tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post874463744772031944..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Opie Outs Weiner's WeinerDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6755453891843838072011-06-09T23:24:34.885-04:002011-06-09T23:24:34.885-04:00Let's see, if Quirk were a quark instead of a ...Let's see, if Quirk were a quark instead of a quack and were asked for a quote he'd quiver and clear his non-existent throat......<br /><br />feel free to join in as you desire moves you<br /><br />g'nite<br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47775390599830785842011-06-09T23:09:08.901-04:002011-06-09T23:09:08.901-04:00The death panels would turn down the operation any...The death panels would turn down the operation anyway on the grounds that at that age you should be quiet and quit for the night you got no quality of life.<br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44916079134635942992011-06-09T23:06:33.585-04:002011-06-09T23:06:33.585-04:00nonsense
If Quirk were a quark and were asked fo...nonsense<br /><br /><br />If Quirk were a quark and were asked for a quote he'd quickly and quietly clear his non-existent throat and croak and quit for quite all night.<br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31294918717130614092011-06-09T22:50:17.394-04:002011-06-09T22:50:17.394-04:00Modern Medicine can do some truly astonishing, and...Modern Medicine can do some truly astonishing, and wonderful, things.<br /><br />Those astonishing, and wonderful, things, however, can be very expensive. <br /><br />Then, you get into trying to explain to a family why "their" 90 yr. old mother, or father, shouldn't get that $250,000.00, possibly effective at that age, operation. <br /><br />Some of this becomes "non-easy" stuff.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78894030580803444412011-06-09T22:45:51.155-04:002011-06-09T22:45:51.155-04:0065 and in private business, a wealthy man.
What t...65 and in private business, a wealthy man.<br /><br />What that has to do with advances in medical technology is beyond me.<br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3056009833191761952011-06-09T22:42:10.570-04:002011-06-09T22:42:10.570-04:00Geert Wilders Closing Remarks At His Trial
Good ...<a href="http://www.christianconcern.com/our-concerns/islam/geert-wilders%E2%80%99-closing-remarks-at-his-trial-1-june-2011" rel="nofollow">Geert Wilders Closing Remarks At His Trial</a><br /><br /><br />Good read.<br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18422239279776844472011-06-09T22:39:51.915-04:002011-06-09T22:39:51.915-04:00President Barack Obama’s advisers have discussed s...<i>President Barack Obama’s advisers have discussed seeking a temporary cut in the payroll taxes businesses pay on wages as they debate ways to spur hiring amid signs that the recovery is slowing, according to people familiar with the matter.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said today he would consider supporting an employer payroll tax cut. He also said that approving free-trade agreements and easing wage restrictions on government construction projects would be better ways to encourage hiring.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Obama said at the White House yesterday that he is interested in exploring with lawmakers from both parties extending some of the stimulus measures that were part of the tax-cut package “to make sure that we get this recovery up and running in a robust way.”</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-08/payroll-tax-break-said-to-be-discussed-by-obama-aides-amid-slowing-economy.html" rel="nofollow">Slowing Economy</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42840567039045589412011-06-09T22:31:04.628-04:002011-06-09T22:31:04.628-04:00A new video from al Qaeda’s media arm, As-Sahab, b...<i>A new video from al Qaeda’s media arm, As-Sahab, became available on the Internet on June 2. The video was 100 minutes long, distributed in two parts and titled “Responsible Only for Yourself.”<br /><br />...<br /><br />The first 36 minutes of the video essentially comprise a history lesson of militants who heard the call to jihad and then acted on it. Among the examples are individuals such as ElSayyid Nosair, the assassin of Jewish Defense League founder Meir Kahane; Abdel Basit (also known as Ramzi Yousef), the operational planner of the 1993 World Trade Center attack and the thwarted Bojinka plot; Mohammed Bouyeri, the assassin of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh; and Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.<br /><br />...<br /><br />First, it needs to be recognized that this video does not present any sort of new threat. As far as Gadahn’s pleas for American Muslims to buy firearms and conduct armed assaults, we wrote an analysis in May 2010 discussing many failed jihadist bomb plots and forecasting that the jihadists would shift to armed assaults instead.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110608-al-qaedas-new-video-message-defeat" rel="nofollow">Message Of Defeat</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51944989295181793342011-06-09T22:13:06.971-04:002011-06-09T22:13:06.971-04:00boob forgets to tell us the age of the patient in ...boob forgets to tell us the age of the patient in need of those four replacement stints.<br /><br />Ameros to doughnuts that he is a Medicare beneficiary. <br /><br />Enjoying the benefits of Federally socialized medicine.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46689050916467648872011-06-09T21:57:57.408-04:002011-06-09T21:57:57.408-04:00I was reading the other day about a man who had fo...I was reading the other day about a man who had four stints in his heart and needed them to be replaced. They can put stints within stints, leaving the old ones in.<br /><br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16456829341675118162011-06-09T21:28:25.443-04:002011-06-09T21:28:25.443-04:00"A small improvement in the heart condition w...<i>"A small improvement in the heart condition will be a massive improvement in quality of life of the patient."<br /><br />Prof Jeremy Pearson, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "To repair a damaged heart is one of the holy grails of heart research.<br /><br />"This groundbreaking study shows adult hearts contain cells that, given the right stimulus, can mobilise and turn into new heart cells that might repair a damaged heart."</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8563799/Pill-to-mend-a-broken-heart-developed-by-scientists.html" rel="nofollow">'Developed By Scientists'</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75196400995657826122011-06-09T21:15:01.565-04:002011-06-09T21:15:01.565-04:00The ECB used the phrase "strong vigilance&quo...<i>The ECB used the phrase "strong vigilance" in March before increasing rates in April. It also used the phrase repeatedly between 2005 and 2007, typically one month before it raised rates, although not always.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71363982491676768052011-06-09T21:11:45.308-04:002011-06-09T21:11:45.308-04:00Recent disappointments in American housing and emp...<i>Recent disappointments in American housing and employment figures suggest the world's biggest economy is at a tipping point, warned Robert Shiller. "Whether we call it a double-dip or not, I think there is a risk," he told Reuters.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47128110170814401662011-06-09T21:10:56.268-04:002011-06-09T21:10:56.268-04:00Vegetarian
Women Dropping Like Flies In Europe
I...<a href="http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110609-35553.html" rel="nofollow">Vegetarian <br />Women Dropping Like Flies In Europe</a><br /><br />If they'd just eat well cooked brook trout and a well cooked T-Bone steak once in a while they'd all be all right. But oh no.....<br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19481895518304328062011-06-09T21:08:43.606-04:002011-06-09T21:08:43.606-04:00Of course, the first poll points to a big problem ...<i>Of course, the first poll points to a big problem for Obama: his demographic is under-registered. He has to motivate his people to come out for him, just like he did in 2008.<br /><br />...<br /><br />There is a consensus in America that the economy is a mess, but there is no consensus about how to improve it. The success of the GOP in 2010 and the headline-grabbing antics of the Tea Party have focused media attention upon conservative responses, but there is a counter-narrative playing out.<br /><br />Republicans have to motivate their base, reach out to independents and appeal to a public that has come to expect much from the federal government. It’s a tough job, and it may require more than Romney’s inoffensiveness to do it.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100091428/poll-puts-mitt-romney-ahead-of-barack-obama-among-registered-voters-but-shifting-demographics-make-obama-the-stronger-candidate/" rel="nofollow">Obama Stronger</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17176008597150826332011-06-09T21:00:45.767-04:002011-06-09T21:00:45.767-04:00I think things are going great in Libya. Stalemate...I think things are going great in Libya. Stalemated, no American casualties, the continuation of 2000 years of tribal conflict that Mohammed made his appearance to overcome, etc etc. Way to go, O. Shows you don't have to know what you're doing to be a winner in life.<br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8677430245924428592011-06-09T20:27:28.949-04:002011-06-09T20:27:28.949-04:00Cain is a moron.Cain is a moron.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49821230321818828122011-06-09T20:07:19.169-04:002011-06-09T20:07:19.169-04:00.
New CNN Poll
A new CNN poll shows conflicted v....<br /><br /><a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/06/09/healthcare.pdf" rel="nofollow">New CNN Poll</a><br /><br />A new CNN poll shows conflicted views on Obamacare.<br /><br />Initial numbers indicate the public doesn't like the bill. 56% oppose the <i>Affordable Care Act</i> while a meager 39% support it.<br /><br />However, a closer look shows that of the 56% opposition to the bill only 36% oppose it because they think it is 'too liberal'. So more people support the bill (39%) than think it is too liberal (36%).<br /><br />What does explain the bill's unpopularity is the 'individual mandate', an issue that soon should be before SCOTUS.<br /><br />Americans oppose the individual mandate 54% to 44%.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81829130463000445812011-06-09T19:48:52.155-04:002011-06-09T19:48:52.155-04:00.
Continuing Obama's campaign of hope, Secret....<br /><br />Continuing Obama's campaign of hope, Secretary of Defense nominee Panetta says he hopes things will turn out ok.<br /><br />On Afghanistan:<br /><br /><i>But several Democrats and Republicans indicated that their patience was wearing thin. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) called the Afghan war “a never-ending mission.”<br /><br />“I don’t see how we get to a stable state in Afghanistan,” she said. “So tell me how this ends. I just don’t see how it ends.”<br /><br />Panetta paused and then responded that he was once very pessimistic about the war in Iraq but that things had turned around there. “If we stick with it,” he said, “there is going to be a point where Afghanistan can control its own future. <b>I think we have to operate on that hope.”</b></i><br /><br />On Libya:<br /><br /><i>But some senators expressed their doubts about that outcome. [That Ghadafi would be forced out] <br /><br />“If there’s any painful lesson that we have learned from our experience in Iraq, it is that if we do not have a plan in place after we have deposed a tyrant, that chaos and violence ensues,” Collins said. “Do you have confidence that we have a plan for dealing with Libya post-Gaddafi?”<br /><br />Panetta replied that it was a “legitimate concern,” but he said: “I’m confident that there are enough leaders in the opposition who can provide, <b>hopefully</b>, that continuity.” </i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/panetta-faces-no-major-hurdles-to-confirmation-as-pentagon-chief/2011/06/09/AGE6ZHNH_story.html?hpid=z2" rel="nofollow">Hope and Change? Well Maybe Just Hope.</a><br /><br />Real comforting.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1923361936312384582011-06-09T19:39:25.773-04:002011-06-09T19:39:25.773-04:00True the 11th Circuit ruling is meaningless. When ...True the 11th Circuit ruling is meaningless. When it gets to the Supreme Court the Wise Latina should recuse herself, but I bet she won't.<br /><br />Who would pay $5,000 for a private photo and chat with Romney? That's what he's asking in Las Vegas, simple thousand for the dinner, I read. He's got the big bucks.<br /><br />I'd buy some new fishing gear, and a duck boat.<br /><br />dwrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51933164494956968152011-06-09T19:34:59.564-04:002011-06-09T19:34:59.564-04:00Not to mention the Medicare debacle.Not to mention the Medicare debacle.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12502722713567008902011-06-09T19:32:51.046-04:002011-06-09T19:32:51.046-04:00It turns out the Pubs are blocking the FTAs with P...It turns out the Pubs are blocking the FTAs with Panama, Colombia, and S. Korea because Obama wants Retraining Programs for any displaced workers.<br /><br />How many workers could possibly be displaced by FTAs with those countries? How much could it cost for a couple of retraining programs?<br /><br />Cantor made a big deal about not wanting any aid for Joplin, Mo, after the biggest tornado disaster in 100 yrs. <br /><br /><br />It's like the Republicans have completely lost theirfreakin' minds.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73431119570868222712011-06-09T19:32:09.776-04:002011-06-09T19:32:09.776-04:00It turns out the Pubs are blocking the FTAs with P...It turns out the Pubs are blocking the FTAs with Panama, Colombia, and S. Korea because Obama wants Retraining Programs for any displaced workers.<br /><br />How many workers could possibly be displaced by FTAs with those countries? How much could it cost for a couple of retraining programs?<br /><br />Cantor made a big deal about not wanting any aid for Joplin, Mo, after the biggest tornado disaster in 100 yrs. <br /><br /><br />It's like the Republicans have completely lost theirfreakin' minds.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30434150782697920492011-06-09T19:29:27.942-04:002011-06-09T19:29:27.942-04:00.
A Bad Day for the Individual Mandate
The pendi....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/a-bad-day-for-the-individual-mandate-in-the-11th-circuit/2011/03/29/AG3A1bMH_blog.html?hpid=z3" rel="nofollow">A Bad Day for the Individual Mandate</a><br /><br />The pending ruling in the 11th Circuit is kind of meaningless since any result will be quickly appealed to the Supreme Court.<br /><br />However, we should receive the Supreme's ruling relatively soon. The White House has asked for an expedited review before SCOTUS.<br /><br />Part of the reason for Obama's request is that a number of states have failed to take any steps to implement the sytems required to support Obamacare.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30808379956120674272011-06-09T19:14:50.846-04:002011-06-09T19:14:50.846-04:00.
GOP’s Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader, ....<br /><br /><b>GOP’s Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader, stands by vow to block CFPB nominees</b><br /><br /><i>But an aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that the lawmaker stands by his vow <b>to block any candidate.</b><br /><br />Late last month, McConnell led 44 senators in an letter to the White House calling for structural changes to the bureau. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has accused GOP opponents of discriminating against Warren because she is female, but McConnell’s complaints are much broader.<br /><br />“It’s not sexist. It’s not Elizabeth Warren-specific,” McConnell spokesman Donald Stewart said. “It’s any nominee.”</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gops-mitch-mcconnell-senate-minority-leader-stands-by-vow-to-block-cfpb-nominees/2011/06/09/AG3LcjNH_story.html?hpid=z3" rel="nofollow">Leader: We will block any nominee</a><br /><br />Once again the GOP goes to bat for their constituents, big business.<br /><br />Many of the problems that led to the current economic meltdown were the result of regulations that weren't enforced (housing) or didn't exist (derivatives). The Dems legislation was a weak document that didn't address all the problems that exist but it did takes some steps in the area consumer protection.<br /><br />However, that matters little to the GOP. They continue to try to stop any actions that restrict big business.<br /><br />I have never voted Democratic in my life. The last three elections I have voted for third party candidates because I think every citizen should vote and because I despise the current political hacks in both the GOP and Dems parties.<br /><br />However, I think this election is different. It's a little too important to throw away a vote on a third party with no chance of winning.<br /><br />Unless a GOP candidate surfaces that offers some hope of being a candidate rather than an ideologue, I may be tempted to hold my nose and vote Dem.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.com