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CBD:
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Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com
WTF?
Some big accomplishments for the House through 100 days. http://t.co/DXyx13AwNP pic.twitter.com/nBAxtzPJJA
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) April 22, 2015Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Brenden at April 22, 2015 11:29 AM (wa+SP)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 22, 2015 11:29 AM (Q819Q)
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Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:32 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 11:32 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 11:32 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: GOP apologists at April 22, 2015 11:33 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 11:33 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2015 11:34 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:34 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: John Boner in Assless Chaps at April 22, 2015 11:34 AM (QRz0C)
Posted by: JEM at April 22, 2015 11:35 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 22, 2015 11:35 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:35 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: L, Elle at April 22, 2015 11:36 AM (rj3Mq)
Posted by: DaveA at April 22, 2015 11:36 AM (DL2i+)
They are finally listening.
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:37 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 11:37 AM (W5DcG)
http://tinyurl.com/qx82z2m
Posted by: Tami at April 22, 2015 11:39 AM (v0/PR)
- A Congress that does its job
- A Washington that works
- A party that can govern
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:39 AM (gmeXX)
Love how some of those accomplishments are basically referring to speechifying, such as:
"Promoted Job Creation" = said we need to create jobs
"Promoted Educational Opportunities" = said more kids need to go to college, need access to computers
"Empowered working Americans" = sorry, did they give us new rights or something - how does Congress "empower" us to to anything????
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 11:40 AM (2TN4k)
The GOP is worthless in every way imaginable.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 22, 2015 11:40 AM (pHEyr)
'scuse me, I need to hit the men's room to drop some "bipartisanship".
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at April 22, 2015 11:41 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 11:41 AM (XUKZU)
--------------------------
Hope on the hillious
Seems quite sillious
In point of fact
It leaves me quite billlious
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2015 11:41 AM (kgisg)
There's only one way to cure this.
... Shit that Cato the OG said or sumthin
Posted by: Your vote MATTERS at April 22, 2015 11:41 AM (3yfGn)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at April 22, 2015 11:32 AM (Bn6aD)
This. Emperor Barry has certainly set the precedent.
Just lie. No need to be clever about it. Loudly, boldy, in the face of all evidence to the contrary, just lie.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at April 22, 2015 11:42 AM (vgIRn)
People never stare
They just don't care
Chinese music under banyan trees
Here at the dude ranch above the sea
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you
Up on the hill
They've got time to burn
There's no return
Double helix in the sky tonight
Throw out the hardware
Let's do it right
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you
Up on the hill
They think I'm okay
Or so they say
Chinese music always sets me free
Angular banjoes
Sound good to me
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you
Posted by: Truck Monkey is a Mime..... Serious at April 22, 2015 11:42 AM (fLKzW)
What the...?
How did...?
I mean....
Really?!?
I didn't pay attention to the url when I first went to the link and saw the graphic. Then I read the media "endorsements" that were linked, convinced even more that this was a parody. Then I looked at who was publishing this, and had the reaction above when I reread the graphic.
Every single stinking one of those items are alie. They'vedone zilch to fix Medicaid's problems or balance the budget. They haven't protected human life (other than extending the Hyde Amendment to a sex trafficking law), and torpedoed the major bill to restrict late-term abortions on the same day as the March for Life! And this #$@(! Congress wants me to believe that it's working!
Well, we now have confirmation that the GOPe and their staff have beentaking advantage of D.C.'srevised laws onweed.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at April 22, 2015 11:42 AM (+/C3g)
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Do people really actually believe this? Don't all kids have access to a smart phone these days? That is way more computing power than most (all) kids in my generation had.
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:43 AM (gmeXX)
Um, what budget?
Reid has held off the vote on a budget pretty much since Obama took office, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 11:43 AM (2TN4k)
The GOP sucks.
The horde is great.
My wife is a saint.
My spawn is awesome.
Later all.
Posted by: CAC at April 22, 2015 11:43 AM (5Rwxv)
Posted by: John Bohner at April 22, 2015 11:43 AM (kgisg)
Closely followed by.....
http://tinyurl.com/ksvzzcf
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Could we send Godzilla and Mr. Kong to D.C?
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 11:43 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 22, 2015 11:44 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: The GOP at April 22, 2015 11:44 AM (Q819Q)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 11:44 AM (0HooB)
smart phone these days? That is way more computing power than most
(all) kids in my generation had.
I was making a guess, but yes, Lefties say that all the time. Even created a nifty phrase for it - "digital divide". Apparently inner city school kids need computers to get ahead, as if this tool will magically make their teachers better, curricula better, or make them want to learn, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 11:45 AM (2TN4k)
Dammit Pixy! I said I was sorry about the bad alfalfa pellets for the hamsters. Stop taking out random spaces and returnsin my comments!
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at April 22, 2015 11:45 AM (+/C3g)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 11:46 AM (St6BJ)
Up on the hill
They think I'm okay
Or so they say
Chinese music always sets me free
Angular banjoes
Sound good to me
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you
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Day after day, alone on the hill
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around
Well on the way, head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around
And nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around
He never listens to them
He knows that they're the fools
They don't like him
The fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 11:46 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:34 AM (gmeXX)
And you won't be, little one.
But you will be ruled.
And you'll take it.
Now wipe my ass, serf. And don't forget the taint.
Posted by: Smoochin' John Boehner, Man of Tan at April 22, 2015 11:46 AM (zF6Iw)
Every thread should be about surviving Leviathan. That is the challenge before us.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 11:46 AM (QRz0C)
http://tinyurl.com/qx82z2m
Posted by: Tami at April 22, 2015 11:39 AM (v0/PR)
D'awww! Beautiful family!
Posted by: Gem at April 22, 2015 11:46 AM (c+gwp)
this tool will magically make their teachers better, curricula better,
or make them want to learn, etc.
Worked so well for Los Angeles.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 11:46 AM (ZKzrr)
That is some strong drugs they are on;
"Delusional are they." - Yoda, GOPe Strategy Master.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 22, 2015 11:47 AM (tBwwp)
Now that we don't have to worry about that anymore, what's left?
Hmm...
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 11:47 AM (AkOaV)
Day after day alone on the hill
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him,
The can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round
Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 11:47 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 22, 2015 11:47 AM (so+oy)
Posted by: LizLem at April 22, 2015 11:47 AM (yRwC8)
Con gusto.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 11:46 AM (St6BJ)
They need to hear from AtC.
Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 11:47 AM (sgrzZ)
Posted by: rickl at April 22, 2015 11:48 AM (zoehZ)
Excellent.
Didn't seem that way when I was filling out my taxes this year and had additional forms to fill out about health insurance, but hey what do I know?
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 11:48 AM (AkOaV)
I ^v,^p'd mine. Took a few tries to get the captcha. Don't see where they any comments show up though.
Posted by: DaveA at April 22, 2015 11:48 AM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 11:40 AM (2TN4k)
Give a computer to a stupid kid, and you end up with a stupid kid with a computer. Period.
Send a stupid kid to college, and you end up (maybe) with a stupid kid with a college degree in some intellectually laughable subject, and/or a university with debased standards. Period.
Give a middle class house to a ghetto rat, and you end up with a ghetto rat in a middle class house.
Only liberals believe that giving someone the trappings of something makes them equivalent to those who earned those trappings. At some level, they get this: they don't give the Cubs World Series rings, for example. So the cargo cult doesn't extend THAT far.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 22, 2015 11:48 AM (oKE6c)
No, Congress has a job. They're supposed to pass a budget, stomp mudholes in presidential appointees, & impeach dick-sucking Kenyans.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 22, 2015 11:49 AM (Q819Q)
Shhh... We're 100% in favor of selling technology to schools.
That's how I make a living.
The big push is 1:1. Every student gets one device.
So school districts have been on big pushes to buy thousands of laptops recently.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 11:49 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 22, 2015 11:49 AM (VURy4)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at April 22, 2015 11:49 AM (S8V5R)
Posted by: m at April 22, 2015 11:50 AM (WIUGG)
Heh. How many millions did they waste on iPads?
I'm sure someone made a hefty commission on the sale, though.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 11:50 AM (2TN4k)
Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 11:50 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 11:50 AM (QRz0C)
That one took some balls.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 11:50 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 11:51 AM (St6BJ)
I'm tempting the barrel by pasting this, but I've always like this one, and unfortunately it applies to many of the GOP politicians, much less lying liars like Obama: Lyrics to Hollow Man (Mark Erelli)
They picked another one off the vine
Scooped out the seeds in the back of his mind
Filled up his head with half-truths and lies
And put the finishing touch on the perfect disguise
They rolled out a carpet and threw a parade
Convinced everyone he had something to say
They smiled as they watched from the two-way mirror
As he told all the people what they wanted to hear
CHORUS
Hey, have you heard the story?
It's the same old song, same old dance
Hey, he's bound for glory
He ain't nothing but a hollow man
He basked in the glow of the fortune and fame
Even threw the first pitch at the World Series game
He always maintained he had nothing to hide
No one ever suspected he was empty inside
CHORUS
Hey, he don't know what he's doing
They set him up so high, he never had a chance
Hey, you can see right through him
He ain't nothing but a hollow man
Then came the day his cover was blown
Their little Frankenstein monster got out of control
So he looked to the ones who had saved him before
Only to find that they'd changed all the locks on the doors
The press circled in with blood in their eyes
Each one wanting a piece of his shallow disguise
And they cast him aside when from glory he fell
Now he's just another bum with a story to tell
CHORUS
Hey, he's less than zero
The greater the height, the harder you land
Ain't it hard when you find your hero
Ain't nothing but a hollow man
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at April 22, 2015 11:51 AM (+/C3g)
Posted by: Tami at April 22, 2015 11:39 AM (v0/PR)
Awwwww! Congrats to the lovely fam.
And those 3 am feedings provide the perfect excuse to go out and look at the stars, take advantage CAC! Well, as much as you can in light pollutioned southern Cali.
Posted by: LizLem at April 22, 2015 11:51 AM (yRwC8)
Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at April 22, 2015 11:51 AM (ucB75)
I just volunteered as a Captain. Better than poking eye with a blunt stick.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at April 22, 2015 11:52 AM (MrqLm)
Send a stupid kid to college, and you end up (maybe) with a stupid kid with a college degree in some intellectually laughable subject, and/or a university with debased standards. Period.
I see you've met Moo Moo.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 22, 2015 11:52 AM (Q819Q)
Me neither.
I'll bet Bob, the NSA Agent knows...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 11:52 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: Sunni LeBeouf at April 22, 2015 11:52 AM (xkSSa)
Posted by: Barrel 2.0 at April 22, 2015 11:52 AM (UhRGU)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 11:50 AM (2TN4k)
Oh yeah they did.
And it was something like $40 million in ipads.
Didn't work out well.
New tech director at LAUSD is on a Chromebook / Windows laptop push, so he recently put out a 20 million (or so) RFP so replace those ipads with either windows machines or Chromebook.
His big plan is to let the schools pick which device instead of having that decision made at district level.
But yeah, that commission... wow... I'd be retiring to my underground bunker if I got that sale.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 11:52 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: The Barrel at April 22, 2015 11:52 AM (vgIRn)
Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at April 22, 2015 11:51 AM (ucB75)
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but that's not chocolate.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 11:53 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: GOP congress at April 22, 2015 11:53 AM (/eTPT)
a $40 million dollar iPad sale means about $900,000 in commission for the salesman.
Yeah, not a bad days work.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 11:53 AM (AkOaV)
That's how I make a living.
Uh, sorry about that! I'm not against computers in school, just hate that this is the excuse the Left uses for failing public schools. More magical thinking that you can spend your problems away.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 11:53 AM (2TN4k)
The link to each bill's text at thomas.loc.gov was a nice touch. Oh, wait.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 11:53 AM (ZKzrr)
Me neither.
I'll bet Bob, the NSA Agent knows...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 11:52 AM (0HooB)
That happened to me too, but I refreshed it just once.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 11:54 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: toby928(C) is still gobsmacked at April 22, 2015 11:54 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 11:54 AM (QRz0C)
Give a computer to a stupid kid, and you end up with a stupid kid with a CARPEL TUNNEL FROM THIS PRON ADDICTION. Period.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 22, 2015 11:48 AM (oKE6c)
FTFY.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at April 22, 2015 11:54 AM (+/C3g)
May have to josh CAC with "I thought he'd be born with a telescope in hand."
Go get them Finnegan.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 22, 2015 11:54 AM (tBwwp)
No, Congress has a job. They're supposed to pass a budget, stomp mudholes in presidential appointees, & impeach dick-sucking Kenyans.
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Language matters. We should not demand that Congress do its job. Because that implies that Congress must always be doing something - usually to our detriment. Congress should represent the people and the states (well they used to represent the states). They are not there to do any sort of job. I really hate that language. It perverts their function and it perverts our understanding of who they are.
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:54 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: GOP congress at April 22, 2015 11:53 AM (/eTPT)
Started a war with my anus. And your anus.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 11:54 AM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Gop Congress at April 22, 2015 11:54 AM (sgrzZ)
Minus the kickbacks to the board, that's still not a bad day's work.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 11:55 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2015 11:55 AM (zt+N6)
Well, what they do is give huge federal and state grants to the shitty schools so that they can "buy technology" and get on the same level as the good schools.
So the shitty schools are always throwing around huge amounts of money on shit like laptops that usually end up in carts in a closet somewhere or destroyed.
..And shitty schools always buy the way overpriced accidental damage warranties, which are VERY lucrative for the salesperson.
But no, doesn't improve test scores at all. Why do you ask?
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 11:55 AM (AkOaV)
every american that wants a job now has one.
the american dream is back.
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 11:55 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Carol at April 22, 2015 11:56 AM (sj3Ax)
I hate the concept of a Congress "doing its job." It is not a job. It doesn't have a job.
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our JOB is raising money so we get to stay in Washington. The rest is just a hobby.
Posted by: GOP congress at April 22, 2015 11:56 AM (/eTPT)
Posted by: Mr Poo Poo at April 22, 2015 11:57 AM (fLKzW)
I'm just talking salesmans commission.
The company is in charge of any and all kickbacks. That shit is super sketch to do though, due to e-rate (federal government gives grants to schools to buy shit with our cell phone bill USAC taxes. And yes, people have gone to jail for influencing e-rate contracts by giving free shit to the board / IT staff)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 11:57 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: MathMom at April 22, 2015 11:57 AM (5h3rv)
Verbs....how do they work?
Posted by: Tami at April 22, 2015 11:57 AM (v0/PR)
I think you mean sold for drugs.
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2015 11:57 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: jwpaine at April 22, 2015 11:58 AM (i0pY0)
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As I have said for years. All a good school needs is four walls and a chalkboard. All this other stuff is crap. They don't need new textbooks. Math has not changed much in the past 25 years. Plato's writings haven't changed much in the past 25 - 2500 years.
Its all crap. Its wasteful. Its distracting.
If I had Koch type money, I would spend it on creating a real educational model for poor children. My goal would be to go to a large city and offer a real and free education to anyone who needs it and try to undermine a large city school district.
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 11:58 AM (gmeXX)
"Enacted Real Medicaid Reform" means "passed the Doc Fix even though we can't afford it."
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 22, 2015 11:49 AM (VURy4)
Oh they "fixed" it alright. That bill, which none read, had billions in tax increases built into it over the next ten years. And the only people who tried to tell the public about it were the people t the Heritage site.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 11:58 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 22, 2015 11:58 AM (MOr4F)
Heading out to Eden
Yea brother
Heading out to Eden
No more trouble in my body or my mind
Gonna live like a king on whatever I find
Eat all the fruit and throw away the rind
Yea brother, yea.
Posted by: toby928(C) is still gobsmacked at April 22, 2015 11:59 AM (evdj2)
tax codesimplified?
wha?
held administration accountable for what?
holder, lerner irs, atf, osha, ?
ok. well i'm glad people finally lost jobs with a fabulous pension!
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 11:59 AM (nqBYe)
They keep getting elected so I guess the answer is "yes"?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 11:59 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 11:59 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 22, 2015 11:59 AM (tBwwp)
Or sold for drugs.
Funny story... Can't mention the school district because it would (easily) tie back to my company... but one inner city school district bought several million dollars in laptops from my company.
Within a week or two, hundreds of devices were missing.
Turns out both the students AND the teachers had been pawning them, selling them on craigslist, ebay, whatever. Basically started selling them the day they were issued to them.
AND they all had "property of xyz school district" laser etched on their covers. Didn't matter.
It was pretty... funny.
I'm sure it happens in every city though.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:00 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: brak at April 22, 2015 12:00 PM (Tj+s6)
My God! (And this is a prayer not taking His name in vain)
DrewM might be right!
But my intellect still says, better a slow boat to heck than a supersonic aircraft, even if that boat is traveling 170 mph on Lake Coeur D'Alene...
Posted by: RoyL at April 22, 2015 12:00 PM (wdHQo)
"Paved the way for patient-centered health care reforms"
Personally, I interpret this to mean free sex changes and breast augmentation for everybody.
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 22, 2015 12:00 PM (xkSSa)
Posted by: Steve Picray at April 22, 2015 12:00 PM (N1yvt)
Wow.
Back in 2003 the Wash Times did an expose on DC public school spending. It was riddled with corruption and theft at all levels of administration. One of the scams involved a guy who sold computers and office equipment to the school (he was somehow related to the schools buyer and didn't even have a shop). He would bill an astronomical amount, the buyer would pay, and then they'd split the cash. In jus one instance of the scam, a school had one $150 fax machine, but the guy "sold"/invoiced them four at $200/each and then invoiced them thousands more in repair work over the course of a year. Imagine that for every school in the district and it adds up.
I just always think of this when I hear someone crowing that the schools just need more money to invest in technology blah, blah, blah
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 12:00 PM (2TN4k)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:00 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Your GOP Congress at April 22, 2015 12:00 PM (fLKzW)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: delurk ergo sum at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (iBH3P)
Agreed. It implies Congress is there to always "do something". And do something almost always means restricting freedom and/or raising taxes.
If Congress didn't enact another law for the next 10 years, I'd be a very happy camper.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Sharkman at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (72D6h)
Yeah. Not as easy as it sounds.
The teachers unions run the accreditation boards in most states.
So they're very selective about who they approve.
If you openly were anti teachers union, you'd never get your school accredited.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (AkOaV)
Not that it will have any impact in the media either way...
Posted by: Gaff at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (jPS2y)
Hrm, I guess we need to rethink how tests are scored then.
Own a computer? Automatic pass.
Know how to turn computer on? PhD in Computer Science, graduate magna cum laude.
Sat through anti-bullying lecture? Elevated to God-Emperor of Tolerance.
Beat & raped a white girl during recess? Elevated to Governor of Connecticut.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (Q819Q)
Get lost you pathetic lying amoral shitstain.
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2015 12:02 PM (zt+N6)
Heading out to Eden
Yea brother
Heading out to Eden
No more trouble in my body or my mind
Gonna live like a king on whatever I find
Eat all the fruit and throw away the rind
Yea brother, yea.
Posted by: toby928(C) is still gobsmacked at April 22, 2015 11:59 AM (evdj2)
You're making me cry . . .
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 12:02 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Andy at April 22, 2015 12:03 PM (FXR80)
And you won't find any wild giraffes in the metro DC area.
Not. One.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 12:03 PM (0HooB)
feel the same about EO's?
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:03 PM (nqBYe)
The teachers unions run the accreditation boards in most states.
So they're very selective about who they approve.
If you openly were anti teachers union, you'd never get your school accredited.
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I'm fairly certain if I had over a billion dollars at my disposal I could overcome this hurdle.
But I realize it would be a difficult fight. No one will do it of course.
But it is what I would do if I had that kind of money. I don't, so I'll just deal with message board bitching.
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 12:04 PM (gmeXX)
The House of Representatives coming together and working to produce legislation is about as likely as me agreeing to anal.
Posted by: Sir Rodham the Inevitable at April 22, 2015 12:04 PM (P330y)
And I'll bet large sums of money that the companies supplying these laptops have an executive or two who are related to a school district board member.
But that's just a coincidence, I'm sure.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:04 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Truck Monkey is a Mime..... Serious at April 22, 2015 12:04 PM (fLKzW)
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2015 12:04 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:04 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Brian Williams at April 22, 2015 12:04 PM (vgIRn)
All I know - - I didn't like the way it made me feel, said Rosado.
Posted by: Frederic Golfman at April 22, 2015 12:05 PM (rUWGr)
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 12:05 PM (gmeXX)
Oh yeah I see it all the time.
I'll come in with the lowest price on an RFP, but it will get rewarded to someone else who came in much higher who has no webpage and a gmail email address.
The purchasers / IT staff can write the RFP in such a way that they can award it to whoever they want.
So if they have a brother in law reselling used Dells out of the back of a mini van, they can write it so that he wins.
The bigger scam though is the used computers. Schools cycle through desktops in 3-5 years, then they're considered trash. Obviously they still have some useful life in them, so what tech directors do is contract with a "recycler" who refurbs and resells the computers, but bills the school to "destroy" them.
I assume the tech director gets a cut on the back end.
There have been some cases in the news where IT people have made tens of thousands of dollars cash doing this.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:05 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 12:05 PM (W5DcG)
Baby Meatball is looking at Daddy Meatball with a real wtf expression on his little face.
http://goo.gl/X7ZsWR
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 22, 2015 12:05 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:05 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 22, 2015 12:06 PM (tBwwp)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2015 12:06 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:06 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:04 PM (0LHZx)
I work for a company that supplies the laptops.
No relatives on any boards (that I know of.)
But yes, we often lose to relative on board type situations.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:06 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: OCBill at April 22, 2015 12:07 PM (cPg42)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 22, 2015 12:07 PM (tBwwp)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:06 PM (mf5HN)
It outside.
Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 12:07 PM (sgrzZ)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:07 PM (nqBYe)
You can't go 170 mph for long on Lake Cd'A. I think I get your point!
Posted by: MathMom at April 22, 2015 12:07 PM (5h3rv)
School for what DC spends on 1 student at their brick prisons/day care
centers. I think they spend something like 21k PER YEAR for each
"student".
I doubt they spend even 1/3 of that on students. The fraud is just unbelievable. Heck, even the pres. of the DC chapter of the teacher's union was found to have been skimming millions off of the union dues to buy herself a closet full of furs, designer suits, custom-made wigs, etc. (this was a while ago - maybe 2000).
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 12:08 PM (2TN4k)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 22, 2015 12:01 PM (Q819Q)
Don't get the reference.... Did malloy rape someone? haha
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:08 PM (AkOaV)
Got of of bed (check)
Dragged a comb across my head (check)
Made my way downstairs and had a cup (check)
Looking up, I noticed I was late (check)
Grabbed my coat and grabbed my hat (check)
Made the bus in seconds flat (check)
Posted by: Your GOP Congress at April 22, 2015 12:08 PM (fLKzW)
Posted by: Dianna at April 22, 2015 12:08 PM (DV/Ik)
http://tinyurl.com/l2mofwq
"Melton said much of the bourbon seized will be
destroyed after the case is complete, under state law, because its
whereabouts and contents and handling could not be vouched for to
consumers."
Government is just another word for things we do together.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 12:08 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Moo Moo, now with brains at April 22, 2015 12:08 PM (sCHw2)
Baby Meatball is looking at Daddy Meatball with a real wtf expression on his little face. http://goo.gl/X7ZsWR
Posted by: Bruce J.
"Dad, I am disappoint."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 22, 2015 12:08 PM (kdS6q)
http://tinyurl.com/mcxadg5
You should read it.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 22, 2015 12:08 PM (BZAd3)
The money goes to administrators.
Look at the admin to teacher ratio.
Or the admin to student ratio.
The waste / fraud in purchasing is a rounding error when compared to the fraud and waste in "school administration"
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:09 PM (AkOaV)
@jpodhoretz: This is a very important child, for within him resides the secret knowledge of how to win Pennsylvania.
And I do want to bear kids one day, but I thought video cams/photos in the delivery room were bad enough. Now there is the possibility of livetweeting from beginning to end AND Vine vids...gah! CAC's wife is a real trooper.
Posted by: LizLem at April 22, 2015 12:09 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Bizarro SCOAMF at April 22, 2015 12:10 PM (nlHrF)
Posted by: Bruce J.
Who are you and what the fuck am I doing here?
Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 12:10 PM (sgrzZ)
A front for making sweet cash and getting sweet ass is all it is.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 22, 2015 12:10 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2015 12:10 PM (kMbHM)
- Provided two presidential candidates
- Strongly came out against some bad stuff
- Changed the Cleveland Browns logo
- Literally went inside during a rainstorm
- Shared cold bottles of retro Mountain Dew
- Watched new episodes of "Community"
- Held the value of a quarter at 25 cents
Not bad for your first 100 days, GOP Congress.
Posted by: FireHorse at April 22, 2015 12:10 PM (2OdVw)
Waste is baked into the government cake.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 22, 2015 12:10 PM (tBwwp)
Posted by: Mr.KnowItAll at April 22, 2015 12:10 PM (uJK1E)
So does anyone at MSNBC pay taxes?
Posted by: Iblis at April 22, 2015 12:11 PM (9221z)
- Saved the earth by throwing my Starbucks cup in the garbage can
- Solved the energy crisis by driving the speed limit
- Cured world hunger by buying the homeless guy on the corner a sandwich
- Solved the budget crisis by checking the box on my tax form to contribute to the presidential election fund
Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2015 12:11 PM (GGCsk)
Now that you'll have so much extra time on your hands (/s), how about an occasional Sunday evening astronomy thread?
I had to find out about the Lyrids meteor shower from Coast to Coast AM last night...
Posted by: Spun and Murky at April 22, 2015 12:11 PM (4DCSq)
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 12:11 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:06 PM
Because they really do hate us.
Posted by: Kareem of Onion at April 22, 2015 12:12 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2015 12:12 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2015 12:12 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 22, 2015 12:13 PM (dRXTR)
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 22, 2015 12:13 PM (eytER)
- Solved the energy crisis by driving the speed limit
- Cured world hunger by buying the homeless guy on the corner a sandwich
- Solved the budget crisis by checking the box on my tax form to contribute to the presidential election fund
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You're a monster. You don't recycle. You drive. I'm guessing you didn't have a permit to give someone food.
And the icing on the cake - you contributed to the Presidential Election Fund.
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: CAC at April 22, 2015 11:43 AM (5Rwxv)
I too have awesome spawn--not to be confused with prawn, which I believe are tinylittle shrimp of some sort.
Posted by: troyriser at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (XHR9b)
No idea what's happening, but it doesn't sound good.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (8hctH)
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 22, 2015 12:13 PM
They keep getting elected. They might be right.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: no good deed at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (GgxVX)
May your new child shine brightly in everything. and Be healthy all his years.
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (QRz0C)
Posted by: Citizen X at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:15 PM (QRz0C)
Posted by: troyriser at April 22, 2015 12:14 PM (XHR9b)
I have Sea Monkeys.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 12:15 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: @JohnTant at April 22, 2015 12:13 PM (eytER)
Well, either keep voting for them and prove them right, or stop voting for them and encouraging the lying assholes.
They need to get a message, I don't know what else to do at this point but to just let them get squashed electorally.
The PROBLEM is that our good ol' GOPe will read that as, "it's time to pivot to the center. We need to win more moderates." which is really their end goal. To get a new base that will let them do their thing and not bother them.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:15 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:15 PM (nqBYe)
So does anyone at MSNBC pay taxes?
Posted by: Iblis at April 22, 2015 12:11 PM (9221z)
Lest we forget, the parent company, GE, paid no income taxes at all a few years ago.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 12:16 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 12:16 PM (W5DcG)
The childishness of his demeanor, that snide, sneering tone...towards HIS OWN BASE...I had to finally say, that's it. That's the proverbial last straw. I'm done.
Posted by: Citizen X at April 22, 2015 12:17 PM (7ObY1)
I'm sure the first letters of those words spells BOHICA, without even checking to be sure.
Eh, I'll just check that task off as 'done'.
Ya know, even if there IS a pony in that heapin' pile of manure they just served up, there's no sense digging for it as the poor thing suffocated for sure.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 22, 2015 12:17 PM (pNVc5)
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Perhaps they were not aware of this awesome new simplified tax code that the House GOP is touting.
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 12:17 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 12:16 PM (W5DcG)
I saw that Our Gang episode, with the Fidgets.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 12:17 PM (St6BJ)
Posted by: Russkilitlover at April 22, 2015 12:18 PM (PzPbi)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 12:18 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:18 PM (QRz0C)
While drunk.
And on a porn binge.
Posted by: Brian Williams
Starring your daughter.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 12:18 PM (XUKZU)
Lessee, what's the common denominator here besides all working for MSNBC.
The IRS is clearly rayciss.
Posted by: Citizen X at April 22, 2015 12:18 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 12:19 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: maddogg at April 22, 2015 12:19 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 22, 2015 12:19 PM (MOr4F)
Posted by: FireHorse at April 22, 2015 12:19 PM (2OdVw)
Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 12:20 PM (sgrzZ)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:21 PM (nqBYe)
That seems to be ranked based on how much money they wasted building the actual building.
Look at per pupil spending, DC is usually near the top.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:21 PM (AkOaV)
I found a copy:
Line 1: How much money did you make last year?_______
Line 2: How much of that money do you still have?_______
Line 3: Send us the full amount of Line 2 immediately.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 12:22 PM (0HooB)
What could be more conservative than that?
Posted by: FireHorse at April 22, 2015 12:22 PM (2OdVw)
Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 12:20 PM (sgrzZ)
I'm on it!
...Er... no "Toure" in any TEA Party I can find.
Must be a nom de guerre.
Posted by: Brian Ross at April 22, 2015 12:22 PM (AkOaV)
http://bit.ly/1EcdXjv
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 12:19 PM (wlDny)
holy fuck $575M for a high school?
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:22 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: OG CELTIC AMERICAN at April 22, 2015 12:23 PM (Tsfk9)
Apparently inner city school kids need computers to get ahead, as if this tool will magically make their teachers better, curricula better, or make them want to learn, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 11:45 AM (2TN4k)
Computers/tablets/smartphones do make it easier to coordinate looting and pillaging flash-mobs. So, there's that.
Posted by: Big McLargehuge at April 22, 2015 12:23 PM (u9OP6)
I think there's a cream for that now.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 12:18 PM (ZKzrr)
Sea Monkeys in Cream Sauce, a la Antoine.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 12:23 PM (St6BJ)
Line 3: Send us the full amount of Line 2 immediately.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 12:22 PM (0HooB)
4: that's not enough, how about a lean on your home? how many cars do you have? what about your first born?
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:23 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:22 PM (0LHZx)
Is that the one near LA? Already closed the link.
I remember reading about the half billion dollar high school of the future a few years ago.
They were super excited.
They must be pumping out geniuses by the bus load by now though, right? I mean for that kind of "investment" I'd expect a pretty big return...
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:24 PM (AkOaV)
Line 2: How much of that money do you still have?_______
Line 3: Send us the full amount of Line 2 immediately.
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Hey, I could make that work. No more taxes.
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 12:24 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:24 PM (QRz0C)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at April 22, 2015 12:24 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 22, 2015 12:25 PM (7RXcs)
Hell, maybe Farsi too.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 22, 2015 12:25 PM (pNVc5)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:25 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Truck Monkey is a Mime..... Serious at April 22, 2015 12:25 PM (fLKzW)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 22, 2015 12:25 PM (7w/kf)
We can tell
The dream's in sight
You've got to admit it
At this point in time it's clear
The future looks bright
On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well by seventy-six we'll be A.O.K.
What a beautiful world this willl be
What a glorious time to be free
Posted by: INternational Geophysical Year at April 22, 2015 12:25 PM (SGtBn)
Posted by: Big McLargehuge at April 22, 2015 12:23 PM (u9OP6)
No, the push is because of Common Core.
Common Core requires all standardized tests be taken online.
Most schools don't have enough computer labs to have the entire 6th grade or whatever take the test at the same time.
So they have to buy laptops.
Then they realize they dont have the wireless infrastructure to support 1000 laptops all at once.
So they have to buy access points.
Then they realize the bottleneck is the switches.
So they have to buy switches
etc, etc, etc
In unrelated news, HP, Cisco and Google were HUGE backers of common core.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:26 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:26 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:26 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 22, 2015 12:26 PM (rugZw)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 22, 2015 12:26 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:26 PM (AkOaV)
_________
And Bill Gates. He was one of the early backers and super duper Common Core booster.
Wonder why?
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:27 PM (0LHZx)
I mean, even an amoral loser like Moo Moo understands that the (D) is ascendant, & only wishes that "his own" party would adopt not only their tactics, but also their policies. What he doesn't realise (because he's stupid) is that they have. He has exactly the party he wants, & he's still angry at the people who disagree with him.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 22, 2015 12:27 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:27 PM (nqBYe)
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We prefer it when you don't understand.
Posted by: All elected officials at April 22, 2015 12:27 PM (gmeXX)
We taxpayers were assured that would never happen because the laptops had sooper sekrit programming that wouldn't let the yoots do anything with those laptops except study.
Except...um, they're not.
So now it's: hey taxpayers-we lied to you about the laptops. Now pony up for new ones that the yoots can steal.
Posted by: Citizen X at April 22, 2015 12:28 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:27 PM (0LHZx)
It really is a mystery.
Also, Microsoft's VP met personally with Preznit Obama who personally worked a deal with Microsoft to waive their OEM licensing fees for devices going in to schools.
Why would Microsoft do that? Because the real money is in the volume licensing for Windows and Office, and they're scared shitless of Google Chromebooks and Google Apps.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:28 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 12:22 PM
O_o
I remember the uproar a few years ago when Newton spent about $200MM for a new HS. $575MM? What is it built of, titanium?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2015 12:28 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:28 PM (QRz0C)
Posted by: Paladin at April 22, 2015 12:28 PM (hxLER)
Sapiosexual is a new social device people use to make themselves appear deeper than what they really are.
Sapiosexual (n): a person who is sexually attracted to intelligence in others. Sapiosexual (adj): of, or relating to, finding intellectual stimulation sexually arousing.
"I want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. I want
someone for whom philosophical discussion is foreplay. I want someone
who sometimes makes me go ouch due to their wit and evil sense of humor.
I want someone that I can reach out and touch randomly. I want someone I
can cuddle with.
I decided all that means that I am sapiosexual."
'Sapiosexual' has to be one of the stupidest sexual 'identities' to come along in years.
New words with the suffix "-sexual" are like catnip for trendy straight people.
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at April 22, 2015 12:29 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: irongrampa at April 22, 2015 12:29 PM (jeCnD)
Like the others, she's also bla - um, I mean she also works for MSNBC.
Posted by: Citizen X at April 22, 2015 12:29 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Frederic Golfman at April 22, 2015 12:29 PM (rUWGr)
$600 dollars on a high school is a bargain! Even better that the cost is denominated in Mexican dollars. (That's that M in "$600M" means, right?)
Posted by: FireHorse at April 22, 2015 12:29 PM (2OdVw)
Posted by: Harley Quinn at April 22, 2015 12:30 PM (pnlaU)
Think about this, the last time I checked my county here spends about $7K per student here.
http://bit.ly/1bveO41
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 12:30 PM (wlDny)
Oh, Bill Gates has kids in school. Think they've adopted the Common Core standards at his kids' school?
yeah...not so much
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 22, 2015 12:30 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: Citizen X at April 22, 2015 12:28 PM (7ObY1)
They put CompuTrace on the machines at the BIOS level.
Or at least, thats a solution I see sold in to schools a lot.
Makes it easier to find the machines when they show up formatted in a pawn shop.
Of course, it only pings when its connected to the internet, so it's not too difficult to wipe the hard drive, sell the machine, and be long gone before someone realizes the laptop was stolen.
Also, of COURSE the kids can get around any software applications designed to thwart kids playing games or going on facebook or whatever.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:30 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Hadoop at April 22, 2015 12:31 PM (wdz72)
We'd leverage the power of the interwebs and create our own primary system and choose our own candidate and write that candidate in on the general election and send a massive shock wave through the electoral process in this country.
It might give the enemy an election, but it would either create a new party or change the old one.
Too bad we're not...
tech savvy, that is.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 22, 2015 12:31 PM (BZAd3)
1. Escaped Elba
2. Overthrew the restored monarchy
3. Reunited France under my banner
4. Had a croissant
5. Invented a dessert and named it after myself
Now on to Waterloo...
Posted by: Napoleon Bonaparte at April 22, 2015 12:31 PM (ppaKI)
Half billion dollar schools and they still cant read and 50% drop out.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 22, 2015 12:31 PM (iQIUe)
Sapiosexual (n): a person who wants to get skull fvcked?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2015 12:31 PM (X1Fs/)
Just not for the country.
Wake me up when you override TFG's veto of a bill repealing 404Care and shutter the EPA.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 12:32 PM (0HooB)
1. Escaped Elba
2. Overthrew the restored monarchy
3. Reunited France under my banner
4. Had a croissant
5. Invented a dessert and named it after myself
Now on to Waterloo...
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That is great stuff right there. But I don't get all the references. If only I had had an iPad when going through school. I could have been smart too.
Posted by: All elected officials at April 22, 2015 12:32 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:28 PM (QRz0C)
i've been thinking about this after seeing parents encouraging 5-6 year olds to be whatever they want.
i was a tomboy as a child, ran track, played softball, etc.
so i so screwed up not grabbing at the golden ring. and just accepting my fate as a female.
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:32 PM (nqBYe)
I can't get no satisfaction.
Posted by: Dr. Jill Biden at April 22, 2015 12:32 PM (QRz0C)
Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 12:33 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:27 PM (nqBYe)
Yes!
Oh, and if you don't want to pay for internet service, tell your school district you can't afford it.
Then they have to (well, depends on the state, but most do, even if not required) pay for 4G or LTE on your school issued laptop so that you can browse the web from home, too.
And boy does Verizon make a fuckton of money off that service. That's were the good commission checks are. It's a reoccurring thing. Commission every month on $100,000 in LTE charges... big money.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:33 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: maddogg at April 22, 2015 12:34 PM (xWW96)
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Then there are the homosapiosexuals who are only attracted to those as stupid as themselves.
Posted by: FireHorse at April 22, 2015 12:35 PM (2OdVw)
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 22, 2015 12:31 PM (iQIUe)
Shit, its not the buildings fault that the kids are dumb, the teachers dont give a fuck, and the parents are uninvolved.
The buildings just standing there.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:35 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 22, 2015 12:35 PM (TV9BR)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 12:35 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:35 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 22, 2015 12:36 PM (ftVQq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 22, 2015 12:36 PM (tBwwp)
so i so screwed up not grabbing at the golden ring. and just accepting my fate as a female.
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:32 PM (nqBYe)
SOP for the Marxists is to contend that the traditional order was always terribly restrictive. The facts don't matter.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:37 PM (QRz0C)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 12:35 PM (ZKzrr)
Ha, well...
...truth be told, I'm trying to get out. As you can imagine, it's mind numbingly boring.
But the pay is excellent. Especially for someone my age.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:37 PM (AkOaV)
Teh Horde is just too sexy for our pants now.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 12:37 PM (0HooB)
Anyone a fan of The Americans? Tonite's the finale. I think the bitch mom takes Paige to Russia and she becomes a kgb prisoner.
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 22, 2015 12:37 PM (iQIUe)
12) Common cold? Already got the cure on the market
13) Lifelike Kate Upton and Karl Urban sexbots? Being shipped to your door right now
And you're welcome.
Posted by: GOPe at April 22, 2015 12:37 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: Citizen X at April 22, 2015 12:37 PM (7ObY1)
http://tinyurl.com/qc8cory
'WE WILL KILL...F-CK CNN': Black Mobs In Baltimore Go Nuts During Live TV Coverage
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 22, 2015 12:37 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:37 PM (nqBYe)
'Sapiosexual' has to be one of the stupidest sexual 'identities' to come along in years.
New words with the suffix "-sexual" are like catnip for trendy straight people.
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at April 22, 2015 12:29 PM (e8kgV)
**************************
I consider myself to be a sapphosexual
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 22, 2015 12:38 PM (xkSSa)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:26 PM (AkOaV) _________
And Bill Gates. He was one of the early backers and super duper Common Core booster.
Wonder why?
Awwww, I want a job wherein I scam the public out of reams and reams of their hard earned money buying my product, with no guarantee it will improve anything, then get to pat myself on the back as being someone that helps the childrens! Where is my job like that? *pouts*
Posted by: LizLem at April 22, 2015 12:39 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Kreplach at April 22, 2015 11:40 AM (pHEyr)
I think they're worthless in ways I haven't even dared to imagine!
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 22, 2015 12:40 PM (ftVQq)
8 million phone calls unanswered.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 22, 2015 12:40 PM (dRXTR)
Posted by: physics geek at April 22, 2015 12:40 PM (MT22W)
1. Endured more soul-crushing over-work despite a wage-freeze dating back to the early days of Barky's first term.
2. Figured out ways to save money so my FSA neighbors can continue to get free shit and drive nicer cars than I do.
3. Started preparing for the EOTWAWKI because it's already burning.
4. Repeat 1-3, endlessly.
Posted by: Citizen X at April 22, 2015 12:40 PM (7ObY1)
Does CAC realize that he must nurse his wife back to health and care for the littlest meatball, too? Double Duty!
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 22, 2015 12:40 PM (iQIUe)
Come one come all!
Plenty of tax payer dollars floating around here, let me tell you!
And the 70 year old government decision makers have no fucking idea what we're talking about, so we just throw a bunch of tech babble at them, and they throw us millions of dollars back.
Posted by: tech industry at April 22, 2015 12:41 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2015 12:41 PM (h4vJk)
In unrelated news, HP, Cisco and Google were HUGE backers of common core.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:26 PM (AkOaV)
Ya mean, Juniper didn't get a piece of that sweet, sweet action?! I'll bet some heads rolled over that one.
Posted by: Big McLargehuge at April 22, 2015 12:42 PM (u9OP6)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:42 PM (QRz0C)
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 22, 2015 12:40 PM (iQIU
there are spouses that do that?
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:42 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 22, 2015 12:42 PM
Tons of them! Monorail has to run on something!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2015 12:43 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Speaker of the House, Tommy Flanagan at April 22, 2015 12:43 PM (TOk1P)
New words with the suffix "-sexual" are like catnip for trendy straight people.
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at April 22, 2015 12:29 PM (e8kgV)
I was a vegisexual long before it became trendy.
Posted by: Bill the Cat at April 22, 2015 12:44 PM (u9OP6)
Juniper is too small to hold all of the right state contracts to get on to this band wagon.
Although they merged with Extreme (I believe), so that may be changing.
But Juniper does really well at the college level, they've got their own scams running over there.
Sorry, i mean business models, not scams.
Posted by: tech industry at April 22, 2015 12:44 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Frederic Golfman at April 22, 2015 12:44 PM (rUWGr)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 22, 2015 12:44 PM (Q819Q)
how so?
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:44 PM (AkOaV)
Can the BIOS be flashed and that feature removed?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 12:44 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 12:45 PM (sgrzZ)
Posted by: physics geek at April 22, 2015 12:45 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: FireHorse at April 22, 2015 12:45 PM (2OdVw)
Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at April 22, 2015 12:45 PM (TV9BR)
out to do chores.
have fun, and if not fun, don't shoot the computer .
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:46 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 22, 2015 12:46 PM (JtwS4)
Cisco and HP are really the only two networking companies big enough to fully enjoy this government spending spree on K-12 education technology.
Meraki was breaking in, but they got gobbled up by Cisco.
Aerohive is trying to break in, but probably too little too late.
Cisco is basically running the show, especially with their new line of servers that kick the shit out of HP's servers (which was always their bread and butter in this space)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:46 PM (AkOaV)
Carolthewiz@gmail.com
I'm going out & will reply later.
Posted by: Carol at April 22, 2015 12:46 PM (sj3Ax)
It wouldn't surprise me one bit.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 12:46 PM (0HooB)
They put their badge on other peoples shit though, they dont make their own networking equipment as far as I know.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:47 PM (AkOaV)
have fun, and if not fun, don't shoot the computer .
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:46 PM (nqBYe)
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He knows what he did!
Posted by: Harley Quinn at April 22, 2015 12:47 PM (pnlaU)
The one where they are suing Obama?
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at April 22, 2015 12:47 PM (JgC5a)
Clinton didn't say she wants to increase taxes on the wealthiest one percent or that she wants to "hold them more accountable," whatever that might mean. She called for their overthrow.
Posted by: Hannibal Lecter at April 22, 2015 12:47 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 12:45 PM
And receive Mooch-in-law?!!! Aw, hell no, infidel!
Posted by: The Mullahs at April 22, 2015 12:47 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at April 22, 2015 12:48 PM (TV9BR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 12:44 PM (W5DcG)
Not easily.
They'd say no, but the real answer is of course, but not easily.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:48 PM (AkOaV)
Expanded NSA surveillance of American citizens everywhere!!!!
Don't applaud, just throw money!
Posted by: no fan of socialism, Republican or otherwise at April 22, 2015 12:48 PM (hKyl0)
Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at April 22, 2015 12:48 PM (TV9BR)
Posted by: drunk R interns, working on a "lawsuit" from Boehners golf cart at April 22, 2015 12:48 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 12:46 PM
*ahem*
Phrasing. This is the Horde you're talking to.
Posted by: The Mullahs at April 22, 2015 12:49 PM (h4vJk)
Oh, except for Lenovo.
They ship with it pre-loaded in their BIOS now.
So unless you had real good hacking skills, there's no way to get the BIOS without CompuTrace built in.
So yes, I'm sure you COULD get around it, but...
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:50 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at April 22, 2015 12:50 PM (TV9BR)
offer one of his daughters to the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to make US-Iran
relations closer.
*types*
*deletes*
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 12:50 PM (ZKzrr)
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Yeah, baby, tell me about the coefficient of friction on an inclined plane with various types of lubricants. Don't stop! Don't stop!
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 12:51 PM (XUKZU)
Yes, the left always speaks in revolutionary terms. Because you know, progressivism.
But DONT CALL THEM SOCIALISTS!!!! (or ask what they are "progressing" towards)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:51 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2015 12:31 PM (X1Fs/)
Yes please!
Posted by: Geoff the skeleton, Craig Ferguson's old sidekick, still in unemployment line with Secretariat at April 22, 2015 12:51 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Malia Khamenei at April 22, 2015 12:51 PM (QRz0C)
You remember those freshness dates the environmentalist activists wanted put on processed food so consumers would know when they were buying food that had been sitting on warehouse shelves and store shelves for years and years and wasn't safe to eat?
Ya, well. Now we're wasting too much food because the freshness date has expired and those same people who worried about consumers buying out of date process foods are now tell us to just shut up and eat it anyway because we waste too much food.
Posted by: Frederic Golfman at April 22, 2015 12:51 PM (rUWGr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 12:51 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:52 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 12:52 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 12:54 PM (wlDny)
... Just how, exactly, does one go into a police van "without incident" (per arrest report) and come out of said van with an 80% fractured spinal cord (per autopsy as reported be Fox News).
That is one tough son of a bitch to sever his own neck like that. Glad he's off the streets.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 22, 2015 12:55 PM (pLZFu)
I'm not sure which port it uses, but theoretically probably.
Although if I designed it, I'd use port :8080 or something common that would make it very difficult to block said port and still use the internet.
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 12:58 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 12:51 PM (W5DcG)
You're assuming it can't switch ports when it finds itself blocked.
Real player would do this back in circa 1999: if it found its preferred phone-home port(s) blocked it would just use 80. Now, you could block all connections to all servers used by computrace, but you'd have to know them. Or, you could block all traffic except to a VPN or some proxy & pray that computrace didn't have a VPN/proxy discovery built in.
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 22, 2015 12:58 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: despair at April 22, 2015 01:01 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: Ken Starr at April 22, 2015 01:07 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: DRayRaven at April 22, 2015 01:13 PM (9YRwm)
The Internet was a far better place when computers were expensive and net access was restricted to high end research universities and major corporations.
Posted by: despair at April 22, 2015 01:14 PM (J6suc)
If these things had actually been done, Conservatives would applaud. But since it's obvious they've a.) accomplished none of these things and b.) people with a brain (that's us) know they've not accomplished these things, then this list must be for a different audience.
Now, the Dem LIV crowd may be easily snookered by such lies but they don't necessarily WANT to see the items on this list accomplished so that can't be the audience either.
The higher functioning, self-serving Leftist neither wants these things nor believes these things have been done by the GOP in any case, so that group can't be the audience either.
This just leaves one group, conservative leaning LIVs. That is not exactly the biggest audience anymore.
So it appears that the GOPe marketing people are just idiots. If you don't know to whom you are marketing, then you just make yourself look like dolts.
Posted by: Beeblebrox has 2 heads at April 22, 2015 01:38 PM (5UnPC)
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Posted by: PCachu at April 22, 2015 02:37 PM (r2Oug)
Ok, which one of y'all forgot to lock up the Val-U-Rite and let the House Republicans get into it? they done drank the HQ dry!
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