Morning Post (9-1-2015)

September? Huh. September.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 07:45 AM

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1 first?

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 07:46 AM (6xtq3)

2 Yeah!

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 07:46 AM (6xtq3)

3 Teh Fist!

Posted by: hmitchell3rd at September 01, 2015 07:46 AM (ZW1SS)

4 hello?

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 07:46 AM (6xtq3)

5 Teh turd!

Posted by: hmitchell3rd at September 01, 2015 07:46 AM (ZW1SS)

6 Damn near a triple.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 07:47 AM (6xtq3)

7 Teh Fit!

Posted by: hmitchell3rd at September 01, 2015 07:47 AM (ZW1SS)

8 'sup hmitchell3rd?

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 07:47 AM (6xtq3)

9 https://youtu.be/Wf-qB0dj2Qs

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 07:47 AM (zSvKA)

10 sup. Just us guys hanging out here. I got to go to the gym, so I was procraperating.

Posted by: hmitchell3rd at September 01, 2015 07:48 AM (ZW1SS)

11 Shut up! It's my turn to be first!

Posted by: Hillary(!) at September 01, 2015 07:48 AM (PEFlK)

12 Another day of Hillary triumphant!

Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at September 01, 2015 07:48 AM (ee9LE)

13 Ok, Weasel, it's all yours. Off to see if teh f'n guy will give me cardiac arrest this am.

Posted by: hmitchell3rd at September 01, 2015 07:49 AM (ZW1SS)

14 First in an orange jumpsuit, Hillary!
hahahahahahahaha!!!!

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 07:49 AM (6xtq3)

15 The sidebar post on Hillary's silly idea of server security is a great refresher resource. I'm hoping someday, once she's safely in the clink, we can collect her various statements into a video montage. Something for the family to watch on cold winter nights.

Posted by: Donald Trump at September 01, 2015 07:49 AM (TxJGV)

16 Huma says I have a bigger weiner than her husband.

Posted by: Hillary(!) at September 01, 2015 07:50 AM (PEFlK)

17 Later hmitchell3rd. Have fun.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 07:50 AM (6xtq3)

18 the leaves turned brown
came tumbling down
remember?
In September
in the rain....

(which I remember from a Porky Pig cartoon, although I recall that Jolson sang it)

Posted by: mallfly at September 01, 2015 07:50 AM (qSIlh)

19 Oops! Yesterdays sock.

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 07:50 AM (TxJGV)

20 I thought it was a great sock for the comment.

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2015 07:52 AM (yQXX9)

21 Is Huma scheduled to testify before Gowdy's committee yet? Better pull her passport soon, so she doesn't end up running for the Palestinian territories.

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 07:53 AM (TxJGV)

22 Any guesses as to today's scandal? More Hillary leaks (ewwwwwww)? Trumpisms? Ben Carson buries people alive in his garden?

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at September 01, 2015 07:53 AM (PEFlK)

23 Why yes, yes it is.

September, that is.

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 07:53 AM (C9pBZ)

24 Sometimes these things work out.

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 07:54 AM (TxJGV)

25 I started?! I Started!! I, the EMT, started.......

Posted by: Early Morning Thread at September 01, 2015 07:54 AM (oo88B)

26 Very funny Scotty. Finish beaming over the rest of me, please.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 07:55 AM (O+0DS)

27 crap, I didn't start, the MT started.....

;(

Posted by: Early Morning Thread at September 01, 2015 07:55 AM (oo88B)

28 Calm yer tits, EMT.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at September 01, 2015 07:55 AM (PEFlK)

29 The tits are not calm! The tits are not calm!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 07:56 AM (O+0DS)

30 Calm yer tits, EMT.

now that doesn't sound fun....

Posted by: Early Morning Thread at September 01, 2015 07:56 AM (oo88B)

31 22 I think it's time for another race war baiting story.

Posted by: Senator John "Bluto" Blutarsky at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (RomHD)

32 Morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (rEEK1)

33 The hardest part of running five miles is turning the door knob.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (rwI+c)

34 I noticed last night that Ace mentioned he was starting to think the Citizens United decision might not have been such a good thing. I tend to agree. Not through the courts, but via the legislature, I think we need to separate entities. In other words only individuals and organizations specifically created for politics can lobby or participate in campaigns. No Boeing lobbyists or union armies of "volunteers."

Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (nRvEn)

35 Mmmmmm. Chick-fil-A. Mmmmmmm.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (O+0DS)

36 From Drodge. The DOPes are hoping Lost His Mittens will jump into the race and save them.

Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (ee9LE)

37 In my own mind it's still summer. School busses aside, I mean.

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (TxJGV)

38 Only three more days with WeaselDog in a cone.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 07:58 AM (6xtq3)

39 DAY 1,029

434 to go (507 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 01, 2015 07:58 AM (St6BJ)

40 Turd - The stock market will take a nosedive and Hillary will be glad of the distraction... that's my prediction!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 01, 2015 07:59 AM (rEEK1)

41 From Drodge. The DOPes are hoping Lost His Mittens will jump into the race and save them.
Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (ee9LE)

I saw that. His campaign was incompetent. But all the money guys loved him. Also noticed the comment that said a white guy couldn't win running on Republican principles.

Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 07:59 AM (nRvEn)

42

Let me bring you songs from the wood:
to make you feel much better than you could know.
Dust you down from tip to toe.
Show you how the garden grows.
Hold you steady as you go.
Join the chorus if you can:
it'll make of you an honest man.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 01, 2015 07:59 AM (rwI+c)

43 Talk about optics.

The President is cavorting in the wilderness of Alaska when the stock market craters.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 07:59 AM (zSvKA)

44 �Huma says I have a bigger weiner than her husband.
Posted by: Hillary(!)
------
My clit is so big, I need to have it reduced.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 01, 2015 08:00 AM (P6Jv8)

45 We're up in Wisconsin for a few days and the kids don't go back to school until today.. they've been back for two weeks already back home.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 01, 2015 08:00 AM (rEEK1)

46 From Drodge. The DOPes are hoping Lost His Mittens will jump into the race and save them.

Saw that. Makes no sense unless they just want to lose. Which I think is the point. They still have all their money, it's all just a game to them.

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2015 08:00 AM (yQXX9)

47 36 From Drodge. The DOPes are hoping Lost His Mittens will jump into the race and save them.
Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (ee9LE)

Trump's response:

"Why would anyone in their right mind vote for the guy who lost in 2012 by a wider margin than the other loser who lost in 2008?!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:00 AM (St6BJ)

48

Let me bring you love from the field:
poppies red and roses filled with summer rain.
To heal the wound and still the pain
that threatens again and again
as you drag down every lover's lane.
Life's long celebration's here.
I'll toast you all in penny cheer.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 01, 2015 08:01 AM (rwI+c)

49 Life Coach who helps people perfect their language says on Twitter that killing of deputy in Houston is "what justice looks like" then complains when attacked for the statement that she wasn't endorsing murder. Uhhh huhh.

http://tinyurl.com/nvomuhu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:01 AM (OSs/l)

50 Has anyone else wondered of Hillary!'s campaign email setup is any more secure than her SecState account?

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:01 AM (6xtq3)

51 48 Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 01, 2015 08:01 AM (rwI+c)

Tull. Meh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:01 AM (St6BJ)

52 "Only three more days with WeaselDog in a cone."

Cake, or waffle?

Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at September 01, 2015 08:02 AM (VPLuQ)

53 My wood has a song. Wanna hear it?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:02 AM (St6BJ)

54 So who nagged Obama into calling the widow of the deputy killed in Houston, because surely it wasn't his own idea? Val Jar?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:02 AM (OSs/l)

55

Let me bring you all things refined:
galliards and lute songs served in chilling ale.
Greetings well met fellow, hail!
I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times.
With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Songs from the wood make you feel much better.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 01, 2015 08:02 AM (rwI+c)

56 Rats... Missed 1st by >................................................< much.

Help me Pixy, you are my only hope.

Home IP is blocked.

#twoweeks

So is MH's and he's been out for a year.

Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 01, 2015 08:02 AM (4pjhs)

57 The President is cavorting in the wilderness of Alaska when the stock market craters.
Posted by: Anna Puma
------
Is that a big eared moose with no antlers?

***BOOM***

Oh, shit...

Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 01, 2015 08:02 AM (P6Jv8)

58 Supreme Court Justice Breyer will appear on Colbert. Boy, nothing says judicial dignity like swapping fart jokes with a talk show host.

Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at September 01, 2015 08:03 AM (ee9LE)

59 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:00 AM (St6BJ)

Yep, that will be the response and Romney's sudden "surge" would collapse to Jeb? like numbers.

Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 08:03 AM (nRvEn)

60 52 Protective. Found out she wasn't as spayed as the shelter led us to believe.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:03 AM (6xtq3)

61 I do hope Trump is not going to start attacking Ben Carson now that they are supposedly tied in Iowa. Save your fire for the policies of Obama and the corruption of Hillary Clinton, Donald.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:04 AM (OSs/l)

62 Sid Blumenthal, no honest reputable man himself, had some pretty lousy things to say to Hillary about John Boehner (most of which people probably agree with): "He is louche, alcoholic, lazy and without any commitment to principle."

I admit it, I had to look up "louche". It means "disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way". WTF is up with that?! What's appealing about Boehner?

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 08:05 AM (TxJGV)

63 Saw that. Makes no sense unless they just want to lose. Which I think is the point. They still have all their money, it's all just a game to them.

Which is easier, but still as lucrative? Being John Wayne? Or Gabby Hayes? 2nd place is just as good.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:05 AM (O+0DS)

64 If Mitt Romney is the savior then it's really not worth saving.

How does the saying go?

Something about burning it down and salting or some such.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 01, 2015 08:05 AM (eDW1j)

65 Let me bring you songs from the hood
I'll cap yo ass bro it's true.

Posted by: Bear Grilledass at September 01, 2015 08:05 AM (BO/km)

66 JUST KIDDING, NSA!

Posted by: Sarah Palin at September 01, 2015 08:05 AM (P6Jv8)

67 I know they are uncomfortable for the animals but those cones after veterinary surgery always make me laugh-expecialy when the animals bump into things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:06 AM (OSs/l)

68 September?....Alex Jones said we'd never make it to September...

Posted by: Mr Wizard at September 01, 2015 08:07 AM (eOpVe)

69 My wood has a song. Wanna hear it?

"Hammer in the morning, hammer in the evening, hammer at suppertime"?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:07 AM (O+0DS)

70 Mitt's probably a nice guy, but I'm not interested in a nice guy for President. I want some fucking retribution.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:07 AM (6xtq3)

71 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 01, 2015 08:08 AM (1brdf)

72 I admit it, I had to look up "louche". It means "disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way". WTF is up with that?! What's appealing about Boehner?

They misspelled "louse".

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:08 AM (O+0DS)

73 >>>What's appealing about Boehner?

He's orange apeeling. Useful if you need the zest.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 01, 2015 08:08 AM (P6Jv8)

74 Maybe we should make the likes of Jeb, Hillary!, and Hucksterbee wear Cones of Shame.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (zSvKA)

75 If Trump hits Carson it will be couched in what an "amazing and wonderful" guy Carson is. Trump only seems to hit the ones that have come after him and Jeb?. Carson seems like a nice guy and is accomplished but he's not presidential material. Some brilliant software guy couldn't walk in and do Carson's job as a neurosurgeon. President does require some skills that Carson hasn't worked on.

Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (nRvEn)

76 So who nagged Obama into calling the widow of the deputy killed in Houston, because surely it wasn't his own idea? Val Jar?

I would refuse the call. That's the last thing that woman needs is ol stumblefuck calling her.

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (yQXX9)

77 64 How does the saying go?

Something about burning it down and salting or some such.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 01, 2015 08:05 AM (eDW1j)

Flaming tequila shooters?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (St6BJ)

78 BOOM!

Posted by: Random Warehouse in China at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (659DL)

79 67 Yeah - it was much more traumatic for WeaselCat in a cone. Though when WeaselDog gets out Friday I'm hoping her anxiety level comes out of the red zone.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (6xtq3)

80 "I know they are uncomfortable for the animals but those cones after veterinary surgery always make me laugh-expecialy when the animals bump into things."

Our neighbor's dog had one for about two weeks.
It was fun showing her how we could rimshot milkBone treats from about 15 foot away.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 08:10 AM (VPLuQ)

81 It's Hammer time!

I like big wood
I can't deny
When needle dick boy comes by
I hide in the woods
With the deer and bugs
And wait till he says goodbye.

Posted by: Bear Grilledass at September 01, 2015 08:11 AM (BO/km)

82 34 I noticed last night that Ace mentioned he was starting to think the Citizens United decision might not have been such a good thing. I tend to agree. Not through the courts, but via the legislature, I think we need to separate entities. In other words only individuals and organizations specifically created for politics can lobby or participate in campaigns. No Boeing lobbyists or union armies of "volunteers."

Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 07:57 AM (nRvEn)

It might be better to change things in a different way to clean up the influence of money on politics.

Let anyone who is not in an elected position and who wants to run for office take whatever amount they can get from whoever. No limits. If they have one billionaire who will fund them, fine.

At a set cutoff date, the challenger declares how much they've raised and that amount is put into an account that is totally transparent, real time on line. All expenses are paid by a hired third party accounting firm out of this account.

The present office holder receives a matching amount from the treasury. Same rules on how it's spent. As an elected official, it would be against the law, a criminal act, to solicit or accept any money or services of value from anyone.

So a billionaire may be the one who puts you in office with his money, but only the voters can keep you there. For elected officials, if a competitor only raises $1000 for their campaign, that's all you get to spend too.

Senators and congressmen spend the bulk of their time trying to raise money for their campaigns. That's a ridiculous system.

It should be a criminal act for any elected official to ask for or accept anything of value.

Posted by: jwest at September 01, 2015 08:11 AM (Zs4uk)

83 On the upside, we're probably past the expected life span of civilizations in this part of the galaxy.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 01, 2015 08:11 AM (659DL)

84 80 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 08:10 AM (VPLuQ)

Before cable, I parked the dog next to the TV for better reception.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:11 AM (St6BJ)

85 Miley Cyrus's daddy must be so proud.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at September 01, 2015 08:12 AM (dkrmM)

86 "Hammer in the morning, hammer in the evening, hammer at suppertime"?
Posted by: rickb223
----------------------------
Whenever I wake up, every problem looks like a nail.
Now I know why.

Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 08:12 AM (lDfK8)

87 Miley Cyrus's daddy must be so proud.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at September 01, 2015 08:12 AM (dkrmM)

88 53 My wood has a song. Wanna hear it?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:02 AM (St6BJ)

My baloney has a first name.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at September 01, 2015 08:12 AM (yxw0r)

89 "My wood has a song. Wanna hear it?"

Morning wood!

The best wood ever.

(Mostly for the over 50 crowd)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 08:12 AM (VPLuQ)

90 The rescue kitten we found behind the dumpster spent last night sleeping next to me on the bed. Still haven't come up with a name for the little guy. Tigerclaw, Brannigan, Rowsdower, Jasper, Speedball, Fenrir, nothing seems to fit him quite right.

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:13 AM (O7MnT)

91 49 Life Coach who helps people perfect their language says on Twitter that killing of deputy in Houston is "what justice looks like" then complains when attacked for the statement that she wasn't endorsing murder. Uhhh huhh.
============================

Foul woman. Just disgustingly twisted. How on earth could she possibly endorse killing this man?

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 08:13 AM (TxJGV)

92 Apologies to Sir Mixalot. I got carried away. They'll let me out again in a few days though.

Posted by: Bear Grilledass at September 01, 2015 08:14 AM (BO/km)

93 Cones?
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/selection-du-weekend-155-49.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 08:14 AM (zSvKA)

94 I know they are uncomfortable for the animals but those cones after veterinary surgery always make me laugh-expecialy when the animals bump into things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:06 AM
________

Then there's that look the animal gives you. You know what it's thinking: "Hey, I know you love me, and the operation was for my own good. I get that. Same with the cone. But could you at least contain your amusement for a while? This is hard for me, and you're kind of being a dick."

But you can't help it, because it's funny.

(I laugh, too.)

Posted by: FireHorse at September 01, 2015 08:14 AM (NhVHQ)

95 "Before cable, I parked the dog next to the TV for better reception."

Neighbors dog came home, and the first thing I said was "Leo got DishTV?".

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 08:14 AM (VPLuQ)

96 Posted by: jwest at September 01, 2015 08:11 AM (Zs4uk)

Interesting but the problem is the incumbent typically has the name recognition. So a challenger usually either needs extreme voter rage or more money to even be competitive. Plus you get into an issue where individuals "on their own " start providing services to help the incumbent out of the goodness of their hear.

Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (nRvEn)

97 >>>My wood has a song. Wanna hear it?

To paraphrase Rambo, you're the wood, I'm the lumberjack.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (P6Jv8)

98 Life Coach ~~who helps people perfect their language~~ what needs hittin' with a chair.

FTFY

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (659DL)

99 90 Good on you, V the K, for taking care of your new little buddy.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (6xtq3)

100 "Denali" translates as "the high one." That's not a name, but merely a description, right?

"The high one" would work better as a name in Colorado.

Posted by: Kevin C at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (dEA2d)

101
My concern with fucking with Citizens United is from a 1st Amendment aspect. The reason it was great was because it cut into the Democrat/Leftist union advantage vis a vis political ads/money and elevated private advocacy groups and corporations to their level.

Schumer went utterly apeshit, remember? To say nothing of SCOAMF's dictator-like insult of SCOTUS at the SOTU speech.

True enough that the big corporations fund the GOP-e to the detriment of all of us and of non-fascist economy.

But that's the two-edged sword. I'd rather have it than not.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (St6BJ)

102 I'm still having carry over from the ONT. That cretin Geraldo needs to be sent to pasture. I love it when Gutfield has had enough!

Posted by: Annas at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (P+I7L)

103 Heh.
I remember when Tucker got "fixed." (I hate that terminology)
He had to wear the Cone Of Shame for a while.

It was funny, but at the same time, I felt bad for him.

Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (lDfK8)

104 nothing seems to fit him quite right.

How about Trumpy? Does he like potatoes?

Posted by: freaked at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (BO/km)

105 my morning offering of WT-everlasting-F:

Pope Francis is allowing priests to offer forgiveness to women who have had an abortion.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-to-allow-priests-to-forgive-abortion/ar-AAdPeyG

So according to the pontiff, the wholesale murder of the most defenseless & technically without the wage of original sin (by my flawed understanding) is now OK.

No words.

Posted by: Nuke it from orbit at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (S4sMa)

106 I would refuse the call. That's the last thing that woman needs is ol stumblefuck calling her.

TFG is the reason for all this blm bullshit, Staring with that dumb ass professor that would not show his I.D.
to the cop.

If it was my spouse that was murdered like he was, I would have told the whit house to go fcuk yourself

Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (FIrEF)

107 Ok so where do all the Trumkins come from? Not the organic, always been here morons, the just showed up this election cycle Trumpkins.

I am reminded of Pualians and of Putin's paid commenter army.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (i7JE3)

108 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (ZQfW9)

109

Denali is an anagram for Denial, which ain't just a mountain in Alaska.

Seriously, all things considered, I would've thought SCOAMF would have given Alaska back to the damn Russians by now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (St6BJ)

110 110

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (0O7c5)

111 75 If Trump hits Carson it will be couched in what an "amazing and wonderful" guy Carson is. Trump only seems to hit the ones that have come after him and Jeb?. Carson seems like a nice guy and is accomplished but he's not presidential material. Some brilliant software guy couldn't walk in and do Carson's job as a neurosurgeon. President does require some skills that Carson hasn't worked on.
Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (nRvEn)

You know, you're right, but he's got a good heart, and that goes a long way with me.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (yxw0r)

112 Seriously, all things considered, I would've thought SCOAMF would have given Alaska back to the damn Russians by now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:16 AM (St6BJ)
that's his next move....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 01, 2015 08:17 AM (0O7c5)

113 93 - cone sharing!

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:17 AM (6xtq3)

114 Denali... that would be a good kitten name.

It's also an anagram of "Daniel" which means "God is my judge."

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:18 AM (O7MnT)

115 Pope Francis is allowing priests to offer forgiveness to women who have had an abortion.

I thought all sins were forgivable. Am I missing something?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 01, 2015 08:18 AM (rwI+c)

116 "The rescue kitten we found behind the dumpster spent last night sleeping next to me on the bed. Still haven't come up with a name for the little guy. "

Every one of our long and storied list of feline family members, both past and present started as a rescue of one form or another.

In our case, it was impossible to name them until their personality became better known over time.

And then, suddenly something happens, or they do something, and the name becomes obvious.

Including the one we named "Stinky".

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 08:18 AM (VPLuQ)

117 My hash, my hash, my lovely little hash.

Posted by: Kevin C at September 01, 2015 08:18 AM (dEA2d)

118 Dear Nuke It,

Actually it has always been in the purview of Catholic Priests. IF the person is heart-fully sorry and all that. Just hope the penance fits.

But if they are not truly sorry then no, the forgiveness from the priest has no effect. They still have the stain.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 08:19 AM (zSvKA)

119 111 Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (nRvEn)

Please define for me what you consider "presidential material."

If it's a thievery, stupidity, mental disorder, narcissism, egomania and will to power, then we have a problem.

I'm not necessarily a Ben Carson supporter (mostly because of his waffling on the 2nd Amendment), but I would be THRILLED if he were elected POTUS.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:19 AM (St6BJ)

120 110 nicely done, PG.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:19 AM (6xtq3)

121 Had lunch at Zingerman's deli in Ann Arbor yesterday. Any other morons had that pleasure?

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:20 AM (O7MnT)

122 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 01, 2015 08:20 AM (gf8BH)

123 116 Including the one we named "Stinky".
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 08:18 AM (VPLuQ)

9 years too late, I realize I should have named Max, Bosco.

Oh well. Congrats!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:20 AM (St6BJ)

124 Is the Pope telling priests to forgive women in the confessional who have an an abortion if they admit their sin, ask for forgiveness and do penance ? If that's the case it wouldn't be a change from before and is not an endorsement of abortion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:20 AM (OSs/l)

125 I'm man-crushing on Greg Outfield. "Screw you Geraldo" should be tattooed on that idiots forehead. Why do people put that imbecile on their show? He's a rambling incoherent douche bag with no basis in Reality. Only the GOPe leaders rival him in sheer stupidity.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at September 01, 2015 08:21 AM (BjNDx)

126 Life Coach who helps people perfect their language

That's a man, baby.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 01, 2015 08:21 AM (oVJmc)

127 I know they are uncomfortable for the animals but those cones after veterinary surgery always make me laugh"

We knew we were in for it after the Vet called to tell us that the littlest shiht* in the family managed to take off his collar and remove two (!) IVs...
all while still in a cage.

I do love the little dude.

*shih tzu

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:21 AM (C9pBZ)

128
Interesting but the problem is the incumbent typically has the name recognition. So a challenger usually either needs extreme voter rage or more money to even be competitive. Plus you get into an issue where individuals "on their own " start providing services to help the incumbent out of the goodness of their hear.

Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 08:15 AM (nRvEn)

True, the incumbent has the name recognition, but that can even out as an advantage or disadvantage based on the year and the circumstances.

Independent expenditures are a problem, but something that you can't get around without trampling on free speech. Considering the relatively even split in the country, it would be logical that on divisive issues there would be a somewhat equal split in independent expenditures.

I do believe that making the bedrock principle of no elected official being able to solicit or accept any money is fundamental in cleaning up the government.

Posted by: jwest at September 01, 2015 08:21 AM (Zs4uk)

129 115 Pope Francis is allowing priests to offer forgiveness to women who have had an abortion.

I thought all sins were forgivable. Am I missing something?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 01, 2015 08:18 AM (rwI+c)

All but one. I love my Catholic friends, but man, do they get mired in bureaucracy.

CEO's door is always open. No need to go through levels of executives.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at September 01, 2015 08:22 AM (yxw0r)

130 Hospice came late last night about 12pm. For the first time in months my aunt is sleeping without pain.

Funny how time passes so quickly. One day your swimming in the lake while my aunt watches the next you're at her beside.....too much pain.

Posted by: mpfs, Sadness at September 01, 2015 08:22 AM (M+tdH)

131 >>>So according to the pontiff, the wholesale murder of the most defenseless & technically without the wage of original sin (by my flawed understanding) is now OK.
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RCC used to have the concept of limbo because unbaptized babies were in some sense tainted with original sin, but B16 got rid of it. Not sure what they believe now.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 01, 2015 08:23 AM (P6Jv8)

132 Any other morons had that pleasure?"

Of being in Michigan?

Er, not my definition of "pleasure", but to each...

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:23 AM (C9pBZ)

133 B16?

Bingo!

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 08:24 AM (zSvKA)

134 For the first time in months my aunt is sleeping without pain.

Glad to hear that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:24 AM (OSs/l)

135 The rescue kitten we found behind the dumpster spent last night sleeping next to me on the bed.

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:13 AM
________

Aww!

Posted by: FireHorse at September 01, 2015 08:25 AM (NhVHQ)

136 There are lovely parts of Michigan. I would love to go visit the Upper Peninsula.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:25 AM (OSs/l)

137 B16?

You sank my Battleship!

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:25 AM (C9pBZ)

138 and speaking of firsts, today is my first day on Medicare, and the big 65th is tomorrow

Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 01, 2015 08:26 AM (FIrEF)

139
Okay, rape-shifters. My blog post won't write itself (hint-hint, shameless plug [link in nic]).

Later. Keep on keeping it IS-real.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:26 AM (St6BJ)

140 121 Had lunch at Zingerman's deli in Ann Arbor yesterday. Any other morons had that pleasure?

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:20 AM (O7MnT)

The sandwiches used to be much better there. However, I still go at least once ever couple of weeks to pick up meats and cheeses.

Some of the cured hams run $80/lb. Across the street at the fish market, there is a piece of Sea Bass that I'm trying to get financing on.

Posted by: jwest at September 01, 2015 08:26 AM (Zs4uk)

141 Subject: Dear Respected One,

Dear Respected One,

GREETINGS,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from a mutual acquaintance. I thought over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by the recommendations I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Hillary Clinton; the former Secretary of State of the United States of America. Before the end of my tenure, we secretly collected a trove of hundreds of thousands of critical emails related to high profile donors and heads of States, as well as accounts information for some of the most powerful men and women in the world. We have left this trove in a suspended account in a local Bank here, under my name.

It was explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money, that I should seek for a respected foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer it all and use it for investment purpose, (or Charity). Sir, we are honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To provide an account where everything would be transferred to.

2) To serve as the guardian of this since I find myself currently in some difficulty in my home Country.

Moreover Sir, we are willing to offer you 15% of any moneys derived as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer to your designate account overseas. please feel free to contact ,me via this email address
HRC@clintonmail.org

Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards.
HRC

Posted by: Hillary's email account at September 01, 2015 08:26 AM (3ZtZW)

142 The horde keeps me sane.

Posted by: mpfs, Sadness at September 01, 2015 08:26 AM (M+tdH)

143 Jaxi West, whose ravings FS spoke of earlier, has had a new job and a new city about once a year, but she seems to have finally found her spiritual home: south Florida. What a crazy.

http://jaxiwest.com/about-jaxi-west/

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 08:26 AM (TxJGV)

144 Hospice workers are incredible people. Don't forget to take care of yourself, too, mpfs.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:27 AM (6xtq3)

145 138 and speaking of firsts, today is my first day on Medicare, and the big 65th is tomorrow
Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 01, 2015 08:26 AM (FIrEF)

Don't worry. It'll be bankrupt pretty soon!

Yay!

Seriously, happy birthday!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:27 AM (St6BJ)

146 142 The horde keeps me sane.

Posted by: mpfs, Sadness at September 01, 2015 08:26 AM (M+tdH)

Sane? You're not doing it right.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 01, 2015 08:27 AM (St6BJ)

147 62
Sid Blumenthal, no honest reputable man himself, had some pretty lousy
things to say to Hillary about John Boehner (most of which people
probably agree with): "He is louche, alcoholic, lazy and without any
commitment to principle."

I admit it, I had to look up "louche". It means "disreputable or
sordid in a rakish or appealing way". WTF is up with that?! What's
appealing about Boehner?

Posted by: MTF

OTOH, if you replace the 'L' with a 'D' it fits better.
But that's just my take on the SOB.

Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 01, 2015 08:27 AM (4pjhs)

148 islamic jihad, supported by Iran, is now firing rockets into the Golan. Hamas is looking for an 8 year peace treaty with Israel. IS is gaining a foothold in Gaza. The only good news is the Israeli's, Egyptians and Saudi's have found more common interest.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2015 08:28 AM (i1FDy)

149 Talk about your white privilege, how about naming months after Roman Emperors? Especially my birth month, the traditional European month of vacation!

Fore!

Posted by: Barackus Obama at September 01, 2015 08:28 AM (FcR7P)

150 The rescue kitten we found behind the dumpster spent last night sleeping next to me on the bed. "

Very sweet.

Obviously said kitten is a good judge of character (wanting to curl up with a moron and all...)

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:28 AM (C9pBZ)

151 You may be right J.J.

Posted by: mpfs, Sadness at September 01, 2015 08:29 AM (M+tdH)

152 GnuBreed and I accidentally created brain bleach worthy image... Sid Blumenthal in Gogo Yabari's school fuku...

So 'La Douche' might fit...

*thud*

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 08:29 AM (zSvKA)

153 mpfs - Hospice truly does God's work. They were so helpful when my wife passed 2 years ago. So sorry that you have to go thru this - praying the Lord's peace, strength, and comfort over you and yours. God bless you.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at September 01, 2015 08:29 AM (7H+jy)

154 132 Any other morons had that pleasure?"

Of being in Michigan?

Er, not my definition of "pleasure", but to each...

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:23 AM (C9pBZ)

Where else would you like to spend May through October? Atlanta?

Posted by: jwest at September 01, 2015 08:30 AM (Zs4uk)

155 All but one.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at September 01, 2015 08:22 AM
________

The one sin that's not forgivable is blasphemy, right? Or is it littering?

Posted by: FireHorse at September 01, 2015 08:30 AM (NhVHQ)

156 @121 You mean to say Drake's is closed? I don't get to Town much.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 01, 2015 08:30 AM (xq1UY)

157 Jaxi West, whose ravings FS spoke of earlier,

Now, I may just be an illiterate dipwad, but for someone who touts themselves as an expert who teaches people how to communicate, her use of words has a 'high school' quality.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 01, 2015 08:30 AM (oVJmc)

158 Got an "Invitation" to meet VP Cheney and his daughter Liz from the RJC ( Republican Jewish Coalition) for all former Cabinet Members. I'd love to go but I'd have to become a "Cabinet" member again. And that is like most Jewish Honors......pony up to the table with the big bucks. Sigh, after 2 colleges, 2 graduate programs for my kids, that ship has sailed.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 01, 2015 08:31 AM (gf8BH)

159 Where else would you like to spend May through October? Atlanta?

Some like it hot. Texas was fine this summer...

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:31 AM (C9pBZ)

160 Not debating the need for the Sacrament of Penance/Confession but as a Protestant I still rather like the idea of asking Saints to pray for one's intentions. I don't think of it as a level of bureaucracy or that it obviates the ability to go to Christ/God directly. RC's have4always been able to do that. I think of asking Saints to pray for you is that they lived very holy lives and they are putting a good word for you-just as it's helpful on the4 earthly plane to have someone "in the inner circle" speak for you about something. It's like heavily networking. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:31 AM (OSs/l)

161 The Judge Berman Watch is in effect. He said his ruling on Goodell vs. Brady could come anytime today or tomorrow.

Judge has three options. Enforce the full penalty, order new arbitration, dismiss the entire punishment. He can't come up with a Solomonic settlement on his own.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 01, 2015 08:32 AM (2cS/G)

162 The rescue kitten we found behind the dumpster spent last night sleeping next to me on the bed.

#NineLivesMatter

All my cats are named after alcohol. Hard to explain to the parents of neighborhood kids.

Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2015 08:32 AM (FcR7P)

163 There is nothing inherently wrong or incorrect about citizens United.

You are never going to get money out of politics.

What you can do is move the centers of money, power and influence further away from the federal government where real people might have an actual shot at influencing.

Our current system has an 800 lb gorilla of centralized power in the federal government, reduce the size scope and reach of the ferderal government and devolve power back to the states and you will go long way to solving the problem of money in politics at the federal level.

It wil most certainly will grow at the state level but it will be diffuse as its a lot harder to influence 50 states than 1 central government.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 01, 2015 08:32 AM (eDW1j)

164 "heavily" or "heavenly" networking?

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:32 AM (C9pBZ)

165 meh.

Posted by: Bigby's Noogie at September 01, 2015 08:32 AM (3ZtZW)

166 There are lovely parts of Michigan. I would love to go visit the Upper Peninsula.

The UP is my "Where I would spend the rest of my life if I won the lottery" slash "Where I would want to be during the Burning Times" go-to place.

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:32 AM (O7MnT)

167 Yesterday Aunt Karen told me I'm sorry I'm being a pain in the ass. I replied you've been promoted: you're a royal pain in the ass. She laughed.

Posted by: mpfs, Sadness at September 01, 2015 08:33 AM (M+tdH)

168 mpfs your aunt is such a blessing to you just as you are to her.... *hugs*

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 01, 2015 08:33 AM (0O7c5)

169 What you can do is move the centers of money, power and influence further away from the federal government where real people might have an actual shot at influencing. "

^this.

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:33 AM (C9pBZ)

170 If you read the article, it explains that ordinary priests are normally NOT allowed to grant absolution for the sin of abortion.

I didn't know that. I knew that bishops can.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at September 01, 2015 08:34 AM (1ijHg)

171 The rescue kitten we found behind the dumpster spent last night sleeping next to me on the bed.

You did check for fleas, right?

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 01, 2015 08:34 AM (oVJmc)

172 Phoenix, I adore you. Many hugs.

Posted by: mpfs, Sadness at September 01, 2015 08:35 AM (M+tdH)

173 Some like it hot. Texas was fine this summer...

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 08:31 AM (C9pBZ)

Texas is a great state, but it's normally like an oven in the summer.

Posted by: jwest at September 01, 2015 08:36 AM (Zs4uk)

174 I apologize then that I didn't know that about priests not being able to grant absolution for abortion. To me that does seem like a unnecessary level of bureaucracy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:36 AM (OSs/l)

175 Maybe July, named by Caesar for his mother and his tribe IIRC, and August, which I believe is named after his successor as Emperor, could be renamed. The Romans caused so much strife in the world that it seems crazy to honor their worst autocrats.

Valerie suggested "Barack" and "Obama" might be a good replacement for those month names, but I wouldn't want to be presumptuous. "Barack" will be sufficient.

Posted by: His Royal Majesty, Barack the Magnificent at September 01, 2015 08:38 AM (TxJGV)

176 The rescue kitten we found behind the dumpster spent last night sleeping next to me on the bed.

You did check for fleas, right?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel

Doh!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:38 AM (O+0DS)

177 You did check for fleas, right?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel
--------------------
Ugh.
Doggeh got fleas bad recently. They're eating him alive, and starting on me. I'm ready to bomb the house...

Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 08:39 AM (lDfK8)

178 Thanks for the b'day wishes
I will start getting my SS check in Oct. Want to get everything I can before the Dems. push me off the cliff

Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 01, 2015 08:39 AM (FIrEF)

179 Fuck the GOP.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at September 01, 2015 08:39 AM (u5gzz)

180 Hillary Clinton confidant Sid Blumenthal had nothing but bad things to say about incoming House Speaker John Boehner on the day Republicans won back the House from Democrats in 2010, according to new emails released by the State Department late Monday.

Boehner is despised by the younger, more conservative members of the House Republican Conference, Blumenthal wrote to Clinton. They are repelled by his personal behavior.

He is louche, alcoholic, lazy, and without any commitment to any principle, he added.

Who would have thought I'd agree with Blumenthal about something?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 01, 2015 08:39 AM (gf8BH)

181 How does a Federal judge have any jurisdiction over NFL internal policy? I hate Goodell, but if I were him I would bigfoot whatever the judge blathers on about and increase the suspension to eight game -- just because I was el jefe.

Posted by: Jean at September 01, 2015 08:40 AM (ztOda)

182 For Jaxi, I'd recommend lip augmentation, eyebrow lift, mandible contouring, possibly a rhinoplasty.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 01, 2015 08:40 AM (P6Jv8)

183 You did check for fleas, right?

The day after we caught him, we took him to the vet and... $173 later... we knew he was free of fleas and ear mites. He did have worms, but the worm medicine cleared that up.

He's been living with us for two weeks now. Spent the first week hiding in the closet (mostly). Gradually moved out to our home office. And just last night started exploring the bedroom.

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:40 AM (O7MnT)

184 Thanks for the guidance everyone.

Haven't been a practicing Catholic in many years so my interpretation is just that -my opinion.

The headline caught me out in a bad way this morning.

Posted by: Nuke it from orbit at September 01, 2015 08:40 AM (S4sMa)

185 I'm fun at (hick) ,parties though!
John Boehner

Posted by: steevy at September 01, 2015 08:41 AM (sPO3u)

186 To me that does seem like a unnecessary level of bureaucracy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 01, 2015 08:36 AM (OSs/l)

Nobody needs anyone on this earth to tell them that they are or are not saved.

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 01, 2015 08:41 AM (R8hU8)

187 The day after we caught him, we took him to the vet and... $173 later.

So, just a free cat!

Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 01, 2015 08:42 AM (FIrEF)

188 Okay, so, morning, Glories, already.

Some animals it's hard to discover the name. Sometimes it comes right to you.

The evening our first dog showed up, I went out to visit him tied in the yard. He was white, with lots of black and gray. I stood there in the yard with him, fog swirling about, thinking, he's the colors of the night fog, and suddenly his name came to me. And I felt kinda bad. But it couldn't be helped. From that moment on, he was Foggy. That's right, Foggy Doggy. He was a good boy.

Now, the cat that paid us $15 to rescue him from an Illinois truck stop, there was never any question that his name was Buck.

Warning to pet owners: Do not name your dog Buddy as my daughter did. Buddy is not a name. It's like calling your cat Kitty. All dogs are Buddy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - gone lurkin' at September 01, 2015 08:42 AM (vZ0KM)

189 Unless you get stuck in traffic behind a mini-van with a vanity tag that reads FRGVN

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 08:42 AM (zSvKA)

190 I do believe that making the bedrock principle of no elected official being able to solicit or accept any money is fundamental in cleaning up the government.
Posted by: jwest at September 01, 2015 08:21 AM (Zs4uk)

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

I like that part of you plan.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 01, 2015 08:43 AM (LXJ1e)

191 170 If you read the article, it explains that ordinary priests are normally NOT allowed to grant absolution for the sin of abortion.

I didn't know that. I knew that bishops can.

Most bishops delegated to ordinary confessors, but with a requirement to report how many times they had used the delegated authority.

If it is as reported, this change just removes the "reserved to the Ordinary" clause from Canon law, and reflects actual pastoral practice.

If it is as reported.

Posted by: Fox2! at September 01, 2015 08:43 AM (yU8SS)

192 Thanks for reminding to flip my calendar page. It usually takes until the 5th or so.

I remember the "Old Days" ... some guys actually had Playboy calendars in there offices. **sigh** I've have Owl's now.

Posted by: Paladin at September 01, 2015 08:44 AM (LtaK3)

193 157 Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 01, 2015 08:30 AM (oVJmc)
==========================

No, you nailed it. She's an immoral illiterate little shit.

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 08:44 AM (TxJGV)

194 Booger is a great dog name.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:44 AM (6xtq3)

195 So with Willard and Donald in the race, the Democrats don't even need a viable party candidate for president. They can just sit back and watch.

Posted by: Fritz at September 01, 2015 08:45 AM (UzPAd)

196 He's been living with us for two weeks now. Spent the first week hiding in the closet (mostly). Gradually moved out to our home office. And just last night started exploring the bedroom.

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:40 AM (O7MnT)

Is the cat black and white?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at September 01, 2015 08:46 AM (R8hU8)

197 I was talking to a priest years ago about birth control.
He told me he had a woman confess to him that she had three abortions. He asked her why she did not use birth control. She told him it was against her religion. He asked her which is worse?

Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 01, 2015 08:46 AM (FIrEF)

198 So hillary's emails show her and huma laughing at the little people who can't afford their own servers?

What a bunch of pigs

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 01, 2015 08:46 AM (gf8BH)

199
The UP is my "Where I would spend the rest of my life if I won the lottery" slash "Where I would want to be during the Burning Times" go-to place.
Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:32 AM (O7MnT)

I will second that notion. I prefer the western parts, the Porkies, Ontanagon. Bring your parka. And deet.

Posted by: GBruno at September 01, 2015 08:46 AM (u49WF)

200 Is the cat black and white?

That would have been easy. I had a black and white manx named Orca once. No, he's brown and gray with black spots in tabby pattern.

Maybe.. Dewey?

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:47 AM (O7MnT)

201 Unless you have a winning ticket with the Illinoid lottery.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 08:48 AM (zSvKA)

202 112: "Seriously, all things considered, I would've thought SCOAMF would have given Alaska back to the damn Russians by now."

Just wait until they find some ethnic Russians living there.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 01, 2015 08:48 AM (4nmNX)

203 194 Booger is a great dog name.
Posted by: Weasel
-------------------------
I tried to name mine Poopyhead.
The kids chose Tucker instead. I never understood why.
I call him Poopyhead anyway. He seems to like it.

Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 08:48 AM (lDfK8)

204 Warning to pet owners: Do not name your dog Buddy as my daughter did. Buddy is not a name. It's like calling your cat Kitty. All dogs are Buddy.

Always give pets one syllable names. Much easier to yell "MAX!" when you are chasing them down the street than "Bartholomew Wainscot!"

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:48 AM (O+0DS)

205 "Booger is a great dog name."

Booger is our Tuxedo cat's nickname

I also know three other Tuxedo owners who call theirs "Booger".

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 08:49 AM (VPLuQ)

206 This might offend some, but what the hell. I had a roommate at one point who had little shorted mutt, very active and affectionate. Begged for everything.

He named him - "slut". Originally based on on the dogs behavior - but he later would say it was because when he met girls, that the conversation was sexual in nature within 30sec.

Posted by: Jean at September 01, 2015 08:49 AM (ztOda)

207 Unless you have a winning ticket with the Illinoid lottery.

Then your bug out place is East St. Louis.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:50 AM (O+0DS)

208 Morning horde.

How goes it this fine September morn.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 01, 2015 08:50 AM (fWAjv)

209 My b.i.l. used to call his wifes' dog asshole. The dog would listen.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 01, 2015 08:50 AM (FIrEF)

210 That was: "short haired mutt"

Posted by: Jean at September 01, 2015 08:51 AM (ztOda)

211 Many in Baltimore are getting ready for the Freddie Gray hearings in various ways.
A while ago Freddie was just another street thug now he is the honored dead.

Will be visiting my relatives in Towson, no trip to the inner harbor his year.

Posted by: Colin at September 01, 2015 08:53 AM (eoM8x)

212 Good God Man, do we have to see Lane Bryant underwear commercials?

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2015 08:53 AM (yQXX9)

213 rickb223: Always give pets one syllable names. Much easier to yell "MAX!" when you are chasing them down the street than "Bartholomew Wainscot!"

At least one syllable that's hard and loud.

There's the old story about the kid who told his dad the dog's name was Bark. Dad didn't think about it much until one evening when he's standing on the back porch and realizes the neighbors are hearing him going, "Bark! Bark! Bark!"

Milady says her (late, sainted) mother used to really feel stupid calling their dog, "Firpo."

My pets say, quit chatting and feed us, hoomaan!

Posted by: mindful webworker - like the wolf at September 01, 2015 08:54 AM (vZ0KM)

214 Will be visiting my relatives in Towson, no trip to the inner harbor his year.
Posted by: Colin at September 01, 2015 08:53 AM (eoM8x)

Yup, my family from Israel was in right about the time of the riots and we would have gone to the inner harbor on the way to DC but nope not this year. They really fucked themselves good on that one. I feel sorry for the merchants, but hey you voted those assholes in

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 01, 2015 08:54 AM (gf8BH)

215 The Mayans could have a real friend in Obama. The Cortes conquest is just the sort historical wrong Obama would love reversing in his last few months in office.

Turn him loose, and just to keep that officious busybody scumbag on the right side of the border the Mexicans will indeed build the fence.

Posted by: MTF at September 01, 2015 08:55 AM (TxJGV)

216 209 My b.i.l. used to call his wifes' dog asshole. The dog would listen.
Posted by: Cicero Skip
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I'm pretty sure Tucker would answer to that, too. Lord knows I've called him that... I call him something different every day.
Lately, he answers to "Lazybones McCoy" - and I have no idea where I came up with that.

Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 08:55 AM (lDfK8)

217 "Will be visiting my relatives in Towson, no trip to the inner harbor his year."

And a hearty welcome to the neighborhood.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 08:55 AM (VPLuQ)

218 Also, looks like Vic apparently didn't manage to get back in the groove all that readily?

Posted by: mindful webworker - news not news at September 01, 2015 08:55 AM (vZ0KM)

219 East St. Louis? Just sit in the electric chair, be quicker.

And tonight's Mega Million is worth $46 million cash.*

*Before taxes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 08:55 AM (zSvKA)

220 >>> It's like calling your cat Kitty.

That's ridiculous. All cats should be named Cat.

Posted by: Bigby's Noogie at September 01, 2015 08:55 AM (3ZtZW)

221 Unless you have a winning ticket with the Illinoid lottery.

-
All he got was an Obama promise and we all know what those are worth.

Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at September 01, 2015 08:55 AM (XUKZU)

222 Good God Man, do we have to see Lane Bryant underwear commercials?

Depends.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:56 AM (O+0DS)

223 With the obvious exception of the horde and WeaselWoman, I like animals more than I like most people. If I could, I'd have a rescue animal ranch.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 08:56 AM (6xtq3)

224 Denali... that would be a good kitten name.

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:18 AM
________

Related: The name "McKinley" is free now.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 01, 2015 08:56 AM (NhVHQ)

225 Our pre-existing "fur-child" is named Dipset. She was also a resuce, and the name refers to her behavior whenever you entered a room she was present in.

Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:56 AM (O7MnT)

226 Many in Baltimore are getting ready for the Freddie Gray hearings in various ways.

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Wal Mart out of tote bags?

Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at September 01, 2015 08:57 AM (XUKZU)

227 Also, looks like Vic apparently didn't manage to get back in the groove all that readily?

He said he had about 2 weeks worth of work to catch up on.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:57 AM (O+0DS)

228 We had some neighbors with a dog named deeogee. When we asked where they came up with that name they spelled DOG.

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2015 08:58 AM (yQXX9)

229 I for one have never been checked for fleas after being found sleeping behind a dumpster. I did get boiled first one time, though.

In Anthony Burgess's first published novel, a British soldier (in Malaya in the 50's!) has a dog named Cough. When a proper lady asks him wherever that came from, he shyly admitted that it was the dog's last name. Get it?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 01, 2015 08:58 AM (xq1UY)

230 Our pre-existing "fur-child" is named Dipset. She was also a resuce, and the name refers to her behavior whenever you entered a room she was present in.
Posted by: V the K at September 01, 2015 08:56 AM (O7MnT)

Good thing her name is not "pissonrug"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 01, 2015 08:58 AM (gf8BH)

231 Three cats, one shorthair named Flurry who we call Weasel.
One longhair named Duke who we call Dukie or Fluffy Face
One Siamese named Omaha who we call Ha-Ha or Measle

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 01, 2015 08:58 AM (2cS/G)

232 >>>That's ridiculous. All cats should be named Cat.<<<

All cats should be called Shithead. Unless they live outside.

Posted by: Fritz at September 01, 2015 08:59 AM (UzPAd)

233 I don't buy the blasphemy exclusion. God's a big guy. He can handle a little abuse from pitiful little me.

Posted by: Kevin C at September 01, 2015 08:59 AM (dEA2d)

234 222
Good God Man, do we have to see Lane Bryant underwear commercials?

Depends.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 08:56 AM (O+0DS)
*snort*

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 01, 2015 08:59 AM (0O7c5)

235 Fritz, nyah???

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 09:00 AM (zSvKA)

236
My name for our dogs as a group is hellbeasts. though I refer to my personal dog as "My little Moron"

It's just funny to me to refer to a pack of fluffy shelties as hellbeasts.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at September 01, 2015 09:00 AM (Mxs5H)

237 Kentucky county clerk still refuses to issue same sex marriage certificates due to religious objections.

Reading closely what she's said, I can understand her position a bit better.

It seems that these marriage certificates have to be attested and sworn to by her and signed by her.

This mean she is giving sworn testimony as to the marriage and this she cannot do in conscience as she does not approve of it.

I believe what she's doing is setting up for a court fight on whether someone can be fired from government for refusing to go against their religious beliefs as there is both a Federal law protecting those and also a Kentucky law doing so.

She has refused after having her appeal to the SCOTUS being refused. She is now open to charges of contempt by a district judge and possibly removal and this is the court and the trial that she wants.

Regardless of anyone else's position on this, it's good to see her stick up for her principles and beliefs further than her next paycheck as so many seem to do.

Of course her actions are being called "hate" by the lgbt press.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 09:00 AM (x3GpS)

238 You haven't lived until you've gone Lane Bryant...of Hollywood.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 01, 2015 09:00 AM (xq1UY)

239 Speaking of cats, and their Staff, it's incredible what one can find while perusing Amazon.

http://tinyurl.com/nl2gefm

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 09:01 AM (VPLuQ)

240 There's already pumpkin spice stuff everywhere.

So help me, if sometime this month I see a Santa holding a pumpkin spice latte, I cannot be held responsible for my actions.

Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 01, 2015 09:02 AM (mf5HN)

241 Who was it that always referred to their dog as "Meth Lab?"

I always got a kick out of that one.

Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 09:03 AM (lDfK8)

242 Just make sure to film it AlextheChick.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 09:03 AM (zSvKA)

243 " There's already pumpkin spice stuff everywhere. "

Michael's Crafts chain had Halloween stuff out three weeks ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 09:03 AM (VPLuQ)

244 WeaselDog is a quirky little black and tan Miniture Pinscher. Her real name is Olive. We got her at the shelter where she had been for about three months. She had a broken leg and stitches when she was surrendered, and they didn't think she would be adopted because she was a snarling little 8 pound mess. She's turned out to be an incredibly good little dog.

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 09:05 AM (6xtq3)

245 Hurry up and buy that halloween stuff so they can put the Christmas stuff on the shelves.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 01, 2015 09:05 AM (FIrEF)

246 There's already pumpkin spice stuff everywhere.

So help me, if sometime this month I see a Santa holding a pumpkin spice latte, I cannot be held responsible for my actions.

Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 01, 2015 09:02 AM (mf5HN)

Ha! Outsmarted you. bitch.

Posted by: Santa Holding a Peppermint Frappacino at September 01, 2015 09:05 AM (KUa85)

247 The Christmas stuff has already been deployed to some major retail outlets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 09:06 AM (zSvKA)

248 G'mornin', Horde !

If this country had a one page tax code and no regulatory agencies making it up as they go along, what would politicians have for sale that anyone would want to buy ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2015 09:06 AM (go6ud)

249 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! before Yo but not after C at September 01, 2015 09:07 AM (LPHFE)

250 So...anyone know if Obama got eaten by an Alaskan grizzly yet?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2015 09:07 AM (NOIQH)

251 So help me, if sometime this month I see a Santa holding a pumpkin spice latte, I cannot be held responsible for my actions."

Amen.

Wait, is that h8speech or something?

Posted by: anon a mouse at September 01, 2015 09:08 AM (C9pBZ)

252 The Judge Berman Watch is in effect. He said his ruling on Goodell vs. Brady could come anytime today or tomorrow.
Judge has three options. Enforce the full penalty, order new
arbitration, dismiss the entire punishment. He can't come up with a
Solomonic settlement on his own.
Posted by: Lincolntf at September 01, 2015 08:32 AM

*pats pockets*

Nope. All out of fucks this morning.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2015 09:08 AM (KrAjA)

253 by the time i get around to going shopping for Christmas decorations.....they are on clearance or gone....and that's usually in late november.....i can't be into a holiday until the one preceding it has passed......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 01, 2015 09:09 AM (0O7c5)

254 So help me, if sometime this month I see a Santa holding a pumpkin spice latte, I cannot be held responsible for my actions.
Posted by: alexthechick

Stay outta Texas for the next two months Empress. State Fair starts in 24 days. It'll be "All pumpkin, all the time" for three weeks after that.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 09:09 AM (O+0DS)

255 There's already pumpkin spice stuff everywhere.

So help me, if sometime this month I see a Santa holding a pumpkin spice latte, I cannot be held responsible for my actions.

Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 01, 2015 09:02 AM

Only if you promise to film the enstompening for the Horde's enjoyment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 01, 2015 09:09 AM (KrAjA)

256 September 1st. Don't forget to give your puppehs their heart worm meds

There is my PSA for the month.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 09:09 AM (n6Nt0)

257 Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/638583478230102016

...and can't work a fax machine.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 01, 2015 09:10 AM (NOIQH)

258
Early Halloween stuff goes out in end of July/early August. Though to be fair, I was working in a craft store so fabrics and stuff made sense. August was when we'd get the major shipments of Halloween deco crap.

The we'd start getting bits of Christmas in by the end of September, with the major offensive starting in October.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at September 01, 2015 09:10 AM (Mxs5H)

259 240 There's already pumpkin spice stuff everywhere.

So help me, if sometime this month I see a Santa holding a pumpkin spice latte, I cannot be held responsible for my actions.
Posted by: alexthechick - Yeah I give up at September 01, 2015 09:02 AM (

Hey you,

#PumpkinSpiceMatters

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 09:11 AM (n6Nt0)

260 I believe it is moose hunting season in Alaska, BTW.

Posted by: Emily at September 01, 2015 09:11 AM (7Rn+/)

261 If Ace were a character in an S.M. Stirling novel, his name would be "Lord Ewok."

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at September 01, 2015 09:11 AM (S32rP)

262 As far as the creeping commercialization of national holidays and pastimes, as my good friend Ted Nugent once said, " It's a free for all!!"

That's 'Merica, bitchezzz!! learn to ignore the shit or start buying...NOW!!!

Posted by: Ace of Clubs at September 01, 2015 09:12 AM (LPHFE)

263 Also, looks like Vic apparently didn't manage to get back in the groove all that readily?

Yesterday's was in the tail of the ONT. Today who knows, he may be catching up with the rocker and brown.

Mornin' Horde. So now it appears the Virginia reporter shooter was on his second career, having had his first one grind to a halt due to age.

Age being brutal for a gay prostitute...

http://tinyurl.com/ofz7oeb

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 01, 2015 09:12 AM (9krrF)

264 I remember one time we still had summer floral in clearance, and had some Halloween in clearance, along with discounted Christmas, some Valentines stuff, and St. Pats stuff, along with getting the very beginning of Easter, all in the store at the same time. I think it was in January.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at September 01, 2015 09:12 AM (Mxs5H)

265 So, while perusing the web for cat lady stuff, I found some CafePress that look like it could come directly from the Horde.

http://www.cafepress.com/heythatspunny2

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 09:12 AM (VPLuQ)

266 Oh most erudite and lettered Empress of the Stompy Boots, how is this for an opening for the sequel novel? This is only first draft after all...

"Make haste Ptolemy!"

Slim beautiful Artacama stood guard at the mausoleum's entrance, fearful that the guards her estranged husband had placed would discover them in the act. Behind her, Ptolemy and his helpers struggle in a darkness barely relieved by two torches. Suddenly there is a grating sound of stone moving against stone. She prays to the supreme god of her native land Ahuramazda and also chief god of this land Amun-Ra for protection while also asking Anubis to understand what has to be done.

Behind her there is another more solid sounding thud as the covering stone contacts the stone floor and makes the whole room tremble. Her hand clutches at the door lintel as she strains to hear anything. The sound of boots slapping pavement and the jingle of armor is what Artacama fears. Instead she hears nothing except Ptolemy's men and her own rapidly beating heart, it seems her prayers are being heard.

"Do we take it all with us?"

Artacama turns and stops in awe. Alexander of Macedon's linen wrapped body is laying on the floor but it is all the gold gleaming in the flickering torchlight that threatens to mesmerize her. The quantity and variety of treasure is staggering, but she also remembers who did this. Her husband, gripped with a desire to make his own empire by stealing Alexander's body, had done this profanity. "No, only Lord Alexander's body. He deserves his wishes to be honored. Put everything else back in the sarcophagus and close it up again."

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2015 09:13 AM (zSvKA)

267 September! Fukkin-A! Two more months and I kill Bambi, with extreme prejudice, and tastiness. Another antlered skull to bury and dig up and bleach and mount on a cedar plaque and hang in the living room to gather cobwebs and terrorize da wimmins. Super.

Posted by: maddogg at September 01, 2015 09:13 AM (xWW96)

268 Do we still announce the NOOD?

If so...

Le NOOD!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 01, 2015 09:13 AM (VPLuQ)

269 September 1st. Don't forget to give your puppehs their heart worm meds

There is my PSA for the month.

Puppehs get theirs on the 23rd of every month.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 01, 2015 09:14 AM (O+0DS)

270 177
You did check for fleas, right?

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel

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Ugh.

Doggeh got fleas bad recently. They're eating him alive, and starting on me. I'm ready to bomb the house...

Posted by: Chi

Diatomaceous Earth - Cheap and kills them dead.
Give doggeh and kitteh a dust bath with it, make the house filthy dust wise for about a week because you have to break the breeding cycle.

Alternatively Boric Acid in powder for is pretty fast although I would not dust the pets, more for an around the house sprinkle and vacuum.

Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 01, 2015 09:15 AM (4pjhs)

271 Did he miss anything? gay, black, Baptist, washed up prostitute named Flanagan that wanted to work in media.

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2015 09:15 AM (yQXX9)

272 At the beginning of August, the local groceries were already putting out the Octoberfest beers-

in 100* heat!

And I was all like whaaaat?

Then I was outraged because

#DrinkingBeersInTheirProperSeasonMatters

So I went around the grocery whacking employees on the head with one of those big Munich-style beer mugs and a roast chicken.

Then I firebombed the place.

I may have over reacted.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 01, 2015 09:16 AM (KUa85)

273 Once had a poodle named by the kids after Winnie the Pooh character "Tigger." He runs off one cold day in Omaha. I'm obligated to roam the neighborhood yelling his name.

Posted by: Kevin C at September 01, 2015 09:16 AM (dEA2d)

274 Weasel, Poopyhead is a min-pin, too.

http://i61.tinypic.com/2u7x0m8.jpg

Was always a large dog guy myself, but I inherited him from the ex. Best, smartest dog I ever knew.

Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 09:16 AM (lDfK8)

275 Not really a cat person, so it has been odd that my cat is so affectionate. Dog is the smallest I have ever had (55 lbs border/lab/hound) and he has decided his mission in life is babysitting. Stays awake all day while baby is here, so both he and I have lost weight. Pretty funny to watch that the two of them 'have a real job' and how they both have stepped up to herd the kid.

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 01, 2015 09:17 AM (MIKMs)

276 If this country had a one page tax code ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 01, 2015 09:06 AM
________

Estonia's tax form is like this:

(A) How much did you make last year? _____
(B) Multiply (A) times 0.17: _____
(C) Pay (B).

It's a flat tax with no exemptions, and the rate is decided at least two years in advance.

Then, when countries like Estonia enjoy growing economies, we're given the term "economic miracle."

Posted by: FireHorse at September 01, 2015 09:18 AM (NhVHQ)

277 136 There are lovely parts of Michigan. I would love to go visit the Upper Peninsula.
The UP. is awesomely wild and beautiful. It's great in the shoulder seasons and summer. Michigans tourism slogan used to be "Say Yes toMichigan!"
Some wag mad bumper stickers that said "Say Yah to d UP, eh?"

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at September 01, 2015 09:20 AM (bHYy+)

278 @228 small world! Cousins' cat name was 'Deeoogee'. Always loved the name, but being we were in SoCal, had to explain to many people that it didn't mean anything in spanish.

Posted by: RedDish at September 01, 2015 09:22 AM (5eXg1)

279 271
Did he miss anything? gay, black, Baptist, washed up prostitute named Flanagan that wanted to work in media.

Posted by: Infidel at September 01, 2015 09:15 AM (yQXX9)

i'm waiting for his muslim name

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at September 01, 2015 09:22 AM (0O7c5)

280 273 Nice looking pooch, Chi!

Here's Olive:
http://tinypic.com/m/j0bj4m/2

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 09:25 AM (6xtq3)

281 274 Weasel, Poopyhead is a min-pin, too.

http://i61.tinypic.com/2u7x0m8.jpg

Was always a large dog guy myself, but I inherited him from the ex. Best, smartest dog I ever knew.
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 09:16 AM (lDfK

I've read that training and disciplining Min-Pins is not for the faint of heart. True? Are they a handful?

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at September 01, 2015 09:47 AM (RD7QR)

282 Cats:
Maurice
Jack
Fanny
Simon Sampson
Lolo (didn't name the last three)
Slobberpuss
Oblio

Dogs:
Loretta
Jake (didn't name this one)

Simon Sampson is named after a guy that wanted to buy a car I had for sale. He called on it several times but didn't come out to see it. Loretta is after the Coal Miners Daughter. And Fanny after The Weight by the Band.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 01, 2015 09:51 AM (Lqy/e)

283 "It should be a criminal act for any elected official to ask for or accept anything of value."

j, I'm afraid I disagree with you.

We do have elections. To participate in an election, one needs to campaign, to get the message out. Campaigning is expensive.

If a congresscreature cannot accept campaign contributions, to use at his discretion, he will instead be beholden to those will choose to campaign on his behalf: PAC and special-insterest groups. Also, if a candidate cannot campaign on his own behalf, it will increase the power of the media: theirs will be the principal voice that people hear when evaluating a congresscreature's performance, and the incumbent will be helpless to contradict them.

Your proposal would, in effect, limit candidates to those who were independently wealthy, like Trump, or who were strongly allied with powerful special-insterest groups and the media. I don't see that as any improvement.

Frankly, I think we need fewer laws, not more. Only a fool would argue that federal election laws have made our elections more open, freer, fairer, or improved them in any other way. Quite the contrary: the process now has stacked the deck in favor of those with the means to thread their way through the FEC labarynth. I would keep the old anti-corruption statutes in place, but repeal everything else and abolish the FEC.

As for how to improve our elections or eliminate corruption: I don't think that's possible, hman nature being what it is.

Thanks for listening.

Posted by: Brown Line at September 01, 2015 09:56 AM (zcbZo)

284 281 I've heard the same thing. While I don't have a huge amount of experience for comparison, I can say they are definitely a smart, spirited breed! I have taught Olive to catch peanuts with excellent, circus-level results, and to sit and come which she will do about 90% of the time. All in all she is a really good smart little dog, but she has her own ideas sometimes!

Posted by: Weasel at September 01, 2015 10:03 AM (6xtq3)

285 >>>Jeb? like numbers.
Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 08:03 AM (nRvEn)

>>>him and Jeb?.
Posted by: WOPR at September 01, 2015 08:09 AM (nRvEn)

I thought the question mark was a typo the first time. That's excellent.

Posted by: m at September 01, 2015 10:07 AM (ELEPX)

286 Posted by: FireHorse at September 01, 2015 09:18 AM (NhVHQ)

subtract an amount equiv to the determined cost of living for 1 person for singles. cost of living for children

There must be exemptions for living expenses if the rate is going to be that high.

No other exemption though.

Other states already do this and it works very well and it's fair. Covers the elderly, the poor, the rich and in between equally. All else besides living expense (food, shelter, transport, clothing) is income.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 01:40 PM (x3GpS)

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