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:21 AM (wlDny)

124
Well, as a kid in the mid 60's I got vaccinated for everything, yet I still got measles.

And nearly 50 years later, I now get shingles.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:22 AM (CMkNk)

125 I hate to say this, but if the number of trains running is any sign of the economy, shit is starting to grow.

Just in the last two months the train traffic has sky rocketed.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:22 AM (0FSuD)

126 By the way, the Nation is quoted in Daily Caller as saying the Seahawks coaches are racist because they wouldn't let Marshawn Lynch run the ball. This is the most supremely stupid moment in football commentary ever. New bar, set way high.

Posted by: MTF at February 03, 2015 07:23 AM (FCsIb)

127 125 I hate to say this, but if the number of trains running is any sign of the economy, shit is starting to grow.

Just in the last two months the train traffic has sky rocketed.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:22 AM (0FSuD)

Are they filled with goods or Jooz?

Now, I denounce myself.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:23 AM (CMkNk)

128 126 MTF,

Heh....

Posted by: Sven10077 at February 03, 2015 07:24 AM (8iWEx)

129 121
Gas is up to $1.99 overnight from $1.85/gal.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:20 AM (gt0r0)

Speculators are driving it up based on the asshole unions telling their members to strike and cut their own throats so union bosses can get some more money.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:24 AM (wlDny)

130 JJ Sefton, not shapeshifting Joos but the new work force that is already transforming America.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:24 AM (I7upL)

131 126 By the way, the Nation is quoted in Daily Caller as saying the Seahawks coaches are racist because they wouldn't let Marshawn Lynch run the ball. This is the most supremely stupid moment in football commentary ever. New bar, set way high.

And just how many times is white privileged Tom Brady going to get the MVP award? Clearly rayciss to keep giving it to whitey.

Posted by: Citizen X at February 03, 2015 07:24 AM (7ObY1)

132 JJ?

A new low! ha ha.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:24 AM (0FSuD)

133 I really can't believe there is actually a discussion or debate on the efficacy of the MMR vaccine and that it should be mandatory.

The reason we are having outbreaks of MMR and other mystery diseases is because of stupid parents and illegals.

The GOP could and should be using this outbreak and the others to their advantage instead they have allowed the libs to turn it around on them.

Much like the GOPs massive electoral victory seems to have paralyzed them with fear and allowed Obama to be strengthened.

The stupid party will be ever this.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 03, 2015 07:24 AM (reftz)

134 Think it went up about 9c here. The powers that be don't like cheap energy and will do everything they can to throw a wrecnh in the works.

The economy is roaring back! /s
Well something is running rampant.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:25 AM (gt0r0)

135 Gas is up to $1.99 overnight from $1.85/gal.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:20 AM (gt0r0)

Crude back over $51 per barrel

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 03, 2015 07:25 AM (X+nFp)

136 "Are they filled with goods or Jooz? "

The most explosive growth has been in "unit trains", 90 to 100 tank car trains moving crude by rail from the Bakken fields in ND to refineries around the country.

Posted by: jwest at February 03, 2015 07:26 AM (9ZZd+)

137 135 Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 03, 2015 07:25 AM (X+nFp)

Donkey Ass Mofo CANNOT stand cheap energy....

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 03, 2015 07:26 AM (/4AZU)

138 Are they filled with goods or Jooz?

They're filled with good jooz; the others are just Kapos. Nothing changes.

I denounce myself...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 03, 2015 07:26 AM (60Vyp)

139 Man, Chris Hayes really, really, REALLY liked that Always panty-liner Super Bowl ad (The "run like a girl" ad.)

I mean he "bouncing up and down in his chair like a fat little girl" liked it. I tittered.

Hey, I had insomnia last night and Greta bores me.

Posted by: Citizen X at February 03, 2015 07:27 AM (7ObY1)

140 Looks like the temp will bottom out at 20.8F.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:27 AM (wlDny)

141 I don't mean to be rude, but I am ready for some warm weather. 24 in CLT is a bit much.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:27 AM (0FSuD)

142 132 JJ?

A new low! ha ha.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:24 AM (0FSuD)

Just because I'm (theoretically) "allowed" doesn't mean I should get a pass.

But, Jewish humor is at its best when its gallows humor. And the way things are going, shit is going to get very funny.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:27 AM (CMkNk)

143 136 The most explosive growth has been in "unit trains", 90 to 100 tank car trains moving crude by rail from the Bakken fields in ND to refineries around the country.

Posted by: jwest at February 03, 2015 07:26 AM (9ZZd+)

And there's you're Keystone XL right there. Invest in railcar manufacturers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:29 AM (CMkNk)

144 Just in the last two months the train traffic has sky rocketed.
Posted by: Nip Sip

Are they filled with goods or Jooz?
Now, I denounce myself.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

JJ, bringing the shower, er, gallows humor.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:29 AM (gt0r0)

145 Crude oil YTD high $51.55

Crude oil as of now $51.34

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 03, 2015 07:29 AM (X+nFp)

146 Via Instapundit:

Documentary evidence of both Mother Jones and Obama entertaining vaccination conspiracy theories...

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/201830/

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 03, 2015 07:30 AM (0Ew3K)

147 Terrorist groups in Africa are now killing elephants in mass for their tusks to finance their activities. It is illegal to sell ivory now in most countries because there is no way to separate legally obtained ivory from the illegal. So where is it all going? mostly China.

-
This has nothing to do with Islam!!

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 03, 2015 07:31 AM (66dLP)

148 And there's you're Keystone XL right there. Invest in railcar manufacturers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:29 AM (CMkNk)

That train left the station a few years ago. Every old tank car has been retrofitted and all new tank production is sold out for the next 3 years.

Posted by: jwest at February 03, 2015 07:31 AM (9ZZd+)

149 Kate Zernike wrote the latest NYT hit piece on Christie, as she so often does. The Times should clearly state her history, since she's the face of Christie-hate there. Enquiring minds want to know.

Posted by: MTF at February 03, 2015 07:31 AM (FCsIb)

150 I hope we get another one of those "bygone days" photos for art appreciation thread today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 03, 2015 07:32 AM (zF6Iw)

151 JJ only a tribe member could get away with that.

I think this crowd knows that.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:32 AM (0FSuD)

152 Light for the World-

An "Upper Room" Daily Devotional:

http://tinyurl.com/pmgz43u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 03, 2015 07:32 AM (DXzRD)

153 TPH one must keep the peasants fearful. Easier for the Lord of the manor to rule them.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:32 AM (I7upL)

154 And the way things are going, shit is going to get very funny.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Like a 3 day old tuna sammich.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:33 AM (gt0r0)

155 Transgender illegals are being given hormone therapy while being detained. How do they have time for this? Why aren't their asses being deported toot-sweet?http://is.gd/6Dndjy
Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:18 AM (wlDny)
----------------
More importantly, how do we have money for this?
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 03, 2015 06:22 AM (KlVdw)

We borrow it.

See, if we were borrowing money to end militant Islam, I could get that. But we borrow money for this.

Posted by: blaster at February 03, 2015 07:33 AM (Rx8ML)

156 Showers humour? What's next? Zyklon soap?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:33 AM (I7upL)

157 Do people dress up for anything any more?

I went to airport to get a Global Entry card. I have seen bus stations with better looking people.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:36 AM (0FSuD)

158 Vic, the prep is horrendous (have a fresh package of Charmin handy). But I will say that when I had mine done back in Feb '13, I was told that I had three 'rather large' polyps removed. If not for that procedure, I could very well have colon cancer by now and not even know it. Good luck tomorrow.

Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2015 07:37 AM (47ca9)

159 156 Showers humour? What's next? Zyklon soap?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:33 AM (I7upL)

Okay. Now we're treading into dangerous waters.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:38 AM (CMkNk)

160 Showers humour? What's next? Zyklon soap?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Can't do it. Too much respect to even joke.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:38 AM (gt0r0)

161
Like a 3 day old tuna sammich.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:33 AM (gt0r0)

On whole wheat, toasted, no mayo.

Posted by: JJ's Mom at February 03, 2015 07:39 AM (0FSuD)

162 The problem the GOP has is that most of its electeds, like most of the population, never took a course in rhetoric or logic, and so they are unable to recognize the logical fallacies the Dems are unloading on them over vaccinations, let alone be able to rebut them.

The strawman and slippery slope fallacies being two of the more obvious ones.

The Dem fallacy works like this: Republican, since you say you accept the need for the government to impose compulsory vaccination for you to be consistent then you must also accept the need for the government to impose compulsory X [name the liberal wish du jour].

The Republican, being a lethal combination of uneducated, self-serving and stupid, bites and in an effort to avoid having to accept X and appear philosophically inconsistent, backpeddles on vaccinations. See, Christie.

The Dems' real aim is to paint mainstream conservatives as being indistinguishable from anarchists.

Posted by: Joe at February 03, 2015 07:39 AM (4HYng)

163 158 If not for that procedure, I could very well have colon cancer by now and not even know it. Good luck tomorrow.

Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2015 07:37 AM (47ca9)

This is my third annual following colon cancer. If I had not been so stubborn (sound familiar like vax?) I would be on a once every 5 year cycle.

After this year I can go to every two years if they do not find anything.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:40 AM (wlDny)

164 161
Like a 3 day old tuna sammich.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:33 AM (gt0r0)

On whole wheat, toasted, no mayo.
Posted by: JJ's Mom at February 03, 2015 07:39 AM (0FSuD)

"Tuna" is a very bad word in Hungarian.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:40 AM (CMkNk)

165 Damn unions wouldn't need more money if they would stop giving what they have to the Donkcommies.

Posted by: Case at February 03, 2015 07:40 AM (jhRZ+)

166 "9
A campaign in the UN is being waged to get rid of dictator and fruitcake Kim Jung Un and completely dismantle his regime.

http://is.gd/1XM8Bu

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 06:14 AM (wlDny)"

I predict that this will be as successful as the League of Nations campaign to get rid of the Japanese in Manchukuo and dismantle their puppet regime.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 03, 2015 07:40 AM (KDbAT)

167 Okay yeah I am tap dancing on the edge of being really really insensitive. Forget I said that, geez what I was thinking?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:41 AM (I7upL)

168 163 After this year I can go to every two years if they do not find anything.
Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:40 AM (wlDny)

I'm pulling for you. Wait that don't sound right.

Seriously, good luck!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:41 AM (CMkNk)

169 "Tuna" is a very bad word in Hungarian.

It's a bad word in any language.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:42 AM (gt0r0)

170 Well, Vic, hippies call this "Cleansing" and do it all the time.

So, get with your inter hippie vibe.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:42 AM (0FSuD)

171 A campaign in the UN is being waged to get rid of dictator and fruitcake Kim Jung Un and completely dismantle his regime.

A better use of their time would be spent trying to get rid of the dictator and fruitcake Kim Jong Obama and his regime.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 03, 2015 07:42 AM (zF6Iw)

172 I'm pulling for you. Wait that don't sound right.
Seriously, good luck!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

En fuego!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:43 AM (gt0r0)

173 Re boosters, I herd they changed one of the old school vaccines to try to reduce side effects and it turned out to not last as long as the others. I think this was mostly an issue for adults, but you might want to check with your doctor.

Herd immunity is important. Look at the r nought factor Ina community, the more people vaccinated the less likely the virus can catch in a place. Which protects everyone. And some kids can't get a vaccine for legitimate medical reasons and as mentioned, sometimes you will still get the disease even with vaccinations. So yes exceptions have to be made and yes everybody else needs to be vaccinated.

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 03, 2015 07:43 AM (vmMMi)

174
Speaking of this vaccine kerfluffle, it's deja vu all over again with Tardisil.

Please, candidates, ignore the MFM and move on to the real issues.

Please.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:44 AM (CMkNk)

175 With vaccinations and our kids it was always about weighing risks/rewards. So MMR and polio were no brainers. Meningitis was a yes once college was decided on. Chicken pox was a no since the risk of anything serious happening was slim and the actual vaccination effectiveness seemed week.

I don't buy the anti-vax nuts but neither to I accept the pro-vax for everything people.

Posted by: Better Feared than Loved at February 03, 2015 07:44 AM (nRvEn)

176 Wakefield is the monster who should be run out on rails while tarred and feathered.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:45 AM (I7upL)

177
First candidate who draws the parallel between measles outbreaks and the influx of illegal aliens for the past 2 years wins a big prize.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:45 AM (CMkNk)

178 I just got all my vaccines updated. Not cheap. Yellow fever was over $200.

They now have an oral Typhoid vaccine. Who would have thunk it?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:45 AM (0FSuD)

179 178 They now have an oral Typhoid vaccine. Who would have thunk it?
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:45 AM (0FSuD)

Hot beef injections. (Sorry, ladies only)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:46 AM (CMkNk)

180 Christie, by the way, will hopefully be asked about the 2015 Tax Foundation report ranking New Jersey as the worst overall state in the Union for taxes. It won "worst of" individual awards in several categories, and was nearly the worst in every single other one.

Posted by: MTF at February 03, 2015 07:46 AM (FCsIb)

181 I didn't know they even had a vax for yellow fever.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:47 AM (wlDny)

182 Taxes, heck, hugging Jerry Jones should be enough to knock his presidential aspirations in the dirt.

Posted by: no good deed at February 03, 2015 07:48 AM (w3a0Z)

183 Now if we had a vaccine for DC-itis...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:49 AM (I7upL)

184 183 Now if we had a vaccine for DC-itis...
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:49 AM (I7upL)

Ropes and lampposts.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:49 AM (CMkNk)

185 181 I didn't know they even had a vax for yellow fever.
----

There are a bunch of vaccines you only need if you go to certain parts of the world ...

Posted by: Lea - Sorry make that Miss Leaette at February 03, 2015 07:51 AM (vmMMi)

186 @181

Yeah, it lasts ten years.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:52 AM (0FSuD)

187 I just read the article blow on the death of Roald Dahl's daughter. How very sad and I never knew the reason behind his dedicating his books to her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 03, 2015 07:52 AM (DXzRD)

188 Did I hear someone ask for more vintage NY pix?

http://www.shorpy.com/node/19158?size=_original#caption

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:52 AM (wlDny)

189 There are a bunch of vaccines you only need if you go to certain parts of the world ...

Thanks to open borders, they're coming to you!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2015 07:53 AM (gt0r0)

190 A campaign in the UN is being waged to get rid of dictator and fruitcake Kim Jung Un and completely dismantle his regime.

Isn't that the same sh!t they pulled with Suddam Hussein and UN Resolution 1441? They'll leave it to the US to do the dirty work, and then claim we're murderers of brown people. Two-faced f#cks!

Remind me again, why are we part of the UN?

Posted by: hadoop at February 03, 2015 07:54 AM (2X7pN)

191 Vic, You should ask your doctor for prepopik, I've been getting colonoscopies just about every year since I was 14, and I've had every prep you can imagine. This is something new, and it works awesome, doesn't taste bad, and it's just a small amount to drink. It's much less stressful now for me because honestly the prep was the worst part. Now with this it's really no big deal. Here's a link
http://www.prepopik.com/about_prepopik.html

Posted by: spypeach at February 03, 2015 07:55 AM (/vbEv)

192 If the kids are unvaccinated, I'd lay good money that they're from south of the border and got here within the last 12-18 months.

I want to scream when the news reports keep saying the source is likely 'people' who who come into contact with measles while travelling abroad.

Sure - nothing to do with the tens of thousands of impoverished children from south of the border who are showing up in our communities and schools.

Posted by: McCool at February 03, 2015 07:56 AM (nCSwS)

193 I try to have every vax available. The only one I don't have is
Japanese Encephalitis

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:56 AM (0FSuD)

194 Thanks to open borders, they're coming to you!

No longer do you need to globe trot to find Pestilence, it comes to you. Open borders for the win. *thud*

At least the suspected case in Sacramento of Ebola turns out to be a false alarm.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 03, 2015 07:56 AM (I7upL)

195 You should ask your doctor for prepopik, I've been getting colonoscopies just about every year since I was 14, and I've had every prep you can imagine. This is something new, and it works awesome, doesn't taste bad, and it's just a small amount to drink.
Posted by: spypeach at February 03, 2015 07:55 AM (/vbEv)

I gave that tip of yours to my Mom a few months ago before she had to have a colonoscopy.

She wants to buy you a drink.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 03, 2015 07:57 AM (6T8Ay)

196 Hey you little mutts and corgis. Run, run and run Nood

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitrian at February 03, 2015 07:57 AM (/GgDU)

197 Oh, and Rabies. I probably should get that one.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 03, 2015 07:57 AM (0FSuD)

198 188 Did I hear someone ask for more vintage NY pix?

http://www.shorpy.com/node/19158?size=_original#caption
Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:52 AM (wlDny)

Check this guy's site. Using it for reference for an ongoing model railway project.

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=616B1F67315E9E01&id=616B1F67315E9E01%21484

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:58 AM (CMkNk)

199
The only on I don't have is Japanese Encephalitis.-Nip Sip
And THAT will be your doom.

Posted by: Case at February 03, 2015 07:58 AM (jhRZ+)

200 191
Vic, You should ask your doctor for prepopik, I've been getting
colonoscopies just about every year since I was 14, and I've had every
prep you can imagine. This is something new, and it works awesome,
doesn't taste bad, and it's just a small amount to drink. It's much less
stressful now for me because honestly the prep was the worst part. Now
with this it's really no big deal. Here's a link

http://www.prepopik.com/about_prepopik.html

Posted by: spypeach at February 03, 2015 07:55 AM (/vbEv)

The stuff I am getting now is OTC and doesn't taste too bad. The problem isn't the taste. Prep day is bad because no food and then being tied to the toilet.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:58 AM (wlDny)

201 She wants to buy you a drink.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 03, 2015 07:57 AM (6T8Ay)

That great, it really is an amazing difference, I think the only downside might be cost, but honestly, it's worth it.

Posted by: spypeach at February 03, 2015 07:59 AM (/vbEv)

202
I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell

Posted by: Yes means Maybe at February 03, 2015 07:59 AM (7wyDO)

203 Morning, Glories. I've read up to comment #50 so far, but thought I'd bark hello.

Re #9: "...according to the U.N.'s point man on human rights in North Korea, that is not too far off the mark, though he stressed no one is advocating a military option to force regime change."

They will ask Kim nicely to step down and go on trial? Offer him candy and flowers and an MSNBC TV show?

Posted by: mindful webworker - NOT a top-ten listee at February 03, 2015 07:59 AM (qR1v/)

204
One time, the doctor prescribed OTC Miralax. Just mix it with Gatorade and there is no discernible flavor at all.

Now they give me the MoviePrep. Feh!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 08:00 AM (CMkNk)

205
Off to the gym. Later all, and good luck Vic.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 08:01 AM (CMkNk)

206 The argument now is vaccines should be mandatory. Of course, some should. Polio, measles, these are proven safe and effective. But what about vaccines against lessor threats?

This is the verbal trap being set - to say ALL vaccines should be mandatory is BS. Measles, mumps, TB, polio - of course.

Gardasil (HPV), Shingles, Dengue Fever - well no not really, your choice

This reminds me of the debates about stem cell research when the media would deliberately obfuscate the difference between stem cells and EMBRYONIC stem cells so that skeptics would appear to be Luddites / anti-science.

Posted by: McCool at February 03, 2015 08:02 AM (nCSwS)

207 Kate Zernike, an English major graduate of University of Toronto (how did a nice Connecticut girl end up there I wonder), of the NYT is married to Dr. Jonathan D. Schwartz, who works part-time at Mt. Sanai and is apparently also employed as a researcher at Imclone Systems Inc. Two donations to Obama's most recent campaign in the name of Jonathan Schwartz of Imclone Systems show up. It isn't clear if that's the same Jonathan Schwartz.

Posted by: MTF at February 03, 2015 08:02 AM (FCsIb)

208 The stuff I am getting now is OTC and doesn't taste too bad. The problem isn't the taste. Prep day is bad because no food and then being tied to the toilet.
Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 07:58 AM (wlDny)

Yes, no food is hard, and A&D ointment is your best friend

This prep, seems to be easier on the bowels, I think it helps so things aren't well...umm.. so explosive.

Posted by: spypeach at February 03, 2015 08:03 AM (/vbEv)

209 198 Check this guy's site. Using it for reference for an ongoing model railway project.

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=616B1F67315E9E01id=616B1F67315E9E01%21484

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:58 AM (CMkNk)

Are those real pics or are they his models? If those are his models they are awesome.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 08:03 AM (wlDny)

210 Going on 40 plus different Anthrax vaccines myself, still waiting for that third eye to develop on my forehead.

Pro-tip, never volunteer for anything associated with the words Edgewood or Dugway.

Posted by: Jean at February 03, 2015 08:05 AM (3hIs0)

211 Best of luck to you, Vic. And thanks as always.

Posted by: Null at February 03, 2015 08:10 AM (xjpRj)

212 Thanks for all the well wishes folks. Off the fix another bowl of yummy beef broth.

Posted by: Vic at February 03, 2015 08:13 AM (wlDny)

213 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 03, 2015 06:51 AM (zF6Iw) --- Thank you once again for an interesting, funny in this case, Hollywood anecdote.

Posted by: Baldy at February 03, 2015 09:01 AM (+35FH)

214 "Just because I'm (theoretically) "allowed" doesn't mean I should get a pass.

But, Jewish humor is at its best when its gallows humor. And the way things are going, shit is going to get very funny.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2015 07:27 AM (CMkNk)"

I am curious if any other members of The Tribe in your circle of contacts share your sense of apprehension? It would seem to me that regardless of political philosophy, it is nearly impossible to avoid tripping over things that ought to provoke disquiet unless someone was in a walking coma.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 03, 2015 09:09 AM (KDbAT)

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