Sebelius' Testimony at the Menendez Corruption Trial: Harry Reid Inveighed on Me to Meet with Menendez and His Million Dollar Donor, To Convince Me to Pay Him More Money from the Government's Medicaid Coffers

An update from the story the media is pouring extensive resources into not covering.

Apparently a type of drug was sold in single vials. Bob Menendez's big donor decided he would charge not for the single vial it was intended to be sold as, but as smaller doses contained within that single vial.

Charging for multiple doses instead of the single vial resulted in, get this, Melgen contriving a way to bill Medicaid for more money than the normal pay-for-a-vial system did -- to the tune of what HHS says was an $8.9 million overbill.

Funny how that worked out for him.

This billing strategy was rejected by HHS. Menendez desperately wanted his Very Good Friend to have his 8.9 million in bilked dollars, so he recruited Harry Reid to push Kathleen Sebelius into granting a meeting with Menendez so he could convince her to change HHS policy to deliver $8.9 million to Menendez's Very Good Friend.

From a Fox News video report:

ROSEN: The former head of the Health and Human Services Department said she found it "unusual" when then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asked her to meet with Senator Bob Menendez about a Medicare billing dispute in 2012. This testimony from Kathleen Sebelius marked the latest twist in Menendez's bribery and corruption trial. Here is correspondent, David Lee Miller.
MILLER: ...
Appearing under subpoena, prosecution witness, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, testified about a meeting involving Senator Menendez. According to the prosecution, eye doctor, Dr. Saloman Melgen, gave Menendez thousands of dollars in gifts and political contributions in exchange for Menendez using his influence to help the doctor obtain visas for girlfriends and help in business deals. In August of 2012, Secretary Sebelius attended a meeting with Menendez at the office of then-Majority Leader Harry Reid. Sebelius told the court quote, "Everybody did some talking, but Senator Menendez, it was his meeting, so he presented the issues he was concerned about." Prosecutors say there was only one issue concerning Menendez, convincing the secretary to change Medicare policy to benefit Dr. Melgen, who was appealing a Medicare decision that he overbilled the agency $8.9 million. Sebelius told the court quote, "The discussion involved policy this case has triggered." The defense tried to show that there were other subjects discussed, but Sebelius held firm.
...
MILLER: In earlier testimony, a former Medicare official testified that the senator had an "aggressive tone" during a 2009 phone call. That call ended abruptly, when the senator realized he wasn't going to get what he wanted.

Sebelius said she had in fact avoided Menendez for a year, precisely to avoid his pressuring her to deliver government dollars to his Very Good Friend. From Ed Morrissey's digest:

Defense attorney Abbe Lowell pressed Sebelius to acknowledge that Menendez never mentioned Melgen, which she did, but with a rather important caveat. Since Melgen was the only provider demanding a change in this policy and involved in a payment dispute over it --and Melgen was known to be a crony of Menendez -- the connection didn't escape Sebelius. In fact, as she testified, that was precisely why she had avoided Menendez for a year, and then emphasized that it was so unusual it never happened with her at any other time.

BTW, Melgen apparently tried to argue that selling this medicine by the vial, instead of the (pricier) individual dose has he attempted, "wasted medicine," and I'm sure he just didn't want to waste any of that precious, precious medicine.

Posted by: Ace at 01:47 PM

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1 Why isn't Harry 'The Searchlight Strangler' Reid being frog marched out of his Million Dollar Home?

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2017 01:49 PM (UyKzE)

2 hmmm

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 04, 2017 01:50 PM (wmaTe)

3 so sebellius and reid were the "good guys" in this one? Or just the less-bad-guys here?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at October 04, 2017 01:50 PM (wmaTe)

4 How does the adware know about my Subway habit?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 01:51 PM (LjR2k)

5 He will go up river then after the furor has died down get out on some kind of nebulous reason. and nobody will ever hear about it.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at October 04, 2017 01:52 PM (mpXpK)

6 So that's two threads shut down by work filters because of "weapons." Can the Horde go for the hat trick?

Posted by: josephistan at October 04, 2017 01:52 PM (7HtZB)

7 Our corrupt government at work stealing our money.

Even Zimbabweans blush when you mention Harry Reid and "Bob" Menudo in the same breath.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 04, 2017 01:52 PM (nUkMr)

8 So, Sebelius = Stupid Evil, Reid = Evil Evil.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 01:53 PM (CMbMd)

9 There's that name again, Harry Reid, the one I didn't want to see or hear unless it was attached to an obituary. An obituary about said name dying in a car fire and yes explosions occurred.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 04, 2017 01:53 PM (4ErVI)

10 What is funny is that Menendez was a favorite Tool of the Left...right up until he wasn't.

And the other Useful Idiots won't notice.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2017 01:53 PM (UyKzE)

11 7 Our corrupt government at work stealing our money.

Even Zimbabweans blush when you mention Harry Reid and "Bob" Menudo in the same breath.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 04, 2017 01:52 PM (nUkMr)

"Amateurs."

--Jon Corzine

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 01:53 PM (CMbMd)

12 Local news story. Nothing to see here.

-- The MSM.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2017 01:53 PM (NMCva)

13 More Republican corruption.

Posted by: Max Power at October 04, 2017 01:54 PM (q177U)

14 Is inveighed an actual word?

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 01:54 PM (LjR2k)

15 Bob Menendez?

The Republican from Joisey?

//Charles Gibson

Posted by: sven10077 at October 04, 2017 01:55 PM (SzZnW)

16
Zimbabweans

I love this word.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 01:55 PM (AmGHy)

17 14 Boss Moss,

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/inveighed

Posted by: sven10077 at October 04, 2017 01:55 PM (SzZnW)

18
I also love: Sheboygans.

Eddie Murphy: We the Sheboygan people!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 01:55 PM (AmGHy)

19 Rhodesians has a much better ring to it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 01:55 PM (LjR2k)

20 >>so sebellius and reid were the "good guys" in this one? Or just the less-bad-guys here?

I might give Sebelius a couple points for trying to avoid this meeting and then turning down the request but she knew about it and did nothing.

Reid tried to help Melendez with the scheme. He is a scumbag as always. I'd love to see him investigated for all the shady deals he did with Chinese investors in wind farms in Nevada. Make the rest of his miserable life even more miserable.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 01:56 PM (/tuJf)

21 So Melgen was trying to save us money, a scrupulous steward of the nation's resources....yeah, that's it!

Posted by: BignJames at October 04, 2017 01:56 PM (GiOiK)

22 s inveighed an actual word?

It is. So is inveigled.

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 01:56 PM (WZG6Y)

23
Her stupid gray hair used to piss me off.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 01:56 PM (AmGHy)

24 20 Reid tried to help Melendez with the scheme. He is a scumbag as always. I'd love to see him investigated for all the shady deals he did with Chinese investors in wind farms in Nevada. Make the rest of his miserable life even more miserable.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 01:56 PM (/tuJf)

Wasn't that mostly Din-gy Har-ry's son?

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 01:56 PM (CMbMd)

25 I think I've mentioned before that I'm torn on this because Menendez being corrupt wouldn't surprise me in the least but hi there Senator Stevens, how you doin'?

That being said, holy crap, even Sebelius is turning on him? Holy crap.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at October 04, 2017 01:56 PM (mf5HN)

26 I think it's Darth Sebelious.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (LjR2k)

27 But,hey....SINGLE PAYER!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (oVJmc)

28 Harry Reid needed this medicine to harvest fresh young victims.

Posted by: Max Power at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (q177U)

29 16
Zimbabweans

I love this word.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 01:55 PM (AmGHy)

Zimbabwe is one of those words that is fun to say.
But hard to work into conversation.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla gooberville watcher at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (WEFox)

30 It's a tax.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (LjR2k)

31 >.Is inveighed an actual word?

Proper Noun : Inveigh Malmsteen.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (UyKzE)

32 Her stupid gray hair used to piss me off.
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But isn't my turkey neck a thing of beauty?

Posted by: Kathleen S. at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (vg8iE)

33
She was all Oh Look At Me I Have Silver Granny Hair But I'm Only Middle-Aged and Semi-Attractive.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 01:58 PM (AmGHy)

34 26 Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (LjR2k)

Sebeezlebub

Posted by: sven10077 at October 04, 2017 01:58 PM (SzZnW)

35 28 Harry Reid needed this medicine to harvest fresh young victims.
Posted by: Max Power at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (q177U)

"Does this smell like Choloform to you?"

--Harry Reid

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 01:58 PM (CMbMd)

36 Not a smidgen of corruption.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 04, 2017 01:58 PM (NWiLs)

37 I think Sebelius was less the good guy for "turning down the offer and calling it weird" as much as a "I'd rather give the money to the people that I owe and have my back" kind of thing.

Posted by: Flyguy at October 04, 2017 01:58 PM (3sOO0)

38 You need the Web Sites for Dummies photo up there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 01:59 PM (LjR2k)

39 >>Wasn't that mostly Din-gy Har-ry's son?

I don't think his son does a thing that Harry isn't involved with. I'm fine with investigating both of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 01:59 PM (/tuJf)

40
Ann Richards' hair used to piss me off, too.

Stupid beehive. She looked like a q-tip.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 01:59 PM (AmGHy)

41 Zimbabwe is one of those words that is fun to say.
But hard to work into conversation.

I just opened the package and Zim! Bob! Way! the thing practically assembled itself.

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 01:59 PM (WZG6Y)

42 22 s inveighed an actual word?

It is. So is inveigled.

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 01:56 PM (WZG6Y)

As is embrangled.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Horde Special! Two Free Skepticism When the Outrage Outlet Caters Your Fall Freakout! at October 04, 2017 02:00 PM (hLRSq)

43 Not a smidgen.

Technically correct, as a boatload is not a smidgen.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (7ZVPa)

44 embiggened

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (/tuJf)

45 The sad part is that this shit is probably infested throughout Congress and will never see the light of day. Tar. Feathers.

Posted by: Cheri at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (oiNtH)

46 Hey. Did you know that Saturday in Alberta Canada there was another terrorist attack?

I thought not. Local news story. Especially since the religion of peace perp was ordered to be deported by a California Judge and when released, oops, California "lost" him.

You know, like when you lose your coat or something.

No biggie, losing a radical terrorist. Because you need to protect immigrants s first or something.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (NMCva)

47 Ann Richards' hair used to piss me off, too.

Stupid beehive. She looked like a q-tip.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 01:59 PM (AmGHy)

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Out with thorny rose; in with q-tip.

Posted by: RioBravo at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (SsblQ)

48 My guess is she was so overwhelmed by website troubles that she doesn't really remember this meeting or it would be racist not to meet with them. See Debbie Washerman Schultz for an update.

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (YV+SU)

49 It would take at least one Trump administration, probably two, to do what really needs doing--a complete Augean-stable style cleansing.

He'd be understood and adored by the American public if he said "I thought you should know that I won't be able to accomplish the ambitious agenda I'd hoped to, because America needs something more than that now. Its public institutions need to be sanitized, and I will commit myself wholly to that fundamental goal."

Confronting the terminal rot and rust beats fossicking around with nice-to-have policy positions.

Posted by: Zod at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (Bdeb0)

50 We may have found the one guy who was doing all the corruption and giving the Democrats a bad name.

Whew!

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (tIhIY)

51 >>Zimbabwe is one of those words that is fun to say.

I scream it out loud every time I bust a nut.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2017 02:01 PM (7Ui9M)

52 The Web Sites for Dummies photo still cracks me up.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 02:02 PM (LjR2k)

53
My God, every time I turn on the news, it's Menendez, Menendez, Menendez. 24/7 coverage. Legions of trial reporters and legal analysts. Isn't there anything else going on in the world?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2017 02:02 PM (BWL+E)

54
Anyone remember BEN NELSON?

He was a Democrat shit that was almost tolerable. Corrupt as all get out, if I remember.

The Florida Nelson guy made Ben Nelson seem like a statesman with a genius IQ.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:02 PM (AmGHy)

55 OT/ are there any Nationals fans on Ace? Is bluebell a Nats fan?

back to pacing. carry on.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:02 PM (lwiT4)

56 Sven is unbanned.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 02:02 PM (LjR2k)

57 Hey, maybe missed it in early threads, but did anyone see that Rex Tillerson held a press conference saying he was never pressured to stay on & never thought of resigning?

I did not realize the rumor had gotten so big it needed a press conference.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla gooberville watcher at October 04, 2017 02:02 PM (WEFox)

58 Zimbabwe is one of those words that is fun to say.

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That's Rhodesia, right? I had a friend who had a Rhodesian Ridgeback. I can certainly see how a lion could be taken down by one of those dogs. Yowza.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:04 PM (lwiT4)

59 Harry Reid's role in this illegal behavior?

Justice never sleeps.

But I do. A lot.

Posted by: Slumberin' Jeff Sessions at October 04, 2017 02:04 PM (j+dfT)

60

all criminals

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2017 02:04 PM (fceHP)

61 There are 534 other bribe-takers in DC that will stand in the way of any true housecleaning. Menendez was just so blatant about it that they had to allow prosecution.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 04, 2017 02:04 PM (7ZVPa)

62 inveighed an actual word?

It is. So is inveigled.

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Slow-Vak-Kia

Tri-Sarah-Tops

Tap-Pee-Oakah

Pump-er-nickle

Posted by: Flo Forgetting her password again. at October 04, 2017 02:04 PM (8XRCm)

63 Zimbabwe is one of those words that is fun to say.

But hard to work into conversation.

Speaking of Newhart, how much does 'im -- Bob-- weigh?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 04, 2017 02:04 PM (oVJmc)

64 OT/ are there any Nationals fans on Ace? Is bluebell a Nats fan?

back to pacing. carry on.
Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:02 PM (lwiT4)
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Hi grammie! Yes, and yes! In fact, my husband and I were at their last game on Sunday.

JTB is a big Nats fan, too.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:05 PM (UoSKV)

65 Zimbabwe is one of those words that is fun to say.
But hard to work into conversation.
..............

Who knows, it may be in the bio of Barry Soetoro's next book.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2017 02:05 PM (HgMAr)

66
Bimini is another fun word.

Ever been to BIMINI?

It's in Carib Bean, I think.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:05 PM (AmGHy)

67
Three islands.

Bimini, Bobbity, and Boo.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:05 PM (AmGHy)

68
Say what you will about Trump, he got rich before running for office.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2017 02:05 PM (BWL+E)

69
Anybody else see Bobby Jindal floated for HHS Sec? Actually, I would put Ben Carson at HHS and Jindal at the other.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 04, 2017 02:06 PM (MIKMs)

70 I refuse to believe that Senator Harry Reid would engage in any illegal or unethical conduct*.

*that didn't involve small children or benefit him directly.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 04, 2017 02:06 PM (oVJmc)

71 While the Dem mob tries to remove a duly elected president via (illegal) special mob of prosecutors on the most corrupt witch hunt in history, maybe Sessions could remove a couple dozen dem senators for all this illegal kind of crap that has become so routine.

Covering up the routine treason of the left seems to be exactly why we have the Comey/Rosenstein/Mueller cabal of the left using the FBI/IRS all agencies to destroy lives of conservatives. Sessions is committed to NOT prosecuting, so we need new blood as AG, not an old senator that has been pals with the whole klan.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2017 02:06 PM (yKAUL)

72 Glockenspiel is a fun one to work into conversation.

People always laugh b/c they aren't used to hearing it.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla glockenspiel at October 04, 2017 02:06 PM (WEFox)

73 Hey, maybe missed it in early threads, but did anyone see that Rex Tillerson held a press conference saying he was never pressured to stay on & never thought of resigning?

I did not realize the rumor had gotten so big it needed a press conference.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla gooberville watcher at October 04, 2017 02:02 PM (WEFox)

The Blue Check Marks were all atwitter (hahaha) this morning that Tillerson was going to announce his resignation. It was 1,000% confirmed, he was absolutely and totally out.

Not. So. Much.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at October 04, 2017 02:06 PM (mf5HN)

74

Actually, there are the "A-B-C" islands:

Aruba, Barbados, and Curacao. Cure-Ah-Sow

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:06 PM (AmGHy)

75 23 Her stupid gray hair used to piss me off.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class!
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Her stupidity still pisses me off.

Posted by: Furious George at October 04, 2017 02:07 PM (j+dfT)

76 FWIW, I think the involvement of Reid and (former U.S. Senator) Sebelius's agreement to meet when she knew what was afoot leads me to believe that stuff like this happens ALL THE TIME in the Senate.

So, yes, Menendez is a scumbag - but his usual scummy business becomes a crime AFTER he opposes Obama's new Cuba policy.

What if they've all committed cognizable felonies under Federal Law (and its four felonies a day standard), but the deep state takes a pass unless and until you cross it? Isn't that a way to run the whole government from the shadows? Does that explain the Senate GOP's Failure Theater?

Posted by: Alec Leamas at October 04, 2017 02:07 PM (NrdxS)

77 Zimbabwe is one of those words that is fun to say.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla gooberville watcher at October 04, 2017 01:57

Could I perhaps interest you in a lucrative farming opportunity?

Posted by: Robert Mugabe at October 04, 2017 02:07 PM (ppBhU)

78 I like Sibelius. Especially Finlandia.

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:07 PM (WZG6Y)

79 >>People always laugh b/c they aren't used to hearing it.

Dungarees
Oleo
Larder
Davenport

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2017 02:07 PM (UyKzE)

80 Bimini is another fun word.
...........

Is that like Mankini?

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2017 02:08 PM (HgMAr)

81 instead of wasting the extra (if that was even true) ... then he should have divided the cost to the patient as well, rather than pocket the extra millions.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 04, 2017 02:08 PM (yKAUL)

82 Actually, there are the "A-B-C" islands:

Aruba, Barbados, and Curacao. Cure-Ah-Sow

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:06 PM (AmGHy)

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B usually refers to Bonaire, not Barbados......!

Posted by: RioBravo at October 04, 2017 02:08 PM (SsblQ)

83 >>Dungarees
Oleo
Larder
Davenport

Beverage. The word grates on me. When I become the ruler of the world, it will be outlawed.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 02:08 PM (/tuJf)

84 Atoll of three islands.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 02:08 PM (LjR2k)

85
I had an outbreak of sebelius on me bumbum, once.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:08 PM (AmGHy)

86 >>61 There are 534 other bribe-takers in DC that will stand in the way of any true housecleaning. Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 04, 2017 02:04 PM (7ZVPa)

Let them stand in the way; so much the better. The exercise should at least take place.

Posted by: Zod at October 04, 2017 02:09 PM (Bdeb0)

87 Sketchiest plane landing I have ever experienced was on Curacao.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2017 02:09 PM (UyKzE)

88 Fettuccine is my favorite.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 02:09 PM (LjR2k)

89 What if they've all committed cognizable felonies under Federal Law (and its four felonies a day standard), but the deep state takes a pass unless and until you cross it? Isn't that a way to run the whole government from the shadows? Does that explain the Senate GOP's Failure Theater?

Posted by: Alec Leamas

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What if? I can pretty much guarantee you that is how it is played. Clinton stole 900 plus FBI files as soon as her husband got in office. That wasn't for bathroom reading.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 04, 2017 02:09 PM (7ZVPa)

90 Hi grammie! Yes, and yes! In fact, my husband and I were at their last game on Sunday.

JTB is a big Nats fan, too.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:05 PM (UoSKV)
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As long as it's just the two of you. I can deal with that. But if folks start piling on, then all bets are off.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:09 PM (lwiT4)

91
Pterodactyl is another fun word to say.

Cromulent is another.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:09 PM (8XRCm)

92
B usually refers to Bonaire, not Barbados......!

Dammit, you're right!

I should've known that.

Bonaire is a little island, a gem, that gets overshoadowed by Aruba.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:10 PM (AmGHy)

93
Ann Richards' hair used to piss me off, too.

Stupid beehive. She looked like a q-tip.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 01:59 PM
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I found her quite lovely.

Posted by: William Fontaine de La Tour Dauterive at October 04, 2017 02:10 PM (pMGkg)

94

Menendez even looks like a weasel.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2017 02:10 PM (fceHP)

95 Aruba, Barbados, and Curacao. Cure-Ah-Sow
================================

I feel a Beach Boys song about to float by

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:10 PM (lwiT4)

96 Sketchiest plane landing I have ever experienced was on Curacao.

It's mostly to add sweetness, color, and some vim to your drink, you're not supposed to drink Curacao straight, especially not when you're the pilot.

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:10 PM (WZG6Y)

97 Isn't the head of HHS required by law to report something like this? Did Reid and Menendez offer her anything?

Also, why isn't Reid being prosecuted as well? Is it because Menendez only offered him a favor and not something concrete?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM (eSx+E)

98 The Blue Check Marks were all atwitter (hahaha) this morning that Tillerson was going to announce his resignation. It was 1,000% confirmed, he was absolutely and totally out.

Not. So. Much.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at October 04, 2017 02:06 PM (mf5HN)

So were members of the Horde. Just wanting that resignation.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Horde Special! Two Free Skepticism When the Outrage Outlet Caters Your Fall Freakout! at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM (hLRSq)

99 grammie, I won't pile on, I promise. And JTB isn't like that.

When the playoff tickets went on sale last week, my daughter and I each spent over an hour trying to get tickets, but alas, we came up empty unless one of us was in a wheelchair. I didn't have the heart to kneecap her, so we didn't get any.

I would have loved to get tickets - and I would have invited you!

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM (UoSKV)

100 Given the topic, has no one mentioned...

emoluments?

Posted by: RioBravo at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM (SsblQ)

101 Bonaire.

I thought that was a French erection.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM (HgMAr)

102
Pterodactyl is another fun word to say.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:09 PM (8XRCm)

Pnictogen. Had to explain it to a patent examiner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM (BWL+E)

103
Most of those "pilots" in the islands are not pilots. And their planes are barely airworthy.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM (AmGHy)

104
BTW, Melgen apparently tried to argue that selling this medicine by the vial, instead of the (pricier) individual dose has he attempted, "wasted medicine,"

Well Obama wanted to make gas so expensive people wouldn't waste it

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at October 04, 2017 02:12 PM (lKyWE)

105 Imbroglio

Posted by: irright at October 04, 2017 02:12 PM (pMGkg)

106 Those are great with mushroom onion and green peppers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 04, 2017 02:12 PM (LjR2k)

107 I once had a CEO grill me about why I put that word in the presentation. What word? You know the one I'm talking about.

It turned out to be panoply.

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (WZG6Y)

108 Brouhaha

Which, actually sounds more like a evil laugh than a dust up.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (7ZVPa)

109
Also: usufruct.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (BWL+E)

110
NEVER get into a tourist plane on the islands unless the pilot is American.

NEVER let a island native drive you around, especially around the hilly areas where the roads are barely wide enough for one vehicle.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (AmGHy)

111 *beep*

Posted by: 404 Care at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (2wRtc)

112 You lang?

Posted by: Wi TU Lo at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (LjR2k)

113 >>Most of those "pilots" in the islands are not pilots. And their planes are barely airworthy.

I see you are familiar with Antilles Air Boats aka Antilles Scare Boats.

And the worst landing field in the Carib is on Culebra. If that doesn't give you a good pucker you should check your pulse to make sure you aren't dead.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (/tuJf)

114 Oh, imbroglio is good.

You should have it with a furore (British pronunciation, few-rohr-ay).

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (WZG6Y)

115 It turned out to be panoply.

Posted by: Bandersnatch

--

I enjoyed that game as a youth, though it took a long time to play.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (7ZVPa)

116 I would have loved to get tickets - and I would have invited you!

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM (UoSKV)
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Awww. That's sweet bluebell. I don't even want to see what tickets are going for.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (lwiT4)

117 Zimbabwe is one of those words that is fun to say.
But hard to work into conversation.
..............

Who knows, it may be in the bio of Barry Soetoro's next book.

Posted by: wth at October 04, 2017 02:05 PM (HgMAr)

In the chapter on how he wanted to turn America into the next Zimbabwe

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (493sH)

118
A reviewer once objected to my using "lagniappe" in a scientific paper.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (BWL+E)

119
Brouhaha is a fun word.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (lKyWE)

120 Hey. Did you know that Saturday in Alberta Canada there was another terrorist attack?

Actually, I did. I saw it with the France attack. Don't know source. But expecting our MSM to highlight the real dangers rather than continuing their screaming about the dangers of white people, MAGA hats, and statues is asking wwaaayyyyy too much of our media delinquents.

They are not only part of mass hysteria, they are driving it. Meanwhile, in the EU, crimes are happening every day, committed by migrants. And have been for years.

I guess they ascribe to a 10 mile rule similarity.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla glockenspiel at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (WEFox)

121 You mean Harry Reid, Republican from Nevada?

Posted by: ShainS at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (/OajD)

122 NEVER get into a tourist plane on the islands unless the pilot is American.
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NEVER go in against a Sebelian when death is on the line.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 04, 2017 02:15 PM (2wRtc)

123 98 Yeah,wouldn't have minded a bit.

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2017 02:15 PM (rmVvL)

124 Imbroglio

Posted by: irright at October 04, 2017 02:12 PM (pMGkg)

Natalie? She was kind of cute

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2017 02:15 PM (493sH)

125 122 NEVER get into a tourist plane on the islands unless the pilot is American.
===

NEVER go in against a Sebelian when death is on the line.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 04, 2017 02:15 PM (2wRtc)

NEVER steal a cookie without stealing milk.

Posted by: The Mouse at October 04, 2017 02:16 PM (72PAC)

126 Awww. That's sweet bluebell. I don't even want to see what tickets are going for.
Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:14 PM (lwiT4)
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Well, we were only interested in getting them directly from the ballpark. I don't trust third-party sellers, and I'm sure they're asking the moon.

We could have had $439 seats for the possible Thursday game, I forgot to mention, but we turned those down too.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:16 PM (UoSKV)

127 Trump to speak soon after visiting Vegas victims in the hospital.

Posted by: Tami at October 04, 2017 02:16 PM (Enq6K)

128 Do you think Sebelius would have ratted on Reid if he was still Senator?

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at October 04, 2017 02:16 PM (hMwEB)

129 So i can cut condoms in half and sell twice as many?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 04, 2017 02:16 PM (oGRue)

130
I had a distant cousin perish in a plane crash on one of the islands, on a tourist flight or whatever they're called.

The pilot survived and fled the scene. All his passengers were killed. True story.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:17 PM (AmGHy)

131 Corruption from top to bottom

Posted by: Skip at October 04, 2017 02:17 PM (ghofu)

132 Pnictogen. Had to explain it to a patent examiner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 04, 2017 02:11 PM

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I prefer ununpentium to moscovium.

Posted by: irright at October 04, 2017 02:17 PM (pMGkg)

133 If Menendez were a Republican: Party affiliation in first sentence.

Because he's a Democrat: Obscure allusion to possibly being a Democrat in 45th paragraph.

Posted by: joncelli, going phalangist at October 04, 2017 02:17 PM (RD7QR)

134
NEVER let a island native drive you around, especially around the hilly areas where the roads are barely wide enough for one vehicle.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (AmGHy)

What the hell, man! That's how you get stories worth telling.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 04, 2017 02:18 PM (z79tQ)

135 So by the time we lock up Menendez and all the House Dems that were under the Paki thumb...

Posted by: JEM at October 04, 2017 02:18 PM (TppKb)

136 So i can cut condoms in half and sell twice as many?
===

Individually Wrapped For Your Protection, Some Assembly Required

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 04, 2017 02:18 PM (2wRtc)

137 We could have had $439 seats for the possible Thursday game, I forgot to mention, but we turned those down too.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:16 PM (UoSKV)
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Sometimes we get tickets off of StubHub. I should take a peek.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:18 PM (lwiT4)

138 134 If you survive...

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2017 02:18 PM (rmVvL)

139 92 Bonaire is a little island, a gem, that gets overshoadowed by Aruba.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:10 PM (AmGHy)

"Yeah, er, my bad."

--Joran Vander Sloot

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 02:18 PM (CMbMd)

140
Hemidemisemiquaver

Without Googling.... who knows what this is.??

Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:19 PM (8XRCm)

141 I had a distant cousin perish in a plane crash on one of the islands, on a tourist flight or whatever they're called.

The pilot survived and fled the scene. All his passengers were killed. True story.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:17 PM (AmGHy)

Ok, fine. That's how you get stories worth telling IF YOU LIVE!
fifme

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 04, 2017 02:19 PM (z79tQ)

142 Dungarees is such an old time word for jeans that I usually giggle if someone uses it. Which no one I know personally ever does. Wait, I think my mom has once or twice. It is just so odd in today's vocabulary.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla glockenspiel at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (WEFox)

143 So i can cut condoms in half and sell twice as many?

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Have you ever seen the serial number on a condom???

Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (8XRCm)

144 Good ol Abbe Lowell.

Posted by: LASue at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (Mjus2)

145 128 Do you think Sebelius would have ratted on Reid if he was still Senator?

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at October 04, 2017 02:16 PM (hMwEB)

Considering that would have put her on the wrong side of Big Enzo and No-Thumbs Giovanni and the rest of the Goombahs?

Probably not.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (CMbMd)

146 66 Bimini is another fun word.

Not only that, but (as any student of Latin knows) bimini is your passive future.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (sGtp+)

147 "Harry, my Very Good Friend didn't get his money. No problem though. Hey! wanna go work out? I have this great new exercise machine you should try."

Posted by: Bob Menendez at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (PmDx1)

148 I also love: Sheboygans.

Eddie Murphy: We the Sheboygan people!

Hey, wait a minute. What's wrong with Sheboygan? I'm from there and we've got nothing to do with this shit.

Posted by: Pete Seria at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (lJW6d)

149 Hemidemisemiquaver

Without Googling.... who knows what this is.??

The shakes? Can't wait to see if that's a real word...

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (H0quv)

150 NEVER let a island native drive you around, especially around the hilly areas where the roads are barely wide enough for one vehicle.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:13 PM (AmGHy)

What the hell, man! That's how you get stories worth telling.
Posted by: OneEyedJack

Tortola. Over the hump from the eastern to western side.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (ECUyd)

151 A good story is people other than me in deep shit far away...

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (rmVvL)

152 Without Googling.... who knows what this is.??
Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:19 PM (8XRCm)

I was told there would be no math sheet music on the blog!

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at October 04, 2017 02:21 PM (hMwEB)

153 Ok, fine. That's how you get stories worth telling IF YOU LIVE!
fifme
Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 04, 2017 02:19 PM (z79tQ)

People are so fussy.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at October 04, 2017 02:21 PM (mf5HN)

154 >>Dungarees is such an old time word for jeans that I usually giggle if someone uses it. Which no one I know personally ever does

That's why it's a great one to drop.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2017 02:21 PM (UyKzE)

155 Hemidemisemiquaver

Without Googling.... who knows what this is.??

A convex half of a thing that almost quivers in fear.

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:21 PM (WZG6Y)

156 crap messed up the brackets

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at October 04, 2017 02:21 PM (hMwEB)

157 Sebelius

Isn't that a scalp condition you use Head & Shoulders shampoo for?

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla glockenspiel at October 04, 2017 02:21 PM (WEFox)

158 Hemidemisemiquaver

Without Googling.... who knows what this is.??

Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:19 PM (8XRCm)

Rigby Reardon - CLEANING WOMAN!!!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (493sH)

159 Hemidemisemiquaver

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Never knew that and to think my mother was the church organist for many, many years.

Posted by: auscolpyr at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (suO/a)

160 Bonaire is a little island, a gem, that gets overshadowed by Aruba.

More laid back than Aruba or Curacao. Big diving destination.

Posted by: tu3031 at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (O5Q3r)

161 So i take the vodka and mix it 50/50 with water before i sell it.

why waste good booze?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (oGRue)

162 -
--
BTW, Melgen apparently tried to argue that selling
this medicine by the vial, instead of the (pricier) individual dose has
he attempted, "wasted medicine,"

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Well Obama wanted to make gas so expensive people wouldn't waste it

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at October 04, 2017 02:12 PM

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We LOVE the metric system! We can tax petrol by the liter. Kaching!

Posted by: You're A Peein' at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (pMGkg)

163 Hemidemisemiquaver

Without Googling.... who knows what this is.??

--

anyway, is that the note with four tails on it? Or 5?

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (hMwEB)

164
A dungaree?

A person who wears pants made of poo?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (AmGHy)

165 Sometimes we get tickets off of StubHub. I should take a peek.
Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:18 PM (lwiT4)
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I just looked for here. For tomorrow's games, the prices are roughly twice the face value, and upwards from there.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (UoSKV)

166 I was told there would be no math sheet music on the blog!
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at October 04, 2017 02:21 PM (hMwEB)

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.... or strikethru's....apparently....

votermoms got it.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (8XRCm)

167 I can get standing room only tickets for Monday Night's game for $110. Add another hundred bucks for parking ...... a hundred for food ..... plus, standing.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:23 PM (lwiT4)

168
A dungaree is a person who shovels poop for a living.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:23 PM (AmGHy)

169 I think Menendez got on the wrong side of the Obama and Clinton machines over something and it has been downhill for him ever since. He's the once every decade chicken the other monkey Dem's get to watch and learn from.

Posted by: geoffb at October 04, 2017 02:23 PM (zOpu5)

170
Not only that, but (as any student of Latin knows) bimini is your passive future.
Posted by: Anachronda at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (sGtp+)

That's also an awning for yor boat!!

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at October 04, 2017 02:23 PM (lKyWE)

171 Sorry, I mean for Friday's game. Can't remember what day it is.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:23 PM (UoSKV)

172 Rigby Reardon - CLEANING WOMAN!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (493sH)

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Heine-macher Frau?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 04, 2017 02:23 PM (oGRue)

173 78 I like Sibelius. Especially Finlandia.
Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:07 PM (WZG6Y)

Meh. Tastes like fish scales. You're better off with Stoli.

Posted by: joncelli, going phalangist at October 04, 2017 02:24 PM (RD7QR)

174 That's also an awning for yor boat!!

How is awning a word when there is no verb "to awn"?

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:24 PM (WZG6Y)

175 The next time I want to hear about Harry Reid is when he's found face down in a ditch.

Posted by: tu3031 at October 04, 2017 02:24 PM (O5Q3r)

176 Hemidemisemiquaver

Without Googling.... who knows what this is.??

Posted by: fixerupper

--
a sixteenth note

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 04, 2017 02:24 PM (7ZVPa)

177 anyway, is that the note with four tails on it? Or 5?
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (hMwEB)

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a sixty fourth note.

Now.... play it at tempo prestissimo.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:24 PM (8XRCm)

178 I can get standing room only tickets for Monday Night's game for $110. Add another hundred bucks for parking ...... a hundred for food ..... plus, standing.
Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:23 PM (lwiT4)
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Yeah, it's about the same here. The SRO tickets here were sold for $59 through the ballpark. We could have had those, but like you say - standing. Who knows how many they would sell, too. Not to mention that one of the Nats' play-off games last year went extra innings and ended at 2:30 am. Nope.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:24 PM (UoSKV)

179 Hey, wait a minute. What's wrong with Sheboygan? I'm from there and we've got nothing to do with this shit.

Posted by: Pete Seria at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (lJW6d)
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I love the big giant flag. That's Sheboygan, right? Before Peshtigo.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:25 PM (lwiT4)

180 'She wore an
itsy bitsy
teeny weeny
yellow polka dot
Bimini,
that I adored'

Posted by: Connie Francis at October 04, 2017 02:25 PM (UyKzE)

181 Who knows how many they would sell, too. Not to
mention that one of the Nats' play-off games last year went extra
innings and ended at 2:30 am. Nope.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:24 PM (UoSKV)
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Yep. Jammies and Gin and fireplace for me.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:26 PM (lwiT4)

182 >>Hemidemisemiquaver

This is what happens to chicks when you open up the Wah Pedal.

Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2017 02:26 PM (UyKzE)

183

Tortola. Over the hump from the eastern to western side.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2017 02:20 PM (ECUyd)

Yikes, that is hilarious. I about shit my pants landing on Beef Island the first time from PR. Looking out the window, water, water, fish, starfish, wtf, 20ft, ass pucker, runway. I must have been turning blue by the time we hit the runway. Flying to Anegada was fun. Pilot had the his window open on the 6 seater until we left the runway and were in the air.

Posted by: Infidel at October 04, 2017 02:26 PM (w25zc)

184 Funambulist

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 04, 2017 02:26 PM (2wRtc)

185 We LOVE the metric system! We can tax petrol by the liter. Kaching!

Posted by: You're A Peein' at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (pMGkg)

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But that phucking 9/10 cent per gallon shiit. Try getting that .1 cent back in change or the other 0.05%. We're being cheated out of millions.

Posted by: RioBravo at October 04, 2017 02:26 PM (SsblQ)

186 28 Harry Reid needed this medicine to harvest fresh young victims.
Posted by: Max Power at October 04, 2017 01:57 PM (q177U)

The real goal was always to pave the way for Federal Single Molester Insurance.

Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast at October 04, 2017 02:26 PM (+heYF)

187 "Pikers."
-- Joe Manchin and his daughter

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2017 02:27 PM (W+vEI)

188 173 Meh. Tastes like fish scales. You're better off with Stoli.

Posted by: joncelli, going phalangist at October 04, 2017 02:24 PM (RD7QR)

Luksusowa.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 02:27 PM (CMbMd)

189

God, I love Tillerson's comments today.

Petty

I'm not from this place.

Amen

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 04, 2017 02:27 PM (fceHP)

190 Good catch Lizzy.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2017 02:28 PM (M+MSn)

191 186 The real goal was always to pave the way for Federal Single Molester Insurance.

Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast at October 04, 2017 02:26 PM (+heYF)

"Hey now, some of us are trying to eat here."

--John Podesta

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 02:28 PM (CMbMd)

192 184 Jeff Sessions?

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2017 02:28 PM (rmVvL)

193 >>I think Menendez got on the wrong side of the Obama and Clinton machines
over something and it has been downhill for him ever since.

IIRC, he came out against the Iran deal.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2017 02:28 PM (W+vEI)

194 My only small plane island experience was flying into Andros.

My experience was uneventful, but the crashed planes just off the runway were sobering.

I guess it's not practical or worth it to retrieve the wreckage.

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:29 PM (WZG6Y)

195 I can get standing room only tickets for Monday Night's game for $110. Add another hundred bucks for parking ...... a hundred for food ..... plus, standing.
Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:23 PM (lwiT4)

grammie, go to a sports bar instead.
playoffs are for the rich and those that have to be seen.

At a bar:
The food is better and faster.
No foul balls rocketing towards you, so you can look away for a minute.
The playoff atmosphere will still be there.
Save a shit-ton of money, even if you spend a shit-ton of money.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 04, 2017 02:29 PM (z79tQ)

196 >>Tortola. Over the hump from the eastern to western side.

And on to the Bomba Shack.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 02:29 PM (/tuJf)

197
I remember back in grade school saying Lake Titicaca was always good for a laugh

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at October 04, 2017 02:29 PM (lKyWE)

198 Yep. Jammies and Gin and fireplace for me.
Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:26 PM (lwiT4)
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Sounds like a good plan, grammie.

On Sunday I was talking to a woman who was at that game last year that ended at 2:30 am. She said it was a madhouse afterwards because the subway stopped running hours before so everyone that hadn't driven was calling Ubers, and there was a wicked traffic jam. She got home at 4:30 am, and her husband had to be back in the city for work at 7 am.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:30 PM (UoSKV)

199 Oh, and the Nats lost that game.

Posted by: bluebell at October 04, 2017 02:30 PM (UoSKV)

200 Not funny. My dad's hearing was severely damaged during WWII due to gunfire.

Twit.

AND Twat.

Posted by: LindaF at October 04, 2017 02:30 PM (vDGMI)

201 by the time we lock up Menendez
Posted by: JEM at October 04, 2017 02:18 PM (TppKb)

It's a song! "By the time I get to Phoenix"

By the time we lock up Menedez
He'll be crying

The Awan Brothers will have the prison cell next door
Harry Reid will be laughing b/c he missed it

Like he's skirted charges so many times before.

Hey, I'm not a song writer. Just having fun.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla glockenspiel at October 04, 2017 02:30 PM (WEFox)

202 A dungaree?

A person who wears pants made of poo?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:22 PM (AmGHy)

Dungaroos! Underwear for the children you hate!

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Horde Special! Two Free Skepticism When the Outrage Outlet Caters Your Fall Freakout! at October 04, 2017 02:30 PM (hLRSq)

203 Hemidemisemiquaver
=====

Music. Offhand, I remember four or five slashes across the staff of the note.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 04, 2017 02:30 PM (MIKMs)

204 What is the party of all the people mentioned in the headline again?

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2017 02:31 PM (I3yVB)

205 BTW, Melgen apparently tried to argue that selling this medicine by the
vial, instead of the (pricier) individual dose has he attempted, "wasted
medicine," and I'm sure he just didn't want to waste any of that
precious, precious medicine.

And to show his honest intentions in this regard, Melgen reported to Medicaid and Medicare that he was doing this, and passed the considerable savings on to the gubmint.

Oh wait, that ain't what happened? And Melgen got convicted of Medicare fraud. Oh, shiver me garters, color me shocked.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 04, 2017 02:31 PM (0ogQG)

206 Remember that Sebelius was bank rolled by George Tiller of late term aboriton fame, the most evil person. So she didn't testify here out of any sense of morality.

Posted by: dagny at October 04, 2017 02:32 PM (6oU5/)

207 68

Say what you will about Trump, he got rich before running for office.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

He also got rich by paying people salaries, buying products, and paying taxes (hard to avoid sales and payroll taxes), unlike people who "invested" in rigged speculation games, etc.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 04, 2017 02:32 PM (dZ756)

208 So i can cut condoms in half and sell twice as many?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 04, 2017 02:16 PM (oGRue)

Ummmmmm....Yes! That is what the WHO does and it counts twice for AIDS and genital warts prevention.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 04, 2017 02:32 PM (nUkMr)

209 And on to the Bomba Shack.

And don't forget Foxy's. Or the moko jumbies.

Posted by: Infidel at October 04, 2017 02:32 PM (w25zc)

210 Known terrorists under witness protection roaming the country pretty much unattended.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/277348/

Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2017 02:32 PM (rmVvL)

211 Sheboygan is no Cheboygan, that's for sure.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Horde Special! Two Free Skepticism When the Outrage Outlet Caters Your Fall Freakout! at October 04, 2017 02:32 PM (hLRSq)

212 My longstanding theory of the Awans is that they were hired because the Dems didn't trust anyone reputable to look at their emails and see how much of this was going on.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at October 04, 2017 02:32 PM (s27Ra)

213 Menendez corruption trial?

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at October 04, 2017 02:33 PM (I3yVB)

214 A quaver's an eighth note, yes?

Posted by: Grump928(C) remembers close encounters at October 04, 2017 02:33 PM (QQ+il)

215 Floccinaucinihilipilification

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 04, 2017 02:33 PM (2wRtc)

216 Worst plane landing I ever had was in Newark. Foam.

Posted by: dagny at October 04, 2017 02:33 PM (6oU5/)

217 What is the party of all the people mentioned in the headline again?

That will be revealed in comment #984.

Posted by: t-bird at October 04, 2017 02:33 PM (tIhIY)

218 I don't think this would get huge coverage if he were a Republican, but it would get some, and late night guys would be all over it as evidence of GOP corruption and cronyism, the eeevil Republican-corporation connection.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 04, 2017 02:33 PM (TZPec)

219 So why is that Srkeli guy the absolute worst but Menendez and pal are...local news or something? Only difference seems to be who they were intending to rip off.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2017 02:34 PM (W+vEI)

220 I've heard of Dirty Sanchez.
Sanchez sounds like Menedez.
Recuse.

Posted by: J. Sessions at October 04, 2017 02:34 PM (mcI77)

221 A quaver's an eighth note, yes?
Posted by: Grump928(C) remembers close encounters at October 04, 2017 02:33 PM (QQ+il)

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Si.

Posted by: fixerupper at October 04, 2017 02:34 PM (8XRCm)

222 >>My longstanding theory of the Awans is that they were hired because the
Dems didn't trust anyone reputable to look at their emails and see how
much of this was going on.

Seems like the same strategy as the Clintons. Only hire and hang with equally bent people...

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2017 02:35 PM (W+vEI)

223 216 Worst plane landing I ever had was in Newark. Foam.
Posted by: dagny at October 04, 2017 02:33 PM (6oU5/)

Best party I ever had was foam, too.

Posted by: Marco Rubio at October 04, 2017 02:35 PM (7HtZB)

224 Hemidemisemiquaver
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A lot like 'antidisestablishmentarianism', which is now usable. I can still hear my dad saying to spell THAT.

Fun with words.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 04, 2017 02:35 PM (MIKMs)

225 I might give Sebelius a couple points for trying to avoid this meeting and then turning down the request but she knew about it and did nothing.

Even if politicians aren't involved in a particular bit of graft, why should they report it? They have no skin in the game. It's not their money. Why risk the ill will of other members of their party just because they want to do the right thing? Some of their skeletons might be dragged into the light.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 04, 2017 02:36 PM (/qEW2)

226 NEVER let a island native drive you around, especially around the hilly areas

Pfft, Western PA brother FTW - even on the way to church.

Posted by: DaveA at October 04, 2017 02:36 PM (FhXTo)

227 219 So why is that Srkeli guy the absolute worst but Menendez and pal are...local news or something? Only difference seems to be who they were intending to rip off.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 04, 2017 02:34 PM (W+vEI)

Because Shkreli rose to the top at an improbably young age.

Posted by: Hikaru at October 04, 2017 02:36 PM (CMbMd)

228 So, if you hear music that has little tiny notes, like 1/64th of a note, and you want to sound manly, do you say

"this piece got a hemi?"

Posted by: Bandersnatch shirking at October 04, 2017 02:37 PM (WZG6Y)

229 I also like the word poppet & use that one with kids.

Fun to say & it fits.

It also works with bubble wrap. You can tell people the real name for it is 'poppet'. Ya know, 'pop it'.

But if you are a good friend, you tell them you made it up.

Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla glockenspiel at October 04, 2017 02:37 PM (WEFox)

230 The playoff atmosphere will still be there.

Save a shit-ton of money, even if you spend a shit-ton of money.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 04, 2017 02:29 PM (z79tQ)
========================

That's a good idea! Maybe we'll do that instead.

Posted by: grammie winger - Hey Hey! at October 04, 2017 02:37 PM (lwiT4)

231
Worst landing I've ever experienced was with my father as the pilot in his Cessna 182, trying to land in high winds in Bangor. Maine in the Winter.

We aborted the landing after nearly crashing at went home to Bedford, MA.

We never spoke of it afterwards.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- That's class! at October 04, 2017 02:37 PM (AmGHy)

232 >>And don't forget Foxy's.

Or Sydney's Peace and Love.

I bet they all got trashed, I know the Bitter End did.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 02:37 PM (/tuJf)

233 NOOD guns

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at October 04, 2017 02:38 PM (oXQfV)

234 So he stays in office no matter what, right?

Good thing for the left he's not got terminal cancer like McStain.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at October 04, 2017 02:38 PM (LeO/T)

235 Because Shkrelli was a douchebag through and through.

Menendez pretends at decency. He's never going to stop fighting for the American people, he says. Presumably so long as they fly him over to island resorts where he can sample young flesh.

Posted by: blaster at October 04, 2017 02:39 PM (I3yVB)

236 Inveighed is a word. but I do not think it means what it she thinks it means in this context.

probably meant "implored" but wanted to use a "fancier" word to sound all smart n shit

Posted by: USMC8541One Shot to Slay them all at October 04, 2017 02:40 PM (NmR1a)

237 Can't we use this as an objection against liberals the next time they screech about how some government program is necessary, or else people will die? "Well, we'd love to be 'compassionate', but if we created or expanded this or that program, the Democrats would allow their friends to scam the system and get kickbacks. And government programs are permanent and unfixable. Better rely on private charities. What say you, Mr. Kimmel? Oh stop crying. Here's a hanky".

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 04, 2017 02:40 PM (/qEW2)

238
I bet they all got trashed, I know the Bitter End did.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 04, 2017 02:37 PM (/tuJf)

I've been keeping up on TTOL. Lot's of devastation.

Posted by: Infidel at October 04, 2017 02:41 PM (w25zc)

239 A quaver's an eighth note, yes?

Yeah. Semiquaver is 16th, hemidemisemiquaver is 64th, etc

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 04, 2017 02:42 PM (TZPec)

240 Yikes, that is hilarious. I about shit my pants landing on Beef Island the first time from PR. Looking out the window, water, water, fish, starfish, wtf, 20ft, ass pucker, runway. I must have been turning blue by the time we hit the runway. Flying to Anegada was fun. Pilot had the his window open on the 6 seater until we left the runway and were in the air.
Posted by: Infidel

Did a seven day catamaran sail trip around the islands. I stayed lit almost the entire time. LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2017 02:43 PM (ECUyd)

241 My worst landing was with my dad flying into El Paso in a Maule. We were rolling out and crossed another runway where a Lear had just taken off. Wake induced ground loop.
Not much damage but an eye opener about small planes in big airports.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 04, 2017 02:43 PM (M+MSn)

242 I guess this only showed up on the radar because it was on such a large scale. I'm sure Muldoon could give us an earful on how stuff like this goes on on a small scale all the time (unnecessary tests, etc.).

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 04, 2017 02:48 PM (/qEW2)

243 224 A lot like 'antidisestablishmentarianism', which is now usable. I can still hear my dad saying to spell THAT.

Or pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 04, 2017 02:49 PM (sGtp+)

244 Nood

Posted by: josephistan at October 04, 2017 02:50 PM (7HtZB)

245 Anybody else notice that Sebelius never wore the same pantsuit twice? And rarely the same necklace. When did she find time to shop?

Posted by: Wenda (sic) at October 04, 2017 02:52 PM (Kr0FZ)

246 I love the big giant flag. That's Sheboygan, right? Before Peshtigo.

Kind of hard to protest that flag. It's 440 feet high.

Posted by: Pete Seria at October 04, 2017 02:55 PM (lJW6d)

247
Did a seven day catamaran sail trip around the islands. I stayed lit almost the entire time. LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at October 04, 2017 02:43 PM (ECUyd)

How fun. Dad, bro and I did a bare boat for 7 days around the islands. We did hire a captain. I stayed pretty lit the entire time too. Great memories. I've been there 3 times. My alone trip was 12 days on Anegada. It was heaven. Many places still work on the honor system.

Posted by: Infidel at October 04, 2017 02:56 PM (w25zc)

248 81 instead of wasting the extra (if that was even true) ... then he should have divided the cost to the patient as well, rather than pocket the extra millions.
Posted by: illiniwek

"Here at Melgen's Eye Clinic, we break all the rules, potentially contaminate injectibles and pass the savings on to you!! And Senator Menendez. Actually I keep almost all of it. And you don't get any. These whore's visas aren't going to approve themselves."

So? What do you think?

Posted by: Honest Advertizing Acct Manager at October 04, 2017 02:59 PM (kfcYC)

249 My worst landing was with my dad flying into El Paso in a Maule. We were rolling out and crossed another runway where a Lear had just taken off. Wake induced ground loop.
Not much damage but an eye opener about small planes in big airports.

Yeah, remember flying a Citabria into SJC parallel to a 757. Stayed WTF above the thing and landed halfway down the runway, long after it'd touched down, it'd already turned out onto the taxiway...rockrockrock...

Posted by: JEM at October 04, 2017 03:18 PM (TppKb)

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