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1 And we're live..

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 25, 2015 07:11 AM (3+6l2)

2
This cannot be real...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 25, 2015 07:11 AM (BK3ZS)

3 Willowed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 25, 2015 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

4 What happened to the thread?

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:11 AM (t2KH5)

5 There was a later thread that just got eaten.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 07:12 AM (dHTO7)

6 Start over I guess

Good Morning Morons. Today is Friday, September 25, 2015. On this day in 1690 Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, was published for the first and only time. This multipage newspaper was published in Boston. It only appeared once because the British colonial governor shut it down.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:12 AM (t2KH5)

7 President Obama is banking that tough talk on suspected Chinese cyberattacks will yield changes in Beijing's behavior and justify a decision to hold off penalizing China.

I smell another great "foreign policy success" coming for Obama. How about this you idiot, appoint people in the US to maintain classified material instead of farming it out to Chinese companies.

http://fxn.ws/1JsSY9X

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:13 AM (t2KH5)

8 Blacks at Wesleyan University are in an uproar because a student newspaper columnist said BLM needed to rethink its policy of police hatred and quit advocating that blacks murder police. But what surprises me is that the University did not bow to the demands of the blacks.

http://fxn.ws/1YEEE9L

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:13 AM (t2KH5)

9 New study by the insane warmies. The bodies of bumble bees have been reshaped by nonexistent global warming.

http://fxn.ws/1LR4RIE

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:13 AM (t2KH5)

10 The foul smelling city of San Francisco has finally succeeded in "regulating" the last gun shop in the city out of business.

http://fxn.ws/1PA51HV

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:14 AM (t2KH5)

11 The criminal enterprise known as the EPA has blown $92M of taxpayer money on expensive high-end furniture in the past ten years.

http://bit.ly/1MMhDOq

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:14 AM (t2KH5)

12 A black woman in GA has been arrested for making death threats against police officers. Someone should let these idiots know that it is against the law to make death threats on the internet. There are both federal and State laws that cover this.

http://bit.ly/1R4DaAq

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:14 AM (t2KH5)

13 Let's try this again -

Today is the big one day Amazon Prime sale!

And to celebrate and get all you bargain shoppers in the mood, Amazon is running the sale "In celebration of Amazon original series Transparent"! Get it?

Transparent. You see the old guy is a parent and he wears a dress. Trans Parent. Clever. Get it?

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2015 07:01 AM (X+nFp)

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at September 25, 2015 07:14 AM (X+nFp)

14 Recent poll shows almost no support for GOP establishment candidates. I normally don't quote polls but 72% of "not liking" is a pretty conclusive number.

http://bit.ly/1iPmYrI

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:14 AM (t2KH5)

15 Ace speculated yesterday that Boner may need Democrats to maintain his speakership. Well BB is now saying that it has reached that point.

http://bit.ly/1LBb1kh

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:15 AM (t2KH5)

16 Long time Clinton contributor and crony has been arrested by the FBI for lying about why he brought $4.5M to the US. He has previously been in trouble for funding large sums of money to the Clintons. It is illegal for foreigners to contribute money to US elections but the Clintons have long done that.

http://bit.ly/1R4EqU9

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:15 AM (t2KH5)

17 Obama wants another banking collapse and he is pushing the crap that caused it all the first time.

http://bit.ly/1G6d75B

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:15 AM (t2KH5)

18 Obamaconomy at work, Caterpillar cutting another 10,000 jobs.

http://bit.ly/1iPnFRT

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:15 AM (t2KH5)

19 Go Vic.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 07:15 AM (LUgeY)

20 Ramirez

http://bit.ly/1Kyt74l

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:16 AM (t2KH5)

21 IBD says pope is indeed a leftist and his speech to congress proves it.

http://bit.ly/1LBiPCE

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:16 AM (t2KH5)

22 IBD discusses how the Dems cause government shutdowns and the press always blames Republicans. Which is building up to happen again as the Dems have blocked the latest spending authorization so Obama would not have to veto it.

http://bit.ly/1G6e11Q

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:16 AM (t2KH5)

23 Looks like we will be keeping troops in the child raping country for the foreseeable future.

http://fxn.ws/1WmbdXO

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:16 AM (t2KH5)

24 Good Morning Morons. Today is Friday, September 25, 2015. On this day in 1690 Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, was published for the first and only time. This multipage newspaper was published in Boston. It only appeared once because the British colonial governor shut it down.

And here's a link for you to read the actual paper:

http://goo.gl/K4vo96

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 07:16 AM (zF6Iw)

25 Scankles caught in yet another lie. It looks like she was vying to take the lying crown from Obama.

http://fxn.ws/1Mtso5c

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:17 AM (t2KH5)

26 The Daily Deals

http://amzn.to/1Wmjf30

That's it for today folks. Again not much out there today. Still all pope all the time.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:17 AM (t2KH5)

27 I'm not a Trump-hater, but the scene on 'South Park' where Mr. Garrison butt-rapes Donald Trump to death was epic.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:18 AM (O7MnT)

28 Saturday is the birthday of silent actress Gladys Brockwell:

http://goo.gl/qIXGsO

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 07:18 AM (zF6Iw)

29
I read the HackDesk comments on their lameass "Clocks as a Sicial Construct" article.

There were folks arguing that merely moving clock innards from its original case to the pencil case ala Clock Boy was a starting point for inspiring other tinkering-inclined youth to begin their own journey to "inventing" self-discovery.

No argument is too specious to support the "unappreciated for his true inventive genius because he's brown / muzzie" narrative. Deep thinkers, all...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 25, 2015 07:18 AM (BK3ZS)

30 >>>>>{This space intentionally left blank.}
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.Hey now! You stole the inscription that will be going on my tombstone.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 25, 2015 07:19 AM (iONHu)

31 That's it for today folks. Again not much out there today. Still all pope all the time.

...............

When does he go home? I am poped out. I am not a catholic so I guess I don't have as much interest as some.

Posted by: Molly k at September 25, 2015 07:20 AM (zS+qK)

32 SCOAMF's Director of National Intelligence says they don't know what the ChiComs got out of the OPM hack.

http://tinyurl.com/qfhtnxr

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:20 AM (O7MnT)

33
Bumblebees once were more "bumbly"... until they started sowing down on tuna packed in oil.

Curse you, filthy capitalist appropriators, for transmorgifying Nature!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 25, 2015 07:21 AM (BK3ZS)

34 "Director of National Intelligence says they don't know what the ChiComs got out of the OPM hack. "

They wouldn't admit it, if they did know.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 25, 2015 07:22 AM (3+6l2)

35 >>>>>{This space intentionally left blank.}...Hey now! You stole the inscription that will be going on my tombstone.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 25, 2015 07:19 AM (iONHu)
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I prefer sir Edmund Blackadder's.
Here lies Edmund Blackadder, and boy is he pissed.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 25, 2015 07:22 AM (KlVdw)

36
33
Bumblebees once were more "bumbly"... until they started sowing down on tuna packed in oil.

And the chuckens of the sea nod wisely and intone, "We agree! We agree! We agree!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 25, 2015 07:23 AM (BK3ZS)

37 Cool, link, MP4, thanks !

And thanks Vic, as well !

G'mornin', Horde !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 07:24 AM (S0bOl)

38 Morning pixelated people, Vic.

2 more hours and I am free for 48 hours.
Free, as in not at work but working on *my* projects even though it's raining here. No comments from home yet but at least Pixy M is aware and looking at it.

McConnell supporting PP since '92 is quite telling about how conservative he isn't, just another political whore stabbing conservatives in the back as thanks for their foolish support.

Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 25, 2015 07:24 AM (4pjhs)

39

DAY 1,053

410 to go (483 to Inauguration Day 2017)

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, mewling mattress myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 07:25 AM (St6BJ)

40 >>>You see the old guy is a parent and he wears a dress. Trans Parent.

Sounds like a concept that would work better as a reality show.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 25, 2015 07:25 AM (dHTO7)

41 Wanted to read the WashTimes EPA Furniture story, but couldn't find among all pop-up ads.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:25 AM (O7MnT)

42

I hope the revelations about McCocksickle finally prove that the GOP is not the stupid party but the collaborationist party.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 07:26 AM (St6BJ)

43 When does Olivia Hallisey get invited to the White House? She's the young lady who won the Google Science Fair with a " fast, cheap and stable" test to detect ebola. She actually invented something and it can save lives.

Gracious me, the silence from the obama White House is deafening!

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at September 25, 2015 07:26 AM (oQQwD)

44 43 When does Olivia Hallisey get invited to the White House? She's the young lady who won the Google Science Fair with a " fast, cheap and stable" test to detect ebola. She actually invented something and it can save lives.

Gracious me, the silence from the obama White House is deafening!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at September 25, 2015 07:26 AM (oQQwD)

They're not interested in real science. They're interested in absolutes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 07:28 AM (St6BJ)

45 42 - Well, I have considered that adequately proved for quite a while now.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 07:29 AM (S0bOl)

46 >>>>Obama wants another banking collapse and he is pushing the crap that caused it all the first time.
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.The main push from that article seems to be the Administration wants to use a different Credit Score, one that captures people paying monthly rent and utilities. I smell a big problem with that because a whole heck of alot of minorities use Section 8 vouchers and Welfare checks to make those payments.

There is no way someone who is getting Welfare should even be thinking about buying a house using that money as their main "income". They need to be working at getting off of Welfare.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 25, 2015 07:29 AM (iONHu)

47 41
Wanted to read the WashTimes EPA Furniture story, but couldn't find among all pop-up ads.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:25 AM (O7MnT)

Ad Block + is your friend

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:30 AM (t2KH5)

48 They're not interested in real science. They're interested in absolutes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Exactly, they like their science settled. It's the intellectual paradigm of lawyers - do not ask a question to which you don't know the answer.

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 07:31 AM (ztOda)

49 Science is only useful if it supports the Party.

See Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 07:32 AM (S0bOl)

50 Bumblebees once were more "bumbly"... until they started sowing down on tuna packed in oil.

Sorry.

Posted by: Charlie at September 25, 2015 07:32 AM (LUgeY)

51 43 Posted by: RondinellaMamma at September 25, 2015 07:26 AM (oQQwD)

Many years ago, there was a PBS (yeah, I know) series called "The Ascent of Man." It was narrated by famed mathematician Jacob Bronowski. He had fled Poland just before the war and came to America where he found work on the Manhattan Project.

Considering the unyielding, inflexible nature of the left, the final episode resonates over 40 years later. Bronowski is kneeling down by the lake of ashes at Birkenau, where the remains of the Jews burned in the crematoria were dumped - including virtually all of his relatives. As he grabs a handful of muck from the pond (I'm paraphrasing), "when you deal in absolutes, and claim absolute knowledge, this is the result."

That was his warning to us.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 07:33 AM (St6BJ)

52 Recent poll shows almost no support for GOP establishment candidates. I normally don't quote polls but 72% of "not liking" is a pretty conclusive number.

Begonia is going to be devastated that no one shares her mad Jeb crush.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:33 AM (O7MnT)

53 Ahh, TARP. Remember those days?

Posted by: blaster at September 25, 2015 07:34 AM (2Ocf1)

54 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 07:35 AM (DUoqb)

55 I read (tried to read) the newspaper from Vic's Day in History. Difficult to read, but amazing, thanks MPPPP for posting the link. I loved the first 'news' report of a "Thanksgiving to God" for a bountiful harvest by the Christianized Indians.

Posted by: RedDish at September 25, 2015 07:35 AM (5eXg1)

56 Not to worry about that EPA furniture story. It was only 93 million out of a 4 trillion dollar budget.

Thats oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
wait. let me count

millions is six, billions is nine, so trillions is 12
take away six, leaves six
add two to make percentage
four divided by 93
ok no 400 divided by 93 round to 4
ok so
4 times ten to the minus

shit

forget it. It's a rounding error.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 25, 2015 07:35 AM (3+6l2)

57 Boehner is getting support from two of the most radical left d-bags in the House: Raul Grijalva and Jim Clyburn. That should tell you something.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:37 AM (O7MnT)

58 Hayfield, it helps to remember they consider you a rounding error as well.

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 07:38 AM (ztOda)

59 57 Boehner is getting support from two of the most radical left d-bags in the House: Raul Grijalva and Jim Clyburn. That should tell you something.
Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:37 AM (O7MnT)

Hence, the Stupid Party myth has been exploded.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 07:38 AM (St6BJ)

60 Is the RNC trying to suppress the Conservative vote with despair; or incite it to anger?

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 07:39 AM (ztOda)

61 It would be neat if Boehner were forced to vacate, was replaced by a real conservative (say Mark Meadows or Raul Labrador) and then something were to happen to cause the Constitutional order of succession to kick in...

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:40 AM (O7MnT)

62

Trump is sucking all th oxygen out of the room.

I wish this were literally true, btw.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 07:40 AM (9aTdI)

63 Recent poll shows almost no support for GOP establishment candidates. I normally don't quote polls but 72% of "not liking" is a pretty conclusive number.

Begonia is going to be devastated that no one shares her mad Jeb crush.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:33 AM (O7MnT)

I don't expect trumpetdaddy will be pleased with all of us ignorant, sister-humping trailer trash, either.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 07:40 AM (zF6Iw)

64 61 It would be neat if Boehner were forced to vacate, was replaced by a real conservative (say Mark Meadows or Raul Labrador) and then something were to happen to cause the Constitutional order of succession to kick in...
Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:40 AM (O7MnT)

You're drinking way too early and way too heavily. . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 07:41 AM (St6BJ)

65 Russian, Syrian and Iranian military commanders have set up a coordination cell in Baghdad in recent days to try to begin working with Iranian-backed Shia militias fighting the Islamic State, Fox News has learned.

Western intelligence sources say the coordination cell includes low level Russian generals. U.S. officials say it is not clear whether the Iraqi government is involved at the moment.

Describing the arrival of Russian military personnel in Baghdad, one senior U.S. official said, They are popping up everywhere.

Fredo is ceding total control of the Middle East to the Russians. UnFuckinBelievable. And not a peep from the MSM.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 07:41 AM (DUoqb)

66 Is the RNC trying to suppress the Conservative vote with despair; or incite it to anger?

Pretty sure it's the former. I think the defeat of Tea Party reform candidates in 2014 convinced the GOP that they don't need conservatives, or at least not that many.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:41 AM (O7MnT)

67 Whats up with Yellen - dehydration, stroke, poisoning?

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 07:41 AM (ztOda)

68 >>You're drinking way too early and way too heavily. . .

A man can dream.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:42 AM (O7MnT)

69 Hayfield, it helps to remember they consider you a rounding error as well.

Ya, itsa rounding error unless you are the salesman calculating your comission on a 93 million dollar sale of office equipment, because your brother in law's sister's third wife works at GSA and is responsible for purchasing office furniture for the EPA.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 25, 2015 07:42 AM (3+6l2)

70 I loved the first 'news' report of a "Thanksgiving to God" for a bountiful harvest by the Christianized Indians.

That was actually one of the reasons Publick Occurrences was shut down; Jonathan Harris, the publisher, made a comment that basically said, "we Christians could learn a lot about giving thanks to God from these heathen Indians," and the governor got royally (sorry) pissed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 07:42 AM (zF6Iw)

71 Fredo is ceding total control of the Middle East to the Russians. UnFuckinBelievable. And not a peep from the MSM.

I'm OK with that. Let them spend their blood and treasure on those animals for a while.

Posted by: Charlie at September 25, 2015 07:43 AM (LUgeY)

72 ...the coordination cell includes low level Russian generals.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 25, 2015 07:41 AM

Heh! "Low level" Generals; only in a communist military.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 25, 2015 07:43 AM (vZ9f2)

73 60
Is the RNC trying to suppress the Conservative vote with despair; or incite it to anger?

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 07:39 AM (ztOda)

The RNCe thinks it can get by on the money men only and the base will fall in line. I predict a record breaking low turnout. If Trump does get the nomination that maybe can save them.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:43 AM (t2KH5)

74 Gack! Off, tuna sock.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 07:44 AM (LUgeY)

75 Local radio station got in trouble some years back when they did a skit on a "stampede" They pretended they were traffic reporters in a helicopter over Mecca.

You would think these clowns would be embarrassed that so many people die year after year...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 07:45 AM (iQIUe)

76 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 25, 2015 07:45 AM (ZQfW9)

77 61
It would be neat if Boehner were forced to vacate, was replaced by a
real conservative (say Mark Meadows or Raul Labrador) and then something
were to happen to cause the Constitutional order of succession to kick
in...

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:40 AM (O7MnT)

They are currently looking at a RINO from CA. There will never be another conservative Republican in the speaker position.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:45 AM (t2KH5)

78 >>>A man can dream.
Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:42 AM (O7MnT)

In the camps? Are you sure?

Posted by: m at September 25, 2015 07:45 AM (ELEPX)

79
I cant believe those idiots on youtube thought they cd get away with urging people to shoot cops. How stupid can you get?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 07:46 AM (iQIUe)

80 Ya, itsa rounding error unless you are the salesman calculating your comission on a 93 million dollar sale of office equipment, because your brother in law's sister's third wife works at GSA and is responsible for purchasing office furniture for the EPA.

And yet the left will still point to a 30 year old story about a $600 toilet seat and claim it proves that military spending is a waste.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:47 AM (O7MnT)

81 It would be neat if ... The GOPe were to go out on a party boat and get shipwrecked on Gilligans Island.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 25, 2015 07:47 AM (vZ9f2)

82 They are currently looking at a RINO from CA. There will never be another conservative Republican in the speaker position.

Burn, salt, scatter. Repeat as needed.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 07:47 AM (LUgeY)

83 "...Whats up with Yellen ..."
This was predicted on zerohedge before the fact.
That she would get "sick" before or during the Fed induced financial collapse. Her way to bail out.

Posted by: failure at September 25, 2015 07:48 AM (Bbcs8)

84
You're drinking way too early and way too heavily. . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 07:41 AM (St6BJ)

I'm a night owl. It's late for me.

Posted by: GGE of the Airdale Horde, NC Chapter at September 25, 2015 07:49 AM (UQGss)

85 The GOP gets blamed for shutdowns because the GOP allows itself to get blamed for shutdowns.

The GOP couldn't explain why blowjobs are a wonderful thing you really expect them to be able to explain they aren't responsible for a shutdown?

The GOP needs to die and be replaced by a principled, Conservative party.

We might be closer to realizing this than anyone can imagine.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 25, 2015 07:49 AM (o9lYR)

86 Ya, itsa rounding error unless you are the salesman calculating your comission on a 93 million dollar sale of office equipment, because your brother in law's sister's third wife works at GSA and is responsible for purchasing office furniture for the EPA.
Posted by: Hayfield

The problem is the EPA has too much money and no one will slash their budget. This is a manifest symptom of it; another is the management push for "another" Superfund site, which led to the reckless behavior at that mine in Colorado.

The real corruption at the GSA isn't the contractors selling stuff to them - they are audited all to hell and competed. It's the GSA guys getting bonuses for "selling" their contract vehicles to other parts of the Government. They push that shit like crack.

Posted by: Jean at September 25, 2015 07:50 AM (ztOda)

87
It's obvious now, isn't it? The Republicans are sending a clear message: the GOP is done with all social issues and the idea of limited government.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 07:52 AM (9aTdI)

88 >>>>Jonathan Harris, the publisher<<<<

Robot ran the press, and Billy Mumy delivered the papers.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 25, 2015 07:52 AM (tEDMc)

89 "...never be another conservative Republican..."
Boehner, Mcconnell, and company are being flushed out. They have to go or the Republican party has to go.

Posted by: faith at September 25, 2015 07:53 AM (Bbcs8)

90 I avoid watching "news programs" for mental health reasons. Easier to read it, source it and process it. We recently moved my mother into our home and when she's not feeling up to par I will sit with her and we'll watch TV and have running commentary. Somehow we landed on CNN (usually it's ScyFy, Hallmark or Fox). Someone was listing out all of the things that the President has accomplished. For a brief moment I was sucked in. Wow! I didn't realize just how much he had accomplished! That's kind of cool! If only these were the stories that were put out for public consumption, everyone would have a better opinion of him. Until I remembered who they were talking about and who has doing the talking.

But the delivery and the way it was laid out was totally believable. I'm guessing this is how propoganda works and legends are made.

Still pissed I fell for it. If only for a moment.

Posted by: Usedtocould at September 25, 2015 07:53 AM (pz+6x)

91 The GOP gets blamed for shutdowns because the GOP allows itself to get blamed for shutdowns.

Yep. They never ever said that it was TFG doing the shutdown last time. And all those signs on the parks had to have been procured well ahead of time, given the glacial pace at which those types of things move through Fedzilla's lair.

And how on Earth does defunding PP constitute a shutdown of the entire government to include parks?

The GOPe are idiots.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 07:54 AM (LUgeY)

92 87

It's obvious now, isn't it? The Republicans are sending a clear
message: the GOP is done with all social issues and the idea of limited
government.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 07:52 AM (9aTdI)

This is a direct result of Obama letting 1M+ freeloaders from 3rd world shit holes for the last 5 or 6 years. They see that unless they start catering to the FSA they will start losing ALL elections. No thought of even trying to stop this illegal activity by Obama.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:55 AM (t2KH5)

93 Happy Friday and good morning all.

Love the cool, crisp air.

*goes to read the VNN drop.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 25, 2015 07:55 AM (O1NtR)

94 The Republicans are sending a clear message: the GOP is done with all social issues and the idea of limited government.

So, what does that leave? Aside from cronyism.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:56 AM (O7MnT)

95 Happy Birthday to the Twin Americans of TusharD.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 25, 2015 07:57 AM (rwI+c)

96 93 Love the cool, crisp air.

*goes to read the VNN drop.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 25, 2015 07:55 AM (O1NtR)

How about the cool wet air here.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:57 AM (t2KH5)

97 If Boner thinks he has an insurrection now, he should wait until he stays in power via the Thad Cochran model.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 07:59 AM (oVJmc)

98
So, what does that leave? Aside from cronyism.

Lower taxes. Which, as they mean it, is basically cronyism.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 07:59 AM (oVJmc)

99
I dunno. The Republicans seem to be establishing its party as the Center-Left-Moderate party, which used to be the position of the Democrats.

Democrats are now the Socialist party.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 08:00 AM (9aTdI)

100 The Republicans are sending a clear message: the GOP is done with all social issues and the idea of limited government.

So, what does that leave? Aside from cronyism.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:56 AM (O7MnT)

Emigration. Outright rebellion. Or keeping one's powder dry for the inevitable crash.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 08:00 AM (zF6Iw)

101 Is this where we sign up to date the smartitude chick?

Posted by: MTF at September 25, 2015 08:01 AM (TxJGV)

102 I INVENTED A SCAM!

Posted by: Little Ahmed at September 25, 2015 08:04 AM (oVJmc)

103 How about the cool wet air here.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 07:57 AM (t2KH5)

Ugh. Sorry.

First day of the firepit this evening. Woo hoo!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 25, 2015 08:05 AM (O1NtR)

104 It would be neat if ... The GOPe were to go out on a party boat and ~~get shipwrecked on Gilligans Island~~ it sank like the Bismark.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 08:06 AM (Ma5u/)

105 Somewhere. a consultant was paid seven figures to give the RNC a slide deck with the following takeaways.

- "By screwing over the base, you'll pick up 1.7 moderate voters for every conservative voter you lose."
- "You can hold the redneck sister-raper vote by telling them that Democrats will take their guns away."
- "You know what Hispanic voters hate? Government shutdowns."

Which was backed up by a "scientific survey" consisting of a conversation with his half-Cuban son-in-law at the family Labor Day barbecue.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:07 AM (O7MnT)

106 >>Lower taxes. Which, as they mean it, is basically cronyism.

47% of the adult population pays no taxes; Republicans are basically arguing for tax cuts for Hedge Fund criminals who vote Democrat anyway.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:08 AM (O7MnT)

107 32 SCOAMF's Director of National Intelligence says they don't know what the ChiComs got out of the OPM hack.
--------------------------------------------------------

Wrong question, SCOAMF.

The right question is "what didn't they get?". Work on the smaller set first.

Posted by: MTF at September 25, 2015 08:09 AM (TxJGV)

108 I dunno. The Republicans seem to be establishing its
party as the Center-Left-Moderate party, which used to be the position
of the Democrats.

Democrats are now the Socialist party.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 08:00 AM (9aTdI)

They're positioning themselves a millimeter to the right of the Democrats, hoping they can siphon off Democrat voters and keep the base. What they don't understand is that the base has no use for two Democrat parties.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 25, 2015 08:09 AM (J+mig)

109 - "You can hold the redneck sister-raper vote by telling them that Democrats will take their guns away."

That threat no longer works. Standard reply is, "Any time y'all feel froggy, jump".

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 08:09 AM (Ma5u/)

110 Which was backed up by a "scientific survey" consisting of a conversation with his half-Cuban son-in-law at the family Labor Day barbecue.

Who was also paid a princely sum as a consultant.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 08:09 AM (LUgeY)

111 Good morning everyone. Happy Friday.

Posted a short story last night to Liberty Island.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pw93wdn

And starting today, I am having a sale for the Kindle version of Golden Isis. You can purchase if for a $1.99 this weekend instead of $2.99.
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO

And if you want to help with the sequel, the GoFundMe link is in my nic.

Thanks everyone.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 08:09 AM (1emJG)

112 BTW, El Jeb! just released his new hot campaign issue, Regulatory Reform.

http://tinyurl.com/ntat86w

Regulatory Reform is desperately needed, but the Rube Goldberg contraption El Jeb! proposes to get there pretty much guarantees it won't happen. He basically proposes creating a bureaucracy to review all the Government regulations, take input from ~~cronies business interests, appoint a committee to recommend reforms, and issue an Executive Order that requires only "Smart Regulation" from then on.~~

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:14 AM (O7MnT)

113 Over at hotair, someone in Obama's DOJ or FBI is leaking insider information to the NYTimes about Hillary's email server.

Seems the FBI thinks there might have been a crime (not Hillary) in the handling of classified documents (not Hillary) by one of her subordinates, maybe. But not Hillary.

Apparently the FBI investigators are only thinking it might have happened. So maybe the investigators are waiting to see if anyone higher up is going to authorize further investigations, or not. Could be important, or not. Hard to tell.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 25, 2015 08:14 AM (3+6l2)

114 Recent poll shows almost no support for GOP establishment candidates. I
normally don't quote polls but 72% of "not liking" is a pretty
conclusive number.

--

I didn't read the link, but why in the hell do we keep being bombarded with polls showing Jeb! in 3rd (or 4th), with a pretty good % number? I just can't believe anyone would be enthused by his candidacy. I'm so fed up, so sick of the GOPe and all that that implies.

Posted by: Lady in Black.....sigh at September 25, 2015 08:15 AM (pVkEV)

115 Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 07:18 AM (O7MnT)

Glad I missed it too because I'm not a fan of Trump and I think SP making fun of rape is just loathsome, no matter who the candidate.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 08:15 AM (1+XCd)

116 Americans started as the "it's none of your damn business what I'm doing" country, but we are now the "explain yourself citizen!" country.

Posted by: MTF at September 25, 2015 08:17 AM (TxJGV)

117 I didn't read the link, but why in the hell
do we keep being bombarded with polls showing Jeb! in 3rd (or 4th), with
a pretty good % number? I just can't believe anyone would be enthused
by his candidacy. I'm so fed up, so sick of the GOPe and all that that
implies.

Posted by: Lady in Black.....sigh at September 25, 2015 08:15 AM (pVkEV)

Because the establishment is unified behind JEB, but Social Conservatives, Regular Conservatives, And Constitutional-Libertarian Republicans are split among the others. This gives him a disproportionate impact.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 25, 2015 08:17 AM (J+mig)

118
Yeah, lower taxes for Big Corporations. Not for us.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 08:18 AM (9aTdI)

119 Comment willowed on the ONT:

GGE, Never doubted it for a moment. We are weird. Self-flagellation is a way of life in the surface Navy.

Now our aviation community, on the other hand, has a great balance of life and work.

Look at the VAW-116 videos for proof.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 25, 2015 08:19 AM (u82oZ)

120 Glad I missed it too because I'm not a fan of Trump and I think SP making fun of rape is just loathsome, no matter who the candidate.

Imagine the shitstorm if that'd been TFG instead of DT.

But, as we've all seen, it's OK to picture Repumpkins as being murdered and/or raped. That's totes kewl.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 08:19 AM (LUgeY)

121 112 BTW, El Jeb! just released his new hot campaign issue, Regulatory Reform.
-------------------------------------------------------

This, folks, is the GOPe hill to die on: a big Federal government is A-OK so long as "we" are in charge.

Posted by: MTF at September 25, 2015 08:19 AM (TxJGV)

122 What's for breakfast?

Posted by: un croissant? at September 25, 2015 08:19 AM (YyXxw)

123 Good morning, fellow 'Rons and 'Ettes!

It's that time of year again, and we're planning a reprise of last year's SW Ohio MoMe:

Saturday evening, October 17, 7-10 (ish), Beavercreek (I've also locked down a better venue).

Interested parties please let me know: swohmome @ mail.com (no spaces).

Thanks!

Posted by: speedster1 at September 25, 2015 08:19 AM (1brdf)

124
Regulatory Reform?!?

Thats great for Big Corporations, as well.

What about us??

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 08:20 AM (9aTdI)

125 Hey,at least the US hasn't declined as much as the UK.Yet.

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/215155/

Posted by: steevy at September 25, 2015 08:20 AM (sPO3u)

126 >>>It would be neat if ... The GOPe were to go out on a party boat and get shipwrecked on Gilligans Island.
<<<

Who would be Gilligan? If you had a boat full of Gilligans the damn thing would never leave the port.

<<Sadly, this too is the story of the GOPe>>

Posted by: Fritz at September 25, 2015 08:21 AM (UzPAd)

127

And please, Republican rump swabs, apologists, and internet knowitalls, do not explain economics to me and try to tell me what's good for Big Business is good for Everyone. It's clearly not.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 08:22 AM (9aTdI)

128 Jeb's play to study regulatory reform isn't about simplifying regulations. It's about getting some buddies signed up and on the payroll with a nice expense account to 'study' how regulations might be reformed.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 25, 2015 08:22 AM (3+6l2)

129 93 Love the cool, crisp air.

I like my air el dente.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at September 25, 2015 08:23 AM (Q7RIU)

130 Am I obligated to believe the GOP are just a bunch of bungling goofs or may I be allowed to believe they are evil assholes who are only interested in their own power and money making schemes?

Posted by: Seems Legit at September 25, 2015 08:24 AM (Xa4vS)

131 Yeah, lower taxes for Big Corporations. Not for us.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 08:18 AM (9aTdI)

Our rulers are continually faced with hard choices, but fortunately for us, they have learned how to set priorities!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:24 AM (ftVQq)

132 I always value Vic's news digest. May I humbly commend this article to the attention of fellow morons?
(Back room deals at the GOPe.)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pklt28x

Posted by: un croissant? at September 25, 2015 08:24 AM (YyXxw)

133 I just can't believe anyone would be enthused by Jeb's candidacy.

Begonia and Trumpetdaddy think he's the cat's meow, but I am almost sure they are being paid.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:24 AM (O7MnT)

134 What happened to the thread?

Someone put it in a pencil box.

Posted by: t-bird at September 25, 2015 08:25 AM (FcR7P)

135 128 Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 25, 2015 08:22 AM (3+6l2)
----------------------------------------------------

I think it's all about regulatory capture. Some of Jebster's buddies think their is a competitive advantage to be had rewriting regulations to benefit themselves.

Posted by: MTF at September 25, 2015 08:25 AM (TxJGV)

136 >>New study by the insane warmies. The bodies of bumble bees have been reshaped by nonexistent global warming.

Wait --- these are the "I love science" Darwin-not-Jesus folks, yes? Have they bothered to read Darwin and his thoughts on species adapting to their environment?
*facepalm*

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 08:25 AM (NOIQH)

137 Jeb's play to study regulatory reform isn't about simplifying regulations. It's about getting some buddies signed up and on the payroll with a nice expense account to 'study' how regulations might be reformed.

Two words: Zero based budgets.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 08:25 AM (LUgeY)

138 And please, Republican rump swabs, apologists, and
internet knowitalls, do not explain economics to me and try to tell me
what's good for Big Business is good for Everyone. It's clearly not.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 25, 2015 08:22 AM (9aTdI)

Definite agreement, there. In a normal, functioning free market capitalist country, what's good for business (in the large, big or small) is good for everyone. We no longer have a free market capitalist system. Crony capitalism isn't capitalism, when the government can choose winners and losers in business, funneling them public money through contracts and buying them off with tailored regulations and tax loopholes in order to get support at campaign time, we have hit the point of de-facto central planning.

Central planning and private ownership together are a feature of only one economic system ever implemented: Fascism.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 25, 2015 08:27 AM (J+mig)

139 what's good for Big Business is good for Everyone.

That's true if it's on a level playing field. But the way it's played now, it isn't.

It's not about freedom now, it's about thumbs-on-the-scale, anti-competitive, compulsory control to the benefit of the select few.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 08:27 AM (oVJmc)

140 117 I didn't read the link, but why in the hell
do we keep being bombarded with polls showing Jeb! in 3rd (or 4th), with
a pretty good % number? I just can't believe anyone would be enthused
by his candidacy. I'm so fed up, so sick of the GOPe and all that that

Jeb is getting people who recall the Bush years fondly. 8% or so of the Republican electorate sounds about right for that.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 08:29 AM (OpK2H)

141 Obama confidant and presidential biographer says that the Pope appeals to Americans because they are hungry for leadership:

http://tinyurl.com/pjqqlqq

As hard as this might be to believe, I don't believe that he's right. It's not that people are hungry for leadership, it's that they are sick and tired of the corruption that has been foisted on them disguised as leadership.

Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 25, 2015 08:29 AM (BZAd3)

142 It's not about freedom now, it's about
thumbs-on-the-scale, anti-competitive, compulsory control to the benefit
of the select few.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 25, 2015 08:27 AM (oVJmc)

Or as I said in the post above, Fascism.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 25, 2015 08:29 AM (J+mig)

143 >>>It would be neat if ... The GOPe were to go out on a party boat and get shipwrecked on Gilligans Island.

Who would be Gilligan?

The guy who always screws up every attempt at rescue? Mitch McConnell.

The Skipper -- Chris Christie
The Millionaire -- Mitt Romney
And His Wife -- Cathy McMorris-Rogers
The Movie Star -- Megyn Kelly
And the Rest -- George Will and Sarah Palin.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:30 AM (O7MnT)

144 Florida Public College Abolishes Tenure

Welcome to the real world, professors.

Posted by: t-bird at September 25, 2015 08:30 AM (FcR7P)

145 I think morning threads are much meatier when they start off with Vic News, don't you? Thanks, Vic. And MP4 for the newspaper link (and the silent star gal; sad demise). I had so many comments to make about what I read in the last half-hour. All forgotten now.

Morning, Glories!

Looks like a road trip is in order starting this morning; we spent yesterday preparing. Haven't traveled myself in years. I'm out of practice. However, I can still just throw everything I need in a suitcase in a few minutes while Milady is still deciding among four purses. Men/Women

I like a nice drive, but I kinda wish they hadn't ruined air travel.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I found Jesus at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (geVJ9)

146 I'm OK with that. Let them spend their blood and treasure on those animals for a while.
Posted by: Charlie at September 25, 2015 07:43 AM (LUgeY)

That isn't how it works.Giving Russia and Iran regional hegemony andde facto control of most of the world's oil supply is an entirely bad thing. You can count the reasons why this is a bad thing yourself.

Obama is ceding influence in Asia and the Middle East as a trade-off with the Russians and Chinese. His big fear is foreign crises causing an interruption of his transformational domesticagenda, which is farther along than most realize. Obama also wants to reduce US power projection capabilities because he has this global vision thing going on. From the perspective of a transnational socialist (which he is) there is no room in the 'community of nations' fora superpower.

I don't know how all this plays out but I think I can guarantee the next president--of whichever party--is going to be a war president.

Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (CMthJ)

147 >> ****the EPA has blown $92M of taxpayer money on expensive high-end furniture****

What the heck, is it made of gold????
I don't even know how you can spend that much.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (NOIQH)

148 Patrick Kane's lawyer quits over "miscommunication" of info regarding his client's "evidence bag" chain of custody. Sheesh. Fuckin amateur hour with that guy.

Posted by: RedWhiteAndTrue at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (J9rqz)

149 So sick of this pope. Enough

Posted by: ThunderB, Sharia Compliance Officer at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (EtnMj)

150 Jeb is getting people who recall the Bush years fondly.

The people who didn't send any kids to Iraq and cashed out their bloated bubble home equity.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (O7MnT)

151 143

Jindal as the Prof. He would know how to repair a boat.

George Will, not so much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 25, 2015 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

152 I just thought that this was a nice story-

"Left motherless at an early age, Henry Ward Beecher, slept in the same room with a black man who was his father's farm help. The great preacher later spoke of Charles Simms' influence on his life. Each night, Beecher recalled. Simms would set a candle at the head of his bed, and 'pray and sing and laugh.' When we see Beecher standing in is pulpit dramatizing the horror of auctioning off a slave, we can remember the joyful noise of Charles Simms as he prayed and sang and laughed."

Rev. James B. Bailey
(From "Holy Humor)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2015 08:32 AM (1+XCd)

153 I won't vote for #161;
Jeb! even if Hillary is the alternative!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:32 AM (ftVQq)

154 In addition to the Pope stuff, there was a climate crisis rally on the National Mall yesterday. The organizers were expecting 300,000 people, and maybe 3,000 showed up. The rally was interrupted for the Pope's address to Congress, which was broadcast on jumbotrons. Once the Pope finished speaking, pretty much everyone left - maybe 10 people remained. This was supposed to be a really big deal with Moby and others performing. I guess people just don't care about the climate. Whaa whaa.

And of course the rally used two large diesel generators to run everything.

Posted by: biancaneve at September 25, 2015 08:33 AM (FWVPu)

155
*CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE-CACKLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 25, 2015 08:33 AM (HSmrB)

156 The Age of Stupid. Chapter Three. The Fall of the West.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2015 08:33 AM (659DL)

157 $92 million?

Well was it EoY? It is September so yes they went full "Use it or Lose It." Which means the EPA's phantom hallway poopers just got brand new ergonomic chairs. Along with other perks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 08:33 AM (1emJG)

158 Curse you Pixy!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:34 AM (ftVQq)

159 Washington politicians have been promising "regulatory reform" since I was in grammar school in the 50s. All they have actually done is multiply regulations using a formula that increases them at a logarithmic rate. We currently have more regulations from the EPA than we had for all agencies combined in the 50s.

I'll believe regulatory reform when they finally start killing stupid agencies like Dept of Ed.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 08:35 AM (t2KH5)

160 Patrick Kane's lawyer quits over "miscommunication" of info regarding his client's "evidence bag" chain of custody. Sheesh. Fuckin amateur hour with that guy.
Posted by: RedWhiteAndTrue at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (J9rqz)
___________

I thought it was the complainant's lawyer who resigned.

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 25, 2015 08:35 AM (MIKMs)

161 Washington politicians have been promising "regulatory reform" since I was in grammar school in the 50s.

Almost as long as they've been promising to tackle "waste, fraud, and abuse" then.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:36 AM (O7MnT)

162 So, bunch of lefty leaders and oligarchs at the UN today.
If only SMOD would send a little baby 'ite ahead...

Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 08:36 AM (cbfNE)

163 One more to commend?
(An excellent primer on taqiyya.)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pozcuq2

Posted by: un croissant? temerity? at September 25, 2015 08:36 AM (YyXxw)

164 On second, thought, I do know how they spent $92 million. They bought furniture that was so grossly overpriced that the vendor(s), who were surely friends/relatives of the EPA purchaser, then took the cash from the overcharge and split it w/their EPA friends. No way this wasn't graft. On a massive scale.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 08:36 AM (NOIQH)

165 Well was it EoY? It is September so yes they went full "Use it or Lose It." Which means the EPA's phantom hallway poopers just got brand new ergonomic chairs. Along with other perks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 08:33 AM (1emJG)

In the next Great Republic, wherever it may appear on Earth, our descendants (ideological or literal) must create an incentive system that rewards bureaucrats for saving money. Such as giving every department's financial department a bonus, split among all workers, equal to 1% of the money they trim from their own department's budget every year. Once their bonuses are riding on how much fat they cut, you'll be amazed at how little they can get by on...

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 25, 2015 08:37 AM (J+mig)

166 Well speaking of Gilligan's Island, will re-post Tina Louise as Sappho of Lesbos in the 1960 sword and sandal movie The Warrior Empress.

https://youtu.be/TStoz3pPikU

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 08:37 AM (1emJG)

167 That isn't how it works.Giving Russia and Iran regional hegemony andde facto control of most of the world's oil supply is an entirely bad thing. You can count the reasons why this is a bad thing yourself.

Is it really better off in the hands of the Saudis and ISIS?

We produce enough oil now that we aren't beholden to the Middle East over it anymore.

Somebody has got to fight ISIS, and not a group of women with AK-47s that get trotted out every few weeks to show how awesome the fight against them is going.

If Putin wants to play adventurer in Syria, it will keep ISIS (and Russia) busy.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 08:37 AM (OpK2H)

168 I don't know how all this plays out but I think I
can guarantee the next president--of whichever party--is going to be a
war president.

Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (CMthJ)

And especially if the next President is a Republican or Conservative will be recorded historically as a war-losing President!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:37 AM (ftVQq)

169 151 143

Jindal as the Prof. He would know how to repair a boat.

George Will, not so much.

George Will would try to build a coconut nuke to blow up Levi-Strauss.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 08:39 AM (OpK2H)

170 If Putin wants to play adventurer in Syria, it will keep ISIS (and Russia) busy.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 08:37 AM (OpK2H)

I'm hard-pressed to think of a historical instance where giving militaristic tyrants free rein worked out happily for all involved.

Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 08:39 AM (CMthJ)

171 I like a nice drive, but I kinda wish they hadn't ruined air travel.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I found Jesus at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (geVJ9)

Air travel needed ruining... for security.

Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 25, 2015 08:39 AM (BZAd3)

172 Obama confidant and presidential biographer says that the Pope appeals to Americans because they are hungry for leadership:

And it says a lot about Americans that an economically-ignorant, Peronist wannabe-politico who's glad to corrupt himself by assisting a treasonous government in its plan to freely allow Third World trash across its borders and who can barely rouse himself to defend even the smallest tenets of Catholicism can appeal to them.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 08:41 AM (zF6Iw)

173 Air travel needed ruining... for security.

Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 25, 2015 08:39 AM (BZAd3)

And diversity!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:41 AM (ftVQq)

174 If Putin wants to play adventurer in Syria, it will keep ISIS (and Russia) busy.

Here's the rub:

a) I remember when Russian troops in the Middle East was a giant freaking neon farm of red lines, signs, lights, and interpretive dance.

b) When the Russians show up in a place, it is very, very difficult to get them to leave. A thousand years of history backs this up.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 25, 2015 08:41 AM (659DL)

175 The next president is going to have his hands full with a civil war. BLM et al. aren't' going away, and add in millions of refugees, unemployment, and so on and Obama's Alinskied/Cloward-Pivened us into the glorious revolution his relatives have so craved since the 60's.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 08:41 AM (NOIQH)

176 >>Jindal as the Prof. He would know how to repair a boat.

That's actually why I picked George Will; he's a really smart guy, but he can't seem to do anything useful. Just like the professor.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:42 AM (O7MnT)

177 I'm hard-pressed to think of a historical instance where giving militaristic tyrants free rein worked out happily for all involved.

ISIS qualifies for that. And they're worse than Putin.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 08:42 AM (OpK2H)

178 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 08:41 AM (zF6Iw)

It's early to wax poetic, but darn if you didn't manage it!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:42 AM (ftVQq)

179 112 BTW, El Jeb! just released his new hot campaign issue, Regulatory Reform

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Regulatory reform without the metric system is useless.

Posted by: Lincoln Chaffee at September 25, 2015 08:43 AM (mCcKq)

180 That's actually why I picked George Will; he's a
really smart guy, but he can't seem to do anything useful. Just like the
professor.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 08:42 AM (O7MnT)

Will could keep score on how everyone else is doing in the effort to get off the island!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:43 AM (ftVQq)

181 I don't know how all this plays out but I think I can guarantee the next president--of whichever party--is going to be a war president.

Points taken. However, we aren't as dependent on foreign oil as we once were. Russia has been involved in Iran for a while, so that's really nothing new.

President Boy would beef up our military and start drawing our forces inward as rapidly as possible, forcing Russia and China to spend a lot of their money quickly to do whatever they were going to do over there. I'd also start concentrating on getting our economy based here so as to reduce our reliance on foreign suppliers as much as possible.

And yeah, I think the ME is a lost cause. We've lost more than we've gained trying to civilize those animals. If Europe and the rest of the world thinks we're so bad, let them try something on their own and see if they can do it better.

Isolationist? Yeah, but I don't care anymore. The rest of the world can kiss my ass. They don't like us anyway, so it's no great loss.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 25, 2015 08:43 AM (LUgeY)

182 I don't know how all this plays out but I think I can guarantee the next president--of whichever party--is going to be a war president.

Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 08:31 AM (CMthJ)

And I can guarantee the characterization:

Repub prez: "Warmonger! No blood for oil! BOOOOSSHHH!"

Dem prez: "Support the C-in-C! Dissent is treason!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 08:43 AM (zF6Iw)

183 If Putin wants to play adventurer in Syria, it will keep ISIS (and Russia) busy.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 08:37 AM (OpK2H)

It may keep them busy, but it also gives them actually more than they ever hoped to have from the time of Soviet Russia. Before, all Russia wanted was to control the lines of communication that connected the energy to the consumers. What the Russians are getting is the energy AND the lines of communication. It will make extortion that much easier and effective.

Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 25, 2015 08:44 AM (BZAd3)

184 For Security .... And Diversity !

Reminds me of a classic 3 Stooges scene, appropriately enough !

TSA, encouraging Americans to take road trips since 2002 !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 08:45 AM (S0bOl)

185 Looks like we will be keeping troops in the child raping country for the foreseeable future.

Going to go out on a limb here and suggest that Afghanistan is not the only one in Obama's Brotherhood of 57 countries where this occurs.

Posted by: t-bird at September 25, 2015 08:45 AM (FcR7P)

186 I'm hard-pressed to think of a historical instance where giving militaristic tyrants free rein worked out happily for all involved.

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Augusto Pinochet at September 25, 2015 08:45 AM (O7MnT)

187 So once again the Progressives take hostage a religious leader for the express purpose of pushing their religion.

Sometimes I wish the First Vatican had not been forced upon the Holy See at gun-point. Then we could see how a secular Pope operates. Of course Italy would not exist as presently constituted due to the Papal States. Which would also mean there might might have been no Mussolini to invade Ethiopia or join in the Tripartite Pact.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 08:46 AM (1emJG)

188 Podcast going up today?

Posted by: gunslingeraz at September 25, 2015 08:47 AM (Ij1fE)

189 Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 25, 2015 08:44 AM (BZAd3)

Czar Putin may well realize the plans of all the previous Czars!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:47 AM (ftVQq)

190 >>>>On second, thought, I do know how they spent $92 million. They bought
furniture that was so grossly overpriced that the vendor(s), who were
surely friends/relatives of the EPA purchaser, then took the cash from
the overcharge and split it w/their EPA friends. No way this wasn't
graft. On a massive scale..
.
.
.
.Nope. Most Federal Government Agencies must buy all of their "stuff" like furniture from a GSA approved Vendor, and there are only a few that are authorized to sell Office Furniture. We had to buy some new chairs once and we spent $700 for each one. Something you would normally buy from Staples for less than $200.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 25, 2015 08:47 AM (iONHu)

191 Conceal carry without the need for a holster.

http://tinyurl.com/ovdow94

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 25, 2015 08:48 AM (fWAjv)

192 Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 25, 2015 08:47 AM (iONHu)

But you should see the spec sheet on those chairs!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 25, 2015 08:48 AM (ftVQq)

193 Happy Friday

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 25, 2015 08:49 AM (fWAjv)

194 Sen. Cotton yesterday saying that he didn't support the CR because it didn't adequately fund the military I think is BS. He is from a pretty blue state. My thought is that his vote, like most, if not all the others, was done so he could eventually point to it (his vote) and say that he supported abortion to interest groups who might support him. Not that that would happen, but he was lobbied, by the people who coordinated the voting to get the desired results, and he bought it.

Instead of voting his conscience, he voted to stay "in power".

He's learning quick.

Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 25, 2015 08:49 AM (BZAd3)

195 ISIS qualifies for that. And they're worse than Putin.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 25, 2015 08:42 AM (OpK2H)

ISIS is running loose because--right now--it serves the purposes ofseveral interested partiesto keep the Middle East destabilized as much as possible. From a military perspective, eradicating them would not be a difficult thing, not even for a middling regional power such as Iran.

Once ISIS has finished serving its purpose, it'll be wiped out in a few weeks, at most.

Posted by: troyriser at September 25, 2015 08:49 AM (CMthJ)

196 Putin's strategy continues to be to make Russia an energy giant. Cobtrol as much oil& gas as possible.
Laugh at the countries where global warming cultists are in cobtrol.
Invade.
Annex.
Profit.

Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 08:49 AM (cbfNE)

197 187 So once again the Progressives take hostage a religious leader for the express purpose of pushing their religion.

Sometimes I wish the First Vatican had not been forced upon the Holy See at gun-point. Then we could see how a secular Pope operates. Of course Italy would not exist as presently constituted due to the Papal States. Which would also mean there might might have been no Mussolini to invade Ethiopia or join in the Tripartite Pact.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 08:46 AM (1emJG)

I don't consider this Pope a hostage to the Progressives at all. At the risk of offending my Catholic friends, the things that he has commented on, and more importantly, the things he has either ignored altogether or given short shrift, speak volumes as to his mindset.

In other words, he sure as hell ain't no John Paul II.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 08:50 AM (St6BJ)

198 One of the GSA approved suppliers of furniture is UNICOR, prisoner made furniture.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 08:50 AM (1emJG)

199 >>We had to buy some new chairs once and we spent $700 for each one. Something you would normally buy from Staples for less than $200.

Ugh!

Well, *someone* made $500 off that chair in your example. I'm sure that someone if buddies/related to someone at the GSA who selects approved vendors.
It all stinks.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 08:50 AM (NOIQH)

200 I've seen the "Approved Vendor" scam before.

How do you become approved ?
A mutually agreeable kickback arrangement !

Profit !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 08:51 AM (S0bOl)

201 {This space intentionally left blank.}

{Well then, this comment is intentionally left blank also. There is nothing here. What are you reading, anyway? Just stop, already!}

Posted by: (Kevin C} at September 25, 2015 08:51 AM (I27iY)

202 194 He's learning quick.
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 25, 2015 08:49 AM (BZAd3)

When even the good guys have to do this kind of thing, it just confirms that the whole thing is rotten to the core and needs to be Tree-of-Libertied.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 08:51 AM (St6BJ)

203 The pope comes to town and Ed Morrissey is harder to find at Hot Air than the Pillsbury Dough Boy at a bakers convention. Of which he has a more than passing resemblance.

Oh Ed, how I recall your tomes of endearment as Francis was first installed. Poppin Fresh, your silence now is deafening.

Also oh, f*ck the EPA and their free spending ways with MY tax dollars. May you hall shitting assholes fall off of your $4000 chairs headfirst into a toxic waste dump.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 25, 2015 08:51 AM (gyKtp)

204 According to my calendar .... Today is when the worlds ends, so says the French. Wooohooo....happy hour starts early.

Posted by: Paladin at September 25, 2015 08:51 AM (YNPwP)

205 Half the stuff we purchase from preferred vendors who supposedly give us a discount can be had on Prime for less.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 25, 2015 08:52 AM (fWAjv)

206 >>That's actually why I picked George Will; he's a really smart guy, but he can't seem to do anything useful. Just like the professor.

Heh - YES! The professor was the best dude on the island and yet he never snagged Mary Ann and/or Ginger. Never understood how that happened.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 08:53 AM (NOIQH)

207
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES
BOTH FORREIGN AND DOMESTICK
Boƒton, Thurƒday Sept. 25th. 1690

It is deƒigned, that the Countrey ƒhall be furniƒhed once a moneth (or if any Glut of Occurrences happen, oftener) with an Account of ƒuch conƒiderable things as have arrived unto our Notice.

Unleƒƒ of courƒe it interferes with our Prerogatives as Power Brokerƒ

(I may have added that laƒt part)

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 08:53 AM (5YtTA)

208 If Putin wants Syria, give it to him.

Russia is a capitalistic democracy. People vote for their leaders, they own shit, pay taxes and do everything else we do.

This ain't the cold war.

If it makes the people of Russia feel better by having some foreign adventure, have at it.

Let's elect Trump to sit down at a table and make a deal with Putin as to who gets what.

Posted by: jwest at September 25, 2015 08:53 AM (Zs4uk)

209 The next president is going to have his hands full with a civil war. BLM et al. aren't' going away,

They are playing a VERY dangerous game that they WILL NOT win.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 08:54 AM (Ma5u/)

210 Heh - YES! The professor was the best dude on the island and yet he never snagged Mary Ann and/or Ginger.

That we know of. *wink wink*

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 08:55 AM (Ma5u/)

211 The pope comes to town and Ed Morrissey is harder to find at Hot Air than the Pillsbury Dough Boy at a bakers convention. Of which he has a more than passing resemblance.

Speaking of Eds, I wish Insty would dump that idiot Ed Driscoll. I'm sure running the blog takes up a great deal of his time that he could use elsewhere, but Glenn is ruining his blog by letting other people have posting privileges.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 08:56 AM (zF6Iw)

212 J.J. Sefton, fair is fair. During the Papacy of John Paul II there Jews who were constantly finding fault with things he did. For example when trying to broker some kind of peace between the Arabs and Israelis

Sure he could be smarter than he has. But at the end of the day, what he says before Congress is merely his words and not official policy. The Catholic bureaucracy is quite efficient at being mullish, as opposed to say the US Senate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 08:58 AM (1emJG)

213 Kayne West is gonna run for POTUS as a Republican. That would be fine save for a couple of things.
1. He is completely insane.
2. He has no manners or class of any sort save low.
3. He is a galactic asshole.
4. His ignorance is exceeded only by his insanity.

Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 08:58 AM (xWW96)

214 I don't consider this Pope a hostage to the Progressives at all. At the risk of offending my Catholic friends, the things that he has commented on, and more importantly, the things he has either ignored altogether or given short shrift, speak volumes as to his mindset.
In other words, he sure as hell ain't no John Paul II.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 25, 2015 08:50 AM (St6BJ)
___________

South America has incredible natural resources so why are they always 'third world'?

My own half-baked theory is that they have been so indoctrinated in the Inquisitorial legal system that accomplishing anything is all-but impossible. Shut up, they said, and your betters will give you a cookie. Protestantism is directly opposed to the idea of spiritual or organizational hierarchies.

I see the cultural clash a lot when dealing with my Hispanic neighbors. The concept of 'innocent until proven guilty' is incomprehensible. Again, my own half-baked theory is that the difference between common-law and civil systems creates different social outcomes.

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 25, 2015 08:59 AM (MIKMs)

215 Ay caramba! Why you wear that dress? What you do to your face???
Brucie! You got some transsplainin' to do!

Posted by: Krissy Rikardashian, I Love Brucie, a sitcom for the Obama generation at September 25, 2015 08:59 AM (dHTO7)

216 Meanwhile, in non-contrived "Poor, Persecuted Muslim Genius" land or "Most holy spirtual leader travels the world an lectures on the dire threat of global warming"(a/k/a the real world):

Christians are being barbarically tortured by ISIS in their own churches to force them to convert to Islam.

Religious persecution watchdog Christian Freedom International reports those who defy the militants have had limbs cut off or have been crucified -- even children.

"ISIS has a stated goal to wipe out Christianity," Jay Sekulow, of the American Center for Law and Justice told the Jerusalem Post.

"This is why they are crucifying Christians --- which includes children --- destroying churches and selling artifacts. The reality is, this group will stop at practically nothing to raise funds for its terrorist mission."

Words fail.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 09:00 AM (NOIQH)

217 Anybody read Jedediah Bila's tribute to her Dad for his birthday? It is very nice. He must be a great Dad.

Posted by: maddogg at September 25, 2015 09:00 AM (xWW96)

218 213 Kayne West is gonna run for POTUS as a Republican. That would be fine save for a couple of things.
1. He is completely insane.
2. He has no manners or class of any sort save low.
3. He is a galactic asshole.
4. His ignorance is exceeded only by his insanity.
Posted by: maddogg
---------------------

Maybe he should run for Speaker of the House.

Posted by: Roy at September 25, 2015 09:01 AM (VndSC)

219 Have a Summer Home in Sweden?

Maybe not.

That Country is beyond redemption.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/q4j8wsk

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell and a pocket full of Silver Dimes at September 25, 2015 09:01 AM (dOD0J)

220 >>>That's actually why I picked George Will; he's a really smart guy, but
he can't seem to do anything useful. Just like the professor.<<<

I could see George making a HAM radio out of coconut shells and sea water, but repairing a hole in a hull? Not so much.

Posted by: Fritz at September 25, 2015 09:01 AM (UzPAd)

221 "The next president is going to have his hands full with a civil war. BLM et al. aren't' going away, "

Seeing in your face actions from presumed BLM fellow travelers almost daily around here.

And it is escalating in both frequency, and intensity.

Posted by: VIA, Skimmer Puke (Ret) at September 25, 2015 09:02 AM (VPLuQ)

222 Oh Ed, how I recall your tomes of endearment as Francis was first installed. Poppin Fresh, your silence now is deafening. Posted by: GnuBreed at September 25, 2015 08:51 AM

The Corpulent "Captain" is probably in meetings at Salem Communications' headquarters, planning the next attacks on Donald Trump with "Taylor Millard."

I'm sure he's still all-in for Francis the Talking Pope. The Catholics' Main Man is, of course, infallible. Just like Choom Boy, for whom Poppin' Fresh joined in on the "impeachment is off the table" chorus.

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 25, 2015 09:02 AM (1GuiX)

223 Argentina, despite being rich in natural resources and a strong German population, still manages to go full Socialist and become an impoverished Hell-hole. As opposed to Mexico which is a Spanish cultural induced economic Hell-hole.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:02 AM (1emJG)

224 The professor was the best dude on the island and yet he never snagged Mary Ann and/or Ginger. Never understood how that happened.

Cough... gay... cough...

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 09:02 AM (O7MnT)

225 Bad pope.
No donut.

Posted by: @votermom at September 25, 2015 09:04 AM (cbfNE)

226 Shouldn't that bumble-bee story be titled, "Thanks to evolution, we don't have to worry about global warming"?

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 25, 2015 09:04 AM (6n332)

227 " Glenn is ruining his blog by letting other people have posting privileges"

Thanks for saying what I've been thinking for a while too, MP4.

Driscoll needs to go, now. Some of the other cob-loggers aren't so bad, but it is still diluting his (excellent and hard-earned) brand.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 09:04 AM (S0bOl)

228 Kanye gave high praise to Carson.

Wonder if he knows he is a republican.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 25, 2015 09:04 AM (fWAjv)

229 211 >> Speaking of Eds, I wish Insty would dump that idiot Ed Driscoll.

I rarely go to Instapundit due to every other post being a sales ad. I will give props to USA Today for running Glenn op ed articles, because he regularly eviscerates lefty thinking there.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 25, 2015 09:04 AM (gyKtp)

230 Look like the school boards plan proposed a couple weeks ago to shuffle kids around to ease the massive overcrowding in our school cluster is not going over well. Other neighborhoods are already experiencing overcrowding due to the illegal invasion and know this will make their problems worse and are pushing back hard. Plus it will involve busing kids to other neighborhoods on already overcrowded buses, something, strangely, nobody seems to like. The illegal alien parents are demanding more and better schools (through translators, of course) , teachers, programs and buses paid for with higher property taxes they are mostly immune from. The mostly black school board doesn't want to spend more money on schools for their Hispanic brothers and are only grudgingly committing to a small amount, maybe 20% of what is needed. In the end, all these plans will fail as the illegal flood continues and anchor babies, 100% paid for by the taxpayers, are born at the rate of 4.7 per mother. Of course, nobody is allowed to point out that is the real problem, not money or lack of resources.

This is going to get uglier in the next year or so. Welcome to Obama's America. Coming to your neighborhood soon, if it hasn't already.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at September 25, 2015 09:05 AM (1BQGO)

231 Or another example is the Philippines. For almost 50 years the US occupied and administered the 7,000+ islands there. And still the place is something of an economic basket-case. Or Puerto Rico, after more than a century of US influence, is still an economic basket case.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:05 AM (1emJG)

232 >>>The professor was the best dude on the island and yet he never
snagged Mary Ann and/or Ginger. Never understood how that happened.
<<<

A little known fact is that the Professor's middle name was Paolo, and he liked older married women.

Posted by: Fritz at September 25, 2015 09:05 AM (UzPAd)

233 The Catholic Church has survived bad Popes before. The Avignon Captivity. Anti-Popes. Been there done that and the Church survives. Probably should get a t-shirt with that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:06 AM (1emJG)

234 >>Cough... gay... cough...

No kidding! Even as an elementary schol-aged kid I sensed something was not right about that. I mean, even without technically showing it you knew Kirk was getting A LOT of galactic tail.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 09:06 AM (NOIQH)

235 Argentina, despite being rich in natural resources and a strong German population,

Seig heil!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 09:07 AM (Ma5u/)

236 As opposed to Mexico which is a Spanish cultural induced economic Hell-hole.

Mexico isn't actually a poor country. Per Capita GDP wise, Mexico is ahead of China, Thailand, South Africa, and Brazil.

What Mexico has figured out is they can keep their social spending low by exporting their poor to the USA.

Posted by: V the K at September 25, 2015 09:07 AM (O7MnT)

237 Heh - YES! The professor was the best dude on the island and yet he never snagged Mary Ann and/or Ginger. Never understood how that happened.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 25, 2015 08:53 AM (NOIQH)

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

He reasoned it probably was not worth the headache. Next thing you know Mary Ann is putting rat poison in his slice of coconut cream pie and Ginger is walking around with a mattress on her back.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 09:07 AM (LXJ1e)

238 Oh, I like this excerpt:

That which is herein propoƒed is, Firƒt, That Memorable Occurents of Divine Providence may not be neglected or forgotten, as they too often are. Secondly, That people every where may better underƒtand the Circumƒtances of Publique Affairs, both abroad and at home; which may not only direct their Thoughts at all times, but at ƒome times alƒo to aƒƒiƒt their Buƒineƒƒes and Negotiations.

Thirdly, That ƒome thing may be done towards the Curing, or at least the Charming of that Spirit of Lying, which prevails amongƒt us, wherefore nothing ƒhall be entered, but what we have reaƒon to believe is true, repairing to the beƒt fountains for our Information. And when there appears any material miƒtake in any thing that is collected, it ƒhall be corrected in the next.

How far the press has fallen, eh?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 25, 2015 09:08 AM (5YtTA)

239 Saudi Prince Arrested in Beverly Hills Compound for Sex Assault...

--------------
They keep making a big deal out of the fact that he doesnt have diplomatic immunity b/c the street racing prince they arrested last week falsely claim he did. Who cares? They still give them bail and they jump on the first jet home. -- As this guy will do.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 09:08 AM (iQIUe)

240 Nood art thread up.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 25, 2015 09:08 AM (fWAjv)

241 nood art

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 25, 2015 09:08 AM (S0bOl)

242 Cut off the Remittance train to Mexico and that country goes all Pancho Villa again. Which further bolsters the need for a wall on the border.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:09 AM (1emJG)

243 Kayne West is gonna run for POTUS as a Republican.

Have the usual suspects been calling him an Uncle Tom or race traitor yet?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 25, 2015 09:09 AM (zF6Iw)

244 The illegal alien parents are demanding more and better schools (through translators, of course) , teachers, programs and buses paid for with higher property taxes they are mostly immune from.

Que? No habla Espa�ol. Englais por favor.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2015 09:09 AM (Ma5u/)

245 @160 Yes... I forgot the word "accuser's" between "Kane's" and "lawyer." Good catch. :-)

Posted by: RedWhiteAndTrue at September 25, 2015 09:09 AM (J9rqz)

246 The MSM grandees sure luvz themselves some commie pope. Going all gushy this morning about how he's going to raise the lumpenproles' awareness of "climate change."

*spit*

On other news, CNN is a leading reason for my hatred of airports.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 25, 2015 09:10 AM (mCcKq)

247
And the question would then be; If I join Amazon Prime today, does that mean I'm going to be considered as supporting the Progressive push to accept all thing Transgendered?

Why the non sequitur by Amazon? Why did they tie this to some Captain Fruitypants movement thing?

The weirdness gets weirder everyday.

Posted by: GBruno at September 25, 2015 09:10 AM (u49WF)

248 One more bit at the Inquisitorial v Common-law traditions and economic outcomes.

Please remember Germany's Catholic population is roughly equal to its Protestant population -- including its exports (refugees).

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 25, 2015 09:11 AM (MIKMs)

249 The mostly black school board doesn't want to spend more money on schools for their Hispanic brothers and are only grudgingly committing to a small amount, maybe 20% of what is needed

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

Just tell the blacks they voted for Obama, so it's time to suck it up.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 25, 2015 09:11 AM (LXJ1e)

250
223 Argentina, despite being rich in natural resources and a strong German population, still manages to go full Socialist and become an impoverished Hell-hole.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2015 09:02 AM (1emJG)

People in Argentina have become experts at hiding their money from the government.

As the masses vote for socialists to give them more of what others have, the business owners and professionals devised new methods of keeping their money. These tricks filtered down and now even the poor hide what little they have so it isn't taxed.

Tough luck for the citizens, but great for ex pats or tourists with dollars to spend.

Posted by: jwest at September 25, 2015 09:12 AM (Zs4uk)

251 Its not a random coincidence that all the countries settled in the "new world" by the British prospered through capitalism and relative freedom while the ones founded by the Spanish and ruled by iron-fisted despots have remained economic basket cases and corrupt shit holes.

The bad thing is that we have been descending into the rule by iron-fisted despots (bureaucrats) and corrupt shit holes like the EPA.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 25, 2015 09:13 AM (t2KH5)

252 And thank you Jonah, for the heavily edited comment.

Remember they used to say "don't eat the tuna because it kills all the dolphins".

It took a while, but eventually they got it.
Don't eat tuna...because it kills the tuna.

Posted by: GBruno at September 25, 2015 09:14 AM (u49WF)

253 Before, all Russia wanted was to control the lines of communication that connected the energy to the consumers. What the Russians are getting is the energy AND the lines of communication.

This. Europe is boned.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at September 25, 2015 09:22 AM (evdj2)

254
Who the hell wants to go to Quatar for the WC? Too hot to play, too hot to tour, nothing to do, etc. Seriously, what a bone headed move by the soccer girlies.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 25, 2015 09:25 AM (iQIUe)

255 174
If Putin wants to play adventurer in Syria, it will keep ISIS (and Russia) busy.

Here's the rub:

a) I remember when Russian troops in the Middle East was a giant
freaking neon farm of red lines, signs, lights, and interpretive dance.

b) When the Russians show up in a place, it is very, very difficult
to get them to leave. A thousand years of history backs this up.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)

Jihad Johnnie has already convinced them once it was a bad idea to stay and die....

Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 25, 2015 09:26 AM (4pjhs)

256 Boehner to resign as speaker end of next month

Posted by: Fox2! at September 25, 2015 09:35 AM (brIR5)

257 I had to throw up this morning when Gingrich was on FOX gushing over the pope! This pope is a communist and there is Gingrich peeing all over himself with praise for the guy?!!

PS I heard last night on local radio that the Organization of Black Engineers (a huge group?) were sending out a notice at SMU asking their folks to send letters of encouragement to that Ahmed Mohammed so he can go on "inventing" more new things (clocks from Radio Shack?).

Posted by: AnnaS at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (P+I7L)

258 PS I heard last night on local radio that the
Organization of Black Engineers (a huge group?) were sending out a
notice at SMU asking their folks to send letters of encouragement to
that Ahmed Mohammed so he can go on "inventing" more new things (clocks
from Radio Shack?).

Posted by: AnnaS at September 25, 2015 09:40 AM (P+I7L)
Organization Of Black Engineers? That must be a very large and influential group. (I denounce myself in advance)

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 25, 2015 09:45 AM (TPimP)

259 Good riddance to bad rubbish, he's been nothing more than a liberal errand boy from the get go, now let's watch the orange man slither off into his tanning bed.

Posted by: Rose at September 25, 2015 11:32 AM (epC6E)

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