Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

Second rate reporter says what?

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

The words do not have to be perfect.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Petty moves from a petty man.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

He really is that stupid.

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Open Thread–Manning Update, My Dog, and so on.

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Not much going on these days.  I got caught up on Game of Thrones.  We’ve also started watching “Chuck”, which I have never seen an episode before yesterday.  I passed one of the two Microsoft certification tests I have to take.  I’ll take the other one next week, time permitting.  The washing machine, the refrigerator, and the garage door opener have all stopped working.  We bought them all with the house about six years ago, and only the GDO is economically repairable (less than 40% of the cost of a replacement unit).

Some news on the Bradley Manning front–the same Military Judge that heard US v. Lakin (the birther who refused to deploy) has been assigned to hear US v. Manning.  That judge is COL Denise Lind, JA.  At a recent hearing motion, she denied a Defense motion to dismiss the Article 104 Aiding the Enemy charge, which has been preferred as a non-capital charge, but she did instruct the Trial Counsel (Prosecution) that they must prove that Manning knew specifically that the enemy would receive the information, and that it was his intent that they get that information, as opposed to merely showing that he knew they get a hold of it.

Lind said Thursday that prosecutors must prove during trial that Manning knew he was giving information to the enemy. If they fail to do so, Lind indicated she would consider a defense motion to dismiss the charge.

At that same hearing, Judge Lind dispensed with Defense motions dealing with multiplicity of charges, which she denied but instructed the Defense to maintain the issue for sentencing if there is a conviction.  Also, she dealt with an issue regarding Defense requests for damage control documents from various agencies.  Since Manning is charged with unlawfully accessing classified information and unlawfully disseminating that information, and not charged with doing any specific type of damage, the Trial Counsel argued such arguments are irrelevant.  The Government needs only to prove that, excepting the aforementioned Art. 104 charge above, he accessed CI, unlawfully placed it on an unauthorized system, and then distributed that CI to parties who were not cleared to receive it, and that he did each of these acts with full intent and knowledge of their unlawfulness.  The information I have does not indicate whether or not the Defense will be able to raise these questions at a penalty phase if necessary, but considering that the Defendant can make an unsworn statement at penalty phase, there is no reason (that I know)  why not.

For reasons known only the Defense team, they have not filed any motions under Article 10, UCMJ, which would deal with pre-trial confinement and/or length of detention.

 

Also, dog pics!

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  4. 4.

    RossInDetroit

    Boing Boing once posted a thread called Untitled #1, with no content. The last time I checked it had over 4000 comments. Now it’s too long to load.

  5. 5.

    lamh35

    Hmmm so Mitt Romney at the Celtics game. Could this dude be anymore obvious. This is like Single White Female. Next thing you know Romney gonna be getting a new “tanner” face!

    Anyhoo from twitter, from Charles Barkley mouth to Allah’s, God’s, Buddah whoever’s ears:

    Charles Barkley, just now, seeing Mitt Romney at the Celtics game: “he seem like a nice guy, but this fall, you goin’ down, bro.”

    https://twitter.com/?tw_e=details&tw_i=199272880926765057&tw_p=tweetembed#!/EdEspinoza/statuses/199272880926765057

  9. 9.

    mark

    you guys really dropped the ball. totally missed the Game Of Thrones open thread. how can we sleep without knowing what Cole thought of it???????

  10. 10.

    lamh35

    I posted this on the last thread, but it was towards the end, but I really liked the movie so I just had to post it again. It is record-breaking.

    DAMNNNNNN!!! The Avengers estimated to make 200.3 Million dollars by the end of the weekend for the biggest opening weekend EVER in North America!!!! Its on tap to make 1 billion probably by the end of the month. Ya’ll need to see this movie, it’s that good.

    http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/06/box-office-report-avengers/

  12. 12.

    EIGRP

    Had a friend say he wished Hillary was president because she wouldn’t be as divisive as Obama.

    I asked, like what? Claiming that Obama wasn’t a US citizen? He was BORN in the US, to a parent who was a US citizen. People are still pushing that and you say Obama is divisive?

    I was just getting started. He stopped talking about it after that.

    Eric

  13. 13.

    TooManyJens

    @EIGRP: I’m starting to wonder if the best way to respond to statements like that is to just say, “You and I don’t inhabit the same reality” and move on. Because there’s no talking across realities.

    @lamh35: What did TPM do now?

  14. 14.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    @lamh35: Saw The Avengers last night. Damn, but I like Robert Downey Jr these days. What a smartass. And Scarlett was worth lookin’ at.

    The whole cast was good, even the guys that previous commenters thought didn’t quite pull their weight. Lots of good funny moments. One of my faves, when Capt America was assigning duties to everyone, he came to the end, and simply said, “Hulk … Smash.”

    Oh, and thanks to everyone for the advice to wait through ALL the credits.

  15. 15.

    Alison

    Oh FFS

    So I guess this is a time when Obama, instead of being TOO BLACKETY BLACK is being NOT BLACKETY BLACK ENOUGH? But then MCA was white, so maybe it’s the opposite? Or maybe this is just the dumbest fucking thing on the Internet today.

  16. 16.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @lamh35: This is just a general response to the Avengegasm. There’s another part in the Dark Knight trilogy coming soon. Cassidy the other night said Nolan was “p0wned” by the avengers crew. Let’s keep in mind that Batman is a single superhero who hasn’t been bitten by any radioactive bugs. He doesn’t become green, or beat with a radioactive heart or whatever. I watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight again last weekend, and “p0wned” is a high bar.

    ETA: I realize this is going against the grain. But if you are going to go against Heath Ledger as the Joker, or Gary Oldham as Commissioner Gordon, not to mention Bale as Wayne/Batman, you have a considerable bar to raise.

  21. 21.

    lamh35

    @Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason: I’m actually gonna have to go back to see the extra after the credits. I missed the final one. I’m way bummed.

    It was pretty good. like I said, it may have single-handedly saved The Hulk from those crappy movies before. Also it was an awesome blend of if not all MAJOR charctrs, then 5-6 major actors egos to wrangle together.

    It was fantastic.

  23. 23.

    lamh35

    @arguingwithsignposts: have you seen the movie?

    I’ll admit that I haven’t seen any of the Dark Knight movies, and actually I’m glad I didn’t because I saw the Avengers as a Marvel comics fan and with no Dark Knight to compare it to.

    I’m am noticing that both the Harry Potter fans (Avengers has bested Harry as best opening of all time) and Dark Knight fans have all expressed the same things you have as if just because the Avengers is pretty good, that that somehow makes Dark Knight less than.

    I can’t say that Avengers is better than Dark Knight. The themes are too different to compare in my opinion, but the Dark Knight fans all aghast over Avengers is kinda getting old.

    Go see Avengers, it was good.

  25. 25.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @lamh35: not yet. but i haven’t seen the final DK movie either.

    ETA: as someone who spent his childhood with both spiderman and batman, I can’t say that I get the attraction of the supergroups where you throw together all these defferent superpowers because, well, just because.

    Never thought the X-men were all that either.

  27. 27.

    schrodinger's cat

    OMG what a cute goggie.
    Math Question: How many soonergrunt puppies = 1 Tunch

  28. 28.

    TooManyJens

    Food safety question from someone who hardly ever cooks: I thawed out some chicken breasts today and cut them up for stirfry. Do I have to use them today, or can I wait until tomorrow? The day has kind of gotten away from me and I don’t know if I feel like cooking.

  29. 29.

    lamh35

    @arguingwithsignposts: check out my update, I pressed send too soon.

    @lamh35:

    ETA: Enough with the Kaynye-ism…”I’ma let u finish, but Dark Knight was the best comic book movie of all time,…”

    BTW, I do plan to see the first 2 Dark Knight films finally, because the final movie looks very interesting.

  30. 30.

    Hill Dweller

    Jake Tapper is a fucking hack. He aired the swiftboat ad and pushed the empty seats narrative the Romney camp wanted this morning.

  32. 32.

    Soonergrunt

    @schrodinger’s cat: Well, she’s only 8.5 pounds, so 4 or 5, maybe?

    @TooManyJens: We do that all the time. Just make sure that you put them in the refrigerator, covered over night, and get them up to the appropriate temperature when you cook them, and keep them there for at least three minutes. I’m not a cook, and smarter people than me may disagree (listen to them if that happens) but I’ve never gotten sick from doing that.

  35. 35.

    Merp

    The character and world building that Veep is doing is phenomenal. With dick jokes and creative swearing. I don’t even want to say this out loud lest I jinx it but it could become Fawlty Towers good.

  39. 39.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @lamh35: That’s a fair thought, and I have no ill will against the avengers per se. Not really a DC vs. Marvel person either. I do think DK3 will top the avenger opening weekend, so the crowing is a little much. I think i will settle with: I appeciate all good movies.

  40. 40.

    Hill Dweller

    @Valdivia: Romney can’t draw 1,400 people, but we’re supposed to be focusing on Obama not filling a 18,000+ capacity arena?

    If Obama does get a second term, I hope he spends it calling out the worthless beltway ‘journalists’.

  41. 41.

    Steeplejack

    @TooManyJens:

    Tomorrow’s fine. Keep them in the refrigerator, of course. And I presume they weren’t sitting out on the counter for a long time or something like that.

  42. 42.

    EIGRP

    @TooManyJens: That’s a good idea. He’s the one who thinks he would be better off quitting his job and getting unemployment/medicare/medicaid. I encouraged him to try it and let me know how it worked out. Shut him up again ;)

    Eric

  43. 43.

    Tom Levenson

    All I can say is that’s not the dog I associate with a nym like Soonergrunt.

    But, hey! Cute always wins.

  44. 44.

    General Stuck

    This is velly interesting

    A new USA Today/Gallup Swing States Poll finds President Obama just ahead of Mitt Romney in the dozen key battleground states, 47% to 45%.
    That’s much closer than the lead of 9 points for Obama in in late March.
    “But the poll also finds a reversal in what has been a key GOP asset in the five previous battleground surveys taken since last fall: an edge in enthusiasm among voters. For the first time, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they are extremely or very enthusiastic about voting — a shift from a 14-percentage-point GOP advantage at the end of last year to an 11-point deficit now.

    This kind of reversal in enthusiasm of the party challenging an incumbent, is very bad news for Romney and the GOP. Especially regarding the all important GOTV
    efforts in a divided electorate.

  45. 45.

    Valdivia

    @Hill Dweller:

    It is amazing to me that these guys act as if they are brave new world hard nosed reporters but instead they just repeat what the Romney camp told them on twitter. It makes my head explode every single time.

  48. 48.

    lamh35

    @General Stuck: now that POTUS has said the campaign is officially on, that was the Bat signal to Dems who support POTUS to mount up.

    speaking of Obama supporters:

    Robert De Niro Eviscerates the Right’s MSM Lap Dogs Who Bash Obama (video at the link)

    Leaning forward in his director’s chair in the World Center Hotel with the rebuilding of the One World Trade Center in the background, Robert De Niro knocked down the Right wing, mainstream media framing of liberals thrown at him by David Gregory on Meet the Press, and he did it with a sardonic look of ease that said “I’m two steps ahead of you, Gregory.”

    When asked the negative question, “Are you as inspired and hopeful and satisfied with what he’s done as president as he stands for re-election?“ De Niro pointed out that it’s very easy to criticize people, but he thinks Obama has done a good job.

    Robert De Niro: It’s very easy to criticize people…It’s not easy to be President of the United States, and he — that was pointed out in the “New York Times” in the last Sunday week in review by Peter Bergen about all the things he did as far as bin Laden and other things that he stepped up being a liberal president, supposedly, that were effective…

    De Niro softly reminded Gregory of the risks Obama took: Not always — you know, there’s all the negative side of that, but he took the chance to do it, and he did it ultimately with bin Laden… I give him credit (small dig here—I give him credit, why don’t you?) and I hope he does – I know he’ll do better in the next four years when he doesn’t have to worry about being elected or not.

  50. 50.

    General Stuck

    @lamh35:

    Robert De Niro: It’s very easy to criticize people…It’s not easy to be President of the United States,

    So very true, that some people tend to forget this truth.

  51. 51.

    lamh35

    @Spaghetti Lee: naw it’s no biggie. Like I said, I admit to never seeing the Dark Knight movies, nor to be honest the entire Harry Potter series, but I have noticed on alot of the entertainment blogs I read that the DK and HP fans are serious affronted somehow that The Avengers has been getting some deserved attention. There is seriously more than enough room for good comic book movie. Like I said it’s gotten a little tiresome (and it’s only been less than 72hrs) that’s all I’m saying.

    Still, I plan to see DK this summer and I’m gonna make sure I see the first 2 films in the series before I do.

  53. 53.

    amk

    @General Stuck: If the fucking left still has enthusiasm gap (whatever I didn’t get my pony fuck that is) even at this stage, they they fucking deserve the mittbot.

  54. 54.

    PurpleGirl

    Sometime back I ranted about a vibration problem I have in my apartment. It’s 11:30 P.M. or so as I write this and the vibrations have been happening since early this evening and now they get heavier as the night goes on. Tomorrow I will go to see the property manager and ask him what they (management) intends to do about the problem. (I have mentioned the vibrations in complaint letters about the vent fans, so they know about the problem.) I’m convinced they are somehow associated with the ventilation system. I’ve been in this apartment since 1999 and haven’t felt this sensation before October 2011. They fixed the ventilation fan motors but they haven’t done anything about the vibrations I feel. I feel them in all my chairs and when I lay down in bed — I cannot sleep with the vibrations. I just cannot. Maybe I’ll copy this comment and send it to the property manager in e-mail. I can’t take staying up until the vibrations stop and 1 or 2 A.M.

    Any comments would be appreciated.
    End of rant.

  55. 55.

    mikej

    @amk: Sadly. it’s not just the people that deserve it that would get Rmoney. The rest of us would too.

  58. 58.

    Steeplejack

    Baseball side note (I love the quirky stuff in baseball, which seems to come up less often in other sports):

    The surprisingly strong Orioles beat the Red Sox 9-6 today, sweeping the weekend series. Orioles infielder Chris Davis, who went 0 for 8 at the plate with 5 strikeouts (the “platinum sombrero,” in ESPN’s memorable phrase), was still the hero, because he pitched the 16th and 17th innings and got the win. And the loss went to Red Sox outfielder Darnell McDonald, who pitched the 17th inning for Boston. First time since 1925 two position players have pitched in the same game. Davis’s win is the first for an American League position player since 1968.

    Now Baltimore is on top of the AL East with a .679 win percentage. ¡Caramba!

  60. 60.

    gwangung

    @lamh35: Yeah, total nerdgasm. Total.

    Lost track of all the in jokes (and I wasn’t the only one in the theatre who got them), but that’s OK…lost track of all the on-point plot and character points, which everyone got.

  61. 61.

    David Koch

    The washing machine, the refrigerator, and the garage door opener have all stopped working.

    Well, Noot did say EMP are our greatest threat

  62. 62.

    lamh35

    I don’t know if anyone read my comment from an earlier thread (the French Election result thread I think), but on the subject of the possible problem solving job offer I got, but I reviewed and compared the benefits, I’ve come up with 4 big questions that I need answering (pay rate, benefits eligible, hours per pay period, estimated time when position would start) and I’ve had some sense knocked into my head by my gramdmother. So I’m gonna go for it. Sending my supe a letter tonight for her to read tmrw. And get the ball rolling in this.

    I”m off to bed. Back to my day job tomorrow. Good night guys!

  63. 63.

    Steeplejack

    @lamh35:

    Hope you saw the response by someone else who said to get something in writing, e.g. certain number of hours (or shifts) a month, etc. Otherwise you could get left hanging if they just use you as a fill-in.

  65. 65.

    Soonergrunt

    @Amanda in the South Bay: I took 70-680, and my next one is 70-686. Together, they lead to MCITP Windows 7 Administrator.
    After that, I have four tests for MCITP Windows Server 2008 Administrator. I expect to start working on those tests in the next couple of months.

  66. 66.

    lamh35

    @Steeplejack: Yeah I did I asked her in the email if the position would be a guaranteed 70 hrs or 80hrs a pay period, u have to work at least 64hrs a pay period to receive FT benefits. Right now the supervisor in Microis doing bench work. Havinge another FT position allows her more time off the bench to catch up on her supervisory work and to actually be able to take some vaykay time. The only two people who are FT is the supe and another tech. The other people are PT

  67. 67.

    Cacti

    @lamh35:

    naw it’s no biggie. Like I said, I admit to never seeing the Dark Knight movies, nor to be honest the entire Harry Potter series, but I have noticed on alot of the entertainment blogs I read that the DK and HP fans are serious affronted somehow that The Avengers has been getting some deserved attention.

    I’ve never read any of the Harry Potter novels, so, my opinions of the films were strictly on their merits as cinematic works.

    I got bored with them and never saw the last three installments.

  68. 68.

    Ash Can

    @Hill Dweller:

    Jake Tapper is a fucking hack. He aired the swiftboat ad and pushed the empty seats narrative the Romney camp wanted this morning.

    And to think Cole got pissed when Tapper showed up here and promptly got his chops busted by the commentariat.

  69. 69.

    Clime Acts

    What a fucking embarrassing banana republic/kangaroo court.

    Brings back lovely memories of a Soviet Era show trial.

    America should be so proud.

    Bush the Younger, who killed hundreds of thousands, walks free and filthy rich. Peon Bradley Manning stands trial.

    Yes, very proud indeed, this country should be. Obama especially. Because as CIC, I know he has NO power, NONE to put a decent stop to this stupidity.

  70. 70.

    Steeplejack

    @Yutsano:

    You will be happy to know that I got a great haircut today. Tried a new place (new to me) that had some good Yelp reviews, told the guy I wanted it “short but not military short” and–boom!–he delivered. Won’t know absolutely for sure until I take a shower and wash my hair tomorrow morning (no blow dryer and none of that Dapper Dan pomade they can’t resist putting on as a finishing touch), but all signs are good. And it feels so great to have all that hair off my neck and ears. (I was way overdue–last haircut was in early February.)

    ETA: Meta outcome–psychic cloud of procrastination lifted. Yee-haw.

  73. 73.

    Mark S.

    This is a little odd:

    In a strange scene towards the end of Sunday night’s Los Angeles Lakers win in Game 3 4 of their series with the Denver Nuggets, a misguided attendee decided to waltz onto the court just before halftime. According to local police, she was immediately arrested for trespassing.

    The woman was allegedly looking for Kenyon Martin, who no longer plays for the Nuggets.

  75. 75.

    Little Boots

    so at this point, we get that the pentagon just runs this country, right?

  77. 77.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    @Steeplejack: Baltimore is on top of the AL East? And Angelos is still the owner??? I may have to start paying attention to baseball again.

  80. 80.

    Yutsano

    @Steeplejack: I’m delaying getting my fur shorn until the last possible minute mostly because I have no idea when my next one will be after the surgery. I know it sounds kinda lazy, but I’m also a bit short of funds until next payday which might have 10 hours of OT on it. Or 8, depending on how the pay periods shake out.

    I’m glad you’re happy with the results. :)

  81. 81.

    Little Boots

    oh, good, goobers ignoring me. well, that’s at least something, I guess.

  82. 82.

    amk

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: I don’t understand these msm idjits blocking someone. These ignoramuses don’t realize that anyone can still tweet at your handle for others to read. And that’s the whole point of social media.

    ppp blocked me for questioning some of their idiotic polls. Now I can’t retweet their own good polls. And who is the loser here ? Maroons.

  84. 84.

    Little Boots

    ya know, it’s not that everyone loves steeplejack (what’s not to love) it’s the whole non-response. what is with this place, lately?

  88. 88.

    mclaren

    Since those to whom Manning gave the information are the American people, this trial has defined the American people as “the enemy.”

    Which summarizes the mindset of the U.S. military in 2012 perfectly.

  90. 90.

    PurpleGirl

    I think the vibrations have stopped. Time to go to bed. Hope they stayed stopped for a few hours — like 5 or 6 — so I get some real rest.

  97. 97.

    Jewish Steel

    @Yutsano: That was wonderful, Yutsy. No mention of majoring in music, so looks like I’m pretty employable. Time to kick back and wait for the offers to pour in.

  99. 99.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    @MattR: Orioles have the best record in baseball? Geez, that hasn’t happened since the 70s! They used to be deadly in September when Weaver managed them. Like I said, I’ll have to start paying attention again.

  104. 104.

    Yutsano

    @Jewish Steel: I have a music degree. I’m employed. Have been more or less steadily for years now. I’m not saying it’s for everyone, but it wasn’t too shabby for me.

  108. 108.

    Alison

    @Little Boots: I’m often up sorta late, though it’s not so much night-owl-ness these days as just the fact that it’s so hard to fall asleep that I don’t like to even try until I’m dozing sitting up.

  112. 112.

    Alison

    @Little Boots: My brain doesn’t like to turn off. It’s annoying.

    I love L&O CI but I sure wish it wasn’t Oxygen that shows it Sunday nights. I hate seeing ads for their other horrible shows.

  114. 114.

    freelancer

    @Yutsano:

    Okay that made me laugh so fucking hard that one of my neighbor’s dogs started barking.

    This neighbor, he’s two units over.

  122. 122.

    PurpleGirl

    I just wrote another complaint letter to the property management of my apartment complex and I sent an e-mail to one of the managers. Later in the day I will take in the letter I just wrote. I wanted to impress on the one manager just what it means that I can’t sleep. (Yeah, I tried sleeping but the vibrations are still happening and I can’t sleep.)

  125. 125.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    @lamh35: The Avengers and The Dark Knight Trilogy are very different things. People seem to think that because they’re all superhero movies you can just lump them together. In this case, you can’t.

    The Avengers is fun fun silly willy. There’s nothing terribly thought provoking in it beyond contemplating how Chris Hemsworth got the Thor gig when everyone else in the cast has real talent and skill. (Robert Downey, Jr. and Jeremy Renner are pretty much tied at the other end of the spectrum.) The attempt to inject some moral questioning into it through the vehicle of Nick Fury’s motivations falls flat, although it does provide a very entertaining scene with Tony Stark and Bruce Banner badgering Captain America.

    With The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan is trying something completely different. He’s asking some rather bigger questions, specifically on the question of what actually constitutes sanity and what the nature of heroism actually is. In this, he was aided by the unbelievable performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker, for my money the best turn ever in a superhero movie.

    For my personal taste, I prefer The Dark Knight. I disagree strongly with some of the arguments that it advances, but it engages me at a level The Avengers doesn’t. That said, spending much time comparing them and arguing which is better is rather pointless since you’re effectively arguing over which style of movie you prefer rather than which one was better executed.

    The movie that’s out right now that I would compare The Dark Knight to is The Raven. I recommend the latter very highly for anyone that wants to see a movie that is both very suspenseful and that also delves into the questions of what is art, where the border between truth and fiction lies and a take on what constitutes sanity that comes at it from a very different angle than The Dark Knight. If that’s not your thing, don’t see it. There are other John Cusack movies I’d recommend instead, like War, Inc.

  129. 129.

    amk

    So mittbot apparently is running as a ‘businessman’.

    So, what business exactly did mehmney start & nurture ?

    He is just a I’m-in-it-for-the-money fucking financier, ferfucksake.

    And where the fuck are his fucking tax returns ? And why is the fucking media so cowardly to ask such questions ?

  130. 130.

    Little Boots

    @amk:

    mitt’s doomed. I mean, I don’t want anyone to relax or anything, there is still congress. but this mittbot is doomed.

  146. 146.

    Anne Laurie

    Sooner, just want to say, whenever you get back to read this: Thank you for posting this.

    And, incidentally, your dog is indeed adorable!

  147. 147.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Merp:

    The character and world building that Veep is doing is phenomenal. With dick jokes and creative swearing.

    I know, Biden’s great, huh?

    I don’t even want to say this out loud lest I jinx it but it could become Fawlty Towers good.

    Oh. The new teevee series.

    Never mind.

  148. 148.

    Schlemizel

    Sooner – over the years I have become (unwillingly) pretty adept at fixing washing machines; whats your doing (or not doing) maybe it is not a throw-away yet.

  150. 150.

    Soonergrunt

    @Schlemizel: threw a whole lot of smoke, the motor grinding noise, and no longer holds water in the tub. It’s corroded out on the swash plate thing that’s connected to the tub itself.

  151. 151.

    Frivolous

    Congratulations on passing your certification test, Soonergrunt.

    Good luck with passing the next one. Very sorry to read about how your appliances all broke at once.

  152. 152.

    Schlemizel

    @Soonergrunt:
    Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. Yeah, that sounds like dead for good territory. Wish I could help but that doesn’t seem to be worth it.

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