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What a Shock: NPR Canceled Iran-Deal Critic In Order to Give Iran-Deal Supporter -- Who Donated $700,000 to Station -- Unchallenged Appearance
The media continues to not cover this story -- which all began with Ben Rhodes revelations about the eager "echo chamber" in the media he found to propagate Obama's lies -- because it tears at their two favorite things: Barack Obama, and the Media Caste itself.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 04:34 PM (3wHFl)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 04:35 PM (3wHFl)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Lighter Fluid, Charcoal, and Othe Car-Be-Cue Supplies at the Outrage Outlet at May 24, 2016 04:35 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 04:36 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez_and_the_dogs at May 24, 2016 04:37 PM (gUoN4)
A reporter around here had to do a groveling apology a few years back for airing stupid health segments that were produced and paid for by various pharma (I think) organizations.
This is way worse than that.
Posted by: alexthechick- Darth Sugartits at May 24, 2016 04:37 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 24, 2016 04:37 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Comanche Voter at May 24, 2016 04:37 PM (Sda6L)
Posted by: El Kabong at May 24, 2016 04:37 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2016 04:38 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez_and_the_dogs at May 24, 2016 04:38 PM (gUoN4)
Seriously. Not the dissemination of information but rather the peddling of ideas framed as "news."
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 04:38 PM (LA7Cm)
//Nina Totenkopf
Posted by: 1 at May 24, 2016 04:39 PM (g8Hfr)
NOT TAX DOLLARS. Piss off, NPR.
Posted by: Sponge at May 24, 2016 04:39 PM (xttKs)
Posted by: CBS News President David Rhodes, Ben Rhodes brother at May 24, 2016 04:39 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 24, 2016 04:39 PM (r1fLd)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at May 24, 2016 04:39 PM (WuRdh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:39 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Adriane the Cynic ... at May 24, 2016 04:40 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: DanMan at May 24, 2016 04:40 PM (RusNE)
Don't forget to vote for republican principles. Whatever the fuck they are.
Posted by: Mtich the bitch and his pal Paul at May 24, 2016 04:41 PM (326rv)
And they oh so love the sound of each other's voices.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 04:41 PM (LA7Cm)
Ms D'Oh you should listen to this brilliant send-up of NPR....
https://youtu.be/RIn83ZTbW3M
Posted by: 1 at May 24, 2016 04:41 PM (g8Hfr)
It will probably also be stupid, though, because that's the nature of organizations.
You can only *look* smart if you have the bureaucracy, media and academia in your pocket.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2016 04:41 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Roland THTG at May 24, 2016 04:41 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: garrett at May 24, 2016 04:42 PM (aoFFB)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 24, 2016 04:42 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:39 PM (1ZOkK)
Oh Lord Above, the whispery voices.
If I was on a jury and someone said the voices made me do it and the voices sounded like NPR announcers, I would probably vote to find not guilty by reason of completely understandable insanity.
Posted by: alexthechick- Darth Sugartits at May 24, 2016 04:42 PM (mf5HN)
So there's that.
Blind squirrel, acorn.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:42 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: NPR at May 24, 2016 04:43 PM (H9MG5)
Great deal.
Posted by: Cheri at May 24, 2016 04:43 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Weird Harold at May 24, 2016 04:43 PM (OkKDg)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 04:43 PM (3wHFl)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 24, 2016 04:43 PM (3ZoRf)
Heads up, Bill !
Posted by: Colossus of Ben Rhodes at May 24, 2016 04:43 PM (VFhMt)
Posted by: sven10077 at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (g8Hfr)
The President of the unelected executive arm of the European Union (EU) has vowed to block all right wing populists from power across the continent, shortly after acquiring the power to exert far-reaching sanctions on elected governments.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, promised to exclude Norbert Hofer, the leader of Austrias Freedom Party, from all EU decision-making if elected ahead of yesterdays presidential vote.
There will be no debate or dialogue with the far-right, the liberal bureaucrat told AFP.
But liberals are open minded?
Please UK, get out of the EU
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (Ozsfq)
That's depressing.
Maybe Trump will put them all in camps.
Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (Zs4uk)
So there's that.
Blind squirrel, acorn.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:42 PM (1ZOkK)
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Didn't see it. Quick synopsis?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (kTF2Z)
A reporter around here had to do a groveling apology a few years back for airing stupid health segments that were produced and paid for by various pharma (I think) organizations.
This is way worse than that.
Posted by: alexthechick
This is vile. But this is how they manipulate the story that goes out to useful idiots. "But, but, but, it was on NPR and they are 'smart, intelligent, soft-spoken erudites!!!' They aren't pig-wallowing flyover schmucks who know nothing, so they couldn't possibly be corrupt!!!"
Sadly, our betters in the GOPe don't feel the need to correct that. What on earth do they get in return for their complicity?
Posted by: Moki at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (ezHMO)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (4JCV3)
Posted by: Mortimer - time warping to 2012 at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (uxHUH)
Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (Zs4uk)
Well we can only hope so
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2016 04:45 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (Zs4uk)
Well, if he does, I hope he doesn't make them classy and luxurious.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:45 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 24, 2016 04:45 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 24, 2016 04:45 PM (YFFpo)
I worked at an NPR station in college, doing an overnight jazz show.. They encouraged you to 'watch your tone and presentation'.
Posted by: garrett at May 24, 2016 04:45 PM (aoFFB)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at May 24, 2016 04:45 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Roland THTG at May 24, 2016 04:45 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: garrett at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (aoFFB)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:42 PM (1ZOkK)
Ahem. Pumpkin.
Remember, even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin twice a day.
Posted by: alexthechick- Darth Sugartits at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (kTF2Z)
The whole thing is in a sidebar at NewBusters. It's pudding-dipping goodness.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:39 PM (1ZOkK)
The late Michael Kelly had an article spoofing the NPR-type show with the announcer "perfectly modulated voice of reason."
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Lighter Fluid, Charcoal, and Othe Car-Be-Cue Supplies at the Outrage Outlet at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (hLRSq)
nypost.com/2016/05/22/ how-corporate-america-bought-hillary- clinton-for-21m/
i sent to Ace as a tip, but who knows if he reads his e-mail...
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (GnCxR)
Posted by: Sponge at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (xttKs)
Remember, even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin twice a day.
Posted by: alexthechick- Darth Sugartits at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (mf5HN)
*makes note to add to my AoSHQ Style Guide*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:47 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: garrett at May 24, 2016 04:47 PM (aoFFB)
Totally not true! Properly served with stuffing, garlic mashed potatoes, and giblet gravy, with a nice Caesar salad...
And of course, whole-berry cranberry sauce...
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 24, 2016 04:47 PM (iIzG7)
He's The Count on Sesame St. "One politician, two politicians, three politicians, ah ah ah!"
Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 04:47 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 24, 2016 04:48 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:48 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 24, 2016 04:48 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2016 04:48 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: ace at May 24, 2016 04:49 PM (dciA+)
"Yes, Johnny, I believe that's some sort of Kraken. Do you think 9 iron is enough club?"
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Team Lefty and Scamp at May 24, 2016 04:49 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: x at May 24, 2016 04:50 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:50 PM (1ZOkK)
"While NPR does not receive any direct federal funding, it does receive a small number of competitive grants from CPB and federal agencies like the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce. This funding amounts to approximately 2% of NPR's overall revenues."
--wiki
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So if the grant money was cut, they'd only be down 2%. The thing to do is to regulate the DOE and DOC so they can't give away that money. Not sure how to do that, since discretionary funds and all.
Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 04:50 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 24, 2016 04:50 PM (4JCV3)
Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2016 04:44 PM (Zs4uk)
Well, if he does, I hope he doesn't make them classy and luxurious.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:45 PM (1ZOkK)
Actually, when I say that maybe he'll put them in "camps", I'm using a nice metaphor like your parents did when they told you you're aging pet dog was going to "farm" where he could play with the other animals in his old age.
Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2016 04:50 PM (Zs4uk)
//Mirror Universe NPR
Posted by: sven10077 at May 24, 2016 04:50 PM (g8Hfr)
Except....have you seen pics of the plush new NPR HQ in DC?
They did not spare any luxury.
Oh, and Big Bird now calls HBO his home. Still not sure how this national treasure of a show was sold off to HBO without much outrage - thought the whole point was to get programming to all kids, not just the ones w/a premium cable service.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 04:51 PM (NOIQH)
I listened to Peter Schweizer's interview with Andrew Wilkow today. He explains how it's pretty evident the rest of the world bought those jackasses too. His documentary is set to release on the night of the Democrat convention I think. I'm going to buy his book "Clinton Cash." I missed it last year.
Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 04:51 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: Gary Radnich: KRON King at May 24, 2016 04:51 PM (FXW24)
Great deal.
------------------------------------------------------
Thanks! We worked hard for it; nice to get some props.
Posted by: Ben Rhodes, CBS News President David Rhodes brother at May 24, 2016 04:51 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: DaveA at May 24, 2016 04:51 PM (DL2i+)
Actually, when I say that maybe he'll put them
in "camps", I'm using a nice metaphor like your parents did when they
told you you're aging pet dog was going to "farm" where he could play
with the other animals in his old age.
Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2016 04:50 PM (Zs4uk)
Oh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:51 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2016 04:52 PM (r65B3)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 24, 2016 04:52 PM (p2X2f)
Posted by: garrett whispering at 3 am at May 24, 2016 04:52 PM (aoFFB)
Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2016 04:52 PM (Zs4uk)
small number of competitive grants from CPB and federal agencies like
the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce. This funding
amounts to approximately 2% of NPR's overall revenues
They also got a yuuuuge gift from the McDonald's founder's wife when she passed. Like it would have paid their annual budget for several years.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 04:53 PM (NOIQH)
MSNBC anchor says "Bill Clinton" instead of "Bill Cosby"
https://youtu.be/QHeoxx3T3WQ
easy mistake. Totally understandable.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 04:53 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: DaveA at May 24, 2016 04:53 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Mortimer - in hushed NPR voice at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (uxHUH)
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Many the year ago I had a late night jazz show on local NPR. On fund raising week they toldus to ignore any callers who said we were biased because those fvckers are crazy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (Nwg0u)
I'm wishing they were worm food. With some fava beans, and a nice chianti.
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: DaveA at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (DL2i+)
I'm imagining all of them in the voice of David Feherty. I think NPR stole their voices from golf commentators.
Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (GgxVX)
that money. Not sure how to do that, since discretionary funds and all.
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that's easy: eliminate both departments completely.
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (GnCxR)
I was just reading the Post story about Trump's "shortlist." Why on God's Green Earth he'd be considering Corker is beyond me.
None of the other names really impressed either.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (8ZskC)
Which is why they can be completely cut loose from the federal government without suffering.
The left tries to argue it both ways: they must have funding to survive, and besides, they get hardly any, anyway.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 04:55 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 24, 2016 04:55 PM (vvmPQ)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 24, 2016 04:55 PM (4JCV3)
I'm kind of hoping Trump also send a lot of career federal employees to that same retirement farm, with full pensions, so that they can play with those dogs and never be lonely.
To thank them for their service.
Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2016 04:56 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: @votermom at May 24, 2016 04:56 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Joseph Goebbels at May 24, 2016 04:56 PM (12kBq)
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 04:56 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Donald Trump's Checkbook at May 24, 2016 04:56 PM (OkKDg)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 04:57 PM (NOIQH)
it looks like he's hit it into the kraken pond, Bob...
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 04:57 PM (39g3+)
Who listens to that station anyway....
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 04:56 PM (O2RFr)
*cough* my husband *cough*
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 04:57 PM (1ZOkK)
To be fair, back then Car Talk was still on NPR back then.
Posted by: garrett at May 24, 2016 04:57 PM (aoFFB)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 04:57 PM (3wHFl)
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 04:57 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (zOTsN)
Well, thanks for taking my call. Bernie Sanders is really the only true adherent to Barack Obama's foreign policy and I support his election in pursuit of more world peace!
Thanks Joe. Now we turn to our Republican line, Mitch in D.C., what's on your mind?
Thank you for giving me a chance to rebut my friend Joe in Potomac. Hillary is obviously the very best choice for our next President. I've know here for many years, worked with her, and given to her Senate campaign. She will do an outstanding job furthering the President's fine work these last eight years.
And that wraps up yet another battle of NPR listeners here in the capital! Tune in next time for more All Things Considered.
Posted by: NPR Radio Phone In Show at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (LA7Cm)
We are *totally* not trying to influence the JAG system in a way we'd scream bloody murder over in reverse....
//Sven J Olafson in a whisper on All Things Considered
Posted by: sven10077 at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (g8Hfr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 04:38 PM (LA7Cm)
You'll notice that the teleprompter readers start by saying...
"In our top story tonight..."
or
"Our reporter is live on the scene at city hall with the story..."
Not news. Stories.
Narratives.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (Nwg0u)
A lot of leftists seriously claim that their hasn't-evolved-since-college ideology is Just Common Sense, whereas everyone else's ideology is Indeed Ideology.
It can be hard to tell if this is a cynical smokescreen intended to claim all neutral ground, or if they're actually crazypants.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Pete Schweddy at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (JO9+V)
You have your rent-seekers mixed up. I believe that Planned Parenthood is the federally-funded outfit that advocates the raping of four year-old girls.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (8ZskC)
that same retirement farm, with full pensions, so that they can play
with those dogs and never be lonely."
If that "retirement farm" also received elderly horses, and involves the Elmer's Glue factory, Alpo, or Burger King, then I'm totally down with that.
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 04:59 PM (LAe3v)
My girlfriend likes to listen to 'The Pea Green Boat' while I diddle her.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at May 24, 2016 04:59 PM (aoFFB)
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 04:59 PM (B48dK)
To be fair, back then Car Talk was still on NPR back then.
They also were running Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. NPR has had some great stuff. Great enough they don't need federal funding.
The entire Corporation for Public Broadcasting has fulfilled its job and should be eliminated. Seriously, if you read the legislation that set it up, they only were supposed to exist because of a gap in certain kinds of shows on radio and TV which are now everywhere.
They weren't really ever needed, but even by their own charter are not needed any longer.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 04:59 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: mallflower at May 24, 2016 04:59 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2016 05:00 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Planned Parenthood at May 24, 2016 05:00 PM (uxHUH)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:00 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 05:00 PM (3wHFl)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 05:00 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at May 24, 2016 05:01 PM (8ZskC)
"In our top story tonight..."
Let me guess. Francisco Franco is still dead.
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:01 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:00 PM (zOTsN)
yup, from the smallest town right up to the White House
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2016 05:01 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Donald Trump's Checkbook at May 24, 2016 05:01 PM (OkKDg)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:02 PM (zOTsN)
120 Can't congress just defund NPR?
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 04:59 PM (B48dK)
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They don't directly fund it. @68
Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 05:02 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 05:02 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 24, 2016 05:02 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:02 PM (zOTsN)
???
Not my wife
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2016 05:03 PM (Ozsfq)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at May 24, 2016 05:01 PM
Mitch intends to die on Capital Hill.
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 24, 2016 05:03 PM (4JCV3)
supposed to exist because of a gap in certain kinds of shows on radio
and TV which are now everywhere.
They weren't really ever needed, but even by their own charter are not needed any longer."
See also: Tennessee Valley Authority; Rural Electrification Administration, et cetera.
Posted by: Qoheleth at May 24, 2016 05:03 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:01 PM (LAe3v)
Hello. I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 24, 2016 05:04 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Mark Levin at May 24, 2016 05:04 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 04:57 PM (3wHFl)
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I noticed that headline on Yahoo --- she "declines an offer." Should be "she refuses to debate."
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 24, 2016 05:04 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:04 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam
If he does, it will be from starvation, what with his complete lack of a lower jaw and all.
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:04 PM (LAe3v)
Perhaps NPR could have a fundraiser to help him achieve his goal.
soon
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2016 04:58 PM (wB8Tg)
No, I think this just goes to human nature. Pretty much everyone thinks that what they believe is common sense. Your ideology is common sense. Their ideology is both dogma and a grand plot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (RLdcX)
Mrs. Lambrecht of 2nd Grade tried to break me of this. I gots to take the blame on this one.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (RLdcX)
Outstanding! Congrats
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2016 05:06 PM (Ozsfq)
Daughter the younger made MSgt
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (RLdcX)
Very commendable. Congrats!
Posted by: TexasDan at May 24, 2016 05:06 PM (M0ddJ)
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (RLdcX)
Congratulations!
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 05:06 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
Or more accurately, tucks her tail under her enormous ass and bravely runs away.
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:07 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (RLdcX)
Congrats! And thank Her for Her service....
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:07 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: @votermom at May 24, 2016 05:07 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:07 PM (zOTsN)
They also got a yuuuuge gift from the McDonald's founder's wife when she passed. Like it would have paid their annual budget for several years.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 04:53 PM (NOIQH)
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Yeah, 98% of funding comes from donations, fees, sponsors, blah blah. I don't know how to force the DOE and DOC to stop awarding them "small, competitive grants"; seems to me the head bananas at those agencies would have to rewrite the regulations in such a way as to give themselves less discretion over their own funds. HAHAHAHHA.
In other words, Rick Perry has to be made the Secretary of BOTH departments -- plus maybe the Director of a couple of federal agencies.
Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 05:07 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:08 PM (zOTsN)
Congrats!
Posted by: @votermom at May 24, 2016 05:08 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 24, 2016 05:08 PM (4JCV3)
Not even if you paid me. The smug hurts my tympanic membrane. Bullshit does too.
Posted by: no good deed at May 24, 2016 05:08 PM (GgxVX)
See also: Tennessee Valley Authority; Rural Electrification Administration, et cetera.
Well exactly. There are billions in the federal budget that could be saved by just ending obsolete and out of date programs that served their purpose. Just voting to end those would be a huge bonus and would raise my opinion of the GOP by 2000%.
Which is why it won't ever happen.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 05:08 PM (39g3+)
Daughter the younger made MSgt
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (RLdcX)
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Congrats!
Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 05:09 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at May 24, 2016 05:09 PM (GzDYP)
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (RLdcX)
She's a chemical in a Chinese restaurant?
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:09 PM (LAe3v)
Mitch intends to die on Capital Hill.
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam
If he does, it will be from starvation, what with his complete lack of a lower jaw and all.
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:04 PM (LAe3v)
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I dunno, I hear tell those slow-moving-type tortoises can live 500 year on a mouthful of lettuce a day. . .
Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 05:09 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam
If he does, it will be from starvation, what with his complete lack of a lower jaw and all.
Posted by: pep
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I left my jaw somewhere, maybe it's with my spine wherever I left that.
Posted by: Mitch at May 24, 2016 05:09 PM (c7vUv)
congrats, GrandMa Bell. Much Much better than "my daughter just got her master's in gender studies."
Posted by: mallflower at May 24, 2016 05:09 PM (qSIlh)
And Bourdain picked up the check, which was $6.00.
Communist News Network.
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 05:10 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Pravda Editors at May 24, 2016 05:10 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Mortimer - in hushed NPR voice at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (uxHUH)
Poetry. Sheer poetry.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 24, 2016 05:10 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 05:07 PM (pC96u)
Ironic to have the nic iforgot just under references to Perry and "a couple federal agencies" given his famous debate answers.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 24, 2016 05:10 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 05:11 PM (3wHFl)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 04:46 PM (1ZOkK)
This is just a fig leaf. It's just so CBS can say 'hey, we're not biased, look at this tough interview of ValJar," leaving out the fact that this is Obama's last year and nothing said or revealed in this interview can possibly hurt him.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 24, 2016 05:11 PM (N1Wpo)
They had a panel discussion in which the recent one-on-one interview of Trump by Megyn Kelly was loudly denounced as substance-free fluff, "celebrity infotainment" at its worst, and devoid of meaningful policy questions.
Flashback to 2008:
"Do you think Sasha and Malia will like living in the White House?"
-- the sort of "meaningful policy question" put to candidate Obama by the snooze media
Posted by: torquewrench at May 24, 2016 05:11 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Rick Perry at May 24, 2016 05:12 PM (39g3+)
Ironic to have the nic iforgot just under references to Perry and "a couple federal agencies" given his famous debate answers.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 24, 2016 05:10 PM (kKHcp)
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Heh, they wouldn't forget HIM if he had the chance to bust into 'em.
Posted by: iforgot at May 24, 2016 05:12 PM (pC96u)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:12 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 05:13 PM (3wHFl)
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 05:13 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 05:13 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: mallflower at May 24, 2016 05:14 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Your pickled liver at May 24, 2016 05:14 PM (KbgjX)
You blow one answer and what does everyone call you???
Posted by: Rick Perry
"A cancer on the republican party"?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 24, 2016 05:14 PM (p2X2f)
Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2016 05:11 PM (3wHFl)
Will do, might take a while. She is asleep (I hope) because it is the middle of the night in Bagram
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:14 PM (RLdcX)
Scorpion stings frog, story at 11!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 05:15 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Rick Perry at May 24, 2016 05:12 PM (39g3+)
Also-ran?
or is this a riff on the fuck one pig joke?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 24, 2016 05:15 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 24, 2016 05:15 PM (4JCV3)
Remember O'Keefe film these NPR leeches taking bribes before?
The Democrats and progs are simply criminals.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz The Main Dude My Man Esq at May 24, 2016 05:15 PM (87lvk)
I've got five of the MoFi Miles Davis release 45's (which I believe is all of them) and every one is spectacular. If you're into that sort of thing.
Posted by: Chupacabra at May 24, 2016 05:15 PM (Lv0zB)
Posted by: GrandMa Bell at May 24, 2016 05:05 PM (RLdcX)
Awesome! I'll send her an assortment of my most popular balls.
Posted by: Pete Schweddy at May 24, 2016 05:15 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:15 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 05:16 PM (B48dK)
I still think Katie Couric is fairly hot.
**dons asbestos long johns**
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:15 PM (LAe3v)
*flamethrows anyway*
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 05:16 PM (1ZOkK)
While I wait for the worm to turn I'll just entertain myself watching a film loop of an A10 attack Taliban positions.
http://tinyurl.com/zm9ox9h
Posted by: MTF at May 24, 2016 05:17 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 24, 2016 05:17 PM (YFFpo)
I still think Katie Couric is fairly hot.
_______________________________
if she didn't speak, sure
Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 05:17 PM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 24, 2016 05:17 PM (4JCV3)
Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 05:19 PM (aQQbl)
On weekends, a fat chunk of the air time is taken up by personal-finance shows. Since I'd left the radio on that station the last time I was listening to Levin, I got an earful as soon as I switched on.
They had an "independent political analyst" giving an "analysis" of the presidential race which basically boiled down to how Trump is an uncontrollable loose cannon who will ignite trade wars and destroy your retirement savings, while Hillary is a trusted and well known name with solid pro-growth policies just like her husband's had been.
The host didn't have enough good things to say about this "analyst". Why, he's independent! And objective! And nonpartisan and fair! And explains complex matters in small short words that even YOU, the listener, can understand!
I took down the guy's name. J.T. Taylor. Then looked him up later when I got home. He's a former Chamber of Commerce flack who cut his teeth in politics in the Poppy Bush administration. At HUD, that rancid open-air pork trough.
This is the sort of junk that purportedly "right-wing" radio inflicts on the public! It ain't just NPR by any means.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 24, 2016 05:19 PM (noWW6)
Asbestos will not help.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at May 24, 2016 05:19 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 05:19 PM (B48dK)
While I wait for the worm to turn I'll just entertain myself watching a film loop of an A10 attack Taliban positions.
http://tinyurl.com/zm9ox9h
Posted by: MTF at May 24, 2016 05:17 PM (/m8T6)
That's a beautiful thing. Wish there was a video of the hillside full of Taliban meeting their Maker who were firing on my son. I'd watch it over and over.
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 05:20 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: torquewrench
True enough. The difference is that I can turn it off and still not pay for it.
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:20 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 24, 2016 05:02 PM (zOTsN)
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Not this one. Ever.
Our local morning radio guy, Chris Plante, calls them "National Panhandler Radio."
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:21 PM (2WwbN)
Anyway, I just wanted to say the whole "Darth Sugartits" thing cracks me up.
Well done.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 24, 2016 05:21 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 05:22 PM (B48dK)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: steevy
I'd answer you but I'm engulfed in flames.
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: torquewrench at May 24, 2016 05:19 PM
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Of course not.
But I am not forced at the point of a gun to subsidize that station.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: The Left at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (1ijHg)
She was so hot that time she was discussing her colon cleanse
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 24, 2016 05:24 PM (lKyWE)
I'd answer you but I'm engulfed in flames.
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (LAe3v)
*flamethrows again*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:24 PM (1ZOkK)
Watching her suddenly gush blood from the mouth and ears, collapsing on stage from being eaten by worms would warm my flinty right wing heart. I know its wrong but I can't help it. She's the only person on earth I've ever come this close to actually hating.
I still think Katie Couric is fairly hot.
She used to be cheerleader cute, yeah. Not so much now.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 05:24 PM (39g3+)
Yeah, I'm gonna guess that he tells them to get bent. That'd be great.
Posted by: pep at May 24, 2016 05:24 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:25 PM (1ZOkK)
1. Defund NPR
2. Get us out of the UN and get their damn building off of US soil. Most New Yawkers would vote for him just for getting the diplomats and their legations out of the city.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at May 24, 2016 05:25 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (O2RFr)
Yeah, otherwise he might lose. Take their sage counsel on how to win elections.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 24, 2016 05:26 PM (oKE6c)
I listen to Rush while taking my daily walk. When the commercials come on I switch over to the NPR station. Today they had a report on Facebook absolving themselves of any bias. They're just as straight as NPR by golly.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 24, 2016 05:28 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:28 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (O2RFr)
Which "conservatives"?
So, I know who to completely ignore in the future.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 24, 2016 05:28 PM (0cMkb)
And because listening to them has gotten him where he is.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 05:28 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: @votermom at May 24, 2016 05:29 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 24, 2016 05:29 PM (6Ll1u)
Not exactly Conservative thus the parenthesis....
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:30 PM (O2RFr)
Boy "Conservatives" are crawling out of the woodwork to tell Trump to cool it with the Clinton conspiracy stuff...Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (O2RFr)
Yes because standing there with your thumb up your ass while Clinton re-launches the War on Women campaign is a winning strategy
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 24, 2016 05:30 PM (lKyWE)
Gee, my son didn't get in for nine months.
I wonder how many actual vets Juan knows.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:31 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: mallflower at May 24, 2016 05:31 PM (qSIlh)
Not exactly Conservative thus the parenthesis....
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:30 PM (O2RFr)
ah...well....I already completely ignore them.
Situation: Normal
Status: The same
Posted by: naturalfake at May 24, 2016 05:31 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:32 PM (1ZOkK)
Anybody ask him where he got his numbers? Or, even better, call him a lying cocksucker?
Posted by: tu3031 at May 24, 2016 05:32 PM (YFFpo)
hahahahahahahaha!
Yeah... Just looking out for the "folks."
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:32 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 24, 2016 04:53 PM (NOIQH)
Joan Kroc left them $200,000,000, which went to their endowment--making it approximately 258 million. Their annual budget is $150,000,000 to $160,000,000. Endowments are tricky things, written up the wrong way and they provide playpen money for the top executives...which since it's NPR is what I figure is the case.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at May 24, 2016 05:33 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (O2RFr)
That's kinda like the French providing tips on military strategy.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 24, 2016 05:33 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 05:13 PM (B48dK)"
Yep. All the weak parts that can be outraged are all burned off by now. Nothing left but pure, cold hate.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 24, 2016 05:33 PM (QHgTq)
Also voted in favor of "Should Georgia empower parents with the right to use tax dollars allocated for the education of their children, allowing them the freedom to choose among public, private, virtual and home schools?"
Lots of judges running unopposed, so I wrote in variations on theme on them. Judge Dredd, Judge Judy, Judge Wapner, Mike Judge, and Judge Reinhold all got write-votes from me. People running unopposed just doesn't seem right to me.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 24, 2016 05:33 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:23 PM (e3bId
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Hi Weasel! Enjoying this glorious weather, finally?
I enjoy listening to Chris Plante, and am glad he's as cool as he seems. I've been a listener for a long time. I remember when he got the axe because CAIR complained about him. It took a long time, but the station finally grew a pair and rehired him.
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:34 PM (2WwbN)
I can't stand him.
And Joe Scarborough? He's a hack. His only purpose is to give Mika someone to punch in the arm and tell to "hush."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:34 PM (1ZOkK)
I saw an ad on TV for a black rodeo. I was like, huh, I musty have misheard this. But no, it's a black rodeo, ie only black participants are in it.
And here I was thinking segregation is bad n' stuff.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:34 PM (r4VQU)
Anybody ask him where he got his numbers? Or, even better, call him a lying cocksucker?
Posted by: tu3031 at May 24, 2016 05:32 PM (YFFpo)
Juan is so damn stupid that it just burns. The VA killed my husband. Here's my rant again.
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Most of you know that I am the widow of a VN Vet who died in agony of complications from Agent Orange.
So, if we are going to keep flogging the VA for incompetence, then here is our story. For brevity and to protect my privacy, I will just call my husband DH in our story.
Even though we had other insurance, DH was very stubborn about making the VA "pay" for his medical care. The Army got him into this shape, so the f*cking government could pay for his care.
He had been sick for days with a terrible cough. He had an appointment at the VA hospital in Muskogee. I had to work. So a dear friend drove him to Muskogee for his appointment. I made him promise that while he was there, he would see someone for his cough/fever/etc. He tried. He went to their ER after his regular appointment, which had to do with the problems with his feet--so that appointment could not deal with the cough, etc. In the EMERGENCY ROOM of the VA Hospital, they refused to see him because he did not have an appointment. Yes, wrap your head around that, he needed an appointment to be seen in a f*cking emergency room. Friend brought him home without having seen a doctor for the cough. I get home from work and try to take him to the hospital a mile from the house. He was so exhausted and angry that he would not go, would not let me call an ambulance. That was Monday.
Tuesday, I get up and go to work. I called him several times that day to check on him. The last time I called him around 3 PM, I told him when I got home we were going to the hospital. He said, "Okay." I said, "Bye, I love you." At 5 when I walked into the house, I found him face down on the living room floor all tangled up in his walker. I knew he was dead, but, just to be sure, I touched his ankle and it was cool. I called 911 and the cul de sac filled up with a firetruck, an ambulance, and 3 police cars.
So f*ck the VA and all its minions who deal in sloth, indifference, and venality. There are some good folks who work there, but, as an institution it is broken and no one has the will to make it a decent place for sick and dying veterans to get care.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at May 24, 2016 05:35 PM (kXoT0)
So I voted here in Georgia today. Mostly local and state level races. I
did vote for Grayson for US Senate (this one:
http://www.grayson2016.com/ not to be confused with Alan) because, fuck
Isakson.
Also voted in favor of "Should Georgia empower parents with the
right to use tax dollars allocated for the education of their children,
allowing them the freedom to choose among public, private, virtual and
home schools?"
Lots of judges running unopposed, so I wrote in variations on theme
on them. Judge Dredd, Judge Judy, Judge Wapner, Mike Judge, and Judge
Reinhold all got write-votes from me. People running unopposed just
doesn't seem right to me.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 24, 2016 05:33 PM (GUBah)
I did as well! And yes, f*ck Isakson. Also voted for a friend of ours for superior court judge, Peter Muller.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:36 PM (1ZOkK)
I saw an ad on TV for a black rodeo. I was like, huh, I musty have misheard this. But no, it's a black rodeo, ie only black participants are in it.
And here I was thinking segregation is bad n' stuff.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:34 PM (r4VQU)
Stories about "ride by" shootings in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 24, 2016 05:36 PM (oKE6c)
Never heard of an all-black rodeo before. I've seen black cowboys at the regular rodeo though.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 05:37 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: donna at May 24, 2016 05:37 PM (O2RFr)
There's a steady drumbeat from the media about how vets are perfectly happy with the VA.
Well, the Trump plan is to give vets vouchers good for "care anywhere", not just at the VA. They can still go to the VA if they prefer it, but they'd no longer be locked in to it.
My guess? The VA facilities are going to empty out of patients in record time.
Then of course the VA will scream for a federal bailout. They shouldn't get one.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 24, 2016 05:37 PM (noWW6)
Ice hockey has been Whites Only for decades and I don't see anyone complaining.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 24, 2016 05:37 PM (8ZskC)
Anybody ask him where he got his numbers? Or, even better, call him a lying cocksucker?
Posted by: tu3031 at May 24, 2016 05:32 PM (YFFpo)
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Even if true, so what? If someone has to wait 30 days to see a doctor, that's not exactly a sign of good care. Anything over 7 days is a disgrace.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:37 PM (r4VQU)
Remember when Gopher was on WMAL and left? What did he ended up doing after he was off the air?
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:37 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Jane D'oh using her NPR voice at May 24, 2016 04:54 PM (1ZOkK)
Is your voice sonorous? It needs to be sonorous and pompous.
Posted by: Northernlurker, muzungo at May 24, 2016 05:38 PM (aCNZ6)
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:38 PM (2WwbN)
But, hey, then famous plagiarist and liberal hack Mike Barnicle would have no place to go!
Posted by: tu3031 at May 24, 2016 05:38 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 05:38 PM (LA7Cm)
Congress?
Posted by: Rep. Fred Grandy at May 24, 2016 05:38 PM (8ZskC)
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I'd like a choice of "leave me the fuck alone, pay for your own damn kids' education" option.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:40 PM (r4VQU)
I'm still so angry over your story, and wish I could give you a hug.
We have a Marine buddy of son staying here until tomorrow who is apt. hunting and job hunting.
He served with our son in Afghanistan, and was also hurt. He said it took him forever to get into his VA in Baltimore. I don't know how he was hurt, but he has rather severe tics in his arms. It breaks my heart, he's such a sweet, polite kid.
Obama has been absolutely worthless in his "care" of our vets, and the next person who tries to tell me how much he and Mooch love our troops, I'll throat punch.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:40 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Rep. Fred Grandy at May 24, 2016 05:38 PM (8ZskC)
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Congress was before WMAL. I don't know what he wound up doing afterwards. He got let go because of taking a too-tough stance (actually I think it was his wife, Mrs. Fred, who did so) on Islam too.
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:40 PM (2WwbN)
Juan is saying 92% of vets are being seen at the VA in "thirty days or less."
Juan is also fond of calling Obama the "deporter in chief", claiming that Obama has deported more illegal aliens than any other president.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 24, 2016 05:40 PM (k4M/B)
Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 05:41 PM (aQQbl)
I could also be confused - that happens a lot.
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:41 PM (e3bId)
I saw an ad on TV for a black rodeo. I was like, huh, I musty have misheard this. But no, it's a black rodeo, ie only black participants are in it.
And here I was thinking segregation is bad n' stuff.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:34 PM (r4VQU)
Nope, there are some here in Oklahoma. They go back to the days when there were all Black towns like Rentie (gone) and Boley (still incorporated). The Okmulgee Invitational is the nation's oldest all Black Rodeo, one of the state's longest running rodeos, and one of the nation's largest Black rodeos.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at May 24, 2016 05:41 PM (kXoT0)
Ice hockey has been Whites Only for decades and I don't see anyone complaining.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 24, 2016 05:37 PM (8ZskC)
There are a handful of black players in the NHL. Hockey is quite multicultural but those cultures are all from lands of ice and snow.
Posted by: Northernlurker, muzungo at May 24, 2016 05:41 PM (aCNZ6)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:41 PM (r4VQU)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 05:42 PM (LA7Cm)
presidential race which basically boiled down to how Trump is an
uncontrollable loose cannon who will ignite trade wars and destroy your
retirement savings, while Hillary is a trusted and well known name with
solid pro-growth policies just like her husband's had been."
I have seen and heard a lot of stuff, particularly from people living in New York and DC, who seem to have convinced each other that Donald Trump is the second coming of Mussolini and that he is going to start World War III.
I mean, I do not believe that he will be a great president but to have lived through most of the Obama Presidency and then criticize Donald Trump as unqualified or dangerous is to display a very tenuous connection to reality or perhaps a severe deficit of functioning neurons. Even if Donald Trump tries to be a worse President than Barack Obama, I do not think that he could accomplish that task.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 24, 2016 05:42 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:40 PM (r4VQU)
My understanding is that the referendum is going to be used to push for a state income tax credit if your kid isn't in public school.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 24, 2016 05:42 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Northernlurker, muzungo at May 24, 2016 05:41 PM (aCNZ6)
________________________________________
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow?
Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 05:43 PM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:41 PM (e3bId)
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Well, then you and I are confused together because that's the way I remember it too.
Glad you got off work early to enjoy the weather. Remember what it was like all day Sunday? Yeah, we were at an outdoor wedding. It was every bit as cold and wet as you would think it was.
Luckily, the reception was indoors. And the wedding was lovely, despite the rain.
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:43 PM (2WwbN)
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at May 24, 2016 05:43 PM (msVAP)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 24, 2016 05:42 PM (GUBah)
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That would be nice. But I'm 99.99% sure it will found unconstitutional.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:44 PM (r4VQU)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:44 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 24, 2016 05:44 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2016 05:44 PM (B48dK)
I see nothing wrong with that. It would kill the public schools too, so win-win!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 24, 2016 05:44 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Northernlurker, muzungo at May 24, 2016 05:41 PM (aCNZ6)
________________________________________
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow?
Posted by: IP at May 24, 2016 05:43 PM (aQQbl)
Yes, that one.
Posted by: Northernlurker, muzungo at May 24, 2016 05:44 PM (aCNZ6)
There are a handful of black players in the NHL. Hockey is quite multicultural but those cultures are all from lands of ice and snow.
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at May 24, 2016 05:44 PM (lKyWE)
The way he's pushing it is hilarious. He's just getting other people to talk about them, which is perfect. It reminds everyone of the bad of the Clinton years, and instructs young people what it was like,
I had a little back and forth with a young lady on Fb today, where she had never heard a single thing about Bill Clinton being accused of rape. She was so skeptical she demanded names.
I think she wished she hadn't after I was done listing them all.
These people grew up in the bush years, they have no clue about the Clintons. They need to be reminded.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (LA7Cm)
On one hand you got your Canucks, then on the other hand you got your Inuits.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (kXoT0)
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I still do listen on and off during the day as I go about my business, except for Michael Savage. I can't stand that guy. At all.
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:46 PM (2WwbN)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:47 PM (e3bId)
So even though it said in plain black and white in the state constitution, you need 2/3 to increase taxes, the judges said Meh, fuck off, you have to raise taxes.
So I'm pretty sure the same thing will happen in Georgia. It seems "For The Children" trumps all else.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:47 PM (r4VQU)
Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts. I tell that story so that self
righteous pricks like Juan don't get to have their own damn facts.
Juan knows Obama is an abject failure, but, he just can't bear to have
Historic First Black POTUS criticized.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (kXoT0)
Your story makes me so damned mad. I'm glad you re-posted it to remind everyone, and inform folks who didn't know it.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:47 PM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (1ZOkK)
tHe teechurs yoonyun thaks you!
Posted by: A Edjucater at May 24, 2016 05:47 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (1ZOkK)
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I understand you, Jane. I've been homeschooling for 20 years and feel the same way.
You did the right thing for your son.
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:48 PM (2WwbN)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 24, 2016 05:48 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:45 PM (1ZOkK)
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Yep. My kids have never and will never step foot inside a public school and yet every year I send the county $10K give or take in property tax, of which 7 goes to education.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at May 24, 2016 05:48 PM (r4VQU)
Now the SJW Blacks like to claim "all" cowboys were black and that is horseshit, but there were plenty of former slave cowpunchers.
Thing is All-Black *Fill in Activity X* would cause howls of rage if we had say "All-White Rodeos" or "All-White Baseball" or whatever....
but I saw the rodeo clowns for an all Black Rodeo working out in Louisiana on a run once...
oddly looked just like any rodeo clown praying the 2000 pound bovine missile wouldn't gore their ass.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 24, 2016 05:49 PM (g8Hfr)
Some members of the FSA weren't happy with the "bland" color, and so $57,000 was spent to add some colorful highlights.
$57,000
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:49 PM (1ZOkK)
I suspect that the lawyers who brought that class action suit collected more than $0.08 for their time. My reaction was not, "Oh, boy! A check for eight cents!" It was more like, "And that is why it is so difficult and expensive to do business in the United States that companies relocate every function they can outside of this country." I think that means that I have a bad attitude.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at May 24, 2016 05:49 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 24, 2016 05:47 PM (1ZOkK)
Thanks, Jane, it will be ten years this July 17th and nothing about the VA has improved. That guy Bobo brought in from some corporation has not moved the needle at all.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at May 24, 2016 05:50 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Fritz at May 24, 2016 05:50 PM (f40FU)
Posted by: KIllerdog at May 24, 2016 05:51 PM (9lwG/)
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The bridge was a trooper! Everyone was kind of laughing, because what could you do? We could all tell that they were just happy to be married.
I understand, as it was sleeting on my wedding day. I didn't care - nothing could have made me unhappy that day!
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:51 PM (2WwbN)
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:52 PM (2WwbN)
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:52 PM (e3bId)
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If you're trying to bring her over from the dark side, by all means keep her away from Savage. Yuck.
And just wondering, does she know you call her WeaselWoman? I don't know about that. Maybe Mrs. Weasel?
Posted by: bluebell at May 24, 2016 05:56 PM (2WwbN)
We were married in the Chapel at the Theological Seminary which burned to the ground a few years ago - I keep telling WeaselWoman that's a loophole!
Posted by: Weasel at May 24, 2016 05:56 PM (e3bId)
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