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buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
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Unpopular President Rips Popular Governor For Giving Everyone Access to Previously Restricted Jobs
President Obama has decided to get involved in the 2016 race. I find it interesting that he's chosen to wade in by attacking Scott Walker and not Jeb Bush
I think we'll see a lot more of this as we get closer to the primary voting. The Democrats are going to do everything they can to ensure the next GOP candidate is someone who won't overturn most of Obama's "accomplishments". Aside from the Wall Street Class, Jeb Bush's biggest supporters outside the Republican party will be elected Democrats. They're hedging their bets on the off chance that Mrs.Inevitable isn't so inevitable.“Even as its governor claims victory over working Americans, I’d encourage him to try and score a victory for working Americans – by taking meaningful action to raise their wages and offer them the security of paid leave,” Obama said.Actually, giving everyone access to jobs that were previously only available to union due paying members is a victory for workers. It's just not a victory for the workers who donate to the Democratic party (or whose union dues are donated to the Democratic party against their objections.)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Flyguy at March 10, 2015 08:21 AM (uq99t)
Posted by: Flyguy at March 10, 2015 08:22 AM (uq99t)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 10, 2015 08:23 AM (Z8DIA)
Posted by: t-bird at March 10, 2015 08:23 AM (FcR7P)
The Inevitavle's lived right down the street from me, growing up.
Mama Inevitavle made the best lasagna.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2015 08:27 AM (7ObY1)
I never in my wildest dreams ever thought MI or WI would be RTW states.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 08:27 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: t-bird at March 10, 2015 08:27 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) and his daughter at March 10, 2015 08:27 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 08:28 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2015 08:28 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 08:28 AM (hzrlb)
In my opinion.
Posted by: @JohnTant at March 10, 2015 08:28 AM (eytER)
Yeah. All those teachers swing a mean stick.
Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 10, 2015 08:29 AM (iVjJr)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:29 AM (659DL)
Posted by: bjjfiter at March 10, 2015 08:29 AM (8z3Pa)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 08:29 AM (0FSuD)
>>>to ensure the next GOP candidate is someone who won't overturn most of Obama's "accomplishments".
I'm kinda like "that's nice, but break the backs of the oligarchs first" you know, like Soros and etc. They're the ones killing us, partly by setting up guys like Obama but mostly through financial means. They'll do the Weimar bit and run away untouched at this rate.
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 08:30 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 10, 2015 08:30 AM (iVjJr)
Posted by: joncelli at March 10, 2015 08:30 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Fritz at March 10, 2015 08:31 AM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 10, 2015 08:31 AM (JtwS4)
Be there when the doors open.
This explains why Cabelas has not had a lot of online 22lr recently.
They strip the warehouse shelves, and bring it all into the next Grand Opening.
The Delaware store opening started with over 700 bricks.
They sold out in the first two hours.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 08:32 AM (hzrlb)
So when you have crap like this, Obama snidely saying Walker has to take action to raise worker wages, there's a furious and immediate and loud pushback which points out, for instance, Obama's own crummy record on worker wages.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 10, 2015 08:32 AM (noWW6)
Yeah. All those teachers swing a mean stick.
Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 10, 2015 08:29 AM (iVjJr)
350 lb butterballs aren't what I'd call "intimidating".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 10, 2015 08:32 AM (ynQIy)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2015 08:33 AM (kW1lr)
There, FIFY.
Posted by: anon a mouse at March 10, 2015 08:33 AM (/jpU8)
At this point, this shouldn't even be a question.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 10, 2015 08:33 AM (lG2E3)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 10, 2015 08:33 AM (MMC8r)
A 16 seed has never beaten a 1.
Until now.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:33 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Draki at March 10, 2015 08:34 AM (0eidE)
Posted by: t-bird at March 10, 2015 08:34 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: JJ Stone at March 10, 2015 08:34 AM (5M7UL)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 10, 2015 08:35 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 10, 2015 08:35 AM (wtvvX)
Honestly I don't think the shell of the SEIU and AFL-CIO care much about the teacher's unions being broke.
But they may care about this. I'm not in WI, but if something similar happened here, I'd imagine a huge union push back. Consider that the grocers here that aren't either Aldi or TJ are union, and a crap ton of employees hate that.
And that's just one set of shitty jobs.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) and his daughter at March 10, 2015 08:36 AM (HDwDg)
Ah, that's why the legislature passed CCW first you see.
Posted by: GMan at March 10, 2015 08:36 AM (sxq57)
This, in many ways, is the story of...
the Washignton redskins offensive line.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:36 AM (659DL)
Posted by: t-bird at March 10, 2015 08:37 AM (FcR7P)
So...will Walker eventually be adding his skull to his throne? He does have a way of getting his enemies to hoist themselves on their own petard.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 10, 2015 08:38 AM (bdqzU)
Posted by: Neil deGrasse Tyson at March 10, 2015 08:38 AM (1BQGO)
But they may care about this. I'm not in WI...
I'm in WI (actually, the belly of the beast, Madison), and yeah, they were upset, but they kind of ran out of steam towards the end.
The assembly even had to stop the public meetings on this because of credible threats to the building they were in (lovely folks, those union members).
Posted by: GMan at March 10, 2015 08:38 AM (sxq57)
action to raise worker wages, there's a furious and immediate and loud
pushback which points out, for instance, Obama's own crummy record on
worker wages.
--
This x1000. Maybe...just maybe...the rapid responses to President A-hole's lies will penetrate ever so slowly into the brain of one or two LIVs. Rapid responses to any Dem lie, for that matter, are an art form glaringly absent from most of the GOPe.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 10, 2015 08:39 AM (OAsSu)
The Bush family have been the greatest gift the Democratic Party could ever hope for, though try finding a Democrat who will admit to it.
Compare and contrast. Before the Bush presidencies, there was the Reagan presidency.
During the Reagan presidency, the percentage of the electorate self-identifying as Republican rose strongly. Reagan left with higher popularity numbers than when he arrived. Reagan was succeeded by a Republican.
During both of the presidencies of Bush 41 and Bush 43, the percentage of the electorate self-identifying as Republican fell sharply. Both Bushes left office with far lower popularity numbers than when they arrived. Both Bushes were succeeded by Democrats. Not only that, both Bushes were succeeded by Democrats who remained for two full terms.
You can see why Democrats aren't too displeased at the thought of a Jeb! trifecta for the Bush family.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 10, 2015 08:41 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 10, 2015 08:41 AM (rDqRv)
If workers have a choice, and chose not to join a Union, it would be because they perceive that the Union does not offer a fair value to the non- Union employee.
If non-Union employees start to get shafted by Employers to the point that Union membership has benefits which offset the cost of membership, they rejoin the Union.
This in turn re-strengthens the Union, allowing negotiating power to swing in favor of the Union member.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 08:41 AM (hzrlb)
Funny how that works.
*clears throat*
Ahem. New podcast going up at 9:45 a.m. in which BC tells vicious lies about me, we discuss Hillary! actually breaking a glass ceiling and we get into a fight about manatees.
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 08:42 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Draki at March 10, 2015 08:42 AM (0eidE)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:43 AM (659DL)
If you are going to put someone to work it needs to be a union job so the donks can get their share!
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at March 10, 2015 08:43 AM (9mWut)
Posted by: Draki at March 10, 2015 08:43 AM (0eidE)
Posted by: Paladin at March 10, 2015 08:44 AM (ycm4Q)
Posted by: Draki at March 10, 2015 08:44 AM (0eidE)
Do you happen to know if the Cablias ever have dinner with the Inevitavles?
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 10, 2015 08:44 AM (xq1UY)
A 16 seed has never beaten a 1.
Until now.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:33 AM (659DL)
*wheeze* *wheeze* *wheeze*
It's funny because it will probably be true!
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 08:44 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:45 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Teh Left Usual Argument!!1! at March 10, 2015 08:45 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at March 10, 2015 08:45 AM (1BQGO)
>>>So when you have crap like this, Obama snidely saying Walker has to take
action to raise worker wages,
To be followed by outrageous, illegal investigations by the DOJ probly.
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 08:46 AM (3ZtZW)
No high chair needed
we get into a fight about manatees
Manatees win
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 08:46 AM (C278+)
Posted by: Draki at March 10, 2015 08:43 AM (0eidE)
BC denied their awesomeness. Since he is Wrong.
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 08:46 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:47 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 10, 2015 08:47 AM (JtwS4)
In nicer news, this trailer for Tomorrowland shows a movie that is happy horseshit with a side of Clooney, but I'll be there for sure with my little girl on May 22 when it opens:
http://tinyurl.com/Awesome-Tomorrowland-Trailer
Posted by: Sharkman at March 10, 2015 08:48 AM (72D6h)
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at March 10, 2015 08:49 AM (9mWut)
>>>Do you happen to know if the Cablias ever have dinner with the Inevitavles?
The Cablias were the old couple in the little pink house surrounded by marigolds on Delaware
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 08:49 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 08:49 AM (C278+)
Manatees will cut a bitch. It's in that Star Trek episode where Spock and Uncle Jed shoot Sonny at the toll booth. Nimoy said it was his favorite.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:49 AM (659DL)
Walker will be OK as long as it's only democrats throwing the hate. If he can keep people like Ace and Charles Cooke from calling him an embarrassing, uneducated cheesebilly, he'll do fine.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2015 08:49 AM (9ZZd+)
Posted by: Eisenhorn at March 10, 2015 08:49 AM (1li1B)
Hopefully the manatee fight includes Wendell the Manatee (but probably not!)
Posted by: Austin in TX at March 10, 2015 08:50 AM (lKVc4)
It's always funny to read the comments on the Walker threads.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 08:50 AM (hzrlb)
http://tinyurl.com/ktptgp6
Cute metaphor for Obamacare.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 10, 2015 08:50 AM (BZAd3)
John Earnest moonlighting for the Ron Paul Foundation?
Weasel Zippers
It's also anti-semitic, but the dopes in the White House are either to stupid to know that or don't care and agree. I'm going with don't care and agree
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 10, 2015 08:51 AM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 10, 2015 08:47 AM (JtwS4)
I have been told that I am not allowed to ride them whilst wielding a trident.
*plots*
Oh this one is super long again.
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 08:51 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:51 AM (659DL)
Reagan unapologetically held high the banner of classical movement conservatism.
Poppy Bush apologetically cringed and talked nasally about "points of light" instead of movement conservatism.
Dubya Bush didn't cringe one bit. He vocally and rudely rejected movement conservatism.
Matt Latimer used to write speeches for Dubya. He relates having gone in to the then-President's office to review a draft speech for CPAC, to find an unhappy Bush. Bush wanted to know, what was this "movement" Latimer's draft repeatedly referred to?
Latimer said, well, uh, sir, that would be _the conservative movement_, the movement that gave rise to events like CPAC in the first place.
Dubya said, "Take all that out. There is no 'movement'," and he went on to say, "This may sound arrogant, but I redefined the Republican Party."
This exchange occurred in 2008. After Dubya's unpopularity had resulted in the epic electoral disaster of 2006, where the GOP suffered one of its worst losses in history, and just before the equally terrible disaster for the GOP of 2008, where Obama came to power.
Some "redefinition" of the party.
Walker could go a long long way by pointing out that the Bushes BY THEIR OWN LIGHTS are not conservatives or Reaganites, and never were. And proposing a restoration of movement conservatism. Bringing the Republican Party back from Bushism.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 10, 2015 08:51 AM (noWW6)
Cheesebilly?
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 08:51 AM (3ZtZW)
I assume you know who played the toll booth in that scene?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2015 08:51 AM (Zu3d9)
(Pissy little girl)
Who couldn't win an argument with a manatee.
Or about a manatee.
Or near a manatee.
Or...
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 10, 2015 08:52 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 08:49 AM (C278+)
BANNION! For to be attaching the flamethrowers before sending the Ravage, s'il vous plait.
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 08:52 AM (mf5HN)
...
...
...
...
And the first giant, hanging curveball of the 2015 baseball season....
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:52 AM (659DL)
I can only see the day getting better.
*tears over at DU about right to work are a good start.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2015 08:53 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Kreplach at March 10, 2015 08:53 AM (iJMID)
8 Times Obama Says He Was Way Out of the Loop
Sharyl Attkisson
http://bit.ly/1F6Agae
It's a remarkable irony: the same U.S. president whose administration has gone to great lengths to monitor journalists, whistleblowers and the public, claims to be oddly in the dark regarding basic information on some of his biggest controversies.
Here are eight instances in which President Obama said he heard it on the news--or way after-the-fact--just like ordinary Americans.
h/t: Moonbattery
http://bit.ly/1FF08In
Posted by: mindful webworker - since you asked at March 10, 2015 08:53 AM (oqhrS)
>>>Leftist paradise starts fingerprinting grocery shoppers:
WTF thats wide open for fraud! They should use little chips implanted in the forehead
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 08:53 AM (3ZtZW)
available to union due paying members is a victory for workers.
BenK....bitch-slapping the Dems since 1951.
[he really is that old]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2015 08:54 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 08:51 AM
huhuhuh uh huhuhuh uh huhuhuh...
Posted by: butthead at March 10, 2015 08:54 AM (tBSrv)
http://tinyurl.com/Cali-Slides-Into-The-Sea
Posted by: Sharkman at March 10, 2015 08:54 AM (72D6h)
AtC hard to get worked up about Sea COWS. Too dumb to get out of the way of motor boats.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 08:55 AM (C278+)
Millions could die.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 10, 2015 08:56 AM (MMC8r)
>>>Start off the day reading that a grandmother killed her 9 month old grand-daughter with a circular saw because she wouldn't stop crying.
Dear God thats awful
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 08:57 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 10, 2015 08:57 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 08:57 AM (sj3Ax)
Whatever you think of him, Scott Walker is scaring the left shitless.
Barring something unforeseen in the next year or so, I think we have a shot at getting a good candidate.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 10, 2015 08:58 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 08:59 AM (0FSuD)
http://tinyurl.com/ktptgp6
Cute metaphor for Obamacare.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 10, 2015 08:50 AM (BZAd3)
First you'll see 'em at Cabela's.
Posted by: Golfman - We Have No Hill at March 10, 2015 09:00 AM (iVjJr)
@94 - that doesn't necessarily mean Walker is that "good candidate," but between him Cruz and Jindal and perhaps some others, I think we got a shot at a good candidate and then doing some damage control.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 10, 2015 09:00 AM (CMkNk)
I can't think of anything that demonstrates how rotten our political system has become than seeing another Bush v. Clinton election. Think about this - except for Obama, every president since 1988 has been named either Clinton or Bush. That's twenty years, with at least another four if both of these ciphers run against each other.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 10, 2015 09:00 AM (PtTYB)
Good.
It keeps their little brains occupied.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:00 AM (hzrlb)
Oh, you know what didn't happen to me?
I didn't get on my wife's nerves so she told me to go outside so I did and found a 6 lb. nugget of gold. That wasn't me, that was some bloke in Australia.
http://bit.ly/1aZuIDd
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 10, 2015 09:00 AM (JtwS4)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 10, 2015 08:58 AM (CMkNk)
Um.....unforeseen?
It's called The Republican Party, and it is very, very visible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2015 09:00 AM (Zu3d9)
Speaking of nice, sweet women pushed TOO FAR...
I'm trying to get a video up on YouTube, but my phone is resisting...
The first 10 seconds are me speaking sweetly to our kitty, the day we brought her home.
Then she decides to head butt the carrier. It's a rather loud THUNK.
I then give a delicate, lady-like giggle, by which I mean I laugh my ass off. A belly laugh, one might say.
The kids keep playing the video over and over again.
Probably because it's soooo out of character for me, I'm sure.
Posted by: Mama AJ, who's totally nice except when not at March 10, 2015 09:02 AM (0xTsz)
Day'um.
Have plenty of available cash/credit assets.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:02 AM (hzrlb)
WTF thats wide open for fraud! They should use little chips implanted in the forehead
Tattoos.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2015 09:02 AM (kW1lr)
--
J.J., you can bet his high school record is being combed fraction by fraction in the event he cut a boy's hair. The attacks on Walker are going to be epic. Palin epic.
Oh, and Happy Birthday to Mrs. Sefton! And Vic...even though I think he's already hit the rocker.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 10, 2015 09:02 AM (OAsSu)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:02 AM (0FSuD)
>>>Is it safe to say that the Left is focusing a lot of attention on Walker?
Yeah/No. It's still pre-game in a lot of ways. I don't see a lot of concern over him at my remove, YMMV. He's more a curiousity than anything.
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 09:02 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: physics geek at March 10, 2015 09:02 AM (MT22W)
How big a tractor trailer you taking?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:04 AM (hzrlb)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 09:04 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Neil deGrasse Tyson at March 10, 2015 08:38 AM (1BQGO)
______________________
That's why open borders are such a brilliant idea!
Millions more illegal aliens means we need to hire a lot more police, prosecutors, special ed teachers, Spanish-language interpreters, welfare administrators, etc.
It's a job-creating bonanza! You should be thanking me!
Posted by: Obama the Nation-Wrecking Idiot at March 10, 2015 09:04 AM (lmdHn)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:04 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 09:04 AM (3ZtZW)
Julie Borowski
http://youtu.be/lcl418GnmLc
John Oliver
http://youtu.be/br0NW9ufUUw
Posted by: mindful webworker - my clocks don't change! (do you have the right time?) at March 10, 2015 09:05 AM (oqhrS)
--
J.J., you can bet his high school record is being combed fraction by fraction in the event he cut a boy's hair. The attacks on Walker are going to be epic. Palin epic.
Oh, and Happy Birthday to Mrs. Sefton! And Vic...even though I think he's already hit the rocker.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 10, 2015 09:02 AM (OAsSu)
Thanks. And I somehow have faith that if we get a good candidate, he/she is going to be able to pull a Reagan and rise above the MFM. And Reagan was utterly trashed and did not have the benefit of the inter-webz and talk radio.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 10, 2015 09:05 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:06 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:06 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 10, 2015 09:07 AM (CMkNk)
Walker has real issues....not the least of which is his support for Amnesty and his career politician cred.
But...I see him and Cruz as best able to repel the attacks from the Dem hit machine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2015 09:07 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: The MFM at March 10, 2015 09:07 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 09:07 AM (sj3Ax)
But CBD is correct. The hardest battle will be defeating the GOP-e first and foremost.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 10, 2015 09:08 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Draki at March 10, 2015 09:08 AM (0eidE)
I'm hoping for the same!
I wonder if we are living in fantasy land?
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 09:07 AM (sj3Ax)
Some say that this place is fantasyland!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 10, 2015 09:08 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: BenK at 08:15 AM
See, this is what the response should be! Simple, cuts to the heart of the matter, and guaranteed to get TFG all wee-wee'd up. Where are the republican campaign managers with a set big enough to tell candidates to talk like this?
Posted by: Mainah at March 10, 2015 09:09 AM (659DL)
Maybe a new gun safe, if they have some good deals.
To be honest, other then ordering online from them, Cabelas has not done much for me.
Once you get over the wow factor of just how big the store is, and the Cabelas "Experience", there just isn't a whole lot that I can't get for a cheaper price online elsewhere.
Don't get me wrong. I'll get ammo from them all day long when the price is right.
But we hit the Delaware store at least once every three weeks when Little VIA is practicing for paintball.
And have yet to not walk out empty handed, and puzzled as to why we went back in again, after each empty handed trip.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:09 AM (hzrlb)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2015 09:09 AM (KETbL)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:09 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 09:10 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: General Mitch McTurtle at March 10, 2015 09:10 AM (hKyl0)
In case this hasn't been said: f*ck him (yes- the asterisk is back... how long it lasts is anyone's guess).
You want meaningful action to raise wages? Get out of the way of job creators, so that there are more jobs per person (that is: increase the demand for labor).
You want them to have "the security of paid leave?" Leave employers alone, and pretty soon they'll have to compete for employees, instead of potential employees competing for jobs. Then you'll see everyone with paid leave time.
If I were Scott Walker, I would be mightily tempted to say, "Thank you, Mr. President, for your input. I will carefully consider all that you said. But first you will blow me."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:10 AM (kff5f)
>>>Besides 22LR, anything else you think I should scoop up?
Get me a dozen donuts
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 09:04 AM (3ZtZW)
Glazed or Chocolate covered?
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:11 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 09:11 AM (3ZtZW)
Have you checked Costco for gun safes? Their selection isn't great, but if they have something you want they usually have free delivery and installation, which is fantastic.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2015 09:12 AM (Zu3d9)
Rather ironic given King Putt's craptacular record on this very subject.
Posted by: DocJ at March 10, 2015 09:12 AM (zrsn3)
The immortal Iowahawk on Twitter:
"Zweemdorf Bush-Clinton-Bush-Mezvinsky announces 2436 presidential run against Clone Sample 17A.32c Kennedy-Obama-Weiner"
Posted by: torquewrench at March 10, 2015 09:12 AM (noWW6)
Depends on my mood. Usually it's just a general statement- along the lines of #WASTF.
Sometimes it refers to something specific. If you want, "it" can refer to Labor Unions, or the Labor Wing of the Democrat party in this case.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:12 AM (kff5f)
I have this argument every year with my wife. Winter kills more people who aren't just being stupid every year than summer does.
F Winter.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:13 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:14 AM (/0ujb)
IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!!
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:45 AM
Look at the discord you've sown here, AtC. Oh, the huge manatee...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 09:14 AM (h4vJk)
Or Academy? Got a Cannon thru them for a great deal.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2015 09:15 AM (kW1lr)
selection isn't great, but if they have something you want they usually
have free delivery and installation, which is fantastic.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2015 09:12 AM (Zu3d9)
They have a bigger selection on line, check this.
http://tinyurl.com/lvq57gc
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:16 AM (0FSuD)
"Zweemdorf Bush-Clinton-Bush-Mezvinsky announces 2436 presidential run against Clone Sample 17A.32c Kennedy-Obama-Weiner"
Posted by: torquewrench at March 10, 2015 09:12 AM
Begun, the Political Clone Wars Have...
Posted by: Yoda at March 10, 2015 09:16 AM (h4vJk)
http://tinyurl.com/pvxtu9q
(Language warning)
Hell, needed a laugh today.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2015 09:16 AM (fWAjv)
You don't count. Obama thinks "Inside The Belt", and his policies are paying off spectacularly.
Posted by: t-bird at March 10, 2015 09:16 AM (FcR7P)
The power structure intends to defend Big Government, so open primaries, a thousand debates with dishonest moderators, Iowa leading off, etc. etc. etc.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 10, 2015 09:16 AM (MMC8r)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/selection-du-weekend-130-top.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:17 AM (/0ujb)
I haven't personally, as another safe is not at the top of the "Need to buy this now" list.
I was suggesting it to Nip Sip for consideration now that he has all this inbound ammo.
And our closest Costco is on the other side of town, making it not very convenient.
But.....right next to the Delaware Cabelas is ...tadaaa!
A Costco.
So, we might make the plunge for a membership.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:17 AM (hzrlb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:09 AM (/0ujb)
Oh, the irony!
Some "international law studen't posited these three cases as proof that an informal agreement of the SCoaMF and Iran were binding on all future adminiatrations and Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/ng8vtsf
http://tinyurl.com/p84qpxu
http://tinyurl.com/q5dggll
Please, some lawyer of the horse respond with righteous response!
Posted by: The Righteous Hat at March 10, 2015 09:17 AM (0Ew3K)
Outside is trying to kill you.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2015 09:17 AM (kW1lr)
Perhaps if we elect him President he can, such as...
limit the unregulated supply of cheap labor coming over our borders.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at March 10, 2015 09:17 AM (cNpuB)
who prefer War?
fgs, the WH really believes dithering around with Iran while they are Busily trying to get themselves nukes.
Does the WH srsly believe Iran is trustworthy?
Do they realize it will likely start an arms race in the M.E.?
Are they insinuating somehow Iran would make a better ally than Isrrael , Jordon sauds etc?
alex, tea.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:18 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: 2L at March 10, 2015 09:19 AM (TaO1J)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/selection-du-weekend-130-top.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:17 AM
Now that I like! Saved. Thanks!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 09:19 AM (h4vJk)
Yes - Obama and his ideological fellow-morons believe it's the US that can't be trusted. Hence, transformative.
Posted by: DocJ at March 10, 2015 09:20 AM (zrsn3)
I'm sure some lawyer can weigh in, but I believe SCOTUS has already ruled on numerous occasions that a) any "agreement" not ratified by the Senate has all the validity of a fart, and b) even some ratified treaties don't count, because the Senate cannot vote to give up United States sovereignty.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:20 AM (kff5f)
>>>Glazed or Chocolate covered?
Ya know, I know its unpopular but I've always been a plain donut fan. They're best when they're kinda rustic and a bit oily, by which I mean not machine made...
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 09:21 AM (3ZtZW)
A-hole's lies will penetrate ever so slowly into the brain of one or two
LIVs.
What is Obama alsways saying - "Punching above your weight?"
Yeah, this.
And note that in this case, Obama slamming Walker is punching BELOW his weight. Hit a nerve - keep hitting it!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 10, 2015 09:21 AM (bdqzU)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:21 AM (0FSuD)
Can you imagine the stuff that is going to come out close to the election cycle?
Payback's a bitch, ain't it? I can't wait for the day when all this crap Obama and Democrats put in place is turned on them.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2015 09:21 AM (GGCsk)
who prefer War?
Note the phrasing there, willow. "prefer war with iran instead of Obama's diplomacy."
Count me in that group. I would much rather go to war with Iran than let TFG sit back while they go nuclear.
Question, legal beagles: if the US Congress declared war on Iran, how much latitude would a President constrained by the Constitution (we all know this one doesn't see himself thus) have to *not* fight it?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:22 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 10, 2015 09:23 AM (GGCsk)
Or when the seas receded and hope and change
oh nevermind, It's all so frustrating.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:23 AM (nqBYe)
Look at how he has ignored that little agreement President Bill Clinton had with Ukraine.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:24 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: DocJ
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Don't worry, the media will point out the obvious hypocrisy. Oh..., wait.
As an aside, a quote from Moliere. Keep Mr. Obama in mind as you read it:
"It is no longer shameful to be a dissembler. Hypocrisy is now a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtues. The part of a God-fearing man is the best possible role to play nowadays, and to our present society, the hypocrite's profession has extraordinary advantages. It's an art whose dishonesty always goes unchallenged. Even if the whole world sees through the imposture, no one dares denounce it. All the other vices of mankind are subject to censure, and anyone is free to upbraid them roundly. But hypocrisy is a privileged vice, which knows how to silence every tongue and enjoy a perfect impunity. The hypocrite by means of pious pretenses, attaches himself to the company of the devout, and anyone who assails him is set upon by a great phalanx of the godly - wherein those who act sincerely, and have a true religious fervor, are always the dupes of the others. The true believers are easily hoodwinked by the false, and blindly second those who ape their piety. - Jean Baptiste Poquelin, called Molière
(Don Juan, Act V, Sc. 2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 09:24 AM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
Yeah, I've gone to the same store, and have had the same experience, though the discount land of misfit stuff in the back has yielded some results.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 10, 2015 09:24 AM (b7GF2)
It might not hurt to apologize to us for all the taxpayer money you've blown out the exhaust of Air Force One and Air Force Two whilst hauling yourself, Mooch and her entourage and the family dog on 38 vacations in just 6 years.
Of course you are, and always will be a SCOAMF.
Posted by: Comanche Voter at March 10, 2015 09:24 AM (wdHk6)
Posted by: DocJ at March 10, 2015 09:25 AM (zrsn3)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:25 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: MTF, Bring On The Art. 5 Convention! at March 10, 2015 09:26 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 10, 2015 09:26 AM (C+vOU)
Yes, we are no strangers to that little alcove ourselves.
And, if you drive all the way up from Baltimore, the bathrooms are really nice.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:26 AM (hzrlb)
I can't listen at work so I turned on the closed captioning. Which turned out to be nonsensical yet utterly hilarious.
Whoever did the closed captioning gets an E for effort and a B for entertainment value.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2015 09:27 AM (7ObY1)
Of course the government is happy paying lots of cash for minimal time and effort by government employees.
Posted by: Deathknyte at March 10, 2015 09:27 AM (nixC/)
Also, NM House just passed pain-capable late term abortion ban.
Posted by: Y-not at March 10, 2015 09:28 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 09:28 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:28 AM (/0ujb)
ok it does not work but it sure helps rouse the troops .
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:29 AM (nqBYe)
Who knew?
posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 08:29 AM (659DL)
Well. We better put Walker in office cop-chop before he gets all prissy and butt-hurt and starts using his power to damage the economy and the military readiness of the United States in revenge for being ignored and slighted and siht.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 10, 2015 09:29 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2015 09:30 AM (KETbL)
Wonder what her student loan burden is.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:31 AM (hzrlb)
Posted by: steevy
It's like tattoos. It creates two industries; one to put 'em on, and another to undo the damage and bad decision making. My wife watched the tattoo shows constantly, and there's one now where they fix tattoos gone wrong.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 10, 2015 09:31 AM (b7GF2)
My stomach is constantly in knots waiting for the next and the next and the
show to drop.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:32 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:32 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:32 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2015 09:32 AM (KETbL)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:32 AM (nqBYe)
Meh. Paid Time Off is a perk like health insurance, or a transit pass, or any number of other emoluments offered to an employee.
If a given employer wishes to offer PTO as a benefit, that should be up to them. If a given employer does *not* want to offer PTO as a benefit, that should be up to them, too.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM (kff5f)
And Walker (or any other GOP aspirant) has to say that _fast_, before the lightning headline cycle makes the response "old news".
What got Clinton elected in 1992 was not merely Bush fatigue or Ross Perot. The campaign's managers did come up with some innovations, among which was rapid response.
When Bush attacked Clinton, Clinton's team had fresh hot replies up and out on the news wires in minutes.
Whereas when Clinton attacked Bush, Bush's team sat around and pondered and procrastinated and researched and focus-grouped and came up with eventual replies two or three days later, by which time no one cared what they had to say any longer.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM (noWW6)
Now if we could just redirect those efforts.
"Hey, wanna piss off your parents? Get a job, and vote conservative"
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM (hzrlb)
Julia really exists?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:32 AM (/0ujb)
Yes, she's Mary of VT's daughter.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM (kff5f)
right.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:32 AM (0FSuD)
#47Traitors is tredning on Twitter.
Dissent is treason... unless it's under Busy at which point it is patriotism defined!
Posted by: The Righteous Hat at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: @JohnTant at March 10, 2015 09:34 AM (eytER)
Walker seems to grow stronger the more the lefties go after him, so I'm not sure this will be a winning strategy.
Posted by: Boots at March 10, 2015 09:34 AM (l9mF2)
Posted by: Selma Hayek March at March 10, 2015 09:34 AM (rzPmQ)
Posted by: steevy at March 10, 2015 09:32 AM (KETbL)
Hah. I remember seeing a story a while back about some chick who was upset that she couldn't get hired as a receptionist. Tattoos, ears gauged, piercings of the lip, eyebrow, nose. Purple hair.
Posted by: Mainah at March 10, 2015 09:35 AM (659DL)
"I think it's somewhat ironic to see some members of Congress wanting to make common cause with the hardliners in Iran," Obama said a few hours after the letter was made public. "It's an unusual coalition."
Cue up Alanis singing "Isn't it ironic"
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:35 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (sj3Ax)
What compensation I negotiate w/ my employer concerns two people, him and me. No more than that.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (W3hdj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (/0ujb)
That being the problem. To JEF or the average Lovely leftist, "offer"= mandate; more FS from somewhere.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (b7GF2)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM
I wonder which sock is her other mother.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (h4vJk)
Zoe Quinn is giving up the SJW gig to be a receptionist?
Gotta say, her demonstrated skill set doesn't show her capable of that job either.
Posted by: @JohnTant at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (eytER)
I'm sure Israel is *thrilled* to learn that they're an Enemy of the United States, such that warning their mortal enemy that policies can change in the United States counts as giving "aid and comfort to the Enemy."
Think about that for a minute.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (kff5f)
The union members have a choice.
to be or not to be that is the question.
choosing seems to be unwise to these folks.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (nqBYe)
We have been to the one neat Lehigh Valley PA as well.
Huge fish tanks.
Very large shooting gallery.
But, that store is a few years older too.
I wonder if the new store model reflects that those two features are very expensive for the store to have, and they have been dropped from new store designs.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 09:37 AM (hzrlb)
The GOPe has been frantically trying to counteract the Walker-train by saying he's "not ready", but I'd argue Obama just completely undermined that argument.
Whenever the President of the United States decides you're a worthy political opponent you can celebrate, and Walker should respond to Obama right away. Make this election a "Walker versus Obama" election and he cannot lose. Accept Obama's invitation to rumble and every single GOP opponent is left in the dust.
C'mon Walker: Respond!
Posted by: MTF, Bring On The Art. 5 Convention! at March 10, 2015 09:38 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: @JohnTant
Yeah, I'm told that it's far smaller than the one in central PA, and the prices for stuff is up there. Some of the camping stuff is nice.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 10, 2015 09:38 AM (b7GF2)
I hope that is not the case in CLT. It looks huge. They built it right at the border and Bass Pro Shops and their cheap chinese shit is going to be sucking wind pretty soon. The Bass shop is near Speedway, 20 some miles up I-85
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:38 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 09:38 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:36 AM (/0ujb)
Just happy that we got that many...
Posted by: The Ronin Hat at March 10, 2015 09:38 AM (0Ew3K)
I can't say Cabela's is necessarily the cheapest at anything but they are better than many. They'll occasionally have some strangely odd bargains amongst the used guns on the floor though. It was like the guy who does their normal pricing was off that day and one of hourlys just slapped a tag on it and put it out.
The most disappointing and underwhelming was Gander Mountain. Gawd.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2015 09:39 AM (W53WK)
Posted by: @JohnTant at March 10, 2015 09:34 AM (eytER)
For authenticity and perspective, a stop at Cabela's in Sidney, Nebraska is required.
Posted by: jwb7605 at March 10, 2015 09:39 AM (ZALPg)
Posted by: AllenG
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Except...., that is the way that employer-paid health insurance came about. The consequence was the isolation of the consumer from the cost of the benefit. In turn, consumers became complacent about the cost and usage of the insurance.
Not too surprisingly, costs began to escalate. And , the idea that insurance was to be paid for and managed by someone else began to be assimilated by society at large.
I am of the opinion that employer-provided health insurance is at the root of our current circumstances in that regard.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 09:39 AM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Mark Twain at March 10, 2015 09:40 AM (ibvmu)
The person who is the focus of the lawsuit is a mother of a disabled adult, the mother receives a modest payment each month to care for her son at home, rather than put him in a state institution.
All family members who care for disabled relatives at home, and who have been receiving these payments from the state, were "unionized" and suddenly the amount of money they received from the state was cut, because the state was now sending the money to the union instead.
Posted by: Boots at March 10, 2015 09:40 AM (l9mF2)
Only if they off themselves when they are done.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2015 09:40 AM (kW1lr)
Posted by: Selma Hayek March at March 10, 2015 09:40 AM (rzPmQ)
If he only runs against the Democrat, he'll be perceived as just another GOP liar.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 10, 2015 09:41 AM (lG2E3)
look at the total b.s thrown at them just because they openly spoke of the consequence of an nuclear Iran .
at this point why would anyone trust america as an ally?
and that agreement , is that agreement with Iran like an agreement with Ukraine?
their word means jack cht.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:41 AM (nqBYe)
Somewhere on the internets there's probably still a picture of me doing this in 2000.
That was pretty cool. I bought a T-shirt with a bear on it.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 09:43 AM (/kI1Q)
"offer them the security of paid leave"? If you take leave you SHOULD
NOT receive money for not being at work. Your employer is paying you for
your time and effort, if they are not getting time or effort you should
not get paid.
PTO is paying you not to wander off and find a better deal.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 10, 2015 09:43 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: Mama AJ, who's totally nice except when not at March 10, 2015 09:43 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:44 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2015 09:45 AM (ztOda)
Maybe if you look at it slanty, but employer-paid medical insurance (you can't buy health, only medical treatment) came about as a response to federal wage controls. They weren't legally allowed to recruit better workers with better wages, so they had to offer other perks.
(Remember when they used to be called "perks" or "welfare" instead of "benefits", depending on the source? )
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 09:46 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: m at March 10, 2015 09:46 AM (rn/hC)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:46 AM (nqBYe)
Sort of. There was a lot more on top of that that made things worse.
First- wage controls induced employers to offer other benefits, including health insurance.
Then various laws were passed to make such health insurance (or the employee portion of the premium) tax-free, and mandated coverage, and blah, blah.
If employers just wanted to offer no-decline health insurance coverage through their own policy, I don't think that would be nearly the distortion that the modern system is. But the Government couldn't leave that alone.
And I agree- if the Government gets involved in the PTO discussion, it's going to be a disaster. There will be mandates about how many days a year you *have* to take. There will be mandates about how many days a year your employer is allowed to give you. Employers will find ways around it (off the top of my head- no more holidays; if you want off for Christmas, you have to take one of you PTO days).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:47 AM (kff5f)
Including typos?
*snort*
Posted by: Mama AJ, who's totally nice except when not at March 10, 2015 09:43 AM (0xTsz)
They can't really be "fixed" so much as covered up with another tattoo.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 09:47 AM (2Ojst)
Well, I am impressed. That's about the most honest thing TFG has ever said.
Oh, he meant REPUBLICAN members of Congress.
Never mind.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 10, 2015 09:47 AM (7ObY1)
Made a pilgrimage there in '98 when I was stationed in Denver. Complete outdoor Nerdvana, without the annoying REI hipsters.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 09:47 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:47 AM (0FSuD)
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Obama still smarting because Fellow Traveler Chavez called him "a clown" and an "embarrassment".
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 09:48 AM (l1zOH)
Posted by: comrade
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...and unemployment.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 09:49 AM (l1zOH)
what did We or the citizens of Cuba actually get from that deal?
any rights or freedoms?
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:49 AM (nqBYe)
Are you kidding?
A governor in a war of words with the sitting President? That is a winner, winner, fried cheese dinner.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 09:49 AM (659DL)
>>>"Hey, wanna piss off your parents? Get a job, and vote conservative"
What, I need that like another hole in my head! WAIT thats a great idea!
/runs off for trepanation
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 09:49 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:49 AM (nqBYe)
I like Walker but he's got a double-speak problem when it comes to amnesty. Kinda spoke toward it to begin with, then sorta walking it back, etc.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2015 09:49 AM (W53WK)
Hey, Commander Dumbass... You've been destroying the job corps for six years now. One would think a narcissist of your caliber would have a little more self-awareness than you show, repeatedly.
Posted by: red speck at March 10, 2015 09:50 AM (9/Ug/)
My employer gives me sick pay. 5 days a year. They also as an incentive give me a check at the end of the year if I don't use the days off. It's a real hassle for them to schedule a replacement for folks calling in sick, plus the operations productivity suffers. I haven't called in sick in 18 years. I like the extra paycheck at the end of the year. My employers should consider the practice.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at March 10, 2015 09:50 AM (cNpuB)
But yeah being called out by him, wounded Gaylord deeply.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:50 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 09:48 AM
Well, look at him. A wannabe 3rd world dictator with no epaulettes? And mom-jeans and a girly bike? He's embarrassing them.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 09:51 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 10, 2015 09:51 AM (6fyGz)
How Rubio is a point over Walker is a mystery to me.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:51 AM (0FSuD)
Are you kidding?
A governor in a war of words with the sitting President? That is a winner, winner, fried cheese dinner.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 09:49 AM (659DL)
No no, I think he's onto something here.
Posted by: Mitt Rominy at March 10, 2015 09:51 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:51 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:52 AM (/0ujb)
Meh. Paid Time Off is a perk like health insurance, or a transit pass, or any number of other emoluments offered to an employee.
If a given employer wishes to offer PTO as a benefit, that should be up to them. If a given employer does *not* want to offer PTO as a benefit, that should be up to them, too.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:33 AM (kff5f)
Yup. I do not like the idea of mandatory paid leave but I do expect that I will have some combination of paid vacation and sick time from my employer and the offering or not of such a perq mattes in whether I take a position. For example, my current job we have x number of days off and it's not designated as sick or vacation. That's the number of days you have. Use them how you want. That's fine by me. It's a perq to keep employees happy and, in turn, the employees will stay late and come in early and the like because treat me well and I'll treat you well.
I was at a place where the bosses freaked out because too many people were calling off when the weather got bad and so after one storm we were all told that anyone who called off the day before would be docked two vacation days, not one. Needless to say, this went over quite well indeed. I asked if this was going to be the new policy and the office manager very snottily said if you don't like it you can quit. I stared at her and replied, well, yes, exactly, that's why I want to know if this is the new policy since if it is, then I will incorporate that into my decision making as to whether I continue to work here. She stared at me and I stared at her and finally I said you know that's how this works, right? The employer says this is the pay and benefits and the employee decides if s/he agrees to those and if not the employee leaves. That's how the game is played. Apparently, this was news to her.
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 09:52 AM (mf5HN)
GOP nomination. Rubio wins by point over Walker, BUT Walker has the
lowest I would not support number, 17%
How Rubio is a point over Walker is a mystery to me.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:51 AM (0FSuD)
Slightly better hair.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 09:53 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 09:53 AM (h4vJk)
i don't actually know the answer to that, but to make them all know they undercut the worker they will pay for it.
i'm not crazy about the idea of voting DEM however, but we do need to legally fight back with what power we can muster as a horde , alone we are too weak.
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:53 AM (nqBYe)
They are freaking the fuck out.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 10, 2015 09:54 AM (BZAd3)
WTF?
Who are these "hardliners" in Iran? Because I guarantee if the Mullahs weren't on board with these negotiations, they wouldn't be happening. Period.
And telling Iran "Hey, he's gone in 2 years, and if he doesn't get an actual treaty ratified, your agreement won't be worth the paper on which it's written" isn't "allying" with them- it's in direct opposition to them.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:54 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: jwb7605 at March 10, 2015 09:39 AM (ZALPg)
My son's and I stopped at a Cabelias in ND I think. I said only an hour. Two hours later no one was ready to leave.
I guess it's like women in a shoe store?
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:54 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 09:54 AM (/0ujb)
My employer gives me sick pay. 5 days a year.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at March 10, 2015 09:50 AM (cNpuB)
.5 days a year? Seems excessive.
Posted by: E. Scrooge at March 10, 2015 09:55 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (60Vyp)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 09:53 AM (TOk1P)
Don't know about Walker, but Rubio is a short little guy. Met him at a fund raiser. He also appears to have a bald spot.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (0FSuD)
Well, there goes the female vote.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: People Corp at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (TzeLs)
Posted by: comrade willow at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 09:57 AM (659DL)
*snort*
I've had similar discussions with employers- usually around telecommuting.
"Yes, I'm going to work from home tomorrow, because the policy says I can and I need to because [reason]."
I, too, have gotten blank stares.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 09:57 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Nip
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You say that as though AoSHQ posters are representative of the general public.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 09:58 AM (l1zOH)
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They're not socialist enough.
Posted by: Pres'nt Obama at March 10, 2015 09:58 AM (VAsIq)
I'll have you know that I am average...if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 10, 2015 09:59 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 10, 2015 09:59 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM
I can't be the only one here who's getting a mental image of Walker, sitting in his office, like the Predator sitting in a tree, caressing the fresh skulls of his Democrat opponents, can I?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 09:59 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 10, 2015 09:59 AM (C+vOU)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (0FSuD)
Always looks well-coiffed from the front, which I suppose is all one needs in politics. Probably matters more in the gay pron industry, but I'm not accusing Rubio of knowing anything about that.
Of course, I've never heard him DENY he knows anything about the gay pron industry, so.....
Posted by: E. Scrooge at March 10, 2015 10:00 AM (TOk1P)
Because it's only "so good" for Iran.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:00 AM (kff5f)
"
Okay, I missed this. Venezuela is a baddy again now?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2015 10:00 AM (W53WK)
Posted by: Circa
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Wait..., is this that soup can thing again?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:01 AM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Jean at March 10, 2015 10:01 AM (ztOda)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower
Since he's sooooo souper SMRT, please explain how he's magically avoiding the "hardliners in Iran". Whadded he do? Stick a "no Iranian teapartiers can read this" on the letter?
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 10, 2015 10:02 AM (b7GF2)
Posted by: Ricardo
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They are plotting to build their own toilet paper factory.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:02 AM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2015 10:00 AM (W53WK)
I think they threw out some of ambassadorial staff, so we threw out some of theirs in a tit-for-tat kind of thing.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:02 AM (kff5f)
Some days I miss that. Or at least the 3-month break between gigs.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 10:02 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 10:02 AM (TOk1P)
I worked for a firm that went a little nuts during a super icy winter. They opened even when the governor declared a state of emergency and ordered businesses closed to save electricity and prevent more brown outs and black outs.
Sure were a lot of people who left that spring.
At least, I saw a bunch before I left...
Posted by: Mama AJ, who's totally nice except when not at March 10, 2015 10:02 AM (0xTsz)
From al-Reuters on Venezuela - http://tinyurl.com/nk5l7vb
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: Feh at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (asszy)
No.
It would be cute if a child were doing it.
In this case, it's mind-numbingly terrifying.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (kff5f)
To reach the actual city of Sidney, you have to continue on down the ramp from Cabela's and take a left. Hell of a town. One of my favorites. Eat at Dude's.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (xq1UY)
$42k/yr, 2.2 kids, 3 bedroom/2 bath house.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (W53WK)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:02 AM (kff5f)
"F*ck you, we're throwing out your ambassador's staff!"
"F*ck me? No, F*CK YOU! We're throwing out YOUR ambassador's staff!"
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Jean
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*snap!*
I've got it....., Obama should send Carter to negotiate a deal with Iran.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (l1zOH)
The serving Democratic President is in a pissing match with both the leader of Israel and a serving State Governor.
The presumptive Democratic nominee for President is floundering in the public opinion department
ISIS is rocking the Middle East, despite only being a JV team, who is retreating.
The Russian leader is openly mocking the President.
Obamacare premiums are about to spike upward.
Yes, as a Democrat, why wouldn't you feel at least a little bit of nervousness.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (hzrlb)
Posted by: gm at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (K0tm3)
the employee decides if s/he agrees to those and if not the employee
leaves. That's how the game is played. Apparently, this was news to
her.
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 09:52 AM (mf5HN)
Yeah, apparently my employer is finding this out for themselves. When the economy was bad and they were balancing their budget on our backs they said "Where else are you gonna go?" and now people are going they are whining about company loyalty. Sheesh.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 10, 2015 10:04 AM (6fyGz)
After the left having spent several comfortable years intimidating the spineless GOP out of any tough criticism of Obama by hissing "RAYCISS!", suddenly there is tough criticism of Obama, and they are losing their bearings.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 10, 2015 10:04 AM (noWW6)
$42k/yr, 2.2 kids, 3 bedroom/2 bath house.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (W53WK)
I've never seen one-fifth of a kid before.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:04 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Prince Barky I at March 10, 2015 10:04 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 10, 2015 10:05 AM (j1tga)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 10, 2015 10:05 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:02 AM (kff5f)
Yes, throwing foreign ambassadors out of New York does tend to have an effect on the fancy restaurant/underage prostitute industries. So it's a big deal.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 10:05 AM (TOk1P)
"F*ck me? No, F*CK YOU! We're throwing out YOUR ambassador's staff!"
Posted by: Insomniac
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Yes. This State Department demonstrates all the dynamics of a nursery school recess. Next, I expect Kerry to call Putin a doo-doo head.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:05 AM (l1zOH)
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#twoyears
Posted by: Roy at March 10, 2015 10:06 AM (VndSC)
$42k/yr, 2.2 kids, 3 bedroom/2 bath house.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM (W53WK)
I've never seen one-fifth of a kid before.
One of the kids is 1.2. (Glands.)
Posted by: Prince Barky I at March 10, 2015 10:06 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Doc Brown at March 10, 2015 10:06 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Prince Barky I at March 10, 2015 10:06 AM (MMC8r)
Big damn kid.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:06 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:06 AM (l1zOH)
Posted by: Insomniac
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I down a fifth of kid every night.
Posted by: Harry Reid, dusting off his pederast credentials at March 10, 2015 10:06 AM (VAsIq)
trying to provide the words to be used in the discussion, and Walker
needs to avoid taking that bait.
How'd that work out for George Bush - not responding to Dem criticism and lies?
Obama has been caught punching below his weight, on an issue where he has a TERRIBLE record. It's a gift.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 10, 2015 10:07 AM (bdqzU)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:07 AM (C278+)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:04 AM (2Ojst)
It requires a bone-saw and a digital scale.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:07 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:03 AM
Good idea, except Jimmuh would be too pro-American and far too supportive of Israel for Choom Boy's taste.
Once again, I would suggest impeachment, but I know what kind of response that would get, from Congress and the Conservative Commenting Commandos alike.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 10, 2015 10:07 AM (P8YHq)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:04 AM
That's Matt. He's over there in front of the door.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 10:07 AM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:07 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:04 AM (2Ojst)
How does one count a teenager in late teens who won't grow up?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 10:08 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:08 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 10:08 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 10:08 AM (/0ujb)
We threw Phil in a hole.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:08 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:08 AM (C278+)
trying to provide the words to be used in the discussion, and Walker
needs to avoid taking that bait.
----
Walker should cut an commercial of Obama's remarks, and Walker pissing on the television playing the remarks. Then Walker should turn to the camera and say, "I approve this message."
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 10, 2015 10:08 AM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 10:09 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 10:08 AM
No. That's his brother. And Bob's in the pool.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 10, 2015 10:09 AM (h4vJk)
I want Iran to have The Bomb, as I have significant deals to supply technical advisorson standby with Saudi Arabia and South Korea so they can implement their nuclear option via Pakistan... as soon as I get the code phrase 'Jerky Flaps' my teams will be off to ship and emplace the warheads. Money, bitches!
The Japanese are being slow but will come around now that the US has ceded the South China Sea to my major donors... nothing like makin the money off both sides...
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 10, 2015 10:09 AM (j1tga)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 10:10 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 10:10 AM (TOk1P)
You know, for a Smart Military Blog full of engineers and arithmetic professors, an awful lot of us seem to have confused "circumference" with "diameter."
Them metric conversions are a bear, too. Why, you could completely miss your Mars orbit, in a manner of speaking.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 10, 2015 10:10 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:11 AM (2Ojst)
with his host or all these rich Republicans looking over the 17 hole at
Quail Hollow golf course
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:07 AM
At one point, teh Roob was damn near the only game in town, if only because the Republican circular firing squad hadn't gone after him yet.
Then he opened his fat yap, and did their work for them.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 10, 2015 10:11 AM (P8YHq)
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 10, 2015 10:11 AM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:11 AM (l1zOH)
You don't come for the math, do you?
Posted by: The Bear at March 10, 2015 10:11 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 10, 2015 10:11 AM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:07 AM (0FSuD)
So...he's also dumb as a stump then?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 10, 2015 10:11 AM (GDulk)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:12 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 10:12 AM (/0ujb)
And they don't now?
Unions that exist don't look after their members, just the bigwigs. Sorta like political parties. Actually there seems to be a general trend here...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at March 10, 2015 10:12 AM (DT3rQ)
Oh, and there's no such thing as "paid vacation" if you're salaried. There is "total number of days you can not show up and not get fired."
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 09:56 AM (/kI1Q)
That is a most cromulent point indeed.
There's another Left and Right difference. To the Left, time off and leave and medical insurance are what employers exist to provide. To the Right, time off and leave and medical insurance are what employers offer to get good employees who will help the company earn lots of money, the making of which is why employers exist.
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 10:12 AM (mf5HN)
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They both circle Uranus looking for Klingons.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 10, 2015 10:12 AM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 10, 2015 10:12 AM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2015 10:12 AM (2Ojst)
And Chip on an iceberg.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 10:13 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Carol at March 10, 2015 10:13 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 10, 2015 10:13 AM (j1tga)
Posted by: Bigby's Pseudopod at March 10, 2015 08:51 AM (3ZtZW)
I lived and worked in WI for over 20 years, yep, a union job. We called them snowbillys. But they lived in the rural north.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 10, 2015 10:14 AM (KbNXw)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 10, 2015 10:14 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: alexthechick - Whinging in the rain at March 10, 2015 10:12 AM (mf5HN)
My teacher family often complain that "we don't get paid for one day that we don't work!"
They hate when I point out, "Neither do I!"
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:14 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 10, 2015 10:15 AM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 10, 2015 10:15 AM (b7GF2)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 10:15 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Chinese Restaurant Delivery at March 10, 2015 10:15 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:15 AM (C278+)
Good take. I agree.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 09:47 AM (0FSuD)
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Disagree strongly with you guys (see 20
. But that's politics!Posted by: MTF, Bring On The Art. 5 Convention! at March 10, 2015 10:16 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 10, 2015 10:11 AM (GDulk)
No. Probably just a bad night for him? It was at Robert Pitteneger's home, he got elected to congress. He's a good conservative who married VERY well. His wife owns 27 TV stations. Her dad was a great guy.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:16 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: MTF, Bring On The Art. 5 Convention! at March 10, 2015 10:17 AM (LISuA)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2015 10:17 AM (kW1lr)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:17 AM (C278+)
Posted by: Chinese Restaurant Delivery
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Mitsubishi, briefly, sold a car called the "Starion". People wondered where the name came from. It was rumored that the Japs hired a West Coast marketing firm to come up with a name..., which they did, "Stallion".
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:18 AM (vPh3W)
Nothing wrong with marrying well.
Rich girls need love too.
Posted by: jwest at March 10, 2015 10:18 AM (9ZZd+)
My entire life people have judged me. But apparently if you are a criminal no one is allowed to judge you. I'm so sick of that BS.
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 10, 2015 10:18 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: The Unions at March 10, 2015 10:18 AM (FRkJH)
They hate when I point out, "Neither do I!"
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:14 AM (kff5f)
Teaching, the toughest part time job you will ever have.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 10, 2015 10:18 AM (KbNXw)
Posted by: MTF, Bring On The Art. 5 Convention! at March 10, 2015 10:16 AM (LISuA)
OH. Well, I am going to unfriend you!
ha ha
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:19 AM (0FSuD)
Some districts let them take their 9-mo salary paid out over 12 months, to make it easier for the ones who are bad at budgeting.
I would take a 25% pay cut to work 25% fewer days with a guarantee of never being asked to work between Christmas and New Years, but every other industry needs to make money to stay in business.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 10:20 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 10, 2015 10:20 AM (evdj2)
That's not how this works.
That's not how any of this works.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 10:20 AM (hzrlb)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 10, 2015 10:20 AM (evdj2)
and all that siht.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 10:21 AM (hzrlb)
and Viagra. Apparently men were spinning around and pointing north.
Wow, how nice of them to make a blanket recommendation for 10s of millions of men without any knowledge of their health history, current medication, etc. Glad we have a government that focuses on the important stuff - like what people's doctors are already doing, thankyouverymuch!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 10, 2015 10:21 AM (bdqzU)
That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 10, 2015 10:21 AM (kW1lr)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at March 10, 2015 10:21 AM (oDCMR)
I would consider that job to be retirement. Like becoming a Walmart greeter.
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 10, 2015 10:21 AM (evdj2)
It was a joke.
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:22 AM (C278+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 10, 2015 10:22 AM (/0ujb)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 10:20 AM (/kI1Q)
Ah yes...the fascist oppressors.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 10, 2015 10:23 AM (Zu3d9)
That's not how any of this works.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 10:20 AM (hzrlb)
I've taken your picture off my wall. You've cost me too much in ammo.
I don't know if you saw, going to Cablias grand opening in CLT tomorrow.
Need anything?
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:23 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 10, 2015 10:24 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:24 AM (C278+)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at March 10, 2015 10:24 AM (XO6WW)
I
would take a 25% pay cut to work 25% fewer days with a guarantee of
never being asked to work between Christmas and New Years, but every
other industry needs to make money to stay in business.
I dunno. They'd have to pay me a *lot* more to make me willing to deal with hooligans.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 10, 2015 10:25 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:24 AM (C278+)
Right. In a school girl dress?
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:25 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 10:26 AM (TOk1P)
Day four of reading the Ace Recommended Quitting Smoking the Easy Way and the author still has not imparted The Secret. He just keeps telling me how effective it will be when he does.
I'm betting he's setting the stage for a sequel.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 10, 2015 10:26 AM (o78gS)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:26 AM (C278+)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 10:26 AM (hzrlb)
That's exactly how it is in TX- by law.
Oh. And if you point out that you *also* don't work just 8 hours a day, that drives the teachers mad, too.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 10, 2015 10:27 AM (kff5f)
A new FFL. The old one is starting to nag me like a wife about my purchases. It's odd and annoying.
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 10, 2015 10:27 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Democrat at March 10, 2015 10:27 AM (VAsIq)
Take a large vehicle.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 10:26 AM (hzrlb)
I have three pistol permits. Like I need another pistol.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:27 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Anachronda at March 10, 2015 10:25 AM (o78gS)
If you are willing to put into it what is required, it is a hard thankless job w lots of time off. I took a shot at it. Taught Middle School math. I was fired in six months. My kids were successful. My ability to deal with asshole peers and administrators was not.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 10, 2015 10:28 AM (KbNXw)
Posted by: wrg500 at March 10, 2015 10:24 AM (C278+)
Right. In a school girl dress?
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 10, 2015 10:25 AM (0FSuD)
Schoolgirl. One word. And they don't wear dresses, strictly short plaid skirts.
Get it right. These things are important.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 10, 2015 10:28 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 10, 2015 10:28 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: ron n. at March 10, 2015 10:30 AM (YVQn/)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 10, 2015 10:30 AM (GDulk)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 10, 2015 10:31 AM (KbNXw)
C&R baby.
FFL-03.
Order online.
Big Brown brings to your front door.
What's not to love.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 10, 2015 10:31 AM (hzrlb)
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Heh. You want 'entertaining'?
You must not be old enough to remember the Clorets Breath-o-Meter commercials...., or the Carter's Little Liver Pill commercials with 'liver bile' eating a hole through a handkerchief. Wait..., there was some floor wax that featured a guy with a Thompson firing at a jet fighter canopy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:31 AM (vPh3W)
You must not be old enough to remember the Clorets Breath-o-Meter commercials...., or the Carter's Little Liver Pill commercials with 'liver bile' eating a hole through a handkerchief. Wait..., there was some floor wax that featured a guy with a Thompson firing at a jet fighter canopy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2015 10:31 AM (vPh3W)
How about the hot chicks in the Virginia Slims commercials?
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 10, 2015 10:32 AM (KbNXw)
"Somebody" leaked a document claiming that Netanyahu had agreed in principle to return to the 1967 borders
And by somebody I mean Kerry, ValJar and the JEF
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 10, 2015 10:32 AM (zOTsN)
Ha, what a perfect statement by Oblahblah. Showing he perfectly doesn't understand where the money comes from to pay the wages.
Classic economic dumbass.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 10, 2015 10:33 AM (ODxAs)
Yeah, I don't want to be a teacher. I want to be a software engineer with three months off every year, and no chance of being fired for being shitty at it as long as I don't molest the interns.
But it's hard to get that kind of deal in industries where companies have to make a profit to stay in business, instead of being rewarded for failure with more grant money. o.O
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 10, 2015 10:33 AM (/kI1Q)
Keep in mind these settlements are apartments across the highway from Jerusalem.
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 10, 2015 10:34 AM (zOTsN)
"Oh. And if you point out that you *also* don't work just 8 hours a day, that drives the teachers mad, too."
I have a relative that left the corporate world and became a teacher for those "wonderful benefits" (summers off, pension, etc...).
We also noticed she chugs down alot of vodka since she changed careers. Her mother had to intervene at one point.
Posted by: One for the road at March 10, 2015 10:35 AM (j3TPf)
Today, I would not let a female relative of mine work as a teacher.
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 10, 2015 10:37 AM (ftVQq)
Posted by: One for the road at March 10, 2015 10:35 AM (j3TPf)
A lot of pill poppers. That's a dirty little secret. Addaral to get you through and Xanax to bring you down. Every teacher in the school knows which teacher is holding.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 10, 2015 10:38 AM (KbNXw)
Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 10, 2015 10:39 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Bruce J. at March 10, 2015 10:39 AM (iQIUe)
Yes, complain to an engineer at any manufacturing facility about working long hours and see what they tell you. When something isn't working right you best get it fixed fast. Good old just in time manufacturing.
16 hr days, 23 hours days. what a life
Posted by: Cicero Skip at March 10, 2015 10:39 AM (FIrEF)
"A lot of pill poppers."
She does tell some amuzing anecdotes. I recall the one of her colleague's who goes "home for lunch" to his house with no furniture (aka. cokehead).
Posted by: One for the road at March 10, 2015 10:41 AM (j3TPf)
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 10, 2015 10:42 AM (xNkaN)
Posted by: burt at March 10, 2015 10:42 AM (ls8AU)
My partner teacher when I was student teaching worked my into a conversation about what king of medications we take at home. My wife takes the occasional Ambien. Spent the rest of the semester trying to deal me out of my wife's Ambien.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 10, 2015 10:44 AM (KbNXw)
I've heard that cycle a few times over the years.
Grace Murray Hopper (who shoulda been the Historic First Woman President imho) said:
"Loyalty up, loyalty down"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 10, 2015 10:45 AM (OCcU9)
Been thinking about the quantity of ammo here--much more and if a sudden move is indicated, some may have to be left, or moving at ALL is out of the picture.
That brings up defense in place, there are a couple of sticky spots to cover properly.
Maybe I should see my contacts and grab some claymores or toe poppers.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 10, 2015 10:53 AM (jeCnD)
Dems also know the Bush brand compassionate conservatism is soft liberalism. Bush agrees with them on education spending and immigration most notably.
Ultimately, to overturn Obamacare takes a Republican president and a willing Congress. This Republican Congress does not want to overturn Obamacare, and I don't think Walker will make them. Not the way he's been flip flopping on life and immigration. I know he wants to attract the fundraising elite to be competitive, but that says he places a bigger priority on money than values.
So, I don't think he will change much. His war on unions was a fight to become and remain governor. Admirable, but it also brought him a national fundraising apparatus courtesy of his friends Priebus and Ryan, and I'm not impressed much by those two, either. Fuck 'em all.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 10, 2015 11:16 AM (Y92Nd)
Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at March 10, 2015 11:31 AM (SGtBn)
Posted by: NYC Parent now with added bile for freshness at March 10, 2015 01:15 PM (ssv/M)
"Mr President, your AG nominee Loretta Lynch recently told the Senate that everyone has a right to work in the US, even if they came here illegally. If everyone has a right to work regardless of immigration laws, don't citizens have a right to work regardless of Union rules?
Are the rules of a trade union more sacred than the laws of the Union that we fought a Civil War to preserve?
Are these non-union workers illegal or just undocumented? If rules for immigration can be ignored, can we get rid of the functions for DHS and save money?
If Wisconsin wouldn't have passed the Right to Work Rules, could the Chief Executive (Walker) just choose not to enforce them? Why or why not?"
Maybe we can refer to the non-Union employees as "Undocumented Workers" doing jobs non union worker won't do.
Posted by: Stinkbug driver at March 10, 2015 02:32 PM (iQ0N3)
Walker's: AmTrak train could ride it from NYC to New Orleans.
Obama's: "Innie"
Posted by: Bad Dog Puppy Treats at March 10, 2015 08:09 PM (XV6Ul)
Posted by: mistress overdone at March 11, 2015 11:09 PM (2/oBD)
This congress won't overturn jack. This republicsn congress is the lame duck. They are the biggest bunch of wimps to ever set foot in D.C.. we have a cry baby for speaker and a dullard for Senate majority leader. Bunch of wimps!!!
Posted by: mistress overdone at March 11, 2015 11:13 PM (2/oBD)
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