Had we but DOOM enough and time...

I hope this Monday morning finds you in robust good health, my groovy babies. You'll need your strength to fend off the waves of zombies, mutants, cannibals, and K Street lobbyists who will be infesting the land during the Burning Times.

King v Burwell is at the Supreme Court this week, but I don't pretend to have the faintest clue as to which way Roberts is going to vote. I am not an attorney nor do I play one on TV, so I really cannot rely on anything other than common sense to judge if the federal subsidies for states which haven't set up their own exchanges will stand or fall. I think the subsidies should fall, given the plain language of the statute, but then I thought the individual mandate was plainly unconstitutional as well and Chief Justice John Roberts found a way to be okay with it. Roberts had a chance to stop this whole abomination in its tracks some years back and chose to let it live on for what (to my untrained eye) were craven reasons. It's a little late in the day to be fretting about the damage this law will do if enforced as written. (But don't worry, hepcats: the GOP has a plan to save the day if the court rules against ObamaCare. Because Severely Conservative or something.)

His Majesty the King has taken time out of his busy schedule of golfing, selfie-taking, shit-talking, and trolling the GOP to heap scorn on a close American ally. To say that President Obama is thin-skinned is to understate the matter dramatically; he truly believes in vox Obama vox Dei, and he takes disagreement extremely personally. Obama has the bad professor's habit of lecturing people rather than talking to them, and in Bibi's case, Obama is lecturing a guy who's far more versed in the issues at hand than Obama is. But Obama is the smartest guy in any room (just ask him!) so it follows that any opinion he holds must be the correct one. Prime Minister Netanyahu will give his speech, Obama will disregard it with the same disdain he's shown for the past six years of his Presidency, and the middle east will slide that much deeper into chaos.

But enough of that nonsense. Let's get on to the financial shenanigans which are this column's raison d'etre.

I've been saying it for a long time: all of the incentives in the developed world right now argue against saving your money. However, I am a contrarian and say that individuals must fight against all the powers that are arrayed against them and save anyway. Just save wisely; know what you're saving for. Have a plan, and stick to it. Prudence and thrift always pay off, even in the face of governmental fuckery. The wheel will turn and the madness and pathologies of this age will pass away. The smart, the well-prepared, the careful -- they will prosper, as they have throughout history during times of turmoil.

Why save? Because continuous consumption requires continuous spending, and most budgets cannot withstand a loss of income on retirement if consumption habits don't change. Most people -- not just Boomers, but nearly everybody -- under-estimate how much money they'll need in retirement. Most financial planners tell you to assume that you'll need at least 60% of your pre-retirement income, but they also assume that you're going into retirement with relatively low debt and a decent position in terms of net worth. That simply is not the case for an increasing percentage of the population.

Moody's to Chicago: BAM!

Some interesting thoughts on how interest rates matter, and how they don't.

Yes, Virginia: our adjusted incomes have gone way up since 1972 (or the prices for all kinds of stuff have gone way down; same difference, really). The productivity explosion in the latter half of the 20th century has allowed citizens of developed nations to afford far more stuff for less work than ever before in human history. The situation is actually even better than that: we can buy awesome suff now (flat-panel 50" TV's, smarthones, etc.) that didn't even exist back in 1972. And all that cool new stuff makes life better and more interesting for rich and not-so-rich alike. Now, granted, we've run up many trillions of dollars of debt at the same time, but...always look on the bright side of life, babies.

China's economy is continuing to cool, and that has a lot of implications going forward. Robust growth over the years (whether fudged or not by China's leaders) has hidden a lot of horrible economic decisions, but -- as Americans discovered in 2008 -- a slow economy tends to uncover a lot of garbage that used to be hidden from view.

The only solution for Greece's ongoing economic nightmare is fundamental transformation of their top-heavy economy. Get the government out of the way; make it easier for entrepreneurs to start and run businesses; flatten the tax code and enforce it rigorously. But Greece will probably do none of those things because culture, as always, is upstream of politics and the Greek culture is the antithesis of everything they must do to reform themselves. Greeks won't do the things necessary for reform because Greeks don't want to do those things. They want a cushy sinecure with a stodgy public-sector bureaucracy where they can retire at 40 and live off a generous pension forever afterward. Smart, innovative, driven Greeks will either leave or simply give up because the tides of the overculture will overwhelm them. (There's a lesson in this for America, obviously.)

How to invest like Mr. Spock. (Personal note: the passing of Leonard Nimoy last week hit this particular sci-fi nerd pretty hard. Safe travels wherever you may wander, Mr. Nimoy.)

Posted by: Monty at 09:00 AM

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1 Today is a stomp-fest.

Posted by: steveegg at March 02, 2015 08:59 AM (cL79m)

2 Perfect time for this image

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/selection-du-weekend-129-49.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 08:59 AM (J5Vpn)

3 If I could do what that cat can do.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 02, 2015 09:00 AM (MMC8r)

4 Beanie Babies!

Posted by: Dang at March 02, 2015 09:01 AM (FRkJH)

5 As for PlaceboCare, two bold predictions:

- The federal-exchange subsidies themselves will be declared unconstitutional. However, the penalt...er...taxes (both individual and corporate) based on their existence will still be levied as though the federal-exchange subsidies exist.

- The RepublicRATs, as outlined above, will make the federal-exchange subsidies legal. The second part of the stated plan won't happen, however, because they're just fine with PlaceboCare.

Posted by: steveegg at March 02, 2015 09:02 AM (cL79m)

6 DOOM!!!

Posted by: Kreplach at March 02, 2015 09:03 AM (DFQbh)

7
>>>You'll need your strength to fend off the waves of zombies, mutants, cannibals, and K Street lobbyists who will be infesting the land during the Burning Times.

Metamorphosis Alpha?

Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 09:03 AM (3ZtZW)

8 I'm here for the cat pics.

Posted by: cajun caret at March 02, 2015 09:03 AM (UZQM8)

9 Cat pics??

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/selection-du-weekend-129-76.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 09:04 AM (J5Vpn)

10 Mitch McConnell is Harry Reid's Renfield.

He'll do anything he has to to keep OCare in place.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 02, 2015 09:05 AM (MMC8r)

11 Obama provides yet another textbook example of Narcissistic Rage.

http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2004/09/lesson-in-narcississtic-rage.html

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 09:05 AM (lHHyw)

12 (Today is the 111th anniversary of the birth of beloved American writer and illustrator of children's books Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), better known as "Dr. Seuss."

I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them Sam I Am. - Green Eggs and Ham (1960)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 09:06 AM (vPh3W)

13 (Today is the 111th anniversary of the birth of beloved American writer and illustrator of children's books Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), better known as "Dr. Seuss."

I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them Sam I Am. - Green Eggs and Ham (1960)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 09:06 AM (vPh3W)

14 Daily Mail has pics of Lena Dunham's new multi-million dollar mansion in LA.

She has a shit show nobody watches

She writes a book bragging about sexually molesting her sister at a young age

She's a liar and a shitstain.

She's ugly and stupid and has no talent or redeeming qualities.

And she'll still play the role of victim.

I really can't wait for SMOD

willow'd

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 02, 2015 09:06 AM (7RXcs)

15 Ah good. More Doom. Just in time. The old Doom was starting to wear off a bit.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 09:07 AM (o90mc)

16 >>Perfect time for this image

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ selection-du-weekend-129-49.jpg

Heh! Does it have to be rum.....?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 09:08 AM (lHHyw)

17 Never was a big fan of Seuss, except maybe when I was a kid. As a parent, I hated reading them to my kids.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 02, 2015 09:08 AM (7RXcs)

18 King v Burwell is at the Supreme Court this week, but I don't pretend to have the faintest clue as to which way Roberts is going to vote.

The wording in the law is plain so there is no way he should vote with the liberals on the court. I linked an article that talked about his desire to have a court with concensus is what called him out to be a traitor before. And his call that the courts were not there to save them from the voters.

In fact, yes they damn sure are. We will see if he is still a sell-out.

Posted by: Vic at March 02, 2015 09:08 AM (wlDny)

19 Even Dhimmicrats want to "change" ZeroCare, because its an electoral albatross. I bet Hillary wants it left alone though, because picking at that scab right before her triumphal accession to the throne would be discomfiting to the flatlined electorate. After her coronation, though, I bet even she wants that ugly law to disappear.

Posted by: MTF, Fan of the Crusades at March 02, 2015 09:08 AM (FCsIb)

20 One more Dr. Suess

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not. - The Lorax (1971)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 09:09 AM (vPh3W)

21 Lizzy, its Monday so whatever floats your booze boat will work.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 09:09 AM (J5Vpn)

22 I just can't check out anything Lena Dunham related. Blech!
I am comforted by the knowledge that this creepy scrunt will eventually destroy herself - came pretty close w/her memoir.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 09:09 AM (lHHyw)

23
>>>Never was a big fan of Seuss, except maybe when I was a kid. As a parent, I hated reading them to my kids.

Used to read Edward Gorey to my littlest brother. He's .... OKish

Posted by: Bigby's Fistbump at March 02, 2015 09:09 AM (3ZtZW)

24 the GOP has a plan to save the day if the court rules against ObamaCare.

I posted a link on that yesterday. Just another sell-out in a long list of sell-outs by the RNCe.

We have no Party.

Posted by: Vic at March 02, 2015 09:10 AM (wlDny)

25 Thanks again, 52%!
#ObamaTyrant

Posted by: Banana Republic at March 02, 2015 09:11 AM (ye4Wk)

26 Some interesting thoughts on how interest rates matter, and how they don't.

The old adage of priming the pump doesn't hold true if all you are doing is pump priming and then draining the pump to the ground with a massive increase in buisness killing federal regulations.

We went into Depression II in 2009 and still have not recovered from it. All of the "good news" being pumped out by the Obamanites is a pack of lies.

Posted by: Vic at March 02, 2015 09:13 AM (wlDny)

27 FCC doc leaked. Some interesting items

Sec 1 para 2: All televisions must be equipped with camera and microphone

Sec 2 para 1: all fox news anchors to be replaced with anchors that look just like that Rachel Maddow dude

Sec 3 para 2: Google in conjunction with the new government website fairness review board to rank all political websites. MSNBC to be ranks number one in perpetuity

Sec 4 para 2: all conservative political website must employ at least one SJW to review content prior to posting.

Sec 5 para 2: John Boehner and Mitch McConnell are my bitchez

Posted by: Jon in TX at March 02, 2015 09:14 AM (bxu6Z)

28 Is that cat sleeping like that?

Posted by: Vic at March 02, 2015 09:15 AM (wlDny)

29 DOOM! Kitteh has the right idea.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 09:16 AM (0HooB)

30 China's red hot growth rate has been a lie for quite a few years now. Their Government has tried and tried to keep it propped up above the 8% level for years by clearing areas of the countryside and building huge Potemkin Cities that no one moves into. It could only work so long.

It has worked for so long because of their constant currency manipulation.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 09:16 AM (4oSLk)

31 >>FCC doc leaked. Some interesting items

Heh. You almost had me...except there was nothing about how ALL stations (even QVC) are required to preempt scheduled programming to broadcast Obama statements whenever Dear Leader feels like addressing the serfs---er, citizens.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 09:17 AM (lHHyw)

32
<<<<Today is the 111th anniversary of the birth of beloved American writer and illustrator of children's books Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), better known as "Dr. Seuss."

My little nephews found his 'book about me' that I filled out, kind of, when i was a kid. They were fascinated. Apparently I wrote my name in slots that asked for things other than my name and skipped things that seemed boring (count the windows in your house, really?).

My favorite is red fish blue fish.

Posted by: Lea at March 02, 2015 09:18 AM (lIU4e)

33
That's a Moron kitteh if I've ever seen one.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 02, 2015 09:18 AM (SpnVI)

34
Also.....DOOM!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 02, 2015 09:18 AM (SpnVI)

35 It has worked for so long because of their constant currency manipulation.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 09:16 AM (4oSLk)

And constant presstitute organ manipulation.

Posted by: steveegg at March 02, 2015 09:19 AM (cL79m)

36 Heh. You almost had me...except there was nothing about how ALL stations (even QVC) are required to preempt scheduled programming to broadcast Obama statements whenever Dear Leader feels like addressing the serfs---er, citizens.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 09:17 AM (lHHyw)

That's covered under the Emergency Alert System at the cable/satellite/IPTV provider level, as well as mandatory Presidential texts on your cell phone.

Posted by: steveegg at March 02, 2015 09:20 AM (cL79m)

37 "Sec 1 para 2: All televisions must be equipped with camera and microphone
"

That one didn't seem all that far-fetched when I read it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 09:22 AM (o90mc)

38 Sec 1 para 2: All televisions must be equipped with camera and microphone

I've been known to excise unwanted parts of various machines...namely clothes dryer buzzers.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 09:22 AM (0HooB)

39 So Fedzilla is going to give everyone an XBone?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 02, 2015 09:24 AM (J5Vpn)

40 I've said it before and I'll say it again:

No way will the Repubs give back 20% of the economy to the private sector. Just like they used Medicare, Social Security, the Highway Trust Fund, and god only know whatever other funds, to hide their profligate spending and unsustainable debt for years, public healthcare allows socialized government to keep the Ponzi scheme going for a few more years while the corruptocrats scrape the bottom of the bowl for every last tidbit to feather their own nests.

Big government benefits the vast majority of Repubs every bit as much as it benefits the Dems.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 02, 2015 09:24 AM (BZAd3)

41 36 Heh. You almost had me...except there was nothing about how ALL stations (even QVC) are required to preempt scheduled programming to broadcast Obama statements whenever Dear Leader feels like addressing the serfs---er, citizens.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 09:17 AM (lHHyw)

That's covered under the Emergency Alert System at the cable/satellite/IPTV provider level, as well as mandatory Presidential texts on your cell phone.

Sec 37 para 14. All citizens and non-citizens alike must recite the new Pledge of Allegiance to Obama at the start of each day. Facebook and other social media posts will be data mined to determine your fears, and used to punish those who are non-compliant.

Posted by: Jon in TX at March 02, 2015 09:26 AM (bxu6Z)

42 Big government benefits the vast majority of Repubs every bit as much as it benefits the Dems.

Maha Rushie mentioned a few years back that the Repumpkins have no desire to scale back government. On the contrary, they want to control it. And us.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 09:27 AM (0HooB)

43 >>>Big government benefits the vast majority of Repubs every bit as much as it benefits the Dems.
.
.
.Government exists only to make itself larger and more complex as time goes on and very rarely gives up anything.

It took over 100 years for the 1 cent Telephone Tax from the Spanish American War to finally permanently die. That thing had been around on and off for over 100 years and in about 8 different forms before it was finally killed.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 09:29 AM (4oSLk)

44 AIPAC live on CPAC

Samantha Power up next

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:29 AM (zOTsN)

45 What color was that dress?

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 09:30 AM (S+el1)

46 Heh. Samantha Power is about to speak at AIPAC. Just before they began her introduction the conference ran a spot reminding everyone to be polite to all speakers.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 09:31 AM (g1DWB)

47 Historically Black Benedict College Strugles With A 24.7% Graduation Rate, Obama To Pay Them A Visit For A Job Well Done

Weasel Zippers

Disgusting

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 09:31 AM (rDqRv)

48 C span 2. Polite clapping

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:31 AM (zOTsN)

49 Sec 37 para 14. All citizens and non-citizens alike must recite the new Pledge of Allegiance to Obama at the start of each day.

"FUBO. May God Bless Texas." Amen.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 09:31 AM (Hmawh)

50 On Friday, C.J. Pearson, a 12-year-old conservative from Georgia who posted a viral video supporting Rudy Giuliani, discovered that his personal Facebook page was locked. In an exclusive interview with Examiner.com on Saturday, Pearson said he received a message from someone about 6 a.m. Friday. That's when he learned his account and page had been locked for "suspicious activity." ...

As is so often the case in these situations, Facebook did not respond to his requests for help. Nor would they tell him what the alleged suspicious activity was. We reached out to Facebook, but the social media giant has so far refused to respond to our request for comments.

Joe Newby, Examiner
http://exm.nr/1Gb8mvb

h/t Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit
http://bit.ly/1Gb8ScS

Posted by: mindful webworker - faced booked at March 02, 2015 09:31 AM (SrXsf)

51 DOOM: When Dismantling Obama's Legacy Isn't Enough.

Posted by: Fritz at March 02, 2015 09:32 AM (dVmLD)

52 Historically Black Benedict College Strugles With A 24.7% Graduation Rate, Obama To Pay Them A Visit For A Job Well Done

Well, 24.7 IS better than 24.5.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 09:32 AM (Hmawh)

53 If I could do what that cat can do.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 02, 2015 09:00 AM (MMC8r)

****

I dunno. Do you think he'll hold still?

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 02, 2015 09:33 AM (NeFrd)

54 52
Thought it was Penn St.?

*ducks and runs*

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 09:33 AM (S+el1)

55 The current Greek mess is interesting in a rubber-necking a car crash kind of way. What do you with an entire country will not pay taxes, will not allow their government to square the country's finances? Bail them out again? Then the other teetering EU economies all.say,."Me too." Kick them out of the EU? Maybe the best way to go but what would those.ramifications look like?

Posted by: Russkilitlover at March 02, 2015 09:34 AM (bX8Lb)

56 If I could do what that cat can do.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower

****
I dunno. Do you think he'll hold still?
Posted by: Muldoon

For a hummer? Probably.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 09:34 AM (Hmawh)

57 Mmmmm....Doom kindling.

Posted by: The Burning Times at March 02, 2015 09:34 AM (NF2Bf)

58 Just did my taxes and found out that if I don't obtain health insurance for tax year 2015 my 'penalty' will be over $1500. What the hell?

Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 09:35 AM (glJL/)

59 What color was that dress?

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 09:30 AM (S+el1)

****

Blue with a splash of off white.

Posted by: Monica L. at March 02, 2015 09:35 AM (NeFrd)

60 I hate Powers and she is a fuckin liar

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 09:35 AM (rDqRv)

61 47
Historically Black Benedict College Strugles With A 24.7% Graduation Rate, Obama To Pay Them A Visit For A Job Well Done

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 09:31 AM (rDqRv)

This is what happens when the Feds throw gummint cheese at a bunch of kids that are only in college to get that gummint cheese.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 02, 2015 09:35 AM (iVjJr)

62 "...but they also assume that you're going into retirement with relatively low debt and a decent position in terms of net worth."

As long as we are forgiving debt and trying to stick it to other people, I say mortgage debt forgiveness NOW for anybody not a millennial with a student loan the govt will be picking up.. I mean, it is only fair and think of how much better for the economy it would be if I was spending that money on consumer items instead of paying debt.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at March 02, 2015 09:36 AM (1BQGO)

63 HUGE cheer when she says Netanyahu

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:38 AM (zOTsN)

64 WTF was Powers attempting w/her "You may have heard Netanyahu is in town.....and that he will be making a couple of speeches...?"
Did she expect these to be laugh lines?
Fell flat.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 09:39 AM (lHHyw)

65 So basically, Obama is Obamasplaining the MIddle East to Bibi?

Posted by: Lauren at March 02, 2015 09:39 AM (MYCIw)

66 Historically Black Benedict College Strugles With A 24.7% Graduation Rate, Obama To Pay Them A Visit For A Job Well Done
----------------

Look for graduation rates to plummet even further.

On the other hand, they are to be applauded for not entertaining the ugly perspectives that Erskine College does, which is much more important.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 09:40 AM (vPh3W)

67 Her joke fell flat but huge cheer when she said his name

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:40 AM (zOTsN)

68 She lies

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:41 AM (zOTsN)

69 Lots of folks sitting on their hands

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:41 AM (zOTsN)

70 SP: No matter what Bibi tells you, I want you to remember one thing. Obama is your friend.

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 09:41 AM (S+el1)

71 The Fed holding interest rates to essentially zero to cover up the insane Federal borrowing is probably the greatest theft ever perpetuated against any country. Were the member banks of the Federal Reserve to burnt to the ground and their directors hung in the public square, I would do nothing but nod in approval and hoist a drink to the sovereign people of the US.

Posted by: toby928(C) at March 02, 2015 09:41 AM (evdj2)

72 Talking about flailing around while grasping at straws:

http://tinyurl.com/o5engdn

Obama just can't help to continuously underline his incompetence while the MSM can't help to demonstrate their complete and utter bias to the point of self immolation.

via Gabe M twitter.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 02, 2015 09:41 AM (BZAd3)

73 "Kick them out of the EU? Maybe the best way to go but what would those.ramifications look like?"

Greece and Turkey are regional military revivals despite being "partners" in NATO. There are a lot territorial disputes between the two over islands in the Aegean and Mediterranean. The thought has occurred to me that if this plays out and Greece collapses that Turkey might make a play for these disputed bits of land.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 09:42 AM (o90mc)

74 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 09:42 AM (kff5f)

75 As is so often the case in these situations, Facebook did not respond to his requests for help. Nor would they tell him what the alleged suspicious activity was. We reached out to Facebook, but the social media giant has so far refused to respond to our request for comments.
---------------------------

Just Zuckerberg doing his job.
No FB here..., never will be.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 09:43 AM (vPh3W)

76 "http://tinyurl.com/o5engdn"

Race. Card.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 09:44 AM (o90mc)

77 Posted by: toby928(C) at March 02, 2015 09:41 AM (evdj2)

Almost as if a national banking authority is inimical to liberty.

Naaah. That's not possible.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 09:44 AM (kff5f)

78 Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 09:42 AM

I hear the other half of Cyprus is lovely this time of year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 02, 2015 09:45 AM (h4vJk)

79 Power just said that the attack in Paris was targeting Jews (duh) but Obama calls it random.

What an insane administration.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 09:45 AM (g1DWB)

80 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 09:43 AM (vPh3W)

Zuckenberg didn't graduate college !!!!!

Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 09:45 AM (glJL/)

81 They are amateurs

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:45 AM (zOTsN)

82 73
In the case of Greece v Turkey. Which side would Obama support? He has quite the dilemma. Greece socialist/communist. Turkey sliding to radical islam. Tough for him to choose.

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 09:46 AM (S+el1)

83 (But don't worry, hepcats: the GOP has a plan to save the day if the court rules against ObamaCare. Because Severely Conservative or something.)

Central planning FTW! Vote for us! We can do it better than the Democrats!

Posted by: The GOP at March 02, 2015 09:46 AM (zoehZ)

84 Jews will not abandon the Dems even if Obama were to order the bombing of Isreal. Sure there will be a few that will figure it out Obama hates them (but needs their money) and drift off but overall they will come out 70% or more in support of Hillary. Secular Jews cannot separate their liberalism from their identity.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at March 02, 2015 09:46 AM (1BQGO)

85 Why winning in 2014 was so important? Republicans now get to host the cocktail parties.

Posted by: Boehner'sTearDucts at March 02, 2015 09:46 AM (Gcu5R)

86 Someone asked earlier about "good news." Watch Fox and Friends. Always good for multiple laughs because reading the news must be really, really difficult. (Double fail in 10 minute span attempting to pronounce Spocks name)

Posted by: Leenard NeMoy (Who played Spoke on Trek Wars) at March 02, 2015 09:46 AM (Xp9up)

87 Paris was an attack on western values. Not just jews. This is a war of Islam on the west. All of it

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:47 AM (zOTsN)

88 This is what happens when the Feds throw gummint cheese at a bunch of kids that are only in college to get that gummint cheese.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 02, 2015 09:35 AM (iVjJr)

Or when Society declares that Everyone Must Go To College.

And here's what's worse- how many of those kids, now having tried to spend time in school, have racked up student loan debt, *not* gotten a "marketable skill," and have also set themselves back if they want to try to get into a trade?

They're worse off than they would have been if they'd gone straight to plumber school, or A/C tech school, or whatever right out of HS.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 09:47 AM (kff5f)

89 It is peeling off jews. That's why the temper tantrum

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 02, 2015 09:48 AM (zOTsN)

90 Zuckenberg didn't graduate college !!!!!

No wonder he can't run Fb.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 09:48 AM (Hmawh)

91 "..Obamasplaining.."

LOL! That expression needs to go viral. Or maybe it has but I missed it?

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at March 02, 2015 09:49 AM (1BQGO)

92 #18 The wording in the law is plain so there is no way he should vote with the liberals on the court.

Heh. Watch me. You haven't been paying attention, have you?

Posted by: John Iscariot Roberts at March 02, 2015 09:50 AM (7ObY1)

93 90 Zuckenberg didn't graduate college !!!!!

No wonder he can't run Fb.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 09:48 AM (Hmawh)

silly month breather. Don't you know dropping out of Harvard is the same as a masters degree for a Big 10 or SEC school.

Posted by: ivy league elitist at March 02, 2015 09:51 AM (S+el1)

94 Roger Kimball is really good.

http://tinyurl.com/pwh5k2h

Posted by: steevy at March 02, 2015 09:53 AM (KETbL)

95 test

Posted by: banned guy at March 02, 2015 09:53 AM (vPh3W)

96 Nice gob of DOOM.
Happy Monday Morons

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 02, 2015 09:54 AM (vPh3W)

97 "I hear the other half of Cyprus is lovely this time of year."

Not saying, just "saying"......

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 09:54 AM (o90mc)

98 And don't forget that the best laid plans of mice and men oft go aglee.

I was in debt but not severely so when at 60 the company I worked for up and closed. Owner decided to retire (health reasons and pointedly so as he died the next year) and I was left with no place to go and the potential income of 5-6 years (which would have erased my debt) was gone in a heartbeat.

I even incurred further expenses because I was using company facilities for living quarters so I lost my job and my place at the same time.

Thus when along came the Greater Depression and the Obama Fcuk up, I was up shit creek without a propelling instrument.

When the final denouement occurred in the form of being t-boned while delivering newspapers I was no longer able to service my debt. I did maintain my car payments but all other debt (unsecured credit) was out the door as I had no other income than SS.

After a year of aggro, the debt collectors have left me alone but I have two judgements hanging over me and if I lived elsewhere I would be in serious trouble.

So don't go thinking you got things aced because things can changed quite rapidly and in directions you would never have dreamt would occur.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 09:55 AM (zRby/)

99 Need more Katie Pavlich and Martha Macallum. (Both logical choices) That is all.

Posted by: Leenard NeMoy (Who played Spoke on Trek Wars) at March 02, 2015 09:55 AM (Xp9up)

100 Government by SJW. God help us

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 09:55 AM (zOTsN)

101 @98

Sorry, BC.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 09:56 AM (o90mc)

102 Why is that cat licking their privates?

Because they CAN!!!!!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 09:56 AM (zRby/)

103 Well, 24.7 IS better than 24.5.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 09:32 AM (Hmawh

Dammit rickb you know there isn't math on this smart military blog.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 02, 2015 09:57 AM (vPh3W)

104 >>>Obamasplaining<<<

Is that like when Barry tells the world that Selma, in 1965, is the reason for his being born? In 1961.

Posted by: Fritz at March 02, 2015 09:57 AM (dVmLD)

105 102 Why is that cat licking their privates?

His wife won't?

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 09:58 AM (S+el1)

106 Save our money? Save it WHERE?

Posted by: TB at March 02, 2015 09:58 AM (8u/5i)

107 So don't go thinking you got things aced because things can changed quite rapidly and in directions you would never have dreamt would occur.
Posted by: Bitter
-----------------------------

Things can change, quite literally, overnight.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 09:58 AM (vPh3W)

108 Save our money? Save it WHERE?

What is this "money" you all keep referring to?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 09:59 AM (0HooB)

109 She spent the entirety of her speech quoting democrats and more or less saying "democrats love you". Which is a lie

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (zOTsN)

110 i]Just did my taxes and found out that if I don't obtain health insurance
for tax year 2015 my 'penalty' will be over $1500. What the hell?

$53/month for every $50K in modified adjusted gross income.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (WvS3w)

111 102 Why is that cat licking their privates?

Because they CAN!!!!!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 09:56 AM (zRby/)

Self-licking pussy?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (2Ojst)

112 It's a little late in the day to be fretting about the damage this law will do if enforced as written.

The huge damage that can be done in King is the jettisoning of long standing (I'm talking multiple centuries here) fundamentals of statutory interpretation. That's the biggest mischief. I do not even have a WAG as to what will happen.

Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (mf5HN)

113 >>So don't go thinking you got things aced because things can changed quite rapidly and in directions you would never have dreamt would occur.

Indeed. My company was just bought by some Eastern European investors who are talking about some pretty dramatic changes. And not good ones.

Ya never know.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (g1DWB)

114 >>Someone asked earlier about "good news." Watch Fox and Friends. Always
good for multiple laughs because reading the news must be really, really
difficult. (Double fail in 10 minute span attempting to pronounce
Spocks name)

Heh, that was me --- and you are so right! I usually avoid Fox and Friends because it's three goofballs (bring back E.D. Hill!), but why deny oneself the comic relief?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (lHHyw)

115 Is that like when Barry tells the world that Selma, in 1965, is the reason for his being born? In 1961.
Posted by: Fritz
------------------
"If I had a bridge in my history, it would be this bridge."

Unspoken - "... but I don't..., and it isn't."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (vPh3W)

116 "Save our money? Save it WHERE?"

Tangible assets it seems. Property, commodities.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (o90mc)

117
Save our money? Save it WHERE?

Posted by: TB at March 02, 2015 09:58 AM (8u/5i)

---------------------------------

A substantial contribution to my presidential campaign is much better than money in the bank...

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 02, 2015 10:01 AM (HSmrB)

118 K Street lobbyists will make good eatin' come The Burning Times. Well-fed, well-marbled.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:01 AM (2Ojst)

119 silly month breather.

Posted by: ivy league elitist

We'll just leave that there.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:01 AM (Hmawh)

120 Expect a drunk dial.

Posted by: Corona at March 02, 2015 10:02 AM (fh2Y7)

121 Save our money? Save it WHERE?

Exchange it for brass, lead, and gunpowder.

Then, later, barter that for needed goods.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 10:02 AM (kff5f)

122 OT

Link in nic to Suppressed Kid's kickstarter. The kids are all about to graduate film school and are trying to make a low budget movie for film festivals.

If any of you morons have a dollar or two lying around and remember what it was like trying to follow a dream as a kid well...

We now return you to your regularly scheduled DOOM

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at March 02, 2015 10:02 AM (X+nFp)

123
Heh.
Obama in Alabama for a game of bridge. Expect race card to be played.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 02, 2015 10:03 AM (vPh3W)

124 The huge damage that can be done in King is the jettisoning of long standing (I'm talking multiple centuries here) fundamentals of statutory interpretation. That's the biggest mischief. I do not even have a WAG as to what will happen.

-----

Congress ceded its legislative power to the Executive. This is the inevitable result. The judiciary should save us because it is really the people's power, not Congress. And last I checked, the people did not give it away though their representatives did. The damage was done long ago, when the judiciary assented to Congress' giving away its principle power.

Posted by: SH at March 02, 2015 10:03 AM (gmeXX)

125 119
Lol found the Easter egg

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 10:03 AM (S+el1)

126 The huge damage that can be done in King is the jettisoning of long standing (I'm talking multiple centuries here) fundamentals of statutory interpretation.

If the government is not bound by the language of the laws it passes, what check remains on government? Certainly not the Constitution- it hasn't applied except as a guideline for decades.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 10:04 AM (kff5f)

127 Save our money? Save it WHERE?

Ball mason jar + Backyard.

Pro tip: Use the plastic refrigerator caps and sealing wax. Only store paper. Have a good memory.

Metal detectors won't work.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:05 AM (Hmawh)

128 112 It's a little late in the day to be fretting about the damage this law will do if enforced as written.

The huge damage that can be done in King is the jettisoning of long standing (I'm talking multiple centuries here) fundamentals of statutory interpretation. That's the biggest mischief. I do not even have a WAG as to what will happen.
Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at March 02, 2015 10:00 AM (mf5HN)

^This. The plain language of the statute is the touchstone of legislative intent, and has been for, as you note, centuries. This "well, they actually meant something other than what they said" is not only bullshit, it's dangerously corrosive to what little rule of law we have left.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:05 AM (2Ojst)

129 Netanyahu up next. Standing ovation at th mention of his name

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:05 AM (zOTsN)

130 Someone asked earlier about "good news." Watch Fox
and Friends. Always good for multiple laughs because reading the news
must be really, really difficult. (Double fail in 10 minute span
attempting to pronounce Spocks name)

Posted by: Leenard NeMoy (Who played Spoke on Trek Wars) at March 02, 2015 09:46 AM (Xp9up)

I'm guessing incompetent newsies, or the staff got together for a half-hour laugh session during the pre-cast meeting where thy did nothing but make fun of those "stupid scifi geeks, worshiping that Spook/spork/sprik (hahahaha) guy they are so stupid!!!!"

I'm guessing the second.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 02, 2015 10:05 AM (t//F+)

131 Bibi coming up at AIPAC

Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 10:05 AM (g1DWB)

132 The same people who parrot Hillary!'s need for a plumber, and say that all boys should go into union apprenticeships (you'll notice, none of them say you should be like Joe The Plumber), try to take down a candidate who quit college halfway through senior year to take a good job. I don't think they wonder at all why no one takes their claim (on either side) very seriously.

You can't make a claim that college doesn't matter when credentialed graduates get to sneer at political opinions of technicians as "great unwashed." If you want to be heard in the public sphere, even in the current new generation, you need that credential. But while you bemoan that state of affairs, don't forget that noncollegiate arrivistes are also pretty good at erecting barriers too, and don't mind using party and government influence to do it. Why yes, I did used to be in construction.

'Twas ever thus, the same the world over, and a man's a man for a' that, sure. Don't blinder yourself on the college thing (I know, for most it's simply a question of the expense, or the financing of it). Unless you accept that your political voice will be expressed only through your checkbook, it's a box you have to check. Out in the real world, where real asses are really kissed, there is a whole list of credentials you need to obtain if you want to wield any influence. A diploma is one of the easier ones. Still not the most expensive, either.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 02, 2015 10:06 AM (xq1UY)

133 Yay, Bibi!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 10:06 AM (lHHyw)

134 >>>>So don't go thinking you got things aced because things can changed quite rapidly and in directions you would never have dreamt would occur.
Posted by: Bitter
-----------------------------

Things can change, quite literally, overnight.
.
.
.In a second literally. I took a bad fall on the ice last week. So bad I don't even remember it happening. And the CAT scan and x-rays of my back and neck are not good.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 10:06 AM (4oSLk)

135 .In a second literally. I took a bad fall on the ice last week. So bad I don't even remember it happening. And the CAT scan and x-rays of my back and neck are not good.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 10:06 AM (4oSLk)

Ouch! I'm sorry to hear it. Are you still hurting?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:07 AM (2Ojst)

136 So thrilled my daughter is there

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:07 AM (zOTsN)

137 Whole center standing ovation and shouts

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:08 AM (zOTsN)

138 I don't expect anything new from Netayahu today. I am not even sure there will be anything new tomorrow. We will see

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 10:08 AM (rDqRv)

139 Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 10:06 AM (4oSLk)

Well crap.

Prayers for healing headed your way.

What is meant by "not good?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 10:08 AM (kff5f)

140 When do they expect the opinion from King? End of the term?

Posted by: SH at March 02, 2015 10:09 AM (gmeXX)

141 137

I think I hear Obama's teeth grinding.

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 10:09 AM (S+el1)

142 Bought 200 rounds of shitty UMC .223 FMJ yesterday for 99.99. Thought of it like investing in precious metals.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 10:09 AM (glJL/)

143 I don't expect anything new from Netayahu today. I am not even sure there will be anything new tomorrow. We will see

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 10:08 AM (rDqRv)

I would love it if he would say of Iran:

Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 02, 2015 10:09 AM (kff5f)

144 He seems very comfortable

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:10 AM (zOTsN)

145 Is there a live stream of AIPAC?

Posted by: Lauren at March 02, 2015 10:10 AM (MYCIw)

146 136 So thrilled my daughter is there
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:07 AM (zOTsN)

That's awesome.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:10 AM (2Ojst)

147 That's terrible, Great White Scotsman! Hope you have a speedy recovery (though I know recovery back injuries are never fast or easy).

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 10:10 AM (lHHyw)

148 145 Is there a live stream of AIPAC?
Posted by: Lauren at March 02, 2015 10:10 AM (MYCIw)

Yes, Breitbart has it.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:11 AM (2Ojst)

149 >>Is there a live stream of AIPAC?

Legal Insurrection has one.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 10:11 AM (g1DWB)

150 Sorry, Scotsman.

Man, the "Doom" Thread is proving aptly named this morning.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 10:11 AM (o90mc)

151 >>>Ouch! I'm sorry to hear it. Are you still hurting?
.
.
.Not really. The pain pills and muscle relaxers work pretty good. The scariest part is not remembering the fall. Plus coming to the realization that anyone of us is literally one bad step away from all sorts of potential nasty things. That part was a very serious wake up call for me and the wife.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 10:11 AM (4oSLk)

152 We're thru the Looking Glass and the Red Queen if they don't strike down the subsidies.

Or Humpty Dumpty:

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty "which is to be master = that's all.

- Lewis Carroll -

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 10:12 AM (zRby/)

153 I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop since 2003 which is the date that my company went into Receivership. Hanging on by a thread right now. Of course I've been saying that for 12 years. Started off with 25 people in my unit. Down to 6. Positive is that I've had a long time to prepare.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 10:13 AM (glJL/)

154 Whole center standing ovation and shouts
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:08 AM (zOTsN)

How many ~~traitors~~ Democrats showed up?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 10:15 AM (zRby/)

155 It's on CSPAN 2.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 10:16 AM (lHHyw)

156 Well Bibi is lying about having respect for Fredo but I'll give him a pass on that, but don't overdue it now

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 10:17 AM (rDqRv)

157 Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 10:11 AM (4oSLk)

Not having memory of it would frighten me as well. I certainly hope you make a full recovery and that there's no lasting damage.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:17 AM (2Ojst)

158 154 Whole center standing ovation and shouts
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:08 AM (zOTsN)

How many traitors Democrats showed up?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 10:15 AM (zRby/)

Ten bucks says King Barry has spies in the audience.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:17 AM (2Ojst)

159 140 When do they expect the opinion from King? End of the term?
Posted by: SH at March 02, 2015 10:09 AM (gmeXX)
========================

I'm guessing it's published as their jets leave Reagan National for Maine and/or Europe

Posted by: MTF at March 02, 2015 10:18 AM (FCsIb)

160 He is doing what he has to do. I think this splits the dems, so let it

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:18 AM (zOTsN)

161 live stream
http://www.ibtimes.com

can't post the whole address because that's how it is around here

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 02, 2015 10:18 AM (u8GsB)

162 On a different note, one of the bunch who gang raped a woman and beat her and her boyfriend with steel bars says that it is all her fault:

http://tinyurl.com/p8qjwjl

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 02, 2015 10:18 AM (KDbAT)

163 He's doing a lot of political "obfuscation".

Probably to make sure he doesn't get shot down leaving US airspace.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 10:19 AM (zRby/)

164 156
What did you expect him to say? Couldn't very well say what he thinks, that would play straight into the democrats narrative.

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 10:19 AM (S+el1)

165 Bibi is slamming Ebola with weak praise.

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:19 AM (MQEz6)

166 This could split the far left. Let it

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:19 AM (zOTsN)

167 Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 02, 2015 10:18 AM (u8GsB)

use tinyurl

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 02, 2015 10:19 AM (zRby/)

168
Not having memory of it would frighten me as well. I certainly hope you make a full recovery and that there's no lasting damage.

Same here.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at March 02, 2015 10:19 AM (0HooB)

169 Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 10:19 AM (S+el1)
=========================

If he doesn't speak plainly and use this opportunity to make his point he will have lost his last chance. He's crazy if he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity.

Posted by: MTF at March 02, 2015 10:21 AM (FCsIb)

170 The days when the Jewish people are passive in the face of threats to annihilate us are over

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:22 AM (zOTsN)

171 must not will not, but he means will not.

he is going to attack

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:22 AM (MQEz6)

172 86 Someone asked earlier about "good news." Watch Fox and Friends. Always good for multiple laughs because reading the news must be really, really difficult. (Double fail in 10 minute span attempting to pronounce Spocks name)

Brian KillMe and Steve Doofus have *got* to be part of some kind of hire-the-incompetent program at FNC.

But seriously, the problem with those two guys is that they've become fat and happy (and careless and sloppy) because they've simply been there too long.

F & F desperately needs a makeover.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 02, 2015 10:22 AM (7ObY1)

173 Things can change, quite literally, overnight.
.
.
.In a second literally. I took a bad fall on the ice last week. So bad I don't even remember it happening. And the CAT scan and x-rays of my back and neck are not good.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 02, 2015 10:06 AM (4oSLk)

Get better soon.

I spent over a decade working for plaintiff's side personal injury attorneys. Yes, yes, that's right, there I was, in the deepest heart of darkness.

I got dragged kicking and screaming onto the business planning committee and we were kicking around various and sundry ideas regarding expansion when I pointed out that our entire business model depended on horrible things happening to people out of the blue.

There was a good ten seconds of silence as everyone contemplated that, yup, pretty much.

Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at March 02, 2015 10:22 AM (mf5HN)

174 No one makes alliances with the weak

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:22 AM (zOTsN)

175 He is pointing out how stupid and reckless Obama is

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:23 AM (MQEz6)

176 That was pointed at the JEF.

No one makes alliances with the weak

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:23 AM (zOTsN)

177 The object of my affection
Can change my complexion
From white to a rosy red.
Anytime he holds my hand
And tells me that he's mine.

Posted by: Cryin' John Boner serenades Hairy Reed at March 02, 2015 10:24 AM (SOf+k)

178 169
I agree, but he can't come out and say "I hate that mfker' Obama with the heat of a 1000 suns" the democrats hope and pray he does. They want Bibi as the villain/war monger so BHO can be made to look the saint with Iran.

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 10:24 AM (S+el1)

179 Ten bucks says King Barry has spies in the audience.
Posted by: Insomniac

Sucker bet. Not touching it.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:24 AM (Hmawh)

180 F & F desperately needs a makeover.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 02, 2015 10:22 AM (7ObY1)

Ha! Thank you for your Twits on the Tweeter! We like cheese. Look! A red bus! Hahahaha.

Posted by: Doocey and Kilmeade Inc., Rocket Surgeons at March 02, 2015 10:25 AM (vgIRn)

181 American leaders worry about the security of their country. Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.

Good line.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 10:26 AM (g1DWB)

182 Let's have a little talk about tweetle beetles...

*rubs hands together in a sinister manner*

Posted by: Fox in Socks at March 02, 2015 10:26 AM (VAsIq)

183 Ha! Thank you for your Twits on the Tweeter! We like cheese. Look! A red bus! Hahahaha.

Hey Kilmeade..."next time, take the stairs."

Posted by: Citizen X at March 02, 2015 10:26 AM (7ObY1)

184 I agree, but he can't come out and say "I hate that mfker' Obama with the heat of a 1000 suns"

Why not?

I'm sure you could have found a muzzie leader that would have said that about GWB.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:26 AM (Hmawh)

185 162 On a different note, one of the bunch who gang raped a woman and beat her and her boyfriend with steel bars says that it is all her fault:

http://tinyurl.com/p8qjwjl
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 02, 2015 10:18 AM (KDbAT)

But it's America that has the "rape culture," what with unwanted male gaze and whatnot.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:26 AM (2Ojst)

186 He is saying Israel Will Act Alone to protect itself.

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:27 AM (zOTsN)

187 Is the cat picture our art thread today?

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 10:27 AM (VAsIq)

188 Drudge brings the funny, quoting Bill Clinton official portrait painter as saying he inserted a Lewinsky blue dress reference in Billy's official portrait. Haha!

http://politi.co/1GboDAo

Posted by: MTF at March 02, 2015 10:27 AM (FCsIb)

189 American leaders worry about the security of their country.
Israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country.

And then you have Obola. Who doesn't worry about shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:27 AM (Hmawh)

190 186 He is saying Israel Will Act Alone to protect itself.
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:27 AM (zOTsN)

Unfortunately, it's going to have to. The Anti-Semite-in-Chief certainly isn't going to help them.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 02, 2015 10:28 AM (2Ojst)

191 He is cranking up his middle finger at Ebola and the Democommies

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:28 AM (MQEz6)

192 He lists about six instances where Israel acted alone and against the wishe of the US when they felt their survival was at stake

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:29 AM (zOTsN)

193 So in so many words Bibi has told BHO to screw you. Good.

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 10:29 AM (S+el1)

194 He says Israel has the only safe and growing Christian population in the ME

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:29 AM (zOTsN)

195 Nice reach-out to Christians.

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:30 AM (MQEz6)

196 War on Women.

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:30 AM (MQEz6)

197 And then you have Obola. Who doesn't worry about shit.

----

Why worry? I take a dump every morning in the center of the Oval Office, and it magically disappears when that Mexican woman shows up.

Posted by: Pres'nt Obama at March 02, 2015 10:30 AM (VAsIq)

198 Short. Saving the rest for Congress I guess

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:31 AM (zOTsN)

199 Always nice to see what an actual leader looks like.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 10:31 AM (g1DWB)

200 Nice reach-out to Christians.
Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:30 AM (MQEz6)

Israel is treating and saving more Muslim patients that are taken to the Syrian Border on the Golan than any muslim nation. They are all over the Israeli Hospitals in the North

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 10:31 AM (rDqRv)

201 "http://politi.co/1GboDAo"

Heh.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 10:31 AM (o90mc)

202 194
For that matter they have the only safe muslim population also.

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 10:31 AM (S+el1)

203
"He says Israel has the only safe and growing Christian population in the ME"

That is sure to annoy Obama/Dems. Given their history of oppression during the crusades and all.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at March 02, 2015 10:31 AM (1BQGO)

204 Is the cat picture our art thread today?

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Someone found "Waldo"!

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 02, 2015 10:31 AM (NeFrd)

205 Always nice to see what an actual leader looks like.

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They look vaguely horse-like, right?

Posted by: John "War Hero" Kerry at March 02, 2015 10:32 AM (VAsIq)

206 The speech to Congress will be a body slam of Ebola and his flying monkeys.

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:32 AM (MQEz6)

207 No one makes alliances with the weak

Ouch

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:32 AM (zOTsN)

208 Standing ovation. Heh.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 02, 2015 10:32 AM (iVjJr)

209 No one makes alliances with the weak

To make Peace, Prepare for War

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 10:32 AM (rDqRv)

210 Nice reach-out to Christians.

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I'd have preferred a reach-around.

Posted by: Christian Grey at March 02, 2015 10:33 AM (VAsIq)

211 The logic and morality of supporting Israel is unassailable. Unfortunately, El Jeffe is motivated entirely by ideology. He sees Israel as a European colony planted in Moslem territory. Crazy, in other words.

Posted by: MTF at March 02, 2015 10:34 AM (FCsIb)

212 Well he has 24 hours to prepare a real barn burner. Now in my humble opinion, it will not be anything terribly new or exciting.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 10:34 AM (rDqRv)

213 One theory that I hope is true: that Roberts didn't want it to be the case that a law that so many people rabidly desired was left untried, so he deliberately allowed it the first time around, in order that people should feel the suck first hand.

As Mencken said, "democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard".

If that was his reason, now that there is such widespread dissatisfaction with the law, he should have no qualms in shitcanning it without the fear of repercussions.

Posted by: transgendered quokka at March 02, 2015 10:34 AM (6E7W2)

214 No one makes alliances with the weak.

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Nuts.

Posted by: Lichtenstein at March 02, 2015 10:34 AM (VAsIq)

215 It's going to be awfully hard for any Dem to argue that Netanyahu is being disrespectful after that performance.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 02, 2015 10:34 AM (g1DWB)

216 "142
Bought 200 rounds of shitty UMC .223 FMJ yesterday for 99.99. Thought of it like investing in precious metals.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 02, 2015 10:09 AM (glJL/)"

While I would not go so far as to ban it, I have always thought that the S109/M855 cartridge was a bad idea. When combined with a short barrel it is an even worse idea.

The effectiveness of the 5.56/.223 cartridge has been that there is a very fast bullet that breaks apart when it hits a human being. The M193 cartridge with its 55 grain bullet and a muzzle velocity well over 3000 fps out of a 20 inch barrel is an effective combination. When the bullet breaks apart, at least two and sometimes more fragments travel off in different directions and cause massive tissue damage and an enormous amount of bleeding. This only happens at velocities of greater than 2700 feet per second. With the heavier bullet of the M855 starting at a lower velocity, especially from the 14 inch barrel of an M4, the velocity will drop below the critical 2700 fps in a hundred yards or so. Once the velocity drops that low, the bullet will tend to go straight through rather than upsetting and the wounds caused, while eventually fatal, will not be instantly disabling. This was seen in Somalia where US troops using M855 ammunition would often hit the Somalis but they would continue fighting. It did the US soldiers little good if the Somalis later bled to death.

The point is that even though the US government has no legal or practical grounds for banning this ammunition, it is not something that is particularly effective and there is little reason for panic buying it now.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 02, 2015 10:34 AM (KDbAT)

217 "
No one makes alliances with the weak

Ouch"

Obama is preparing a Tweet response as we speak. It will be fitting of 9th grade school girls all across the country.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 10:36 AM (o90mc)

218 You cannot persuade me that "no one makes alliances with the weak" wasn't a shot at the JEF. It clearly was

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:37 AM (zOTsN)

219 Bibi missed the chance to use a borrowed selfie-stick.

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:37 AM (MQEz6)

220 To make Peace, Prepare for War

Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:37 AM (Hmawh)

221 Obama is preparing a Tweet response as we speak. It will be fitting of 9th grade school girls all across the country.

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OMG, if no one makes alliances with the weak then the weak will get their lunch money stolen. #SoMean

Posted by: Pres'nt Obama's Twitter Campaign at March 02, 2015 10:38 AM (VAsIq)

222 Bibi missed the chance to use a borrowed selfie-stick.

Who was he going to beat?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:38 AM (Hmawh)

223 217
#wearenotweak

Posted by: Marie Harif at March 02, 2015 10:38 AM (S+el1)

224 You cannot persuade me that "no one makes alliances with the weak" wasn't a shot at the JEF. It clearly was.

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Now c'mon--I daily curl those pink 3-lb weights. I am far from weak.

Posted by: Pres'nt Obama at March 02, 2015 10:39 AM (VAsIq)

225 #iamrubberyouareglue

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:39 AM (zOTsN)

226 #banbossy

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:39 AM (zOTsN)

227 Bibi called the Obama Administration a gang of pirates who temporaily occupy the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:39 AM (MQEz6)

228 Well, this speech might be what it takes to get Obama to take meaningful military action in the ME.

Sadly, it will be against Israel, for having the audacity to speak "truth to power".

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 10:40 AM (VAsIq)

229
I'd bet that Netanyahu's speech to Congress will contain much of what you heard here, plus a few tidbits saved for the occasion.

And that Obama will not come off too well.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 02, 2015 10:41 AM (jeCnD)

230 Well he has 24 hours to prepare a real barn burner. Now in my humble opinion, it will not be anything terribly new or exciting.

"I know you are, but what am I?"
-Pee Wee Obola

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:41 AM (Hmawh)

231 Bibi called the Obama Administration a gang of pirates who temporaily occupy the U.S.S. Enterprise.

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Savvy?

Posted by: Cap'n Jack Sparrow at March 02, 2015 10:41 AM (VAsIq)

232 He lists about six instances where Israel acted alone and against the wishe of the US when they felt their survival was at stake
Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:29 AM (zOTsN)

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All fine and dandy.... before Barrackentanten.

If Israel wanted to act in its own self interest alone.... we would sit on our hands. But the Boyking threatened Bibi with shooting down ISRAELI planes if they take action against Iran

http://tinyurl.com/nlozrjz

"The Bethlehem-based news agency Ma'an has cited a Kuwaiti newspaper report Saturday, that US President Barack Obama thwarted an Israeli military attack against Iran's nuclear facilities in 2014 by threatening to shoot down Israeli jets before they could reach their targets in Iran."

Posted by: fixerupper at March 02, 2015 10:41 AM (NaV4z)

233 218 You cannot persuade me that "no one makes alliances with the weak" wasn't a shot at the JEF. It clearly was

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:37 AM (zOTsN)

Who would even try? The line is as subtle as a train wreck.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 10:41 AM (oKE6c)

234
What's funny is that Islam, obama, and Charlie Hedbo all share the same goal.

Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at March 02, 2015 10:42 AM (hbvPW)

235 Today's DOOM kitteh really captures the zeitgeist.

Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at March 02, 2015 10:42 AM (/kI1Q)

236 The line is as subtle as a train wreck.

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Choo-choo!

Posted by: Joey Biden at March 02, 2015 10:42 AM (VAsIq)

237 Bibi told Ebola negotiations with Iran are a waste of time because Israel is going to reset the game.

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:42 AM (MQEz6)

238 I wonder how angry President Jarrett is about this speech and the one tomorrow.

Posted by: Marie Harif at March 02, 2015 10:43 AM (S+el1)

239 Today's DOOM kitteh really captures the zeitgeist.

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I ain't afraid of no Zeitgeist.

Posted by: Geistbuster at March 02, 2015 10:43 AM (VAsIq)

240 But the Boyking threatened Bibi with shooting down ISRAELI planes if they take action against Iran

The halo on the Reuters photo in that article is looking a little more ridiculous than usual.

Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at March 02, 2015 10:43 AM (/kI1Q)

241 Nobody makes alliances with the weak.

There's a concept the Tea Party has a hard time with. The GOP needs them to win, but gets nothing in return

10000 head choppers in a sandbox get more respect.

Time to re-think strategy. I like the idea of the shit list, and the idea of publicly, deliberately, and spitefully giving seats to Dems rather than re-elect those who their constituents in such disdain.
Seems suicidal? Maybe for a term or two, but NOBODY MAKES ALLIANCES WITH THE WEAK.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 02, 2015 10:44 AM (XmOA9)

242 236 The line is as subtle as a train wreck.

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Choo-choo!

Posted by: Joey Biden at March 02, 2015 10:42 AM (VAsIq)

Yep. Netanyahu obviously had judged his audience correctly. If you want to make a point to the Marxist Mahdi, lay it out for him in words of one syllable (in English, not Austrian), or he'll miss the point.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 02, 2015 10:44 AM (oKE6c)

243 Bibi told Ebola negotiations with Iran are a waste of time because Israel is going to reset the game.

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I'd recommend something better than a mislabeled red button.

Posted by: Hillary(!) at March 02, 2015 10:44 AM (VAsIq)

244 The halo on the Reuters photo in that article is looking a little more ridiculous than usual.
Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at March 02, 2015 10:43 AM (/kI1Q)

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Ill take your word for it Heather. Iwas too fuckin pissed off after reading it to look at any goddamned pictures of President Taqqiya.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 02, 2015 10:45 AM (NaV4z)

245 don't forget that noncollegiate arrivistes are also pretty good at
erecting barriers too, and don't mind using party and government
influence to do it. Why yes, I did used to be in construction.

Oh, construction. I thought that first sentence was about Hollywood.

Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at March 02, 2015 10:45 AM (/kI1Q)

246 Susan Rice is on later

That remark will be irresistible.

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:46 AM (zOTsN)

247 Susan Rice is on later

Good time for a crapper break

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 02, 2015 10:46 AM (rDqRv)

248 Vote for me! I'll do whatever you pay me to do!

Oh, not you. I was talking to the million-dollar donor.

Posted by: Pander Bear Party at March 02, 2015 10:46 AM (VAsIq)

249 If Obama did shoot down Israeli planes, that would be a horrible PR move. It would doom his party for the foreseeable future, certainly in 2016. So it seems implausible that he'd do it and Israel should bomb away if they have credible intel that Iran is close to having nukes.

Posted by: transgendered quokka at March 02, 2015 10:47 AM (6E7W2)

250 Susan Rice is on later

And probably as welcome as a turd at a pool party.

Posted by: wrg500 at March 02, 2015 10:47 AM (S+el1)

251 I'd recommend something better than a mislabeled red button.

One labeled "Launch".

Posted by: rickb223 at March 02, 2015 10:48 AM (Hmawh)

252 In the speach to Congress if Bibi lays out what Iran is doing, the case against Ebola is made without mentioning it.

Add it Israel will not let Iran get nukes, period, and you will see masks fall off.

Posted by: eman at March 02, 2015 10:48 AM (MQEz6)

253 Oh, not you. I was talking to the million-dollar donor.

Posted by: Pander Bear Party at March 02, 2015 10:46 AM (VAsIq

You got that right. And that's a tough culture to break. But the one tool a group can use is to withhold votes as a punishment for past sins.
Promises of better behavior in the future should be ignored. Pure spite, but sends a message to the rest.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 02, 2015 10:49 AM (XmOA9)

254 I had to get a new checking account, found a bank that will not charge a maintenance fee if there's at least one deposit a month. A savings account, if I keep $200 in thereand if i go paperless.
Interest rate on savings account: .01%
Interest rate on a new credit card through them: 17.99%.
Me: Can you begin to square the .01% with the 18% rate? With money artificially cheap for more than sixyears? I had a better rate on a Sears card over thirty years ago when I was starting out and had no credit.

Feh.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 02, 2015 10:49 AM (Spluw)

255 Art thread up. With a surprise, sort of.

Posted by: HH at March 02, 2015 10:50 AM (Ce4DF)

256 >>Nice reach-out to Christians.

American Christians, especially Evangelicals, are more supportive of Israel than a lot of American Jews. Just look at Sarah Palin w/her flag of Israel in her governor's office.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 02, 2015 10:50 AM (lHHyw)

257 psaki, harf, rice, jarrett, the JEF

They will all go mad over that statement

Can't wait

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:50 AM (zOTsN)

258 " Pure spite, but sends a message to the rest."

Well, voting for the fcukers doesn't seem to help.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 02, 2015 10:50 AM (o90mc)

259 nood art

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at March 02, 2015 10:51 AM (TPjwz)

260
If Israel needs to bomb Iran why would a pair of EMP's not do the job?

That would stop the country in it's tracks.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 02, 2015 10:52 AM (jeCnD)

261 194
He says Israel has the only safe and growing Christian population in the ME

Posted by: ThunderB, Shapeshifter at March 02, 2015 10:29 AM (zOTsN)

Well that ain't gonna endear Bibi to Obola or any elite donkofascist party member.

Posted by: Jukin at March 02, 2015 10:53 AM (WGm5T)

262 He wouldn't need to shoot down the Israelis - he would just have to make enough electronic chatter and noise that they would abort the mission.

Course, thats another reason to go over the top with Jehricos.

Posted by: Jean at March 02, 2015 10:54 AM (ztOda)

263 Credit card rates have a lot more to do with how many people successfully default on the debt than on what the prime rate is.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 02, 2015 10:57 AM (S0bOl)

264 If Obama did shoot down Israeli planes, that would be a horrible PR move. It would doom his party for the foreseeable future, certainly in 2016.

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I used to think the same about sending guns to Mexico to poison the gun control well, using the Departments of the Federal Government to harrass your political opponents like Lois Lerner and the Tea Partiers or the EPA and Gibson guitiar or shooting a ranchers livestock over a fucking turtle.

Letting veterans die in the hallways of the VA hospital, retaining an Attorney General that's in contempt of Congress, dismissing voter intimidation charges against the Black Panthers, banning "penetrating" ammo that doesn't meet the ATF's defining of "penetrating", bowing to foreign Monarchs and calling half of the electorate "bitter clingers" are all BAD PR moves.

Truth is.... half of the electorate would celebrate if that fucker shot down Israeli jets. Did you catch the story about Code Pink waving Hamas flags at a anti-Bibi story??

WASTF by TWANLOCs its not even funny.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 02, 2015 10:57 AM (NaV4z)

265 If Obama did shoot down Israeli planes, that would be a horrible PR move.

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EVERYTHING he's done has been a terrible PR move. That hasn't stopped the MFM from painting his every misstep as genius.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 02, 2015 10:59 AM (VAsIq)

266 Credit card rates have a lot more to do with how many people successfully default on the debt than on what the prime rate is.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Which is why credit scores are of use. If you wanna hand out cards like this, expect a load of refusals. I refused it, and noted why. ANy card like that is aimed at the lowest common denominator. No point in me going near it.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 02, 2015 11:07 AM (Spluw)

267 Doom enough for love.

Posted by: toby928(C) at March 02, 2015 11:34 AM (evdj2)

268 "Prudence and thrift always pay off, even in the face of governmental
fuckery. The wheel will turn and the madness and pathologies of this age
will pass away. The smart, the well-prepared, the careful -- they will
prosper, as they have throughout history during times of turmoil."

You silly, silly man.
The government knows that it cannot continue to finance itself unless you do precisely that. When the government can no longer borrow, it will simply come to you and "borrow" your savings.
But don't worry, your savings will be replaced by rock solid Government Bond .
Do you doubt me?
Then ask the saver class in Greece what can happen to your savings.

Posted by: rayj at March 02, 2015 11:43 AM (pI/IV)

269 Nice Obama whackening above the fold, Monty, that and my morning coffee were quite satisfying.

Posted by: Meremortal at March 02, 2015 11:52 AM (1Y+hH)

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