Retort: The Monday Nooner

Monday, November 02, 2009

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Packers Punked, Video at 11:00

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2009-11-02 12:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

Smiles

#2 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-11-02 12:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

Packers Punked, Video at 11:00

Where's Wissy at?

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2009-11-02 12:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Where's Wissy at?"

Taking a vacation in Dumpsylvania.

#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2009-11-02 12:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

In an effort to paint a pretty picture for Obama before election day AP says "Stocks Surge Before Market Opens!"

"Stocks are snapping back from Friday's big losses as stronger-than-expected reports on manufacturing and housing reassure investors' concerns about how durable the economic recovery is."

"Major indexes rose more than 1 percent in early trading Monday, including the Dow Jones industrials, which jumped about 120 points, erasing a chunk of Friday's 250-point loss."

"Boy, good news travels fast. At least when it is good news for the Obama administration.

The stock market opens at 9:30 am, EST. The time stamp for this article is 3:49 am."

sweetness-light.com

#5 | Posted by KBM at 2009-11-02 12:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

That "Brent"!

Ha ha

#6 | Posted by Manypaths at 2009-11-02 12:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

I can understand some of the latest dumps, to include my "touching myself" one, but how are the "chins" one, and the "Nutra-system" posts dumpable?
We crack on the appearances of everyone, especailly so with people that put themselves out there like Bev did by signing her posts.
It honestly makes no sense. How in the hell do those get dumped?

#7 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2009-11-02 01:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

So the Viqueers beat the Fudgepackers, how about that!

#8 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-11-02 01:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Agreed Chair. Those are the weakest dumps I have seen RCADE pass out since that one thread about his sister.

Rogers must be munching on the Bev Harris Laptop.

#9 | Posted by Manypaths at 2009-11-02 01:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

And I finally break down and try to make amends with nanc by offering to but her a gift. And it gets a dump.

Nothing pleases some people around here.

#10 | Posted by Manypaths at 2009-11-02 01:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

101,
Quit obsessing over dumps and get back to making Libs cry. For Christ sake, you're starting to whine more than Larry.

#11 | Posted by Lee_Atwater at 2009-11-02 01:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Come on Lee, that Nutra-system one was a classic. It deserved FF's, not Abusive flags.
Rcade is a puss.

#12 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2009-11-02 01:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

Well, Chair. If we don't see eachother for a bit, enjoy your Turkey Day!

#13 | Posted by Manypaths at 2009-11-02 02:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

You too. Do you hunt turkey with your bow?
I think I'm going to gun one down this year.

#14 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2009-11-02 02:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

Bev, I'm Carl from NutriSystem. Let's talk.

You're right. How is that dumpable?

#15 | Posted by Lee_Atwater at 2009-11-02 02:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

Anybody ever strangle a turkey? If so, what's it like?

#16 | Posted by Lee_Atwater at 2009-11-02 02:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

No, I stick with the shotgun for turkeys.

#17 | Posted by Manypaths at 2009-11-02 02:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Does anyone else remember the turkey shoots the Jaycees sponsored before they became too un-PC?

My dad used to take me to them when I was a kid. There was a live turkey strapped behind a bale of hay with only his head exposed. The shooter had to shoot his head off from 50 yds or so with a .22. They would clean and dress it for you at the site.

They don't do that anymore.

#18 | Posted by goatman at 2009-11-02 02:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

They don't do that anymore.

Not much sport in that. How about chasing down a turkey and beating it to death? Black guys would corner the market on turkeys.

#19 | Posted by Lee_Atwater at 2009-11-02 02:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

Not much sport in that.

Let's see you hit something the size of a turkey's head at 50 yds.

Sport or not, it's just one of those things I remember from my childhood that PC took away.

#20 | Posted by goatman at 2009-11-02 02:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Anybody ever strangle a turkey? If so, what's it like?

Not as much fun as choking the chicken.

Those whacky commies:

Typical East German humor from the pre-glasnost days.

What would happen if the communist party seized the desert?

Nothing for a couple of years, then they would announce a shortage of sand.

#21 | Posted by northguy3 at 2009-11-02 02:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

Turkey are some ugly mother fuckers.

I pulled the head off of a chicken once. Surprisingly easy.

#22 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2009-11-02 02:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

No good deed goes unpunihed.

CIT is ripping off the taxpayers! We bailed them out, now they declared bankrupt and we won't be getting our money back. Fucking bastards! I wish they could be forced into the type of bankrtuptcy that liquidates assets, at least we could get some of our money back that way. But no, they will continue to be alive.

#23 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-11-02 04:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Russia 'Simulates' Nuclear Attack on Poland"

"Russia has provoked outrage in Poland by simulating an air and sea attack on the country during military exercises. The armed forces are said to have carried out "war games" in which nuclear missiles were fired and troops practiced an amphibious landing on the country's coast."

www.newmediajournal.us

This is how "Hopey Changey" works!

#24 | Posted by KBM at 2009-11-02 05:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

This is how "Hopey Changey" works!

#24 | Posted by KBM

Shut up, douchebag.

#25 | Posted by nullifidian at 2009-11-02 05:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

Great retort, dull.

#26 | Posted by goatman at 2009-11-02 05:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

The Palestinians have been under a racist settler form of colonialism for over sixty years; and they are targeted with a campaign of ethnic cleansing launched by armed gangs of settlers supported by Israel's police and army.

This is unparalleled in the 21st century in terms of the crimes which include siege, murder, food poisoning, starvation, assassination, demolishing houses, scorching crops, destroying farms, raping prisoners, trafficking in the organs of captives and preventing Palestinians from moving between their villages, farms and schools.

All this happens under the full gaze and silence of the civilized' world which fully supports the Israeli government and fully ignores the savage crimes committed each day by Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers.

#27 | Posted by nutcase at 2009-11-02 05:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

Great retort, dull.

#26 | Posted by goatman

In Nulifidian's case, it's a self-retorting retort.

#28 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-11-02 06:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hey Misogynist2586, don't you have any female-bashing articles to post?

#29 | Posted by nullifidian at 2009-11-02 06:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

I don't post female-bashing articles. You must have me confused with someone else.

#30 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-11-02 06:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yeah, I don't post female bashing articles, I don't post articles bashing Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman like you Libs do.

#31 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-11-02 06:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Yeah, I don't post female bashing articles"

Sorry, man. I had you confused with member2586. Or maybe Ozark Aggie.

#32 | Posted by nullifidian at 2009-11-02 06:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

Are you saying that Ozark Aggie and this Member fellow post articles bashing Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman? Shame on them then!

#33 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-11-02 07:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

" post articles bashing Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman? "

I know this might be difficult for a pea-brain like you, but Palin and Bachman are bashed for their unrelenting stupidity, not their femininity.

#34 | Posted by nullifidian at 2009-11-02 07:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

The uber-conservative rtards that were in the Clinton campaign seem to disagree, Null.

www.politico.com

#35 | Posted by andyuhenet at 2009-11-02 07:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The uber-conservative rtards that were in the Clinton campaign"

I couldn't give a shit what a Clintonite thinks.

#36 | Posted by nullifidian at 2009-11-02 07:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

I know this might be difficult for a pea-brain like you, but Palin and Bachman are bashed for their unrelenting stupidity, not their femininity. -- #34 | Posted by nullifidian

Palin was also bashed for campaigning while being a mother. Pretty remarkable given Biden's choices after his first wife died.

#37 | Posted by Phoenix at 2009-11-02 08:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

What was remarkable about Sarah Palin is how many WOMEN thought it wasn't appropriate for her to campaign for VP while raising children.

#38 | Posted by member2586 at 2009-11-02 09:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

The armed forces are said to have carried out "war games" in which nuclear missiles were fired and troops practiced an amphibious landing on the country's coast."

This is how "Hopey Changey" works!

Unlike when Russia actually invaded Georgia when the Mission Accomplifier was in Office. Remind me exactly what Dubya did in response to this naked agression...

#39 | Posted by northguy3 at 2009-11-02 11:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland

www.telegraph.co.uk

On the heels of Obama giving in on the missile shield issue, Russia pulls this?

Only a liberal would be blind to the fact that Obama got rolled.

#40 | Posted by HopeyChangey at 2009-11-03 12:15 AM | Reply | Flag:

"You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument." - Samuel Johnson

#41 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-03 07:43 AM | Reply | Flag:

#34 - BAUCHMAN IN 2012!

#42 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-03 07:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

Nanc, if you can't spell her name, you really shouldn't try to push her forward as a candidate.

And if you're serious, you're even wackier than I thought. Have you read _anything_ this woman has said? She is GOP fringe. I can only hope you're joking.

#43 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-11-03 07:49 AM | Reply | Flag:

BAUCHMAN IN 2012!

#42 | Posted by nanc

She's bat shiat insane and dumber than a bag of blonde hair.

WTF could you possibly find appealing about her as a candidate?

Be Well.

#44 | Posted by dethspud at 2009-11-03 07:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Bachmann"

Spudley - I like anyone who scares the bejeebers out of your side!

BOO!

#45 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-03 08:01 AM | Reply | Flag:

She is an ignorant tool. Now wonder you like her so much.

#46 | Posted by jackass at 2009-11-03 08:03 AM | Reply | Flag:

Nanc, you just proved my point last week that some of us only respond to (other) ranters. : )

Or did you just not read my post yet?

Bachmann doesn't scare me at all--and I'm mostly on Spud's "side." She's absurd. The idea of Palin being in power scares me a bit, but I don't expect either to happen on a national level.

Though btw, this "sides" thing is a huge part of the problem in this country. We all should be on the same "side": that of wanting our country to succeed, its citizens to be well-fed, healthy, and as successful as they can be, and contributing wisely and positively to the success of the world. Of course, we disagree on how to define those things. : )

#47 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-11-03 08:05 AM | Reply | Flag:

#47: "my point last week" should by "my point of last week" or "my point, made last week,..."

Damned arrogant English teachers who don't check their own grammar.

#48 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-11-03 08:06 AM | Reply | Flag:

Spudley - I like anyone who scares the bejeebers out of your side!

BOO!

She aint scary, Nanc.

She a buffoon.

A semi-literate boob.

The only thing scary about Michelle Bachmann is the fact that some people are too dense to realise how wrong she is on every topic under the sun.

Insisting on more Bachmanns and Palins and less moderates is a sure fire recipe fer destroying wot's left of the GOP.

Some people may think that's a good thing but Spud aint one of them.

Be Well.

#49 | Posted by dethspud at 2009-11-03 08:16 AM | Reply | Flag:

Prag - I haven't been around here much in the last week or so - getting our cabin ready for a long Thanksgiving week.

PAUL RYAN IN 2012!

#50 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-03 08:16 AM | Reply | Flag:

Tell me, Spuds - WHAT kind of woman impresses a tater?

#51 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-03 08:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

But Nanc, you still didn't answer my question. Barring evidence otherwise, I shall conclude that you are merely fucking with Spud and others willing to rise to the occasion.

By the by, my problems with Palin and Bachmann (who I really don't put in the same category, but since we're here) have nothing to do with their being women. Hell, I don't like Hillary either. Oh, wait a minute... (Irony alert.) Seriously, it's not about their sex or their gender (heh); it's about presentation, ideas, and apparent intellectual ability, though I suppose we could toss in leadership skills.

And who's Paul Ryan?

#52 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-11-03 08:22 AM | Reply | Flag:

What other post from last week?

MIKE PENCE IN 2012!

#53 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-03 08:35 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Be Paid for Votes in Athens, Ohio"

"Below is the screenshot of an email sent from Kellie Galan, the Vice President of the Ohio University College Democrats.

Every student who brings someone to the polls to vote in the city council elections in Athens, OH gets $5.00.

Nice. But is that illegal?"

www.redstate.com

#54 | Posted by KBM at 2009-11-03 08:38 AM | Reply | Flag:

"What other post from last week?"

The one in which I observed that it takes ranting to get a response from the most strident posters on here--I was lamenting that reasonable questioning often gets only the sound of crickets. : )

Who's Mike Pence? (Yes, I know that you're tossing out names now, trying to get me to look 'em up.)

#55 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-11-03 08:47 AM | Reply | Flag:

Please leave a link to the post, Prag - so I may go have a look-see at it.

Just to show I'm non-partisan:

JOE LIEBERMAN IN 2012!

p.s. - If I don't respond to a post it's definitely not because of the fear of a rant, I'm usually gone and when returning to check comments do not see where I may have been questioned.

#56 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-03 08:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Please leave a link to the post, Prag - so I may go have a look-see at it."

Ah, not worth it. It was pretty much that--a comment that it takes insults, anger, etc. to get some people to respond. (I wasn't, at that time, including you in the post. I was just tossing a barb your way this morning 'cause you went after Spud, who's more rant-y than I, and didn't respond to mine.)

"Just to show I'm non-partisan:
JOE LIEBERMAN IN 2012!"

Too funny, Nanc. The most Republican of the Democrats?

"p.s. - If I don't respond to a post it's definitely not because of the fear of a rant, I'm usually gone and when returning to check comments do not see where I may have been questioned."

Ah. I didn't figure you have fear. I've hit you pretty hard on occasion and you've come right back.

I usually do check to see if I've been questioned. Which some might call ego, but I don't--I'm in this for conversation, so if someone responds directly to me, I want to see if their response is worthy of my response. Dig? : )

#57 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-11-03 09:02 AM | Reply | Flag:

With a shovel...on occasion.

#58 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-03 09:04 AM | Reply | Flag:

She's bat shiat insane and dumber than a bag of blonde hair.

WTF could you possibly find appealing about her as a candidate?

Be Well.

#44 | Posted by dethspud at

TRANSLATION

she is successfull
a mother
believes in the sanctity of life in the womb

she is a conservative and the left simply doesnt allow for those combinations in OBAMAS WORLD

she MUST be crucified and assisinated.....both personaly and politically

#59 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2009-11-03 11:26 AM | Reply | Flag:

In the face of increasing heat from Congress for decisive moves to create jobs, President Barack Obama on Monday pushed his economic advisers to come up with job-generating ideas that can be hustled up to Capitol Hill.

With unemployment rising and expected to be in double digits as lawmakers run for reelection next year, Obama conveyed a sense of urgency as he met with business executives, labor officials and economists who sit on his economic advisory board.

"Congress is going to be looking to act," Obama told the committee during an hourlong meeting in the Roosevelt Room. "To the extent that we have very clear, crisp recommendations that we can present before them and do so soon, the better off we're going to be."

uh, cut taxes for small business, cut income tax, uh dont do cap and trade, uh stop the stimulated nothing bill

#60 | Posted by scooter28054 at 2009-11-03 11:56 AM | Reply | Flag:

Scenario:

You work for a small law firm, a client comes to you for possible representation on a Workers' Compensation claim.

The guy is Mexican, but not off the boat. He's young and speaks English well.
he has had at 4 different jobs over the past 3-5 yrs. some were worked concurrently.

Then you get to the part of the form where it asks for SSN#. Left blank. You ask him if he has a vali SSN and he says no. You THEN go on to ask him if he has one he "uses" or has "borrowed".....(insert pregnant pause here).

He says no. He has no SSN and never has.

Q:What do you do?

#61 | Posted by briwo at 2009-11-03 12:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

FYI: I know what I wanted to do, but was powerless to so.

#62 | Posted by briwo at 2009-11-03 12:37 PM | Reply | Flag: