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Rocknation's JournalAll I know is that if I were the swordsman, I would have wondered why Jones was just standing there.
If Jones' only line of defense was his whip, I would have started wondering why he wasn't using it, or trying to take advantage of the distance between us by running away. I would most certainly not have been so egotistical as to conclude that Jones was so dazzled or frightened by my swordplay skills that he couldn't react.
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Remember this scene from Raiders Of The Lost Ark?
That's what happened to Cantor -- he got so caught up in flashing the swords of his own rhetoric and ambition, he completely lost sight of the even more powerful weapon that his own voters still had.
Just like that, a member of the GOP's congressional "gang of three" is gone, and more important, it puts a bug in the ears of Boner and McTurtle's voters that it's not impossible for them to do the same. Power to the people, right on!
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But why stop at withholding state funding? Let's withhold EVERYTHING!
If not being able to get emergency welfare will help discourage people from illegally crossing our borders, imagine how well their not being able to get ANYTHING would work! All we'd have to do is make it illegal to buy, sell, give, receive, lend, borrow, possess, request, exchange, barter, or share ANY kind of product, service, or currency -- private or public, legal or illegal, domestic or foreign -- if you're not in the U.S. legally. That would have them skeedaddling out of here like roaches in a light beam!
Since they would have no marital or parental rights, anchor babies must leave with their parents and can come back when they're 18 (as long as they're proficient in English and don't have a criminal record). If only there was a way to make it illegal from them to have sex or breathe our air...
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As the man said when he came across three deep holes containing water
Well, well, well!
Marine admits being in Mexico before arrest
"I stayed in a hotel earlier in the day," Tahmooressi said Friday in an interview with CNN's New Day. "I parked my truck at a parking lot on the American side...and I walk into Mexico with a backpack...I decide to go hang out in Mexico for some good Mexican food, inexpensive place to stay and to hang out."
And around 10:30PM that night, he decided it would be safe to go back the American side and drive his guns over the border, eh?
He denied crossing the border with the intent of trafficking arms. He had an AR-15 rifle, a .45-caliber pistol and a 12-gauge pump shotgun in his truck.
Poor thing -- if he were still in Afghanistan, he could claim he was on a special security detail. I thought his mother had protested too much. Well (if you'll pardon the expression), it was fun while it lasted.
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NFL Star Gets Drug Suspension For Wanting Another Child (Get Your Hankies Out)
Well, it turns out that there's a perfectly reasonable reason why the NFL's Robert Mathis was caught with a PED in his blood, and it's a real tear-jerker. Unfold your handkerchiefs and cue the DU "Cry Me River" String Quartet:
Hadley Englehard, Mathiss agent, says Mathis was taking Clomid for fertility purposes. Robert is not a cheater. There is not one bit of evidence that Robert used this for anything but fertility, Englehard said.
Mathis and his wife already have twin boys and a daughter, but they wanted to give Mathis ailing mother diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer a fourth grandchild. Mathis wife is now pregnant.
Dr. Steven Morganstern, the Atlanta doctor who treated Mathis for infertility, told ABC News that he didn't realize Mathis was an NFL player when he prescribed Clomid...
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With a terminally ill mom, Mathis HAD to come up with that fourth grandchild, or else! Or else...something. And what thanks does he get? The NFL dares to put price on a player's love for his mother!
...Wait...what?
...(P)layers on each team are constantly reminded to know exactly what goes into their bodies...As a team captain, Mathis likely knew this better than other teammates....There is an independent medical specialist -- jointly appointed by the union and the league -- (who) players can go to if there is any doubt about any medications or supplements they want to ingest...Players have an app that lists every banned substance. Just plug in a name and get the info...Yet Mathis took none of those approaches, apparently...
Clomid (is)...also known as a classic chemical vehicle...used to mask performance enhancing....(I)f Mathis only used it for 10 days or so, as his agent says, that is not proof Mathis didn't use long enough to actually have any muscle-building benefits...
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Oh, now that's REALLY unfair, expecting a pro athlete to practically broadcast to the whole world that his sperm doesn't know how to count! Telling that one doctor must have been humiliating enough -- would the NFL be happier if Mathis had made it the subject of a reality show?
Englehard also noted that the NFL sometimes gives therapeutic-use exemptions to players to allow them to use prescription drugs for medical purposes, even if those drugs are on the banned list. Englehard said the NFL has done that for players who use Adderall, and Englehard said the league even rescinded the fine and suspension for one of his own clients in a similar situation. According to Englehard, the NFL has even given multiple therapeutic-use exemptions to other players who use Clomid for fertility, and Englehard is baffled that the NFL is treating Mathis so harshly while allowing other players to use the same substance.
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Game, set and match, doctor, I mean, Mr. Englehard -- way to put those Mathis haters in their place! The ONLY difference between Mathis and the NFL players who sought the exemption for Clomid is that Mathis DIDN'T seek the exemption -- so there, too, nyah nyah nyah!
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Uproar over Beyonce's Time magazine cover: 'Why is she in her underwear?'
Costume declared inappropriate for one of 'World's 100 most influential people'"Thigh-high boots, corsets, the teeniest of short shorts may be Beyoncé's look du jour, but do they really have a place on Time magazine's cover?" wrote blogger Brogan Driscoll on the Huffington Post. "Bey says Time magazine's recognition is important 'because it's not about fashion or beauty or music; it's about the influence I've had on culture.' So why does she have to come half-dressed?"
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Well, why SHOULDN'T Beyonce "come half dressed?" Coming half dressed is the way she BECAME "influential!"
It's not Beyonce's fault that the other "cover stars" attained their influence WITHOUT taking off their clothes. Nobody complains about how she's dressed when she's doing precisely what MADE her so "influential." It's her talk of "influencing culture" that's completely off the wall -- she's just the latest to rake in the benefits of the thirty-year old influence that Madonna and MTV have had on culture!
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Chris Christie: A Self Portrait
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Directed by: Chris "Governor Soprano" Christie
Screenplay by: Rudy Mastro
Technical Adviser: DU-er Laxman, (Christie Crime Digest)
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Who is the real New Jersey Governor Chris Christie? From the Bridge(t)-Gate summary memos (beginning on page 163):
A man with a mind like a steel trap?
...(T)he Governor recalls singing a song with the Lt. Governor after dinner...the Governor recalled going to the kitchen for a snackhe recalled having raspberriesand running into the Lt. Governor in the kitchen and briefly saying hello.
The Governor said he did not know (Chip) Michaels well, but he is familiar with Michaels family. They were reacquainted in the past few years because their children played hockey. The Governor recently saw Michaels at the hockey rink, where they discussed their children and hockey, including his sons recent injury.
Mrs. Christie was by the Governors side throughout the 9/11 Memorial Event, including the period before the event began...the Governor recalled that Mrs. Christie asked to use a bathroom...there was no bathroom in the (Port Authority) trailer. A female Port Authority Police Department officer, who was possibly Baronis driver, then took Mrs. Christie to the bathroom...
Usually, the Governor would have to go to Stepiens office if he wanted to speak with Stepien. As of April 2013, Stepien would need an appointment to meet with the Governor because he was no longer a State employee.
At some point, someone, possibly Deb Gramiccioni, told the Governor that Baroni wanted to bring in Wildstein and pay him over $200,000 a year, which she said was too high. The Governor agreed and said that Wildsteins appointment was acceptable as long as he was not paid too much.
The Governor had two reactions to the article: (1) it was typical of Foye to write and then leak an email, rather than directly discussing the issue; and (2) the Governor wanted to know what happened.
The Governor listened to part of Foyes testimony and the other Port Authority professionals while he ate lunch.
...(T)he Governor walked into ODowds office while Drewniak was there...Drewniak was talking about having dinner with Wildstein, which the Governor found surprising because he did not think that Drewniak and Wildstein were such good friends that they would have dinner together.
The Governor also recalled getting a call from Stepien on December 14, 2013, while the Governor was on his way to a doctors appointment...
Or a man with a mind like a stainless steel sieve?
The Governor...now knows that Wolff & Samson represented the Rockefeller Group, although he was not aware of that at the time of the allegations at issue.
The Governor had no memory of meeting Mayor Sokolich. The Governor knew Mayor Sokolichs name because of the accusations that Mayor Sokolich made.
While the (lane) realignment was in effect, Governor Christie did not recall being aware of the lane realignment or the traffic caused by the lane realignment.
...Baroni and Wildstein, along with others, were present for most of the time (during the 9/11 memorial ceremony). The Governor has no specific recollection of conversations with them, other than light banter.
Asked whether anyone raised the subject of traffic in Fort Lee prior to or at this event, the Governor responded that he had no such recollection...
The Governor had no specific recollection of the September 17, 2013, and October 1, 2013 Wall Street Journal (WSJ) articles...The Governor had two reactions to the article: (1) it was typical of Foye to write and then leak an email, rather than directly discussing the issue; and (2) the Governor wanted to know what happened.
Asked about...Wildsteins and Baronis resignations, the Governor recalled telling McKenna to ask for Wildsteins resignation, and telling ODowd and McKenna to ask for Baronis resignation, although the Governor did not recall when this was.
...(T)he Governor recalled someone (though he does not recollect who), relaying that Wildstein had said something along the lines of, Im not stupid; I got this cleared by the Front Office.
On the morning of December 12, 2013, there was a breakfast...(with) union leaders, which Stepien attended. The Governor had no specific recollection of that event...
As tough as nails?
The next day, the Governor went to Trenton...He then held the press conference, while exhausted, answering all questions. Only after coming back did he realize that the press conference lasted nearly two hours.
Or as tender as rose petals?
The Governor recalled that ODowd had reported that Kelly was crying when she had said that she had nothing to do with the lane realignment...The Governor was not surprised that someone, particularly an individual like Kelly, might be nervous or upset in this situation...
So many facets, so little time! Stay tuned...
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I've got his campaign slogan ready
Unless being more subtle would work better:
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"As long as the slut and that crazy female canine take the fifth, this report clears me."
That's not exactly what New Jersey governor Chris "Governor Soprano" Christie said in his interview with Diane Sawyer -- but he might as well have. From the report's executive summary:
Because Stepien was her benefactor, Kelly relied heavily on him during this transition. And at some point after Stepiens departure to run the campaign, Kelly and Stepien became personally involved, although, by early August 2013, their personal relationship had cooled, apparently at Stepiens choice, and they largely stopped speaking.
Kelly -- a vengeful woman scorned?
Even crediting this notebooks contents as genuine, however, they are only as accurate as the perceptions of the writer...what other witnesses say she then told them is not corroboration either because it is as unreliable as the perceptions she recounts...
Whatever subjective perceptions she may have do not match objective reality, as reflected in the hard evidence uncovered during our investigation.
Zimmer -- an incompetent hysteric?
Rachel Maddow sure picked up on it:
"Given that Stepien`s personal relationship apparently cooled by Stepien and Kelly`s personal relationship apparently cooled by early August 2013" -- I mean, essentially they`re going throughout this report over and over again, did we mention that he dumped her?
...They have disproved (Zimmer's) allegations because they found a photo of her yawning...(A)s you can see here, the narrative here, figure five, "a person does not normally yawn when being threatened, coerced, or spoken to improperly."
Well, that is damning evidence...but it`s not all...Look at figure six. What is that? Mayor Zimmer of Hoboken, New Jersey, caught smiling...The hard evidence that she once yawned. Also that she once smiled.
You know how women are. Boy crazy. That`s why it happened. You know how it is.
But Rachel's a woman, of course, and a gay one at that -- her objectivity on slut shaming is compromised right out of the gate. Besides, you know how MSNBC is -- liberal crazy; GOP shaming. That's why it happened. Surely the rest of the media doesn't feel that way:
Raw Story: Slut-shaming Bridget Kelly: How she ranks among historys greatest political sluts
New York Times: Irate Friends See Sexism in Report on Former Christie Aide
Huffington Post: Christie Report Finds A Culprit: A Scorned, 'Emotional' Woman
NYC.org: A Jilted Lover, a 'Crazy' Man and Diane Sawyer: What Christie Crisis Management Looks Like
Salon: Christies creepy misogyny: Behold his despicable blame Bridget strategy
New York Magazine: Chris Christie Bridgegate Report Slammed As Sexist
Media Matters: Will Megyn Kelly Ignore Sexist Attacks In Report Commissioned By Christie?
NorthJersey.com: Hoboken mayor portrayed as confused in report commissioned by Christie's office
Hmm. Well, surely a voyage through the Twitterverse will prove my point:
it's telling that the only woman featured in Christie Bridge report gets trampled/slimed in print by Gov's hand-picked attorney.
If I were Bridget Anne Kelly, I'd stop protecting whoever I was protecting," says @morningmika "A woman should never be treated that way."
Christie's report all but says bridge closings happened because it was that time of the month
Fake traffic studies know no fury like a lover scorned
Wow, even Fox News says Christie's #BridgeGate report "slutshames" Bridget Kelly
Hmm. Well, maybe it's a good thing David Samson resigned today -- Christie certainly needed the media distraction!
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